001[Music] yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] well welcome we appreciate you joining us for the graduation ceremony to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all please be seated [Music] tonight we'll also have speeches by our valedictorian and salutatori the qualifications to become valedictorian and salutatorian are that a student must have attended audio high school a minimum of two consecutive full school years the valedictorian shall be the senior who's achieved the highest cumulative grade point average during that time to the 2021 graduation commencements i'm honored to be standing in front of you all today to receive a valedictorian title and celebrate the ending of our high school career oh my gosh we did it despite all of the
002challenges we faced the most recent being coped the hardest being with dentist class we still did it today we become auto graduates the home of collaborators is also now the homeowner tomorrow's doctors lawyers teachers psychologists musicians engineers architects and nurses what is important now is that we all translate to celebrate our accomplishments hard victories both individually and at the school and the journey on which we will become best sellers to my family thank you for the thank you for being my number one supporters most honest critics mama thank you for all the endless amounts of love dancing passing down your intelligence destiny thank you for the unsolicited advice and twins thank you thank you for looking up to me like i'm glad now you're from your secret role model okay seriously i want you all
003to know that you gave me who i am today i am genuinely thankful you replaced share my life and continue to like the fire that keeps me determined to succeed for a moment i'd like to give a message to my peers class of 2021 always remember that there is a difference between you joined your youth and destroying your future no matter what the next chapter brings in your life no matter what the next chapter brings in life remember that no status can prevent you from achieving your goals so dream big and you got a high now i'd like something i like my role models and then d.o.w.g once said i want to thank me i want to thank you for believing in me and for never quitting congratulations [Applause] um now for our salutatorian speech
004[Applause] welcome to the 2021 project and to the family and friends that cannot be here tonight we dedicate one of the most important days of our lives to them in hopes that they will see our lives today i never remember the day that i would see my classmates together for the last time and the day has come after years of knowing their remembrance would move on to me for the rest of my life and the memories we've made together will be under the chemistry will be the sweetest in my memory from the moments we lived together in first grade with teachers like miss yanez and miss walker or to our hard moments of necessity and algebra class but we looked through them together as a class helping each other out there hasn't been a dual
005or unexcited moment years from now i'll remember your smiles we've been goodbye to the simple routines of coming to school to see our friends speaking to each other in the mornings on the table under the tree i'll remember the laughs and the fights and the nicknames we have never seen to forget the lives we shared together when we sat in history together listening to the story that originated in orange county california or a sketchy mcdonald's with money money and most importantly i'll never forget the day i stepped into this establishment i was only five my child thinking this day would never come i met some of my classmates like 12 years ago and i still seem to remember the children were climbing up those statically and mentally slide and looking at the animals beyond defensive
006fear we were vulnerable and afraid it's been a long time it's been a long ride i didn't think i'd be here today standing in front of the crowd and speaking on my classmates we have i'm so proud of them i'm so proud of every each one of you for making it here and all your sacrifices will be made today your memories will continue to live on with me even after i think about high school and the years after and it truly is a shame because it would be a hundred times easier to say goodbye to you guys if i was young and it's been an honor to because you're 2021 celebratory thank you and absolutely exceptional job good evening everybody can you hear me okay tonight i'll be presenting the first rose girls versus cameron
007memorial scholarship um my aunt was an educator here for many many years she started working here in 1962 until she retired i believe was in 2004 and that was a reluctant retirement so she said i need to be more above the school what more thing did you run for the school board so until her death last summer she was a member of the governing board of the health school district and the family figured you know what better tribute to her than to have a memorial scholarship in her name so after discussions with the administration there are so many outstanding this year and i want to congratulate you on graduation but um myself in the administration we are very pleased to present the first annual rose kirschner's cameron memorial scholarship to karen in 2014 once again
008my aunt rose cameron started a memorial scholarship for my father when he passed away in 2013 the frank curse nurse memorial scholarship i will be continuing that every year and that is also being awarded to their congress here thank you mr kurzwich and congratulations okay dr dooley will come forward to present a few scholarships tonight as well [Applause] thank you mr edlund those of you have been in beautiful downtown ottawa for a few years we have a tradition we've been unable to keep the last few years because of coven typically the auto rotary club holds a honor roll and scholarship banquet at the lds church in late april or early may we're unable to do that this year so we're adding a few scholarships tonight to perhaps been given there that evening so they'll take
009a picture four or five minutes students this is this is a time that educators love because our work is something you don't see overnight my father was a carpenter he could build a house or a cabinet and stand back and look at it and say oh i did a good job for us it takes 17 or 18 years of age before you do that this is a good class not just saying that because your family and friends here but this is a good class there's a lot of personality on the stage there's a lot of good character on this stage there's a lot of potential on this stage um unfortunately in arizona we don't fund schools or students the way i think we should we're one of the lowest paid states in the nation if
010you have a lot of money you want to help kids out within future years we'd love to have a scholarship in your name or a loved one's name so we can help future classes so yeah that's my soapbox for the night so it's an honor to uh congratulate you people i wish there's a scholarship for everyone in here uh i've known most of you since kindergarten and i won't tell you those stories we don't want to embarrass you but it's been a joy having here parents and family members thank you for having your child come to our school i know you have choices we appreciate the fact you've come here i think we have a good little high school here we appreciate it i have several awards we have a couple of awards we give
011every year uh one of them is the walter zit loud walters it loud i did not know him he was an engineer for the phelps dodge when they ran the line for some reason walter was it loud his family loved and ajo kids he left here late in his career moved to san diego worked for pacific power and electric over there i've been told i didn't know but he left money to the school district and his uh his death for scholarships for students so these scholarships are fifteen hundred dollars a semester for eight semesters of college if the student stays in college that long uh our first recipient of the ziploc scholarship this evening is [Applause] congratulations [Applause] i'm going to list several scholarships here because they go to the same person um yahoo rotary
012club is a small organization but they do a lot of good for our town the christmas eve uh party at the plaza that's awhile rotary club the christmas tree plaza auto rotary club typically the traditional scholarship banquet and uh honor roll celebration auto rotary club auto rotary club this year is awarding three cash one semester uh scholarships the first one of those goes to k aaron we have another scholarship um this scholarship is for the rj and jake g welker family trust it goes to a former employee of theirs kay erin ken [Applause] not only is kay a strong student but they tell me she was an excellent employee and they they thought she was smart um the third scholarship i want to share with kay this evening is the may hall scholarship those of
013you that have been robbed longer than i have may have had mrs hall as a teacher i she passed away shortly after i came to house that's been a few years ago she left upon her death she left scholarships for our students as well we appreciate that we've been giving kayhaul mayhall scholarships for probably 16 or 17 years so it keeps going again this is a 1500 a month apart from the semester revolutions a month for eight semesters as long as a person remains in college and one of the recipients is okay i asked k when was the last time she received a b she's a bright girl but she can't remember that far back so uh i wish i could say that about my gpa uh we have a scholarship i'd like to award
014to a young lady i remember the day she was in the first grade i'm sorry kindergarten um this young lady is also the recipient of the may hall scholarship again 1500 semester great semesters i'd love to be at their college graduation all these kids i'd love to make my day that young lady is rosa [Applause] rosa also receive one of the yahoo rotary club scholarships so congratulations [Applause] you got to realize giving scholarships the best part of my year it's uh fantastic to see our kids be successful our live the last scholarship i'm going to award this evening is also the auto rotary club this young lady i think i've known since she was preschool known her family family's been involved in school the uncle gonzalez i have one scholarship left to present but before
015i do present this scholarship i'm going to introduce someone that kind of ties in a little bit to this scholarship uh we have the chairman of the with us this evening if you would please just wave your hand or something so people could know that you're here that would be great thank you this is a new scholarship that presenting this year it is the joyce k dooley memorial scholarship a short biography joyce dooley professionally served the students of the glendale elementary school district as well as the students on the tahana author nation she served students as a k-8 school librarian as well as a junior high school library she helped design and open the new junior high school library in 1987. joyce began working at san simone school on the ton of other nation in
016the fall of 2002 after moving to ajo while working at san simone school she was a licensed reading specialist as well as a teacher of gifted students joyce received her bachelor's degree from arizona state university she received her master's degree from northern arizona in educational leadership she received her reading specialist training from ottawa university joyce's personal and professional focus was kids this was the case whether she dealt with her students or her children she was always an advocate for kids in her memory the joyce k dooley scholarship this year goes to miss k area [Applause] students please rise president duncan members of the governing board are hereby certified that these students have successfully fulfilled the high school graduation requirements of the arizona department of education and also those established by the auto unified school district
017we ask that you would accept this class for graduation from the ohio unified school district by the governing board of the idaho unified school district it's with distinct honor that i accept the 2021 graduating class of the example of unified industry congratulations class sponsor mrs donnell conley will now come forward and read the names for the presentation of diplomas as your student prepares to receive their diploma you may make your way down to the front row if you'd like to take pictures and then return to your seat please they'll stop in the center of this stage is howdy [Music] [Applause] amy okay alexandra uh rosa janae renee austin country germany [Applause] whoa [Applause] garcia [Applause] so [Applause] emily [Applause] so [Applause] daniel hernandez here [Applause] fast yes so [Applause] um everything positive [Applause] foreign [Applause]
018oh [Applause] so ladies and gentlemen i present to you our student with highest honors will move forward for the turning of the castles to actually make it official are you ready [Applause] and now i present to you the ajo high school graduating class of 2021. [Applause] ladies and gentlemen i'm to ask that you would please remain seated until all the graduates have completely exited the auditorium during the recession [Music] [Applause] it's been a long day without you my friend and i'll tell you all about it when i see you again [Music] those were the days [Music] come on away [Music] i'm