ANTILLES SCHOOL CLASS OF 2009 CLOSING REMARKS by Cecile de Jonqh June 6.2009 rill Before I start, I want everyone to know that I got very strict instructions fro cry of to at this graduation like I did at a two years ago. And I promise' do my very best, but I reminded her that 1 e i eas and babies, speeches are a whole lot easier to conceive than to deliver. I have known this class for a very long time. I have gone through four years of high school with just about all of you, and the better part of the ELC, Lower and Middle School with many of you. And along the way I have learned what you have learned; some of Ms. Humphries Math, and Senora Graciela's Spanish. I know, as you all know, that Thames means so much mom than a river in England, that three words for kindness are Aguilar, Marshall, and McElligot and that "muy malo" is very bad Spanish but very good Carol. That Howe is not just the beginning of a question, that Wilson is synonymous with thought-provoking, Bertrand with artful inspiration and Riggle rhymes with wiggle. This Class of 2009 has developed a personality, its own personality. I have been thinking about this as I prepared to talk to you today. But your class, like all groups, is really a collection of individuals. And what individuals you are! I suggest to you that the word that best describes this class might be to describe it as a collage. A collage, from the French coller, to glue, is a work of art, primarily in the visual arts made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. Heavens knows that this class has been cohesive and loyal. It has been outspoken. It has been challenged and challenging. It truly embodies the saying, "if it is not one thing, it's your mother". And in the school context, it has been one that was not afraid to speak its truth to power. And like any good glue, it sticks together. All wonderful traits I think. But let's not forget that all of this has developed in this special wo