Toast From The Parents Sandra Wasylciw Good afternoon graduates, honored guests, fellow parents, ladies and gentlemen: I am honored to give the toast from the parents this evening. Last fall when our staff had our meeting to decide who did which extracurricular jobs, I looked at Grad Advisor not as a job but an opportunity ... to work one last time with "my class". I call this "my class" because we've all shared many experiences together. We both started school together, they in grade one and I as my first year as a teacher aide. And this would be how it was for nine years. I got to take a few years break ... they didn't. These are some of the memories I have of this class: I remember them getting fingerprinted and put in jail - no, not in grade twelve ... in kindergarten! Mr. Carrell began to teach at our school and decided a trip to Edmonton would be a good learning experience, and so began the dreaded four letter word "fundraising'. We shovelled snow, hauled wood, shovelled snow, hauled wood ... and then off to Edmonton we went. Now grads, have you ever wondered: who really won the eating contest between Mr. Carrell and Justin? if grade six girls really need a cup of coffee to start their day? how Rachel got all that junk food into her suitcase? if the photographer at the Legislative Building ever took a picture of so many kids with muddy pants? what the customs man at the International Airport thought when he turned around during his speech and all you kids were asleep? In junior and senior high I drove many kids to volleyball and baskethall games, and I learned many things. I learned how many horsepower every one of Danny Rossworm's tractors have, how wide his harrows, cultivators and sprayers were, and how many acres his combine could do in an hour. I learned more than I ever will need to know about skidders, feller-bunchers, delimbers, 340's, 440's, automatics, and stick shifts. And of course, no trip was complete without a discussion about ski-doos (excuse me ... SLEDS). Yamahas, Ski Doos, Polaris and Arctic Cats. Which one had the best motor, which could climb better, etc. ... until I suggested that if they only made one kind, how much easier it would be for everyone. The boys laughed hysterically and patted me on the shoulder, and said "Sandra, don't talk, just drive". They didn't like my music either, but we're even, because I didn't like theirs, and I'm not convinced that theirs is even music. In the last year I've enjoyed getting to know the kids from Cleardale and Bear Canyon. They're very friendly students and they have been a real asset to this class. The last year has gone by very quickly for me Back in elementary I often listened to these kids read, and now I would like to read a book to them. It is by Dr. Suess, and you may ask why I would read a Dr. Suess book to graduates ... but please listen. Please excuse me if I get the words mixed up, Dr. Suess is well known for his tongue twisters! As parents we want our children to know we are very proud of them, and we love them very much, and we will always be there for them. Please stand with me and toast the Grads of 2000.

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