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Tongue River Graduates Told to “Live Each Day to the Fullest.”
The graduating seniors from SCSD#1, Tongue River, were told that they should ‘live each day to the fullest,’ because they can’t go back in life. Graduation was held on Sunday, May 29th at the Tongue River High School gym.
Senior Jane Pendergast gave the welcome speech, and the TRHS choir, directed by Janessa Blain, sang “Oceans and Stars” by Amy Bernon.
Principal Colby Lynch gave the Honor Cords Presentation, and Jake Massar, Salutatorian, urged seniors, as they go out into the world, to live each day to its fullest.
He said to also find something to take away from and appreciate in each day.
Zia Robbins was the valedictorian and she said that every day is a change, and that, after a week of lasts, the last day of school, the last lunch in the lunchroom, etc., that today was a first, and that the seniors have to choose how to react to change. “Change is not something to avoid. Obstacles don’t make us better, we make ourselves better,” She said, and added, “Change is what you make of it,”
The keynote speaker was Pete Kilbride, who has been the superintendent at School District #1 for 16 years.
He talked about attitude, and that students have a choice every day. and that 10% is what happens to you and 90% is how you react to that. You may as well have a positive attitude, it makes the journey so much sweeter.
He also told them not to procrastinate, as there is a great cost to procrastination. The longer you put off what needs to be done the harder it will be to get started.
He talked about a book titled, The Coffee Bean by Jon Gordon, and about how a student has to transform their environment, and not be transformed by it. He talked about how hot water affects different things that are placed in it.
There was a video memory slideshow of the graduates, and a video of the kindergartner’s advice as well. Some of the advice was to ‘study when they got to college,’ and to ‘go meet new people.’
Lynch presented the diplomas; tassels were turned, and mortarboards were tossed in the air. The Tongue River Class of 2022 graduated last Sunday.
