" Let me began by saying that I have been DeeDee’s neighbor for over ten years, so I have had the privilege of watching DeeDee grow from a toddler into the poised and confident young woman you see standing before you.

Maybe it’s something they put in the water in Santa Barbara , but DeeDee represents the best that we as teachers can hope for in a student.

Teachers describe DeeDee as kind, hard working, tenacious, and the possessor of a great smile. DeeDee has earned high honors for the last two years. Her reports card usually totals out at 4.0. She is a dancer and has studied tap and ballet for the last ten years.

Marymount’s drama department received the benefit of all that classical training when DeeDee appeared as the Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz, Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man and blew ‘em away as Ado Annie in Oklahoma .

She had made time for the National Charity League, serving as the Recording and Corresponding Secretary. People like DeeDee just don’t grow on trees, which is why Marymount is grateful that she chose us. Next year, DeeDee will attend San Marcos High School where she has already been accepted onto their dance team, the Marquettes.

DeeDee graduates with high honors. "

Mr. Andy Siegel, June 15, 2005
8th Grade Student Advisor, History Teacher
Marymount Academy