You’re born 12 days before me! Finally, someone whose birthday is close to mine!
Also, the graduation at my elementary school was similar, except we didn’t sing a song and we didn’t get medals, and instead we got certificates and yearbooks. 3 kids in my grade (I was one of them) read a speech they wrote. Along with the certificate and yearbooks (and also a goodie bag), we got our speeches, and for me (not sure about the other 2), I also got my original speech that was twice as long as my final speech.