Pat: |
Good morning, Guardians! Welcome to the last day of school! Oh, yeah! This is Patricio Berlanga. |
Javier: |
And this is Javier Ávila, and here are today’s announcements! |
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The votes are in! Congratulations to the new leadership in the Golden Guardian Marching Band. It’s no shock to anybody “in the know” that senior Robert Jones was selected as drum major. His assistant is a great surprise—drum roll, please! (Pause for finger drumming on the tables by everyone in the classroom.) The new assistant drum major is the one and only drummer boy, Andy Cardona. Congratulations and good luck! |
Pat: |
Hey, there’s more good news from the band. It appears new junior Ignacio Gómez had a successful audition last week and will play trumpet during the summer at Fiesta Noche del Río. Nobody plays a horn like my buddy Ignacio! Don’t miss the show! |
Javier: |
And a big salute to the graduating seniors in our media class who have big plans for next year. Dylan Romo and Omar Narsico are heading down Interstate Ten to play football for the UTSA Roadrunners! Ram Fierro is heading across town to play ball for the Cardinals of the University of the Incarnate Word. |
Pat: |
Hey, guys, stay away from those college keg parties! Brother Calvin prayed really hard to get your SAT scores up to speed. |
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And speaking of Brother Calvin, he wants me to announce that any students who failed a class must register for summer school in his office TODAY! |
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Don’t look for me standing in line behind Kenny García ‘cause I passed Ms. Maloney’s English class and all my other classes too. Not too shabby for the guy who used to sleep in class, right? |
Javier: |
That’s right! Now let’s give a bigger shout-out to my friend Pat Berlanga. He was selected as one of the student summer interns at Channel 12 news, and the other two juniors in our class, Landry Zúñiga and Steve Sifuentes, got summer jobs working cameras at Sea World. |
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So when you see that big image of Shamu on the jumbo screen, that’ll be one of our own Guardian students working the camera! |
Pat: |
Let’s not forget to give props to my buddy, Javier Ávila. His documentary film on the rebuilding of the Mendiola house earned him a spot at The Latino Filmmakers Workshop at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center this summer. |
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Javier will spend two months learning about screenplay writing, film editing, and film design. He will make a lot more movies that we can show next year on Guardian TV. Ha ha! No pressure! |
Javier: |
Thanks a lot, friend! Hey, let’s give credit where credit is due. |
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I would never have made that documentary if it wasn’t for all of the Guardians who gave up their Saturdays to rebuild the house for Pat’s grandmother. You students and teachers who carried away trash, painted walls, and did all the sweaty work on her lawn and planted new trees and bushes really inspired me. Special thanks go to Mr. Seneca and his wheelchair basketball team members who painted all the inside baseboards and new fence posts. |
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I heard a rumor that next year the Monticello neighborhood Parade of Homes wants to include Mrs. Mendiola’s house on the tour. That’s pretty impressive! |
Pat: |
And that brings me to an announcement with a personal message. Don’t forget that everybody who worked on the project is invited to the Open House next Saturday at my abuelita’s house. Berlanga Motors is donating all the fajitas, sodas, and cake. Go, Dad! He was so surprised when the neighbors, the volunteer workers from Ávila construction, and our own Guardian families came together and rebuilt the house after the fire last September. On behalf of my grandmother, I tell you sincerely, muchas muchas gracias. |
Javier: |
Now we come to the last announcement of the day. Next month two of our Guardians faculty members are getting married. We are not allowed to tell you who they are, as we were threatened with Fs on our report cards if we spilled the frijoles, but let’s just say a happy congratulations and best wishes to two of our favorite teachers! |
Pat: |
This is Patricio Berlanga. |
Javier: |
And this is Javier Ávila, reminding all the Guardian students … |
Pat: |
… if you look at your new schedule on Orientation Day … |
Javier: |
… and you see the class called Media Broadcasting listed there … |
Pat: |
… we have only one word for you … |
Together: |
FANTASTIC!! |
