DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro Graduation Message for 2011 High School and Elementary Graduates

      My warmest greetings to all our proud graduates and to the school administrators, teachers, and staff of who have all helped our young ones reach this significant milestone in their lives.

      Dear graduates, you have worked hard to be at this threshold separating childhood from adolescence and young adulthood. Everything you have learned will be of good use to you in the future. Your lives are just beginning to open up to many more opportunities for growth in the world.

      This year's theme poses a challenge to you, young as you are, to make a positive difference in your respective communities. As "The Graduate: A Partner Towards Transformational Society, An Answer to Societal Change," each of you is called to be more aware of the family you are in and the community where your family and school reside. Those are the worlds larger than your individual selves which you must consider as significant because they sustain your existence.

      As you make the giant step towards adolescence, think of what you can do, even in your own little way, to help those around you. As children, be of service to your parents and siblings. As Filipinos, help other Filipinos. Learn how to be productive citizens of your communities.

Congratulations on your achievement! Cherish it. There will be more.


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Enclosure 2B. Graduation message for elementary graduates (English)

      My warmest greetings to all our proud graduates, school administrators, teachers, and staff of
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      Dear graduates, you have worked hard to be at this threshold to young adulthood. I know that this stage can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. Expend your considerable youthful energies towards the realization of this year's theme, "The Graduate; A Partner Towards Transformational Society, An Answer to Societal Change." Know what is happening to our beloved country and resolve to be of help, even in your own little ways. I believe that any good deed done by a Filipino will redound to benefit other Filipinos.

      Congratulations on your achievement and welcome to the larger world. Dream big for yourselves and for our country, and work hard to achieve your dreams.

      Mabuhay kayong lahat!
 

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