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please take a seat

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welcome

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everyone I

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am JP instructor also

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and I want to thank you for

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attending our 2024 adult

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and Career Education commencement

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special

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thanks to all 4 members in

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attendance including board member

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American solids board

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member Romero permanent

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and people and community

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service director Moline

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Brooks thank you for being here

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to celebrate the support

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in

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addition I would like to introduce the following individuals

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director of community

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this is Luis Rodriguez

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program administrator Monique

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candles high

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school diploma instructors

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or the Gorge

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and Robin

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it won't

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Welcome to our students friends and

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family

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uh Mr and

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Christian

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lead us to the reflection

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please stand

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on your right hand over your heart

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ready

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you basically

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uh

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please remain standing

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at this time uh we're

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standing for the national anthem

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now at this time Mr

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Rodriguez director of career Readiness

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to call you please

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good

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afternoon and welcome everyone to

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the 2025 Kelowna

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gold and Career Education commencement ceremony

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I would like to start the night

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by welcoming our board president is

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Patty Thai who is here with us

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a

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long time our mother will remember this camera

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and also our

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superintendent this is Darren nulls who's in

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the back I

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believe my car gets superintendent is the

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Atlantis and

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our administrative director

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of secondary education

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is Monica for instance

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get

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started with today's program I welcome to

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the stage this morning Cardenas program

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administrator will have our commencement

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speech

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good evening everyone

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I will

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be reading a speech and I just want to thank everyone

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for coming today and

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I'm going to get started

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good evening good morning Unified

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School District board members Dr Roberto

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Perlman

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Tamar Gonzalez

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Patty Ty

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Moline Brooks

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Administration

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my name is Monique Cardenas

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I'm a program administrator

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I am honored to serve our community at the

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Pomona adult and Career Education School

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district

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for giving me the opportunity to

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support the Pomona adult and career in

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ation

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while the while

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the current principal is out

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it is an honor to be here this evening

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to celebrate the achievement achievements of

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the Pomona adult and Career Education School

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2025 graduates

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I can relate to you today because

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I walked in your shoes

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I was a volunteer for

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the Pomona Police Department

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and I was uh part of the

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crime prevention team

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I was volunteering with Vicky Rodriguez

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I also enrolled

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at Pomona adult and Career Education for

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school security training

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I was able

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to earn a certification to be eligible to apply

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for commodity UniFi as cabinet

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security

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additionally I took the

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test for custodian when I wasn't able to work

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security commodity

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Unified School District hired me and

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I was thankful because I needed to work as

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well

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well I was working at Emerson Middle School as

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a campus security

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I met great people

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that were examples

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and those are the pony and fight employees

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that I looked up to

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during that time I

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I was going to school and working and

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a mother of 4 Daughters

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I was continuing

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my education

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as security

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I also went back to Pomona adults

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to get my certifications

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in the secretary executive class

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and I was able to get hired by Pomona

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unified as well

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through the years while working in a clerical field

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I was earning my bachelor's

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3 and I continued with my Master's

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Degree and my administrative credential

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while working in different jobs

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ever letting

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me join the National Institute

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leadership

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that program helped me

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and guide me to help give Equity

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to the Pomona and adult school

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and I'd like to give a great Applause for Pomona

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unifying

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the message

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I would like to leave with

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each 1 of you graduates tonight is that even

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through the hard times in your life and

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tough situations on the other side

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is where the reward dwells

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where the Proverbs is and

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where your professional growth takes place

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being professional persistent

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and self-motivated forces

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you to push you through barriers

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continue looking forward on

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your journey which all of you have proven

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throughout your time as a Pomona

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adult and Career Education school graduate

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a

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very proud of each of you you should

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should be very proud of yourselves and

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all of your accomplishments congratulations

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class of 20125

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best wishes for your future

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at this time

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I am introducing

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academic student

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Mr Hernan Amaya

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good evening board

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members board members

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Dr Robert

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families

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and Families

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my name is

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be here today today

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is

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a very special day it

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is a day to celebrate for hard work and

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dedication we are

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woman who decide to come back to

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the school to reach our goal and improve

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for life being

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another student is no easy many

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many of us have to work take

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care of families I still find time

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sometime we have to leave

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class early to pick it up for children or

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go to work we Face

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many challenges but we

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never get up I

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want to share my history I

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would like to eat this several times each

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time my classmate will

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ask me if I pass

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and and and I have to say

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not yet but

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I keep trying we always

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support each other and say you're

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back in next time keep

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trying finally after

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a lot of effort

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and determination and pass diabet

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he

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will reply

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you already know how to do is

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then I want to say if I

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go back how

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do you say when

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I got my GED the

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next day I was getting

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out application for 2 different

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and also I say my application for

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college I have

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to talk my friend song there in

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my GD what's the problem do

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but to motivate them some

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call me they feel inspired

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and promise to go back to

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the school I want to

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tell my classmate and Friends they

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spread the word and remind others that

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there is always a sharing

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waiting for you and any school

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if you have more don't give

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up in this

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letter to lady to start over and

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to continue when you left

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off education is something beautiful

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that open doors

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I would like to say thank you to my

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father and my son who

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are always there help their help

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me thank you to Mr Sanchez and

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Mr Lord for always motivating

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me

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make you don't understand at home school

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for your support and for helping me with

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my application thank you God

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for everything for this blessing

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it never give up and your dream keep

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working hard and you will reach

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thank you guys

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small

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world at this time

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we're going to introduce

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CTE secretary

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executive completer

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Christian manavar

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good afternoon board

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member Dr Roberto cronins board

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members of America solids um people in

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right there Madam Brooks

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the ability School administration graduates

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families and friends it

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is an honor to be standing here before you today

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but let's be real

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Adult School is where you go when

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realize speaking to you make it

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doesn't work forever right well

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maybe to some of us it is but are

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you a little bit of old school it's more than just a building

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with classrooms it's a second chance it's

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a fresh start and is where dreams that

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may have been put to hold here we discovered and

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redefined this schooling

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was not just education but confidence purpose

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and Community it

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shows that growth doesn't stop with age it

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begins again with the courage

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when I enrolled in the executive assistant program

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I was ready to take notes manage

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calendars type proficiently and

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finally figure out who will have the buttons

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in Microsoft Excel actually

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do what I wasn't ready

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the priority field today standing

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here in front of so many incredible

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people who chose to come back to

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school investing themselves and rewrite

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their futures let's be honest but

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those schools in New York most

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of us didn't have the luxury of free time

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empty schedules or someone pecking

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our lunches we had jobs kids

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wheels and about

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5,000 other things pulling at us and

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yet we showed up

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today we celebrate so much more than just competing

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a program

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we have executive assistance Tyrus

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and me to keep ready

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to keep the professional World running smoothly

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we have GD graduates who refused

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used to let a princess paper Define their

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word until they got that paper on their own terms

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we have cosmetologists and barters

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who can transform a look and alike with

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just a pair of scissors and a machine and a

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whole lot of talent

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we have pharmacy technician graduates

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Among Us your dedication to mastering

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a violent demanding field is inspiring

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you'll be on the front lines of

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healthcare making the real difference in people's lives every

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there we also have

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medical assistance for stepping up

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to care for our communities with compassion skill

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and strength let's

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not forget while some of us were earning

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offer stuff we were others were practicing

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vital signs ensuring medications were

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prepared accurately mastering perfect

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Fades or needing the perfect blowout

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we may not all have taken the same path

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but every single 1 of us here today are

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in our place here today

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before I close I want to take a moment

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to thank a few very important people

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this is what is

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thank you for your incredible support for

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always going the extra mile and most

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of all for believing in my abilities even

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and I wasn't sure myself

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your encouragement helped me to keep going and

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I know for a fact that I'm not the only 1 who feels that

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way

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to my kids thank you for your unwavering

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patience and understanding you

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guys are the real reason why I'm standing up here today

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you guys know that the last couple of years hasn't

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been so easy for us if you guys make that place

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easier and I couldn't have done this with

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answer my questions

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thank you for being a part of this journey whether

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we study together after challenges

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shared food recipes amongst each

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other or just playing simply support

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each other I couldn't have asked for a better group

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experience this

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graduation isn't just about knowledge it's about

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resilience it's about proving that it's

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never too late and you're never too old to

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bet on yourself so whether you're

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stepping into a hair salon of

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Photoshop a pharmacy an

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office a medical clinic a classroom or

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simply the next chapter of your life remember what

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it took to get here you're not just graduating

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you're showing the world what's possible when

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determination meets opportunity

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congratulations to my fellow graduates that

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we keep learning keep growing and keep surprising

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ourselves with what we can do and who we

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can become I'll leave you

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all with the words of the great Muhammad Ali

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if my mind can conceive it and

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art can believe it then I can achieve it thank

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you

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at this time I

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will present the class to Moline

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Brooks director of pupil and Community

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Services

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according

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to the laws of the State of

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California and the regulations as established

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by the pramaan Unified School District Board of

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Education I hereby certify the

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a lot of adult and career education class of

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2025 has been all requirements

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and I present this class to

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Moline Brooks director of pupil

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and Community Services as candidates

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for graduation

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good evening families

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graduates and

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exceed guests on behalf of the

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Pomona Unified School District

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I am honored to congratulate the class of

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2025 on this incredible achievement

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let's give them

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a hand

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today's Mark not just

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at the end of your high school Journey

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but the beginning of a new chapter filled

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with opportunity Challenge

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and growth you have shown

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resilience determination and heart

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qualities

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that will carry you far beyond these calls

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as you step into the future remember

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that success is

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not just measured by the Milestones

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you reach

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but by the Integrity compassionate

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encouraged with which you live each day

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we are proud of each

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and every 1 of you and

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the entire Pomona Unified School District

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stands behind you as

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you take your next steps congrat

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congratulations graduates and

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I would

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like to add 1 ano many years

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ago my mother also graduated from

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Adult School with her GED

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so I'm always very honored and blessed

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to share this experience with you

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at

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the class to board member Tamara

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at

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the director of keyboard Community Services of

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the Pomona Unified School District and

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on behalf of the faculty and your

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principal I accept and

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verify that the class of 2025

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has meant all requirements it

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gives me great pleasure to

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present this class to you as candidates

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for graduation

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hello good

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afternoon graduates family

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honored guests on

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behalf of PUSD is my honor

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to congratulate the adult education class

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2025 I'm just incredible achievement

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like my

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uh it seems colleague said today doesn't Mark the

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end of your journey it actually just begins something

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new a fresh path filled

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with opportunity to grow challenges

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double-checking who you'll continue to become you've

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all shown resilience determination

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and heart every step of the

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way and I look forward to seeing

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you all in our community in the future

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As you move on to what's next remember

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successes always achievable

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everything is achievable I

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like you went to

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a trade school and had a different type of education

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and here I stand today so your

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path doesn't stop today it

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needs to move forward just know that always

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be a lifelong learner and always

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seek to try something new

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we are proud at PUSD of

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each and every 1 of you for your accomplishments and

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just know that we are behind you

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and your success every step of the way congratulations

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graduates The Best

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Is Yet To Come for All of You

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on behalf of the Pomona Unified School District

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Board of Education I accept the

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class of 2025 I acknowledge

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that each of you has met the standards for receiving a

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high school diploma or certifications as

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set forth by the State Board of Education and

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the Pomona Unified School District board

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education I confer to each of you

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your high school diploma with all of the rights honors

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and opportunities that

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pertain there too congratulations

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we

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will now commence with the awarding

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of the diplomas

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custom

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first 1 up

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am

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when Roe

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is

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Mario motto

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Json Gonzalez

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Amanda Ellis

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Monique

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women

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Katrina Gonzalez

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Allen

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of this

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Ruiz

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Sylvia Ramos

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Dominica Martinez

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Forte CVS

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Torres

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Fatima

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Rodriguez I'm sorry

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Joseph

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can you see Ramirez

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many different Castillo

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Alejandro

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Rihanna santis

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Daniel bully

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my

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here

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Louise

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Emmanuel

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Danielle

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Hernandez

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Sessa Roberto

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Gomez

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Maria Alvarez

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Junior

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Daniel Ortiz

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Muhammad

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Ali

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yes

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Ashley

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Martinez

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again silver

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Roger

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Emmanuel Little Junior

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Anthony are

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Andrew

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rodes

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Lisa nagarro

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Blanca

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goes

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doubles

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you

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said Poe

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Christina

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Sanchez

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Narrows

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Kylie

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goodard

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don't say

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morass

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Alexa

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Rouse

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Lucia Arsy

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Moa

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Ashley

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Jocelyn

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Garcia

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Garcia

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Jasmine

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Dixon

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Carter

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deer

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Tyrus

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name

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Andrea

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Lucero

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opinion

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Diaz

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Emily

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Alvarado

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Natalie

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morina Hills

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Diego

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Valencia

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Marissa

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Evers

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you know I got

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:22.500
and

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actually put the names

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with the class of

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:45.000
2025 please rise

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:47.500
class

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:52.500
of 2025

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:55.000
to signify you as

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:57.500
an official graduate you may now

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move your tassel from the right

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:02.500
of your cap to

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the left of your cap

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individual this concludes

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:22.500
your graduation

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thank

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:52.500
you everyone for joining the

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:55.000
Pomona adult and Career Education 2025

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:57.500
graduation

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oh no