[0:00] [Music] [0:03] cake Day is a celebration of seniors and [0:08] everything that they have accomplished [0:09] here at the high school cake Day was [0:12] started 15 years ago we decided it would [0:14] be a great opportunity for us to really [0:17] celebrate May 1st as a decision day with [0:20] our Edina community [0:24] [Applause] [0:26] my name is Pedro Pacheco i'm going to [0:28] Marquette University i'm Bridget Roberts [0:31] i'm going to enlist in the US Navy next [0:34] year my name is Natalie Mosakowski and I [0:36] will be going to Harvard University to [0:38] study chemistry my name is Kevin Ibeck [0:40] i'm going to the University of [0:42] Pittsburgh adina High School prepared me [0:44] for college by helping me make [0:46] connections a lot easier and making me [0:48] lifelong friends idana has helped me get [0:52] in touch with different resources like [0:54] my recruiter who I'm currently talking [0:55] to um for like next steps it has taught [0:58] me how to advocate for myself and has [1:00] helped me explore my interests and [1:03] without going to school here I don't [1:04] know if I would have chosen the major I [1:07] did and I'm just so grateful for my time [1:09] here the faculty are super supportive of [1:12] every step in your college process and [1:14] your high school career and they want [1:16] you to push as far as you can and [1:18] succeed all of your goals adina has been [1:20] very helpful uh because I find the [1:23] classes here very rigorous and I know um [1:25] that'll be very helpful when I get to [1:27] college and I think the availability of [1:30] rigorous class coursework um and the [1:34] amazing counselors that kind of help get [1:36] you in the right uh right courses and [1:37] the right classes with the right [1:39] schedule um have really helped me be [1:41] able to uh go to the school that I [1:43] wanted to my name is Almas Brash and I'm [1:46] going to Howard University in Washington [1:48] DC hi my name is Zoya Hassan and I'm [1:50] going to Duke University my name is Noah [1:52] Fry i'm going to the University of [1:54] Wisconsin Madison i'm Molly Bennett i [1:56] committed to run track at Boston [1:58] University edana has been great for me [2:00] because it's put me in contact with some [2:03] pretty wonderful teachers and fellow [2:06] classmates who have been just as [2:07] passionate about learning um I think [2:09] I've really been able to develop my [2:11] leadership because of all the different [2:12] opportunities that I've had um you can [2:14] also take so many different classes so [2:16] many different APs that it really helps [2:18] you to know um what you want to get [2:19] involved in by providing me with some [2:22] great counselors and teachers i'd really [2:25] personally like to thank Miss Dunner who [2:27] introduced me to H.B.CU's and I've had [2:30] her like almost all of high school and [2:32] she was one of my first black teachers [2:34] and she really made a difference in my [2:35] education giving me a ton of [2:37] opportunities to discover what I'm [2:38] interested in like there's a bunch of [2:40] different clubs that you can join that [2:41] if you're interested in and they've also [2:43] given me some amazing amazing coaching [2:45] staff that has helped me become the [2:47] athlete I am today edina has created a [2:50] culture [2:51] in really pushing people to succeed in a [2:56] way that I might not have gotten at home [2:59] edina has like so many different types [3:01] of people and with all like the clubs [3:04] like sports music activities everything [3:07] at Edina has like that excellence level [3:09] and I think being a part of that has [3:11] allowed me to like grow and meet so many [3:13] different types of people adina is known [3:15] for being like pretty like um on top on [3:18] helping you getting to where you want to [3:20] go um helping you catch up on your [3:23] classes and also like helps you with [3:25] almost everything for me Edina has been [3:28] really supportive um throughout [3:30] elementary middle school and high school [3:32] um I think Edina is something special [3:34] that you can't find anywhere in the [3:35] metro especially hi my name is Eningga [3:38] Kunzie Williams i'm attending the George [3:40] Washington University in Washington DC [3:44] hi my name is Sabrina Azi and the school [3:46] I'm going to is U of M Duth edina helped [3:49] prepare me for college by allowing me to [3:54] become a balanced person within [3:56] academics arts and having a good social [3:59] life as well um Adana provides um a lot [4:02] of support for example like AVID the [4:05] counselors and they're just always there [4:07] for their students great athletics and [4:09] then they offer a ton of classes here i [4:12] mean it's a nationally known school so I [4:13] think it's helped me a lot and it's [4:15] given me all the opportunities and [4:16] resources that I needed to go to Boston [4:18] College um giving me a rigorous academic [4:22] um experience to help me kind of prepare [4:24] for that next step in college which is [4:26] going to be a big jump but it kind of [4:29] helped prep prepare me for it um and [4:31] they have provided me with the resources [4:33] that have made me uh academically [4:36] competent uh to go to a good school like [4:38] Wisconsin um and I hope to use the [4:41] skills I learned at Edina uh in my [4:43] university edina has really helped me um [4:46] I take a lot of AP classes so those are [4:48] going to be helpful in the fall and I [4:50] just love my learning community as well [4:52] the academics here are fantastic all my [4:54] teachers have been great super [4:56] supportive um really kind people and so [5:00] they've supported me throughout the [5:01] years definitely just the teaching and [5:03] the opportunities that I've had have [5:04] helped me uh prepare for this next step [5:06] in my life and I'm very thankful for all [5:07] the teachers here all my teachers have [5:10] always been incredibly supportive and I [5:12] feel like I've really been able to go [5:14] outside my comfort zone [5:16] and grow more than I expected to over my [5:20] years at Edina High School it's strong [5:23] academics uh it's great teachers and [5:25] staff that help you very individually uh [5:27] and it's it's work for each individual [5:30] um that helps everybody meet their goals [5:32] i had a lot of support from counselors [5:34] and my teachers especially my AVID [5:36] teachers here at Edina High School with [5:38] their support I could have not gone to [5:41] this college and it's something that I [5:43] will always be grateful for exposing me [5:45] to a lot of different experiences i've [5:48] also had a really great support system [5:49] here and I've been able to study and do [5:51] all the things that I want so I'm really [5:53] thankful i had no idea what journalism [5:55] was I guess before I came to Adina and I [5:58] feel like I don't know the publicity for [6:00] all the activities that they have just [6:02] really makes you want to join and [6:03] explore what you like um and so I think [6:05] I'm really grateful for Adina for [6:07] helping me find what I like edina High [6:09] School has helped me so much through [6:10] college possible and other opportunities [6:13] with counseling and I'm just very lucky [6:16] to have this opportunity there's just so [6:18] much like breadth and depth of [6:20] activities and academics there's a lot [6:22] of challenging classes you can take [6:23] there's so many opportunities for [6:25] students to take leadership and actually [6:27] have a community impact so I think [6:29] having all of these like different [6:30] resources at Udana has been super [6:32] beneficial um for me in helping me sort [6:35] of grow as a person and get where I [6:37] needed to be for college [6:39] [Music] [6:45] whoever [6:51] [Music]