VIDEO: Graduation 2012 Speech Highlights
Watch some quick clips from Friday's Melrose High School graduation ceremonies.
Watch our video above for some quick clips from Friday's Melrose High School graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2012.
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Boisterous Class of 2012 Bids Farewell to Melrose High School
On a brisk bordering on chilly early evening, Melrose's graduating seniors kept warm with the flame of fellowship in congratulating each other and thanking their teachers.
A brisk and overcast June evening didn't deter a boisterous Class of 2012—and equally raucous crowd of family and friends— from celebrating their graduation from Melrose High School on Friday night. As the sun set, temperatures dropped and lips shivered, this year's graduating seniors kept warm by embracing a spirit of camaraderie, whether through loudly cheering on their classmates or through their speeches. Family and friends loudly hooted and hollered throughout the ceremony, with the occassional air horn going off. The graduates themselves broke into cheers throughout the ceremony, especially as their classmates received their diplomas. And when Ashani Logan mentioned during his METCO address that after a journey that took him from …
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Class of 2012 Graduation: Farewell Address
Jill Slabacheski gave the farewell address at the Melrose High School graduation ceremonies on Friday night.
The following is the text of Jill Slabacheski's farewell address at the Melrose High School Class of 2012 graduation ceremonies on Friday night. Well, Class of 2012, teachers, staff, family, friends: Goodbye, ciao, adieu, adios, addio – take your pick. But, before we get to the end of the night, the moment that we all have been thinking about for the past few months, the moment when we can all smile, stand, toss our hats in the air, and finally take that sigh of relief, we have to back track a bit and start at the initial hello. September 2008 – Freshman Year: Hello large building full of people who know exactly what I did last weekend and hello four years of continuous college preparation. Even though it seemed as if we were stepping in…
Class of 2012 Graduation: Valedictorian Address
Emily Conn gave the valedictorian address at the Melrose High School graduation ceremonies on Friday night.
The following is the text of Emily Conn's valedictorian address at the Melrose High School Class of 2012 graduation ceremonies on Friday night. One day a six year old girl decided, for no particular reason, that she would be the first woman to become President of the United States. She also decided that in order to prepare for this momentous feat, she should graduate as valedictorian of her high school class. As time passed, she recognized the near impossibility of achieving such ambitions, but she never gave up hope, and she never stopped working. Twelve years later, I stand here before you realizing a lifelong dream. They say that Disneyworld is the place where dreams come true, but they’re wrong. During the past four years, I have …
Class of 2012 Graduation: Welcoming Address
Jared Gardiner gave the welcoming address at the Melrose High School graduation ceremonies on Friday night.
The following is the text of Jared Gardiner's welcoming address at the Melrose High School Class of 2012 graduation ceremonies on Friday night. Melrose High School class of 2012, congratulations and welcome. As the President of your class, it is an honor to be here tonight graduating with all of you. I am sure the vast majority of us here tonight are thrilled to move on with our lives and pursue what the future holds. I am also sure that many of us will miss the four years, we survived here together at Melrose High School. Today, we say good bye. We say good bye to a lifestyle we lived for thirteen years and we welcome the opportunities our future. We say good bye to Dr. Peterson’s three sided classroom that many of you know far too well. …
Class of 2012 Graduation: METCO Address
Ashani Logan gave the METCO address at the Melrose High School graduation ceremonies on Friday night.
The following is the text of Ashani Logan's METCO address at the Melrose High School Class of 2012 graduation ceremonies on Friday night. Look at me now! When I arrived in Boston, I was a freshman in high school who spoke with a low voice and a strong Jamaican accent. My awkward appearance spelled foreigner to anyone that looked at me. My clothing was a clear contrast to the long sleeve shirts, sweaters, and snow boots all around. I felt as though I was a wandering orange who had lost its place and found itself in a basket of unfamiliar apples. I was new to the school’s atmosphere, teenage social norms, bumpy rides on the METCO bus, and having to make new friendships. I admit with no reservations… that I was a very shy kid. Initially, I …
MHS Class of 2012 College Acceptances
A list of the colleges where Melrose High School's Class of 2012 has been accepted.
Below is a list of college acceptances for the Melrose High School Class of 2012. American International College Anna Maria College Assumption College Babson College Bard College Bates College Bay State College Becker College Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Bennington College Bentley University Boston Architectural College Boston College Boston University Brandeis University Bridgewater State University Brooks Institute of Photography Bryant University Bunker Hill Community College Carnegie Mellon University Castleton State College Catawba College Central Connecticut State University Champlain College Chestnut Hill College Clark University Coastal Carolina University Colby-Sawyer College College of Charleston College of the Holy …
Saturday, June 2, 2012
'Dr. Peterson Is Wearing Crocs. #SWAG:' MHS 2012 Graduation on Twitter
Here are some of the photos and tweets seen Friday night on Twitter from Melrose High School's Class of 2012 graduation ceremonies.
Here are some of the photos and tweets seen Friday night on Twitter from Melrose High School's Class of 2012 graduation ceremonies.
PHOTOS: Melrose High School Class of 2012 Graduates
MHS seniors walked the stage at Fred Green Field on Friday night to receive their high school diplomas.
The Melrose High School Class of 2012 walked across the stage on Fred Green Field Friday night to receive their high school diplomas and graduate from high school. Click through the gallery above for photos from the ceremony. If you were there, add your own photos and videos from graduation to this gallery by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button. Check Melrose Patch on Monday for an article from Friday night's ceremony.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today
5 Things You Need To Know Today—Friday June 1
Rabbit rabbit. MHS graduation tonight; what to do this weekend; Common Ground Teen Center open.
Share your news and expertise by blogging on Melrose Patch! 1) Oh such a perfect day: ... for an outdoor high school graduation. Sunny, with a high near 70. East wind between 9 and 13 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Southeast wind between 7 and 9 mph. (Forecast by the National Weather Service.) 2) It is unimaginably hard to do this—to stay conscious and alive in the adult world, day in and day out. Which means yet another grand cliche turns out to be true: Your education really is the job of a lifetime. And it commences ... now. I wish you way more than luck: The Melrose High School Class of 2012 graduates tonight at 6 p.m. on Fred Green Field, and the previous quote and link is my gift to you graduates. It's 22-minutes …
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