A bunch of tongue twisters tonight. free physicals for our athletes, our student athletes next year. Um that will be at Valley Vista High School. We currently have about 354 athletes signed up for this service. Uh they are providing all the doctors, all the health things um that all the students will go through and this will clear them for athletics and it is free of charge to all our um student athletes and their families. So we are looking forward to doing this. Um each school has their link for their signups and uh we can hopefully we'll get more in the next week or so. So that is a great thing that we are offering. And my last uh piece is uh graduation and promotions are upon us. We are here uh one week from Wednesday. We will um be walking our seniors across the stage. Just a reminder, we we are graduating at Desert Diamond Arena right next to the stadium this year um in a new facility.
Any questions from board members? You know, in your conversations in those groups, is there anything that you would like to bring back to South and North to improve on what we're doing here? Any best practices that you saw at other schools? Long time ago. I will say what we don't recommend which is we were hearing from a lot of students um about they they have those yawn pouches you might have heard that was like what they put their phones in throughout the day and it locks them. you can't take it out throughout the school period, then you unlock it at the end of the day. And we found that that was very very negative to the learning environment and even negative to like school spending because a lot of students would find themselves breaking in them open. Um so we did find that that that was something that we shouldn't do.
And what was happening to me now that I process it is that I was growing body parts that other girls didn't have. And I just wanted it to stop. and and and the boys who picked at me and made fun of me because of it. It challenged me. It challenged me because I just wanted to be small. I didn't want to come up to the chalkboard. I didn't want to answer questions. I didn't want to raise my hand. And my mom kept saying, "What happened to that smart girl that I had in the third grade? Remember when Miss Grahamley came to you and said, "This one right here is having trouble with long division." And mom, you remember all the times that we sat at the dining room table with all the crying because I just couldn't get it because my headspace was different. But you know what?
Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat [Music] up here. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] If you know anything about music, what's happening there is you have 44 time and then one bar of 78, which is so close to 44, but it's not Right. Um, so if if any single person rushes ahead or drags that behind, we're feeling a little unsteady. That was really awesome, guys. Um, I'm going to give them a breather and, uh, do a few more of these. Solen ensemble contest and other awards. Second place, Alto Solo, Anthony Ko. [Applause] second place piano solo, Gabriel James. Second place, Tener Sachs solo, Joel Reed. [Music] Second place flute solo, Lily Emmes. Congratulations. And second place flute solo, Molly Mlan. If you have never seen a scoring sheet for IHSA solo and ensemble contest, um there are a lot of seconds and a lot of firsts.
As a two season varsity athlete for DHS, Audrey exhibits remarkable discipline and team leadership representing our school with distinction through her entire academic career. Perhaps most importantly, Audrey approaches all her accomplishes with humility and genuine desire to improve her community. She serves as a member of the student council and as you know on the school committee offering a valuable student perspective while consistently demonstrating generous and respect in all interactions. Audrey shows sincere interest in bettering DHS for current and future students embodying the true spirit of this award. A student whose impact extends far beyond personal achievement to inspire and elevate the entire community around her. Audrey's going to leave us to go to John Hopkins University and u major in public health with a pre-med track with a Spanish minor. Ladies and gentlemen, Audrey Kutcher 50. I am also extremely proud to uh present Tyler Fer as our nominee for superintendent's award of excellent.
Um they track the data and complaints and um ultimately they support the identification of strategies to improve climate um and propose recommendations for revisions to the plan. Um and they assist with the completion of the school climate survey which we happen to be doing right now. Now, if you recall, the board just approved that at the last meeting and we're in the process of administering that right now. Then you have so that's the district uh school climate coordinator. Um I wish they called it district because they it can be confusing between school climate coordinator and school climate specialist. The school climate specialist is the pivot person at the building level who works to identify um who is on that committee. Um they have to um do a lot of the same things that the district-wide person does, but it's just at a a more granular level at the at the building.
Hearing none, I'm closing the nominations. Roll call. Mr. Taylor. On Mr. Taylor. First, Mr. Taylor. Yeah. Apologies. Mr. Killes. Yes. Mr. Pivar. Hi. Mr. Focarino. Nay. Mr. Taylor. I said Mr. Gaba. No. Mrs. Petiri. No. Mrs. Hassan. No. Mr. Otto, Mr. Ramos. Yes. Since there's no majority, uh, we're asking for the vote on Miss Mati. Roll call, please. Mr. Keelles. No. Dr. Pivar. Hi. Mr. Ferino. Hi. Mr. Taylor. Hi. Mr. Gaba. Is this for Mr. Peter? Yes. Mati. Yes. Mrs. Mr. Peteri I Mrs. Hassan I Mr. Otto I Mr. Ramos back in. Okay. Yes. I just wanted to change my vote. I misunderstood what she was saying. So yes. So Mr. Keelis would like to change his vote to an I from an A to an I. Mr. President. Yes it is. Congratulations. Congratulations [Applause] materiality. Congratulations. Somebody move. Let's leave it for now. Yeah.
It's amazing how quickly somebody will believe a lie with no evidence and then how much evidence it takes to overturn a lie. Thank you. [Music] Okay. Um, Mr. Ro now at their administrative positions will leave their 2425 contracts extend an extra 27 days until June 30th, 2025 to see the notes below. Um, you can see Mr. says one of his days at his rate and Miss Cotay um her days at her rate in her new position as assistant business manager. No board action necessary. This is a study session item.
And so we have we will um be welcoming all the families from Willow Canyon at 10:00, Daart High School at 12:30, Valley Vista at 3, and Shadow Ridge at 5:30. So we are looking forward to that. Our schools are working hard to put on a good ceremony. So with that, that's all I have. Thank you. Next, we have governing board update. Okay. I attended the Daizart Student Broadcasting Awards night um on April 29th. Uh happy birthday to me. Um it was awesome. Uh congratulations to all the students and um um getting all their awards and then um congratulations to our sponsors. Um there was a lot of sponsors that were there. It's it's wonderful to see that our community is so involved in this program. And then I just want to do a shout out to our culinary our culinary students. The the desserts were absolutely phenomenal.
Yeah. No, just on that, just learning how to use our phones through the curriculum, maybe taking short-term breaks because I know this is something we need to improve on, but our attention span um in this generation is a shorter attention span. So having those breaks to refresh, relearn, whether it's just getting up and stretching or just having your phone out for like two minutes to take a break between lessons, just making sure that with student engagement, we're keeping in mind the exhaustion that students kind of face and that's a lot what we learned in student engagement. Great. Okay. I will also add that bringing back a lot more areas because we have a great amount of career readiness programs in some ways that is very good. And then I'd also like to build on the idea because some classes do have great field trips and opportunities for that.
I realized that your classroom was my safe space. Oh my god. you because of who you who you are. I I felt safe with you. I felt a comfort with you. And even though you probably didn't even know what I was going through, you were you were there. And it was just your presence. Your presence kept me. And so I want to thank you for it. And I want to speak for every student who has never had an opportunity to say to their teacher, to their educator, what they mean to them. So you stand in proxy for every teacher that never heard it. And I stand in proxy for every student who never got a chance to say it. So, I want to honor you and I want to give you your flowers. And while we're doing that, Teresa, could you just share some words about who Miss Bonner is?
Um there are also thirds and fourths and fifths which are not as good. These people all did wonderful. Um the most important part of going to contests, however, is that they get judged by another music teacher and they get comments uh to keep getting better at what they do. Um, first place cello and piano, Charles Bass and Jonah. Oh, I should give you a first place horn solo, Charles Bass. First place cello solo, Jonah Vnowski. First place trumpet duet, Jack Reider and Sam Rael. [Applause] First place trombone solo, Quinn Behan. [Applause] [Music] First place, Alto Sachs, Logan Han. First place flute solo, Jameson Meyers. First place, woodwind duet, Aiden Bower and Kale Reigns. [Applause] Almost there. First place euphonium solo, Alex Hurst. and first place saxophone duet, Charlotte Garcia and Joel Reid. All right. Um, we are we have had our second annual senior banquet where we gave out most of the senior awards.
Ty has distinguished himself through exceptional academic achievement paired with dedicated leaderships on technicals and discipline. Ranked among the top students in his class, Tyler has pursued the most challenging academic path possible. Undertaking an exceptionally rigorous course load, including 10 AP courses in just his junior and senior year alone, the most he's allowed to take while still ensuring he has time to meet the mass core requirements and also be in part of the band. This remarkable intellectual capacity to balance such demanding schedule while maintaining excellence across all subject areas speaks volumes about his dedication and abilities all while being an active member of the DHS marching band and music program. Tyler has himself as one of our premier STEM students mastering seven AP courses specifically in math and science. He has emerged as a standout performer in our first year of AP physics C mechanics course which I must say is probably one of the toughest AP classes we've offered here.
Is it the principal or is it doesn't have to be could be an assistant principal. Um I mean in our district it's pretty much the principal or assistant principal. Okay. School climate committee. Basically it's got to be a certified person who's been trained in um restorative practices and u you know the elements of the plan. And so it could be more broad than that but we do a lot of training with our admin team. So they're well positioned to facilitate this. Not to mention, they're often, you know, involved in the investigations and stuff. So I think it's better to be more attuned to what the uh what the uh actual plan is. So the school climate committee, the specialist pulls together this committee. it's with the uh district coordinator can provide support there but really it's the the building based committee to you know review the data uh develop strategies maybe plan PD um run special programming for students things like that so the school climate specialist is part of the building committee that's the person coordinating at the building level it's a teacher not selected by the building administration or anybody like that, but selected by the union.
Down. Sit down. Thanks again. Again, congratulations, Mr. Miri, on your nomination and successful vice presidency for the board of education. Thank you so much, Mr. Focarina, and thank you for everyone's support through this all. At this time, I'm going to call for a motion for consent agenda 11.1. Mr. President, I'll make a motion. Is there a second? Yeah, Mr. Taylor. So, we have Mr. Gaba making the motion. Mr. Taylor, second.
Anybody have any questions or discussion on that? Next item personnel additional cost increase in schedule for Williams. Yes, Mr. Mr. President, members of the board, due to a change in the high school schedule became necessary for Don and Cory Williams to teach an additional class during the current preparation period. You have the notes below. No board action necessary. This is a study session item only. She will receive that compensation for what is what in essence comes out to a loss of plan. So that's why you have that information.
So of course I had one of each. And then um the next day I went on April 30th I went to Freedom Traditionals uh National Junior Honor Society where they inducted nine new students. So congratulations to the the new nine students. So and that's my report. I also attended the DSB live um award ceremony was phenomenal. I'm a little jealous. I only tried one of the desserts, but it was lava cake. It was the lava cake. Delicious. Um and just really um inspiring to see all of our students um just coming together with all of these amazing partners that we have in our community uh and just living their dreams. So, it's really cool. And that's all I have. All right, we'll move on to consent agenda. I'll entertain a motion. I'd like to um make a motion to or to pull agenda items F3 and F9.
I think it'd be good to structure curriculums around encouraging internships and field trips to areas that they might be interested in to encourage future career pursuit in terms of those classes. Yeah. Great. Thank you guys. Thank you very much for joining us. All right, student board member reports. All right. Um, I can start off. All right. So at DGS first of all coming right off tomorrow or no Wednesday sorry is yearbook distribution which I think we are all looking forward to especially seniors one final chance to get all our signatures in and later on in the week will be our spring art show which showcases all our talent from our fine arts here at DGS which is something I'm really looking forward to because I have a lot of friends in fine arts and they've been really excited to showcase all of that. And then later on, as you all know, we're getting ready for graduation, which is something that we're all looking forward to, especially that graduation practice barbecue that we're going to have.
Mrs. Willie Bonner Wright taught for 35 years at Nancy Hill School in Aurora, Illinois before retirement. During her teaching career, she endeavored to inspire her students to enjoy reading and writing. She describes herself as a lifelong learner and teacher, conducting adult learner workshops and earning an additional post-graduate degree. She fulfilled a dream of becoming an author. After retirement, she published seven books, three of which were written for children. She and her husband, Elder Augustus Wright, are part of a blended family that includes grandchildren and greatg grandandchildren. Thanks for being here. Can I have her family, any of her family members who want to come, please come. Her family members come take a picture. That's all right. Your arms over. That was good. All right, one more. We got I'm going to be the for. So, thank you board for indulging me in that point of privilege.
Um, but I just wanted to honor our national award winners again. Um, they get a certificate and a pin. Um, so the Louisie Armstrong National Jazz Award, Gabriel James. and the John Philips Souza National Band Award, Cameron [Applause] Hrich. And a weird one to save for last, but a great one. Outstanding junior in band this year goes to Charlotte Garcia. [Applause] Charlotte has um become amazing at the bassoon, which she has only been playing for a little over a year. um and went to All State this year uh and played in the orchestra with Jonah on cello. Um really really amazing work in in learning a very difficult instrument this year. Congrats to Charlotte. I'm gonna invite Todd down. I Oh, there you are. Um Todd's gonna say a few words about music boosters and then we're gonna finish this out with some music. Thanks.