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Well it has finally come at last. It may be a little under-wheming because the 12th graders only have 2 students to graduate, but give honor where honor is due. Jordan and Davette have been two of the best students throughout the year, and we proud to honor them as our Windermere High School graduates for the class of 2013.
Both of them are a bit shy of the spotlight, so rather than have an elaborate service at a church, they opted to just have a small intimate ceremony in our school chapel hall. Seeing as how its just the two of them, there wasn’t going to be much guesswork for who was 1st and 2nd overall in the their class.
Our campus pastor Mr. Schrag affectionally called each of the “Val” and “Sal” for valedictorian and salutatorian, and after the ceremony those names will stick. Although it might be a little unsettling to be both the lowest student in your entire class and the class salutatorian!
Jordan always did the best in my classes and he came out on top for Biology, Physics, and the sciences. However, Davette bested him on just about everything else. Both of our graduates have high aspirations of going to college and earning good jobs someday.
The class was actually much larger a year ago, however all of their classmates got expelled from school for drug abuse. Thus, it was only Jordan and Davette who were faithful to the end.
I always enjoyed teaching them. The small class size made it easy to assess who was learning and who wasn’t. They couldn’t shirk participation and both student always (well almost always) had a positive attitude.
I was privileged to deliver their commencement address for the graduation ceremony. My passage came out of Colossians chapter 3, where Paul admonishes his readers that, “whatever you do work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.”
Jordan and Davette have been in the bubble of high school requirements for their whole lives, and its all they know. Moving into the real world, there won’t be anyone there to hold their hand or expect more out of them. Rather the world is hostile to Godly living and will be constantly looking for them to fail. To be successful they will need to find a new motivation for excellence, one not found in earning good grades or by the request of their teachers. Instead they must work as working for the Lord, trusting that He will reward them accordingly.
We wish Jordan and Davette the very best and expect to see great things from them. Unfortantely, even though graduation has come and gone, school isn’t over. They’ve got a few more test days left… time to step up and finish strong.