Chapter 9

Once all the Coaches, Staff, Teachers and Students have gathered in the auditorium:
Will: -Takes the stage for his first speech-
Emma: -Helping him with his tie- Just remember, you are just talking to your students. You can lead them just like you led the Glee club to 2 national championships.
Will: -Smiles as he kisses his wife softly- Wish me luck. -Goes to the podium smiling before starting his speech-

Students, Faculty, Alumni, Parents, Council Members, Mr. Mayor and Members of the Board, I welcome you today for the very first time to our Academy for the Performing Arts. And I am honoured to stand here as your first principal.

6 years ago, everything changed right here where I am standing. 6 years ago, 6 young students took the stage for the first time and became the inaugural members of the New Directions, our Glee club. And with their success came the success of this school. Trophy after trophy, this school become one of the most successful performing arts schools in the state.

But that is just the accomplishments of one of our predecessors, William McKinley Secondary School. The other school that I want to talk about is our fallen sister school, Dalton Academy. Our rivals-turned friends and teammates lost their school last year to a fire and that is I recommended that we honour their school this year as we start a new era at William McKinley. I am proud to announce that from this day forward, with Board approval, our school is to be known as Dalton-McKinley Academy for the Performing Arts.

Blaine: -Shocked but claps-

Yes Blaine, we can't forget about you. (Crowd chuckles) And now, our Glee clubs have merged to create one of the largest in the countries. No longer will be known as just the McKinley New Directions. We will be known as either the New Directions for the entire group, The Warblers of New Directions for the male group and The New Direction Troubletones for the female group. This group is one of our most famous groups and I strongly encourage everybody to join because we will make this team the largest in the county and compete nationwide and possible, if the Board approves once again, Internationally.

Will: -Keeps going for the duration of the speech-