VALEDICTORY ADDRESS (Delivered by JC M. HALILI, valedictorian of class 2002 of CNCHS on April 2, 2002 during the 58th Commencement Exercises) Man's quest for education is never ending; it starts from the cradle and-ends drily-in the grave. It is always painstaking yet fulfilling; it is sometimes frustrating yet rewarding. Today, we members of class 2002 of our dear Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School are jubilant for we emerged victorious in our quest for secondary education. This occasion is a milestone in our life as students for we successfully steered our ship through the shoals that loom in the surface and the reefs that lurk underwater. We graduates are at a loss of words to express our happiness due to our success today. However, our joy is tinged with sadness because of the thought that we will be parting from our beloved Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School, our dear teachers, and schoolmates. As the valedictorian of class 2002, the task incumbent upon me in this occasion is to express the valediction or farewell of our class. First of all, we bid farewell to, our dear Alma Mater, the Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School. With a heavy heart, we are leaving the portals of our Alma Mater whom we have learned to love for the past four years. As we bid farewell, we assure publicly our Alma Mater that we graduates will try our best to crown her someday with laurels, as what our predecessors had done. Thank you very much Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School, for having been a fountain of quality secondary education to us your children. Wherever we may be, in our pursuit of a new educational struggle, we will be very proud of you. You have nurtured us for four years, making us better citizens of today and prospective leaders of tomorrow. As a token of our gratitude, class 2002 assures you, our dear Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School, that. we shall do everything possible to reap honors and successes in our future endeavors for your greater honor and fame. With profound sense of gratitude, we bid farewell to our dear teachers. It pains us graduates to part from our teachers who have been our loving second parents, our caring big brothers and sisters, our thoughtful friends all throughout our 28 the GLOW april 2002