MIDDLE LAKE 鈥� The four graduates of Middle Lake鈥檚 Three Lakes School have forged a strong bond over the years.
鈥淲e're all pretty close just because there's only four of us and we've always been in the same grade since kindergarten,鈥� said Jade Otsig, the class of 2020鈥檚 valedictorian.
鈥淲e've got to know each other pretty well and we're all pretty comfortable with each other and the teachers so we're able to have fun and work in class at the same time.鈥�
The school held a private graduation ceremony on the school鈥檚 field on June 27 made up of friends and family. After that was done, the graduates were paraded around town, passing through the streets of the village as well as Bethany Pioneer Lodge.
Banners of the four graduates were also hung up on Middle Lake鈥檚 Centre Street.
鈥淚'm happy with what we were able to get out of all this,鈥� Otsig said.
鈥淲e had everything planned out well, even with only having a week to throw it all together.鈥�
The valedictorian said in future years, she could see a parade become a regular feature of grad.
Otsig said her speech was about how there鈥檚 plenty of ways to learn in life.
鈥淣ot all the lessons you learn in life aren鈥檛 the lessons every day that you鈥檝e learned from textbooks and stuff like that but from people around you, which is really important as well,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hey make changes and impact on your life. Just make sure you appreciate people for that.鈥�
Otsig is halfway through her first year for pre-nursing at the University of Saskatchewan and hopes to go into show business. Megan Hauser is planning to go to Regina to take a bachelor of education, Charlene Carroll is taking pre-nursing at the University of Saskatchewan, and Serena Griffin is planning to pursue a career in agriculture.
