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Good e''~ningfril:lnds and famil)' Tt is wonderful to see. everyone tonighL.l understand it was tricky for many of us to
WE\Y back here to attend this s veni~gaiid so twouldlike every graduate know how much we
appreciate that you wen~ able to nil&'e it, Mark Twain once said. "hventaWa)i'to"' school for a year and when 1 cam~Mme. I was amazed a t how much m ·· arents had
sporting moments over tha.t time,bht you already know you arent about to l:Iear spdlts highlights ti·om me. Though. I did ru11f9t 12 consetutivefilin\ltesin :l.OQ2. 1 believe they are putting aplaque up to commemorate that :memorable mome nt. Collingwooc),is a beautiful placethe k:ind of place that grows in your affection as you spend time hefll growing up and getting to know it well.
The people in your neighbourhood become like family, that is, the people who follow'you through ttie good'and the bad and lnow you best lts a place where everybody knows your name.lhs a natural tbing to.hit eighteen and decjde that you never want to see'Collirigwood again. However, I believe, if yon stay in the hablt of doing good work, as you hav~ done here. you will find that you can strengthen a place just by going to it and weaken it by walking away. Many of us a.te leaying Collingwooa to seek
further education and our world is opening up With choices. options and opponuui.ties. I hope we r-emember that one ofthose option& is th(:} possibility of coming back to the place and the J?COple that know us best and use o.ur skills to make if~better pla~e.Our generations challenge is going to be all about choices imd many of them will be hard choices. Weare faced with the issues ofscan:e resourcesandthechafle11,geofcreating commli.JXities t.h~1t work. Our world is changing pretty dramatically. Just finding a place for ourselves seems pretty
,daunting to most of l,lS at this point. 1 hope one of the. option>' we keep in mind as we complete o~,treducation is the option of re.turning JJonie. Think abotH how you can make adifference by retnming to the place you know best and where you are known. a sm.all place .
, w h e r e y o u c a n s e e t h e e f f e c t s o f y o u r work fitsthand. For Collingwooclh a place of the heart, a place ofgreat•. ' affection. And if you choose not to return, I enCOtlfage yC>U lo.Jearn affection for the place you go to .. !hank:xou graduates a:nd Congratulati.OllS! 1hope you have.a wnoderful evening.
learned inthat
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ofel'.;t:helastfour years. Many · ,
J>fuAasked dl~e9qtqO.~stion~9.f.Mr. Couktfl!. and.neyer receive<;! a <;lirect1.answer, butw(;)
tco~mt<'tilafascinating . · n/,'fle alsocould always count .l.otcandyitl Mrs. Synnott"'
e. Mr. .MacFarlane e.K{YJ;lnded " ot1r tlnderstanding of the Jegal·system.
From him, !learned that snack(pg on the pick n mi,; af A&P'is actmlllyli criminal offense. On the west side of CCt. we knew wed lind Mr~. Matchett who always kept us a little gJID.gsta. And if you leaveJ(lis place.know'ing nothing other thani~{o shoving in the h,'lllways, Mr. Jones .itA both know you are going ro be okf!Y·
o f o u r teacller~ t o n i g h t . t h a n k y . o u . f o r y o u ! '
wisdom, for yow· patience and fotyour unfailing kin<lttess. Seeing S(J many•faqe$ tonight brings back many.m~orable · moments. We started. ourjourriey toge9ieli'"
·unaware of what gems the tech hall hera.· We were fascinate& that ·a bagel and)l.oup could be hati ~ y $2.00 hi the' · ' ' cafeteria.Gmt and Wayne th.enpaved tl1e way down memory lane on G!'ade 9 day when they .danced to their.own rendition of 'Hit Me Baby One Mote 'l'i01e' With their t- shirts over their'lul!!ds. 'Notlong after, the library became tecluiologically adVanced with its new sec~ritYsystem that aletted everyone in the li'j;Jr::o:y when someone came in wea¢.l1g a belt buckle. lsater it leamed to identify ipods and cel1 phones and food·in foil wrappers. Only •·ecently <lid it·actually detect u~ sneaking out with Ubrary books. Our annuallip.sync will always be remembered .::tsthe fie.rces't competitive event at CCL not to mention every intramural played bet\11een the , students and the teacl1ers. Never in my life haye I witnessed such. cutthroat competition and meti<;ulous st:rutegy. Now· if we had only put that much effort into our English essays.
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After completing grade twe1ve English w e can all agree that Heart of D.arkness is the kind of book that can stav closed on the bookshelf fore-.et. CCI turned over a new leaf and realty focused,?n our enyiromnental impact this year with. the 'Pitch In' campaign and Trevor's announcements eac;h rooming outlining the inlportance of the tj1ree Rs. And ofconrse, we finished the year with high drama and mustard in our nair once we learned that food fi~ts dont justhappen in the movies. The smell of .egg, ttJml. m1d jam will never oe forgotten. What I wiJJ remenJbeT most about my foor yearb at CCJ is all the goo~ work done here by so many people. There are several moments whenl stood in awe watching the .I;Izz Combo perform, who ~weptthe competition clean and woi\,three gold medal~. The level of excellence when l'l,Vatcbed my fellow actresses per:fonl'l in the Sears Dran'la Festival this year Wa.Ji. phenonwnal and to say the jeast, Yery druma 0: <:ool. I know there were many impressive "