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Wednesday, June 14, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
GRADUATION:
Ceremony featured
teacher’s address
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live deliberately in a quote
from Henry David Thoreau:
‘“I went to the woods
because I wished to live delib-
erately,”’ he quoted. “That’s
one of my favorite lines in all
of American literature, and
that’s also my main message
to you, the graduating class
of 2017: I want you to live
deliberately. Of course, this
raises an important question:
What does it mean to live
deliberately? From my per-
spective, living deliberately
means living morally, living
purposefully, and living lov-
ingly. So I’d like to take a
few minutes today to discuss
how you can live morally,
purposefully, and lovingly, as
I truly believe that these are
three keys to living a good
life.”
Bradley entertained and
blessed the graduates with a
snippet on each of the mem-
bers of the class, combining
both humorous and heartfelt
stories in order to express his
affection for them.
Three valedictorian speak-
ers had a tough act to follow
when they were called to the
podium following Bradley.
Jacob Larson got things
started with his own Aesop’s
fable-like tale that included
a bunny, a squirrel, a mouse,
a fox, and a bear. Needless
to say the bunny faced some
troubles — but not from those
Don’t let otherd
influence decidiond you
dhould make for yourdelf.
Secondly, dpend time to
underdtand otherd before
you make your judgmentd.
— Jacob Lardon
he was led to believe were
dangerous. After losing all of
his money in a poker game
to the squirrels and a kidney
at the hands of the mouse, he
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The Cladd of 2017 todded their capd in the air.
learned that the bear and fox
were actually helpful crea-
tures and that if he had just
followed his gut, he would
have been much better off.
“Don’t let others influence
decisions you should make
for yourself,” Larson said.
“Secondly, spend time to
understand others before you
make your judgments.”
Zidane Galant-LaPorte
focused on her appreciation
for Sisters after moving here
in eighth grade.
“After my initial week,
I began to settle in here and
started to recognize just how
amazing it was here. There
was an indescribable energy
that raced through the halls
and I still can’t explain just
exactly what it was, but over
the years I began to under-
stand it. It’s what makes
Sisters Sisters,” she said.
A quote from Ralph Waldo
Emerson summed up Lauren
Wattenburg’s speech in which
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she urged her classmates to
not let fear and failure stop
them and to grow into who
they are meant to be by dis-
covering their inner strengths.
Quoting Emerson she said,
“What lies behind us and
what lies before us are small
matters compared to what lies
within us. And when we bring
what is within us out into the
world, miracles happen.”
Returning to tradition,
members of the class per-
formed a musical piece and
mothers were presented
flowers by their loving chil-
dren. The class then enjoyed
the traditional baby-picture
slideshow before getting
down to the brass tacks of
receiving their diplomas and
being officially presented by
Principal Hosang as the grad-
uating Class of 2017.
With mortarboards flying
like Frisbees, the Sisters High
School class of 2017 gave a
raucous cheer before stream-
ing out into the cold air of the
courtyard to begin their lives
as Outlaw alumni.
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