ms. emily van dyke. she is our teacher. i just wanted to say that going into my senior year of high school, i did not want to take an art class, mainly because it was not a topic that i liked very much. but as soon as i walked in, ms. van dyke was there to help me. she was not just my teacher. she became a very good friend of mine. not just to me, but to everyone who has her, 150 students per year -- everybody knows her well and is a good friend of hers. when we all heard she received a slip, you could have heard the entire gymnasium. we went off chanting her name. you could see the connection she has with the students at the school. so i do not like the cut at all. >> good evening, everybody. i'd just graduated yesterday. [applause] we have many amazing teachers. many, many amazing teachers -- math teachers, english teachers, science teachers. ms. van dyke is not just an art teacher. she is a live teacher for us. we get life lessons and are lessons altogether. she is the one you talked to when you don't want to talk to any