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2017 Culmination 5th Grade
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OK Google USA Mexico annual physical I'd like to welcome some special guests from the Ventura County Office education dr. Raja race the deputy superintendent Cranston director of leadership Support Services you should wear Administrative Assistant of leadership Support Services Robert Rochford Mentor coordinator please let them our own mates Board member Miss at least the dark twins remember Miss plan an exciting day is wasted the Mesa Community say goodbye to a terrific Griffiths they've been a great class with varied talents and interests and each of them that live their own mark on our school in a pleasure to watch grow and develop it's our hope that we help them develop the skills they need to succeed in business school and Beyond two parents carrying your students with us baby Europe and to the students you've made us how we know you will continue to do so we wish you well on your future adventures and hope he will always consider mates home song I am our first students turn is Ella Markham every morning that we date of Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary School adventure begins I know that whatever the Day brings our teachers are friends assassinate for together as a team when the bell rings each morning we do fun activities for an important lessons from the teachers and share the my friends when I came to me in second grade middle school seem like a big far away place science now that are tivities and friends have prepared us we are ready for our next adventure in Middle School some of the activities I've enjoyed at mates include the Ellis Island simulation buildings that was dancing earthquake and hats in the paper round that represents friendship in the Ellis Island simulation Syrian puppy immigrants how to make it to America learns that immigrants work hard and they make sacrifices or Ellis Island simulation taught me to appreciate the contributions the immigrants make to our country another activity taught us a valuable lesson was constructing was constructing a building made of marshmallows and Pakistan earthquake without much planning or communication are roof jump right in each person started building separately soon building with a big sticky pile of marshmallows who that easily collapse with gentle shake this activity taught us that success requires teamwork and communication this winter we learned another valuable lesson with a simple piece of paper missing piece of paper around the classroom kids playing at the paper represented our friendships every once in awhile this winter would ask someone to pull the piece of paper she explained at the full represents a fight argument with a friend away remember it's carefully choose what we say into artivities and Maze teaches lessons about life that will remember forever many teachers at Bay impacted my life one of these teachers mrs. turn she's one of the most valuable lessons always love what you choose to do her smile and her laugh shows that we can ask when I grow up and choose a job I will remember Miss Turner like Miss I'll find something that I love to do I would also like to recognize your LaGuardia New Opportunities the confidence that we will always keep this means so much because I think the new things in life are like performances and at conference we have games prettiest Productions will help us be successful in middle school high school and college finally I want to tell you about this winter she was one of the greatest I've ever had recently I've been thinking about what leadership is and when I was trying to think about who was the best example of a meter miss winter immediately came to my mind which winter is a good leader because she's listen to all of us she respects us and she does her best to meet her needs I would follow Miss Madrid anywhere she asked me to go one day we will also be leaders and we are lucky to have teachers like this winter at maids to show us how to make as you can see by these examples are teachers have shaped us into who we are today my mom always tells me Ellen show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are at Maze We are surrounded by classmates who make my dad always tells me Ella a true friend is like a mirror because a friend bluefletch who you really are good friends will tell us when we write the most importantly tell been there also always there during difficult times as we get ready to eat next big step toward middle school and I feel a little anxious a little nervous even a little bit of rape I can sure you that I cried many times when I think about leaving me but as friends I feel much better knowing that we will take this next big step which means everything to the school has given us valuable lesson that we cannot learn from a book Macy's given us role models who will help us reach our dreams a friendship to the rest of our lives or activities are teachers in our friends have given us the ability to move forward toward middle school I will probably cry many more time is everything about leaving our classrooms are staged our playgrounds and are teachers but I know that we are mates and wherever we go make will always be a part of us we will forever have the heart of an eagle next-gen secret will be Haley incredible Chinese year remains as always been my safe haven this is the place that means the most to me and now I'm play it like a favorite song you can don't want to get out of your head show me the most people attributes or meet at mixes are the amazing enticed and excited the one-of-a-kind teachers that make you smile Non-Stop and all the friends I have made throughout my five years here you see I can't hear it first grade scared and worried now I'm leaving here excited prepared and still a little scared of what lies ahead there are no words to describe how Bittersweet leaving history of the okay thanks to all mazes ha a very sad about leaving but excited to see what middle school has in-store for me activities Specialists field trips and musicals are free of my personal favorites to start the Specialists or highlight of Everyday Music is missing Terraria is one of my favorites because we get to play instruments and contemporary songs he is always happy and always have even if you having a bad day he is a literal meaning of turn that frown upside down are so special and she's always there to help me with a project I missed or don't understand and computers with misses me so we learn new games we want to play mrs. fish is a fellow lover of Harry Potter so we share a bond that is very special field trips are days we look forward to in fourth grade Sacramento was a favorite especially when you pan for gold of the Blue Dolphins trip was awesome as well I certainly love the Second Great Ocean why don't you hold a wild moon jellyfish which I was learning about are almost front Wing quality musicals Miss to LaGuardia puts on or something I look forward to each year what is the most fun shows that can play favorites outstanding the reputable pictures of this exceptional School are the reason my family came here in the first place was talking to mr. Taylor and this is all Shepherd are just some of the fantabulous educators miss something is seriously the definition of perfect the best teacher in the world and I along with the rest of class we can always talk to her she creates rate projects to help us learn at how many tuck nudism will stay with us as we move forward forgot such wise words I do need to know your math facts for this and when choosing between me right and always choose kind mr. Taylor is the greatest first grade teacher you could possibly have he is the first whisper never raises his voice to make anything fun little Shepherd in the best principal ever she runs our school well always has a smile on her face and she comes into the classrooms to say hello often she is teaching us to be kind and caring well stay true to yourself if you can get any more meaningful you haven't considered the friendships friends I've made are so special to me for many reasons the games you play at recess singing and laughing together something I look forward to every day how many Clues looking for ladybugs or roly polies practicing for the upcoming show or Aid who's singing at the top of our lungs while walking on the track we especially traffic Hamilton is always a favorite pastime as well at lunch all we do is laugh and why I laughed so hard I started having who sings it some jokes even if they're bad thank you my friends for always being there to stings you the good times and the bad and for The Many Loves shared you all are my based on this anymore you can probably tell the Reason by Maze is so special to me as you can see needs the most meaningful place for me and I love it here with I am so honored to be standing here in front of you with these students this year has flown by that our time here is up and it's time to go explore middle school Cindy activities encouraging teachers in my arms rats will stay with me as I Stumble through middle school as I'm sure as a baby bird for spying that's will be all are here baby birds about to take our first flight sink repair in health professional Flyers been through the unknown TV nervous and sad about I'm also excited and eager to use all that I am going to your ass and navigate the future thank you Miss tuchman Miss shut this clear maintenance appleford retailer in all my other teachers without you I never would have hatched YouTube say chicken battery status Chinese places song Hershey Park YouTube Pinterest pictures Julia when I was taking a minute to set up the slide show so I'd like to thank you for making this fantastic open Facebook will you take me body wave where are guys balls stranger fishing John Pizza play Tennessee baby baby baby oh Bing train game jev Peppa Pig today is equal to the stupid already high for those you don't know me I miss winter year has flown by and I can hardly believe that we are already here to celebrate the culmination of these sending 5th graders it seems like only yesterday that I was welcoming their cheerful faces into my classroom for the first time it's been a year of hard work and dressed along with an abundant amount of laughter and what I like to call Joyful Noise it is hard to describe this class and Sophie were are they are such a special Bunch so this year I decided to give the test to them and I asked them what were they with used to describe our year together the answers vary from fulfilling to totally tubular to Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious inner will and any organized chaos in room 11 was always a strong will to learn and desire to succeed students high standards for themselves and work diligently to meet those high expectations together we worked hand-in-hand to tackle some of the toughest Corinthia face far and I'm so proud of all the damn work and all the damage sheaves if I describe are together in one word however I would simply pick fun we sang dance Charles and more there were several occasions that I wished I had a hidden camera in my classroom or GoPro on my head to capture all the funny and witty things and have said and done I cannot thank them enough for making each and every day complete entertaining it was through the magical balance of okay and fun that you see the kids before you blossomed into middle schoolers when we were not swimming through the standards of Common Core math literature or writing free cat busy with more creative explorations of study the students spent hours creating artistic representation science curriculum to scrapbook I dug deep into the study of the human body when they put on a fantastic rendition of Name That internal organ I quickly discovered that our students in his garage glass are natural performers their creativity humor and bubbling personalities added a personal touch to this performance and it was truly a pleasure to such an outgoing group of organs this year was complete with one last mates overnight field trip to Riley's Farm although the sleeping quarters and the night was rather sleep with the students and I love traveling back in history and experiencing what it was like for American colonists during their fight for independence as they marched out the hills and Fire fake rifles misstep in tonight if you're the students were sounding calls for Liberty Echo throughout the side the part of the trip however was here these students give toast in recognition of each other and their time spent here as me count the students did to raise their glasses the friendships they've made and experiences that they've loved at this school and it was in the candlelight of that Tavern that I realized that these students will miss this school smash at this school will miss them the end of the year brings mixed emotions of Pride and sadness as I send these great kid off the next chapter of their educational career call me while embarked on his next step I hope you remember these three things first always let your action show your best self remember the things that you do so choose your actions wisely Legend Award of your hard work and the pride you feel in your accomplishments or only continue to grow as you continue in school finally to reference just what is a valuable lesson to be learned from reading Wonder this year when given the choice between being right or being kind choose kind always be kind for everyone is fighting a hard battle and you cannot possibly know but positive influence they have on others I know you have all had a wonderful influence on me is truly been a privilege to work these fantastic fifth graders I look forward to seeing all of you achieve in the coming years good luck and have fun in as your unique and busy 5th grade year comes to close your Elementary School Journeys and they and each of you are about to embark on a new also known as Middle School this brings to mind a quote and most of you know how much I love this rain on the bed Teddy ebersol Oye greater one said the finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race this wonderful day and this ending is the beginning erase each of you has seen firsthand this year that if you believe in yourself and your challenge yourself to work to your full potential accomplish anything my hope is that needs has prepared you inspired you and may you believe deeply in yourselves and it will take all that you've learned with you Legend Bart on this new chapter in your lives are day is in room 12 busy and creative this year we have a saying that we work hard academically we strove to get an all are essential common core standards and to grow as writers mathematicians and scientists occasion make me dinner work the old-fashioned way with paper and pencil but often though we approached our work in Creative artistic and technological ways we put our add iPods Peter cart and Smartboard to work giving us our knowledge 21st century style in the manner that the phone resumes must have imagined including friendship family bonds differences love being true to who you really are fighting for what you believe in and of course acceptance menu important themes carried over into our social studies curriculum and that along with our exciting adventure and Constitution movie how does to comprehend foreign countries freedom City from calling interval used Tableau to bring scenes from our coral and all those two life and embarked upon projects that often combined art writing College we ended our meeting the powerful and inspiring novel Wonder where we saw the importance of acceptance and empathy for the eyes of Middle School where else but room 12 could we spoof ourselves delvin's the early history of America build a city from the ground up and discuss important issues on Queen Challenger imaginations and ourselves while sharing a many many laughs and a lot of Joy along the way say was truly an adventure parents your children have cross that Finish Line in are ready listening race many meaningful quotes from Wonder but I believe the following might be my favorite courage kindness friendship character these are the qualities that Define us as human beings and Propel us into greatness my wish for you journey in which you always find the courage to follow your hearts Embrace greatness along the way and live very best lives American Kitchen Ralph Herman Savion Taylor Alana Owens Bella's Grey Mariah Marlowe Angie Coronado de nada Bella Berlin Kelly Kessler Jacqueline Truong Georgia Missouri Trey Coleman Simon Lebon Dillon Francis really O'Dell Sydney Danny Haas Avery Medina Gomez Fire Island Emily shark Rebecca Brown Wonder travel Fusion engineering stutter is that yeah gun McKenna Sartori 7:40 San Francis Sofia Garcia more tiramisu Glassman Lexi brendel Rihanna Ava Hermanson fresh patch Moon Emily Rogers McKenna stupid Sierra Romero Alan grudzinski Samir Suri Shanti Lane valadares food Teresa macandili Heidi valcour Julia NV Energy Hercules go Hoagies Loren Dawson Salon Markham Sienna Ryan text Alexander Jordan Soto Aidan Nolan Kylie Martin Sofia Schaefer Haley should care Giselle Gonzalez Amanda Simonson police know that if you will and Ivy Williams please stand fifth grade students ladies and Gentlemen please join me in congratulating them me
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