Yeah, I think clearly one of the things that we're figuring out is that, you know, cancer and aging are a similar disease. And now that we're understanding how to solve cancer, and I think that we we have the tools to solve it, uh that we're also seeing the the ways to solve aging as
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Hello, I'm Luelan King, the host of White House Chronicle. I'm joined as always by Adam Clayton Powell III, my co-host. Today, we're going to take a look at longevity, wellness, and staying younger with two extraordinary people. They are Dr. Jason Williams, founder of the Williams Cancer Institute, and Rex Paris, co-founder of Ree Paris, a regenerative medicine company. He is also, by the way, mayor of Lancaster, California. Welcome, gentlemen. And let me ask you, uh, Dr. Jason Williams, are we winning the battle on cancer? And what is it about your unique treatment of cancer that is so hopeful and promising? Yeah. Well, certainly now with immunotherapies, we're seeing a lot of improvement. You know, unfortunately, I think, you know, one issue is the system is set up where, you know, people are being paid to do more and more treatments and not necessarily the best treatment.
All good so far. [Music] You guys ready? this on. Okay, good evening everyone. Uh, so we are going to get started. Uh, so first, um, I'd like to just welcome you. Uh, my name is Frank Paige. I'm the principal here at Smetal High School. And um this is our uh our second to last uh event that we're going to be holding in Frederick Wheeler Auditorium next year. It's just surreal to me because I' I was a student here. Um now being principal and knowing that like right in our backyard um you know we're building that new school is it's the last are starting you know. So um uh so I just want to enjoy these moments that we do have in our current building. It's given a lot to us over the years. Um, but I was already thinking about that earlier tonight, how, uh, that that clock is ticking in terms of what we do have left in, uh, in the old DHS.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to theublic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Roll call, please. Mr. Shahada. Miss Bassford, here. Mr. Brunette, here. Mr. Kenova, here. Dr. Danny. Mr. Mr. Mahia. Mr. Mahia will be about 30 minutes late. He said Mr. Ciano here. Mr. Suarez here. Vice President Santiago here. President Paris here. We have a quorum. Thank you. Commissioner Danny also is a little late. She's running. She said the mission of the Clifton School District in an open and reciprocal community partnership is to provide all students with a quality education to develop the skills necessary to become literate lifelong learners who are responsible and productive citizens. contributing to a democratic society in an everchanging world. The New Jersey open public's meeting law was enacted to ensure the right to the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interests is discussed and acted upon.
And so that that inhibits things. And our treatments, what we do is we actually go into the tumor and inject amunotherapies directly into the tumor. Um, we're also saying that really cancer treatment should occur at the time of the biopsy. When the patient first is diagnosed, when you stick a needle in a tumor, that's your chance to actually start treating. You could actually do things like pulse electric field ablation. You can inject amunotherapies into the tumor to go ahead and get that started right at that point. And so these are the things we're trying to change. We have several clinical trials and things that we're working on just trying to change the the system and the way that cancer is is treated because normally everything is from sort of the the outside end you know giving uh you know introvenous therapies giving oral therapies to get to the tumor but we really need to target the tumor directly.
So, uh, so good evening, uh, and welcome to the 2025 East Law Meet High School student achievement night. Uh, so as we move toward the end of another school year, now is a great opportunity for us to reflect on all of our successes. So tonight, I am excited that we can come together in the Frederick Wheeler Auditorium to celebrate the amazing accomplishments of our students. So seated before you here tonight, we have scholars, artists, leaders, volunteers, activists, and athletes. Though unique in their own journeys, the students here collectively embody the values that we have uh that we hold dear and are true representations of the Eastaw Meadow High School Spartans. These Spartans seated here have repeatedly demonstrated a commitment to scholarship, community, and excellence. They've been invited here tonight to acknowledge that that commitment and effort. Um, and I am really pumped to be a part of it.
In accordance with the provisions of this act, the Clifton Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be publicized by having the date, time, and place thereof posted at the city clerk's office, Clifton Public Library, administration building, senior citizen nutrition center, on cable TV, in the local press, on the district's website, and mailed to presidents of parent teacher organizations. This message will be this meeting will be tape recorded in accordance with policy 0168. I would like to invite our student representative if he is in the house this evening. He is okay. Looks like we're missing Mark. I hope all is well with him. We do have a student here for public comment if we want to let her go. And um Okay, Dr. Robert Toi tells me there's a student here who would like I just I think I think you're here for public comment, but because you're a student and you have to go home and study tonight, Mr.
So imunotherapies are drugs that allow the immune system to see or attack the cancer. Now cancer has various ways to hide from the immune system. One is that it will produce certain substances that sort of block it, like shield it. And so you can use drugs that block those receptors and allow the uh the immune system to actually see the cancer. Uh because cancer, you know, wants to hide and disguise itself. It is part of your own body and it tries to take over the immune system and get the immune system to recognize that it's part of the body. And so what it'll do is it will send those signals and these amunotherapy drugs will block that or there are certain ones that can stimulate uh you know T- cells B cells to want to attack the cancer and it's a combination of these drugs that actually where we're seeing the the real effects.
However, I am not alone in that. As I look across the auditorium, I see hundreds of faces here to show support, recognition, and excitement. We as a staff and as community members are here in attendance this evening to reinforce how truly magnificent these accomplishments are. So for that I would like to thank the students, families, district staff and scholarship programs, colleges, local organizations that have made tonight possible. At this time I would also like to acknowledge the presenters and distinguished guests that we have that have joined us here tonight. So I'd like to take a few moments to just read off the names. um and recognize who is here with us this evening. That makes tonight possible. Um but I would just ask as I go through the list if you just hold your applause in the end. Uh because we do have we do have a a good chunk of people who are joining us here this evening.
Paris might let you go first. I would absolutely let you go first. Come on up. Thank you, Mr. Paris. Anytime. Good evening, Dr. Roberty. Commissioners and administrators. My name is Emma Betar and I am a 10th grade student at Clipton High School. I take all honors classes and I'm a three sport athlete. I play volleyball, basketball, and softball. I'm also a proud member of the student superintendent ambassador program and Hero and Cool Kids Club. I'm here tonight to speak in support of the school budget because I know how much it impacts students like me. The honors classes I'm in challenge me every single day. They've helped me grow academically and I know that they're preparing me for college and beyond. But those classes only work when we have the right resources, the dedicated teachers, the up-to-date materials, and the support that helps us stay on track.
Doing some reading about this uh in articles and papers. One phrase that is repeated over and over again is longetivity biotechnology which sounds like the end the goal is to extend human lifespan. Yeah, we've seen some interesting results with some of these amunotherapies. So we've been working with amunotherapies and we started seeing that it actually seems like it's making the patients younger and so this is one of the things that we figured out that the immune system is what helps keep us young and healthy. And so by boosting the immune response against the cancer actually the immune cells also will start killing older cells. So you have you know cancer and aging are a very similar process. Uh cancer is a cell that has a mutation and it wants to work for you know its own thing. It doesn't want to work with the body.
So first, uh Gordon Smith, superintendent of schools. It's okay. It's okay. Uh, Miss Pamela Blair, um, director of business, Miss Heather Brown, director of curriculum, Mr. Greg Thompson, school committee. Miss Amy Denta, school committee. Uh, Miss A Blaine, assistant principal. Mr. Gary Wright, assistant principal. Uh, Miss Lucretzia Illingsworth, guidance counselor. Miss Beth Mian, guidance counselor. Miss Melinda Belaloo, guidance counselor. Mr. Dan Reed, graduation coach. Mr. Todd Les, business teacher and department chair. Uh, Miss Bonnie Rivera, uh, Spanish teacher. Mr. Mike Morsino, football coach and special education teacher. Miss Christine Ruger, um, social I'm sorry, psychology teacher and department head. Mr. Mark Bale, English teacher and department head. Miss Chris Nordon, uh, health teacher and department head. Mr. Brendan Abad, health teacher and basketball coach. Miss Melody uh Melanie Dixon, um, fine arts teacher and department head. Miss Jennifer Falner, uh, Latin teacher and department head.
Being an athlete is just as important to me. Through volleyball, basketball, and softball, I've learned discipline, leadership, and how to handle adversity. Programs like Heroes and Cool Kids give me the opportunity to use those lessons to help others by mentoring younger students and setting a positive example. But none of that would have been possible without our coaches, our adviserss, the uniforms, the equipment, and the safe field and gyms to play and connect in. That support only exists because of the budget you're considering. This budget affects so much more than just numbers. It affects opportunities. It gives students like me the chance to push oursel, find our passions, and be a part of something bigger. I hope you support this budget, not just for me, but for every single student who's trying to make the most of their time here at Clifton. Thank you for your time and for continuing to support our future.
Uh an old cell is a cell it doesn't have mutation but it's not doing its job and it should be eliminated but it doesn't want to die either. Neither one of these cells want to die and they send signals to the immune system to stay alive and when you block those signals the immune system kills it and allows younger cells to come in and flourish. And so this is what we've been seeing. Um Rex tell us about Reparis and where does it fit into this whole world of medicine and longevity. Reparis came out of uh another company we started which is called Carthronics which is is right now targeting arthritis and they're going into clinical trials on a drug and it uses a a a u it modify it modulates the GP130 receptor which controls the inflammation and the fibrosis both of which are essential for metastasis.
Miss Carrie Derry, math teacher and department head. Miss Katherine Walland, uh, forensic science teacher and department head. Mr. Kevin McGee, athletic director. Mr. Le Flory, senior class adviser and math teacher. Miss Lynn Reed, uh, special education teacher and senior class adviser. Now for the community members, uh, we have Mr. Chris Devoy, Miss Amy uh Mayori, Mr. Bill Toth, Miss Adele Hill, uh Miss Allison Donnelly, uh Miss Kathy Staceio, Miss Jocelyn Musloo, Mr. Mr. Dan Bureack, Miss Martha Ricken, Miss Diane Alfonso, the Barrett family, Dr. Joanne Welch, also former special education director. Mr. Mr. Paul Federici, uh, Mr. Mark Kelly, uh, Miss Michael Kelly, Mr. Rick B, uh, Rick Baker, Miss Rose Stella, Mr. Anthony Marowski, Miss Lisa Meta, Miss Celeste O'Brien, Miss Kim Ali, and now we can give a round of applause. Thank you so much [Applause] everyone. So again, you can hear how many people this evening are making tonight possible.
Thank you. Okay, we'll be moving on to presentations and the first presentation this evening I believe will the be the labor management collaborative uh by by Mr. Joerger and Miss Marola. Hi, how are you? I'm Shah Morola, vice president of um the C middle school. Um we have a little fun thing for you guys because we don't want to just give you an we can't have fun at these meetings presentation. So this is a bingo card, an LMC bingo card and you're going to fill it out using the words on the bottom audience involved too. So you guys are more than welcome to play bingo. This way you can play. You don't have to. Anybody else? Bingo, everybody. Bingo. No, we're not allowed to have fun. All right. So, the rules of this bingo card is you can pick whatever words on the bottom to fill up your bingo card.
is you know 45% of all death is fibrootic. Tell me a related disease that doesn't doesn't involve a great deal of inflammation or a aberrant inflammation inflammatory response. From that though they then looked at the the kynise inhibitors in instead of the GP130 uh modulation and that's much further down the pathway in the cell. That's how this the the inter the internal organels in the cell communicate with each other. If we can uh inhibit the kynise that signals the interlucan 6 and the interlucan 11 we're going to live a lot longer. I mean that that's just the way that's just the way we age. You it's very hard for the body to age without inflammation and fibrosis. Uh you know you have a heart attack. It's the fibrootic response that eventually kills you because it it's the scar tissue that that uh overcomes. What we've seen in uh again doing some research on this is that your approach is not only applicable to cancer but also arthritis uh and other age related diseases.
Uh so thank you all for not just your participation this evening but for your participation that led up to tonight's event. Um but with that let's get it started and we are going to go uh with our first award. So starting with the East Long Meadow High School principal award. Uh so this student achievement award is presented to a graduating senior in recognition of outstanding contributions to our school. Uh and it gives me great honor honor to give this to Fumi Coats. [Applause] Good evening. It's my pleasure to award the certificate of academic excellence from the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendent. And this award goes to a student who is qualified under the standards prescribed by the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendent. And this year's award winner is Jillian Stevens.