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Program

*Processional:“Pomp and Circumstance” ...........................................Elgar

*Opening Remarks ................................................................Marissa Ramos
President, Senior Class

*Presentation of Colors ................................................................AFJROTC

*“Star-Spangled Banner” ...................................... Graduates and Audience

Welcome and Introduction of Guests .............................Dr. Kimberly Martin
Principal, Galena Park High School

Salutatory Address .....................................................................Bryan Ibarra

Valedictory Address ..................................................................Victoria Tovar

Presentation of Class .....................................................Dr. Kimberly Martin

Certification of Class .............................................................Dr. John Moore
Superintendent, Galena Park ISD

Class of 2023..........................................................................Erika Gonzalez
Senior Class Sponsor

Military Cord Presentation ............................................Dr. Kimberly Martin

Turning of Tassels ..........................................................Dr. Kimberly Martin

*School Song .......................................... Carla Argüelles and Victoria Tovar

*Closing Remarks ....................................................................Natalia Garza
Vice President, Senior Class

*Recessional:“Procession of the Nobles” ..........................Rimsky-Korsakov

* Audience please stand
Disclaimer: The students who shall be speaking at the graduation ceremony were selected based on neutral criteria
to deliver independent messages. The content of each student speaker’s message is the private expression of the
individual student and does not reflect any position or expression of the district or the Board of Trustees, or the district’s
administration, or employees of the district, or the views of any other graduate. The content of these messages was
prepared by the student volunteers, and the district refrained from any interaction with student speakers regarding the
student speakers’ viewpoints on permissible subjects.