I'm Tom Davis. We're bringing you the class of twenty three graduation from Barnstall
High School, once again from the lower Gymnasium. It is being brought to
you by Barnstall Nursing Home and Holden Septic and once again this is the one
hundred second annual commandment taking place here tonight. We've got a little bit of
a delay, but they're trying to get everything in order. Everyone who needs
to be on the main stage and seated, the band is ready. They
have to get a couple of extra chairs in because well it's a graduation that
it is kind of a small gym. It's pretty much standing room only at
this point in time, and as soon as they get a few more people
comfortably seated, they'll be able to get the commencement underway. People still filing
into the door at this point in time, and you know, nothing beats
a good graduation. And I'm sure everybody would have loved to have had this
outdoors, where you've had a lot more room and a lot more elbow room.
But as it is, we're kind of packed like sardines here in the
small gym and they're putting out probably a good twenty or so extra chairs for
extra seating. We have some people who are basically sitting down at the very
bottom of the side seating, which is nothing more than just a procrusion,
and they'd probably be a little bit easier on their backbones and backsides if they're
able to sit down in regular chairs. And that's why they're taking a little
bit of extra time to make sure that everyone is comfortable and seated and that
everyone can enjoy the ceremony as short as it will likely be tonight. But
like we said, we've got a little bit more rolling in and you are
listening to FM ninety nine point one kp GM. I'm Tom Davis and this
is the class of twenty three Barnstall High School. We're running just a little
bit behind, but we're gonna have the processional here in just a little bit
with the Barnstall High School guitar class. And they're getting ready right now into
a position and they're going over some class minute discussion and they're readying their instruments
for play in just a moment, and of course once that begins, the
ceremony will begin and we'll just turn it over to the ceremony. You can
listen to that pretty pleasure. And of course we're recording this and to be
played back in a podcast form a little bit later on, so in case
you didn't quite catch a little bit on the radio, or perhaps you want
something for posterity for your filled in grandchildren. He's his nephews who are graduating
tonight. Then we'll be all ready to go with that and you can keep
that. You'll be able to download that from your favorite podcast source. So
once again we are awaiting the beginning. We had a little bit of a
h of a delay due to some seating because it's packed here at the lower
gym at Barnstall High School. So coming up in just a moment, we'll
turn it over to the guitar class and they will bring you the processional.
We're getting the microphones ready at the stand and the ceremonies should begin shortly.
What you need m M M m h. You're listening to the Grand Leading
Ceremonies for Barnsdall High School right here on ninety nine point one KPGM. It's
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It's great to see you all years. The guests on the stage, the
people who have our school board members, Mister Carl Kelly, mister Ryan By,
mister Kazy Cassidy is then Radlett, and Miss Linda Kelly because she's spent
in our school board. We have high school and elementry administration are getting a
students. Mister Kylie Sweeney, mister Neighbors who is our high school Menschool,
and Miss Marshall is the Elements and Dren School, Miss Burns who will anounce
the presentation of honor students. We as a stat are so very proud of
the accomplishments of these seniors that make us years throughout their high school years and
are happy recognize the success. Barnstall is an academic letter or her seniors who
qualified for miss Aboard. They have to make take at three point eight eight
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my honor. Toduces Ter Callen Oars Toys good open to the regulations. There
many of Class of twenty twenty three. Sometimes you learn an the value the
moment until that pops I made quoted by the famous Christians if the presents my
experience as a student at MS High School. Mum and a small town has
many spages that have allowed so many bag moments, many special moments along the
many amazing people have stood out very more high schools. These strands are class
are many school of shan Fir troops, off campus lunches and pariant propouans standing
from my friends Karen, teachers, staff who feel like singing a HomePod and
all as a man examples of the seven years that I had acquired in my
life for love have a chairship. I've gone so much throughout our school alt
rightchool, I was I prepared for adult. My high school reforms have helped
me loves water so physically I became more pature. I appreciate the great teachers
like mister Harbor help me have I re comperent feature and to communicate. I
will use these skills in my feature here my ethics, I have any pal
members at homechool. I've confluenced Hunt and also I love plan having a church
on Sundays and I've moved gone to my having Captis on Holing to see my
grandma and my cousins, and I'm amazing all of that. I have also
made sure I have everything iding that of myself and making especial people. I
have learned to do things that I'm not comfortable with and realize that I actually
enjoyed. I have learned to ask for health and I have learned a lot
to fire others people. And I was going, I think to myself,
I don't think that I'm host or horror. Money uses things that when people
in the corner are trying to teach you post and then accept with us,
be very hole for what you have and shore up for those that matter.
Have problem as many memories and you can and now aren't valuatorany goody. They
parents, friends, family, teachers, mentors, administration and of course they're
graduating class of twenty twenty three. Today is the day we have all waiting
for me, so I know I haven't at least the third grade. Sorry
misting, then it's not you to me. There's this foote that my mom
used in her soliteratory and speech in nineteen ninety one that still applies today.
That are work for him. All I really need to know God in kindergarten,
most of them are really need to know about how to live and what
you do and how do we I learned in kindergarten these things, These are
the biggs I've learned. Share everything you played for, don't hit people,
the things back where you found the clean up your own, don't take things
at our doors. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands
in forty week lush, warm hoodies and help builds are good for him.
The the badst like learn some things that in drawing, see any dance and
play and work every day. So take a nap every afternoon when you go
out into the world, wash up for traffic. The hold again, can
stick together, be aware of wonder the world today is not the same as
a U sad, but these lessons still rimistry I can experish to include a
lessons from high school. The first is to join in to participate. When
you join a team for organization theys colligated inline hours, you gat a sticker
family. Through team experience, we learn about commitment and hard work and the
driver to succeed even though it might not feel like it. These are crucial
stility after graduation. Once you get your job, you'll need to be a
To be part of the team leads the will seeds to make to get up
every day to go to work, and then saying what it means to belong
to something greater than yourself. The second high school lesson is to play nice.
I could stand out of here and tell you that my high school experience
was the best and I felt and so long, but I'm not because I
feel like some people do when they to hear it. My freshman for junior
years wore being a principle's kid doesn't have a lot of hurts. No matter
what I did, no matter how hard I worked, someone was always there
to tell me down. And in my I mean that any success I had
was because my mom was the principle. On top of that, both are
just needed ruthless. My junior view was so or if I didn't even want
to attend school and attempt to avoid the viciousness of some people. This last
year, I anticipated as much as ideal to get the poor high school experience,
and so my advice to my classroom is to just imbrasive. Do not
waste your time when people who are leading. Do not that always get you
down. It's not key it and it's not working. Do not compare yourself
to others just because Just be you, be nice and half fun before it
comes out. I honest say thank you for my coaches for putting them with
my footgood it so my teacher's familiar with my outgrown personality, and my friends
for all the memories, and last week my favorite, thank you to my
mom for showing me how to be the bigger person, to not bataliate down
to their level of impaturity, to not just high school drama, but with
ron adults too, for supporting all my crazy ideas, my last minute and
late night adventures, and all the nights spent watching Inciatas with you, I
went be happy first Ring and data Faction, and I love you for someone
so excited to get this over with. I'm pretty good at everyone got you
can also thank my mom. And now the kid of Brian would be Roll
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word for a crab. I want you to remind you, said, I
want you to remind you, say, Harris said, is it of joy?
Do not go out into this world and compare yourself to others. Do
not go to others to determine whether or not you are successful. Instead,
try to embrace these behaviors that are scientifically linked to success. I'm a little
bit of a learn and this is actual research. I'm telling you first having
grown mindset. I know we've been working on that for the past four years,
but I promise there is research that proves the importance of having a positive
mindset. Growth mindset alters of how your granning perceives sil your Unfortunately, life
does not give you every day, not so when you have a setback or
a failure, treating himself to see it as an opportunity to throw and to
become better. The set that govor is delayed gratification. In the late nineteen
sixties and early nineteen set Standard University the definates an experiment called the marshmallow tests,
and they ate children a marshmallow and said you can get it down if
you like, but if you wait, I'll you two. Some of the
children ate the marsmallow right away and others waited for the second one. Decades
later, they study they analyze these same children and they determined that those they
are waited that withheld the allure of the one horsmallow had behaviors necessary to reach
goals that require sacrifice, hard work, and patience. And finally, grit
grid is the ability to persevere in the pursuit of long term goals despite obstacles
and setbacks. The correlation between gritted performance has been studied since eighteen ninety two.
Some researchers believe that grit is a winder driving worse for success than the
high que and natural ability. Those who relentlessly pursue what they want have a
vigor advantage over those who quit when things are taught. And you can expect
tough seasons in your life as you embark on this stage. Remember these three
things have a positive throw of the mindset by believing in yourself and your ability
to learn and grower. Don't settle pretty easy, because the greater re order
comes through hard work. Have for it and persevere through whatever life throws away.
And now is the time you've all been waiting for. Seezors. Please
stand by virtue of the authority, best of the economy as Barnstall Superintendent of
Schools, the Barnstall Board of Education, and the States of Art on the
Education High at These seniors have satisfactively completed the educational requirements prescribed by the State
of Oklahoma, and I didn't confirmed their graduation. Please move your tassel from
left to right to signify the completion of these requirements.