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Yeah. Yeah, it takes a village to get everything done and without your help, it just wouldn't be the same. So, thank you so much. We really appreciate it. Yeah, good job [Applause] and thank you for creating this program and helping run it. It sounds like a really great opportunity for the kids. It's been fantastic. And everyone's free to leave as soon as you need to, but you do not need to stay for the rest of the meeting. something like that. We're just gonna go on to very next. Thanks for being here. Thank you for coming. I have some retreat. All right, Christy Arnold, I understand we have some very exciting news. All three of you, come on up. You got to be on TV for this. Slide on up. Good evening, everybody. I'm Christy Arnold, director of English language education, and I've been in front of school committee many times talking about a great product that we've been using with our English learners.
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They did a fantastic job and I realized I think I can challenge these guys with a custom arrangement of the impression that I get as from the Mighty Money Boston. Uh yes. So, and I explained to these guys, your parents probably have a dusty CD somewhere in some binder that was stuffed under some car seat. Not just one, but probably a handful of sca dance. And they probably know the sca dance. So, if you feel so inclined to embarrass your child, make sure you dance on the larger platforms in the aisles so that you don't hurt yourself. Um, and just a few more things. First of all, the PTO store, the school store is open. Buy that swag while it's while it lasts. There's a lot of good swag out there. Uh, great summer gifts. I know Father's Day is coming up next month, you know.
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Also, French Club continues recruiting and planning for their trip to France, which is next April in 2026, which is open to all GHS students. If you are interested in learning more about the trip, please attend the info meeting this coming Tuesday, May 20th, at 6:30 p.m. in the lecture hall. And you can also contact Madame Hartman for more details. for drama club. We are in the middle of deciding what play to do next year and are considering whether we will do two smaller productions, one in the fall and one in the spring. An announcement will happen in the next two weeks, so stay tuned. Um, the Students of Color Club is finishing up their visits to the middle school to share their presentations on how to address racial slurs with the sixth grade advisories. They're also planning a trip to Boston in early June thanks to a grant from Communities That Care.
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Also, French Club continues recruiting and planning for their trip to France, which is next April in 2026, which is open to all GHS students. If you are interested in learning more about the trip, please attend the info meeting this coming Tuesday, May 20th, at 6:30 p.m. in the lecture hall. And you can also contact Madame Hartman for more details. For drama club, we are in the middle of deciding what play to do next year and are considering whether we will do two smaller productions, one in the fall and one in the spring. An announcement will happen in the next two weeks, so stay tuned. Um, the Students of Color Club is finishing up their visits to the middle school to share their presentations on how to address racial slurs with the sixth grade advisories. They're also planning a trip to Boston in early June thanks to a grant from Communities That Care.
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Oh, that's a hard thing to do. Sean, wouldn't we come with the facts? Okay. I'm glad to hear that. Have a breakdown of where all this money is and who subscription and there's dollar figures in there and he was prepared. Okay. There was just a lot there and I was like, "Oh my goodness." Okay. So, Sean, is there with the breakdown that Matt was doing? So, is there a concern that we might not have enough money put putting enough money towards hardware or just the way it was listed made it look like we weren't doing things that we were doing? So, when you when you look at the budget, there's it in three categories and and I understand why they're there now. Um, and then when you look at the line item, it's saying servers and switches. And when you sit down with Matt and then and then I'm sure you guys all got that email back with the questions.
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Uh, as you've noticed, there is a blue ribbon up there because one day we will be a blue ribbon school. Um, we are also aligned with our district goal, become the number one urban school in Connecticut. Um, our district, I mean, the school that's No, I'm kidding. It's really about the district. And we're going to be a blue ribbon school within that number one district. We I'm big into quotes. And so, uh, this one spoke to me especially. It's up on one of my whiteboards. Every decision we make in schools implicitly or explicitly communicates a set of values. And so, when I think about our values, I think about our vision and our mission. And our vision is 100% of students will meet or exceed grade level expectations. And our RPMs mission is when students leave our school, they feel loved, supported, and a sense of belonging.
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Is that correct? That is correct. But also part of the reason why we needed the virtual case managers because in one of our spe um special day classes for a large portion of the year we had a substitute teacher and a substitute teacher cannot write IEPs or facilitate IEPs. And so we needed help with that. And then we have a combo class situation at one of our sites which is a RSP and SDC combo. and we have a teacher on special assignment there who also cannot write or facilitate IEPs. So, we needed help doing that because we were under staff with special education teachers that can perform those tasks. Thank you. You're welcome. That was all I had. Okay. And I was just curious on the GASP, sorry, GSB 75 full valuation first installment. What page is that? That was on 17. I should have asked Tara, but I she knows everything off the top of her head.
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She has mild to moderate autism and as you know autism is wanting to be by herself and she has a lot of learning disabilities um causing her to not be able to learn naturally and needing lots of prompts from teachers and the teachers assistants. So, I have come to know that the new school that we will be moved to is um Somedale Elementary and it's a pod school. Um the classrooms are organized like a peep pod and there are not completely isolated or enclosed four walls. So, it can be a big problem for my daughter because she can run really fast and run away at any time she wants. She doesn't follow directions. Um, she can make loud noises and disturb other classes. She climbs furniture and makes it hard for other for other students to focus because we'll um take the teacher's time to bring her down from furniture or you know she's potty being potty trained need to walk her to the bathroom.
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So, this is a very special thing for uh for me to be able to do because these two um honores are long overdue and being recognized um by um the superintendent, by the board, by the district. Um I'm going to start first with Kika Alexander. Um, I've worked with Kika for 13 years and um, she is uh, currently our ELD aid and our u office um, office assistant in charge of attendance, but she's more than that. Um, when I first got my job as a principal, I talked to my mom who is a human resources director for a Fortune 500 company. And the best advice she gave me is surround yourself with people that are good at the things that you aren't good at. And Kika is the best at the things that I'm not good at. She is supremely organized. so organized that um whenever a school needs help with their blue jackets, they call on her.
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Yet again, life was peak and we all just wanted to grow up as fast as possible, get our license, become upper classmen, and just wanting to grow up. I mean, as freshman, we already knew everything, right? Well, or so we thought. It was our first of many first, first sport practice, even though most of us only made C team and JV, still meant the world. Our first school dances, first heartaches, first times finding the people that we would spend almost every day with for the next four years with. first time thinking we had it all when really not knowing what was in store for us. The road trip had begun and there was no turning back. At times we would go way under the speed limit while other times flying over it. As Ferris Buer says, life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you can miss it.
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So, thank you to all the AP teachers who helped ease our stress for our AP exams, even though you were dealing with your own. Thank you to our POW Lab math teachers that were there for any of our math concerns. Thank you to the teachers who felt more like our mentors that we could get advice from. And in my case, and in many others, thank you for not getting mad at us when we didn't pay 25 cents for a morning hot chocolate. I know that one must have been hard. Every great opportunity comes with something even greater to learn from. I and many others have grown to learn that teachers are not just proud of us because we did well in their class. They're proud of us because they've seen all the hard work and all the potential we have. They're proud of us because they've seen us.
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I will be true to the principles for which it stands. And will maintain and encourage and will maintain and encourage the high standards the high standards of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Thank you. M be seated. Now I welcome our chapter secretary, Maggie Morrison, to the podium. Thank you. Current members, please stand. Let us take a moment to recognize our 2-year National Honor Society members. Thank them for all their efforts this year and wish them well in all of their future endeavors. [Applause] Now, inductees, please make your way to the right side of the auditorium. As your name is called, please step forward onto the stage to receive your membership pin and certificate and to sign the official chapter registry. Amino Touch Aisha [Applause] Alend Valentina Anglo Ara [Applause] Borman, Stephania Kiml. [Applause] Kale Alan [Applause] Konto, Angelita Dano Morgan [Applause] Dwire, Morgan French, [Applause] Chaz Gillard, Juliana Castino, Emily Guzman, Solaris, Naelli Leis, Diana Lima Flores, Ida Nibu, Kimberly Nuan, Abigail [Applause] Nichols, Haley Patrusion, Olivia Perno, Taylor Self, Kayla Smith, Josiah Stevenson, [Applause] Zoe T, Tamara [Applause] Tua, Paris Williams and more.
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Uh and kinder camp, kindergarten camp on April 30th went extremely well. I think I got most everything there. Oh, and just a reminder, I know you're aware, but just so we're all on the same page, uh, next Tuesday at 6:30 is the CCS graduation at the CPAC. And, uh, next Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the stadium is the CHS graduation. So, you're more than, uh, welcome to attend those if they fit within within your schedule. Okay. So, school and staff recognition. We would like to take a moment at this time to uh recognize um some retirees that have been with us and leaving us. I'm going to call up uh some of their uh um their supervisors or principles. Uh they can pick up the and grab the apple over there and then they'll say a few words and we'll bring that individual up. So I'd start with uh Cheryl Pierce, please.
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Maricopa High School boys volleyball team wrapped up a strong season by securing a spot in the first round of the AIA state tournament and finishing among top 16 teams in Arizona. They earned top 10 placements in both of their in-season tournaments and competed against some of the highest ranked programs in a very competitive 5A region. Just as important, the team maintained academic eligibility throughout the season, demonstrating a balance between performance on the court and in the classroom. Over the past couple weeks, we've just been really busy celebrating um a lot of things. Most importantly, we celebrated teacher appreciation week, school nurses day, and classified staff appreciation. These recognitions speak to the heart of what keeps our schools running. Students are learning because teachers bring equal part skill, heart, and hustle. Nurses know when it's Yeah. Nurses know when it's a big deal, when it's a band-aid, and when it's both.
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I think we can do both. I think we can preserve Ashlin. we can support our historical district and you know a historical committee as well and also invite commercial business. We have to incentivize um businesses, small business owners, developers and work with them. I have a background in uh real estate development also in auditing real estate. So I know a little bit about incentivizing it whether it's through tax working with the uh finance committee. We have to figure out ways to incentivize and I think that would be probably the starting point from day one if uh Ashlin residents um choose to elect me. Okay, great. Joe, your thoughts on that question? Thank you, Colin. Great answer. Um it's not an easy answer. There's really the solution to this is is uh is very difficult. Um like you said, commercial growth is Ashelon wasn't built for commercial growth over the years.
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It's called a flashlight 360, and it's um teachers are get able to give students practice like authentic practice with speaking and writing um as well as being able to do some progress monitoring throughout the year um beginning, middle, and end of year. And that's why I'm here today because three of our teachers have been recognized by Flashlight 360 and they are now officially a part of the flashlight learning illumination because their students have made some of the highest gains from the beginning um to the middle of year benchmarks. So these three teachers who are behind me um are in the top 100 teachers in the nation for growth and [Applause] Yep. Okay. And so we have Paulie who's at um Menddees. Thank you so much and congratulations. And then we have uh Trisha who is at Warren Elementary. And Yolanda who is at the high school.
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Uh, and then first of all, I also want to uh give another there's so many things happening here. First of all, seventh graders. How many of you are seventh graders? These guys had the longest day today. They had MCCAST testing today which they crushed it. That's what I heard uh as they finish things up early because they still had to come to my class and I was perfectly fine with that today. Uh how many of you had a sports game today? Yeah, there's a lot of people running to sports. And then uh the other thing I wanted to make, how many of you are playing an instrument that you started just this year? So there's a lot a lot of lot of achievements here. Uh and we just can't uh I can't thank their efforts this year, but I've talked enough. Don't forget about the PTO store.
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The day will include a visit to the Museum of African-American History and a Park Ranger guided tour of the Black Heritage Trail. Sustainability Club. We attended the Phillips Academy Andover Climate Summit where we heard the president of Massachusetts Audabon speak and attended multiple workshops on lobbying, climate literacy, and more. We also attended the Four Rivers Charter School Climate Summit where weworked with students from the local area and attended workshops that revolved around the theme of climate action and activism. We're hoping to end our year by hosting a thrift swap event at the high school on May 21st, which will promote sustainable fashion practices. And finally, trivia club, which is finishing up a virtual competition and are still actively looking for new members. So, if anyone is interested in trivia and has a good memory, um they would love to have new members. The club is planning a fall match sponsored by our club at GHS with local school trivia teams to prepare for future competitions.
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The day will include a visit to the Museum of African-American History and a Park Ranger guided tour of the Black Heritage Trail. Sustainability Club. We attended the Phillips Academy Andover Climate Summit where we heard the president of Massachusetts Ottabon speak and attended multiple workshops on lobbying, climate literacy, and more. We also attended the Four Rivers Charter School climate summit where we students from the local area and attended workshops that revolved around the theme of climate action and activism. We're hoping to end our year by hosting a thrift swap event at the high school on May 21st, which will promote sustainable fashion practices. And finally, trivia club, which is finishing up a virtual competition and are still actively looking for new members. So, if anyone is interested in trivia and has a good memory, um they would love to have new members. The club is planning a fall match sponsored by our club at GHS with local school trivia teams to prepare for future competitions.
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You know, K I came up with questions and I know K added on some on that. And when you looked at the backside of the hardware, we're okay, but the last couple years we've had some massive failures which has driven some pretty expensive backside purchase to make this work. I pose the same question to Matt. do we have enough money now seeing where we're going? And he was pretty confident in where we were going. I I mean, and and as for like Chromebooks and stuff, it was a pretty aggressive replacement plan with a direction and a clear definitive lines in the sand, which I was really impressed with. Are we going to have to address things later on? Maybe. I know he says he's visiting a lot of hosting which may take some of that back end off us. We don't know where that's all going to land yet.
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