♪♪
Feeling a little
bit emotional.
It's a really
great achievement.
It's great to be here with
all the people that I've
come along with
the last four years.
Uh, really
excited and nervous.
I feel great, I feel
very ready to graduate.
Nervous, excited, it's
over, super nervous.
I'm kinda ready to get out
of here and move on, but
at the same time, you
know, I loved high school,
I had a good time.
I kind of don't feel like
this is quite real yet.
I feel so excited, but a
little bit nervous, just
leaving high
school and stuff.
It's weird to think that
I'm not going to have this
community to fall back on
in three months, but it's
a good feeling.
This is just one small
step to the rest of my
life, and I'm bubbling
with excitement to know
that I've made it here.
I came all over from
Egypt, I didn't know
anyone since I came here,
but now I have a lot of
friends and a lot of
people around me, which
gives me courage.
We worked very hard
at making this school
inclusive, and you can see
that in every student we
have.
We have students who value
academics and sports and
the arts, and that's
something that you don't
see at a lot of
high schools.
Just to make it here with
good grades, make it here
with good academic
performance, and just to
make it here in general.
I'm the valedictorian,
along with my brother, so
to be here today to
celebrate our achievements
together is really
phenomenal, and it feels
great.
You know, I had a great
four years, met a ton of
awesome people who I love
and care about who I'll
take with me through
the next step of my life.
♪♪
Texas A&M at Galveston.
Azusa Pacific University.
Spokane Community College.
I'm headed to UW next.
Eastern.
Western
Washington University.
Drake University.
I'm going to WSU.
Western
Washington University.
Everyone's worth your
time, even if you don't
think you need to make new
friends or if you don't
think that you need to
reach out to that teacher
and ask them for help,
it's going to be worth
your time because you
don't get to see them
after these four years.
If you stay focused
on what you want to
accomplish, and you stay
optimistic, you have the
right people around you,
then you can set your mind
to whatever you want,
and you can achieve it.
Focus on one thing, focus
on one thing that you're
good at, and do that thing
that you're good at that
you love.
Do your homework, my god,
just do the homework, it's
not that hard.
Grades do matter.
Yes, you will
need algebra.
Four years ago, I told
myself to barely make it,
and I pushed myself to a
limit that I never knew
was possible, and I'm
ready to push myself
further and further every
single day for
the rest of my life.
