MARISA'S POV
"Let's give it up for the class of 2022" the Master of Ceremony announced while we all made our walk in and stood infront of our seats while the audience stood up, pomp and circumstance played in the background afterwards, followed by the school pledge before a short Prayer that was conducted by the MC then we later sat down.
A long congratulatory speech was given to us by our principal reminding us of the road ahead and how taskful college can be, so we all should brace ourselves but nevertheless don't give up on whatever we want to achieve, a round of applaud was given to him after that
The next on the list was a speech by the valedictorian, which means that the valedictorian was to be announced anytime from . . .
"The winner of this year valedictorian is Miss Olivia Sánchez" the principal announced, cutting me off from what I was saying, cheers and applaud followed until she made her way to the podium to give her speech
"GO TIGERS !!! and congrats on the big game win" She started and the school football team cheered her on
"You'll never believe it but I'm actually a little bit freaked out standing here, I mean who would've thought I'll be up here today" That was her introduction before she started fully
"Good evening honored guests, teachers, staff, friends and family and over all, my fellow graduating class of 2022, I'm Olivia Sánchez"
"My fellow graduands, over the past few years of our stay here, we've learned alot from our amiable teachers and our principal here Mr Brown, well most of us have except for those who showed up last semester, a few example are my friends Marisa,Taylor and Stacey" She emphasized and it made a few people laugh
"I remember when Mr Brown told us that we shouldn't let the fear of striking out keep us from playing the game, which actually was a really nice advice and yeah another valuable lesson I can remember is this constant saying by our gym coach Mr Alex, give me five laps, run run,run" This also made us all burst out in laughter
"Nah I'm just kidding, he've always encouraged us to get our lazy butt to school on time, I'm very sure we'll never forget any of our gym classes with you Mr Alex and all the knowledge we got from each and every one of our teachers would be no doubt valuable to us as well go further in life, but think the most important of them all is how to respect and accept each others differences, which Miss Rebecca taught"
"Now, let me give a special shout out to all our parents who over the years were there for us all, through thick and thin and to the school management for providing exquisite and favorable learning environment for us all and finally to us, the class of 2022 as we celebrate all our hardwork right from the very first day we got enrolled into Bayside"
Olivia completed her speech, cheers and applaud followed afterwards then she got down from the stage
The next speaker which was the guest speaker and also the chairperson of the PTA got on the podium and started his own speech
"Good day everyone, pardon me when I say there's nothing more to say cause Miss Olivia said it all, you should stay focus and determined on the future ahead . . ." After few more minutes he was done talking and he got down, it was now time for the principal to hand us our diploma which he did right away
He called out our names one after the other and handed us our diploma
Soon after the whole process the principal took up the microphone and began his little talk on our tassel turn
"May all the graduands rise, members of Bayside high school board, parents, friends, families, staff and every other present guest here, as the principal of Bayside high school, I can testify that the students before us today has meet all the graduation requirements of the school and are hereby worthy of being called graduates, with all that being said, by the power vested in me as the principal, I hereby declare you on this day, graduates of Bayside Highschool, you may now turn your tassel"

We all shouted with great joy when that was said and turned our tassel, throwing of our caps were next which we did in excitement
After the event, we stood up for the school academic board to away first, then we all went our different directions
As I walked out, I saw my family approaching me from the crowd, Evie took the lead cause she was running a bit, then hugged me in my big blue graduation gown
"Sis finally you've graduated, I'm happy for you" She said beaming wirh smiles
"Thanks Eve, but this Is just the first stage, other stages are there" I don't know why i told her this but I just said it
"Well I don't care about that now, congrats again" this time she said it with a hug
"Mum, Dad " I called out when they got to where I was

"Congratulations sweetie we're so proud of you" Dad said while Mum kept her full smile on
"Congrats sis" Parker finally said
"Thought you weren't gonna say it"
I replied trying to get him a little, but we both laughed to it
"Marisa" Someone called from behind which made me turn
"Oh, hey Tyler" I gave a small smile when saying that, we've actually resolved our initial issue that day at the park
"I want you to say Hi to my parents" He introduced me to them and them to me formally
"Good day Mr and Mrs Jackson" I greeted with a pleasant smile plasterd on my face
My parents and Tylers exchanged greetings afterwards and I saw Emily having a little discussion with Parker, before Evie showed up and interrupted them
Speaking of which, I didn't see Taylor anywhere cause of the huge crowd, neither did I see Stacey, but I think her parents made I this time around out of their busy schedule
After some few more discussions, Tyler and his parents left so we now headed back home for my small graduation party.