001[Music] uh [Music] uh [Music] and if you want me [Music] fell to the floor in my ears [Music] and if you want me [Music] just to get up next to you [Music] if you want me [Music] oh [Music] to get up [Music] next to get up next to you [Music] i was drunk i was gone i don't make it right but i promise there are no feelings involved [Music] how long has this been going on been creeping around baby [Music] good afternoon everyone it is a great day to be a cardinal as the proud principal of glendale high school and on behalf of the entire staff and administration welcome as glendale celebrates its 108th graduating class the graduating class of 2022 these graduates are now the young men and women of the hour tradition dictates
002that the audience would stand during the processional before the graduates enter i would ask for you to please rise and turn your attention to the center of the stage as we honor the teachers and staff that have been working diligently with your students and our students your children for the last four years following them we have the swords team from our rotc program already waiting at this time i present to you our staff [Music] let's give them a round of applause thank you staff you're amazing people ladies and gentlemen i now present to you the graduating class of 2022 would you please remain standing [Music] not [Music] so [Music] um foreign [Music] so [Music] i [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] now um [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] seniors and
003family and friends please remain standing for the presentation of colors and the national anthem uh oh can you see by the dawn's early light let's so proudly well at the twilight's [Music] we [Music] in [Music] oh say [Music] is [Music] the bread [Applause] let's give band choir our sign language another big round of applause and our color guard will you please be seated hello everyone thank you for joining us as we close out a significant stage in our lives my name is esperanz olynye just in case they mispronounced my name and i was a 2021-2022 student student body president at glendale high school instead of standing here and making jokes to make the car laugh let's highlight how far we've come and how much we've done to start with administration that puts so much effort
004in providing different opportunities at school from scholarships ct classes to westmech teachers report their all post pandemic and friends and families who held their hands through it all each graduate standing before us has a different battle that made high school difficult and mine is no different as an optimist i believe a good date isn't summed up by the whole day being good but appreciating a good second of a bad day so instead of standing here and sharing a sob story i want to share my line of dark days i think my parents who supported me financially and pushed me towards working on my mental and spiritual health i want to thank my older siblings solange brown and soleil who were amazing role models and younger siblings who through love kept me laughing and stressed friends
005who educated my thoughtless actions and loved me through thick and thin as we begin graduation a quick reminder to one to each and everyone who we just graduate and we are still taking this in so please keep those what's next questions to yourself give it a week and to the graduating class of 2022 do take in what an amazing accomplishment you have achieved high school is not something simple given why friends and family have gathered here to see you take your next step congratulations to glendale class of 2022 [Applause] excellent job esperance at this time we're going to hear from our vocal ensemble or glendale coral performing for good uh [Music] that people come into our lives for a reason bringing something we must learn [Music] i don't know if i believe that's true i
006knew like a comic book [Music] because i know you i have been changed [Music] much [Music] my is [Music] because i knew you [Music] for the things [Music] any wrong [Music] if i've been changed for the better [Music] i do believe i have been changed for the better [Music] because i know you have this [Music] [Applause] that was amazing thank you very much at this time i'd like to introduce miss emu our senior class president [Applause] first and foremost let's give our gratitude to the families friends and faculty that have taken time out of their day to celebrate this prestigious accomplishment with us over the last few years we have put our blood sweat and tears into this one moment we have created many special memories from staying up late so that we could finish
007homework and study for tests or most are procrastinating to attending special events such as prom and the parade that is why i am proud to present the senior class gift as a new pa system with this gift we are hopeful that more events can be held surrounding this so that future cardinals can enjoy creating more memories we believe that these memories in high school are fundamental to growth within an individual especially at such an important moment in our lives i know many of you are excited to finally graduate and start your journey on truly becoming independent however we should never forget where we came from this community has played an extremely important role in our lives and i'm sure everyone is more than thankful don't ever forget about your carnal pride with that being said
008congratulations class of 2022. [Applause] thank you m one of our most important responsibilities as a school is to promote academic excellence and to help form a foundation for that next phase of what is next glendale high school confers its highest academic honors by designating the top 1 of the graduating class it is a privilege at this time to present the three students who have the title of the highest distinction i have asked miss board member laura herrita to join me at the podium to confer upon these three students to receive their academic medallions first of all we have ms leslie castilla castillo colleen [Applause] miss jenny gonzalez salgado [Applause] and miss yarali orozco paniagua [Applause] students you are remarkable and we get the privilege to hear from them now at this time i present to
009you miss yardley erasco to lead off [Applause] good afternoon and welcome peers fellow students and members of this ambitious generation my name is jorelia rosco paniamo and i am both thrilled and honored to be here today in front of you all representing the glendale high school class of 2022 graduates although at this moment it may just seem like a typical tuesday afternoon for the majority of people for us it is an afternoon embracing our new beginnings to adulthood where i where i hope we all achieve our most treasured dreams when i first started brainstorming the speech it was difficult not to think back to the beginning where it all started at least for me my interest in pursuing my education didn't sprout from thin air on the contrary it was a slight curiosity that grew
010and grew this little seed of speck of wonder encouraged me to persevere and take advantage of as many opportunities as were seen rationally manageable that along with the desire to make the woman who has used every ounce of her strength to raise my two older sisters along with me throughout our lives proud proud of my accomplishments reflected on all the hardships she had to endure as a single mother seeking a better life and a foreign country that is the united states this woman has shown us that we women are strong and independent regardless of what anyone says that is why i'm so proud to be the daughter of the strongest woman i know it's amazing to think that my role model has significantly shaped my life in many more ways than i could have ever
011expected [Applause] my mother and my two older sisters will always be the heroes in my fairy tale that i call life i am here today withstanding every obstacle to demonstrate to all the beautiful people of my country and most importantly to demonstrate to myself the capabilities of and potential of people like me there is no such thing as the impossible where there is desire and perseverance i am one of the 40 million immigrants in the united states trying to achieve their own version of the american dream and just like most i hide behind the shadows due to fear fear be no notice whether for the right reasons or not fear of being rejected from society one that has repeatedly reminded my people the difficulties and starting over in a new country despite our homeless intentions
012i hope to remind you all of the beauty in our personal strength each and every one of us has surpassed at least one obstacle to be here today whether that was getting out of bed this morning or fighting a demon behind closed doors i'd like you all to take a second to remind yourself of your accomplishments we're all human and we're all worthy for the majority of my life i believe that my background defined who i was as a person and the level of success i could ever achieve in society with inescapable judgment but now i realized that was far from the truth here i am today moving a step forward on a path i'm exhilarated to continue i hope you all remember today not as an ending but as a beginning to a new
013chapter in our lives one that i hope will be filled with blessings and fortune but we're not there yet for now i wish for uncontrollable laughter and cheesy grins as we all enjoyed today the day we will walk across the stage showcasing all of our hard work we deserve this very anticipated moment we finally did it congrats class of 2022 [Applause] good afternoon my name is jenny gonzalez salgado let us consider newton's first law of motion newton's first law states that an object in motion will stay in motion at a constant velocity unless acted upon by an unbalanced force so if we lived in a perfect world with no friction a ball would be able to roll with the same speed forever we too would rush towards our goals at full speed and continue on
014that path forever but we don't live in a perfect world and much like objects in motion we encounter unbalanced forces that disrupt our path the first one that comes to mind is covid personally my academic peak was the first semester of junior year and i intended to keep going up from there but the isolation of quarantine drained the life out of me and there were days where i didn't have the will to get out of bed let alone attend 90-minute classes i know that everyone's lives were interrupted by the pandemic but it isn't the last disruption we'll experience every day we will encounter things that will get in the way of our goals there is good news however and that is that newton's first law is a double-edged sword because while the fact that we
015live in an imperfect world means that we have to deal with negative forces it also means that they can be counteracted by positive forces for me these positive forces were my friends teachers and parents to my closest friends in the world roxanna m and america i thank you for always believing in me especially in the moments when i didn't believe in myself to my teachers thank you for your time and patience i could not be up here today without you i am espadres gracias por siempre poyarme por ensenarme all this to say that as we continue on to our next phase we will certainly encounter things that will disrupt our plans but it is important to remember that there will always be something or someone to get us back on track congratulations class of 2022.
016good afternoon everyone when i started this first off i wanted to begin with a quick and formal congratulations to the class of 2022 we've dealt with a lot this year and just being part of this ceremony is a feat of its own damian las gracias amis padres hermanas porto la pollo commandant now the truth is for a long time i debated with myself on what to write for the speech i thought should i try and be funny should i throw out every cliche possible should i create some big extended metaphor hoping that someone other than the literature teacher would understand and then i thought about what people expected for me did people expect me to be inspirational or say something meaningful i spent so long trying to latch onto some pre-existing structure or theme that
017had been created by past students and we do this a lot maybe not with the speech but we spent so much of our time and energy comparing ourselves to those we believe are above us whether it's over a gpa or even your sense of style we waste time finding all the ways we can change ourselves to be like someone else or we waste time brooding over the fact that we will never be like that person now don't get me wrong this trait isn't all bad it's in our nature to compare it's how we grow and many times it's the origin of our motivation a freshman football player looks at the seniors and starts working out more or a freshman rotc kid sees their ceo and starts becoming more involved however there are also times our
018comparative nature becomes our downfall we start feeling unworthy of pride or we we start feeling worthy of pride and instead of celebrating in our accomplishments we belittle them because he or she did something way more impressive but you should never feel like your accomplishments mean nothing and i don't mean to sound like i'm above this all either this is a realization i just had a few weeks ago and i wanted to change this destructive mindset of minimizing the importance of my problems and my achievements because and i'm sure most of you understand the sentiment but it is so incredibly exhausting feeling like you're never doing enough but you are doing enough and you are enough it's a gradual process to really internalize your self-worth and i still sometimes struggle with it to this day but
019i urge you to start now for a second just ignore the numbers the expectations ignore the awards and just really think what makes you feel proud not your parents not your teachers not your siblings but you if you can take away one thing from this speech let it be this understand that every single one of us have led a different path and we've all made completely different choices it is unfair to yourself and all your efforts to sit there and feel inferior to those who were dealt completely different cards i encourage you to be ambitious i want you to do something more for yourself i want you to be successful let that drive you to be a better person but i also ask you to just reflect on all the obstacles you've conquered this year
020and every positive action you've made and just feel proud that every single one of those moments have led you to this one right here thank you and congratulations [Applause] thank you ladies you are already positively impacting the world these following students hold the title of high distinction they're graduating in the top three percent of the class and i'm going to call them by name please hold your applause until all are standing naomi cowan francisco ortega camacho e mu roxana bustamantes hernandez leliana diaz falcon please give these top three percent students a great round of applause [Applause] you may be seated finally i wish to acknowledge the students who are ranked academically in the top 10 percent of the class while i will not present them to you individually please let me draw your attention to
021their names which are marked in your commencement program honor graduates in the top 10 percent would you please stand so we can applaud your accomplishment you may be seated another small group i'd like to honor we have eight students who have willingly signed up and committed to at least four years in the armed forces if you have made that commitment and answered that call to serve us proudly would you please stand up those eight students who have signed [Applause] you may be seated thank you we have 76 students who have taken and successfully passed at least one advanced placement course these courses are the most challenging courses that we offer i ask that these 76 students please stand up so we can acknowledge your accomplishments and your effort that you put forth to to complete
022one of these high challenge courses please rise 76 students [Applause] you may be seated 47 of those students that just stood up took at least three or more during their high school career so we thank you and congratulations for going beyond the minimal level and challenging yourselves at this point i would like to have your focus and attention on the talents of the glendale high school band under the direction of miss julie trent as they perform of pride and celebration so [Music] so [Music] wow [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Applause] thank you band it is so great to have them in the choir back with us at graduations is it not at this time i would like to introduce two very special guests first is our governing board member mrs laura arita mrs arita began
023serving the glendale union district high school district as a governing board member in january of twenty twenty one she is a first generation glendale high school and phoenix college graduate who earned an associate's degree in global business mrs arita and her husband are proud parents of two elementary children and one recent glendale graduate she's over there she is an employee for the glendale elementary school district and has served as an active volunteer for the glendale and phoenix community since the 1990s thank you for being here secondly is our assistant superintendent for human resources miss allison mattingly she is a proud graduate of our district and has been positively impacting lives since 2001. thank you for being here this is aritha assistant superintendent mattingly parents and honored guest of glendale this class has two things in
024common one they have met all the requirements to graduate together the second thing is is that they have carried on and added to the great tradition and pride and honor to glendale to name a few they've earned one of the top 100 schools in arizona by the u.s news and world report let's let's clap to that one [Applause] they're ranked top 10 in fafsa completion which is dollars to their next level of education and training we have a gate scholarship winner we have 33 obama scholar winners just to name a few this class has continued to move glendale forward by striving for excellence in the classroom and collectively they've earned almost 10 million dollars in grants and scholarships that is tremendous other accomplishments consist of some of them working full and part-time jobs while others
025spent time with highly distinguished rotc unit or national honor society where they volunteered over 3 000 hours in our community additionally our conservation club they spoke at a city council meeting they even got a date named on the calendar the culinary program produced two first place finishes and two national qualifiers deca had two national qualifiers chris ramirez he was named the unified sports partner of the year for the aia boys volleyball in only their second year you made it to the state playoffs others of you represented glendale by by participating in state qualifying events such as girls tennis badminton and unified sports furthermore vocal ensemble in the band both earned superior at the nau jazz and magical festival our band was the highest ranking band in our district at the marking marching band championships our
026robotics club took third place in regionals we had a district art show winner and who can forget an 11-2 football season where we went all the way to the state semifinals matching their highest win total in over 40 years many other others of you made us proud by being involved in other ways on the campus this student body over 82 percent of you were involved in either a club or a sport or or activity on our campus would you please pause and give just a round of applause for them being involved on our campus seniors i congratulate you and all of your accomplishments and once again you have carried on the great tradition and pride and honor to glendale high school congratulations to you [Applause] it's been a privilege to be your principal it's an
027honor i'm going to leave you with two thoughts part one has two parts stay humble and stay hungry okay don't ever stop learning don't think you know it all be humble but be hungry go after it and go get it number two i would say help others along the way reach back give back to those younger than you to those older than you to those sitting next to you don't ever stop learning and help others along the way to quote a great writer henry new and he says the greatest use of life is to spend it in the service of others and helping others and that will that will bring you the most joy and it has been truly a privilege to be your principal glendale high school is it a great day to be
028a cardinal or what you're a special group now please welcome miss uh laura arrita to say a few words before we confer the diplomas upon you albert einstein one of the greatest and most influential influential physicists of all times once said education is what remains after you have forgotten what one has learned in school good afternoon class of 2022 my name is laura arita i serve as a member of the governing board for the glendale union high school district and as a fellow ghs graduate it is an honor to be addressing all of you your families your friends guests and the distinguished faculty of glendale high school graduates you're persevered and you did it your dedication has not gone unnoticed specifically this school year where i can definitely definitely say that each and one of
029you made a personal move in search of a steady return to normality i would gladly be surprised if most of you reinvented a new normal that defines you during your last high school year as you step onto the out into the world to celebrate this milestone take a moment to recognize those who played a key role in your education your parents grandparents guardians your brothers and sisters your teachers your coaches your advisors and the many others that i might have overlooked to mention so that if later in life you forget the factual classroom teachings remember that the moral values learned from your role models live in you with this being said on behalf of other members of the governing board for the gu hsd we wish you all the best as you turn the page
030to a brand new chapter in your life congratulations graduating class of 2022 [Applause] at this time it is my pleasure as the principal of glendale high school the proud principal to certify that these students have met their requirements for graduation as set forth by the glendale union high school governing board accordingly i present this class to governing board member arita mr zarita i respectfully request that you accept these graduates and that you and assistant superintendent mattingly confer diplomas upon them as a member of the governing board of the glendale union high school district and by the authority vested in me by the constitution and laws of the state of arizona i accept and confirm that the glendale high school class of 2022 has met the graduating requirements established by the glendale union high school district
031governing board mr tarver please present the graduates to receive their diplomas [Applause] in order for this ceremony to belong to each graduate it must belong to them all therefore we request that guests act with restraint when names are announced so that each graduate's name can be clearly heard by everyone please remain in your seats until all students have been recognized thank you all right team here we go will the first row of the class of 2022 please rise and prepare to receive your diplomas um nicolas honluck yarel melendrez tania adams denis sevilla quintero juan castro brianna sevilla quintero haley nance liliana diaz falcon sarah jesus jimenez shayla amaya [Music] [Applause] hernandez victor francisco guzman ruiz jose mendoza islas roberto astorga diaz michaela gomez [Music] alain lopez gomez leslie castillo colleen [Applause] jaime delgado jenny gonzalez
032salgado walid noor yadali orozco paniagua sandra perez gonzalez emu alejandra mentosa esperanza owing inelae carina robles jalen herrera benito daisy massariegos victoria guzman salgado kimberly olander annabel aguiano hernandez teresa guzman miranda arrowood santiago martinez tiana lamar christine rizzo sandra medina euler brisa is salazar joshua galbadon lucero joaquin valenzuela orozco junior ducalley aron alexis ramos micah chegg benjamin o'neill jordan clifton joshua tucker maria hernandez romero brandon pugh daisy matadamas john mutu francisco javier chavez luis robles esther martinez arujo russell durango contreras crystal berber de la torre diana cortes cortes joshlynn chavez iber jimenez liseldi gonzalez james la john [Applause] christian hernandez lawrence deborah [Applause] giselle hernandez pineda mirlanda georges jorge calitano diaz keon walker [Applause] tristan hernandez wyatt preston edward mendoza melanie platero santa maria penelope inohosa javier pena michelle martinez christopher tomar janet ortado ruiz
033kevin torres miranda alexis landeros angel ruelas gradis jasmine johnson chris ramirez perez melanie bernal christian oropesa aristorantes mendoza nomi prado tegan mitchell lamar diggs carla pickett muna meghan genesis ojeda akira kamara maria salgado araceli cruz associena vargas kamora modica jahira biya uritia james crankshaw ashley ramos lopez [Applause] kendra gutenberger alyssa angel alexia espinosa beatrice cano tiffany melendez cruz ulysses garcia rosa rodriguez rosa garcia larry soto natalie abodaka [Applause] nicole uribe julian chavez carmen pena mentosa alex castro fatima nunez monreal cesar arvisou maya washington reuben hernandez [Applause] romney porter josue maciel jocelyn ramos gabriel guzman fernandez antony torres lopez manuel cortares dylan thurman lopez alexa mcmillan audra robbins esmerada castane castena alexander cruz santiago elvi ortiz ortiz david loya efren pelasko isaac gerardo logan smith mercedes gilder nathaniel moreno flores [Applause] james ortiz melissa angulo obeso
034shane rundle andrew duran [Applause] middle owens jacob luna michelle reina rojo jasmine medina aispuro christian perry kenya maldonado valenzuela joseph morland yairi gil alvarez brian olivares perla bara pacheco [Music] vasquez mendoza celine castillo eric janette mora alamos jose vasquez alonso jasmine baca eliseo ramirez santiago vanessa cervantes jacobo rudy vega diego aragon [Applause] karen obrecon la garda kyla hunter turner victor padilla reyes tyler hayes tania rios jimenez [Applause] elijah garcia [Applause] nathan placencia luna jonathan luis alfaro daniel soto rodriguez luis hernandez leon omar oliva jorge davila jordi ordonez tapia nourhan abed armando nunes corrales america de la cruz salazar enrique town omar mohammed yusuf claude joseph lerma dino colombo [Laughter] isaac giles moreno alex orozco julio de la rosa alexia pantoja manuel pareda gonzalez valencia ricardo vagena garcia hunter white rogelio lopez juan evelyn morland carlos
035marquez sora nasiri mark anthony duarte [Applause] [Music] adrian jimenez hannah owens ricardo del val amir sarid ashley castillo erica navarrete leslie chavez luis najera ortiz luisa camacho soto jaime saltiva valeria estrada leslie moran gutierrez nina mata cristina trevino flores alexis lopez jessica rodriguez jimenez lavonne long chloe savage ashley jimenez vega [Applause] [Music] carlos lopez hernandez omar flores ricardo rodriguez [Applause] [Music] [Applause] please welcome michaela gomez to the stage for our benediction [Applause] would you all please rise for the benediction good afternoon my name is michaela gomez but most know me as mickey i am incredibly grateful to be able to speak today in all honesty i was shocked i was given this opportunity because i am not part of the student council and certainly not in the top one percent but i am thrilled nonetheless
036to be able to make a lasting impact at glendale high school i would like to begin by congratulating the class of 2022 for their efforts over the past four years the students here today overcame difficult obstacles unlike ever before during the pandemic despite losing friends and family members you all have shown dedication and commitment to school in order to be here today and graduating to the teachers i would like to remind each and every one of you how truly valued you are for continuously encouraging reassuring and supporting your students in times where they have needed it the most although each year students graduate and new students arrive you are the ones who continue to stay your ability to contribute to the character growth and success of young men and women is truly commendable for that
037i thank you on behalf of all of us with that being said i would like to share with all of you three important pieces of advice my first piece of advice is a reminder to celebrate the small accomplishments in life whether that means you got a full night's sleep or you went to the gym for the first time every step you take to get closer to your goal or a better version of yourself should be valued no matter how insignificant they may seem do not diminish the importance of even the smallest wins in life secondly i would like to remind all of you that it's never too late in life to set goals or have dreams as we grow older we tend to think that our prime has passed or re-reminisce on all the lost
038opportunities rather than focusing on the past and i know that's hard for a lot of us stay focused on the future that lies ahead of you it is never too late to start college it is never too late to start your own business it is never too late to rekindle relationships with old friends and family every day every hour and even every minute presents a new opportunity take advantage of it my last piece of advice is to remember to live in the present a lot of us have this little friend called anxiety who always encourages us to think about what we did wrong in the past or to worry about the future but what's happening right now in this moment in this moment we are all lucky to be alive surrounded by friends and family
039celebrating our loved ones accomplishments how incredible is that thank you and congrats class of 2022 [Applause] couple quick notes and then we'll be on our way it is indeed a great day to be a cardinal is it not [Applause] seniors remember as you exit you will be going down the sides of the stage to receive your diplomas parents and guests you will go up and meet your graduate out to the front seniors you may now move your tassel from the right to the left parents and guests may i present to you the graduated class of 2022 [Applause] have a great day [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] i was drunk i was gone i don't make it right but i promise there are no feelings involved [Music] how long has oh this calling me baby [Music]
040once [Music] oh