Satchel. t c h Everyone? >> [laughter] >> Coming back in. For your 10th word, ready teams? Spell [snorts] macaque. It's a noun. Macaque. Any of the Old World monkeys inhabiting wooded or rocky regions of Asia or Africa. Typically the tail is short or absent and cheek pouches are present. Macaque. The only way to see a macaque in the real life in the United States is at the zoo. Macaque. m a c a q u e The vowels got that? Yeah? Got a biologist on the team. Okay. For your For your 11th word, spell cicatrice or cicatrize. It's a verb. To close or closed by scar formation or to heal. Cicatrice or cicatrize. The doctor applied a special ointment to help the wound cicatrize without leaving a severe mark. Cicatrice or cicatrize. Cicatrice or cicatrize. No, because they still have a flag. The vowels have a flag.
So, we'll we'll try to tackle those policies through the rest of this year and into the fall of next year. I'm hoping that we can be done. And then our last uh, set of policies that we need to review are 6000 series policies, and those are all of our curriculum and instruction policies, and that is a very meaty series, very similar to the 5000 series, so I think we'll spend the vast majority of our time there. Once we're done with that, other than some state updates and so forth that we might need to put into practice, um, or into into play, and we might bring in an uh, you know, a one-off policy from time to time if needed. Um, that should put us on track to complete our complete policy audit. um and then we would just uh make any updates or revisions uh you know, from there.
They also make sure you get your work completely done at blast. Also, parents don't worry while your adult is working with absolutely no distractions or interruptions. Your kid is having such a blast. Teams and team posters. At the beginning of the last year, we get assigned into groups, usually depending on our grades and ages. We get put into color groups with our friends. A little after, we get to pick the group name, usually something to do with the color. After we come up with the name, we do a skit revolving around our name and then we present the skit. All of Blast is there to watch and enjoy it. and we do team building activities throughout the year. Oh, yes. >> My name is Hazel and one of the I'm one of the fourth graders. >> Okay. Hi guys. I'm going to be talking about I'm Oliver and I'm going to be talking about rewards, leaders plus communities and activities.
Allison did you want to chime in you had your hand raised? Um I think it's been covered I think I sent you guys that email at least Chris and Mary a copy of what I have and it's from someone who's not at the Community Foundation anymore anyways and it sounds like Mary you have the most up-to-date document so that should be all set as far as that language goes. I think um to John's point since the time of the creation of the endowment the city now owns the maintenance within each department of whoever owns the project and actually my understanding is there's maintenance schedules that are corresponding with each piece and those schedules are maintained within each department and that like for example City Parks goes out and inspects all their pieces and knows how many times they're supposed to do X Y and Z based off of recommendations from the artists and that is built into their budget.
Is it the vowels? >> [applause] >> The vowels won. Congratulations, vowels. Fun fact, the vowels won 2 years ago. >> [laughter] >> All right. This is our last group of prizes before flight five. No, we've got one more We've got this prize and then one more prize before the championship round. Yep. So, this is a $100 gift card to the Sail Loft. So, I'm not going to say the 189, just the last three. 212. >> [applause] [cheering] >> All right, everyone. How are we doing? We have one more flight and then the championship round. So, this is deciding who's going on to the championship round. Flight five is sponsored by Silvia Group and Aleria Group company. So, let's give them a round of applause for their continued support of the Spelling Bee. >> [applause] >> The first team we have is the illumina- illuminators from Quinn, sponsored by Livy Laser Center.
That's great, Kelly. Thank you. Are there any questions from uh the committee about anything that Kelly just discussed with us? Seems like it's all pretty straightforward. So, Kelly, I just want to thank you again. You do always do an excellent job uh preparing the agendas, uh putting all the information together, and recapping what's going on so that we can move through these and get them uh sent to the board for approval as quickly as we can. Um I want to also thank my committee members for your hard work here. Obviously, uh showing up once a month to do this work really has a big impact on what we're responsible for and what we take care of. So, thank you. Um with that, is there a motion to adjourn? So moved. Thank you, Gladys. Is there a second, please? Second. Thank you, Anita. Uh all those in favor, please say I.
Okay. Rewards. We all love blast, right? But it's also fun to have um rewards. So when we are respectful and responsible, we get points. If we get enough points, we get rewards. Every group is currently in the 300 to 410 range. And it is really fun to have rewards like Nintendo time group party, whole blast party, forts and flashlights, reading, glow stick, dance party, popsicles, games, and more. Leaders plus communities. Leaders always help each other and the kids. They take time. They take time out of their day, even if they have school to go to. They are very helpful, kind, responsible, and flexible for everybody and blast. When everybody walks in, they don't just stare in space. They act like a community, have a friendly conversation, and say hello. Activities. We all like hanging out with friends, right? But it's also fun to have activities.
Um each year part of our I think it's our annual report we're supposed to talk about what maintenance has been happened and usually our city liaison previously Vinita would collect that information from each of the departments and figure out what had happened that year to maintain our works. Um and that's included in our annual reports so I think all of that is a well-oiled machine and now it allows us to use the funding in a different manner at least the um the money that we accrue every year that we can use and the the pass-through dollars is interesting I don't know if that actually exists as a standalone account anymore but um Mary that triggered me to think about matching funds for the grants as a way of to do those matching funds we had talked about so something to explore I think. For sure thank you Allison.
We have the Autonomous Spelling Systems, DHS students, sponsored by Simmons Concrete. We have the Beasts, sponsored by Dartmouth School Committee and self-sponsored. And we have the Last Minute Bees, a group of DHS students, sponsored by Brownell Boat Stands. >> [applause] >> Teams ready? Judges ready? For your first word, spell tough. It's an adjective. Tough. Requiring considerable physical or mental effort. Tough. Hopefully, the spelling of your first word is not tough. Tough. Pens down. Reveal your responses. That's what I like to see. Everyone get the first word under your belt. All right, they get harder, folks. For your second word, spell referred. It's a verb. Referred. Mention or allude to. Referred. The reports of the commission are often referred to in the media. Referred. >> [applause] >> Two teams. Yep, there's two. yeah. Teams ready? Judges ready? For your third word, spell consensus. It's a noun.
There's crafts like waterc coloring, slime, and holiday crafts. There's also sports like soccer, dodgeball, and cup stacking. So you So you don't need to follow your friends. so you can take time for yourself. >> Hi, my name is Liam. Um, another one of the activities is homework club. Miss G and Mr. Ryan care about you and your schoolwork. So, if you need to finish your homework, then I would suggest you go to homework club. Kids clubs are all are fun, too. The leaders plan clubs with a theme like cooking, b building, crafts, sports, science, yoga, Bob Ross painting club, and more. >> Hi, I'm Alice and we're going to be talking about Huddle, Junior Leaders, and Kids Comments. So, Huddle is when we all gather as a group. Huddle is so fun. We get to talk about the news, ups and downs throughout the week.
Any other comments we have kind of reached our time for this portion of the agenda I wanted to just make sure that anybody that did have any final comments we can we are going to be continuing this conversation I think Chris is just making us aware of these other funds and given that we are we really want to get this mini grant program happening so that the Public Art Commission can be behind funding projects within the city um that you know this will be this is our charge so um any other final thoughts or comments before we move on to Allison being able to introduce um our guest tonight? Okay with that we'll move on thank you everybody. Um yes so welcome to our guest thank you for sitting through that section I upon further reflection maybe would have switched the two we do appreciate everybody's time here tonight so we just love to give you all the floor.
Consensus. The majority of opinion. Consensus. I suggest your teams decide how to spell this word by consensus. Consensus. Hands down. Reveal your answer. >> [laughter] >> One One team. Yeah. One team, yeah. Teams ready? For your fourth word, spell committee. It's a noun. Committee. A group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate, report on, or act upon in a particular matter. Committee. The Dartmouth School Committee is a proud sponsor of the DEF Spelling Bee. Committee. Two M's, two T's, two E's. Everybody got it? For your fifth word, spell particularly. It's an adverb. Particularly. To an exceptional degree, especially. Particularly. The critic thought they were all good, but particularly the lead actor. Particularly. Hands down. Judges, all good? For your sixth word, spell minotaur or minotaur. It's a noun. In Greek mythology, a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man.
Not only that, we also get to talk about the fun stuff like Wacky Wednesday where where everybody laughs and make the news Monday where we get to watch the leadership video. Pedal is just fun overall and it's where we also earn team points if we're doing good. Next is junior leaders. Leaders are one thing that we could look up to, but there are also junior leaders. Junior leaders have jobs like kinder helpers, doctors, peacemakers, huddle leaders, and many more. We help support. We help support leaders and kids that need help. Being a junior leader helps being a more confident person later on and helps blast run more smoothly. Next is um kids comments. So, some of the other blasters told us what they like about Blast. Here are some of the reasons that they said they like free play, leaders, kids clubs, rewards, hanging out with friends, fun crafts, kudos, kind kids, and so many more.
Welcome. Thank you I guess I'll go first >> [clears throat] >> my name is Diana Marsh and Allison invited us to attend this evening because I had a a meeting with her a couple weeks ago to talk about Sculpture Plaza and I know that that was just brought up in a last conversation but I own the store Thistle and Bess which is on Fourth Avenue right next to Sculpture Plaza so I get the joy of looking at it all day every day out my front window um and I've just kind of considered over the last couple years that it's such a lovely large open space the proximity to the farmers market and all the new construction happening around so many more people are going to be living within Carytown and I just think it's time that that park gets a little bit of love and attention um I did a a tiny bit of research and saw that the last time that it was um kind of updated and when that sculpture was taken down to be repaired was in 2008 and at that point that's when the tables and the umbrellas and the benches in that area went in and I don't believe it has been touched really since 2008.
Minotaur or minotaur. The contest between Theseus and the minotaur was frequently represented in Greek art. Minotaur or minotaur. Did they get it? Two teams left. All right. Great job, everyone. For your seventh word, spell fondant. It's a noun. Fondant. Thick, creamy sugar paste, the basis of many candies. Fondant. The wedding cake was adorned with white fondant and candy flowers. Fondant. Nicely done. For your eighth word, spell disheveled. It's a verb. Disheveled. To disarrange the hair or clothes of someone. Disheveled. After coming inside from playing in the rain, the kids looked disheveled. Disheveled. Nice job. Teams ready? For your ninth word, spell acetaminophen. It's a noun. Acetaminophen. A crystalline substance used to as a headache and pain reliever, used to reduce fever. Acetaminophen. In a recent press conference talking about Tylenol, President Trump had difficulty pronouncing acetaminophen. Acetaminophen. The Beasts have it. Last minute Bees? No?
Thank you so much for having us, and we hope everyone had a blast. >> Aya, will you walk around with the poster so they can see it? I'm in fourth grade. >> That's my daughter.
Um and I I just think it could be such a wonderful space it isn't really utilized at this point in time not many people sit in it or use it at all so I'm just looking for ways to positively activate that space and attract more people to it taking advantage of what it is and what it could be um I started by meeting with Dan Gannon who is on the board at the co-op the food co-op next door because they have technically adopted that space and are in charge of the maintenance and care for it um and he I got to talk to him about the planting side of it and how it ways that we could work together to get more volunteers to kind of spruce that space up and he was like very excited and on board and then the other thing that I wanted to talk to I talked to Allison and the Gutman Gallery about and now I'm here talking to you about is getting some more public art in that space just to liven it up and show that people are caring for it and paying attention to it um not only adding public art to the space but trying to host more events in the space um I'm involved in a thing that's starting in May called Gallery Nights that is organized by the Gutman Gallery and I've been talking with the Carytown Concert House about organizing music events in Sculpture Plaza once a month during those Gallery Nights so just different ways that we could just add some more art in general to that public space to attract more people um with that being said I was also brainstorming with Avery Williamson and Krista who are here tonight um and they are working on some really inspiring and colorful and energetic and wonderful public art pieces that I think would be perfect for that space um so I think we were just here Allison encouraged us to come kind of talk about the ideas that we have um I don't know if Avery and Krista if you guys want to jump in and talk about what you've been working on?
So, we have a winner then? The Beasts. >> [applause] >> All right, the Beasts can stay on the stage. And we have another round of our raffle, and then we will proceed to our championship round. So, please stick around for the championship round. All right, this is for the Kindle. 295. >> [applause] [cheering] >> All right. The moment we have all been waiting for, the championship flight sponsored by North Dartmouth Properties. Let's give them a round of applause. >> [applause] >> From our first round, we have the Lexicon Legends. From our second flight, we have the Hippies. From our third flight, we have the Permanent Records. From our fourth flight, we have Vowels. And from our fifth flight, the Beasts. Lexicon Legends. Teams ready? Judges ready? For your first word, spell gelato. It's a noun. Gelato. An Italian style ice cream containing almost no air, and thereby denser and richer than other ice creams.
>> Any questions for us? Thank you so much. >> So that is our after school program ELOP in a nutshell. A whole lot going on, lots of fun, exceptional staff. We're really fortunate to have such great leaders, coordinators, the support from our card partnership, um our junior leaders, and exceptional students. And the best part is they're happy and they're enjoying the process and we're providing a great opportunity for our students and growing. Yeah. I'm header. Can I interrupt you real fast? Sorry. Over here. >> Where's your voice coming from? Member Robinson, I had a request if you could put your mic on so our crew that's listening out in u on the YouTube can hear you doing that. Thank you. Would you mind restating that since we we got you now? Thank you. Did did you want me to repeat the Okay, we're uh my question was regarding um I know how we got started because the governor said do this and here's some money but we've obviously expanded beyond that because that was our desire.