Welcome Speech For Lopatcong Middle School

Greetings parents, teachers, friends, PTA, and fellow classmates. Today, I welcome you to join us as we celebrate graduation day at Lopatcong Middle school. Well class of 2018, we made it. Was there ever really any doubt?! Maybe sometimes, but here we are. We are certainly a class that will be remembered as being, how can I say it...Spirited! Right Mr. Bonney.

Even though with the fantastic and funny memories from this year also, there also comes unfortunate terrifying tragedies at our nation school that has most definitely had an impact on all of us in some way and we keep all of those affected by those senseless events in our thoughts today and always. As we move forward, we will face new challenges on the road ahead of us. Not only to be

Even though it went by quickly for you, it felt like an eternity for us, until we got onto this stage today. I remember watching this ceremony as a fifth grader, and never knowing how quickly we would be on the same stage. Now we are on stage, graduating as 8th graders to continue our education onto high school and eventually college.

After walking out of those doors tonight, we will begin a new chapter in our lives. Although it may be scary, I know all of us are ready.

While I know we are so very excited about the adventures that await us, we can honestly admit it is a bit overwhelming and intimidating as well. While many of us will be going to Phillipsburg High School, some of us will be going off to private schools or moving to new places. No matter when we got here, we are graduating together, as Lopatcong Panthers. No matter where we go remember that we don’t have to follow the crowd. We need to keep working hard to do the right thing, even if no one is looking. While it may not always be fun, try to study hard and remember that we are always investing in our future with every test we take, book we read, paper we write, choice we make, and every friend we

These past four years I have learned that starts with one step, one voice, and one action. Like Rachel Joy Scott once said, “ I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same.” This year grades 5-8 had an assembly about Rachel Joy Scott and how kind she was and the story she wrote before the Columbine Shooting, “ My Ethics, My Codes of Life.” It showed how she believed that one act of kindness will go a long way, and I definitely know that the assembly has touched each and every one of us