001okay [Music] uh [Music] blocks [Music] oh hey guys raise your hand if you do not have liberty bell you don't have it can you look on this raise your hand we're delayed 15 minutes might as well play something what's up [Music] is okay hey guys we're gonna play this because we're delayed 15 minutes six [Music] how [Music] is family it's a second time uh [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] my [Music] so [Music] somebody [Music] so [Applause] so [Music] yes oh trombones [Music] connections oh look at the cameras this is like are you sure uh be ready is and the recess will look for this uh looking snazzy [Music] why not [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh good evening i'm mark wahlstrom the proud principal at discovery canyon campus high school welcome
002family and friends to the discovery canyon campus high school 2021 commencement ceremony please join me in welcoming the discovery canyon campus class of 2022 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] another round of applause please for director mr justin carpenter in the discovery canyon campus high school concert band please rise and kindly remove your caps as we honor america and those that have served and currently are serving our country this evening our colors are presented by the academy school district 20 air force junior rotc color guard under the command
003of senior airman cadet xavier mohler please remain standing and silent until the colors have left the floor singing the national anthem this evening is senior shreya krishnan oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rocket's red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave for the land of the free and the home of the praise [Applause] thank you you may be seated great job let's give her a round of applause [Applause] what an exciting evening i'd like to take a few moments to welcome all of
004you to the 2022 discovery canyon campus high school commencement ceremony a special thank you to parents family friends mentors and coaches of the class of 2022. your ongoing support of the class of 2022 resulted in their success in academics activities leadership the arts and athletics graduates please give your parents families and friends a round of applause and thank them for their support [Applause] thank you to the entire staff at discovery canyon campus for your hard work and dedication to inspire every student to think to learn to achieve and to care staff please stand and be recognized graduates the staff of discovery canyon campus [Applause] a very special thank you to the staff members here today helping with this great ceremony specifically a shout out to mr david king and miss bonnie holsinger and the many
005others that put on this great evening event [Applause] thank you to our discovery canyon campus community for your support of all of our students pre-k through 12th grade thank you specifically to our parent leadership groups the parent teacher organization acdcc accountability and the parent advisory group and our athletic booster club thank you let's give them a round of applause thank you to the family members friends and community members who have served and are currently serving our great nation in the armed forces with those who currently are serving or have served in the armed forces please stand and be recognized thank you any graduates who are children in military families please stand and be recognized [Applause] thank you for your sacrifice for our great nation graduates who are entering the armed forces or attending one of
006the service academies please stand and be recognized [Applause] thank you for your commitment to our country and our freedom i'd like now to invite you to join me in a moment of silence to remember those family and friends that have passed away and are not in attendance today to celebrate with us the success of the class of 2022 thank you to our district leadership team and the academy district 20 board of education for your leadership and support let's please give them a round of applause [Applause] this time i'd like to introduce the members of the academy district 20 board of education the members of the academy district 20 leadership cabinet our discovery canyon campus feeder area principals and our student speakers dignitaries please stand and be recognized from our board of education board of education
007president mr tom lavallee board of education vice president mr will tembe board of education treasurer ms heather cloninger director of the board of education ms nicole kahns and director of the board of education mr aaron salt from the academy district 20 leadership cabinet mr j thomas gregory superintendent of schools dr jim smith assistant superintendent for planning and engagement dr susan field assistant superintendent for learning services [Applause] from the discovery canyon campus high school feeder area ms victory molina principal at the da vinci academy ms laura cressa principal at antelope trails elementary known as the favorite principal on the campus mr steve scott principal discovery canyon campus elementary see the second favorite principal on the campus mr mario romero principal discovery canyon campus middle school [Applause] giving our student address today anya gutorbson our class presidents
008for the class of 2022 and giving the president's addresses this evening class president in 2018-19 andrew keegan class president in 1920 anna sucall class president in 2021 grayson yoakam and this year's class president sahil [Applause] i also wanted to recognize the high school administrative team for helping with the ceremony today mr david king assistant principal mr andy little assistant principal miss krista parnell assistant principal miss christy smith dean of students [Applause] also celebrating with his family today a crucial member of our administrative team but he's in the audience today mr ron sukel assistant principal athletic director [Applause] it's a long-standing tradition at discovery canyon campus to recognize the top 10 students in the graduating class due to a tie in the top ten and a credit calculation error in the seventh semester there are twelve
009students in the top ten i can explain another time and i can't blame it on covid these 12 students have earned the top 10 cumulative grade point averages while at discovery canyon campus high school when i call your name please stand remain standing to be recognized for your outstanding academic performance in alphabetical or order jillian bowles [Applause] who will be attending north park university mary cowan baylor university [Applause] i have varsha ramesh university of rochester new york apparently not in alphabetical order shreya krishnan wharton school of business at university of pennsylvania [Applause] shelani kuninor bernard college of columbia university zach miller tufts university sharma colorado school of minds [Applause] unfortunately at the last minute the next graduate was unable to attend this evening but i'm sure she's watching hopefully virtually let's give a huge round
010of applause to suhani sharma the university of tulsa congratulations suhani [Applause] mina song liu university of california san diego ravel college nathaniel also known as nate trice colorado school of mines christian wacker duke university [Music] [Applause] and jordan wilcoxon university of california at davis [Applause] congratulations top 10 12. well done you may be seated one of the great things about discovery canyon campus is we offer a pre-k-12 program and the opportunities for families to have their children do their entire pre-k-12 experience at discovery canyon campus this is the fourth year we have graduates who have been at dcc from kindergarten through 12th grade if you are a student who did all your schooling kindergarten through 12th grade at discovery canyon elementary middle and high please stand and be recognized [Music] [Applause] you may be seated
011at this time if senior choir members would start making their way up to the choir risers here on the right you'll be singing just after the class president's speeches our ceremony continues with the address from the past and present class presidents from the class of 2022 our evening speeches begin with andrew keegan i didn't realize four years ago when i was freshman class president that i'd have to give this speech and if you remember the one i gave the eighth graders that year let's hope this one goes a little better so each of us class presidents chose a word to them our speeches around relating to our year as the president the word i would use to describe my high school experience since freshman year is change to change is to make someone or something
012different or to modify the someone that has been changed in this case is us the class of 22 through our high school journey i know none of us are the same as when we walked into the gym as little freshman and heard coach mitchell sing waterliacha that experience alone probably changed all of us as to this day i think that's the only time i've ever heard that man sing regardless through these last four years we've all grown and changed in ways that i don't think any of us expected change is a natural important process that we all must go through whether it be a change in location friendship personality family or any other important part of our lives we will experience more of it way more than any of us could expect we've already seen
013the world change in a dramatic way with the pandemic and will continue to change in ways that we can never expect in fact the only thing that will never change is the process of change throughout our lives it can be painful sometimes but these pains are the only ways that we are able to grow we don't become who we're supposed to do become without any change or with an easy life where everything is always the same we grow into ourselves by taking in the changes and the pains as ellie pointed out at the banquet we've been in high school for 326 400 minutes or 326 400 minutes sorry and each one of them has thrown new situation at us pushing us to grow going through the ib programs at our school what stuck with me
014most is to always keep an open mind this has been vital to accept everything that's been thrown our ways throughout our high school experience it's one of the hardest things to do as a human to stay open to new ideas and to different perspectives when it's so easy to hold on to old beliefs going forward in life keep an open mind towards change and growth understanding that it's natural and good to change and that people shouldn't always stay the same as when you met them be grateful for these opportunities we've been given that have allowed us to grow without them we'd still be stuck in the same shape that we were as little freshmen i'm sure everyone in the crowd is glad we're not that way so go on in life embrace change use it
015to grow just like we have since we're a freshman thank you please welcome anna sukel to the podium focus a noun meaning the center of interest or activity a verb meaning to pay particular attention to if you have ever been in the same room as me you have most likely realized that focusing isn't my strongest trait i'll admit it i don't really know what happened this year in language arts sorry mr jameson it's nothing personal how was i able to stay on track to help lead a successful homecoming week i have no idea am i really paying attention to what you are trying to tell me or am i thinking about the joke that somebody said that i still don't understand after much reminiscing on our sophomore year and obvious procrastination i endured while writing
016this speech i decided that focus is something we learned a lot throughout 10th grade and honestly a lot throughout high school and it's one of the top clifton strengths that walsham loves let's take a quick trip back to the 2019-2020 school year we danced at color dance homecoming snowball and sadies we took our first thor wars dub we watched our friends siblings and classmates win one of the highest football games of all time against palmer ridge we somehow completed our personal projects which i'm sure you all forgot about and we played sports made new friends and actually went to class until we didn't you all know what i'm talking about then we went on walks participated in tick-tock trends and ended our sophomore year by shutting our computer now why do you think i think
017we learned to focus during this time i came up with a list here are reasons we learn to focus or things we learn to focus on during sophomore year with all of our free time we started thinking about college and life after high school we learned to focus on our personal beliefs opinions ideas and thoughts we build stronger bonds and relationships and focused on the people closest to us we learned how to be selfless and look at the whole picture instead of focusing on our individual wants and needs we focused on our families more so than we had in previous school years and we learned to focus on all the good things in life the small things that matter and what makes an impact through all the ups and downs we faced during sophomore year
018we learned very important life lessons that in the long run paid for the unconventional year we had my hope is that you were able to take these life lessons we were fortunate enough to learn and bring them out into the real world with you my hope is that when you say your goodbyes and your see you laters to your friends and your family you remember how you got to where you are and that you will always be a part of the thunder family please welcome grayson joachim to the stage have you ever asked yourselves how long we have been striving for greatness not only the years we've been engaged for the quest of knowledge but from the moment as a child when we realize that the world could be changed it might not always be
019easy but it's possible sometimes life will hit you like a brick wall and knock you down maybe even break you but how you respond and choose to recover is your choice thank you for taking that literally sam seniors of discovery canyon i ask you rise for this historical hour because we've earned it don't tell yourself for one second that you're right now because of luck we fought hard for this opportunity just like how hard we fought last year in the thor wars and seeing how furious the class of 21 was as i stormed out of the gym even though we're definitely the most spirited smart and lovable class in years some people tell you we aren't ready they'll conjure up images of us wearing pajamas in public labeling things as mid in our obsession with
020social media it's our job to change their perception i say to you and you'll understand that it is a privilege to continue this journey we must never acquiesce mediocrity because we deserve to be remembered i say to you seniors of the world unite never let our hearts stray from the quest great job please welcome to the podium sahil bhandari hello before i begin i'd like to shout out my family for being here and my mom i know how hard you worked for me to get here mom i hope you're proud of me i love you so much i'm going to read you a line from my favorite poem from street poet linguist aubry graham or as we know him drake featuring critically acclaimed writer soulja boy started from the bottom now we're here started from
021the bottom now my whole team here class of 2022 like the name of that poem we made it i started my journey at district 20 in kindergarten like many of you i was assigned a student number 154-313 i was given a card and told that i would carry out through high school and then in 2022 when i graduate i'd have it i remember thinking that 2022 was way too far away but here i stay in front of you on may 18th as 154-313 throughout our four years at discovery canyon campus we've done a lot as a class we've created historically both academically and athletically and we've created change and impacts that'll reach the world around us but we continue to shine brighter day after day we are notorious for our willingness to take risk and
022to make change and to push the boundaries of what it means to be successful but we also happen to be the funniest and most attractive class at dcc which is cool as mentioned before by drew we've attended discovery canyon for 326 400 minutes which is also christian wacker's sat score and in those minutes we've created memories that one day when we tell our kids when we're wiser and we're older that they won't even believe the first girlfriend the second girlfriend the third girlfriend realizing that maybe you shouldn't date in high school that you're the problem the fourth girlfriend yeah you know what i'm talking about but all of our stories at dcc come together at this moment we have a rich history of friendship and reliance and resilience together we somehow survived ib nyp ap
023verizon lte and all the other acronyms that the school has thrown at us i know some of us are going to miss high school more than others but i want to remind you of a feeling we all went through that day at thor wars that first day we sat there thinking it was some boring welcome to school event but ended with us becoming a family and setting a fire in our hearts to light the world one second sorry even now when i think about the last thor wars i think about those freshmen who sat there who have four years to make a change it was a sentimental moment or even i even think about the day at the gym the last day at school it was a sentimental but bittersweet moment leaving the gym for
024me i could feel the weight of my body i could feel my legs pulling me towards the door willing getting faster and faster but as i got closer they got heavier and heavier to know i may never walk through his halls again as a high schooler but as an adult was a harsh moment but it felt good walking out with my best friends in the world but in that moment between the doors of the gym and the outside world i felt hesitation scared that i wouldn't be remembered i wish this was like high school musical and we could have broken out into song and dance what time is it summer time but instead it reminded me of a quote from kendrick lamar when the lights shut off and it's my turn to settle down my
025main concern promise that you will sing about me class of 22 our impact has been etched into the stone of the school your work has not gone unnoticed your patience your perseverance and your willingness to take risks will be remembered forever remember the passion that you carry for the school the same passion that will carry you forward into life and the passion that was nurtured by students teachers staff and family as i talked about before our stories at dcc led to this moment mine started in 2015 with my one friend aiden who was my neighbor i walked into mr lockwood social studies class where i met a kid with a violent pair of voices named riley cummings who became my best friends it led me to the seventh grade where i met sicily and silas
026who ended up becoming my other best friends when we discussed science and nerdy stuff in mr gary's science lab and eighth grade where you met grayson which his speech was brilliant and his accenture among dana who i love so much shout out dana by the time high school came around i thought i met all the people who were important to me but i was wrong i realized that this school keeps giving even now to this day the school keeps giving from meeting drake and jack harlow and mr b at the security desk to begging ms snyder not to mark me tardy because my mom would yell at me i've realized that the school has given me so much and every day continues to give to the community but today the greatest gift to mankind has
027been given the class of 2022. if this is goodbye then it is also good luck there's no doubt in my mind that you'll make great employers bosses ceos mothers and fathers i know you've heard the rest so i won't repeat it all instead i'll end it with a quote from another billionaire philanthropist kanye west who said something that reminds me of this class i'm a star how could i not shine it's been an incredible honor to be your senior class president class of 2022 be phenomenal or be forgotten thank you so much [Applause] well done one more round of flaws for the class presidents next up singing baba yetu under the direction of miss alissa miller the discovery canyon campus high school varsity choir [Music] oh yeah um [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] [Applause]
028[Music] me [Music] now [Music] let's walk away [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] wonderful [Applause] one more round of applause for the choir well done you guys well done next up we have our student speaker for the evening please welcome to the podium anya guitorsum almost all right there's a jar in my craft room it's nothing more than a vase for my mom's glitter but the small ceramic jar is engraved with the words happy endings when i was little i thought the happy endings jar was full of pixie dust that the sparkles within held magic so whenever my sister and i got into fights i'd secretly take some of the glitter to sprinkle on my head i thought the happy endings glitter would make everything better i had hoped that there really was magic within tiny
029granules of shimmer now look at us at the happy ending of our childhood we are a culmination of memories and moments from learning our abcs to sitting in alphabetical order ready to transform our lives with the movement of a tassel we are tethered to our past as we are to our future like a needle and a thread we weave between the opportunities we are given in the present with nostalgic wonder and unbreakable hope that's the meaning of this silly little life right to continue on filling our hearts with a company of new memories and relying on the undiluted grasp of love in what's to come now we're expected to go far in life as if success is a distance measured but we're not running in the same race the finish line should not consume our
030enjoyment of the passage of time going far in life must be entirely subjective for going far in a marathon does not make you a winner memory lane is paved by dandelion wishes and make-believe perhaps some of us will go on to make our wishes come true perhaps some of us will pursue the vibrant belief that there is good in this ever-changing world we are to become the effervescent hope of what our futures will hold they used to ask us what we wanted to be when we grew up now we've reached the brink of our youth and we're faced with the simple hope that we'll figure out how to embrace the future that awaits us maybe it's true that these are the golden years maybe the sense of permanence and possibility will never leave us all
031i know is that we've come too far to color within the lines and to tarnish the golden years ahead of us with the fear of failure so here's to happy endings and triumphant beginnings here's to our kindergarten hearts and our belief in magic and pixie dust we are a generation of thunderous belonging we are the remarkable miracles of who we're becoming thank you [Applause] i now have the honor of introducing a person who is extremely invested in the discovery canyon class of 2022 and we are very grateful for all the contributions and support he has extended to the discovery canyon campus community born and raised in the academy school district 20 j thomas gregory has a passion for the educational process and thrives on helping others succeed he was a classroom teacher for 11 years
032a school administrator for four years and completed his 14th year as the leader for the business operations at academy school district in 2019. since that time mr gregory has been the superintendent of schools in academy school district 20. mr gregory earned his master's degree in educational leadership and his principles licensure from the university of colorado at colorado springs he earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics and his secondary school teaching license from the university of southern colorado tom thank you for your leadership of district 20. please join me in welcoming an enthusiastic supporter of discovery canyon campus superintendent mr tom gregory [Applause] well thank you dr wahlstrom and congratulations to the discovery canyon campus high school class of 2022 take this very special moment in celebration of your accomplishments but capture the sights the sounds emotions
033smells the heat everything you're experiencing right now and pride that you're feeling today and use that as you propel yourselves forward before i go on i want to take a few minutes just to recognize a few students sitting on the floor uh if i could ask mr charlie hund alex luna benavidez and varsha ramesh to stand please [Music] [Applause] and i promise you it's not to embarrass you these students please please still stand charlie thank you i'd like to take a moment to celebrate these students for participating in my student advisory council this past year their honest feedback insightful input and energetic engagement represented the discovery canyon campus high school student voice admirably you should be proud of how they represented you thank you alex thank you charlie and thank you varsha now you can
034sit down today as we gather with family and friends to recognize and celebrate you i'd like to share a little bit about you share a little bit about my uncle mike with you it has been nearly 40 years since i sat in the seat you're sitting in in nearly that long since him and i had a casual conversation yet his words of wisdom stick with me today in fact i believe his words have shaped at least part of my life but before i share his wisdom with you is important to first understand a few things about my uncle mike first my father was the youngest of five siblings his eldest sister was 15 years older than he was my uncle mike married my dad's eldest sister my uncle mike was 12 years older than my
035dad's eldest sister why do i tell you all that my uncle born in 1912 was really more like a grandfather by age than he was an uncle uncle mike lived through the great depression and experienced the same poverty and hardship that so many others faced during that time this experience left him a no-nonsense no frills hard-working brutally honest strict but yet sometimes gentle man his nickname was froggy i never learned exactly why he got that nickname but it stuck with him his entire life he grew his own fruits and vegetables in his garden that occupied most of his one acre property in canyon city colorado when you visited his home you knew there was no doubt you followed his rules and if you didn't he had a special voice that demanded conformity it was gruff
036it was direct it was short on words he had innate and an innate ability to be intimidating at least for me he loved to fish and hunt not necessarily for the sport but out of necessity he had a non-negotiable rule when fishing you had to eat whatever you caught if you caught four fish you better be prepared to eat four fish i learned to be very aware of how many fish i was catching and may have secretly once in a while released a few fish back to the water both out of fear and respect as a result of having lived through the great depression uncle mike had no trust in the banking system he was reluctant to deposit money did not use credit and refused any sort of debt he operated only in cash his
037investments if he wanted to invest was buying gold and hiding that gold throughout his property and throughout the inside of his home uncle mike was never one who liked having a boss he was not a personality to accept oversight nor did he like being told what to do as a result he and my aunts opened a drive-in restaurant in canyon city named it froggy's poor boy the drive-in was very successful in canyon city and after a few years they opened froggy's poor boy drive-ins throughout the west including the cities of or towns of wallsenburg colorado durango cortez and the last one in moab utah he operated these drive-ins along with my aunt until they retired in 1963. he worked extremely hard to build his business scattered over five cities and two states customers drove miles
038to have a froggy's hamburger and a beer for a grand total of 15 cents essentially at that time he did hamburgers better than any competitor of the day so flash forward few years one summer when i was home from college my mother and i visited my excuse me my uncle mike and my aunts in their home in canyon city as i was sitting with my uncle in a small living room of the house he built we began discussing his life experiences and my future when with uncle mike i felt tremendous pressure to answer his questions in such a way that he could and would be proud of me and maybe i might even impress him i wanted to tell i wanted him to tell me that i was going down the right path i was
039making the right decisions and that i was going to be successful he asked me what my college course of study was i proudly and confidently told him i was either going to be a mechanical engineer or i was going to major in mathematics i felt pretty good about my answer i felt my course of study would impress him or at least gather his admiration however his response was not at all what i expected he offered neither admiration nor approval instead he said young man that's fine but that's not really what's going to be important let me tell you something he said in his stern not apologetic way it doesn't really matter what course of study you choose or in fact it doesn't even matter if you finish your course of studies what is most important
040is that whatever you choose to do in life you do it better than anyone else does it it doesn't matter if you go into medicine construction law trash collection or the restaurant business whatever it is you must do it better than anyone else does it you can be a ditch digger he said if you dig ditches better than anyone else digs ditches you will be successful this was not what i expected to hear from him but to this day it stands as the most accurate important and impactful piece of advice i've ever received i've tried to live my life as he advised and i've seen his wisdom play out over and over again in the lives of friends relatives co-workers and colleagues my uncle mike passed in 2003 at the age of 90 but our
041conversation that day years ago and the wisdom he shared has since lived with me i've shared my advice with my own i've shared his advice with my own children and today i share it with you two degrees a life of learning and 32 years of a career later and still the most important and impactful learning of my life i received sitting on the plastic covered sofa in my uncle mike's living room so my advice to you today as you leave high school and enter college trade school the military the workforce or whatever comes your way is from my uncle mike success is not determined by what you do it's going to be determined by how well you do it whatever it is you do do it better than anyone else does it and success will
042follow these words were true at the turn of the 19th century they were true at the turn of the 20th century and they will continue to be true throughout the 21st century congratulations discovery canyon campus high school class of 2022 i wish you all a hopeful fulfilling and successful future be well and be safe thank you very much [Applause] thank you mr gregory congratulations class of 2022 you made it your accomplishments and academics activities leadership the arts and athletics are too numerous to count on behalf of the staff at discovery canyon campus congratulations and job well done you the class of 2022 successfully navigated the pandemic you were resilient patient understanding and strong you were hashtag stronger together over the past four years you have learned many lessons both academic and life lessons your teachers
043mentors coaches directors and staff at discovery canyon campus have helped guide you and direct you i have the honor for the next few minutes to share with you some final thoughts and i'm truly humbled to have the opportunity to be part of closing one chapter of your life and help in turning the page to the next chapter in your life so only two things tonight and anna already mentioned one lean on your strengths as you enter the next chapter of your life whether it's school work or in relationships use your strengths to achieve greatness in your relationships with others be it personal professional remember to focus on other strengths and build them up and inspire greatness in them ultimately remember this famous question from dr clifton a pioneer in the field of positive psychology and
044creator of the strength finder inventory dr clifton asked a question worth pondering and applying to your life he asked quote what will happen when we think about what is right with people rather than fixating on what is wrong with them second you've all heard this from me before at various class meetings country music star tim mcgraw performed a great song called humble and kind the lyrics provide great guidance on the importance of being humble and kind as part of being successful in life learning work and relationships hold the door say please say thank you don't steal don't cheat and don't lie i know you got mountains to climb but always stay humble and kind when those dreams your dreaming come to you when the work you put in is realized let yourself feel the pride
045but always stay humble and kind when it's hot eat a root beer popsicle shut off the ac and roll the windows down let that summer sun shine always stay humble and kind don't take for granted the love this life gives you when you get where you're going don't forget turn back around and help the next one in line always stay humble and kind congratulations class of 2022 and as always go thunder graduates would you please stand [Applause] [Music] as our board of education representative mr tom levalley will be receiving the 2020 graduates mr lavallee it is with great pride that i present to you the members of the discovery canyon campus high school class of 2022 i hereby certify that these students present today have met or exceeded the academy school district 20 graduation requirements
046i recommend that each of the students present here today receive their high school diploma [Applause] on behalf of the board of education of academy district 20 i accept with pride and pleasure the 2022 graduating class of discovery canyon high school dr wahlstrom thank you and your staff for an outstanding job congratulations [Applause] graduates you may be seated as we begin our presentation of diplomas this evening please be thoughtful regarding the formality of this important event and be conscientious of those around you and refrain from using noisemakers or making loud noises as our students names are being read please welcome to the stage our heralds for this evening mr sam melendrez [Applause] and mr wayne weatherby [Applause] students on the stage if you would please proceed to the stairs to begin our recognition of graduates of
047the class of 2022 board of education and district leadership would you please take your places with the first row of graduates please rise and approach the stage to receive your diploma two of them that's right i'm not sure who's going first okay anya lee gutormsen brinley marilyn aiken [Applause] [Music] andrew thomas keegan brooke amanda aldrich [Music] [Applause] gail sukel joshua robert alexander grayson charles yoakam brady travis anderson sahil sanjay bhandari [Music] ella sarah anderson [Applause] jillian minwa bowles rebecca lauren anderson mary frances cowan [Applause] presley mckenna arnold shreya prashant krishnan [Music] jordan elaine astor shalani aprova kudenor jason patrick abane [Applause] zachary j miller varsha ramesh dashida sharma mina audrey songloo nathaniel david zane trice [Applause] jordan amanda wilcoxson [Applause] caitlin rose barry kaden ballard sarah elizabeth barry ava grace marie ball trip [Music] my
048ore bat [Applause] charlotte grace barnett jeremy rashaan vince william marshall barrows [Applause] john jeffrey blandford dylan michael battig aiden william dean blasic sailor [Applause] mckinsey nevaeh beamer shockley ryden gary blue [Applause] [Music] [Applause] bethany may bondser connor riley bergmeyer millie grace bram schreiber [Applause] heather rose burns catherine noel carlos [Applause] joshua franklin braun rihanna lynnae carlson samuel james brewster sadie michelle chambers zachary nicholas brown samuel josiah clapp abigail rose brownell gabriella magdalena clark [Applause] cooper cade brush [Music] rachel rose clawson [Applause] macy and budge savannah catherine claussen [Applause] andrea rose burton [Applause] phelan leah cleary janelle rachel marie kakal [Applause] alexandra lay clinger [Music] evelyn matea campbell [Applause] callan daniel crawford gianna quay cole [Applause] abigail elaine crossley zoe vi collins trevor james kolros desiree diolinda colombo garcia [Applause] riley vincent cummings [Music] [Applause] colin
049dean caldwell sierra michelle current [Applause] santi gabriela concepcion chloe don courier troy david conigliero nave rose diabueno elisha renee connor marissie marissa lindsay deal aidan escher wyatt thomas dear damien joseph cordova [Music] luis diaz [Applause] kyra corkel colin edward eisenhock jeshua frederick de moya kylie and ellsworth [Applause] ryan thomas porshan kula donahue naomi rebecca falk [Applause] georgia grace duffy matthew david fellows [Applause] abby abby elizabeth dunkley morgan sophia pharaoh christopher william eastley jack andrew field [Music] catherine ava easter [Applause] charlie scott fish cameron gene eddy sarah elizabeth fogel [Applause] delaney mary edwards [Applause] ryan andrew fournier [Music] trinity lynn edwards [Applause] cadence grace grimm tatiana alexia gagne isabella nicole grieve [Applause] zachary tyler gagan [Applause] vincent santino guarello brianna rose gertzma [Applause] sienna faith contormson [Music] ethan lewis gibbs carrie elizabeth hafer kobe clark gilman
050devin leanne [Applause] emily sarah gennady dominic vincent hargrove cassidy jade godwin [Applause] aurora elizabeth bell harmon [Music] ethan jones gonzalez parka parker joshua holly blake werner greene nicholas william howerth grayson brook heilman ethan jared homich [Applause] adrian hernandez evan timothy posey madeline rose hers grant robert hubbell brinley mckay herzberner [Music] maximus ryan hughes lilia remy hittle charles robert hund [Applause] kaylee elizabeth hodan alexandra k hunt michael christian horoff jaylene page engram ellie lillian hoffman [Music] seth alyn nolan anderson huffle carter aaron johnson [Applause] jonah michael johnson jacob scott claussen adrian luis jones elizabeth gene canope [Music] sicily rayvon janelle [Applause] brett adam knox silas raymond janelle [Applause] [Music] raymond john kellerman [Applause] milan joanne kosusek jaden lee kimmerling dylan miles krazan [Music] sarah michelle krueger [Applause] khan ella marie kinsley [Applause] jocelyn joanne levant tyler
051douglas cavalli [Applause] samantha nikal the board claire elizabeth leupold schuyler jade la fibre [Music] gary jonathan lewis [Applause] joel jane langford grace and lichtenberger [Applause] [Music] logan william laramie [Music] emma catherine lindsey [Music] [Applause] francesca marie lawson grace danielle long luke james leahy [Applause] lindsey marie loof [Applause] logan alexander legrone reese paige laurie ty joshua leonard [Applause] [Music] jordan lou [Music] alexandro nash luna benavidez [Applause] gavin samuel lucero noah adam lester [Music] evan michael mccomb [Applause] nathan michael mayhon [Applause] kyle delton mcdonough [Music] [Applause] nicholas jacob marburger [Music] [Applause] molly rose mcduff alexis michelle marcusveld braden kaipo nioha maguire william harris marshall catherine jean mcnabb sarah and marie macias [Applause] hannah wesley meeks [Applause] nicole elise mccloskey [Applause] hayes mears joshua david mcclure [Applause] aina meeks [Applause] gavin andrew montoya cole braden mitchell [Music] hope
052isabel montoya [Applause] reagan paige mandelo logan powell moore alexis michelle nelson noah david chad morheim [Applause] abigail catherine louise newell [Applause] sienna joanne morrill [Applause] eden elizabeth nolan alexey alekovich buchen [Applause] braden christopher o'hara daniel jadick munn asher william olsen [Music] nicholas michael antavarios [Applause] peterson [Applause] trent christopher pass vogel ariana michelle perez alcover caleb scott pasqual [Applause] justin alexander pruitt catherine quinn patterson anthony reid raftis [Applause] bryce martell roberson benjamin brooks ransom alexandra grace roberts abigail raymond [Applause] veronica nicole rivera [Applause] jonathan walter rader [Music] tessa elizabeth violet rocha cody ray santa cruz [Music] zachary bryce rogers [Applause] dominique richard [Applause] eric yao rodriguez logan james writings kenji rowley [Applause] haley k ross [Applause] alvaro hernandez rimaldi [Applause] alexandra nicole rutherford [Applause] michael rubin romero [Applause] ryan anderson ritalin [Applause] brian william rose [Applause]
053valeria ochoa [Applause] india marie scott [Music] madeline rochelle sack [Applause] [Music] mason anthony scriber andrew lee sellsgiver [Music] abigail rose seidenberg [Applause] victoria rose sanders [Applause] luke michael sang [Music] megan janine schimel [Applause] tyler james sevast alyssa chandler schmidt [Applause] catherine alyssa seaver damien vincent sickles [Music] hope joying shay [Applause] ethan michael smith [Applause] sanika ceresh shinde jeffrey maxwell smith [Applause] chase charles chunk [Applause] oliver j schmuck [Applause] ryan james stork katarina grace smith [Music] alana rosa marie suber naomi lee starr [Applause] hunter owen swearingen tyranny nalu stephanie benjamin gregory tabor ian whaley stewart emma claire tall man devin sloan stoller [Applause] justin eric taylor sean mitchell tressamer [Applause] charlie and telcik [Music] zakiyah leoness underwood riley scott titchener [Applause] isabella angeline valenti [Applause] evan michael tochi grant richard vorwaller [Applause] michael francis trinkler [Applause]
054riley shea walter [Applause] serena rose wells [Applause] hayley ellison werner [Music] kylie davin west [Applause] maya shea weaver [Applause] mason alexander wisman [Applause] ellie ray grace wayne [Applause] brienne paige white benjamin miles wilmer [Applause] [Music] cameron lee whittle elise avery witherow [Applause] [Music] ethan joel wilcox [Applause] andrew franklin wong [Applause] jacob robert willard adam joseph wood [Applause] leah susanna willette [Applause] kalyn nicole woods [Applause] chloe grace wright [Applause] jacob samuel lopez [Applause] peter abram young [Applause] derek peter zoldai hello idea one student could not be in attendance this evening as a last minute change let's give it up for graduate suhani sharma congratulations suhani [Applause] all right thunder we're almost there it's it's time for a very special part of the ceremony i'd like to invite to the podium discovery canyon student body president anna
055sukel to lead you in the turning of the tassel class of 2022 please rise [Applause] our high school experience has been unlike any other however today we finish off our year with a timeless tradition the graduation ceremony is full of symbolism and metaphor the hoods gowns and caps all represent traditions of generations past there is one final metaphor to fulfill that of the turning of the tassel today as we leave discovery canyon campus as students we become alumni of our school today we move our tassel from the right to the left acknowledging that while we will always be a part of the thunder our role has changed today we are graduates please join me in moving your tassel to the left [Applause] congratulations class of 2022. remember once a thunder always a thunder be well
056be humble and kind and as always go thunder class of 2022 you are dismissed [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] videos [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] movement [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] slowly start gathering [Music] [Applause] i know you