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>> Amazing. Congratulations. We'll next invite up to the podium our uh 2026 valadictorian, Sucha Shinasan. Look at that. >> Uh, if you were at the superintendent's award night in November, I may have mentioned that evening was not the last time you were going to hear about the student who turned out to be our class of 2026 valadictorian, Sucha Shini Vasan. Sucha is an extraordinary scholar, innovator, and leader who has distinguished herself among the very best students Cheshire High School has seen. While pursuing one of the most rigorous academic programs offered at CHS and maintaining a 4.9 GPA, she has excelled across every discipline. Outside of the classroom, Sichita is a leader in the business clubs FPLA and DECA in robotics and and the marching band while also serving as president of the Science National Honor Society. Through her school-based activities, she's earned statewide and national recognition through the Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair, Connecticut invention convention, as well as earning the engineering inspiration award as part of the Mecca Rams robotics team.
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So it's it's very exciting to to be able to be building that program. And if you haven't had a chance to go, I got to tell you, it's my happy place. Like you can't you you you can't feel anything negative when it comes to to to sitting there. But just wanted to remind everyone why we do this. And there's so many so many different supports and different things that tell you that dual language is helpful. I won't read them to you, but uh I just wanted to make sure that I put them back there because even with self-control and even with attention span and even with managing our behavior, when we support language, we support them. So, we want to make sure that that, you know, that we continue to embrace what they bring. And as we exit high school and we get that diploma, um I I just wanted to say guys, we started with like 28 kids across our district years ago.
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>> Can I make a four before I move to nominate Michael Williams? Is there a second? >> Second. >> All right. Any discussion? >> I'll I'll amend that. like to nominate Andrew vice chair. >> Okay. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Okay. >> Sorry. >> Let me say a couple of words. So, Andrew is one of the hardest working members of the committee. Much of it behind the scenes. Uh it's like a duck. A lot of the work, you know, does happen behind the scenes. Um over the past year, I believe he's demonstrated real leadership on the committee. navigated us through a a difficult summer, engaged with other committees around town, but what stood out to me most is something relatively small. If you look at your agenda, item 4A was added to the agenda to make sure that I met good representatives are not just uh have seen to the table but have voice.
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Our community is deeply committed to academic excellence providing the resources to make that possible. Small classes, pristine athletic fields, generous scholarships, and signature programs like seminar day and senior project. Parents and guardian guardians give generously of their time supporting enrichment, coaching, mentoring, and serving in across array of organization including PTO's, boosters, FOPA, and the school committee. Our educators and staff consistently go beyond expectations, designing new learning experiences, creating opportunities for kids to explore their interests, and truly knowing each student as an individual who is seen, known, and valued. Collectively, the towns of Dover and Sherburn have fully contributed to the growth of the confident, curious, and promising young people we celebrate here today. Thank you all. My second message is for the graduates. As a mother and an educator, this is my one last opportunity to say something memorable before you launch. So, here goes.
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Teachers and peers alike not only notice her academic talent, but have also given feedback on her integrity, kindness, and genuine desire to make a positive difference in the world. And she's already started to make a difference outside of the walls of CHS through efforts like tech girls initiative, research involving airline safety technology, Alzheimer's disease, tortoic treatment, and developing an online database and website for the Cheshire Department of Human Services to name just a few. There's a maturity to how Sacha approaches her work that has served her well in elevating the Cheshire High School community and the broader community and will continue to serve her well next year when she attends the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. You're going there, right? Okay. Just want to make sure. Such is joined this evening by her parents Shin Vasan Palinwami and Suna Sivas Sanarin. Such Cheetah, we congratulate you on being Cheshire High School's class of 2026 validictorian.
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And we're talking 114, which is the most students that have ever received a seal in our system. And I got to tell you, both of the counselors were like, "We're going to have more next year. We're going to have more. This is so it it is very exciting to see because this opens opportunities across every labor force connecting to any and all communities. So, it it is very exciting to see. Our um district advisory committee, our English learners, our DAC, um didn't want to change. They're like, "We're still going to make 3%. We, you know, we're we're going to do that 7%. We're going to do that 7% every three years. We're going to adjust. We're going to get there." And and we're making that progress. And at the end of the day, we are here to make that progress every day until every single one of the students can get kicked out.
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Uh adding that to the agenda, I think is a small thing, but that initiative reflects someone who thinks about whose voice is being heard and whose is not. What I value most about you is that you consistently seek out perspectives that are different from yours before forming a position. That's a quality I don't take for granted. We've disagreed a lot uh and I think that makes us a stronger team for the rest of the committee to leave. >> Thank you. Okay. Any other discussion? All right. So, we are voting on the amendment for Andrew to be vice chair of the Comfort School Committee. All in favor? >> Opposed? >> No. >> Nay. >> All right. Motion carries three to two. So, the amendment passes. Uh, thank you, Andrew. Thank you, Sundy. Now, moving on to the appointment of the school committee recording secretary. >> I move to appoint Erin Higgins as recording secretary.
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I know how hard you have worked to get here. I have seen you in the classroom, on the field, on the stage, at the workplace, in service to others. Day after day, you completed your long list of things to do. On a typical day, your list included go to class, turn in assignments, take a test, eat quickly, attend practice, finish homework, check. Now, sleep and repeat. This past year, your to-dos, SATs, campus visits, college applications, games, rehearsals, and endless assignments, check. Over the last four years, English, math, science, history, world language, wellness, the arts, technology, band, drama, sports, community service, check. Before that, middle school map tests, remember those? Elementary math facts, check. Today marks the end of a 13-year march. Check. So before you tear off a new clean sticky note, I ask you to reflect on the wisdom of one very famous senior.
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But wait, before you go too far, there's more. We're going to let you do the handshake once. We left one accomplishment off that resume, and we're going to recognize one more uh individual highlight tonight. Um, and this is the UN's Presidential Scholars Program. Establishing a legacy of excellence since 1964. The US Presidential Scholars Program stands as one of the highest honors a high school student our nation can achieve. This prestigious program recognizes students who demonstrate exceptional academic success, artistic excellence, and a deep commitment to community and service and leadership. Out of nearly 3.6 6 million graduating seniors across the country. Only a select few are invited to apply based on their outstanding performance on national exams or through nominations by chief state school officers. We are immensely proud to announce that Sucha has not only been named a candidate for this esteemed recognition, but has further been selected as one of only 627 semi- finalists nationwide to advance to the final round.
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and and we're going to be here to support them and make sure that we're monitoring them for those four years and that they continue to grow the way that they'll be successful. Now, one of the ways that we decided to do this in our program after consulting with our DAC reps and our teachers and our students is to actually have ELD specialists. Now, these specialists are um a champion at each site that receives, you know, the QTEL, the quality teaching English learners. Uh we applied with uh for SOS funds and received $56,000 to have trainers of trainers for GLAD, which is guided language acquisition design, ELLL thinking maps. And she's really putting these champions at every site so that they have an expert that can support both the certificated and the classified and that can actually have those conversations with the parents to support how the work is being done.
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There >> second. >> All in favor? I I anyone opposed? >> Any abstain? Um >> thank you to her for doing all that >> behind the scenes. >> Um also, um need the appointment of a treasurer. >> I move to appoint Allison Brick as the treasurer of the Conquer Carell Regional School District. >> Second. Second. >> Perfect. >> It's that's easy now. >> That's easy. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Okay.
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Ferris said, "Life moves pretty fast, and if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it." If you are not careful, adulthood will gladly hand you an endless to-do list. Work deadlines will replace school assignments. Bills will replace permission slips. Appointments, emails, meetings, they will multiply quickly. And before you know it, years will pass. So at this moment, we are going to pause time. Right now, you are full of hopes and aspirations. You are brighteyed, optimistic. You are larger than life. So, here is your last directive as a Dober Sherburn High School student. I want you to pause and think about your dreams for the future, the things you aim to accomplish and dared to do. Perhaps you long to conserve wildlife in Costa Rica. Perhaps you aspire to learn American Sign Language. Perhaps you dream of driving from Boston to LA.
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This milestone is not merely a reflection of high test scores, but a testament to years of discipline, intellectual curiosity, and a drive to make meaningful impact on the world. Congratulations, Chuch Cheetah. >> Well done. Thank you, Mr. Hamlin. Congratulations to you both. Um, our next item, Dr. Solen, we have student leader Kate. Thank you, Miss Rosenberg. Uh tonight I have the honor of announcing uh four special recognitions, two at Cheshire High School and two at Dodd Middle School for the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education Student Leader Award. This prestigious award recognizes distinguished leadership among our student body and leadership is a quality and this is from the uh letter from the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education. Leadership is a quality that is hard to define but remains critical to our society. Cabe has developed criteria that helped to define leadership. Your principal received a list of these criteria such as the ability to honor commitment and show diplomacy and was asked to name two students who met those criteria.
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Um we're seeing a lot of great conversations. We are seeing a lot of great work being done and and and we're really looking forward to seeing how those results affect our next set of reclassifications. So that's pretty much it. I as I showed you guys the data supporting our ELTEL English learners and our attendance and our attendance really at making sure that making sure that they feel safe, making sure that they understand that that we're here for them and that if they are not feeling safe that we have some resources to make sure that they can get the support that they need for them and their families. Um, thank you for all that you do and thank you for supporting our program so that we can serve our students and our families.
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Any discussion? >> All in favor? >> I. >> Anyone opposed? >> Okay. Um and then I think the last order on here is just liaison assignments. Uh Tracy sent around the leazison assignments earlier today. Um we will work towards making those appointments at our meeting on June 16th. Um, what I would just ask is if there are particular assignments that you're interested in, if you could just let me know by next Friday, June 12th. Um, that will give me the the weekend before we meet to just review and and compile. >> Can I just ask you get that meeting? Brian, is that a problem? >> It shouldn't be. No, if you want to just give me feedback before Yeah, >> I'm already imagining your waste management leaison. Um, >> and yes, if there are any that you're particularly interested in, please let me know >> or I guess I'm interested in.
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Perhaps you aim to build the dreamhouse by hand. Perhaps you strive to play a waltz on the accordion. Perhaps you seek to soar through the sky in a red open cocklet pit plane. Or perhaps you wish wish to watch the sunrise from Mount Reineer. Got them? Now, hold on to these aspirations because whatever your dreams may be, your final homework assignment is this. Create a new kind of to-do list, a life list in your yearbook because I know you will return to that in the years to come. Promise yourself that you will make time to pursue each of these endeavors. Do not settle for a life built only on tasks, chores, and responsibilities. Do not let verbs like take, attend, and finish override those like yearn, venture, and discover. Do not let the everyday overshadow the extraordinary. Take risks. Stay open to love, friendship, and possibility.
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