september 20, 2017
we did it. the graduating class of 2017. we made it to the end of our schooling life.
today has been a very long day. i'll try my best to explain.
- first period: we had to answer a survey about the school, what was its strengths and weaknesses etc. we were also asked to sign the school's yearbook.
- second period: had to practice our year group song that we were gonna sing at our school's graduation assembly
graduation assembly:
- our student leadership team had to pass down their roles to the newly elected leadership team of 2017-2018.
- our school captain said a really nice and inspiring speech.
- next year's school captain said a really touching speech, nearly cried. she was amazing
- the two videos i edited for the assembly were featured. the first video was of memories from year 7 to year 12. really hilarious photos were featured and some cute photos as well. there were alot of giggles and awwws from my year group. the other video consisted of our baby photo, year 7 and year 12 video. there were definitely more giggles and awwws for this video.
- had this cute bit during assembly where a year 7 would give us a hug and a flower. it was sooo adorable
- sang our year group song (breakaway by kelly clarkson) infront of the school. we were terrible and super loud, but hey it's our last day.
- the students made this arch and we had to run outside. one of the girls guided us in our year 12 chant.
"interwar" period:
- as soon as assembly ended, we could go home. but me and my friends decided to order pizza and eat at the school.
- gave my thank you cards to all my teachers. also gave my gifts to my visual arts and society & culture teachers. im gonna miss them so much.
graduation mass:
- i honestly couldn't contain my giggles during mass because my favourite teacher sat behind me and his singing nearly killed me. im going to miss him so much.
- had to sit in the front row (because i was a speaker) so i had the "full" experience of the mass
- the father gave a good homily about graduating and venturing the outside world.
- i had to do my part in the prayers of intercession and said the prayer in two languages!
- we received personalised candles with our names on them which were super adorable
supper:
- year 11 hospitality girls cooked our supper for tonight and they were DELICIOUS
- got pics with all my favourite teachers and all my friends
graduation ceremony:
- we had to walk down a literal red carpet in our school hall with an irish jig in the background. don't ask why an irish jig was played, ask my favourite teacher
- the school gave us a folder with our graduation certificate, pictures and a letter from the ceo.
- i received two awards; academic application for standard english and first in course for visual arts. these awards mean the world to me. i also got a gift voucher for eckersley's which is pretty cool
- special awards were given to the other girls in my year group.
- my friend performed a beautiful violin piece and a girl performed her hsc drama monologue.
- another video was played with our year 12 pictures. i'm not exaggerating when at least ten girls turned to face me and asked "did you edit this?". turns out it was (really unexpected) my favourite teacher! super proud.
- the principal's award for contribution to college life was given to two girls in my year group and me! I was given the award last and people cheered for me when i got on the stage. i felt so blessed. it has been an honour to have been a media representative for the school. from this award, i got a gift voucher for harry hartog. guess who's gonna go treat her self this weekend
- sang our school's anthem for the last time.
- had our final roll call and walked out the hall. we did our year 12 chant for the last time ever
aftermath:
- one of my friends started crying, so i cried
- had to say goodbye to our common room, which is going to be converted into a classroom next term. we are so blessed to have been the last year group to use the common room.
- hugged my teachers and even started crying in front of my society & culture teacher and also cried in front of the two science teachers.
- cried more when i saw two of my friends
- cried more in my uber. uber driver was so nice to me during the ride
I would like to formally thank my school for being the best school ever. I have found all my beautiful friends, amazing teachers and most of all; myself at this school. We have such a tiny cohort that we know each other personally and we are so supportive of one another. I couldn't have asked for a better group of girls to graduate with. I will miss them.
I would like to thank all my teachers. I admit I am a teacher's pet, but that's because I truly enjoy talking to my teachers. They're basically my mentors. I hope I can keep in touch with them after the HSC. Knowing me, I'll probably come visit my school when I'm at uni. The principal even asked me if I'll return to take more photos for the school and to that I said 'of course I will'
Now where to now? I gotta fix up my study schedule, finalise my portfolio for AFTRS and smash the HSC!