Good
morning please welcome Class of 2018 President Christian Oliveri to the stage
to lead us in the pledge of allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the republic for which it stands
one nation under God indivisible
with liberty and justice for all.
Thanks,
Christian.
Now,
please welcome Class of 2016 President Ricky Barone to the stage to officially
start off the 2016 2017 school year.
Thanks,
Ricky.
It
is so great to have you all back this year.
This school is very quiet and very lonely during the summer without you
here. We accomplished so much last year
and I am really looking forward to working with you and your teachers to
achieve even more this year.
We
have several new teachers joining us this year and I would like to take this
opportunity to introduce them to you.
· Teaching English
Mr. Marshall.
· Teaching
mathematics Mrs. McNamara.
· Teaching
mathematics Mrs. Stallbaum.
· Our new Guidance
counselor working with those of you whose last names are in the second half of
the alphabet - Mrs. Burke.
· As a
paraprofessional please welcome back to high school Mrs. Meager.
· Although he was
with us as a substitute last year he is officially on the payroll this year.
Mr. Mackenzie that younger.
· Also joining us
as a paraprofessional this year Hull High School alumna - Miss Vierra.
Due
to some late job switches, please join me in welcoming back Mr. Lloyd who will
be serving as the TBL teacher until we hire a replacement for Miss McCusker and
Mr. Scott will be our wellness/physical education teacher until a replacement
for Mrs. Torres is hired.
I
am sure that you have I'm sure noticed our school is looking great to start the
school year. The floors are shining, the windows are clean and everything is
set and ready to go thanks for the hard work of our custodial staff. Mr. Sailor
and Mr. Mu+rphy won't be here until later this afternoon but let's give a big
round of applause for Mr. MacGonable for all of his hard work this summer in a
very very hot building.
I
also need to recognize two women who have worked all summer to get ready to
make sure school opens today. Let's give a huge round of applause to Mrs. Troy
and Mrs. Condon.
It
has become a tradition here at whole high school that at our opening assembly
we recognize the athletic team that had the greatest percentage of students
earn a spot on the on the honor roll during their season. Please join me in congratulating the
2015-2016 Scholar-Athletes – the Lady Pirates Basketball team.
To
our freshman - the members of the class of 2020 - welcome to Hull High School. You have now
entered a new chapter of your life. You get to decide who you will be and what
you will accomplish. Middle school doesn't matter anymore. You are now a Hull
High School Pirate and you, only you, will determine what your choices will be
when you graduate from our school in four very quick years. Make the most of
every experience. Ask questions of your
teachers and upperclassman and know that if you give it your all you will do
great things while you are here. And
when you get lost today, as you surely will, just remember that our building is
just one big square.
To
our sophomores - welcome back for your second year as a part of our community. You are no longer the youngest in our school
and so this year you will be given more responsibility. This is a very important year as you prepare
to take the ELA and mathematics MCAS this spring. Your class had a great year last year. Work together to make this year even better.
Juniors
- the Class of 2018 - welcome back.
You have now entered the 2nd half of your high school
career. Though your class is small – you
have made our school a better place over the past two years. Awesome involvement – great MCAS scores – so
much kindness to others - winning the Class Cup two years in a row. You have shown that you are a fantastic
class. This is a huge year for you with
PSATs that count, SATs in the spring, the last full-year grades that colleges
will see. You have done great work
already. Keep it up.
And
for the first time to the members of the class of 2017 I say hello
seniors. To be very honest with you I am
really having a hard time excepting the fact that you were seniors. It really
seems like just yesterday you were walking through our doors lost and nervous.
But over the past three years you have shown us all time and time again that
you have amazing talents, skills and gifts. You have already been leaders in so
many ways and our school is a better place because you are here. I know that you will continue to be the
leaders that you have already been and that you will have an incredibly
successful senior year and will set a great tone for our community.
Now
let's hear from Miss Nosik about what the rest of today will look like.
It
has been quite a summer here in our country. We have heard that black lives matter, that blue
lives matter and that all lives matter. We have seen unarmed African-Americans
killed by police officers and we have seen police officers – black and white -
protecting others, including protesters – being murdered simply because they
wore the uniform. We have seen dozens
of Americans killed just because they chose to go to a gay nightclub. We have seen a woman for the first time be
nominated as the presidential candidate from a major political party and we are
now watching the most divisive president campaign in modern times. As a learning community – it is our
obligation to talk about the state of affairs in our country and to help you
decide where you stand on the issues of the day. But – I have faith that here at Hull High
School we will do a much better job than many in our country at doing this in a
respectful way that does not vilify someone just because their beliefs are
different than yours.
Last
year my message to you was be kind. This
year – my message to you is persevere.
No matter who wins this upcoming election – the United States of America
will continue to be great because for 240 years the American people have shown
perseverance and a willingness to listen to others – even those with whom they
disagree. We are great because we have
worked together – even with those with whom we disagree – to make our country
stronger. We are a great nation because
when the going gets tough – we put aside our differences and see that we have a
lot more in common then we have differences.
The
same can be said for our school. We will
disagree – we will discuss – we will listen – and we will come together to make
our school even greater than it already is.
I am so proud to be the leader of this educational community because
each and every day all of us persevere to do the best that we can. We work together to help those who are in
need. We come together to celebrate the
accomplishments of all of the members of our community. We celebrate differences and work together to
make our community where all feel valued and welcome. This isn’t always easy but we persevere and
do it.
Let’s
work together to make this year the best that our school has ever seen.
