{"id":14334,"date":"2015-02-08T09:07:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T15:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/?p=14334"},"modified":"2021-04-22T15:23:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T20:23:41","slug":"mma-salutes-the-class-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/14334\/mma-salutes-the-class-of-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA salutes the Class of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mma-graduates-2015.jpg\" alt=\"MMA Graduates 2015\" class=\"wp-image-14335\" width=\"578\" height=\"378\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fifty-one young men walked the stage at the 49th Annual MMA Commencement Exercises on May 23 in Yeckel auditorium. Richard Farr of Schertz, Texas, was the valedictorian for the Class of 2015, and Irvin Ie of Temple City, Calif., was the salutatorian.<br><br>Director of Marine Corps Junior ROTC Col Robert G. Oltman, USMC (Ret), was the guest speaker. Col Oltman gave the cadets four rules to never forget:<br>1) Never forget God.&nbsp;\u201cKeep the focus on him, and we\u2019ll be blessed and strengthened beyond our beliefs,\u201d Col Oltman said.<br>2) Don\u2019t forget your core values.&nbsp;\u201cNever forget what they mean (honor, courage, and commitment) and how you apply them in your daily life,\u201d he said.<br>3) Never forget that it\u2019s O.K. to fail.&nbsp;\u201cOur failures define us more than our successes,\u201d Col Oltman said. \u201c It\u2019s the lessons that we learn that help us to be successful.\u201d<br>4) Never forget the true meaning of success.&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s not what you accumulate,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s what you do with what you accumulate.\u201d<br><br>After listening to powerful speeches by the valedictorian, salutatorian, and guest speaker, the 51 seniors were awarded their high school diploma. The event concluded with the traditional tossing of the covers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mmaharlingen\/sets\/72157654016130436\">Click to see Class of 2015 graduation photos.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-one young men walked the stage at the 49th Annual MMA Commencement Exercises on May 23 in Yeckel auditorium. Richard Farr of Schertz, Texas, was the valedictorian for the Class of 2015, and Irvin Ie of Temple City, Calif., was the salutatorian. Director of Marine Corps Junior ROTC Col Robert G. Oltman, USMC (Ret), was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14495,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14334\/revisions\/14495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}