Class Gift Dedication

My mom texted me at 11 o'clock on one of the days of the last week of school, saying "please give dedication presentation of class gift to the school at 1 o'clock." I first had to text her back, asking, what is a class gift? what was my class giving? who was I presenting to? It turned out that the class gift was three daphne bushes and an engraved stone to the school. This is what I presented in front of the whole school that afternoon:

Each year, as a tradition, the eighth grade class gives an enduring gift to the school. This year we chose to give 3 Daphne bushes. We chose these because they are symbols of growth, blossoming and renewal. As sixth graders, we come into this school, stressed from the transplant. But as we advanced through the school we blossomed into the teenagers we are now. These bushes are peaked from recently being planted, but through the years, with care, they will grow and thrive and every spring they will bloom with fragrant, pink blossoms.  As each sixth grade class walks through these doors, the will look at these bushes, at the promise that they too will grow into something beautiful. And as each eighth grade class walks out of these doors, they will look at these bushes and reflect on what they started off as, and grew into. Thank you MSMS, for helping us grow.

 Copyright 2011 Abigail Chapman