A Valedictory of Depression and Achievement

Saylor Gibbs' valedictory address grabs you by the lapels right from the start.

"Nine months ago, a teenaged girl wearing raspberry colored scrubs laid shivering in a psychiatric hospital, dead-eyed and exhausted in a decrepit box of a room with barred windows, listening to the muffled cries and moans of her fellow patients.

(Pause)

Today, she stands before you, healthy, yet healing, humble, yet proud."
Gibbs, 18, headed for UCLA, told a story of depression and achievement in her valedictory to Woodside High.

Walnut Creekers — be true to your school. .