From Graduation Stage to the Next Chapter 🎓

About this episode

The episode features two exceptional graduates who share their experiences as student speakers at their graduation ceremonies.

Over four thousand West Ada graduates crossed the stage last month, ready to begin their next adventure. In this episode of the West Ada Podcast, we spotlight two exceptional graduates who also took the microphone as student speakers at their commencement ceremonies: Madison Kelly of Renaissance High School and James Campbell of Owyhee High School. Madison and James share what it was like to represent their classmates, the challenges and rewards of delivering a graduation speech, and the teac...

People in this episode

Guests: Madison Kelly, James Campbell

Topics covered

• graduation
• student speakers
• high school
• challenges
• rewards
• next chapter

Keywords

• graduation
• West Ada
• student speakers
• Madison Kelly
• James Campbell
• high school

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: West Ada School District, Renaissance High School, Owyhee High School

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