 We hope to open a new pathway to Purdue or to some other great launching pad for life. We refuse to surrender to the idea that young people from this neighborhood or anywhere in the Indianapolis Public School district cannot prepare adequately and arrive at Purdue fully ready to compete. I am so incredibly proud of each and every one of you. Of the students sitting here before me, I cannot believe that it was four years ago that you all walked through the doors as techies for the first time. Purdue University is a land-grant school. It was put there just as this high school was put here to try to open the doors to education and to a better life and to provide access to opportunity to people who might not otherwise have it. So the people I meet who made giant leaks from Purdue almost never came from fortunate or privileged or wealthy circumstances. They came from small towns, they came from farms, and they came from neighborhoods like this. They went on to do fantastic things and you're gonna do the same. The tassel symbolizes your time as a student. When you move your tassel to the other side, you're also moving from students to graduates. So for the first time, introducing to 2021 graduates, class of PPHS.