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N\ - a LJ < & ¢ Poa dl EEN PAP ANRS CT Sf NAT Ca EIST» HPSEC LE Sed CASEIN EE ER ne HARD XS EOL EROE LS RE st AE CF 2S HAE IA Y 8d 'P.P.H.S.Valedictory Address by Derek Baker Tonight I have the honour of speaking on behalf of my" fellow students and I will try to relate what P.P.H.S. has meant to us all. After we go tonight, we will be leaving four or five years of our lives here. During these years we laughed and we cried, we played and we worked, but most important, we grew up. (or so our parents hope?) ow it's our turn to say odbye to this place we may never .return to, but will never forget. Over the past four or five years, we have travelled together sharing what we had to offer one another. When we first entered grade June we were green, im- mature, but full of ideas and energy. We entered a new environment and were about to get our feet wet.... and for those who went on certain field trips, I mean this quite literally. We had good times and we had bad times but we learned from both. We also gained new free- doms in high school and how we used them detérmined how we benefitted from them. Teachers also affec- ted this freedom by making their courses interesting. Who can forget the 'moose noose' specialist who was Plato one day and Napoleon the next? But, on to the "next ball of wax" to one of our teachers who constantly had brainstorms while shaving at 7:30 in the morn- ing as he laboured at making our next lesson much easier to understand. And then, historically speaking, we were always being amazed at certain mind-boggling questions such as "Did Cartier part his hair on the left or right side of his head?'"", worth a mere 20 percent of the test, or how about 'when was the war of 1812 fought?" Also, who said my generation doesn't pay attention? One enterprising teacher put certain physics facts on a certain test that hadn't been taught in class. To say that someone noticed it is the understatement of the year! One day we walked into our English class and saw before us our beloved teach- er standing on his desk blow- ing bubbles. It was supposed to put images of clouds in our mind, but instead, every- body had visions of our teacher being led away between two men with white coats. If we had forebodings then, we were really in for a shock when it came to "Wackie Lackie's" class. Between flying good dough and Phil Cochrane showing off his hairy chest to the girls we encountered a class that was comparible to the Gong Show. But the messages were delivered. This brings to mind one group within the school who must have thought they were in the Gong Show: they were always seen sweeping and cleaning up the mess 1,000 students can make. Some days, the custodians must have thought the students firmly believed garbage cans were mere works of art, never to be used. Thank you for clean- ing up your act! You never complained cleaning up after dances and were help- ful even when we sent tennis balls flying on top of the roof. Another thing students were experts at was making lexcuses. The secretaries would often be offered some- thing like this by a late student: "Well, I missed the bus and nobody was at home so ...I...ah... had to walk and I...ah...got a ride, but the car had a flat and...ah...I helped this little old lady who picked 'me up. I changed her tire. Then the secretary would look at the student's nice clean hands and say "You have a detention!" But seriously, the secre- taries, Mr. Williams, and Mr. Hill were always there to help. If you had a problem or got yourself into one, you could go to the office and get help to sort out that problem. Thanks for giving up some of your time to help us through major decisions and dilemmas, and thanks for being someone to talk to. Now, I have the pleasure to read a'letter to Mr. Williams, and us, from a fellow student who could not make it here tonight. The letter was written by last year's stu- dent council president, Laurel Price. She is now involved in Canada World Youth and is presently in Sri Lanka. The letter reads: "Right now I feel that I'should be nervous, excited, tense, or something to do with my enthusiasm for C.W.Y., but all I can think about is Port High and all the great times | had there. I'm serious! It seems strange but beside my family and some very special friends, my school in Port Perry is really dear to me." : "My attachment to Port Perry High School makes it really hard on me to be away for commencement this year. To be honest, tears are rolling down my cheeks anti- cipating what I'll be feeling twelve thousand miles away when so much is happening that I would love to be a part of." 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