Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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7{ at i l e le J rudenrs adjusted their • mortof boords ond zipped up tfieir gowns os they wolhed across the dusty porking lot ond into the coliseum knowing ihot, within less thon tvs ' O hours they would officially be groduaies For some though it wosn t quite that easy Nerves and the tension of trying to remember the correa groduotion procedures made the rime go by much more slowly I was only nervous becouse I hod to sing the Norionol An- them ' anthem soloist Rob Jordon said Three minutes before the grond en- trance seniors readjusted their hats just once before walking from the locker olong the hollwoy, down the romp while keeping a three step inter- val between themselves ond the per- son in front of them ond then finolly to their sects to listen to groduotion speokers The speakers included Donielle Huck, who delivered the in- ition ond the welcoming oddress ond dosing thoughts, Dr John R Disogno, pastor of First Doptist Church of Houston, gove a boccoloureote ser- mon ond JC RozendoQl who delivered the commencement od- dress I thought the speokers were good but I didn t like the preocher too much, Amondo Gregg sold. I thought the preacher was terrible He offended me The subject motter was inappropriate for groduotion Jeff Myers soid I thought the preocher was very good He soid a lor of stuff people didn t want to heor but needed to heor, Jordan soid Then finally, ofrer ollpf rhe speakers hod delivered their speeches, the honor students hod been presented seniors hod chonged their tassel from the right side to the left and every name from o to z hod been called o shower of golden mortor boards first flew up into the oir and then londed on the coliseum s floor I was excited ond happy offer it was over with I felt like I hod finally occomplished something, Amondo Gregg said As 309 mortor boards hit the floor, o metamorphosis had token ploce — chonging of o senior to a groduote Diploma Delivery. After delivering the invocation and the welcoming oddress, Donielle Huck shakes the hand of Ernest Aisinger os she receives her diploma J. A Foreign Reception. Pousing in front of section D, foreign exchonge student Ur- sulo Wyss from Bern, Switzerlond, shakes odministrotive principal Ernest Atsinger s hand with het right hond as she receives her diplomo with her left, F. Teixeiro.