The mood was festive and the spirit was buoyant at the KSU Convocation Center Friday morning as Pope High School’s Class of 2025 took their turn to celebrate graduation.
Principal Matt Bradford told them in his remarks to try to take that feeling with them as they head out into the world, no matter what their immediate or future plans may be.
He said that “there is a bond that no one else can take from you” as a Pope graduate, but as individuals they will be tested as they move into adulthood.
“Attitude is one of the most powerful choices you can make in your life,” Bradford said. “Your attitude is contagious.”
He said that successful and happy adults possess positive attitudes that help them through adversity, and he implored the graduates to carry “an attitude that makes a difference.”
Pope salutatorian Aanchal Acharya didn’t join her classmates until the 10th grade, when her family moved to East Cobb from Michigan.
The Georgia Tech-bound aspiring neuroscientist congratulated them “for our hard work, dedication and perseverance in getting through high school.
“Every step of the journey has made us more confident as we’ve become the best version of ourselves. We have laughed, loved, cried and felt about every emotion imaginable.
“Each emotion, each experience has brought us to this moment.”
Her parting words came from a quote from Christopher Robin of Winnie the Pooh fame:
“You are stronger than you seem, braver than you believe, and smarter than you think.”
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