Breanna Bromley-Clarke is perhaps the only graduate of her school of progress in the northern peninsula of Newfoundland, but his ball helped to collect a lot in her community.
The 18 -year -old woman celebrated the end of her high school years on May 2 in a pink dress which, according to her, was inspired by the main character of the film Barbie. Its vibrant color shone while Bromley-Clarke pronounced his promotion address at the Mary Simms All-Grade School with Brook.
In some respects, its event in the community at a five -hour drive north of Corner Brook, NL, was similar to the diplomas in the major schools of the province.
During the day, photos were taken from the young woman in her superb dress.
She went to the gymnasium, which was fully decorated, and about 85 guests sat down a delicious meal. Major’s 10 minutes’ 10 -minute speech included gratitude, memories and a description of the plans to frequent a nursing school on the Memorial University campus in Corner Brook.
Bromley-Clarke even quoted the character of William Shakespeare Brutus of the play “Julius Caesar:” “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves”-a line that she learned while studying English in an online course offered by the Department of Provincial Education.
But the mayor Ian Brenton said in an interview on Friday that local graduation ceremonies are major opportunities for this community of around 200 people, which is proud of each of the 16 students in the children’s school at the 12th year school.
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“It brings the city together for a celebration of our young people and that is an important thing,” said Brenton, who said he was particularly proud of Bromley-Clarke, who, in the past 12 years, has collected about $ 45,000 for the Janeway Children’s Hospital in St. John’s, NL,
The school director, Amanda Parrill, said that she found ceremonies in honor of a single student as significant as the rallies in the grandes écoles that she was known.
“It was a very personal celebration for this graduate single. Breanna has actually presented flowers to special women who attended her diploma. For example, her mother, other family members, her teachers, her diabetic nurse and her dietitian, all received Breanna eyelets, “she wrote in an email on Saturday.
Friday, in an interview, Bromley-Clarke described “the advantages and disadvantages” at the event of a person.
“It was pleasant in terms of decoration (the gymnasium) because there was no one with whom to chat with my choices,” she said laughing.
However, she admitted that she has missed some of “these popular things that people in the grandes écoles do”.
There was not to see the sunrise with classmates after end -of -evening rallies. And there is little to have a “day of senior jump”, when graduate students collectively lack a school day, without classmates to pass it. There will be no 20 -year reunion to recall a shared night.
But the young woman took advantage of it. With her family, she went to Guelph, Ontario, in summer to buy the spectacular dress. The money was collected for the event with a sales of garage and ticket sales.
She invited members of a volleyball team from another school 70 kilometers to the west, which she had joined due to a lack of players in her own school. The colors and the theme of the decorations have all fallen to the graduate and her mother, Regina Bromley-Clarke, and to her father, Scott Clarke.
Local companies were well represented when he graduation, including the owner of the convenience store and two hunting and guidance providers.
Brenton, who is a defender of economic development in the region, said that in parallel with pride, he feels a little sadness towards small graduations, because he realizes that she signals the drop in fortunes of certain communities of the North Peninsula.
He said it motivates him to work harder to attract new businesses in the hope that the number of children and adolescents could gradually increase.
“Honestly,” he said, “it makes me sad to see how the school has developed.”
“I mean, nobody wants to see these cities decrease and die.”
The young graduate said that she did not know where she would go after university, admitting that it may not be back in the picturesque small town, far from urban life.
But she will not forget on May 2, 2025 and her special night.
“I have always felt, and I will always have a feeling of pride for my school and my community, even if it is small,” she said.
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