001breathe [Applause] [Music] Oh [Applause] okay that's a good night guys everything hey everything is live at this point would you please stand [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] please be aware of the dampers and where they're placed this event is being streamed live over the Internet please do not come on the field for pictures we will put pictures on the BHS website for you to download good morning ladies and gentlemen I know I speak for all of our graduates when I say that we are glad you could be here today to celebrate this important milestone in their lives today is a special day for our graduates but it is also a special time for parents grandparents relatives
002friends teachers and anyone else who has contributed to the success of these fine young people the diverse strengths in all the various areas in which they excel will allow them opportunities to achieve regardless of what it is they should endeavor as we begin recognizing students please refrain from yelling or using noisemakers for this event Board of Education administration students would like this to be a respectable event for all students here at BHS thank you now if you informative items on this senior class the success of this class shows that their GPA which is a 3.31 overall average excellent job 50 graduates took the ACP we can class average of 20.6 the following three seniors successfully completed the certified nurse's aide or CNA program at Allen County Community College and passed the state exam with these
003individuals please stand and be recognized Topanga Hernandez and Megan Saylor to seniors attending Flint Hills Technical College and completed 10 college credit hours with these individuals please stand and be recognized Brianna Revis and Haley Haines ten seniors earned the forty three credit hours concurrently with friend Hills Technical College and forty three seniors earned 1500 and two credits from Allen County six of our seniors graduated with an associate's degree from Mountain Community College with these individuals please stand and be recognized Mackenzie Dolby Abigail Finn listen Jalen Griffith Haley Haines and Noah Smith the trophies in the Commons show how much success they have had outside the classroom as well there is no doubt that the current success this class is better pre let me be the first to say congratulations and I'm confident that you this
004time HS has helped prepare you for whatever comes your way even a pandemic as your humble principal I feel it incumbent upon me to set you on your path with the following number one be kind and nice while this may seem overly simple remember that generally people do not have streets or buildings named after them or monuments or statues built in honor of them for most of us the legacy we leave will be the relationships we build with others and how we close close I think you will find that friends in life will come and go but your family will always be family 3 remember that success in life means more than how much money you make find your niche and happiness for please understand that from this day forward life speeds up make sure
005to stop every now and then and smell the roses now some final thoughts for the class of 2020 instead it is an honor to be part of this celebration at Burlington High School today that wasn't for sure we were gonna make it but I think it is such a pleasure to share the intensity of emotions filling this stadium as you who are graduating close this chapter on your life story I would like to tell you each school calendar last August graduation dave was immediately highlighted and circled and starved for me and you seems as was every other important date or last event leading up to this day I'm sure your parents can attest to doing the same with your calendars for something similar I personally was so excited for all the things the school year
006held for you the senior and the other students all the sporting events plays band concert and the call for mr. Marshall telling me we needed to meet as administrators the following morning this would start the process of preparing for online learning called the continuous learning process Wow you talk about changing everyone's world upside down by the end of the week I decided to take my calendar and cross out everything and start from scratch I did this because my wife and family said you will need to start a new calendar to cope with your disappointment and frustrated by not being able to finish the school year the way I would I agreed with them thinking it's not healthy for any of us to look at it and see all the things that we were listed each
007day it was very hard to do at the time but looking back it was the right thing for me to do I then found a brand new 20/20 calendar I said by my computer at the house it seemed to stare at me every day with all the blank squares in front of me no offense to look forward to life seemed to pause in regards to events except for getting the online processes up and going for us but no dates were put in that calendar for my students almost a month I was down and frustrated for all of my seniors and the other students but more so for you seniors because of what you would miss out on this first hour last quarter of the school year like squares create a list of what you want
008to do where you want to go I hope by having this graduation you seniors and family members can celebrate and move forward in life one big square can now be checked off on that new calendar you deserve it remember life is short always live it fiercely and resilient ly so this morning you are poised to start a new chapter in your life after spending four years with you I'm confident that your future right class of 2020 I wish you all the best in the future seniors at this time I ask your class president Miss Mary Grace has and class vice president miss McKenzie Dolby to please come forward to give their senior address [Applause] thank you all for being here today we can't do happy that we finally are all here six feet apart thank
009you to the teachers administrators parents and many others for making this possible for the last 13 years we have put in much effort into being able to stand here today it was by no means easy easy we are not even sure we're going to be able to walk across this stage we have prevailed and that has only made this moment of graduating even sweeter being born in the shadow of 9/11 and through the recession of 2008 we were brought into a world of disruption in chaos we are top our parents teachers and loved ones to be resilient and strong through tough times and through the rubble we opened our eyes to a world of opportunities and possibilities we as a class had to overcome the loss of this perhaps we gained a sense of what
010it truly means to overcome we lost a moment where I could have grace you had such a great year for softball you're batting 1000 in committed no air do you remember prom you see we lost a time where we could throw a sadder judgement and petty disagreements and our need to commiserate the fact that this was truly coming to an end we didn't have a chance to have that experience however and a lot of that we are here to say that our journeys are not finished and we the class of 2020 will overcome not because of the pandemic but in spite of it we are resilient we are strong and we understand that life isn't always fair instead of mulling over what we would have had we are going to celebrate what we will have
011as a class as well as individuals we have been onerous missing but we have fulfilled and exceeded the expectations we push the boundaries and use the barriers before us as a rock to climb today if you would have told me a couple of months ago that we were going to be swept with a widespread disease I wouldn't have believed you now we are a living history what we have endured many will understand what we have persevered many would be proud thank you to the class 2020 thank you for the memories and for all Blas Gracie I have enjoyed being able to experience everything with you we both wish you the best and whatever comes your way and to always remember I saw dr. students would say you have brains in your head you have feet
012in your shoes you can steer yourself in any direction you choose congratulations class of 2020 [Applause] we are very fortunate at Burlington High School to have tremendous civil work from the community in making our schools and education a priority this is no apparent than the commitment that our community makes to help graduates with the financial aspect of continuing their education this year's senior class has received eighty five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars in local scholarships when this is added to the rest of the scholarships these seniors have been awarded in total a more than four hundred and forty two thousand two hundred and sixty dollars great job guys as we recognize students please refrain from yelling and using noisemakers and now seniors the moment you have been waiting at this time I would address
013the USD two four four Board of Education and the superintendent of schools mr. Marshall and the community these fifty four students have fulfilled the requirements set forth by the Kansas Department of Education and you as the two for four and will now graduate from Burlington High School would members of the Board of Education and the escorts please come forward at this time with the first row of graduates please stand to receive your diploma I will name off all graduates Andrew Ryan that's it Zachary Isaiah Alan Trevor Scott our Colin Samuel Burke Tyree dawn Boswell [Applause] Shelby [Applause] grace Danyelle Freeman Lane Carly [Applause] [Music] Charles Cameron Alexis [Applause] Shaw Tyler Crowe Mackenzie Jean chin doll Kenyon [Applause] Abigail [Applause] [Music] Abigail Sabrina duh Flynn Zachary James [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] malee [Applause] Gianna Jonathan
014Andrew Devin Lee wants [Music] [Applause] at this time the senior class would have shared a video presentation of their class because we wanted something different this year which was an outside graduation the video would be shared online which it has already been we saw we've also given in each zip drive with the video downloaded from the district Thank You graces for the beautiful tribute to the class of 2020 it is awesome the senior class will not be forming a receiving line this year this is due to the needs of social distances if you'd like to congratulate them please see the note or a phone call with your thoughts and encouragement please we ask that you exit the stadium through the gate you came in from to your designated parking lot with the graduating class of
0152020 please stand escorts please come forward [Music] seniors you Malik maybe now turn your tassel from right to left the first time ever I would like to give this senior class a fun gesture since we are outside to the parents and relatives and community I now present the class of 2020 from Burlington High School senior you may not throw your ass [Applause] ladies join with me in a standing ovation from the 2020 graduates [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] let's give them one more big round of applause [Applause]