de Portola Elementary, my school, had its 50th Anniversary celebration on March 31st.
I got to read this poem I wrote during the assembly!
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“Thank you, de Portola”
Celebrating these 50 years
Is a beautiful achievement
To think of all of the blood, sweat and tears
Put into this school and made whole
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Celebrating 50 years
At first sight so much more than it appears
for so many students are taught here each day
Taught to learn how to foray into our world
And this school has helped fifty years of students,
Urged their creativity, made hard problems unfurl.
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They’ve played on this playground,
Ran in these fields
Learned in this building
And here ate their meals.
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Those 50 years of students
Learned to do math and read and write
Those skills will forever help them
To guide their dreams in sight;
it helps them fight for their future
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This school has given so much education
Like a train station, its
Helped so many reach their wanted destination
Because this school has made the difference
In so, so many lives
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And do you know how?
It’s the staff make this school whole
They teach us and guide us and help us when we fall
They’ve cared for us and rewarded us as far as we can recall,
their patience should be recorded for all.
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They are kind when we are not,
Patient when we are not,
And help us when we’ve forgot –
because we all do.
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So thank you, staff of this school.
But it’s not just them that have built this community;
it’s you too.
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So thank you, de Portola.
Thank you for making the difference for 50 years.
Thank you for helping us past our fears
Thank you de Portola.
And thank you…
For listening
Thank you for writing this! You have brought back some very fond memories from my time at de Portola. Great job!