Ad Lucem: A Journal of K-12 Christian Scholarship

Good Morning, Interim Head of School, Dr. Chen,, Board President, Mr. David Stewart,, High School Administrator, Mrs. Wade,, our guest speaker, Dr. Dale Meredith,, to the faculty, staff, parents, friends and to my classmates, I would like to welcome you to the Commencement Ceremony of the class of 2019. You passed by your middle school hallway in the fall of 2015. As you made your way to the high school, it was announced that your lockers would be the same ones you had in 6th grade. You were disappointed, yes, but only a minor set back, because you were finally a high schooler.  You went to Hickory Hill completely unprepared, wearing everything but the class color you were apparently supposed to. You saw new faces, and old ones, and you were ready for the next 4 years.  Within those first moments, you felt like high school would last forever.  In a way this is all you have ever known. This way of living. Four years of complaining about walking up three flights of stai

The Necessity of Responsibility Good morning Dr. Chen, Mr. Stewart, Mrs. Wade, Dr. Meredith, faculty and staff, parents, friends, and classmates. Welcome to the Graduation Ceremony for the Christian Central Academy Class of 2019. Today is a gift. It was not guaranteed. However, through hard work, perseverance, all-nighters, and sometimes just praying for a good grade, we have reached this day, our graduation. This, like every other day, has come with a price, and we are the ones responsible for it. It is our day, and we must take ownership of how we use it. We have recently honored the 75th Anniversary of D-Day; the start of the Allied liberation of Europe from the Nazis during the Second World War. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, an American General, was responsible for planning the complex and risky operation. When he gave the order to execute the plan the day before the operation, he signed a letter talking about the invasion if it failed. It read, “Our landings in the Cherbou