Allow the valedictorian of SRHS's Class of 2015 to speak at the commencement ceremony
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Martha Castiglia
11 years ago
I value the tradition of hearing the valedictorian speak at graduation. Why change?
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Lynelle
11 years ago
Let her speak!
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Anonymous
11 years ago
She has earned it and deserves to be heard!
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Absolutely! Go Toni!
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Marcia Hsu
11 years ago
She deserves to speak at the graduation! She earned it!
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Michelle Parker
11 years ago
This girl is dedicated to everything she does. She's bright in every way possible and DESERVES to share her voice with everything on graduation day.
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Jennifer Malcangio
11 years ago
She earned it! Let her speak!
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Andrea Jones
11 years ago
A graduation ceremony is an academic ritual, not a spectacle. It is appalling that a well-earned honor should be traded for a form of entertainment. Please think about
both the immediate effect of this debate
upon the young lady who has "delivered" a 4.8 GPA and an impressive extra-curricular history, and about the general message this sends...Do you assume that the family and friends who are there to support the graduates are so simplistic
that they need a "performance"? A "show"? That would be the ONLY possible logical explanation for an audition process. Please reconsider. It is the right thing to do, on so many levels.
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colleen davis
11 years ago
Let the valedictorian do what every valedictorians do...speak at their graduation ceremony. They are the leaders of the class!
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Lisa Dasen
11 years ago
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This isn't about who may be the best speaker, but who worked hard enough to be at the top of the class. This is a time honored tradition in US schools and Toni have earned the right to inspire and bid farewell to her classmates.
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Paul Maruszak
11 years ago
One of the problems with today's education system is trying to make everything fair. Life isn't fair. Toni Bronars has earned the right to speak at graduation, especially being your school's valedictorian!
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Nathan
11 years ago
Of course she should be able to.
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Amy Ladden
11 years ago
I don't know how many seniors SRHS invites to speak at graduation but it's a "no brainer" that the valedictorian be one of them. If there is only one speaker, then it should be the valedictorian.
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Ann Marie Gallagher
11 years ago
The valedictorian has worked extremely hard for four years and deserves the privilege of speaking in front of her peers. The valedictorian speech is just that...a speech by the valedictorian. It is a tradition that is earned. Why change an honored tradition? Given that she tried out to give the speech shows that she wants to do it. I say "Let her speak!" She has EARNED it!
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Bryce Evans
11 years ago
What reason wouldn't allow the valedictorian of the school to not speak at her own graduation?
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Karen Lemmon
11 years ago
Aside from the ability to spark in public, what did those other speakers do to EARN the right to speak at commencement? The validictorian has EARNED that right to speak, irregardless of the availability of other speakers.
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Linda Carpenter
11 years ago
Please allow your valedictorian, to give a speech at her commencement. There are certain things that should be honored tradition especially for a valedictorian.
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Anon
11 years ago
This is almost sexist
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Jean Koch
11 years ago
The valedictorian should be allowed to speak--male or female. She has earned this honor and it is tradition.
I value the tradition of hearing the valedictorian speak at graduation. Why change?
Let her speak!
She has earned it and deserves to be heard!
Absolutely! Go Toni!
She deserves to speak at the graduation! She earned it!
This girl is dedicated to everything she does. She's bright in every way possible and DESERVES to share her voice with everything on graduation day.
She earned it! Let her speak!
A graduation ceremony is an academic ritual, not a spectacle. It is appalling that a well-earned honor should be traded for a form of entertainment. Please think about both the immediate effect of this debate upon the young lady who has "delivered" a 4.8 GPA and an impressive extra-curricular history, and about the general message this sends...Do you assume that the family and friends who are there to support the graduates are so simplistic that they need a "performance"? A "show"? That would be the ONLY possible logical explanation for an audition process. Please reconsider. It is the right thing to do, on so many levels.
Let the valedictorian do what every valedictorians do...speak at their graduation ceremony. They are the leaders of the class!
This isn't about who may be the best speaker, but who worked hard enough to be at the top of the class. This is a time honored tradition in US schools and Toni have earned the right to inspire and bid farewell to her classmates.
One of the problems with today's education system is trying to make everything fair. Life isn't fair. Toni Bronars has earned the right to speak at graduation, especially being your school's valedictorian!
Of course she should be able to.
I don't know how many seniors SRHS invites to speak at graduation but it's a "no brainer" that the valedictorian be one of them. If there is only one speaker, then it should be the valedictorian.
The valedictorian has worked extremely hard for four years and deserves the privilege of speaking in front of her peers. The valedictorian speech is just that...a speech by the valedictorian. It is a tradition that is earned. Why change an honored tradition? Given that she tried out to give the speech shows that she wants to do it. I say "Let her speak!" She has EARNED it!
What reason wouldn't allow the valedictorian of the school to not speak at her own graduation?
Aside from the ability to spark in public, what did those other speakers do to EARN the right to speak at commencement? The validictorian has EARNED that right to speak, irregardless of the availability of other speakers.
Please allow your valedictorian, to give a speech at her commencement. There are certain things that should be honored tradition especially for a valedictorian.
This is almost sexist
The valedictorian should be allowed to speak--male or female. She has earned this honor and it is tradition.
This is un-constitutional.