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Centennial Regional High School
Graduation Exercises
Wednesday, June 26, 1996
Programme Cover designed by Natalie Lynch - Class of
'96
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PRINCIPAL'S
MESSAGE
TO THE
CLASS OF '96
Dear Graduates of 1996,
As you look back upon this memento of your Graduation evening, I hope your hearts will be filled with
many joyous memories. At last you have achieved the goal for which you have been striving through eleven
or twelve years of schooling. These past five years shared with the Centennial Community have offered you
many opportunities for growth intellectually, socially and athletically. You have had a wonderful
environment within which to develop a sound mind in a sound body. When you look back at your Secondary
I yearbook picture, you will see clearly how far you have come since you first set foot in Centennial. As you
think back over the experiences of these five years, you will realise how far you have come in your pursuit of
maturity.
Now you have achieved all that we can offer to you. You have drunk this well dry of its refreshing and
enlightening sustenance. It is now up to each of you to go on to accomplish all those hopes and dreams that
have only been fleeting aspirations till now. What seemed an eternity away just a few short years ago is now
upon you. We can only hope that you have wisely and productively used the moments that we have shared
with you during your sojourn among us.
For the time we have spent together, we, who remain behind, say, "Thank you"; for the time that is the
future, we offer, "Good Luck and God speed in meeting the objectives you have set for yourselves."
In your future success, I hope you will remember fondly the incentives and inspirations you might have
received while you were a student at Centennial Regional High School.
God bless and protect each and every one of you.
Len Davis
Principal
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BURSARIES
SOUTH SHORE SCHOOL BOARD BURSARIES
Isabelle Ayotte
Valerie Bertrand
Vijay Pandurangan
Manish Srivastava
Venetia Maria Stelliou
PRINCIPAL'S BURSARY
Tanya Orr
C.R.H.S. SCHOOL COMMITTEE BURSARIES
Jeffrey Ball
Candace Jacobs
Sarah McCarthy
Vikram Singh Yadava
Andrea White
KINSMEN CLUB OF MONTREAL
Trevor Adams
SOUTH SHORE INC. BURSARIES
Namita Kumar
LIONS CLUB OF GREENFIELD PARK BURSARIES
Andrea Cox
Brandy Pounder
STUDENT COUNCIL BURSARIES
Jason Alfonso
Lyn De Leon
Bhavna Grover
Kavita Kulkami
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION - GREENFIELD PARK
Jason Baines
BRANCH 94 BURSARIES
Stephanie Victoria Iris O'Hara
Anoop Singh
CHAMPLAIN REGIONAL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
Marc Dunn
VILLE DE GREENFIELD PARK BURSARIES
Tracy LeBrun
Julie Stone
FACULTY BURSARIES
Rumona Pal
Andrea Tomiuk
HAMIT ATALAY MEMORIAL BURSARY
Yohsuke Hayashi
SCHOOL FLIGHT BURSARY
Synnove Alves
C.E. "BUD" GREEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Ryan MacDonald
LIBRARY BURSARY
Alexander Fong
ST. LAWRENCE - RICHELIEU TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION BURSARY
Miki Agrawal
MULTICULTURALISM BURSARY
Lisa Mallick
VERSABEC INC. BURSARIES
Radha Agrawal
Melissa Ambs-L'Ecuyer
Tasima Haque
Parul Khare
Isabelle Yuen
NUTRASWEET BURSARY
Wing May Sandi Mak
SUSAN ADELE MASSEY MEMORIAL BURSARY
Elaine Morris
STUDIO NANC BURSARY
Payal Gupta
CAISSE POPULAIRE DE GREENFIELD PARK
Angela Yu
NEIL MALCOM SINNAMON MEMORIAL BURSARY
Radha Puri
CATHERINE CLEVELAND-SULLIVAN MEMORIAL BURSARY
Jeffrey Tom
GREENFIELD PARK OLDTIMERS BURSARIES
Nicholas Hoffmann
Amina Tahera Mohammed
Gregory Thompson
Anna Maria Tosco
M.R.E. BURSARY
Tanya Orr
CHARGERS HOCKEY BURSARIES
Vincenzo Amodei
Steven Andre Courchesne
Gary Philip Rusyn
COCA COLA FOLK ART BURSARY
Natalie Lynch
AWARDS
SOUTH SHORE SCHOOL BOARDHIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Tejas Sankar
GOVERNOR GENERAL'S ACADEMIC MEDAL
Tejas Sankar
CENTENNIAL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Tejas Sankar
CENTENNIAL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GRANVILLE MILLER HIGH ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD
Maureen Anderson
CENTENNIAL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL HIGH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Valerie Bertrand
CENTENNIAL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Radha Agrawal
Isabelle Ayotte
Parul Khare
Vijay Pandurangan
Manish Srivastava
Venetia Maria Stelliou
Isabelle Yuen
CENTENNIAL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL HONOURABLE MENTION AWARDS
Synnove Alves
Miki Agrawal
Jeffrey Ball
Esther Chao
Lyn De Leon
Marc Andre Dunn
Tasima Haque
Yohsuke Hayashi
Nicholas Hoffmann
Samiruddin Syed Hussain
Namita Kumar
Radha Puri
Anoop Singh
HENRY BIRK'S - SILVER MEDAL
Roberto D'Alessio
HENRY BIRK'S- BRONZE MEDAL
Christina Gregori
Nathalie Brossard
DESHPRIT CHOPRA MEMORIAL AWARD
Brandy Aleandra Pounder
PHYSICAL EDUCATION ACADEMIC/ATHLETIC AWARDS
Derek Armstrong
Melanie Moreau
PHYSICAL EDUCATION ATHLETES OF THE YEAR AWARD - FEMALE
Radha Puri
PHYSICAL EDUCATION ATHLETES OF THE YEAR AWARD - MALE
Yohsuke Hayashi
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Valedictorain
Speech of Mr. Tejas Sankar
Madame/Mr. Chairperson, members of the platform party, members of the faculty, ladies and
gentlemen.
My friends, a short while ago each of us walked across this stage and received a document much
like this one, and quite an exquisite looking document I might add. And yet, though it might seem to be no
different from your average 8 1/2 x 11, it is this very piece of paper that will probably influence, mould, and
shape the lives of each and very one of us for years to come. This document has the potential to make great
doctors, teachers, artists, athletes, policemen, hey, even illustrious VP's at certain educational institutions.
But more simply, because of what it stands for, it is our passport to becoming great human beings.
What does it represent, this piece of paper? It reflects a job well done. Yes, we have come a long
way since our modest beginnings as frightened youngsters entering that majestic brown fortress of a school
we call Centennial Regional High. Yes, we have succeeded, academically, athletically, and socially. But not
only have we reached this success with such class and dignity, we've done it while becoming truly special
young women and men. We have matured--and I use that term loosely--but most of all, we have worked
hard, hard to set and reach our goals, hard to be the best that we can be, and of course hard to make our five
years of high school as fulfilling as they possibly could have been.
I'll admit, as I'm sure you will, that it hasn't been easy. For this document also represents the
difficulties and troubles that we've encountered on the way to attaining this magnificent event we call
graduation. At times through the last five years, it seemed as though we simply wanted to cry out on our
rocket journey through high school "Houston, we have a problem!" as we tried to deal with adolescence,
conflicts with certain authority figures, and the pressures of just being a student. But we kept going--never
even stopping once to refuel. We stared adversity in the face, and then we ran over it.
This piece of paper, reminds us, too, of the "exemplary" school at which we've had the opportunity
to spend a half-decade of our existence. England has its Oxford, Massachusetts has its Harvard, New Jersey
has its Princeton, and the South Shore, well, it's got Centennial.
I don't think we could've asked for a better environment in which to learn and to grow. Only in Centennial
could we have each been a part of a multicultural mosaic where acceptance and belongingness were so
important. Only in Centennial could we have received the superb level of education that we did receive on
the way to reaching culmination tonight and success in the future. And of course, there are the teachers.
How many illustrious days did we spend sucking up--I'm sorry, looking up--to them, and how many lessons
did we learn from them, whether it be the solving of equations, the conjugations of verbs, or how to, ahem,
perfect the art of cooperative learning, if you know what I mean.
The document we now have in our possession, is also representative of the vast array of
unforgettable, irreplaceable memories we have collected throughout our high school careers. The
experiences we've had, the situations we have encountered, and the events that have taken place since we
arrived as timid, isolated seventh graders are enough to last a lifetime. Whether our futures take us to far-off
lands or see us living at the corner of Hudson and Bellevue in Greenfield Park, we'll always recall our
first field trips, our first dances, our club meetings, our sports teams, the good times and the arguments, the
awards and the punishments, and of course, the mildly annoying, ear-piercing sound of the only musical
school bell in the world. And without a doubt, who can overlook the great mysteries associated with our
experience that we'll surely be discussing years from now--like what they were really serving us when we
picked up a chocolate mousse in the cafeteria or what really!
wow
I'd happen if we were to park in those nice spaces with the white signs that say "Reserved for
Administration"? Yes, there is no doubt about it--we will miss high school. So let us treasure the precious
memories we've acquired, let's keep them fresh in our minds, let us savour and enjoy them, and let them
serve as reminders to us of some of the finest years in our youthful lives.
Most importantly, though, this piece of paper represents the relationships formed as high school
students that will remain strong between us forever. It is not far from the truth to say that we entered high
school as classmates, and we are now leaving it as friends. More than academics, more than memories,
more than our problems, it is friendship that shaped us as people and pupils and made high school truly a
special era in our lives. There exist bonds between every one of us in this room tonight, some stronger,
others less powerful, but they are there all the same. Yes, it's been said that "friendship may well be
reckoned the masterpiece of nature". And though we must now move away from the gallery where many
such masterpieces were created, we should always ensure that we keep these works of art on display,
wherever we are.
You see, my friends, this is indeed a piece of paper--but its meaning is so much deeper than its form.
So let us respect it, cherish it for what it represents, use its significance to guide us in life, and let's hold it up
high with great pride as we vault forward and become the leaders of tomorrow. Most importantly, let's try
not to get anything on it--I've heard they don't give replacements.
God bless, good luck, good night!
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