Valencia High School's First Graduation Speeches

Words of Wisdom from the first Graduates from Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, California. The school first opened in 1994 with only freshmen and sophomores (who were thrown together from the three other schools in the valley. Over the next few years, they paved the roads together as they figured out what kind of school they wanted to be. On June 17, 1997, the class of 1997 because the first class to graduate from Valencia High School. On June 16 of the following year, the class of 1998 became the first class to complete all four years at Valencia High. Here are some words of encouragement from the speakers at those graduation ceremonies.