Good evening to all who are gathered on today for the commencement of Southwest High School’s 2017 graduating class. And no matter what we all do after graduation, never forget that this is one place that we all have in common, this place is home. Although we may all never be in the same room at the same time again, we will always share the memories that we created within these walls. I would also like to address my fellow graduates one last time before we leave this gym. I would like to thank all of our friends and family for being here tonight. Here are the remarks prepared by the school: “The past 13 years have equipped us for a time as this to stand bold in who we are.” “I am no expert in this journey we call life but we all have the ability to make a difference and to be that change the world needs,” Marvin Wright, who is entering into the Navy, said in his address. Harris delivered the diploma to Marvin Wright on Sunday. I believe the administration did so because they were upset he didn’t follow the protocol.” In addition to the school preparing remarks - which Farrelly said has happened in the past - that protocol included a ban on electronic devices at the ceremony. “The administration gave the order, which never should’ve happened, to pull his diploma. I found nothing wrong with the content of the speech,” he said.
He found the principal’s door locked, so he left the school empty-handed on graduation day. When students lined up to receive their official diplomas after the ceremony, Marvin Wright was told he’d have to retrieve his from the principal. He works two jobs, he does his school work, good grades,” she said. She described her son as an outspoken “people person.” “Everybody loves him, and he’s a great kid at home. “He was kind of confused because he didn’t want to be embarrassed. “When he got on the stage, I didn’t know which speech he was going to read because he did text me and ask me what should he do,” said his mother, Jokita Wright. But Wright said he had not received those guidelines. Wright said the school’s principal, Craig Harris, initially told his mother that he was never supposed to write his own speech and then said he had missed the deadline to turn it in. As graduation approached, he wrote the speech he wanted to deliver - only to be told on the morning of graduation that he needed to read brief remarks prepared by the school instead, he said. Wright said that each year at Southwest Edgecombe, the senior class president delivers remarks at graduation, and he looked forward to taking part in the tradition.
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