001[Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Welcome. Welcome, welcome. I present to you the class of [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 2025. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Applause] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Applause] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Yeah. Oh, good morning everyone. Welcome seniors, juniors, family, and staff to class day to recognize the class of 2025. Today will be filled with nostalgia, reflection, and excitement. We look forward to celebrating these past four years. Thank you all for being here. If you could all rise per for the performance of the national anthem sung by Bella Ericson
002and Brienne Daly. Seniors, you may keep your caps on as you're an in uh uniform. [Music] Oh, say can you see by the dawn early light, what so proudly we hail at the twilight last gleaming, who brought stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight. Or the ramparts we watch were so gallently streaming and the rockets red. The bumps bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star spangle bender and wave? Or the land of the free and the home of the brave. [Applause] Thank you. That was very well done. Um, next, sorry. Next, we will have some thank yous for all the wonderful staff that make this school an enjoyable place. Um, these first flowers go to Miss Steovich. Thank you for all your
003graduation planning and clear communication throughout the year. We appreciate all your hard work. These next flowers are for Miss Hartnett. Thank you for always greeting us with a smile when we enter the building and keeping us safe. These Oh, these next flowers are for Miss Heert. Thank you so much for helping us with all of our crazy scholarship applications and giving us your wonderful guidance. These next flowers are for Miss Fitzpatrick. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication in the counseling office. These next flowers go to Miss St. Germaine for uh from the health office. Thank you, Miss St. Germaine, for always keeping the SA16 community happy and healthy. Your hard work does not go unnoticed. These next flowers are for Officer Khan. Thank you so much for making this school a safe
004and happy [Applause] place. These next flowers are for Mrs. Idy. Thank you for keeping the purple common safe and thank you for being a kind and supportive person every time I walked in late. These flowers are for Mrs. Miss Rocka. Thank you for everything you do in the red commons to better our school. We'd next like to thank you, Miss Ireland, for all your kind and support in the Green [Applause] Commons. Next, I'd like to thank Miss Singeretti for all she does for us in the Blue Commons. It's gone. Next, I'd like to thank Miss Dyen for all she does for us as our registar. [Applause] These flowers are for Mrs. Sergeant. Thank you for your dedication in the special education [Applause] department. These flowers are from Mrs. Flamini, who you have never heard of
005except for she makes sure that all of our activities are paid for and she is super helpful to me behind the scenes. So, please give her a big round of [Applause] applause. These next flowers are for Coach Moriceet for all she's done in the athletic department. These next flowers are to Mrs. DeJoy for all your hard work in the library. Thank you. And then the next is for Mrs. Barry. Thank you for uh always having a Chromebook charger when we need it and thank you for your hard work. These next flowers are for Miss Blancc. Thank you for all of your help with our technology support. And lastly, thank you to Miss Tyron for ensuring that there's always teachers in our classrooms. Now, let us welcome Ayla Kay and Casey Iverson to the stage to
006perform Gracie by Shallow Alco. [Applause] [Music] Little scared of my apartment when no one's ringing my doorbell. I've been living at suitcases. Kind of feels like a hotel. Coming home for the weekend. Still afraid of change. Guy at the bar calls me Gracie cuz he knew me in the third grade. Never let it slightest misogynistic tweets just cuz in the moment I thought that it was sweet. That whole crew was a nightmare and we were never really friends. But on the night before Thanksgiving, it was nice to hear the name [Music] again. Fing through a photo album. See the picture that I love of me with all my wonder. mess of curls in our bathtub. Every time that I think of her, smiling with teeth, a wave of guilt washes over me. For every time
007I felt ugly, I'm driving down the streets. I used to bike and trickor treat. Every garland I string up tie myself to me. And when life tails a penny and all I have are seeds, I just plant them for the little girl who spent all her time singing. [Music] It's no wonder why I feel washed up when I'm only 23. If women start appreciating after 17 when things are living up to what I always thought they be. I won't break a pinky promise that I made too crazy. [Music] Thank you for that. Very well done. Uh we will now move on to hear Shannon Gity and Spencer Man perform Vienna by Billy Joel. Slow down, you crazy child. You're so ambitious for a juvenile. But then if you're so smart, tell me why are you
008still so afraid? Where's the fire? What's the hurry about? You better cool it off before you burn it out. You've got so much to do and only so many hours in a day. But you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old. Kick up before you even get halfway. Ooh. When will you realize the wait for you? Slow down. You're doing fine. You can't be everything you want to be before your time. Although it's a [Music] romant tonight. Tonight. Too bad. But it's a life you leave. So ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need. Though you can see when you're wrong. You know you can't always see when you're right. When you're right. You got your passion. You got your pride.
009But don't you know that only fools are satisfied. Dreams, just imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize piano waits for [Applause] [Music] you? Slow down, you crazy child. Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while. It's all right. You can't afford to lose a day or two. Why don't you realize the wait for you? And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want, you can just get old. You're going to kick off before you even get halfway through. Why don't you realize the wait for you? When will you realize the wait for you? [Music] [Applause] Thank Thank you, Shannon. That was amazing. Wow. Next, now we will move on to Zack Hill, Spencer Man, and Morrison the Soil Ammeris to perform Something in
010the Orange by Zack Ryan. Let's go. Ready? [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] It'll be fine by dust light. I'm telling you, [Music] baby, these things eat at your bones and drive your young mind crazy. But when you place your hand between my collar and jaw, I don't know much, but there's no end at [Music] all. And I'm damned if I do. when I'm damn fine. Oh, cuz if I say I miss you, I know that you won't. But I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun. Something in the orange tells me we're not done. to you. I'm just a man to be all I am. Where am I supposed to go? I poison myself again. Something in the orange tells me you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] never need you say you've
011been waiting all [Music] night. This orange dancing in your eyes from both light. Your voice only trembles when you try to speak. Take me back to was dancing this wood used to be. to you. I'm just a man to I am within my [Applause] sp myself. [Music] [Applause] [Music] To you, I'm just a man. To me, you're all I am. Where the hell am I supposed to go? I poison myself again. Something in the orange tells me you're never coming home. If you leave today, I'll just stare at the way. The orange touches all things around. The grass trees indo how I hate you. Please turn those headlights around. Please turn those headlights around. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] To you, I'm just a man. To me, you're all I am. Where the hell
012am I supposed to go? I poison myself again. Something in the orange tells me you're never coming home. If you leave today, I'll just stare at the way the orange touches all things around. The grass trees indo how I just hate you. Please turn those headlights around. Please turn those headlights around. [Music] [Applause] Can we do it? [Music] All right, we'll do Oilia. [Music] Ready? I I when I was younger, I I should have known better, but I don't feel no remorse. And you can't feel nothing at all. I I got a new girlfriend. She feels like she's on top. And I don't feel no remorse. And you can't see past my blinders. Uh oh. Feel you been on my mind girl since the blood. Oh, baby. [Music] I I got a little paycheck. You
013got big plan. You got more and I can't feel nothing at all. And you can't feel nothing small. Oh, you've been on my mind girl since the blood. Oh, every fall in [Music] love. Uh-oh. Feel it up. You've been on my mind, girl. Uh oh. Feel it up. Every fall in love. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh, feel you've been on my mind girl since the blood. Oh, feel up every fall in love. [Music] [Applause] Thank you, Zach Spencer and Morrison. We will now continue with the awards. Please welcome Mr. James Tus to the stage to present the first award. [Applause] tough act to follow guys. That was great to all of you. Congratulations to the class of 25 and your families as well. Uh Jean Tus was a special educator in our community and served on
014the exit school board for 23 years. She went on to be president of the New Hampshire School Board Association and president of the National School Board Association. 1980 she went to Washington as assistant secretary of special education and rehabilitative services. 1982 she was honored to be able to give the uh address at graduation at the high school on Lynen Street. That following winter, mom passed away. And the class of 1983 started this award to recognize a member of the senior class that made a major commitment of time and energy to their class, to the community, uh, and to the school. This young man who's going to receive this award checks all those boxes. He's committed. He's dedicated. He's selfless. He's made a major impact in every activity he's done in his four years here. I'm
015honored to give this today to Jacob Valentine. Next, please welcome Mr. Dan Provost to present the Student Senate Legacy Award. Absolutely. All right, Coach Tus and I were going to sing Oilia, but we scrapped it at the last minute. Um, I am going to go off script for just a second though because we got the elephant in the room here and it's time to award this bad boy. So, this is the Bluehawk Cup and last year student senate came up with the idea that since EHS likes competitions so much, we were going to design a series of competitions based off of our winter carnival, but really expanding it beyond that and award points for participation in activities across the curriculum. Um, and last year this class won it as juniors. You guys winter carnival last
016year, too. So, this year, last year it came down to literally like the last week and the points were tight all year. This year, this bad boy was sewn up like I think the end of February and it's been a moot point since then. So, it is my pleasure to award for the second time the the Bluehawk Cup to the class of 2025. Griffin, if you can come up here and accept the So, just like the Stanley Cup. Yeah, just like the Stanley Cup, you guys get to keep it for a little bit, but then you got to give it back. So, uh, take some pictures with it, enjoy it, spread it around, and then you can leave it with me before you take off for the summer. All right. Perfect. And now, the uh,
017Student Senate Legacy Award. We began giving out this award in 2017 when the first cohort of senate members who wrote our charter and applied for national certification graduated. We wanted to honor those students who made a four-year commitment to service through our student senate not necessarily as elected officials though many honores of this award over the years have been elected all four years but as dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly on the behalf of their class. I'm going to paraphrase from the original proposal those students wrote when drafting our charter. The most common attribute among the people being honored today is that they have all chosen to be a part of something larger than themselves. They have served their class, their clubs, and their community. Often putting off their own coursework until every last streamer was
018strung, every can was counted, every poster was perfect. They planned events, decorated commons, organized meetings, and ran pep rallies. Distinctive among those being honored today are three of your classmates who have done all of this since the very first day they walked through the doors at EHS. Their efforts in student senate began their freshman year and spanned their entire time here. Their attendance and participation in our projects is unparalleled. They have presented at class meetings, traveled to conferences, shared ideas with classmates, organized and run workshops, sat in on district-wide committees, and run subcommittees within Senate. For the last four years, they have been your face and your voice in our community. They have built a true legacy of service at EHS, and today we honor them with the student senate legacy award. Each year, this
019plaque is engraved and updated with the members of the graduating class who committed to four years of student senate leadership and in so doing met the challenges that full participation in a democracy demands. Their names are engraved on the plates of this plaque, but far more significantly, their legacies are engraved on our school and our broader SAU16 community. Please join me in honoring Sawyer Camel, Shannon Gity, and William Mroy. Congratulations. [Applause] Next, I would like to invite Mr. Alex Fua to the stage to present the honorary class officer [Applause] award. Uh, good morning friends and family. Thank you for joining us today on a very special day to honor the graduating class of 2025. I am honored to present the honorary class officer award. The honorary class off award officer award recognizes individuals who had
020no obligation but out of genuine care volunteered their time, energy and support to make it to make a lasting positive impact on our class. This year in a rare and special moment we are we are proud to present the honorary class officer award to not just one but to two outstanding individuals. Their dedication, mentorship, and genuine care have each made such a profound impact that choosing only one simply wouldn't do justice to what they've given to our class. Together, they've lifted lifted us with their wisdom, led by example, and stood beside us through every challenge. It is only fitting that we honor them both as they both truly became part of the heart and soul of our class. I'm proud to announce this year's honorary class officer award goes to Anna Lieberman and Bella [Applause]
021Monroe. Next to present the 1920 cup, Mr. Michael Monahan. [Applause] Good morning. Uh, I want to add my congratulations to all of our award winners today and the class of 2025 and thanks to all of our wonderful performers. Um, so it's my privilege to uh award the 1920 cup. The 1920 cup is awarded to the male member of the senior class who has best combined scholarship and athletics during his four years by unanimous vote of the male members of the faculty. The young man chosen this year is an outstanding student athlete through his dedication to sports and academics. He has developed all the fine attributes of leadership, self-discipline, and enthusiasm. This year's recipient of the 1920 cup is Marshall Lazawitz. Marsh. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you. Uh, next is the 1983 cup.
022The 1983 cup was established by the Robinson Female Seminary alumni classes of 1950 to 1955. The cup is presented on class day to the outstanding senior girl who has demonstrated leadership, character, service, scholarship, participation in school activities, and citizenship. The decision is made by a vote of all the girls in the senior class. This year's recipient of the 1983 cup is Carly Shrimp. Uh next we have the James Tu Student Athlete Award uh which is presented to um two student athletes who have exhibited all the great characteristics that were demonstrated by Mr. James Tus over his long long illustrious career here at Extter High School as a coach uh and teacher and mentor to many of our students. So, the first James Tu student athlete award goes to Nate McN. [Applause] And our other James
023Tus Student Athlete Award recipient is Jacqueline Corey. Thank you. [Applause] Uh next is the Victor P. So principal's character award. Mr. Soal was the uh principal here uh three principles ago. Uh and we established this upon his retirement. Uh this is presented annually to one senior who exhibits the following characteristics. Honesty, integrity, and a strong work ethic in academics and extracurricular activities. 2012 was the first year it was given out and the student was chosen by a small committee made up of the athletic director and the principal. This year's recipient is Will Mroy. [Applause] Uh, next I'll uh I'll invite uh Miss Claremont up to the stage to present the Harold Carmono Awards. [Applause] Good morning. Congratulations to class of 2025. Thank you to everybody who has performed today. Outstanding job. I am here to
024present the Harold J. Carbono Award for outstanding scholastic and athletic achievement for a senior boy and girl. These students have dedicated themselves not only in the classroom but on the playing surface. They've led by example and they are true blue hawks. Many of you as you know once a blue hawk always a blue hawk. I would like to call to the stage for the Gerald excuse me the J Harold Carbono award Tyler Bland. for outstanding scholastic achievement and athletics for I would also like to call Maya Abatelli Yeah. [Applause] Next to present the Cass Swisinski Award, please welcome Mr. Jim Swisinski. [Applause] Good morning and congratulations again. The Cass Swazisinski Award for Character was established by her family in 2009 to honor the memory of our late sister and aunt. Cass was a 1965 graduate
025of Exit High. She had great pride and love for the school and her community. She truly did bleed blue hawk blue. But what defined Cass as a person was her total selflessness, generosity, and incredible spirit for the happiness of others drove her life. The award is presented each year to a senior who has shown unusual kindness, humility, and perseverance during their high school career. A candidate for the award may have demonstrated these qualities through community and/or school service, but mainly by putting others ahead of themsel. The individual have shown the ability to overcome adversity with determination and resolve. Further, they will have genuine pride in exit high school and respect for fellow students, faculty, and staff. There is no application process for the award. Candidates are nominated by members of the faculty ad and administration
026and selected by the family. The recipient receives a 10 a thousand cash award, an engraved sterling silver keychain, and their name on a plaque in the main office. We are pleased to announce that the 2025 recipient of the Cass Swisinski award for character is Luchia Baronabidi. [Applause] Please welcome Mr. Michael Monahan to the stage to present the Walter A. Borcowski Principles [Applause] Award. Uh the Walter A. Bowski Award. Uh Walter Bowski was the principal at Extra High School for 16 years. In 1990, he established the principal award. Upon his retirement in 1994, the award was named after him at his request as his retirement gift. In 1996, the principal at the time decided to expand the award to include two graduates, a male and a female, worthy of the honor. When consulted, Mr. Bakowski gave
027his consent to this idea. Mr. Bowski has since passed away, but several months prior to the end of his life, he called the request that this award continue. We are very pleased to continue the tradition and the award he established. The actual award plaque states, "The Walter Akowski Principal Award presented annually to two seniors, one male, one female, who has made the greatest positive impact on the total high school environment. This individual exhibits characteristics of leadership and school spirit and has demonstrated the ability to help all students feel an integral part of the school. This year's recipients of the Walter A. Perkowski Principles Award are Shannon [Applause] Gity and Sora Camel. [Applause] Uh next, it's my uh privilege to present our uh class salutarians and valadictorian. First, this year's class salutatoran for the class of
0282025, Cameron Pivniki. Congratulations. And our the class validictorian for the class of 2025, Leonardo White. [Applause] Thank you all and once again, congratulations to all of our award winners in the class of 2025. Thank you. I will now address the Exor High School junior class of 20126. As you prepare to embark on your final year of high school, I would like to take a quick moment to reflect, encourage, and share a few words of experience as somebody who was in your shoes not too long ago. I do not know all of you, but I do know enough to confidently state that the future of Exit High School is in good hands. Throughout my high school career, I have faced many tough classes, many sleepless nights, and more disappointing grades than I'd like to admit. However,
029when I look back on my high school years, these aren't the moments I remember. The days spent in class, laughing with my friends while procrastinating busy work, the long bus rides back from a road win, and the winter carnival victories. The truth is, the small moments spent in good company are the ones you'll never forget. You'll hear this countless times throughout the following year, and it's likely you've already heard it, but your senior year goes by faster than you know. I ask you today and whatever you do, whether that be studying for a tests, working on an innovative project, or even driving to school, the good moments and the bad, remember to enjoy it all, for every moment is fleeting. The only bad thing about your senior year at Exter High School is that you
030only get to do it once. So remember to pause and enjoy the moment before it's gone. On behalf of the Extter High School senior class of 2025, we wish you a safe and fun senior year. Good luck with next year's winter carnival and remember to make every moment count. I would now like to call Vice President Alex Fua up to the stage to present a gift to a very important member of the SA16 community. Uh good morning again everyone. It's an honor to stand before you today on behalf of the graduating class of 2025. Alongside this wonderful class, we are here to celebrate Mr. Monahan's remarkable career and present a gift that reflects our appreciation for his unwavering dedication to extra high school. Mr. Monahan, we thank you for your leadership that has guided us
031students to be successful. We thank you for the endless opportunities you've given us to make these four years truly precious. Lastly, we thank you for always putting the students first and making Extra High School an amazing experience. We are deeply grateful for your commitment to the school. In recognition of your incredible service, the class of 2025 would like to present you a gift that we hope will serve as a lasting reminder of our gratitude for all you've done. Thank you, Mr. Monahan, for everything and congratulations on your retirement. Thank you very much. Thank [Applause] you. Now, we're going to move on to our senior slideshow. So, thank you to all the parents and uh classmates who sent in pictures. So, sit back and enjoy. We hope you enjoy it. The playlist is really good. [Applause]
032Oh, I was a [Music] grow this simple. I won't let nobody hurt you. Won't let no one break your heart. And no one will desert you. Just try to never grow [Music] up. Never grow up. [Music] [Laughter] [Music] You're in the car on the way to the movies and you're mortified. Your mom's dropping you off at 14. There's just so much you can't do and you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots. But don't make her drop you off around the block. Remember that she's getting older, too. And don't lose the way that you dance around in your PJs, getting ready for school. Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up. Don't you ever grow up. Just stay this little. Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up. Don't you ever go. It
033could stay this simple. And no one's ever burned you. Nothing's ever left you scarred. And even though you want to, just try to never grow up. Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room. Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home. Remember the footsteps. Remember the words and all your little brother's favorite songs. I just realized everything I have is someday going to be gone. So here I am in my new apartment in a big city. They just dropped me off. It's so much colder than I thought it would be. So I tuck myself in and turn my nightlight on. Wish I'd never grown [Music] up. Wish I'd never grown up. I don't want to grow up. Wish I'd never grown up. I could still be little. Oh, I don't want to
034grow up. Wish I'd never grown up. It could still be simple. Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up. Don't you ever grow up. Just stay this little. Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up. Don't you ever grow up. Could stay this simple. I won't let nobody hurt you. Won't let no one break your heart. And even though you want to, please try to never grow. Oh, just to never grow up. Oh, never grow up. Just never grow up. [Music] school bag in hand. She leaves home in the early morning, waving goodbye with an absent minded smile. I watch her go with a surge of that wellknown sadness. And I have to sit down for a while. The feeling that I'm losing her forever and without really entering the world. I'm glad whenever I can share
035her laughter, that funny little girl slipping through my fingers all the time. I try to capture every minute, the feeling in it slipping through my fingers all the time. Do I really see what's in our mind? Each time I think I'm close to knowing, she keeps on growing, slipping through my fingers all the time. Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table, barely awake. I let precious time go by. Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling and the sense of guilt I can't [Music] deny. What happened to those wonderful adventures? The places I had planned for us to go. [Music] Some of that we did, but most we didn't. And why? I just don't know. Slipping through my fingers all the time. I try to capture every minute. The feeling
036it slipping through my fingers all the time. Do I really see what's in our mind? Each time I think I'm close to knowing she keeps on growing, slipping through my fingers all the time. Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture and save it from the funny tricks of time. So my finger [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] School bag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning, waving goodbye with an absent Minded smile. [Music] Your little hands wrapped around my finger and it's so quiet in the world tonight. Your little eyelids flutter cuz you're dreaming. So I tuck you in. Turn on your favorite nightlight. to you. Everything's funny. You got nothing to regret. I'd give all I have. Honey, if you could stay like that. Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up. Don't
037you ever I wish somebody would have told me soon be the good old days. All the love you forget. All these reckless nights you regret. Someday soon your whole life's going to change. You miss the magic of these good old days. I was thinking about the band. I was thinking about the fans. We were underground loading merch in that 12 passenger van in a small club in Minnesota and the snow outside of first half. I just wanted my name in the star. Now look at where we at. Still growing up. Still growing up. I would lay in my bed and dream about what I become. Couldn't wait to get older. Cannot wait to be some now that I'm here. Wishing I was still young. Those good old days. I wish somebody would have told me
038that someday these would be the good old days. All the love you won't forget. And all these reckless days you won't regret. Cuz someday soon your whole life's going to change. You miss the magic of the good old days. Wish I didn't think I had the answers. Wish I didn't drink all of that blast first. Wish I made it to homecoming. Got up the courage to ask her. Wish I would have gotten out of my shelf. Wish I put the bottle back on that shelf. Wish I wouldn't have worried about what other people thought I felt comfortable with myself. Rooftop open and the stars above. Moment frozen sneaking out and falling in love. Me, you, and I futon. We just beun on the grass dreaming figuring out who I was. Those good old days. I
039wish somebody would have told me that someday these will be the good old days. All the love you won't forget. And all these reckless days you won't regret. Cuz someday soon your whole life's going to change. You miss the magic of the good old days. Never thought we'd get old. Maybe we're still young. Maybe you always look back and think it was better than it was. Maybe these are the moments. Maybe I've been missing what it's about. Been scared of the future. Thinking about the past while missing out on now. We've come so far. I guess I'm proud and I ain't worried about the wrinkles around my smile. I got some scars. I've been around. I felt some pain. I seen some things. But I'm here now. Those good old days. You don't know what
040you got. Till it goes. Till it's gone. Oh, you don't know what you got. Oh, till it go till it's gone. I wish somebody would have told me someday these will be the good old days. All the love you forget. All these reckless nights you regret. Only soon your whole life's going to change. You'll miss the magic of these good old [Music] days. Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road. Time grabs you by the rest where to go. So make the best of this test and don't ask why. It's not a question but a lesson learned in time. It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right. I hope you had the time of your life. So take the photographs and still frames in your mind hanging on a shelf in good health
041and good time. tattoos and memories and dead skin on trial. For what it's worth, it was worth all the while. It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right. I hope you had the time of your life. [Music] It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right. I hope you had the time of your life. [Music] It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right. I hope you had the time of your life. [Music] Thank you. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] You were a child crawling underneath sorted thinking mama so proud, but your voice is too [Music] loud. We like to watch you laughing. You pick the insects off. No time to think of consequences. Show yourself. Take only what you need from it. A family of trees to be haunted. Show yourself. Take only what
042you need from a family of trees. Be haunted. The water is warm, but it suddenly shivers. A baby is born. Cry it out for attention. Memories fade like looking through a far mirror. Decision to decisions are made. But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] be haunted. Show yourself. Take [Music] only [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Show yourself. Take only what you need from a family of trees. be haunted. Show yourself. Take away from [Music] [Applause] [Music] me. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. CL. [Music] Where did all the time go? It's starting to [Applause] [Music] fly. See how the hands go waving goodbye. [Music] You know I get so forgetful when I look in your eyes. Now she's walking backwards and back through the [Music] lane and I'm stuck
043in the shadow block in the shade. [Music] Ain't no way to sleep up the mess that we made. She gets dressed up like a pillow. So she's always in bed. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. disguise [Music] anymore. There's nothing to keep you from falling in love. It starts at the bottom. [Applause] [Music] like pieces of a puzzle, like a hand in the glove. She gets dressed up like a pillow, so she's always in flowers. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Yeah. [Music] Heat. [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] A year from now, we'll all be gone. All our friends will move away. And they're going to better places, but our friends will be gone [Music] away. Nothing is as it has been. And I miss your face like hell. And I guess it's
044just as well. But I miss your face like [Music] Oh. [Music] Oh. Oh. Oh. [Music] been talking about the way things change. And my family lives in a different state. And if you don't know what to make of this, then we will not relate. So if you don't know what to make of this, then we will not relate. Heat. Heat. [Music] Rivers and roads, rivers and roads, rivers till I reach you. Rivers and roads. Rivers and roads. Rivers till I reach you. [Music] River till I reach you. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Rivers around. Rivers till I reach you. Rivers, rivers, rivers till I reach you. Rivers and rivers and roads. Rivers till I reach you. Rivers and rivers and roads. Rivers till I reach you. Rivers and rivers till I reach you. [Music] Walking Scott
045Street, feeling like a stranger with an open heart, open container. I've got a stack of mill and a token. It's a shower beer. It's a payment plan. There's helicopters over my [Music] head every night when I go to bed. spending money and I earned it. When I'm lonely, that's when I'll burn it. Do you feel ashamed when you hear my name? I asked you how is your sister? I heard you got her degree. I said that makes me feel old. You said what does that make me? asked you how is playing drums. You said it's too much to [Music] carry. And what about the band? You said they're all getting [Music] married. Do you feel a shame when you hear my name? [Music] Yeah. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music]
046Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Stranger will [Music] go [Music] stranger stranger. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Fall is here. Hear the yell. Back to school. Ring the bell. Brand new shoes. Walking blues. Climb the fence. Books and pens. I can tell that we are going to be friends. I can tell that we are going to be friends. Walk with me, Suzy Lee, through the park and by the tree. We will rest upon the ground and look at all the bugs we found. Safely walk to school without a sound. Safely walk to school without a sound. Here we are, no one else. We walk to school all by ourselves. There's dirt on our uniforms from chasing all the ants and worms. We clean up and now it's time to learn. We clean up and now it's time to
047learn numbers. Let us learn to spell nouns and books and show and tell. Playtime we will throw the ball back to class through the hall. Teacher marks our hide against the wall. Teacher marks our hide against the wall. We don't notice any time pass. We don't notice anything. We sit side by side in every class. Teacher thinks that I sound funny, but she likes the way you sing. Tonight I'll dream while I'm in bed. When silly thoughts go through my head about the bugs and alphabet. When I wake tomorrow, I'll bet that you and I will walk together again. I can tell that we are going to be friends. Yes, I can tell that we are going to be friends. school bag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning, waving goodbye with an
048absent minded smile. I watch her go with a surge of that wellknown sadness. And I have to sit down for a while. the feeling that I'm losing her forever. And without really entering the world, I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter, that funny little girl slipping through my fingers all the time. I try to capture every minute the feeling in it slipping through my fingers all the time. Do I really see what's in her mind? Each time I think I'm close to knowing she keeps on growing, slipping through my fingers all the time. Sleep in our eyes. Her and me at the breakfast table, barely awake. I let precious time go by. Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling and the sense of guilt I can't deny. What happened to those wonderful
049adventures? The places I had planned for us to [Music] go. Some of them we did, but most we didn't. And why? I just don't know. Slipping through my fingers all the time. I'm trying to capture every minute. The feeling in it slipping through my fingers all the time. Do I really see what's in her mind? Each time I think I'm close to knowing she keeps on growing, slipping through my fingers all the time. Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture and save it from the funny tricks of time slipping through my finger. [Applause] [Music] School bag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning. Waving goodbye with an absent minded smile. [Music] Your little hands wrapped around my finger and it's so quiet in the world tonight. Your little eyelids. [Music] [Applause]
050All right. Thank you. Juniors, you can stay. Juniors are just stay for a minute. Um, so thank you Carly and Shannon. Can we have a big round of applause? That was a lot of work. Thank you guys. All right. Seniors, I have a few very short words from you and they would not be words for me if I wasn't giving you a reminder. So, reminders, there are clapouts at elementary schools this afternoon. If you choose to go, you should wear your cap and gown. Main Street School, Lincoln Street School, please read the information that was sent to you on our website. You should be there at 1:15. SMS, you should also be there at 1:15. And if you're going to East Kingston Elementary School, your arrival time is 1:30. All this information is on the
051website. So in short, this is my last time to address you all as a group. And I would like to take my moment of privilege to say thank you. Thank you for letting me be your class advisor. And now I want to give a big round of applause to Miss Angbertson who was an amazing class office adviser for you for three years. So let's give her a round of applause. I hope she's with us and if not, let her know that we appreciate her. All right, Blue Hawks, you are an amazing class. I have said many times over the last several days what a pleasure it is to work with you. You are kind. You are courteous. You have great school spirit. Take that energy with you out into the world. Teach other people how
052to be Blue Hawks. You are an amazing group and I will miss you. So without further ado, I'd ask Miss Ramsey to play the recessional and please wait until the seniors leave. And then juniors, I have a word for you if any of you are still left. So Miss Ramsey, the recessional. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Juniors, please stay. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] Yeah. Can you wait like