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'Live to Your Fullest Potential': Yorktown Valedictorian Addresses Fellow Graduates [Video]

Michael Beechert addressed the graduation attendees at Yorktown High School's 2012 commencement.

Posted by Plamena Pesheva (Editor), June 24, 2012 at 04:38 am

addressed his fellow graduates at the 2012 Yorktown High School commencement.

Watch the video above for his full speech.

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