Page 4 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, JUnE 13, 2025 Saugus High School graduation 2025 The Valedictorian Address By Victor Phan H ello everyone. My name is Victor Phan, and I’m honored to stand here as valedictorian of Saugus’s 2025 graduating class. Family, friends, and administrators, thank you all for coming out on this wonderful evening to celebrate our class’s first steps into adulthood. First, I want to give a huge thank you to all the teachers, administration, and faculty members who keep this school orderly and afloat. They have to deal with crazy stuff every day here, and 8 Norwood St. Everett (617) 387-9810 Open Tues. - Sat. at 4:00 PM Closed Sun. & Mon. Announcing our Classic Specials Dine In Only: * FREE Salad with purchase of Entree, Tuesdays & Wednesdays * Cheese Pizza - Only $10 Catch ALL The Live Sports Action On Our Large Screen TV’s Scan & Follow Us on Facebook! I can’t thank them enough for all the patience, care, and compassion they give to students at this school. I also want to thank all the custodians who clean up after us every day and keep the school building nice and tidy. You guys are awesome, and the Class of 2025 thanks you for all the hard work you do. Please, give them all a round of applause, because without them, our school would look like an absolute dumpster fire. Class of 2025, we did it. www.810bargrille.com Everett Supplies Aluminum 10 Everett Ave., Everett 617-389-3839 Celebrating 66 Years in Business! •Vinyl Siding •Free Estimates •Carpentry Work •Fully Licensed •Decks •Roof ng • Fully Insured • Replacement Windows www.everettaluminum.com Now’s the time to schedule those home improvement projects you’ve been dreaming about all winter! We’ve finally made it to the finish line. Congratulations! We went through lots of ups and downs during these four years, but what matters is that we got here together, as a unified class. And throughout our four years here, we’ve made countless memories together. Some were good, like our efforts to win Color Day every year or our recent trip to Nahant Beach. Others were not so good, like spending 12 hours on Font’s essay sets every weekend, or seeing that Dr. Clifford posted a new Spanish assignment even though there’s a sub in her class. Now, I could go on about our memories here at SMHS, but I bring them to light today because I want to talk a little bit about perspective. More specifically, our unique NUMBER ONE STUDENT: Victor Phan finished as the top scholastically ranked student in the Class of 2025, earning the honor of being the class Valedictorian. (Saugus Advocate Photo by Mark E. Vogler) perspectives on life and what we bring to the table. We’ve all experienced our fair share, both good and bad, and most of us may want to suppress those bad moments of our lives and focus only on the good. I mean, it feels much better to win than it does to lose, right? But every memory is an integral part of your perspective, an important part of your identity as a growing individual. Each moment you’ve lived through, every tear, every laugh, every bit of emotion, plays a role in how you treat others, approach life, and ultimately carry yourself as a person. I’m Buddhist, and in Buddhism, we focus a lot on karma and balance. The good must always balance out the bad and vice versa, as that is simply the nature of the universe. You cannot have only one or the other. I believe this also applies to our identities as individuals. Your soul canTHE VALEDICTORIAN ADDRESS | SEE PAGE 6 Spring is Here!
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