24/04/2026
๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก; ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐.
In every ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ he utters it's like a ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ to ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ โ one that carries a ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ and a ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง of life, ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ by the ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ and ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ SLRSHS has entrusted to him throughout ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ and ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ. โจ
Each ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ is etched with memories that ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ, challenges that ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ him, and lessons that ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ท๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ of 12 - ๐๐๐ 02 to this very moment โ standing as ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ 1 of the ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ Class of 2026. ๐
Because sometimes, the most powerful ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ are not written in ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ, but spoken from the ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ โ and his ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ is one ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ to.
As part of his story, he said:
"๐จ๐๐
๐๐๐, ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐
, ๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐.
๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ต ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ ๐๐ ๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
. ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐. ๐ป๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐จ๐ช๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐? ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐
๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐
๐๐, ๐พ๐ฌ ๐จ๐น๐ฌ ๐ด๐ถ๐บ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช ๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐น๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฌ ๐พ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐น ๐ด๐ฌ๐ป.
๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐."
Congratulations on your well-deserved achievement, our ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง! Your journey as a Ruizian truly reflects what it means to be a Ruizian. ๐๐
As His speech reminded us that being a ๐ฅ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป is not just about achievements or grades, but about ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, and ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ that endures. He shared how, even in uncomfortable circumstances, he and his classmates endured and kept showing up, learning lessons beyond the books. He highlighted the importance of ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด those ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, and ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด for ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ while accepting both ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ and ๐น๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐.
Ultimately, he left us with the reminder that we are more than just students with awards โ we are a ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฐ of ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, and ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ we have met, carrying the values of our school.
Thank you for sharing your story, Elijah! May your ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, and ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ continue to ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ you in all your future endeavors. May this achievement be only the beginning of many more successes as you continue to aim ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, pray ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ, and shine ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ, ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ผ. โค๏ธ๐
Read the full speech here:
https://sg.docworkspace.com/d/sbRaqnJKuQMZ4s3T_63wpqv8huv49ankt6f?sa=601.1074
โ๏ธ: Kate Lapitan
๐ผ๏ธ: Gechel Mostrado