We get people who are involved in making our communities better places to live. My hope is for you as graduates to choose to invest your time, talents and resources in public education thereby giving back to your community. Due to the public responsibility that has been indoctrinated in our teachings, you as graduates will surely maintain a strong loyalty to your alma mater. The pride and spirit you exhibited as students at your school will continue all through life. This allegiance, revisited from time to time, helps to strengthen the institution of public education for future generations.
Alumni are among the best advocates for schools.
This connection could remain so paramount, that as graduates, many of you will stay or later return to fulfill various roles within our community. As an example, there are currently over 100 former students of Hart District schools who have returned to teach at our schools. It is encouraging for us to know that the education you received along the way has reaped direct benefits to us in return. So to our accomplished graduates of 1999, may I extend our sincere congratulations and very best wishes for your success. We hope to see a few of you return to us as staff, administrators, community, or business leaders.