Um Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Vando will be meeting with the student representatives that are on the CIC committees, which includes Vanessa Greenstein, Emily Jüken, and Jamie Corbreth. um and they will discuss what they learned at these board meetings and how we can implement new initiatives for um athletic advisory and everything. Um Baldwin also wants to extend the thanks to Vanessa Greenstein who served as an officer here at BHS and also on the state CIC um athletic advisory and she's constantly represented BHS and shared many good things about our program and learned how we can implement those here. Um, student government elections were these, uh, past Friday, I mean past Monday, sorry, during ILT. Um, and those went very successful. We also had a very successful senior prom at the Waterview last Friday. And the senior field trip to Lake Compounds is scheduled for next Thursday.
Uh, and that's against a general fund budget of 160 million. Um, down I just wanted to uh point out one other thing down down where it says other items. Um, we've been reclassing folks in and out of, for example, the alliance grant, the title grants to make sure that people are being charged where they where they should be. Um it is a a very tedious uh process, but um Angelo Walsh and I have uh kind of been tag teaming that. Um just that briefly, the way the process works is that once we identify someone who's incorrectly coded in the system, um Angela will run a report of everyone um that that that change pertains to and she will go in and change their coding in their personnel file. that then causes a journal entry to be put into Q for me to review. Um and that will move their um expense year to date as well as all their future incumbrances.
Uh so, we're doing ethics tonight and ethics is a balancing act, right? What you can and what you can't do. But we can't start any uh any um ethics presentation without our standard disclaimer which basically says we this presentation tonight is forformational purposes only. It does not recommend it does not represent um a legal opinion or legal advice. If you have if you need a leg legal opinion or legal advice, please reach out to your board attorney. This is really uh just about different things that um you can do. uh can hand to. So the school ethics act was um found was approved in 1991. Sometimes words escape me. I apologize. Um but I you I just want to read this. This is important. And I know that you've done some of this about ethics at your reorg meeting. But um I think this statement uh says a lot.
So help me God. So help me God. I, Dr. Leticia Pantaliano, I, Dr. Leticia Pantaliano, do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications that I possess the qualifications prescribe by law prescribe by law for the office of member of a board of education for the office of member of the board of education and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the duties of that office of that office according to the best of my ability. So help me God. So help me God. Furthermore, I affirm Furthermore, I affirm and declare and declare that I am not disqualified that I am not disqualified as a voter as a voter pursuant to pursuant to R do S dot R dot S dot 19 colon 19 col 4-1 4-1 So help me God.
Thank you for your commitment to shaping minds, guiding hearts, and preparing our students for life beyond this campus. And to our graduates, congratulations. You've made it. Tonight we honor your hard work, your perseverance, and your transformation over the years. High school is a journey filled with challenges, discoveries, and growth, and each of you has walked that path in your own unique way. You've adopted, overcome, and achieved. Along the way, you've learned more than what textbooks could ever teach. You've learned resilience, integrity, empathy, and the value of community. You've grown not only in knowledge, but in character. As you prepare to take your next steps, whether that's college, the workforce, the military, or another path, I encourage you to carry with you one powerful word. I need you to remember this word, grit. Gr i t. Grit. Grit is more than determination. It's the relentless drive that keeps you moving forward no matter how tough the road gets.
I often reflect on how truly blessed I am to work with this talented group of educators. So, please j join me in thanking the entire team at MCAT, including Morirana Distance Learning and ACE. Our MCAT team is proud to provide a quality education for this group of students and for the Morirana community. We are honored that our students have allowed us to be part of their journeys. I would also like to take a moment to thank the parents and families who supported these graduates. We know that you are an important part of their support network, which is why they sit with you tonight. You have provided encouragement and motivation to these young people along the way. Graduates, please take a minute to thank your families for all they've done to help you out. [Applause] So now on behalf of the MCAT staff, Mr. Oliver Bowen will say a few words of congratulations to the class of 2025.
Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Yeah. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Close. Oh, say can you see by the dawn Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Oh, heat, heat. National dedication to our department. All of these students have been in priorities since sixth grade and have been excellent performers on stage, in the gym, honoring our country and in the classroom. I know these three years are going to go on and do great things in their lives. They've already shown me how much passion they have for music. My wish for them is to keep this passion alive in their hearts and in their lives as they continue on their journey high school. Carlo of First the following awards which were previously given during the past few days or weeks. And I would also like to acknowledge the following students on their academic success.
Bailey's here in the audience if you want to. I know I think I don't know if anyone here has met her before, but she's she's one of our amazing people and Mr. Prrisco could not be here this evening. One area we continue to grow is is student involvement and collaboration within our school setting. We've maintained strong participation in our student clubs such as art club, spell bowl, and math bowl. And this year we were excited to introduce a student council for the first time. So that's a lot of our red shirt students here. That's they're here to they'll be up here shortly. It has been fantastic to see our students step into leadership roles, helping with school events and speaking up as rep representatives of their peers. This group truly gives students a voice within the building and a sense of ownership in their school experience.
There was more debate on the tree law than it was caring for senior public housing. It's not settled well. And then I just trying to figure how can they how can you be more compassionate and demonstrated for inanimate objects other than humans. With that, I'm going to ask this our chair person and Brandy and through my and through our town managers, why is a subcommittee going to be formed and why can't I go on it without making a resume? Do you mean a subcommittee of the comp plan? Yep. Because the subcommittee is of members of the comprehensive plan committee. It's not a separate one that we are looking for new volunteers for. It's based on the people who have been part of the comprehensive plan process since the beginning. And there's a few of those people who feel like um they want to they they need some more in-depth work and it and it's we're almost at the end of this process.
Marino up on the draw. Looked like as if Awan was in the circle on the draw. Nevertheless, Addy Jordan ends up coming up with the ball. gets the ball quickly up to Mack Whitwer. Whitwler gets the ball over the restraining line. We're over to Calibris. Calibres over to Lucas. Looking like Awam's playing a highressured man-to-man defense as M. Whitmer goes through in one out. Two, turns around, fires the ball off the Spartan logo behind the goalie to put the Spartans up two nothing just over a minute into game play. Addy had the first goal and Ken Mac had that one. First goal scored by Emily Jordan. Second goal scored by McKenna Whitworth. It's M. Oh, Caroline. My bad. Just kidding. Caroline and Kasich with the first goal. I had it right here. I wasn't even paying attention. Sorry, Kim. Ah, that's Matt Whitworth's ninth goal against Awam this year, scoring eight goals in the previous two contests against them.
Four nothing full count took us fast ball hit on the ground up the middle gets through for a base hit. One run will score coming around and he is in time. Two runs now score as Gus Luff hits a single to drive them both in. This is my one. And with the score being 6 nothing. Crawl is still on the mound. Dometti now up to bat. A speed ripped up the middle for a base hit. Rhino's coming around third and he will score. Score is now 7 nothing. Liam Smith. Now Monument has better been around this inning. One out still. Liam Smith looks at ball one. [Music] One count to Smith. Fast ball. So I missed strike one. [Music] The 1-1 popped up. Shortstop in left fieldielder going over. Shortstop has it for the second out. Greg Kay now singled his first time up and brought in the run.
Um, some National Honor Society updates. Our annual Mother's Day 5K in partnerships with Sweet Scoops was very successful. Um we had over 300 runners and raised $13,000 that will be donated to the Yale New Haven Transplant Center patient care fund. Um across our three um three school held blood drives organized by NHS. We collected 84 units of blood this year saving around 250 lives um around Connecticut. Um there will be another blood drive open to the public on June 13th from 12 to 5:00 p.m. at the public library. And then we also have induction for our new members tomorrow here at the school. Uh the BHS course and band held their spring concert yesterday and they performed exceptionally well um with some of my favorite songs like waving through a window. uh Spanish and French honor societies have their induction on Friday and Spanish honor society is also currently raising a fundraiser through a bindo Camino which is an organization that's dedicated to serving underprivileged communities in Dominican Republic.
So um then I go in and I review the journal entry make to make sure it's correct. It's um almost 100% of the time it's correct um because it is system uh system generated. Um I then post the entries and then we go back and review each of the lines to see where the people came out of and where they went to just to make sure that um it went through correctly. So it is a little bit of a task. Each person that we move um creates its own journal entry. Um so this month I think uh Angel wrong. We did about 300 about 300 uh separate journal entries. So you'll see that people are moving for um on a on a regular basis in and out. That process is continuing. The most recent change that we made um is in the PAR educators. Some of the PAR educators were being charged salaries which is correct their W2 employees.
It is essential that the conduct of members of local boards of education and local administrators hold the respect and confidence of the people. These board members and administrators must avoid conduct which is in violation of their public trust or which creates a justifiable impression among the public that such trust is being violated. And it's that last sentence that um I think you know it creates a justifiable impression. One of the standards that the school ethics commission uses in determining if a ethics violation has occurred is what we call the reasonable person standard. It's not always what you the board member think is ethical or not. It's what they feel a reasonable reasonable person might think. Um, and that's that's a you know, I don't know if that's a concept that's used anywhere else, but this the school ethics act is really there to preserve the public's trust and confidence that you are managing the district with integrity and their ch your their students are benefiting.
So help me God. [Music] Thank you to my colleagues on the board. I really appreciate your faith in me and bringing me back. I'm not sure. Congratulations, Dr. Pantiano. Thank you very much. Okay, now we have to now that we have Dr. Pantiano filling the vacancy of the board, we will take a second roll call. Mr. Capano here, Mrs. Fredo here. Garcia here. Mr. Nrew here. Dr. Pantaliano here. Mr. Rancor here. Mr. Russo here. Mr. Terabbachia here. Okay. Mr. Tabbakia, Dr. Hayes set to at this time I am going to ask Mr. Tabbakia, Captain Garcia, Mr. Pinto, and Mr. Helm to please join me at the front table and we are going to honor a group of talented students from our high school who finished in both first and third place in the state of New Jersey competition for real world design. Mr. Hel, you want to take over?
It's passion combined with perseverance. It's what pushes you to rise after a setback, to keep going when others might stop, and to stay committed to your long-term goals, even when the finish line seems far away. Let grit guide you. Let it remind you that you are capable, resilient, and prepared to shape your future with courage and conviction. Once again, welcome to all and to the graduating class. We are very proud of you. Let's begin the celebration of your achievement. Each year we recognize two students who have achieved the highest levels of academic excellence throughout their high school journey. Tonight, we are proud to recognize two exceptional members of the graduating class who have earned the highest academic honors based on their weighted point averages. These distinctions, validictorian and saludatoran, represent a consistent commitment to academic excellence across all four years of high school. including the successful completion of rigorous honors AP and dual enrollment courses.
Mr. Bowen is a valued teammate at MCAT and assists our students as one of our social studies teachers. Mr. Bowen is an acknowledged leader on our campus and always goes the extra mile for our students and staff. He is a thoughtful, caring, and trusted member of our team. Most importantly though, he brings an energy and an enthusiasm to learning and is highly committed to helping students achieve high levels of personal and academic success. Here's Mr. Bowen. Okay. Hi. Well, thank you. Uh, you have a speech that's I wrote here the other day, but I don't think I'm going to read that one. So, get rid of that one. But you know what though? If you know me, I gota I gotta actually read it because I'll get lost if I don't. You guys know me. Uh, good evening. Hi, everybody. Um, it's always uh it's always an honor to speak on behalf of the staff.
The hallway juniors have been selected by DCS as rising stars of Indiana. Delet Bruns, Freddy Jameson, Ashley Kowski, and Carly Ringer. The chemistry one server test awards this year to Ethan Clifford, Karen Hos, Mason McN, Ethan Sher, and Elizabeth Balden. And a chemistry AP silver glass award earned by a junior go to Ashley Kowi. Heat up here. Good morning. For this award, I'm speaking on behalf of the Greenberg prevention group. The GPG works to reduce alcohol, tobacco, and drug use in our community, specifically amongst our youth. One of the ways we encourage you like you to make a difference is to make smart choices by publishing our be the wall model posters. This year we were happy to have two of your own classmates on featured on our posters. These students were selected because of their ability to make smart and healthy choices. At this time, we'd like to give them a momentum for being the be the wall role model and their scholarship check for $200 for your efforts as the be the wall role models.
Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Shriveley are the two sponsors for the group. Mrs. Richardson will be sharing more information here shortly. To support student motivation and positive habits, we've introduced several recognition and celebration initiatives. Each week, our attendance trophy is awarded to the class with the highest attendance percentage, which has encouraged a healthy sense of competition and accountability. At the end of every quarter, we celebrate the winning overall winning class that has had the most highest percentage of attendance for that quarter. Mrs. Bailey allows them an extra the teacher gets an extra plan time. Um and then PTO is graciously um given treats to the kids as well as to the teacher. At the end of every quarter um we do our award ceremonies to celebrate the students. This year or last year we implemented um the very last one was our red carpet award ceremony.
So, it was not something that we could that we felt we wanted to ask for new volunteers for, but the public is going to have an opportunity to review everything in the comprehensive plan before it gets finalized. It was said before the subcommittee they were looking for citizens to volunteer at that time. It might have been misspoke because it was residents of the sub it was members of the of the comprehensive plan committee who need who we were looking to do that. And how this comprehensive plan group from the very beginning said now shrunk to a third of the size. Uh no we only have two new two members that aren't there. It was 29 to start with every six districts. Right. And now there's 27. There was 29 that stopped though, right? It was down to about 20 that night. Uh, no, there were people online.