GRADUATION SPECIAL

@TheRegentCollege The Official Newsletter of The Regent College Abuja GRADUATION SPECIAL EDITION

JULY 2022 WELCOME INSIDE THIS ISSUE: THE MEET OUR GRADUATION VALEDICTORIANS CEREMONY 6 3 LEAVERS' BALL- @TheRegentCollege is a monthly MAFIA ELEGANCE publication of The Regent College Abuja. 62 All rights reserved

THE GRADUATION CEREMONY In the paraphrased words of John Mark Green, we blinked our eyes and in an instant, time flew by! Incredibly, you have graduated and we all could not be prouder of you! We heartily celebrate you, the class of 2022, in this special edition of @TheRegentCollege because you have journeyed to success from what felt at the beginning like an impossible mission. By overcoming the impossibilities cast at you by the novel COVID-19 pandemic, the rigor of assessments, and validation, you all are conquerors. In all your future endeavors, we wish you more victories. Congratulations! Pictured here are sights from the ceremony:





CLASS OF 2022 VALEDICTORIANS

HALIMA KASHIM-IMAM VALEDICTORIAN CAMBRIDGE A-LEVELS Halima spent two years in The Regent College. She has offers from Keele University and RAK Medical & Health Sciences University. She would be going to RAK to study Medicine.

\"YOU CAN NEVER APPRECIATE SOMETHING AS Mrs AbdulRazaq, The principal, You can never appreciate MUCH AS WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE IT ANYMORE. Deputy Principal, Heads of something as much as when Departments, members of you do not have it anymore. In Staff, Parents, Graduands, these two years, I have made IN THESE TWO YEARS, I HAVE MADE MEMORIES Ladies and Gentlemen, good memories that will last me a THAT WILL LAST ME A LIFETIME, I HAVE MET morning. I am truly honoured lifetime; I have met people I to be standing here today will forever appreciate; PEOPLE I WILL FOREVER APPRECIATE, representing the class of 2022 I have grown and I have learnt. I HAVE GROWN AND I HAVE LEARNED\". as the valedictorian of A levels. A lot of things are ending I never thought that this day today, and new ones are would come, it almost seemed beginning too, no more weekly impossible, but it is here now tests A-level students!, but as and as said by Napoleon much as I dreaded writing tests Bonaparte, “The word every week I have pushed impossible is not in my myself to work harder because dictionary.” of them, and as the African proverb says, \"Smooth seas do Firstly I would like to thank not make skillful sailors\", almighty Allah for allowing us meaning, we learn better from to see this day, I would like to overcoming challenges and thank my teachers, Mr difficulties. Benjamin, Mr Bernard and Mr Ikonoh for their support and When we walk out through hard work put into educating these doors today we will me. To the Heads of never be known as the Departments Mr Babs, Mr Tim, students of the Regent College Mr Monday and Mr Soji, Thank ever again but rather the you. To the Principal and alumni, the path on the Deputy principal, Thank you. To journey we have been taking Mrs AbdulRazak for together will split into 125 establishing an indelible exact paths. institution, Thank you. Thousands of thanks to my When we walk out through mother who has always these doors we should never encouraged me to do my best forget to implement the values and supported me through instilled into us because when every stage of my life. To all we walk out, we will meet new the members of staff at the people and it is left to us to be regent college, I appreciate respectful. When we walk out you, and to everyone who has we will be trusted and given helped to put me on this stage authority and it is left to us to today, thank you. be responsible, and when we walk out of these doors, there I have spent two years as a will be adversity and obstacles student in the Regent college, and it is left to us to be one of the longest and most resilient. ornate two years of my life. A few months ago I was awaiting Congratulations class of 2022, for today and the day I was we have completed yet another done with my A-level exams. stage of our lives and it wasn't And like some of you, I couldn't easy. So when you walk out wait to flee, but now that always remember at every today has come it feels as stage you go through, Life will though these two years have always throw stones at you gone too fast. and it is your choice to dodge them or allow them to knock you down.



AYOMIDE OSOSANMI VALEDICTORIAN ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL DIPLOMA (OSSD) Ayomide spent 1-year in The Regent College and is graduating with nearly perfect scores in all his subjects. Ayomide holds offers from Guelph, Ontario Tech and Carleton. He has chosen to study Mechatronics at Queens University, Canada .

The Board of the I most definitely Regent College, would not have been The Principal, able to accomplish Deputy Principal, Furthermore, I this without her and to would also like to her I am most Staff, Parents, thank my teachers. thankful. Fellow Graduating Students, I would like to thank Mr. Seyi, Distinguished Mr. Tim, Mr. Finally, thank you Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. Bernard, Mr. once again to The Benjamin, Mr. Agboola and my Regent College for It is with great mentor as well, Mr. honouring me with honor that I stand Babs. Throughout this award. To my here before you my stay here they fellow graduates here today, to accept have always been today, I also say a big this award. My so supportive and congratulation to you time at The Regent they are definitely all. May we all College, although short, has certainly some of the best continue to shine been one I would teachers I’ve ever brighter and brighter. never forget. It has had the pleasure of In the years ahead, been extremely learning from. may the preparation enlightening, Right from the that we have been so educating and beginning of richly blessed with at filled with joy. OSSD they were Regent be a solid Looking back on also encouraging, foundation upon easy to work with my time here, I see and learn from which to build and that at this and this went on lead the next moment, I am right until the end. generation. thankful for a lot They were all Thank you! of things. really influential Firstly, I am to me being able to thankful to The get here. Regent College for presenting me with Finally, I would \"The Regent College has such an this award. I am amazing learning environment and also thankful for like to thank and the opportunities I has afforded me such an have found in this also dedicate this incredible learning experience wonderful and I’m so happy that I was given institution. The award to my the chance to make my choice of Regent College has what university I would like to such an amazing mother. Without learning attend. environment and her I wouldn’t has afforded me such an incredible even be receiving I would like to thank and also learning dedicate this award to my mother. experience and I’m this award or even so happy that I was Without her I wouldn’t even be given the chance to be in The Regent receiving this award or even be in make my choice of what university I College. Being a The Regent College. Being a would like to single mother, she sponsored my attend. single mother, she education here and she was sponsored my always there when I needed her.\" education here and she was always there when I needed her. All the times when I was stressed and felt I didn’t have what it took to be in OSSD, she was always one call away and ready to give me the pep talk and motivation I needed.



NODEBECHUKWU MGBODILLE VALEDICTORIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION PROGRAMME (UFP) Node joined the Engineering pathway of the accelerated Foundation Programme and he holds offers from Nottingham, Birmingham, and Leeds. He has chosen to go to Purdue University, Indiana, USA to study Chemical Engineering

JULY 2022 \"There will be times when you may feel completely alone, and it is Good morning Mr. and Mrs. A, the Principal, Deputy then that you must remember the Principal, Teachers, Parents, my Fellow Graduands, values The Regent College has and Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen. taught us. It is nearly impossible to put into words how quickly No matter how hopeless you may the year has passed. The sun's constant shine in the feel or how buried you may seem sky gave the impression that time was passing. This to be, you must cling to hope and swift passage of time might be thought of as clock keep it alive. At such a time, you hands that continued to spin at the speed of light until must all remind yourselves of they disappeared from view. Indeed, the months have today’s victory and that past.\" rolled by since we first walked through the gate of The Regent College. Personally, I was most strongly reminded about the passage of time, not by the days and weeks that raced by. On the contrary, Continuous Assessments and Exams did, almost in a prowling manner. Every time I believed I had completed a test, another one would appear, almost out of nowhere. And before we knew it, final exams were already knocking at the door! But today, at this very moment of our graduation, everything including the brevity of time is behind us. Indeed, in the words of Julius Caesar, we came, we saw, and we conquered! We could not have attained this success without the unceasing support of a host of individuals and groups. My first appreciation, therefore, goes to The Regent College; the faculty staff for impacting us intellectually. Also, my thanks go to all support staff, especially the kitchen staff for always making my favorite part of the day tasty and hot. Similarly, thank you to all my friends and the entire class of 2022 for making our stay here enjoyable. Finally, my sincere thanks to our parents for all the enormous sacrifices you have made over the last year, including paying the school fees and doing school runs. Even though we may not always tell you, please know that we see and truly appreciate all that you have done, and will continue to do. Fellow graduands, on a day like this, it is easy and proper to feel optimistic. We have made countless sacrifices including, for some of us, sleepless nights just trying to make an A in one test or the other. We have done everything we needed to do and achieved our goal, so there is every reason to celebrate. But in the years ahead, there will also be dark times. There will be times when you may feel completely alone, and it is then that you must remember the values The Regent College has taught us. No matter how hopeless you may feel or how buried you may seem to be, you must cling to hope and keep it alive. At such a time, you must all remind yourselves of today’s victory and those past. You must reach deep down and show that you are much more than how the world sees you. In fact, my sincere wish for us all is for us is to be hope itself. Although it may seem like we are saying our goodbyes, we will keep little bits of each other with us as we move on in life to serve as a constant reminder of who we are and what we are meant to be. I have had a wonderful year with you all, and I will miss you all very much. Thank you!



ALU KANU AGABI MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT



NAFISAH BASHIR BEST STUDENT - BUSINESS/SOCIAL SCIENCE (OSSD PROGRAMME)



AYOMIDE OSOSAMI Best student - Engineering/Science Based Mathematics Stream (OSSD Programme)



CHRISTINE OLAMIDE HEATHERINGTON-POPOOLA Best student- Health/Environmental Science Stream (OSSD Programme)



SOPHIA ODO Best Student-Humanities (University Foundation Programme)



ALIYU AMINA SHEHU BEST STUDENT-ART AND ARCHITECTURE (UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION PROGRAMME)



NODEBECHUKWU MGBODILLE Best Student - Science (University Foundation Programme)



MUBARAK ABDULLAHI RECIPIENT- SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY'S 50% SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY ENGINEERING.

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