[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 differ…