celebrate their completion of high school. While I am all for the promotion of academic achievement and the acknowledgement of students that do well in the classroom, I think that we have to also recognize what today really is. Today is the recognition of hard work. Each and every award given today is the result of hard work. Each senior college signing is the result of hard work. Highest class averages were earned from the determination of students that worked hard enough to be the best at something.
This week I had the privilege of attending the annual Boys and Girls Club breakfast. The keynote speaker for the event was Greene Central's own, Cliff Godwin. Coach Godwin told stories of how he was pushed into the mentality of hard work during his time at Greene Central. Coach believes that he is successful because his family, teachers and coaches forced him to work hard even when he was tired. They expected the same from him after a full day of school or a summer's day of work as they would expect any other day. Hard work got him to where he is today.This year I have seen so many shining examples of hard work in the classroom, on the playing field and in your club activities. It has led our school to multiple athletic playoffs, higher SRI growth than our school has ever seen and to the realization of over $2 million in scholarship offers for this year's senior class. Hard work did that. And while we celebrate student achievement today, we also need to be reminded of the hard work of others that resulted in student achievement. Thank you for the hard work of all teachers, not just for the work done in the classroom, but also for the work done beyond the classroom planning events that make our school matter, and opportunities that make our students proud. Thank you to parents that support, counselors that stay on you until the job is done and community members that offer a helping hand. Thank you all for your hard work. That is what Ram Pride is all about.
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