FIS graduation
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Students come to Flandreau Indian School from all over the country and leave as family, the class of 2019 salutatorian Tristen King told fellow graduates Wednesday.
“We all had different pasts,” he said. “The school helps makes connections between people.”
King, a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, was one of 52 graduates at FIS. He spoke at the school’s commencement that filled the auditorium with family and friends.
He and valedictorian Jacob Cabarrubia of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians gave the student addresses, speaking to the success of students making it to graduation. They also were Regent Scholars winners.
Cabarrubia spoke about how he finished last in the first varsity cross country meet he ran, but said students should look at defeats as opportunities. “I finished last, but I finished the race,” he said. “If you start from the back, the only place to go is up.”