Grade Point ‘At the core, none of us were meant to be common’: A new teacher’s graduation speech urges all to lift off May 31, 2016 ...

A big thanks to our motivators: Families, teachers, guidance counselors, coaches, and friends. I would like to dedicate this poem I wrote to the Lincoln High Class of 2014.

The poem praises the impact teachers have on their students’ lives and potential: To educate requires Galileo-like patience. Today, when I look my students in the eyes, all I see are constellations.

Ava Gallucci’s graduation poem gave a voice to what every graduation-goer was surely thinking on their way to Lancaster Catholic High School Stadium: Man, is this parking lot rough.