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| Deb | Saturday Sep 26 2009, 09:50 PM Post #1 |
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Headmistress' Message![]() Hello, welcome graduating class of two thousand and twenty three, friends, family. I didn't think it would be me making this speech to you today; 'twas always my belief that our former Headmistress would do so. I'm honored to speak to you today for the last time as students. I remember the day you were all sorted, small children with knobby knees and enough courage to choke a hippogryff. Your antics will always give us pause to just stop, smile, and remember way back when as we all learned together what makes a school special. It was you who helped forge Hogwarts New Zealand; through dedication, shared joy and sorrow and through lasting friendships. As you all go forth to put your stamp upon the great wide wizarding world, know that all of us who had the privilege to know you will carry you in our hearts, always and forever. Head Girl's Message ![]() We‘ve been here seven years, but all of us have managed to make it here today. It’s strange that first year was so long ago. We were never that tiny, right? It may seem like just yesterday that we waited for the sorting hat to seal our fate, yet we’ve come a long way all the same. We’ve made it to this point, and I’m certain each and every one of us will make it even farther when we leave these halls we’ve called home for the last seven years. Don’t ever forget Hogwarts New Zealand. In bad times, and in good times, remember all that we’ve achieved. Remember the classes we sat through, the countless exams we’ve endured. The whole school we had to explore and make our own. Remember the tears, the failures, the triumphs. The laughter, the friendships. Remember that in just a few years, we hosted a Triwizard Tournament and even managed to start up some Quidditch games. Most importantly of all, remember yourselves. Hold fast to the memories if you don’t take anything else with you. We are Hogwarts New Zealand’s first, and we’re part of the reason that we aren’t its last. Go out, class of 2023, and remind the world that you helped a school to thrive for years to come. Head Boy's Message ![]() First of all. I would just like to let you know how honoured I am to speak today and to say a sincere thank you to all of the staff who have showed such remarkable patience and dedication in helping us get to this day. I also want to thank my fellow graduates for putting up with me for the past seven years, I know it probably wasn't that easy at times, but you have become like the brothers and sisters that I never had. We haven't always got along, but we have always pushed each other, supported each other, and deep down, cared about each other the way family should and that's how I will always think about you...as my family. As many of you know, I don't often struggle to find my own words, but despite my best efforts I didn't think I could do any better than reading from one of my favourite books by the famous muggle author, Dr. Seuss. Congratulations! Today is our day. We're off to Great Places! We're off and away! We have brains in our head. We have feet in our shoes We can steer ourselves any direction we choose. We're on your own. And we know what we know. And WE are the ones who'll decide where to go. We'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care. About some we will say, "I don't choose to go there." With our heads full of brains and our shoes full of feet, we're too smart to go down any not-so-good street. And we may not find any we'll want to go down. In that case, of course, we'll head straight out of town. And when things start to happen, we won't worry, won't stew. We'll just go right along. We'll start happening too. We won't lag behind, because we'll have the speed. We'll pass the whole gang and we'll soon take the lead. Wherever we fly, we'll be the best of the best. Wherever we go, we will top all the rest. Except when we don't Because, sometimes, we won't. I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, I must and Hang-ups can happen to us. We may get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And the gang will fly on. We'll be left in a Lurch. We'll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump. And the chances are, then, that we'll be in a Slump. And when we're in a Slump, we're not in for much fun. Un-slumping ourselves is not easily done. We may come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked. A place you could sprain both an elbow and chin! Do we dare to stay out? Do we dare to go in? How much can we lose? How much can we win? And IF we go in, should you turn left or right... or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite? Or go around back and sneak in from behind? Simple it's not, I'm afraid we will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind. We may get so confused that we'll start in to race down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place. The Waiting Place... ...for people just waiting. Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or a No or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting. Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is just waiting. NO! That's not for us! Somehow we'll escape all that waiting and staying. We'll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing. Oh, the places we'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. there are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all. Fame! We'll be famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching us win on TV. Except when we don't. Because, sometimes, we won't. I'm afraid that some times we will play alone, I trust. Games we can't win 'cause we'll play against us. All Alone! Whether we like it or not, Alone will be something we'll be quite a lot. And when we're alone, there's a very good chance we'll meet things that scare us right out of our pants. There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare us so much we won't want to go on. But on we will go though the weather be foul On we will go though our enemies prowl On we will go though the Harkonnen's howl Onward up many a frightening creek, though our arms may get sore and our sneakers may leak. On and on we will hike and I know we'll hike far and face up to our problems whatever they are. We'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. We'll get mixed up with many strange birds as we go. We'll be sure when we step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. We'll never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up our right foot with our left. And will we succeed? Yes! We will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.) YES, WE'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS! So... be your name Styx or Stark or Weasley or Dumbledez Drage, rhymin ain't easily, We're off to Great Places! Today is our day! Our mountain is waiting. So...let's get on our way! Thanks... my time here has truly been magical! Minister of Magic's Message ![]() It was my great honour to be asked to speak to you on this occasion by your Headmistress. It truly is a privilege to be here in this school and to be able to address you all today. As I look to you I remember my graduation from Hogwarts many years ago - and I remember all the fear and the excitement that I had. On one hand I was finally free of school and could do whatever I wanted to with my life. On the other hand I was leaving everything I'd ever known to go into a great abyss of uncertainty. I could do anything I wanted, but I didn't really have the safety net that Hogwarts afforded me. I couldn't necessarily climb to the fantastic heights I'd dreamed of in Hogwarts - but I certainly couldn't hit rock bottom, either. Today I want to tell you to hold on to that excitement, that wonder, but not to hold on to the fear. Today is a new beginning for you all. You're being sent off from this place of learning fully equipped with everything you could possibly need to know to succeed. The magical world is yours to take hold of, to shape, to mold. The future is yours, and your children's - and that future is very bright. We've experienced dark times before, even here in New Zealand, and the darkest times for us here have been experienced over the past several year, but as many a muggle have said 'the night is always darkest just before the dawn'. This is our dawn, this graduation simply shows that against all odds, against everything that tried to stop this day from happening - it finally happened, and now a new generation is entering into the world well equipped to finish the fight that has been ongoing. Everything you do from here on out is a testament to the greatness of this school, and the end of the dark age that was brought about long ago and the remnants of which are still visible in our world. It's you who are going to end it all and bring in the bright sunset for New Zealand, and I know that it's you that will be showing up in history books for millennia to come. New Zealand and the Wizarding World is looking to you now to remake a world which so desperately needs to be remade. The world is looking to the sunrise in the confidence that soon nothing will be able to hide from the light, and that though shadows may exist darkness will be gone. It is you who will bring in that sunrise, and do it with the confidence of the knowledge and power that has been given to you in this place. <--Previous Page Next Page--> |
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