I don't stress, I don't fold, I just lean on facts. If the sun don't shine, I'mma still [music] bounce back. Let it ride, let it breathe, let it be what it be. Got a breeze in my chest and a thought run free. I don't rush, [music] I don't race, I just flow on three. Got a vibe in my soul, got a life on key. Let it ride, let it breathe, let it roll like that. Got the world in my cup and the beat [music] in the back. I don't stress, I don't fold, I just lean on facts. If the sun don't shine, I'mma still bounce back. >> [music] >> Tell me who I know I Tell me who going to and fall. I've been running from my flaws, [music] still I'm standing 10-ft tall. Mirror, mirror, don't you lie. I can see it in my eyes.
[music] Edward. [music] [music] [shout] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music ] Sir [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [ music] [ music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music ] [ovation][applause] [applause] You may now be seated. Good morning parents, family members, students, staff, and dignified guests. Welcome to the Anaheim High School's 2026 commencement ceremony. My name is Alexa Reas. this year's ASB president and one of your masters of ceremony for this morning's event. This fall I will be attending Bentley University where I'll be studying business management contracting entrepreneurship. I am joined by Nina Alala and I high school's district ambassador. She is also one of your masters of ceremony for this morning's event. Nina will be a major in biology at the University of California.
Ryan continues to grow in every aspect of new tech inside and outside the class. Ryan is familiar and friendly face to all the students. Ryan is kind, relaxed, and has a fun and helpful attitude. He establishes and maintains school culture and community as he supports all students. In short, Ryan is a student willing to learn, willing to work, and willing to help. Mrs. Savage said, "One of the very first students to welcome me as I joined the New Tech family, Ryan Jones. I will always remember how he confidently walked up to me, introduced himself, and shook my hand, a gesture that left a lasting impression. Since that first meeting, it has been an absolute pleasure to watch him grow and mature with each passing school year. Ryan is an incredible, reliable, naturally funny, deeply kind, and a truly remarkable student. Congratulations. >> Congrats. >> Good evening.
Kevin McKay joined the Altadena family as a student teacher and quickly realized that this is his home. From from our initial meetings, I realized that he became a teacher to inspire students to be the best versions of themselves now and in their futures. I can recall several heartfelt conversations collaborating on how to best meet his students where they are and then instill hope that they [clears throat] can do whatever they choose to so long as they never give up. Hired as a social science teacher, I've asked him to take on other teaching positions due to his passion to make a difference. He served as a leadership teacher for 3 years working with students who have recognized their ability to lead by example and represent the Falcon way through campus culture enrichment activities and community outreach. Additionally, he previously served as a work experience coordinator bringing community partnerships to campus to enhance student opportunities and join the workforce prior to graduating high school.
>> Motion. Second. All those in favor? >> Opposed? All right, Mr. Lee, you're up. >> I'm up. Good evening, everyone. Thanks so much for coming out on the story night. Try to get you guys out of here safely as soon as we can. But it's our time for our favorite part of the meeting, which is our student of the month presentation. So each one of our students of the month and there's one from each grade level that's chosen each month is chosen because they're awesome for and it could be for any number of reasons. Their kindness, their hard work, uh their grades, uh it could be for any reason. So the teachers chose them, submitted their names, and then I get to read something nice about them up here in front of everybody. So students, when I call you up, gonna come up, stand next to me.
It takes patience and hard work. It takes creative uh creativity, not curricular rigidity. And it takes the ability to believe in every child. And the people here tonight embody all of those characteristics. On behalf of our board of education and our administrative team, our families, and most important, our students, I sincerely say thank you. You have chosen one of the hardest and most important paths that a person can walk. And I can tell you that I believe that you walk it with grace and excellence every single day. Bordontown Regional School District is what it is because of the people who are being celebrated here tonight. I'd like to call up Jenna Chie, the high school vice president, who's going to introduce our high school teacher of the year. Good evening. It is a privilege to stand before you tonight to recognize a teacher whose impact on the students and families of Bordingtown Regional School District has extended beyond the walls of the classroom.
Everybody is still working hard. I'm happy to report to the board and we're excited about a a great ending to the school year. At this time, we are going to call up Mr. Ross in place of Dr. S to announce the students from Lamont School, the students of the month. >> Okay folks, welcome and thank you everybody for being here. We're going to start off with our pre-K students of the month. Our pre-K student of the month is Leslie Guerra. She is teach >> [applause] >> Come on up. Come on up. Come on mom. Everybody come on up. So, she has one sibling Mason who's here as well. Her favorite subject in school is doing her garden study and you like life cycles. Yeah? Yay. And her favorite hobbies are wrestling and soccer and her career plans are to work in a toy store. >> Oh, nice.
um that has to be a referendum in minus one. Um so I'd like to verify that that's true. Pet's not here unfortunately but I believe that that's the case. Is that >> I don't think so but we should double check that are >> I think that just fell on Matt's one. >> I felt that it was strictly as well. >> I don't Yeah, let's double check on that. And the reason I bring it up is that >> within our tuition payments you're saying? >> Either within the tuition payments or Yes, I think so. or yeah, I don't think it's a line item for us, but I think that it is something that as a sending district we're really important. >> The reason I bring it up is that um the fieldhouse has been restricted to >> residents only. >> Um >> except for high school students.
Uh she was honored this evening with that award. Um and we welcome or sorry, we're wishing her uh well in her new chapter um because she is retiring in the next couple of weeks. Uh big congratulations to our coaches uh Carmine Cambereri and Matt Bernelli who were recognized as uh by the Bergen County Coaches Association over the weekend. Each coach earned 100 wins in their sports. So big congratulations uh to the athletic department which is headed by Mr. David Porfido. Um June 8th we will be having our winter and spring sports awards night. So, if any parents and student athletes would like to come and support, we would welcome that on June 8th. And as a reminder, um we do have a summer blackout period uh between August 1st and August 9th. Couple other dates of importance is that we do have an early dismissal on Friday of this week due to a snow day that was used earlier in the winter as well as June 2nd for the primary elections.
Birds, frogs, and fish eat bugs so they can survive. Creepy Crawlies by Michael Story will make you feel like bugs are scurrying, flying, and crawling all around the band. >> [applause] >> This was a very fun piece of music to rehearse and learn in band class. Our flutes and clarinets were challenged to learn fast and tricky melodies. Even if it was tricky at first, we practiced and worked hard to make the music sound great. You'll also hear our trumpet section use their mouthpiece to make a buzzing sound, which will remind you of a mosquito buzzing in your ear. Wow! Wow! >> [applause] >> Wow! Wow! >> [music] [music] [applause] >> Last year in fourth grade band, we performed a piece called Dragon Dance. We wanted to take what we learned in fourth grade to a higher level and build on what we learned last year.
Let's begin our evening by standing together for the Pledge of Allegiance to be led by Mason and Key Marin. >> [applause] >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Mason Key It is my great honor and pleasure to welcome you to our eighth grade promotion ceremony. A celebration of growth, resilience, and the exciting road ahead. To our parents, families, and friends, thank you for joining us tonight. Your support, love, and encouragement have been the foundation of our students' success. This milestone belongs to you as much as it does to them. To our dedicated teachers and staff, thank you for your passion, patience, and commitment to shaping not just learners, but confident and compassionate young people ready to take the world.
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Now allow me to reintroduce myself. They call me J O to the easy e know that we undefeated. Y'all are beneath them trying to air but his lines are overhead. Better check the air for clearance tower. This is our heated air really. I never been better legacy. This is forever more time. I'm raising the bar. You can go ahead and me. Think about to time that we welcome the coach. Yep. I think about time. Somebody going to get on the co. You know I got all that. Come back in. What you call add on? Got anthems and bands with masters getting like my name was Miranda. I live one more time. This is forever. Remember the legend never die. I pretend. >> [music] >> How about you waiting for me? 97. Just count. 1 2 9. Ready? Go. 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 ready go.
Yeah. I think you know what I need. Yeah. And now you're turning me on. You can get what you want. You can [music] place superstar all night. Feel that basotion. [music] You can make me foolious for you. the [music] experience of you. [music] You can get [music] what you want this superstar all night. Feel that deadly passion. What's about to [music] happen? You ready? Let's set up for a magazine. Yeah. I just got my [music] dreams. Yeah. Yeah. And now you're turning [music and singing] me on. >> [music] >> You can get what you want. Superstar all night song. Feel the base on. >> [music] >> Sweet like wine. Got honey on hand. She got [music] one hand on a gun. She squeeze that trigger. You as good as done. I should be running from you [music] now till kingdom come as a child don't play [music] around with fire cuz you might just end up getting burned.
But they can still have a smart watch on. Cannot. How do they connect to it? Cannot. That's crazy. Smart watches are smart glasses and not considered PCDs unless connected to a cell phone. Correct. Yes. It looks like their phone's shut off, they're watching the work anyway. >> Yeah, I mean that's I mean that's that's the cut out. So, If their phone's off, their watch won't work. And they won't be able to read the time so they won't be able to get your updates on it. Yes. I didn't know that it was student learning reading time. Yeah. If it's not your teaching time. I think it can because it's still hip to my phone. All right, we're good on on all that? All right. This is our graduation info. Uh 24 total graduates. That includes five uh from the class of 2027, which are early graduates.
Uh make no mistake, we value the municipal partnerships we have. Um, you're all the best. Um, you do a in the same way we messaged with the override that we do a lot with a little. Uh that goes for all of our departments. And so uh just wanted to express that. Uh and also remember that 1,113 or so of our neighbors voted against the override. And uh just want to start thinking about how we can collectively as boards and committees engage in a productive dialogue with those that voted no. Some of them are going to be for your normal reasons that are understandable. Other ones uh used that as a way to send a message or to express themselves and uh I don't want to think about ways we can engage in that and make sure we're hearing and listening and doing what we can to uh address their needs and and concerns.
>> She's another batter who walks more than she strikes out. Sophomore as Usaris looks in. >> The first pitch is outside as we are finally underway at 5:19 p.m. >> Just 49 minutes late. >> And the infield is almost in completely in shadows. Yeah, >> as that one's low. So, a two ball no strike count to start. >> It looks like no one is scoring this game on game changer just yet. I was hoping for that live scoring. I might have to keep score myself. >> Yeah, as that one's rolled in there. So, a three-0 count to start against French. >> Abby Johnson waits on deck. The >> senior captain And that is ball four. So a four pitch walk to start Bruce Staris. >> Mia French will reach pitch. >> Again, that's something that we talked about keeping that those free passes to a minimum is going to be a really important thing for the clockers today.
What these folks do, the amount of time and effort and hours they pour into the young athletes that they're mentoring and Larry Sasso obviously has done a tremendous job moving in as the head coach for the Clockers this year in the new role. But Pam has been a stalwart to these girls. And Pam has been someone who has been a lifetime Clocker. I know that she was on your first ever team, Coach Torosian. And you know, beginning back in 1984 when she was a pitcher and a shortstop. But Jacob, I I can't say enough great things about Pam and I know I know how much effort she has put in to make sure that this particular day and this moment was going to be special for these seniors. Yeah, coaching means a lot, especially in high school sports. It, you know, it can turn a a bad season for a a player, a team.
Yeah. And that that is just a huge recipe for success. I mean, you look around at teams, you know, who might not have great hitting stats. Well, if you're putting the ball in play 86% of the time, hits are bound to happen they're bound to come. You know, you'll find a hole, you'll find a gap. You know, not all their hits may be like, you know, smoked off the bat. They might have some infield hits, but you know, 86% of the time putting the ball in play, you know, hits come. They they sure do. When you talk about infield hits, I I this is we we brought her up earlier. You have the ultimate weapon at the lead-off spot. Nico Eustace, as I've said, if Nico puts her bat on the ball, it is there is potential for her to reach It looks like we are getting ready here to start the senior day festivities.
Again, we give them food, we don't give them time to eat it. And we wonder why our kids are checked out of school. They're kids first, then students. If their needs are not being met as kids, no amount of posturing or shoehorning is going to get them to learn. Maybe the problem is not our curriculum or how we teach or any of the things we talk about like money. Maybe it's just simply environment. Maybe we need to provide our kids a space where they can learn and take a break. If you're rushing to eat, there is no break. It's another stress. Victor was telling me that he's seen a lot more line cutting now because kids are afraid they're not going to have time to eat their food. We've turned it into the Hunger Games, literally. So, here's the thing. In the teacher contract, our teachers get 30 minutes.