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It never ends. And may God protect you and bless you always. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time I'd like to present to you the class of 2025. Congratulations and good luck. [Applause] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Go. Go. I got you. [Music] Nice job. Appreciate that. Actually, are you [Music] saying no? [Music] Game word like
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[Applause] All right, class of 2025. We have two things left to do today. We got two more bits of business to take care of. The first thing that I need to do, hopefully your tassels are currently on the right side of your hat. Tradition says when you move it from the left, from the right to the left, that is the moment that you become an alumni of Stevenson High School. Let's move those tassels to the left. Congratulations. And the last thing that we need to do, we'd like to conclude today's celebration with a chance for that great everybody throws their hat up moment. So, if you want to keep your tassel, here's your chance to grab it. Families in the crowd, get your cameras ready. I'm going to countd down from three. I'm going to count down two, three. One, two, three. In a minute.
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Lillian K. Rhettz, [Applause] Sandy Stephanie Reyes Ramirez, [Applause] Riley Renee Rice, [Applause] Libby S. Richards, [Applause] Keegan W. Ran [Applause] Sophia Grace Robbins, [Applause] [Music] Anna Lee [Applause] Robinson, Kayen E. Robinson, [Music] [Applause] Brian Rodriguez, [Music] Sarah Rodriguez, [Applause] Noah J. Rose, Isabella E. Ross, Luke George Russell, [Music] Maggie Juel Russell, Owen William Russell, A P. As Sad, Miranda Joy Sauca, [Music] [Applause] Evan Cole Savory, [Applause] [Music] Adija Sahu, Alice Sales, Alexia Nicole Salazar, Juan Jose Salceto Calderon, Mojita Satish Kumar, Brady Lawrence Schneider, Lane B. M. [Applause] [Music] Shrader Brooke Taylor Shum Daphne Anne Scrogum Broadick W. S King Ritik Saintil Morugan Joseph D Shackleford Har Shaw Donna Falia Shariel [Applause] Noah Riley Chatau, [Applause] Shria Cervatica, Noah Wilkerson Shiveley, [Applause] Alexis Hope Short Duncan, Dakota Jade Sides [Music] Marilyn Silva Carla C. Sylvester [Applause] Gaspar, Emma G. Sims, [Applause] Rebecca Anne Simon, Alicia Nicole Smith, Andison McKenzie Smith, Avery G.
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Hold on. Ready? One, two, three. Congratulations, class of 2025. Thank you very much for coming out tonight. Have an amazing day. [Music] I [Music] got you. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] That's it.
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Smith, [Applause] Brianna M. Smith, Elijah A. Smith, Joseph A. Smith, Nahome Jazelle Sora Martinez, [Music] Luke R. Spurgeon, [Applause] Rishi Shrenavasa, [Music] [Applause] Rahaban, Roma Shrey, [Applause] Millie Amelia [Music] Stenolia, Hector Stanach, Cameron M. Sterling, [Music] Evan C. [Music] Stutter, Benjamin Lee Stevens, Cole J. Stevens, Destiny Isabella Irene Stewart, [Applause] Llaya Jean Sullivan, [Music] [Applause] Steven Yu Sun, Kaden A. Sitch, [Applause] Paige Renee Terry [Applause] [Music] Jose M. Tex Quiz Hernandez, Shayla Jade Thixon, Brillin R. Then Macy and Aaliyah Thomas, [Applause] Isaiah D. Thompson Lindsay May Thompson Justice C. [Music] Thornton, Kurt Logan Throl, Arwin Shaw [Applause] Tien, Melissa Eleanor [Applause] Tilden, Joshua E. Tipling, Rashad Reesh Terrapathy [Applause] Joshua Ray Totty Cynthia Tolantino Rodriguez Elect [Applause] Tom Maddox Ji [Applause] Fenlock J. Tron [Applause] Margaret Linda Trice Annel Trinidad [Applause] Noyga Trenton M. Turner Lena May Tuttle, Ayan Uma, Sasha Ariana Venenko, Shaoli Paola Vasquez [Applause] Cabiero, Ashley Alexa, A Vasquez [Music] Rosete, Harshini the [Applause] Mavarapu, Skyler Lee Vieiraa, [Applause] Trenton Joe Wagner, Kristen Lilianne Wait, [Applause] [Music] Ella Grace Warfield, Emily Anne Wart, Jackson Alexander Weaver, Ally Wester, Ethan White, Joshua Luke White Neil Daniel White Herman T.
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Williams Jr. Diego J. Williams, [Applause] Robbie Blair Williams, Summer Lynn Williams, Chelsea Wilson, Jaden Nicole [Applause] Wilson, Leah May Wilson, Lucy Keer Wilson, Aiden Winter, Looper, Aiden, Kylie Elaine Wolf, Melody Woo, [Applause] Heather Woo, Donna Yang [Applause] Braden M. Yarbor, Lakshmi Varden Yapery, Lillian Faith Jurgis, [Applause] [Music] Evelyn Heather Zerati, Mia Elizabeth Zito, Sarah Marie Sebastian, Isaiah Scott worries, Jasmine Lynn Ford, Andrew Wesley Habgood, Aviana Phelps, Allison [Music] Richards, Naa Oolen [Applause] Williams. [Applause] Heat [Applause] up here. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Let's go. [Music] Brian, turn [Music] Would you all please rise in honor of the graduating class of 2025? [Applause] Go. Congratulations guys. [Music] Yeah, just takes one to start. I know. We have two kids. I just so you know I [Music] return. Oh.
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Ah! Good morning, graduates, families, friends, and distinguished guests. I want to personally welcome you to the graduation ceremony for the class of 2025. Before we begin, I would like to take a moment on this Memorial Day weekend and recognize all of the brave men and women who have served in our US military and those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for this amazing nation. And furthermore, I would like to recognize those sitting here in front of me today who will be joining the US military. And I'd like every US military veteran and everyone going into the service to raise, stand up, and may we honor you. Thank you. May have a seat. We are here today because of these men and women who have fought so valiantly for this country and we thank you. I'd like to take 2 minutes and share a few thoughts with you and I promise to be brief, as hard as that is for me.
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But today is a milestone. Many of you see this as a day as a finish line, but it's more than that. I view it as a starting line. You stand at the threshold of your next chapter with anticipation, with excitement, and even a touch of uncertainty. You've heard the advice to follow your passion and the truth there's truth in that. Passion fuels energy and it fuels creativity. But I'm here today to offer you something much greater. I challenge you to pursue your purpose. Your purpose is anchored in who you are becoming. Your purpose is not what you do. You will always be so much more than what you do. You are not just a future engineer or a teacher or an artist or a nurse or an entrepreneur. You are not just a label or your next paycheck. You are a collection of values, choices, and character.
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You may not always control what you do or where you are at in your life. This life is unpredictable. The career you believe you have today may look very different when you are 28, 48, or even 68. But the beautiful and powerful constant in your life is you can do this. You will always have the ability to choose who you will be and how you will treat others. You will always have the choice to be kind, to be humble, to be honest, to be a person of courage, to be a person of integrity. That choice will define you so much more than the job you choose to do. Focus not just on what you will do, but how you will do it. Be the person who lifts others up when they fall. Be the one who leads with empathy emp- excuse me, empathy when others choose division.
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Be the voice of reason when the world is chaotic. Be the steady rock for all you encounter. Do not crumble because there's peer pressure, but just be a bold lion. In closing, strive to live a life that matters, not just for yourself, but for those around you. Have the courage to do what others won't do. Stand firm in your convictions. Never settle for just enough. Don't be someone who hides behind excuses. Be someone driven by purpose and a desire to serve. Because while excuses may make your day easier today, they will make it harder tomorrow. Always remember that each of you have been made for specific person purpose and a beautiful purpose. And I hope you don't let go of it and I hope you go and find it. I am sincerely proud of each of you and I am extremely grateful to be the principal of Columbus East High School.
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You have been a phenomenal graduating class of 2025. I hope you go and do great things. I hope you are always proud to be an Olympian and I hope you always rock that orange. Go Os. Good morning, my fellow class of 2025 graduates. Before I begin, I know all of us would like to thank our family and friends for supporting us on our journey thus far. To the faculty and staff at Columbus East High School, I am immensely grateful for all the support and guidance each of you show to the students at our school every single day. And to anyone else that has helped us navigate through life, we are incredibly thankful for you as well. To the vast majority of people here today, I'm sure that to them success is defined as being wealthy and having life all planned out on a nice and neat road map.
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Well, I'm here to tell you that success doesn't have to be nice and neat and it can be chaotic. Most importantly, however, success is what you make it out to be. Real life doesn't follow a straight path. It's more like a windy road twisting and turning every which way, going up and down hills. But that's what success is all about. It moves with you. So success flows along your highest and lowest moments and the speed at which you're navigating your path doesn't determine your level of success either. One person graduating college in 3 years is not more successful than someone who has worked full-time and took classes earning their degree in 6 years. Or the person who landed their dream job right out of school is not more successful than someone who changed their job multiple times before they found their true passion. And as the wise Dolly Parton once said, "If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one." And it's important to know that you don't have to have life figured out right this second to be successful.
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I mean, the majority of us have just entered adulthood. All right. And success looks different for everyone. One person's definition of success is getting to their top university choice, someone else's is having a family, another person's definition of success could be going to trade school or enlisting in the military, or starting a business, or even renting their first apartment. I could go on about life life's different paths, but the most important thing is success is what you make it. It doesn't matter what anyone else tells you about what you should or should not be doing with your life, because ultimately it is your life to live. Success is being proud of what you've accomplished and being ready for whatever twisty roads come your way, because trust me when I say this, there'll be a whole lot of windy roads on your journey to success. The road to success is built on persistence, so keep going.
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Your dreams are worth every step, every challenge, and every effort. I hope each and every one of you leaves here today to continue your journey with the goal of chasing your dreams and striving for greatness, because that is where true success lies. As I'm looking at all of you, I see over 300 roads to success, with each road being just as significant as the next. All I can do is wish each of you safe travels on your journey and hope each and every one of you successful, no matter what route you take. Thank you. Well, congratulations to the class of 2025. What an amazing accomplishment, everybody. I'd like to open with a story. It's Cleveland, Ohio. I'm sitting on the couch in my grandparents' house with my grandpa right next to me. There's an NBA game on the TV in front of us as we sit together doing what I'd expect any grandfather-grandson combo to be doing at 10:00 p.m.
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Eating an entire bag of potato chips together. That's when my grandpa, a retired high school teacher of 39 years, looks over at me and in typical high school teacher fashion, he asked me a trick question. "Now tell me, Tyler," he says, "how did those basketball players you see on screen become so good?" Well, fortunately for me, this wasn't the first time he'd asked me this question before, so I'd figured out the gist of the answer he was looking for. "Well, of course, Grandpa," I answered, "they all found their own magic lamps on the beach that granted them wishes to become great." "Very good, very good," he responded with a chuckle. Then, after grab after asking me to grab him another cup of coffee, he began to tell me the truth. That it took many years of hard work, dedication, and resiliency to achieve the levels of success they had.
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He then urged me to do the same with whatever goals I had for myself in the future and and and guaranteed that's that great success would follow. This has been some of the best advice I've lived by throughout my entire high school career and something that continues to apply to me every day. Class, looking back on the time at our time in high school, not everything has been handed to us on a silver platter. A short 4 years ago, this class had to deal with the COVID-19's impacts while navigating the uncertain transition from middle school to high school. Not the easiest of items to put on a young teenager's plate, if you ask me. However, battling through all the unknowns and constantly shifting conditions caused by this worldwide dilemma gave us a knack for adaptability to unideal circumstances. This class has masterfully exemplified what I've deemed Olympian resiliency throughout our complete time in high school.
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Whether it's been something as simple as staying up late to complete a long assignment or as challenging as seeing one of your favorite teachers leave their position at East, we've all had times over the past 4 years where extra determination was necessary to make it through. No matter what we were faced with, this class pushed through, marked by high levels of grit and drive to achieve our goals despite our situation. Numerous groups at East have achieved great success this year, none of which would be possible without continuous ambition from exceptional students. One group deserving of special recognition is the girls wrestling team. In their inaugural season as an official sport, this team cemented themselves in history as state champions in a remarkable team effort. I'd also like to shout out the men's volleyball team. This is a team that I had the honor to be a part of.
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Also an inaugural sport this year, this team had our eyes set on the same goal to start our season. And while we didn't end up winning the state championship, we likely won the academic state championship, as we had four members of our team in the top 10 and many more in superb academic standing. Plus, we did accomplish maybe a more important goal. We beat North. These successes indicate that as Olympians, resiliency to us isn't just a word, it's part of who we are. I'd like to give a special thanks to all of our parents and guardians who supported us on our high school journey and gave us confidence and encouragement when we needed it most. I'd also like to thank our teachers, coaches, and instructors that pushed us to be our very best every single day while still being caring and considerate to our perspectives as students, uh musicians, athletes, and so much more.
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And to the class of 2025, I am certain that all of us have extraordinary potential to accomplish whatever we set our minds to in our next chapters. Life will continue to build obstacles and throw challenges our way. There will be setbacks, there will be failure, but through the Olympian resiliency we've garnered over the past 4 years, I know we will be ready to face these hardships head-on again and again and emerge victorious over our struggles in the end. Thank you for making this such a memorable graduating class, and may God bless you all on your journey forward. It has been my honor to serve as the assistant principal for team 2025. Each student's unique story reflects the growth and experiences that they've that have shaped them during their time at Columbus East. At this time, I proudly present the Columbus East High School Class of 2025 to Dr.
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