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today

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we celebrate your

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hustle your resilience and

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every single memory we have shared along the

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way look around you this major Milestone

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belongs to you and the loved

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ones who stood by you every step of the

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way today I'm proud of the

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graduates sitting before me but I am equally

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really proud of the young men and women you have become

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future nurses entrepreneurs Educators

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artists Business Leaders public

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servants salon owners

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the diploma you received today represents

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more than academic achievement it represents

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it represents perseverance it

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represents every challenge you overcame and every obstacle

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you fuse to let Define you as

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you leave Maxwell remember this you are stronger

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than you think you are more capable than

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you realize woo

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please repeat after me

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with gratitude

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to my school

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with pride in my city

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and with devotion

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into my country

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I pledge as

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a graduate

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to cherish the transitions

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of William H Maxwell

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Career and Technical High School

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they are going places when you see at least 99%

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of the students are going on to college or

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military it's an amazing thing and so we have to really

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commend it the principal and the teachers for

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everything that they've done I'm excited I'm

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going to college and

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I'm going to do everything possible that I

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can I'm very happy and I'm proud that

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I've reached this Milestone I'm also very excited about

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the future um I feel like I've built

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myself a smooth foundation for it and that

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I'm ready for whatever comes my way I also

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go to college I plan to go to LaGuardia so

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I'm very excited for the future I

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think she is well set up she's prepared for college she's

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prepared for life she knows

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what she wants to do she did a

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very good job Maxwell did a

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bigger job my friends

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helped me become more open and

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more outspoken we're encouraged

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me to open my voice as well as the

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staff that's been something that they've helped

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me throughout the years by the

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busted me as the principal of William

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mates Maxell Career and Technical education

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High School I certify

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that you have successfully completed all

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requirements prescribed by the New York City

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Department of Education

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I

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now confirm you as graduates

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of Maxwell High

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School turn your task for is

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over congratulations class

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of 2026