Board of Directors, faculty and staff of this institution, beloved parents and guardians, friends, my fellow students…Good Afternoon!

        At various times in our lives, as students and teenagers, we witness or simply heard of the occasion like this today. This is a culmination of our hardship and dedication to our studies at the same time marks the beginning of a new field of endeavor, of bigger challenges and obstacles in life.

        It is a great honor and pride to stand here in front of you and be one among the deserving students who will be receiving recognition awards and certificates of achievement this afternoon.

        We welcome our beloved parents and guardians, whose untiring support and unselfish concern for our well being have brought us to where we are now. Without their support and concern, we might end up as one of the drug dependents and juvenile delinquents of society.

        We also welcome our dear teachers, whose patience and dedications in imparting to us the necessary knowledge and wisdom to face future challenges and responsibilities have equipped us to become more confident and secured individuals.

        We also acknowledge God’s presence in this afternoon's gathering, that He will speak to us so that we will remain humble with our early educational success. We thank the Lord for this achievement.

        In behalf of the Graduating Class and Honor Students of this school year, we welcome you all to the 1998 Recognition and Commencement Exercises.  We sincerely offer this achievement to our Almighty God, who without Him, we will not be what we are right now.  And to our parents as well, this is our humble gift to all of YOU.  Rest assured that we would strive even harder to be the PERSON that we were meant to be.  A PERSON you can all be proud of someday.