001e for e for e e e [Music] I [Music] w w [Music] oh [Music] w [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] h [Music] w [Music] you [Music] w [Music] h [Music] oh [Music] w o [Music] for e good evening and welcome to the 2017 graduation commencement program for Brown County High School at this time please stand for the singing of our national [Music] anthem say can you see by the da early light what so proudly we held at the Twilight last who stripes and bright stars to the fight or the RS we watch were so G streaming and the rocket the in through the night that our flag was still there oh s that [Applause] starled for the land of the free and the home of the [Applause] gra now please remain standing and join me in
002saying the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance 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 thank you and please be seated I see I see I at this time please welcome NHS president Elizabeth [Applause] Jensen on the first day of kindergarten my mom rode the bus to school with me I was afraid of the big kids and afraid that I would somehow get lost and get off at the wrong stop so when it pulled up at my house for the very first time my mom climbed right in behind me and the next day I climbed on all by myself on the first day of Junior High my mom went in early with me and let
003me open my locker a few hundred times she walked with me to all my classrooms so I could find them later when school started and we went to my locker in between each one so I could practice the combination just one more time the next day I opened that Locker all by myself on the first day of High School embarrassingly enough I came prepared with a map of the hallways I was terrified of getting lost so my mom went in early and mapped out all of the rooms all the doors on all the lockers mine was marked with a big red X on the second day I found my classes all by myself now I could find them in the dark on the first day of college all my possessions will be in place in
004my dorm room thanks to my family they'll help me put everything exactly where it needs to be they'll reassure me that I won't get lost and then they'll climb in their car and drive away so what then then I'll have to ride the bus by myself I'll have to make my own maps and Patch my own jeans I'll wake up and have no one to Grumble at as they say good morning often times love is expressed in small ways like that a good morning or a be safe or a sleeping figure on the couch when you get home late at night waiting with the light on I remember once as a a child I told my parents I never want to move out I want to stay here forever they laughed at me and told
005me I'd changed my mind and I'm sure all of you can agree with me when I say that they were right but I will still miss them every single day I love you Mom and Dad I know I don't say it enough I know many of us don't say it enough to those who have helped us through these past four years so often we forget to show our gratitude for the people close to us for the things they do every single day so thank you Mom and Dad thank you for making me the person I am today I don't know where I'd be without you but I certainly wouldn't be on this [Applause] stage next is our valedictorian Nick Lopes [Applause] since the dawn of our country the United States has been fueled by Innovation
006the principles of our society Champion individualism and creativity which has benefited not only us but the world in numerous ways our country system which allows improvements to be made upon many inventions benefits designers and the everyday consumer alike the profits of these inventions often help help the world through charity this great system has become an oversight to many the discussion of labeling groups by race gender and Creed often dominates the media and everyday conversation while these topics are important especially given the history of our country I feel that we must always remember the principles that endow us to discuss these topics without this system one which rewards hard work free thought thought and individualism many of us would struggle to accomplish anything in life as the burden against each of us would be nearly insurmountable
007I believe our high school experience has given us so many lessons on the principles of our country along with the tools with which each of us needs to succeed class variety Sports options and the Arts in the school have allowed each of us to have a truly different experience one that gives all of us regardless of our background and this labeling a chance to succeed in an economy rewarding being great at something some of us may become a great business owner some an invaluable parent one may become a person who gives a struggling kid with a bad home life a chance to succeed just by being a great mentor my favorite quote is by the late Victor Frankle a Nazi concentration camp Survivor quoted as saying live as if you were living already for the
008second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you were about to act this quote presents the idea that each of us should strive to achieve truly great goals because we only get one opportunity now I know the world isn't as simple as high school but I hope each of us can use our experiences from from here to walk through those doors and succeed thank you Brown County it's been great [Applause] at this time the bchs choir will perform Joy be with you all e e for friendship and family for all in life that we hold let Fortune smile and the corner through Each Coming may all your days be ever of love may sorrow never come to and for now we sh wishwell and joy be with you all
009may all your days be fill with lovewell and joy be with you we said to you with all hearts [Music] and it to you you go andless blessings on your life may all your days be ever of love may sorrow never come [Music] to for we sh fwell and joy be with you all may all your days be filled with love fwell and joy be with you all joy be with [Music] [Applause] you e our guest speaker Dr Drew Waters grew up in Brown County and is 1996 graduate of Brown County High School he received the Lily scholarship and attended Wabash College and the suron Paris France for his undergraduate work he then attended Indiana University School of Medicine his studies and work have taken him to live in Arizona Arizona Kenya and Thailand Dr
010Waters will be leaving soon for a one-year sabatical to work and live in New Zealand and Bhutan there he will be a clinical professor of medicine for IU and will teach with a focus on Emergency Care stress response and Wilderness medicine currently Dr Waters is an Emergency Physician and the emergency medical director at IU Health in Bloomington Dr Waters is married his wife Melissa is an OBGYN and they have two daughters who eagerly await their next adventure it is my pleasure to welcome Dr Drew waters before I say anything else I just like to say congratulations to all of you uh every single person in the audience here has struggled some publicly some privately but every single one of you has struggled to get here today and that is a huge award and a huge
011Commendation to you so I'd like to collectively congratulate all of [Applause] you there are a few moments from today that will likely be memorable to you uh there are things I remember I remember someone telling me they thought one day I might be a senator I remember being naive to think that was a compliment uh I remember being given a a very treasured book by a wonderful teacher Miss Manning called the given and the made and that's somewhat would like to speak to you today about is about success and about failure all of you are about to graduate about to go out to the world with something the world's never seen before with yourselves something entirely new some of you are going to hit the ground running and some of you are going to stumble
012and I will talk a bit about how you move forward first and foremost we're going to finish high school with one last grammar lesson and that's on the idea of success and on failure you are not a success and you are not a failure those are not static nouns that you should think of think of that as succeeding and failing to succeed and to fail those are action verbs every day is a commitment every day you have to get up you're going to have days that you don't win you're going to have days that you feel really really bad but you have to get up and commit yourself to moving forward that's what it means to succeed I'm an Emergency Physician I've seen people in their absolute worst much of my job involves people treating
013themselves and others poorly but that's what I'm there for is to help people their worst so I want to try to Enlighten you with some of what I've learned from traveling the world ultimately no matter what the country what the culture what the disease process It ultimately doesn't matter it all comes down to taking care of people and to succeed and to fail comes down to two main things to care and to commit the most successful people in the world are not the smartest they're not the richest they're T typically the ones who are the most committed the most driven to continue that fight I show up every day at work many days I fail there are many any patience I can't save but the next day I show up and I clock in I'm
014back at it again and that's what I look forward to seeing you bring to the world that commitment whatever it is that is you bringing you to the world and every day no matter hard the how hard the day before was I look forward to seeing you get up and striving committing and caring the first of it has to start with caring the worst people in the world you will ever meet are those who lack empathy in your relationship with others and your relationship to yourself commit yourself to caring for yourself commit yourself to actually caring for others and that above all is going to matter the next step which is the committing it's very easy to make Grand ideas it's very easy to make grandiose you know claims of what you're going to do
015it's easy to blame other people for your setbacks but real success real failure that ongoing process is all about commitment how are you going to make your way in the world how you going to step up and find your way I'm a big fan and I teach my daughter is the term situational awareness what's the situation around you and what's your role minute where do you want to see yourself go every single one of you is going to take a path that's different from everyone else in this room no one else can make that path for you some of them are pretty amazing though I have no doubt and I personally look forward to seeing what you bring to the world and can't wait to find out where we find ourselves in another 21 years
016once again thank you and congratulations [Applause] now for the presentation of the class our principal Mr Shane [Applause] Killinger good evening I'd like to say what an honor it is to be part of this graduation this evening and I'd like to recognize five groups the first group I'd like to recognize is any veteran any current military personnel or any widows of a veteran that are in our audience today if you're in our audience today and you're in this group would you please stand [Applause] up we have several students in our senior class who are entered are planning on entering into the military After High School if you're a senior and this is you will you please stand [Applause] up I would also like to thank the parents relatives friends Educators anyone in this audience that
017has helped one of these seniors make it here today thank you very much seniors we need to thank [Applause] them now let's talk about the class of [Music] 2017 first off I want to thank you for for five wonderful years together it has been filled with many accomplishments and ups and downs it has been an honor to be part of this journey that we started together in e8th grade and that is ending in this celebration this evening I'm also very proud of the fact that this senior class did not have one senior prank this is a principal's dream thank you the last group I would like to talk about are the bears from Nashville Elementary if you are a senior and you went to Nashville raise your [Applause] hand I have had the pleasure for
018being their principal for 10 out of their 13 years in educ education obviously they are survivors and they can overcome any obstacle after those 10 years there's a rumor that I'm taking a position at IU that's not true you guys are finally on your own and I can't wait to see what this group and what this senior class accomplishes in the future thank [Applause] you it is now my pleasure to present the class of 2017 to the school board trustees Dr Laura hammock and the Brown County Community Mrs Evans if you would come forward let's announce the names of our graduating class w [Applause] Shan Nicholas [Applause] Lopes Elizabeth M [Applause] Jensen Delaney Grace Bond Haley Jordan [Applause] Abraham Tara Brielle Addington [Applause] Tommy Alexander [Applause] Atkins Sydney Lee [Applause] Acres Warren Cole Acres Victoria
019Nicole Ackles Logan Alexander [Applause] Allison Gage Michael and [Applause] Anderson Jason Braden [Applause] Anderson Jaylen Lee Armstrong [Music] [Applause] Josephine Simone [Applause] Armstrong Molly an [Applause] Austin will Remington Austin [Applause] Crystal Dawn [Applause] barngrover Sarah Emily [Applause] baric Allison Arlene [Applause] Basham Riley Kate [Applause] Billings Ruth an [Applause] Bolan Ross Jackson Boyd Trevor William [Applause] Braden Taylor Danielle [Music] [Applause] [Music] brassy Kay Marley [Music] [Applause] [Music] Brock Tanner Joseph [Applause] Brock Jory Kate Bruner [Applause] Evan Dean [Applause] Bullock Ezra Christen Burke [Applause] Andrew Kenneth [Applause] Burker Logan Tyler [Applause] Seer Alexandria Grace chittum [Music] [Applause] Alicia Dawn [Applause] Clemens Joshua Matthew Cochran [Applause] Zoe Autumn [Applause] Conrad Robert Dalton [Applause] Cox Jacob Thomas cumber Joseph Lee [Applause] Dean Tessa Lyn [Applause] Dean Ivy se de glandon [Applause] hay Marie [Applause] [Music] Dart Elijah James [Applause]
020Duff Dawson Everett dunck [Applause] Madison Kennedy [Applause] EDS Leandra k eper [Applause] Rachel Marie Ferguson Ellie Elaine [Applause] fig Madison Paige fields [Applause] Hunter Lewis [Applause] first Kelsey Brook [Applause] Fleer Cameron Alexander flesher [Applause] Hannah Danielle Marie [Applause] Fletcher Jacob Maurice [Applause] Ford James Vernon Fox II Madison Nicole [Applause] fry Leah Gabriel [Applause] ster Taylor Alisia Gatlin [Applause] Hannah Jordan [Applause] gold Wesley Allen [Applause] Gordon Noah Payton [Applause] [Music] GW Ethan Logan HCK [Applause] Carly June [Applause] Hammond Justin Robert [Applause] Paris Kevin Aaron Allen [Applause] Hatchet Dylan Antonio [Applause] hazelgrove Paige Madison Sue [Applause] Holt Vanessa severine Hoskins [Applause] Cassidy Hayden Wilson [Applause] Hostetler Blake Allen [Applause] Hudson Elizabeth ma holes [Applause] Kindra Alexis Lee [Applause] Eisley Alexis Taylor [Applause] Ivans Andrew Jacob [Applause] Justin Nolan Isaac Kelly rain Alexander [Applause] Kelly Victoria Jane kelp
021[Applause] Kyle McKenzie [Applause] km Nathan Allan [Applause] Kilburn Cody Allen Krebs [Applause] Tyler Matthew [Applause] Krug Tyler Michael [Applause] kma Alex Matthew lson [Applause] job Daniel [Applause] Lawson Micha kaen [Applause] Layman Colton Aaron Lee [Applause] Tyler Jacob [Applause] Lee Brandon Lee [Applause] luster McKenzie liener Harley Trevor [Music] [Applause] mctarsney Alexander Wallace [Applause] [Music] Miller Britney Nicole Miller [Applause] Christopher Damien [Applause] Miller Samuel Lucas [Applause] Miller Asia Grace Morgan Bailey Jacob [Applause] moer Amy Joe M [Applause] ran cash William Meyers [Applause] Hannah Ruth [Applause] Neil David Alexander [Applause] Norman David Lee O'Neal [Applause] Jacob [Applause] partica Elijah Joseph [Applause] Patterson Monica Shay [Applause] perfield Tyler David [Applause] poing Wy aora [Applause] poing Maxwell Thomas pots quend Ireland [Applause] pery Haley Michelle [Applause] riddle Wayne Darren [Applause] Robbins Bailey Catherine Robinson [Applause] Shan Michael [Applause] Rogers Benjamin
022Jacob [Applause] Roman Alexandria Michelle root [Applause] Austin Allen Rose [Applause] Brock Austin Miller [Applause] Rous Noah Joseph Ryan Jordan Alexander [Applause] samples Jasmine Leandra [Applause] [Music] Sanders Derek James William Scott Tiffany Nicole [Applause] Seagraves James Noah cidal [Applause] Abigail Rose [Applause] schaer Travis Lee [Applause] shekele Alexis Ruth Shepard [Applause] Aaron sha [Applause] seore Jennifer Lynn [Applause] Seymore Mary Jive [Applause] scvan Ryan Danielle [Applause] Smith William Cole [Applause] Smith Matthew David [Applause] Snyder Molly Joe Snider [Applause] Jordan Ashley K [Applause] Spencer August Reed [Applause] Spiegel April Renee Spurlock [Applause] Taylor Nicole [Applause] Stratton Sierra shyenne [Applause] Strickland Mason Nathaniel Thompson Haley Alexis [Applause] Tucker Jonathan Luke [Applause] [Music] vender Caleb Stewart Vasquez [Music] Cole Michael [Applause] voles Nathan sha [Applause] [Music] Wade Megan lenee Wagers [Music] [Applause] Caitlyn Marie [Applause] Walsh Eleanor Grace [Applause] warts Alex
023Ivory Lynn Wilkerson [Applause] Dawson Daniel [Applause] Williams Faith Renee [Applause] Williams Jesse torren Williams [Applause] cyana Marie [Applause] wood Lara Shay Wright Jaylen James York [Applause] at this time please welcome our superintendent Dr Laura [Applause] hammock thank you class of 2017 as you are my first class for whom I have served as superintendent you are officially now and will forever be my favorite [Music] class true it's been an absolute joy and honor to watch you all experience these very special moments that have been a part of your senior year while for me this year has flown by in a Flash I sincerely hope that you were able to make memories that are lasting and memories for which you will hold eternally dear please please know that the board and I wish you each great success
024and sincere happiness in your days ahead I'd like to take a moment to thank your parents your grandparents and your Caregivers for the opportunity to allow us Brown County Schools to work with your sons and daughters over the duration of their experience in this school district for many of you we have had the honor of serving you since kindergarten and that gift is one for which we eternally treasure parents you've done an extraordinary job and your support has meant the world to us if you're a parent or a caregiver would you please stand so that we can honor you at this time seniors we also wanted to take a moment this evening we genuinely believe that your education your ability to be here as a senior graduate of brown beny high school it's really the
025result of kindergarten through 12th grade right you had to get here because of a whole lot of Educators that got you to this point so at this point we would like to recognize all of our Educators and we mean that from from teachers to bus drivers to custodial staff to Food Service would you all if you're a member of the Brown County Schools team would you please stand thank [Applause] you we're almost there to our dear senior class I've had the gift of knowing many of you since you were in kindergarten and I am confident that all of you are ready to take this next exciting step ladies and gentlemen you have the benefit of living in the greatest nation in the world and I expect that you will be outstanding citizens who will continue
026to advance this great nation well into the future I was genuinely touched by your senior class motto you chose one by Myers Jr where it said go into the world and do well but more importantly go into the world and do good we have the utmost confidence that you'll do just that please don't forget that as you go off into the world and as you go off and do that good Brown County will always be your home and we will always be here for you we are so proud of you and we hope that you will always be proud to say that you graduated from Brown County high [Applause] school and with that it is time I'd like to invite Delaney Bond Nick Lopes and Lizzie Jensen to the front as they help to make
027this official senior class would you please stand graduates it is my honor to confer your graduation upon you at this time please turn your tassel it's time to celebrate congratulations [Music] h la [Music] oh [Music] hey [Music] I have pictures of you walking across actually getting to well I have you getting your portfolio thank we're done y we did it I'll see you all summer [Music] there are