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And I think it's great that they're recognizing some of those things as well, but someone in a webinar for the DOE said it's like an upside down funnel. Those points aren't really available for third graders. As you go up the grades, those points become a little bit more um accessible. For Indiana, in third grade, they will get a This is kind of an example that I asked for them to put up for you. Um the first thing out of the gate is just the I learn are you proficient are you not in fact a lot of the model has a lot of weight on actually are you proficient are you not then once that's established there are other points as well they're not as heavy as those main proficiency models but um so let's take a look at this example now this is a third grade student and I want you to ignore the chart with the colors and the numbers go up to the student they're describing This is a student who took their iLearn math and they were approaching proficiency.
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Up next, another three language student here. We have someone who got it in Ukrainian, Russian, and English. Congratulations go to Maxim Chagen. Up next, a student who earned biliteracy in both Russian and English and just joined us here this school year. Congratulations to Enrico Schmukin Pras. Up next is Spanish, Russian, and English. Congratulations to Andre Anak. There's More to come on this page. We'll get to our first student who is Italian and English biliterate. Congratulations to Jaco Pansa. Up next is a triilingual student earning the award in Turkish, Spanish, and English. Congratulations, Aaron Unl. Up next is a student who earned it in Portuguese and English. Congratulations, Tinara Nevice. WE'VE GOT ONE more set for this group. We have four students who earned it in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. Loretta Araju, John Joseph Choffy, Maria Koelloo, and Samuel Kales. All right. Up next, we have recipients who earned the seal of bi literacy for two languages, Spanish and English.
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So it's it's really kind of a minor change um in a language perspective but you know from a um a practice p uh perspective it is a little bit more um intensive because we have to do uh more people obviously and um this talks about the preliminary inquiries uh as it relates to what does the is a when you get a a mandated reporter report, what steps do you have to take? Um I I think what they're trying to do is not muddy the water for the DCF investigation process. And for us, like we've always been told, you know what, make the report, DCF does the investigation. It's not your job to ask 15 questions about tell me this, that, and the other thing. And it's and what this really says is listen, get get the relevant information, you know, and then make the report.
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What could we do? So throughout this entire year it's been an iteration after iteration. Right? If you think about each four weeks where we identify something and say okay what could we do differently what do we need to address um and the buildings uh then sometimes it was we're not sure how to do that they would go back to the buildings talk about it with their leadership team and they would come up with solutions and then we would try to figure out how do we implement that how do we provide support uh for those those things to happen um next I'm going to ask um Karen and Patrick uh to talk about building level work um and what it is that they did because again the buildings did a great job of trying different things and um identifying solutions. That was one of the great things.
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So there are like special like >> like if you have like ID for your problem they can get clear >> like you're talking about if you like or something and you can monitor stuff on there you can add it to lab >> it's in a health plan or special education individualized education plan and um there are exceptions >> good because I can see in some classrooms I don't need other class I have to adjust those It's exempted in the statute. >> So, you're telling me if you put them in your lockers, >> you're not going to be getting them out? >> No, because I know for a fact that Miss Roberts will take any >> Yeah, she's And she's always in the hallway. No, but like I think me and Addy also talked about this like if a student gets caught with their phone or anything, then they have to for a certain amount of time over the rest of school year, they have to keep their phone in the office because I know that the office So, or if they got more if they had like students that were not trusted or did not follow the policy, then their phone away.
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So it isn't just a pass fail. It's a you're at or above proficiency. Those are two levels. Then there's approaching proficiency and then there's below. So this student, let's say, was approaching proficiency. So on their I read that year, they passed I read. Great. If you go down to the chart, then I want you to look where Yep, there's the arrow. So, we first start out in the iLearn land up there. So, that student would be approaching proficiency, that middle row in math, math, and then we move over to see what they did in the iread. It is not math, but we're still going to move over and see what they did in the iread. Even if it's we're looking at the the math I learn that student got a got earned 65 points let's say out of a 100red max because they're approaching proficiency on that I learn math then we move over a category well they passed their I read awesome so they're going to give that student 20 extra points because they passed that I read and then that last criteria is is kind of now you're eligible for some of those extra things.
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We have a grand total of 28 recipients, which is pretty impressive. I'm going to read all the names at once. Save your hands. You got a lot of clapping left to do because you hear the number of president scholars, you're going to really wish you took the time and give your hands a break. So, we'll start with this first group and I'm just going to keep going through. So, when you get your name gets called, come on up and get your certificate. So we'll start with Randy Aguilar Gustavo Almida Kate Katie Aquino Henry Aaju Fabiana Aravalo Gemma Avalo Rebecca Batterton Susanna Batterton Bosser John Carvado Dylan Cishon Nicholas Koell Jamie Colb McKenzie Elon Kalin Kchetti Kiara Guerrero Loa Catherine Henderson Samantha Joel Pena Nadia Corona Hannah Lee Emily Martinez Ilore Haley Miller Sydney Miller Daniela Ortiz Creolo Emanuel Ramirez Leila Ramsey Lee Mar Saledo and Lee Marie Saledo We've already seen that uh we recognize several different forms of excellence to date.
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Don't you're not the investigator. Um and so that's >> do we do we share that information with uh all the employees in the district, all the mandated reporters that they should not be conducting investigations? >> Well, this is a new policy. It's a change to the DC. I'm assuming that there'll be also a change to the DCF mandated reporter video. Um, but we as a matter of practice have always told our people, don't don't get into the investigation. That's not your role. Um, you know, if they said, you know, uncle so and so may have been doing something or aunt this and that, you don't call mom and and say, hey, do do you what has anybody said anything about this at home? you know, your job is to take the information and make the report for DCF. >> And one of the uh just tapping into my prior career, one of the >> Yeah.
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It wasn't just here's this problem, right? Let's be solutionsoriented and they did a they did a great job with that. So Karen, >> sure I want to really highlight that this was an everybody effort. Um, like even was as I'm looking at this bulletointed list, our communications team at the district office played a big hand in developing the ad campaign and then that gave the deans and I and the administrative team at the building level like a place to have inspiration to draw from when we were trying to address kids still coming late to school and how do we better message that? How do we get that out? um our security team, you know, we wouldn't have been able to make the unaccounted for student report work without security taking that report every single period and and looking for students. uh our CMG helped with the physical arrangement of furniture in the commons to be able to kind of like shrink the commons during study hall time so we could better supervise students and better account for them coming and going and then you know tech every time we had an idea and we were like we need a report for fill in the blank um super responsive so we were really fortunate to have that level of support at the buildings um some things to highlight from this list um and this actually was an idea that came from the the teachers was the first and last 10 minutes of every single class period.
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It has to go into the cy. >> And how long do you keep them? >> We never keep a phone overnight unless a parent has asked us to. And sometimes we have parents that when we call, they say, "You keep it till I tell them they can have it back." That's just fine. Um, but our intention is never to keep a student's phone overnight at all. We always communicate that. Even if a student forgets to pick it up at the end of the day, we always call parents say, "Hey, we're here until it's time. Can you come and pick it up?" We certainly don't want that responsibility. But yeah, >> did you do any of the research on the locked couches that I hear a lot about? >> Um, we actually did not. We heard a lot about them. >> Um, but we kind research about them >> because I think the concern there was just they're very expensive.
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Was it attendance? wasn't it? Um above average growth and they come up with that 95. Okay. So you can kind of figure out where you fall based on iLearn and then you drive across. The thing with third grade is let's say that student was ilearn approaching in math and did not pass I read. We stop there. There is no more there's no more bonus points for attendance for you know in any kind of other extra things. So that I read is significant not only just for English language arts but that's a math example. So that's really where we are going to really live in as far as is K through three really prepping for that. But it I know that we you know the model is trying to take take in account things that are not just high high performance or high um you know the state assessments but in third grade that's still where we live is kind of those two main state assessments that are required high stakes assessments if as long as you pass that I read you can get some additional points.
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Uh but there are a few honors, however, that are more closely tied to sustained academic achievement than the president's award for educational excellence. This award recognizes students whose academic performance places them among the highest achieving members of the graduating class. Their accomplishments reflect years of hard work, determination, perseverance, and a commitment to learning that extends well beyond the classroom. As I call your name, please come forward, receive your certificate, and remain at the front of the stage for a group photograph. Please join me in congratulating, you ready, 42 recipients of the president's Award for Educational Excellence. Here we go. Start with Sarah Abdul Ramen, Andre Anaki, Daniel Haram, Rebecca Batterton, Susanna Batterton, Pridum Bavs, Nathaniel Bogus, Sophia Canton, Brooke Carpenter, Maria Kelloo, Alexandra Contras, Jamie Colbret, Madison Demar, McKenzie Elon, Oh, I got to click the next one. Sorry. Lame FIA, Kayn Fchetti, Leah Ga, Zachary Garvis, Catherine Henderson, Ambrose Higs, Joelle Jan, Evan Lucas, Ren McCarthy, Haley Miller, Sydney Miller, Charlotte Morlock, Rama Mundir, Tinara Nevice, Taylor Newman, Cameron Nimzinger, Noraian, Mura Oug, Mia Solomon, Ion Chararma, Samarth Shers, Bradford Salooi, Grace Sweeney, Aaron Unliter, Landon Wall, Annabelle White, Emily Jurgens, Cindy Zeleleski.
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>> one of the concerns that we always had um was uh people who are not trained asking too many questions. you know, if if there is a victim of of some sort of sexual abuse that that should be there should be a forensic interviewer, even just the first responding officers just taking the basic information. So this uh so we don't contaminate any of the uh victims uh >> recollections information you know >> and that's what I pretty sure that's why they've aside from the contractor piece further delineated what the school's role should be in this I'm imagining there was probably some sort of situation where um that happened usually That's where a lot of, you know, the legislative changes come from. But, um, you know, that's really been our practice forever. There's a corresponding regulation that goes with this change in the, um, in the policy that I'll I'll pull up as well.
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Teachers were not allowed to write students a hall pass. And that made it possible for our security and dean team to make sure that the hallways were cleared at the start of a period. Um because if a kid was in the hallway, they knew they didn't belong there. So, let's get them where they need to go. Um, the tardy brigade was another idea that we tried when we realized we were struggling with kids getting to the building on time. Um, and there were a few different iterations of that. The first was um, actually issuing a detention upon arrival um, for kids that had met the threshold. And then then we also tried a positive approach of like not necessarily issuing the detention right away, but like it's going to be automated. You're going to get this detention, so here's what you need to do to be responsible.
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How much? >> Yeah, the yonder pouches I think a lot of districts some some um piloted >> them. They are really expensive and I think the time that it takes to lock them and unlock them at the beginning of your day and end of the day is an exorbitant amount of time. And I think you'd almost have to build your daily schedule around landing either in the same place as you do at the end of the day or something to be able to unlock every pouch. But the idea is then the kids keep them on them, but they're in this pouch. That's what a lot of schools So, but there's just a lot that goes into that that I think the expense alone is a lot if we can just teach our kids a piece of responsibility that this that they can live in their lockers and be okay.
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Did I did does that chart make sense a little bit or if you have any questions about that please let me know. I think it'll make more sense as you see the other examples. It it you you'll be able to kind of tell the difference of how what they mean by that funnel kind of being small for extra points for third grade, but then we start to get a little more opportunity um as you move on. Okay. Anybody have questions so far? Oh, >> before Mr. Condan goes, one thing I want to point out is the state said that 85 points to 100 points right now is an A. Okay. But as schools adapt to that test, they expect that to go up to 90 to 100 to be an A. And there was some type of formula they had that if there was like 30% of the state gets an A, then they're going to start bumping it up.
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That's the 42. We're actually Congratulations to our president's award for educational excellence. There were several natural breaks throughout the night. You might also see me use my uh teacher voice or my pause where I stop and look at the children that are talking while I'm trying to talk. Uh I apologize for that in advance. I can't 26 years in. I can't get it out of me. Um but I did also hear and I'd like to embarrass very quickly that our superintendent is here in back. If everybody turns around and looks in that back corner over there, that gentleman there, uh if you can stand up, Mr. Paresi, that's our superintendent. I can't put that in my evaluation for embarrassing you. So, I've got witnesses. While many of tonight's recognitions will focus on the class of 2026, it is equally important that we celebrate the accomplishments of younger students who are already making their mark on Brookfield High School.
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And who are the contractors that that were going to be responsible or if >> if you had people in the building all the time? And I would imagine um like we do this already through our biggest contractor who has any sort of contact with kids is Kelly uh services. >> So they're already required to do this for us anyway. Um I can't imagine a school system that contracts with anybody like that who wouldn't but if you're in the building on the regular B from let's say um you contract your food service with Aramark or Sedesco or somebody those folks would have to receive this training too. Okay. >> You know, we run an in-house food service program, but and our people get all the same training, but um this is the uh regulation that is corresponding with that policy. Um that really outlines everything that am I sharing that or no, no, I'm not.
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If you were called in late, make sure you go to the attendance office. Those kinds of things. We handed out little slips with cute little sayings on them. Um, and then it was like, you know what? Let's just ask some questions and find out why. Why are you late today? Um, and we kept some survey data to help us better make sure that our response to the late arrival to school was the right response. Um, we're still working on that. Uh, but um, and then, you know, even like, uh, Jake, our associate principal for instruction, had the foresight last summer when building schedules and trying to resolve conflicts to minimize the number of students who would have a study hall during the lunch periods. uh because it gets really hard when we've got up to 800 students in the commons that are there for lunch to also identify that there are some kids who are there for study legitimately and they're not necessarily skipping class.
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It isn't an expense. >> Are your office cubbies locked? >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah, it's like a clear >> box, if you will, that has holes. Each one has a separate key. >> Gotcha. Okay. I was imagining >> label them. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Hey, >> this is our Neil presentation. >> I'm stupid. >> Sorry for the problems with it. Um, they have lower nutritional quality and like especially breakfast like in general not really healthy like we have muffins. And then um it encourages poor eating habits. So students are like learning to eat what's more convenient or unhealthy. Um it causes ongoing hunger. So shortly after meal students are hungry and throughout the rest of the day. Um this can result in lower performance. So kids are less focused and less productive in class. Um also lower energy which ties on to that. experience in fatigue frequently and a lot of students like skip meals because of the lack of options or the like taste and the taste.
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