Mauricio said to always reach for the impossible because someday you might just get there. “Dreams do come true,” he said. “You can’t just sit back and wait for them to come to you. You have to know what you want and go out and get it. Remember who you are and where you came from; your family, your friends, Santa Paula, but most of all your class, Team Cardinal, the class of 2004.”The final student address came from Senior Class President Raquel Gonzalez. She entitled her talk, “The Age of Innocence.” “Within us we possess roughly 18 years of life, memories of joy and anguish, of challenges and success and we possess the promise, the dream, the unadulterated potential of tomorrow,” she said. “As of this moment, we are allowed to be who we are without shame and dream as big as we want without boundaries. What lies before us is what we make, and no path sounds too aloof as we pave the path of tomorrow.”Principal Tony Guitan congratulated the class of 2004. “Be proud of your accomplishments as a student at Santa Paula High School, be it in academics, athletics, performing arts, leadership, or members of a school club,” he told the class. “I congratulate you for your determination to meet your goals, given these past four years. Tonight I ask you graduates, to take your education to a new level. Continue your education and take what you have learned unto the world, for difficult decisions and major world issues will need to be solved.”Superintendent Dr. David Gomez said he, the staff and board of trustees were very proud of the class of 2004. “I wish you continued success with your education and your life,” he added. “After you leave Santa Paula High School, I strongly encourage you a college degree and go beyond your first college degree. Learning never stops. I strongly believe that if you do your best you can do and be anything you want to be. I also believe that each one of you possesses the ability to do great things for yourselves and for our society.”After the diplomas were passed out, the students gathered together on the football field for about five minutes, so they could say their good-byes to each other before family and friends came onto the field.