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Take care. Um, say it again. Next up, we have a consent agenda. I'm going to turn over to Dr. Saba Magcguire. So, um, this is, uh, an item that's been on your agenda for many, many years. And uh this is that we're recommending approval um for SMMEC to lease one classroom at Dartmouth High School and they also have a small office space as well as two additional classrooms at the Quinn School for the 202526 school year.
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The 2025 honores are a living example of what Kristen wrote to me. They find joy in watching their students grow and learn and forming strong connections with them. All right, let's honor the power professionals of the year. And I'm going to start at school number eight with a very special person, Mrs. Deborah Simpson. I don't have time to say something about everybody, but I have to say something about Mrs. Simpson. For 25 years, she's been a kindergarten par professional. She's also a vice president of the teachers union. I have to say, Mrs. Simpson's always been there for me uh to lend an ear, provide me with guidance. She's patient and understanding and it's exactly what she's always done for the children here in Garfield. So, our first award goes to Mrs. Simpson. [Applause] Okay. Yeah. You want me to do like one? Yeah. Is the principal here for me?
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That is with only one year of the Spalding training and the whole Spalding training actually takes two summers. I think it's just important to have some context just like who is freedom also around what does the Spalding program look like and that could account for you know those first graders. I'm interesting to see in 2526 do they go up like the second year did with kindergarten? I can't tell you that yet because we're not there. Right. Thank you. So, what else besides the uniforms and the kids coming in at a higher with the traditional um format that freedom does that the other schools are not doing? Can you provide some more clar clarity with the reading pro um so I mean with phonics? So, we're not talking about we need to understand that Spalding and 95% aren't reading programs, right? They're phonics programs. When we talk about reading, we talk about five things.
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is about knowing when to pause, reflect, and confidently take your next step. Your sacrifices have brought you here, and your strength will carry you forward. To my teachers, thank you for your wisdom. To my peers, thank you for your encouragement. And to my family, thank you for always being there. Kum slang and neck. And soon, we will leave this arena filled with joy as our accomplishments come to light. And finally, even if these next months feel uncertain, remember this from The Great Gatsby. And so with the sunshine and the gray burst of leaves growing on the trees just as things grow in fast movies, I had the familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. Thank you. And now, please welcome Lantron to the [Applause] stage. Good afternoon staff, family, and especially my fellow graduates of 2025. My name is Lance Chong and I am proud to be here to congratulate each and every one of you who has put in the work and effort to make it this far.
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And by and so by heaven, no paths are bound. So goodbye to everyone I won't see again. Thank you. This brings us to our next speaker, Mr. Justin [Applause] Lee. Hello everyone, graduates, faculty, friends, and family. For my fellow graduates, I would have put on subway surfers or a Minecraft parkour video on the big screen back here if there was one with the seemingly endless speeches tonight. But if I could have your attention for another minute or so, that would be amazing. To put it simply, we made it. From logging into online class sessions during COVID while being comfy in pajamas to attending high school for the first time while wearing face masks and wondering what building is my next class going to be in to building new relationships while slowly fitting in our sophomore year to complaining that we felt like we only got senioritis our junior year to now joining together one last time while wondering will I even see any of these people here again.
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We push ourselves every day in the face of great adversity and the common pressures of life because no matter who you are or the obstacles you may face, we will all go on to do great things and be the next cornerstones of tomorrow. In my case, I know that often my questions stem from a passion for learning and a curiosity for all things of note. However, my I must also acknowledge they can also be due to the pitfalls of inattentiveness or in other words, teacher, can you repeat that I was sharpening my pencil. With that in mind though, it is with careful care and love I want to thank the people around me who have dedicated so much to keeping me on the right path and attentive. I'm extremely grateful to my extraordinary mom for unwavering support even after the passing of my father when I was young.
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Kindness is not weakness. It is nothing less than revolutionary. It is a vote for the kind of world in which you want to live. And every time you treat someone with respect, lift someone up, or even just hold back a harsh word, you are casting that vote. But it doesn't stop there. Civic responsibility is kindness on a grand scale. It is realizing that you are not just individuals. You are members of your communities. You can choose to give back, to speak up, to vote, to volunteer, to build bridges rather than walls. Maybe you're thinking, "I'm just one person. What can I really do?" But I'll tell you that every movement in history, every real lasting change started with someone asking that same question and then going ahead and doing something small that changed the course of history. So as you step into adulthood, I challenge you, be civically responsible and be kind.
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I will always remember the class of 2025. We spent four years together, you as students and me as your principal. In that time, I watched you grow in knowledge, but also in resilience, kindness, and character. You are the first class to return and complete all four years at Apollo following the pandemic. You didn't just return, you ignited Apollo. You brought back many of our traditions, our energy, and the heart of the school. That matters, and that is legacy. So as you sit here today, I ask you to take a moment to thank those who stood beside you. Your parents, your families, your teachers, mentors, and friends. Look into the crowd. Find someone. Wave and smile. Let them know. Let them know that your support, their support mattered. And remember, sometimes a quick text, hug, or even emoji, a small gesture can mean everything. As you head into a world, which yes, sometimes is uncertain at times, remember this.
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It's a great opportunity to hash things out and kind of understand what all the issues and concerns are. All right. And my last topic is uh one that I've talked about a few times over the past year, which is uh advanced learners and accelerated programming. Um, we the parents uh uh of advanced learners remain interested in working with the district to expand options for accelerated programming in Central 301's elementary and middle schools. Several months have now transpired without engagement from the district to get input from stakeholders like us. Um, we also heard from a teacher in a previous meeting um with similar sentiments and we're at risk of missing a window to take constructive steps to better serve those young advanced learners for this fall. Now, I think there's still some steps we could take in a positive direction if we engage soon to have a dialogue and we can build on that to do additional things for the following year.
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We had very challenging materials to read. Um uh probably the most challenging academic bull we've ever that I've ever been a part of. And so super proud of our kids. Now, we only have two with us today because this also happens to be the day that our band took a field trip to Kings Island and a lot of our academic bowl participants are are also in band. Uh, but I do want to introduce you to Grace Ning and Nihar Kota. Um, Grace was our captain on our first place team. did an outstanding job of leading us creating even extra materials for us to review. I'm very proud uh of the time commitment not only being in high ability classes but then to make an extra commitment to for the most part an extra course that they had no background in whatsoever. Um Mr. Payne said that our second team that was also there placed in the top 10.
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Um, winning the state championship is the first in tapped history, I believe. So, um, awesome showing there. And at the time, they had the the top, uh, score in skills in the world for a while. Um, and then we went to Worlds. We just got back last week from Dallas, Texas. and they came um and finished in the top of their division um and made Indiana proud. Thank you. move on to 2.05 Power Proud Point High School Business Professionals of America team for earning first place and other awards. Please Good evening. Come on in parents. Make sure everyone gets seated. All right. Well, welcome everybody. And this is I think my third year in a row of doing this uh accommodation for you. At least my second. I know that for sure. So, congratulations. I always admire how well everyone's dressed and how professional they look.
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So you can see the ongoing expenditures. If you go to the very last page, you're going to see the revenue that we took in when we began when we began this geo bond. And then you'll see in the expended column to the right there, the total that we've expended through April 30th, 2025.
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Any questions? Stand at housekeeping. So I have one two questions. One is um how do we determine the increase in uh rent? I can certainly answer that as being on the board. Okay. The smack board. Uh that's something that is voted on um by the uh member districts every year and I believe this year um well I don't have it in front of me is a 3% is a 3% increase. So, uh, Katherine Cooper comes to the executive board of SMMEK, which is made up of school committee members of about a dozen or not dozen but maybe 10 member districts and that gets approved upon all gets approved by all the members. Terrific. And then my second question is where does the money go? Does it go to the school? Does it go to the town? So it goes to a um use of facilities revolving fund in which we can buy supplies for the school or even make some modest um repairs or improvements.
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Okay. And uh is Samantha El Katie here from school number eight? She Okay, we're going to bring up the principles from each school as we go through. So, starting at number eight school, step out of the way.
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We talked about uh phmic awareness, phonics, I'm so sorry, vocabulary fluency and comprehension. Spalding or 95% only does two of those. They do the phonics and the phmic awareness. So it's kind of like I'm teaching just notes with those programs versus the other uh the other three are covered in our reading program. So the main difference when we're talking about phonics for this um 95% is a little more scripted. It requires less training. So the teachers at at Freedom I would say have more training. They do go through the 72 phonograms uh versus the six syllable types that 95% covers. So there are some differences between the other schools and freedom and how they teach phonics. And under our pilot, did we do the freedom model or did we just do the two pieces? Because if you're looking at the scores that Freedom has and you're saying Spalding only does the two main areas, why is Freedom doing so well and Countryside doesn't seem to be improving?
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Be proud of who you are and how far you've come. And it is commendable to be able to stand next to those you've annoyed and shared a laugh with through tight bonds forged from unexpected seating charts. I'd like to thank the staff who pushed through so much trouble to raise us from the ground up in the wake of an educational epidemic. I'd like to extend a special thanks to Mr. Odum who truly left a mark on me despite his departure two years ago. Thank you, mom and dad, for spoiling me, cherishing me, and pushing me so hard to strive for all those A's and challenging classes since the day I was born. Although it made my life a difficult one, I don't regret a thing. It was fulfilling, engaging in environment with others who have also pushed themselves beyond to seek a greater education, a greater future, and froze those enticing free college credits.
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Graduates, I'm so glad that we've experienced everything together from then to now. Take a moment to look around you graduates. These same people might have been with you from the very start or they could have only ma just made their way into your life. Be excited that every decision you made has led you to this special moment in your life. Just like everyone else, we will all soon go our separate ways and hopefully become the person that our little self once told us to be. Lastly, my fellow graduates, tell Greenway goodbye because we are signing off as the class of 2025. [Applause] Sorry. Thank you. At this time, I would like to introduce Mr. JJ Rafferty and the members of the Greenway Vocal Ensemble and Concert Choir for their rendition of Remember Me. [Applause] [Music] me though I have to say [Music] goodbye I hold you in my heart I Sing a secret song to you.
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I would also like to thank my wonderful grandma for a deep compassion and dedication which have always been a constant part of my success. And to my sibling, thank you for abiding with my aunts and for giving me the opportunity to be a proud older brother. Is with the fellowship and care of so many people that I have made it these past four years and I am going to stand here today and speak to you. I know that we as the class of 2025 will do marvelous things and I just can't wait to be there so that I can ask a question about it. Um, and now Miss Karen Rivera [Applause] Quas. Good evening teachers, staff, families, and most importantly, class of 2025. After four years of unwavering, dedication, hard work, and perseverance, we finally reached the starting line. With our own hands, we build our way up here to the stage.
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Not just when it is easy, but especially when it is hard. be involved not just when you're told to, but because your voice matters, your choices matter. Your vote matters. And most of all, you matter. Kindness and civic responsibility are not just ideas. They are actions. And they start with you. Congratulations, Cortez, class of 2025. Now go out there. Make the world better. One small step, one kind act at a time. Congratulations, President Kennedy. It is my pleasure as principal of Cortez High School to certify that these students have met the requirements for graduation as set forth by the Glendel Union High School District. Accordingly, I present this class and I respectfully request that you accept these graduates and that you and Mr. Capistran confer diplomas upon them. As a member of the governing board of the Glendale Union High School District and by the authority vested in me by the constitution and the laws of the state of Arizona, I accept and confirm that the Cortez High School class of 2025 has met the requirements for graduation.
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Show up for others. When your friends and family face hard choices, ask yourself, who will be the one to stand beside them? you be the one. A word of encouragement, a listening ear, a kind gesture. These are powerful acts and they are needed now more than ever. So here's the hope that I carry forward. Choose excellence not just in your grades, your titles, or your accomplishments, but how you treat people, in how you show up and how you lead. Because your voice, your courage, your kindness has the power to change someone else's life. You've made Apollo proud. I'm proud of you. Congratulations, class of 2025. Go out and change the world. And always choose excellence. [Applause] At this time, I'd like to introduce two special guests. Superintendent Brian Capistran and Mr. Paul Yulan, governing board [Applause] member. Paul Yulan began serving the Glendale Union High School governing board in 2025.
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