001Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Music] Good morning everyone. Welcome parents, Scottians, friends, families, students, and staff to our moving on ceremony for the class of 2025. At this time, I would ask everyone to rise. And can I have Natasha Cano come up to lead us in the pledge of allegiance? Everyone rise. 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, Natasha. At this time, it's my pleasure to introduce you to our superintendent, William D. hot. Mr. Hart, thank you very much, Mr. Suter. To all the families, guardians, and friends of our eighth graders, this is a momentous occasion. This is
002the point where they leave this wonderful building behind me and go on hopefully all to Everett High School. I hope you all made that selection to continue to join the excellence that we have here in our school district. Our students are not only our stars, but they are our future. And I'd like to thank the faculty, the staff, and all the folks here at the left, excuse me, at the parliament do so much to get our students going. also be remiss if I didn't defeat the school committee, school committee member, our mayor who is actually here with us today, who without his support on the school committee and in the city, we could not do and plan for the things that we do and plan for to make our students the best and the brightest.
003So, thank you, Mayor D. Maria for always being on our side. I want to you to trust them and I know you'll be high school the excellence continue. Thank you so much. Good morning. Also, I'd like to recognize the mayor, Mr. Ko Di Maro. Mr. Mayor, would you like to come up, say a few words? Is the microphone working? Can you hear us? Can you hear it? Okay. Well, congratulations to the eighth grade class. You all excited? You look nervous. You're here, so you're graduating. You should be happy, right? I'm happy for you. I know your parents and your family and your uh guardians, grandparents, siblings are all ecstatic. Can you hear? Is it coming through? Can you hear? You can now. Are you all happy for your for these kids? Huh? What a great
004day. I just want to thank everyone who's around, teachers and the principal of the staff, everybody who makes this school operate and run. Thank you all for uh uh taking care of our kids. We appreciate you very much. Thank you. So, you know, it's moving on to high school. So, uh I I think the best advice I want to give you is regardless of how you did K through eight, you have four years to make up for anything that you you uh were unable to do. Right? So think think of this as like a new beginning. I wish actually I was in your shoes. I swear to God, right? Because you have the whole world ahead of you. Don't think about what anyone's saying on social media, Instagram. Forget about all that BS. Think about
005yourself and your family, how to make yourself a better person, right? Listen to your teachers, but most importantly, listen to these people here. They will give you the best advice in life. Listen to them. Don't listen to your friends. Don't listen to your, you know, listen to your parents, your grandparents. They're going to give they went through this already. They already went all they went through all this. They're going to give you the best advice. You can listen to me. I always give you that. I always give you what I think you should do, but go back to them. All right. Have a safe summer. Remember, new beginning, ninth grade. We're going to study hard, right? We're going to get the best grades possible. And always, like I said, your superintendent, he loves you. I
006have I've never seen a superintendent love kids as much as he does. He truly does. So, we're here for you. We're rooting for you because you're like us, Everett kids. You know, I'm like a lot of you. My parents from different country, you know, uh who ever thought a son of immigrants would be mayor of the city of Everett, right? So, you guys are in the same shoes I'm in. So, uh good luck. I I really wish you the best. I love you very much. have a safe summer. I look forward to seeing you in high school ever high. Okay. God bless you. [Applause] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Working at the Parland is a very rewarding one, and I am very proud to be here. It's truly a team effort. Everyone who works here makes
007the parland a wonderful place to work and learn. I would like to begin by thanking my administrative team. Dr. John Pella who's back there, Miss Anna Kolakitus right here to my left for their support each day. Our guidance counselors, Mr. David Weinberg and Miss Megan Smith. Our social workers, Miss Sarah Murphy, Miss Annie Senor, Mr. Raymond Fong, our school nurse, Glenn Naido, and our family liaison, Mr. Jeannie Sorier and Mr. Ga David Capria Sanchez. our cafeteria staff who takes care of us all day long and our custodians who set up for today. Isn't it beautiful? our administrative assistant, Charlotte Grandandy, and especially our eighth grade teachers, Miss Leo, Mr. Benson, Mr. Pierre Lewis, Mr. Paneresi, Miss Ake, Miss Carol, Mrs. Fabricio, and all of our teachers who work at the Parin School. They have done
008an amazing job this year and I am much appreciative of them. Thank you to our superintendent William Hart, our deputy superintendent Miss Gretchen Manning, assistant superintendent Mrs. Margaret Adams and Mr. Dennis Lynch. I would like to also thank our school committee for all of their hard work and Mrs. Babcock and Mrs. Hurley who have come to join us today. And thank you to our mayor, the honorable Carlo Di Maria for joining us today. Especially thank you to my students. I'm going to try not to get emotional. You have made my job so rewarding. I cannot wait to see all that you become. Thank you so much. I promised myself I wasn't going to cry, but if you know me, that's my that's my song. I would like my students to stand and I'd like you
009to give your parents, your guardians, your friends a warm applause for all they've done to you. Students, please rise. Your parents and guardians are your first teachers and they support you each and every day. Thank you. You may be seated. Graduation is a time to celebrate your accomplishments, reflect on your journey thus far, and set your sights on what is to come. You should be proud of yourselves for everything you have overcome. As you move on to high school and beyond, let's always remember the lessons you learned in the eighth grade. Be kind to others, work hard, and never give up on your dreams. With that said, I would like to leave you with a quote from Walt Whittmann. Keep your face always toward the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you. Congratulations to
010the class of 2025. Best wishes. I will miss you. I would now like to intro introduce James Dos Santos to come up and say a few words. James [Applause] up everybody. I'm James Os Santos. I'm here today on this very memorable day to say my last goodbyes to this school, the teachers, and the rest of the staff. The moment I walked into this school, I thought I thought it would be hell. I cried almost every day in kindergarten. After I started growing and seeing that people around people around me almost every day that kind that are kind and caring. I finally realized that it's not so bad. I always kept my mother's words very close to me. She would tell me, "One day at a time, James, each day we will always be better than
011the day you were before. Just keep moving forward." My mother never gave up on me. Me, she never gave up on me. Stayed pushing me whenever I couldn't do it for myself. Although I don't Although I don't know what my future holds, I know who holds my future. And that is my mom. Thank you, mom, for everything you have done for me. I love you. [Applause] I'm going to miss everybody. I'm going to miss everybody here. Whe you're going to ever high school or another high school, never going to be the same. Our time together here at Parlin, it was different. We're also used to being in our own space, at our own school, but now we're going to have to share school with people we never even met before. Sometimes you'll never know. Sometimes
012you never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. A lot of people don't see it. We have been through a lot together. From co shutting us down to even growing up in this new generation. People think it's easy till they remember what it was like growing up as teenagers. So some so some advice to fellow some advice some graduates don't be scared. Just be yourself and everything will be fine. These next four years will be will be where you determine what you want to be. Do do you want to be great or good? I said I change a few months ago. My brother said to me, "Do you want to be good or great?" I said, "I want to be great." But then I thought about it in a deeper level.
013I believe that everyone sitting here right now can do amazing things, but that's not up but that's not up to me. I can't want this for you. So, really ask yourself, do you want to be good or great? Average or extraordinary. These next four years, these next four years are what you choose to be when you look in the mirror and what you see yourself as. I want to finish this off with thanking my family, my friends, and my eighth grade and my eighth grade teachers. Most importantly, I want to thank Miss Leo. Not only Not only is this woman Not only is this woman helped me to become a better person on the field and off, she always she always saw something in me that nobody ever ever saw. She she kept an eye
014on me ever since I stepped into the school. Thank you, Miss Leo. [Applause] Good luck to all my teachers. I thank you. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. To my fellow classmates, go change the world. Don't compare your life to anyone else's. Life is what we make it. Thank you, James. And our next student speaker is excuse me, Jennifer Stok Hot. [Applause] [Music] Good morning everyone, teachers, family, friends, and most importantly the crystal 2025. Today is a big day. We have reached the finish line of middle school. And we're standing at the starting line of something even bigger, high school. It feel like was just yesterday walking to sixth grade, nervous, excited, and maybe a little lost. And now we're here, taller, smarter, and and definitely more confident. Middle school wasn't
015just about learning math, science, or history. It was about learning who we are, discovering new passion, meeting new friends. It been missing a few Walker moments. Okay guys, a lot of rocker moments, right? But through it all, we grew and we did it together. And one we want a huge thank you to our teachers who believe in us when we're not quite sure of ourselves. You pushed us, challenged us, and reminded us that we could do hard things. You didn't just teach us facts. You taught us to think, how to ask questions, and how to keep going when things become difficult. For me, one of the hardest things were learning English. It's not my first language. And when I first came here, I was nervous about speaking, reading, and writing. I honestly never imagined that
016I could be fluent. And I and I definitely never thought I would be able to stand in front of the whole school given this speech. And [Applause] but I'm here in just four years I went from a struggling to say to write a sentence and deliver to delivering the speech and just and that is because of my amazing teachers and the school. You never gave up on me. You were patient, kind and always encouraged me to keep going even when things feel hard. You made you made middle school a little less hard for me and a lot of more meaningful. Thank you for helping me find my voice and believe in myself. To our families, thank you for being our biggest leaders, especially on those tough days when it feel like the world was ending
017after home over homework. You reminded us that grades were does not define us. The ever resilience and kindness matter even more. Your support means everything. I want to give a special thank you to my coaches, basketball, flag football, and soccer. I am glad that I had a chance to to play on every team and to represent our school. Your sport has become such a big part of my life. They have taught me leadership, discipline, and how to give my all when I'm tired or unsure. To everyone who played with me on those teams, thank you for pushing me, supporting me, and sharing the wins and the losses. We build something together that will be proud of. And I especially want to thank my basketball coach, Coach Akib, for insisting that I go the triyouts even
018when I didn't believe in myself. That one decision changed everything for me. It helped me find my confident, passion, and love for sports, and I'm excited to carry carry that into high school. You believe in me made all the different. But it's not just about basketball, coach. Everything you did for me was special. The way you coach uses, the way you're encouraging me when I doubted myself and the way you always reminded me to keep my head up and all of that mean more than I can explain. You've taught me how to be confident, how to lead, and how to keep going no matter what. You made me feel like I belonged and like I had more something to offer on both and offc court. I'm grateful that I had you as my basketball coach.
019I wouldn't trade that for anything. I would not want any other way. You shaped the person I am today and I will be carry those lessons with me. Thank you for being such a powerful influencer in my life. Thank you very much, coach. I also want to thank the people who often works behind the scenes but make a big different in our school. Thank you for the Thank you to the Ctorians to who keep our classrooms, hallways, and restrooms cleans every single day. You made sure we have a safe and comfortable space to learn and grow. You had your hard work does not go unnoticeable. Your and you and we are portrayed more than words can say. And thank you to the lunch ladies who greeted us with smiles and served meals with care. You
020made lunch one of the best part of the days. And not just because of the lunch, but because of your kindness and for making sure we're we're fed and ready to go through the day. And thank you, mom. Of course, I want to thank my mom for for always being there when school fell hard. For motivating me when I feel like it g me up. For reminding me that I'm stronger than I think. Your loves encourage me. Keep me going. Even when even on those days I doubted myself. I wouldn't I wouldn't be standing here without you. I love you so much and I'm glad that that I'm your daughter. And I want to give a special thank you to my teachers that have helped me and supporting me this past two weeks. I love
021you guys so much and I don't have words to describe how thankful I am. I hope you guys the best and I will miss you guys next year. To my fellow classmates, I am proud of us. We have made it through so much tests, project, late nights and challenge we never saw coming. And we have come out stronger and we're ready for the next step even if it feels a little scary because we have already proven that we can handle changes and face challenge and keep move forwarding. Let's take what I learned in classrooms on the field and life and cur to high school. Let's stay curious. Let's stay kind and let's keep chasing our dreams and let's continue supporting each another every step of the way. High school here we come and we're ready.
022Thank you everyone. Thank you, Jennifer. Next, we have Miss Kolakitus with a few words. Good morning, everyone. Before we begin, I've got names of all the students who have attended the parlin from kindergarten up to 8th grade. So that's dedication. That's getting up every day and going somewhere knowing it's what's best for you and your future. I would take a moment to recognize someone who's done the same thing. If you will indulge me, for over three decades, Mrs. Nancy Suter has given her service to the Ever Public Schools, having taught multiple generations of families. If anyone were to bleed parin blue and gold, it's Mrs. Suter. On behalf of the administrative administrative team and all the faculty here, we want to wish you, Mrs. Suter, a relaxing retirement with your husband, Mr. John Suter, vice
023principal of Everett High School. But more importantly, we wish you our eternal gratitude for the indelible mark you have left on our students. They will be Parland Panthers for the rest of their lives and they will think of you. So, thank you. Thank you from all of us. Let's hear it for Mrs. Utira. Thank you for that. So, grade 8 students who have attended Parl Kaylee Gdano Salenas, Ralph Dazzy, Isabelle Dusa, Jefferson Manivar, Ramirez, Justin Portillo, Suragia Real Mahmood Shik, Jonathan Tehada Moraga, Yansy Chavez, Tehada, James Dos Santos, Natalie Escobar, Aguilar, Camila Maldonado, Posadas, Diana Ramirez, Palasios, Victoria Rodriguez, Miley Ambrosio, Yousef Manada, Terry Surel, Jasine Loren Opina, Noah Patros, Elelliana Pon, Arthur Ribero, Fenan Ribero, Elizabeth Bernard, Natasha Carro, Chris Cortez, Rivas, Kenny Silva, Gana Holina, Elion Gers, Ali, Abby, Lubrena, Emily Kintania, Aiden
024Romero and Manueli Karolini Silva. And that concludes our list. You may all sit down. Thank you so much. Thank you, Parl. This year in the eighth grade, um, we had two championship teams, uh, the B boys basketball team and the girls soccer team. So, we just wanted to recognize them today. So, first up, so once again, congratulations, boys. A very successful season. You all worked hard all year and it paid off in the end. Um, Ralph Dazzy When I say your name, come grab your certificate. Mammud Shika, [Applause] Howard Lorent, Anthony Perez, Renan Rivero, Yousef Ben Hamada, James Dos Santos, Jefferson Manava Ramirez, Ah, Nuen, Terry Cyro, Jonathan Tahada Morgana and lastly Christ. Now for the girls soccer champs, we have Niara Orantes. Victoria Rodriguez, [Applause] Depala, Jennifer Stor, [Applause] Aea Lopez, Isabelle Duza, [Applause]
025Alexandra Romero, Gizelle Valle, Costa, Maria Eduard, Sena, Diana Ramirez, Palasios, and Kaylee Bakadano Selenas. At this time, we're going to give out some achievement awards for our students in the classroom. Buenos das and good morning to all. I have the honor today of presenting an award that means a great deal, the excellence in perseverance award. This award recognizes not just excellence in academic effort, but something deeper. The strength to keep going when things get tough, the courage to try again after setbacks, and the determination to show up each day to build real success over time. This year, two students have stood out for their unwavering commitment to their growth. They faced challenges with grace, kept showing up with open minds, and inspired everyone around them with their resilience. It's my privilege to recognize two students
026with this award. Your perseverance has been powerful and I couldn't be more proud of you both. Congratulations and keeping. The first award goes to Diana Ramirez Palaceios. [Applause] The second award goes to Arthur Ribero. [Applause] Good morning. Uh I'm presenting the excellent in math especially algebra algebra uh because I'm the algebra teacher uh to an excellent student who's not only excellent in math but who's really humble and always available to help others who struggle with math. And um she's she's excellent. She's perfect. She's great. And she finished her course with a 99 plus throughout the year. and um she's gonna do great in high school and math. So the award is uh presenting to Alana Pony. [Applause] Good morning. My name is Cassie Freezio. I'm the eighth grade civics teacher here at the Parland. Um
027this award I chose, there's so many great kids this year. Um but this particular student definitely um stands out in multiple ways. Not only with how well she handles the subject of civics um but who she is as a person, who she is as a classmate and all um the effort that she puts in on a daily basis consistently never misses a beat. So for this award in civics, I present to Camila Maldonado. [Applause] My name is Stevie Carroll and I teach English as a second language for 8th grade. This student is one who works incredibly hard every day to achieve great things. When I met them, they made it clear that they wanted to do everything they could to grow and improve in their skills. Over the course of the year, they've proven this
028to be true, working incredibly hard on all their writing assignments, presentations, and achieving the highest level of growth on the I Ready reading assessment in their class. In addition to their academic skills, this student is incredibly kind and caring. They were willing to work with and help anyone in class who needed it. I wanted to thank this student for all their hard work throughout the year and wanted to challenge myself to learn how to say in Portuguese, I'm very proud of you devos. [Music] It is my honor to present this excellence in ELA award to KBBI Gonzalez. [Applause] I'm uh oh I'm Brian Peneres. I teach science um and I'm presenting the excellence in science award to a student who I always felt cared and tried and always wanted to learn more uh in science
029and that student is Suyog. [Applause] I will be presenting the next award for um top student in ELA this year. Uh so this year in ELA, this student showed exceptional dedication to reading, writing, and critical thinking. English not being her first language was a struggle for her in the beginning, but she never gave up. Each quarter, she improved her skills in all areas and proved that hard work really does lead to success. I'm so proud of your accomplishments and look forward to your continued success. Chem Depala. [Applause] Our final award is also a math award. I teach the geometry portion of the curriculum and um this student was excellent from day one. She always helped and made it so whenever she finished her work would always help other students and actually tutoed some students after
030school a few times this year which was a real help. She took that on herself without anybody asking which was very impressive. Um so congratulations Jennifer Stor. These next awards are special to the Parland School. As you can see, we have our character in the front of the school. So, these are the called the character awards and they represent students for outstanding performance and academics, respect and citizenship for the school year. Once again, my name is Mr. P. I forgot to say that earlier. Character award first. Maria Eduarda Cena, Jizelle Val Costa, Emilyn Canales, Gonzalez Next, Maria Claraara Dilva. Uh, Josima Vara Mendes, Yasmine Deva Nunes, Barana Vi, Jasine Opina. Next is Justin Patillo. Terry uh Syria. Hello again. My name is Yasmin Akib. I'm the inclusion teacher here. And this character award goes to
031Isel Rivera Rez. [Applause] James Dos Santos, Emanueli Karolini Silva, [Applause] Ryan Arcia Ooa, Y Mading, Niara Pina Orantes, Andrea Sanchez, Vasquez, Seria Ramal [Applause] and last but not least, Kimberly Vala Palanco. First up for our character. [Music] [Applause] Suya Gim, Jennifer Sorc, Isabelle Duza, [Applause] Giovana Diaz, Sello Garamedell and Kemily Dupala. All right, the next character award is for an Nuian. [Applause] Kaylee Bakiano, Selenus, Jasine Opina, [Applause] Diana Ramirez, Palasios, Emily Quintanila, [Applause] Ashir Cassella, Elelliana Pon, Miley Ambrosio, Camila Maldonado, Padus, And last but not least, Joselyn Hernandez Mahia. And now the moment everyone's been waiting for. We're going to start giving out the diplomas. And we will start with Mr. Pierre Louise room. These are my home um students. This is the class where they come to every morning for attendance. So I'm presenting
032their um certification of complet uh completion. First, Kaye um by Kirano, [Applause] Brendan Bajuna, [Applause] Rebirth Pier. here, [Applause] Rahu Kasa, Raf Dne [Applause] Maria Eduarda de Ala. Next, Isabelle Duza. [Applause] Next, Danielle de Ala, [Applause] Allison Fernandez. [Applause] Next, Monise Fistas. Next, uh, Camila Land, [Applause] Katherine Lopez, Mina Next, Jefferson Menjiva Ramirez. Next, Justin Patio. Next, uh, Sergia Rimma. Uh, next, Mammoon Shake. Next, Jonathan uh Thihara. Uh last but not least, uh Vana Royce. And now we have room 111, Miss Fabricio. Jocelyn Alen Valley. Payisa Almeida, Elizabeth Bernard, [Music] [Applause] Emilyn Connie Gonzalez, Natasha Carnero, [Applause] Ashir Cassella, Christopher Cortez Rivas, [Applause] Christopher Estrada Solaris, [Applause] Suya Gimid Okay. KBI Gango, Robin Herigan, Jose Limus, Palasios, Caesar Mo Gala, Audreeli Maldonado, Yain [Applause] Melena Allegario, [Applause] Kemily Olivivera Lopez, [Applause] Michaela Ramos, [Music] [Applause]
033Alexandra Romero, [Applause] Andrea Sanchez, Vasquez, Kenny Silva, and Gail Souza. [Applause] And now for home room 112, Miley Ambrosio, [Applause] Jackson Arsenal, Yousef Benhamada, [Applause] Jade Bohan Mahon, Chris Claude, Terry Suril, [Applause] Yasmin Dilva, Nunez, Arthur Duza Aseno, Maximilliano Gomez, Madrid, Andre Granados, Lopez, [Applause] Y ing Jasine Opina, [Applause] Noah Patro, Anthony Perez, Elelliana Pon, Arthur Rabiro, Renan Rabiro, [Applause] Jennifer Stok, Josie Mar Vara Mendes and finally Kimberly Palanco [Applause] Right now for room 113, Gerson Carrahal Madano Joni Chavez Tahada [Applause] James Dos Santos, Natalie Escobar, Agular, Adarini, Frank Cello Garamandello [Applause] Jocelyn Hernandez Mahia Howard Laurent Anna Lima, [Applause] Weslin Lopez, [Applause] Camila Maldonado, Posades, Robbie Mendoza Flores, Abraham Pierre, Nara Pina Arantes, Diana Ramirez, Palasios, [Applause] Kuwan Rosande, [Music] Justin Rivera, Katangia, [Applause] Eel Rivera Reyes, [Applause] Victoria Rodriguez, [Applause] Lincoln Souza [Applause]
034Lastly, Annaise Velasquez. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Thank you. [Applause] All right, for 210 first one, uh Ryan Garcia Ooa, Fernando, Kyle, Jacon, [Music] Maria Clara, Cardardoso, Dilva, [Applause] Giana Kolina, [Applause] Eric Contras, Martinez, [Applause] Filipe Dza [Applause] Giovana Diaz, [Applause] Daniel Fernandez, Jocelyn Figuroa Montano, Eldion Gurge, Aliu, Ab Abigail Lubrai Martins Faras Yudna Nasis Please an [Applause] Lamarva Pierre Jean Baptist [Applause] Emily Gintania, [Applause] Aiden Romero, [Applause] Maria Eduardo Cena, [Applause] Emmanueli Carolini. [Applause] And last, Jacel Val Val Costa. On behalf of the teachers at the parland, we want to Thank you for coming to this year's 8ighth grade graduation. In a few moments, you can find your student and take pictures out front. Please join me in giving one last congratulations to the Parland class of 2025. [Applause]