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Vol. 10, No. 32, Tuesday, June 9, 2015
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Graduates from Lamont High School ended their graduation ceremony on Friday, June 5 with a bang as confetti was catapulted into the air and cascaded down onto the stage at the culmination of the exercises.
‘Make the most of what life has to offer,’ says Bartz Good evening ladies, gentlemen, honorable guests and fellow graduates. It is an honor and privilege to be speaking to you as the Valedictorian for the Graduating class of 2015. Over the past six years here at Lamont High School, we have learned a lot. One of the more important things that we have learned is that we need each other in order to succeed. None of us would be where we are or who we are, without the people who surround us. Not only did the relationships between us as classmates benefit us throughout the years, but also the supportive relationships with family and the relationships developed with the teachers, have all brought us to sit before you all tonight. While attending LHS we have all learned something from every teacher in the school, and seeing as there is only so much time to tell you about them, I am going to pick a few teachers in order to paint a picture for you. I feel as if Mr. Hanke is one of the better-known and more memorable teachers. He taught us grade seven Math and instilled fear into us by threatening to give us the all-familiar punishment of ‘The Pain Train’. He also has some interesting takes on math principles that somehow consisted of putting your boots on and Dolly Parton. Mrs. Newnam is one of the more recent arrivals at LHS but has been very supportive of all students and somehow went out of her way to smile and deliver compliments to her students on a day-to-day basis. Mr. Putnam taught most of us, if not all of us, science at one point through our high school career. He put up with all of us during his classes and taught all of the science
courses with passion. On a more personal level, in physics 20 he brought up how there is an alien race that has been discovered on earth called the tallwhites, needless to say, the class thought I was an alien from then on. In English class Mr. Wyman tried to help us understand things on a figurative and literal level, and all the stuff we learned in that class I am sure will be helpful. Oh wait, I guess it didn’t really help because I just used the two terms that he tried to steer us away from using. Apparently ‘stuff’ and ‘things’ aren’t descriptive enough. Last, but not least, we have Mr. Hope. Even when you weren’t in a class with Mr. Hope you could, without a doubt, hear him because he was so loud. I can’t remember how many times he would disrupt us by hitting his board while we were trying to write essays in the computer lab next to his room. I guess that’s what happens when one is so passionate about math. This passion made math enjoyable and inspired me to learn more and attempt harder questions. Thank you Mr. Hope, for inspiring me, pushing me to achieve something better, for not giving up on me and for being my friend. On behalf of myself and my fellow graduates, I would like to thank everyone who has helped us become who we are and who have helped us get us to the point of graduating. First of all, I would like to thank all of the teachers; you have made a huge impact on our lives and have helped us become who we are. Without all of you, none of us would have the knowledge or experience that we now have. Thank you for making school an enjoyable place and help-
ing us throughout the years. I would also like to take this time to thank our families. From the time we were little on you were there helping us and guiding us, whether it be helping us with homework after school, giving us advice on what type of person we should grow up to be or being that shoulder to cry on. I would like to thank you all. Lastly, I would like to thank my friends and fellow graduValedictorian ates, without you guys Jared Bartz class wouldn’t be as fun, nor would it be as inspiring. It may just be me, but you all have helped me aspire to be a better person and a better student. Without any of you, my teachers, family and friends, none of this would be possible. I searched for wise and inspiring words from some famous person but nothing spoke to me or made more sense than what a great and wonderful man passionately claims: ‘Math Is A Wonderful Thing’. I cannot agree more. So with that, good luck to all of my fellow graduates, I wish you all the best with your future endeavors and hope that you will all live your lives to the fullest and that you will make the most of what life has to offer.