5th Grade Culmination 2024 5th Grade Culmination “Just keep swimming!” -Dory, “Finding Nemo” Show Transcript thank you thank you thank you for joining us already it is 9:05 so we will go ahead and get started good morning everyone get to see your smiling face is oh my gosh it's so wonderful to see all these cameras on thank you thank you thank you for joining us I am is a Spearman apeis along with Miss A Bahamian and along with our counselor and along with Miss Shihan this been going on we are here 2% of 5th grade culmination along with so many of you are fifth grade teachers and our fifth-grade students and we also have Miss Mulatto here or interim principal I see her here as well thank you everyone and I let me spend guy intake hi good morning everybody Welcome to our fifth grade culmination it's so exciting to see all of you here and let's go ahead and get started good morning families students teachers and staff this is Miss been guiding and I want to share our academies mission and vision our school empowers students to emerge As Leaders who develop pride and community service solve real-world problems and engaged in building strong Community relationships students will cultivate career path tour various of leadership and public servant a spy working collaboratively with Community leaders and organizations while lending their voices to create a better world for themselves and others our vision is that the leadership and public service for Asheville Academy prepare students with the four C's to prepare them for leadership and public service within the global Community the four C's of 21st century skills our critical thinking find solutions to real-world problems creativity develop ideas to support the community collaboration work with your peers local leaders and organizations and communication engage in meaningful conversations to affect change and lastly let's remember our school motto which is that Phoenix leaders rise as we are reflective innovators who are solutions driven and engaged to make a difference in the global community and now let's hear a word from our principal welcome parents friends and family to the 2024 culmination of our amazing 5th grade students my name is Miss Mulatto and I am the interim principal here at the leaders and public service Virtual Academy we are so proud of our amazing 5th grade students we know that they have worked very hard this year and I know that our amazing teachers have prepared them well to be successful in middle school and Beyond parents this is the first of several combinations to come for your child with the gold Bean high school and ultimately college so please continue to partake in the educational life of your child so that they will continue need to be successful and reach the goal of high school and college graduation students we wish you the best in Middle School continue to work hard be kind be respectful and believe in yourself it's okay nervous to be a little afraid just know that you will have many people here your teachers and counselors and administrators ready to help you and answer any questions that you may have do not be afraid to ask for help and do not be afraid to make me friends at my favorite teacher and famous calculus teacher used to say Mr Escalante you have to have tennis the desire to succeed and you have to believe in yourself the students congratulations we wish you the best we are so proud of you families thank you for being here nice tan and put your right hand over your heart ready begin allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible for liberty and justice for all and now our wonderful 5th grade teachers Miss Padilla and Miss Gonzalez have some inspiring words or the parents and good morning my name is Tavia I would like to congratulate all fifth graders remember to always work hard and to try to be the best student in your class best wishes hi everyone if you're watching this video we made it to your promotion your culmination day is here congratulations so proud of all of you and I want to thank you for a really fun year I had a lot of fun in class every day and I hope you come over and remember when you go out to sixth grade to always ask questions always do your work follow the directions on the assignments and always try your best so I I really wish you all the best and if it was great knowing you all congratulations and now we'll hear from some very special student speakers for our fifth-grade class introducing Victor Aguilar and Victoria Martinez hi my name is Victor Aguilar who hasn't been easy and it hasn't been online but I've learned what I'm capable of doing a lot of work to do and what a thing to learn but I think easier even though you were online who made a few friends around away we need yours and turkeys together hopefully you can do the same thing in middle school and middle school things will be so different maybe we will have a lot more homework. We will have more teachers will make your friend and we will continue doing your best and importance to never give up always do your best and don't forget that you could do anything you want to do thank you Elementary School many things that can help me for the rest of my life I learned about the history of our nation and the roles the women and minorities have bleach in it for house in PE I have learn how to take better care of myself is science I have learned about the human body funny things. A lot of things I learned in this school year or really cool one of the most memorable occasion for me with my returns to online school at the time to go in person for I went to school in person there was a lot of bullying that I return to online school when you class mates very kind and welcoming who's made me feel like I fit in a teacher also made me feel supported I think it's important for all human beings feel accepted and like they belong I'm hoping to continue to learn in middle school and help I'm being future I can be of service with kindness patience and friendship like my teachers and classmates have shown me if someone else for hop on their homework I can help them I have learned about perseverance because sometime when you don't get a good grade or you don't or things do so your way you must have quit you would try again during peace time and again spend more time studying for the next this is because there's always room for improvement and I also learned not to be afraid to ask for help sometimes when you can something or you just need help to complete an assignment or you just feel lonely and need someone to talk to you it's okay to reach out to a teacher or friend this year was really awesome for me I really enjoyed taking the drawing and painting cost nail salon had a basket we make our record and spoke with wanna magic in the after-school programs available free of charge to students I got to learn from amazing and talented artist teachers like mrs. strayhorn to see mrs. Hernandez and it's ballpark if I hope the my friends and classmates had as much fun as I dated for I'm grateful to have learn to stand and from them especially grateful for how kind and patient and fun they were during the last year of elementary school I'm going to miss you all and hope you have a wonderful time in Nick's group congratulations class of 2020 for today culminate fifth grade and get ready for the next amazing chat I did move forward remember to make a solid plan for your pools and your dreams decide what you want to accomplish and map out the steps to get there having a clear plan will guide you once you have your plan you have to work incredibly hard to make it happen yes you'll face obstacles but never give up keep pushing forward with perseverance and grit the most importantly you have to believe in yourself all of you have unique talents and the ability to achieve great things if you put your mind to it have confidence in your capabilities if you make a plan work hard and believe in yourself there's no limit to what you can accomplish I can't wait to see the amazing things that each of you will achieve this is just the start congratulations and best wishes YouTube type keep going you're too stressed going you're uninspired keep going you can't see it happen keep going no matter what the situation no matter how big the challenge there's only one answer keep going the only way you can guarantee failure is by quitting if you never quit you will never fail keep going you never going to reach the life you want if you quit show some character do you have any character left in you show it dig deeper find something deep in that car you'll find that burning desire what are you doing all this for who are you doing all this for just that reason in your heart forever keep it in there as fuel keep your fire burning all those people who believe in you never gave up on you please read all the people Pip-Boy it's too hard good the harder it is the greater it will feel when you fix eat cheap going really long if you say you want it prove it the only way you prove it it's supposed to be keep going if you quit you only proving you never wanted in the don't you dare quit promise it will be worth it in the end suffering now 45 player she's gone think about Dora think about how far you come you come too far to quit now think about you doing it for them or you work for what you want keep going keep going you're uninspired keep going get the audacity keep going keep going YouTube type eat and now we will be presenting the names of the culminating class of 2024 starting with Miss Padilla's class Alexander Mass Ave Eva afonicheva Victor Aguilar Alejandro Aguilar aldape Irwin Alice Alexandra Oliveira the Maya Paxton and Alani Perez graduation class of 2024 from Miss Padilla's class hello I am mrs. abrahamyan your school counselor and it is my privilege to announce the names of artists in mrs. Gonzalez's class leffe Adamson Novelli carbajal Belen Castro Torres Kimberly Chavez Elijah Courtney Jaheim Daniels Abigail Rodriguez Camacho Delilah Guzman and I hadn't done this Liberty Herrera Kylie Jenner kids Natalie Lewis Jasmine Martinez Victoria Martinez Josephine kitchen Jade Mendoza Mason monzon Aiden knuckling gate Odom Walker Alicia Perez Brianna Rosales Anaya Romberg wilt Alexander Yella jet Young and now it's time to recognize some students for the academic excellence awards these students always go above and beyond show Great Character and always do their best first academic Excellence award goes to my belly carbajal and the second one goes to Ella Rundberg West Give It Up these amazing students congratulations girls class of 2024 you should be proud today as you move on to Middle take this lesson with you to always be kind kindness means treating others with compassion and respect it means lifting people up to your words and your actions when you leave with kind you make a positive difference you inspire others and build meaningful connections so commit to kindness in Middle School radiates kindness in your communities most importantly start with kindness at home congratulations and remember to make kindness your legacy As you move forward sometimes the world feels crazy and lonely to me maybe even a little fake what would happen if I slow down and started offering kindness to others our teachers best leaders challenges to be more to focus on helping others before ourselves even though we're just kids that doesn't mean we can't have a huge impact on others we can chat thanks for the better maybe even more than adults no matter who we are or what we're doing any one of us can be good to others it sounds like a small thing but I seen how it creates a big ripple effect where one act of kindness help you and me then going again and again show me being kind and courage someone else to do the same because they felt no. because we felt loved more and more people joined in that's the kind of world I want to grow up in don't you want to be a part of that place where everyone looks out for one for what we say and do can't help it Inspire more time this that's the world I want to live in and that's the world we can create together around wherever we are and be willing to go first because not only the time is matter if bread did join the movement visit inspire kindness.com well fifth graders your time here in elementary has come to a joyful and and I hope you look on your journey as a great one many of you started as Tek or kindergarten kindergarten students and now you are in has come you're at the end of 5th grade I'm going to middle school I hope you have fun memories of your time here in elementary of your time that the your teacher spent with you year after year just know that middle school will be in different Bill be multiple instructors and multiple classes but I know your instructors have prepped you your fifth grade teachers have well made you ready for the middle school so you can meet those challenges good luck best wishes and prosper I can't believe that you came into my life what do you make graduation Print