Juniors Step Towards the Future at Tie Ceremony
The Junior Tie Ceremony is a treasured part of junior year for any CBA Student. The event is for all juniors, such as myself, to get a class-specific tie. The tie symbolizes becoming an upperclassman, maturity, and begins a new era for the junior class as we look towards graduation in 2021.
Mr. David Santos giving his speech to the junior class
Entering this event, I did not know what to expect. Arriving early, I watched from the front row as the entire junior class filed into the gym.
Junior Mike White read from the New Testament to get us started. Mr. David Santos, a history and business teacher at CBA and father to a junior, was up next. His speech was a reflection on life itself including stories of mistakes, laughs, and revelations. It was one of the most memorable moments of the entire ceremony.
Principal Mr. Ross Fales then did his best to follow Mr. Santos’s speech, thanking the parents of the juniors and everyone involved with the ceremony before calling Father Zec up to the stage. He blessed the juniors and the ties, and the junior homeroom teachers began to call up the members of their respective homerooms to receive our class-exclusive ties.
Juniors with their new ties after the ceremony ended
After we got our new ties, the president of the student council, senior Nick Emilio, made a closing speech and junior Nick Geissler closed off the ceremony with a prayer. The choir then sang the Alma Mater and sent all of us on our way to our journey as upperclassmen and as leaders in the school community. It was an honor to be a part of this ceremony, and wearing the tie to school represents a new, hopeful, and mature direction in our CBA careers.
