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mr timmig thank you and your staff for a job well done who wants to graduate yeah all right here's how this is going to work so you guys pay attention we didn't have we didn't have graduation practice so we didn't get to do this well so here's what you guys are going to do you're going to first row you're going to line up and you're going to go over there and you're going to pick up your diploma mr arsenal our special guest is here from timber view middle school who had you okay we've got senior team members over there senior team members over here you are actually going to pick up your diploma your diplomas in the envelope over there one person earned that diploma this morning at 9 30. congratulations i'm proud of all of you each of you got it in your own special way you will then go over and pick up a diploma cover you will get your picture taken by our amazing photographers hold that card your name card you will then bring it over here to a reader you will stand on the podium right here they will read your name you will look out here at these folks they're going to be taking pictures of you okay plus we're live streaming so you're going to get to do that wave step back down go back into your row when that entire row fills back in have a seat okay we're going to do that until we get through all 400 and well it's 10 now 410 of you congratulations so let's get ready to start okay so whitney morgan abbott kaden james adams ashley grace akelmeyer alexander richard dwayne ollars tyler lance allison christian duvall emi kulani arlington graduating with high honors courtney lynn amsden ariel elizabeth alves graduating with honors lucas walter anderson gabriel clint anderson brady michael applegarth graduating with honors haley marie appeal andrew luis aragon tyler michael armstrong aubry karina aragon graduating with high honors tyler zane abishan just go straight alexandria faye arante liliana nicole ayala alan daniel vader [Music] rachel marie bayes kenneth william barnes iv sierra jane bass graduating with honors katya joyce batervich alyssa marie bejarano kyle stephen bingford devin ray pejarano linnea marie berger delcia madison benitez vanessa carydon blanco [Music] graduating with honors destiny yvonne bonnin michaela sierra bowden savannah may boone graduating with honors madison cayley boone graduating with high honors rachel olivia ballier maxwell reed bovee nathan tyler bravon juliana emily bravo graduating with honors brooke jean ray brisbane jayla meilani brill scott nicholas brizwick sawyer lane bristol eve karis brown graduating with high honors olivia lee brocker sandra yvette buck graduating with honors ryan luke brown graduating with high honors sarah martina cahill grace elizabeth burns adams graduating with honors megan elizabeth call neri isaac calderon jeremiah christian carbonell caroline and cameron dylan wesley carlson marisela ruby cardona savannah michelle charlton noah antonio castanon theodore james clayton tristan wayne chambers graduating with high honors micah joseph kolodny kate ariana simmerman sick emily paige cook kaylee dale clark nash elora sage cutshall madison emily cofer graduating with high honors alyssa gene dahl graduating with honors mark david chase compton graduating with high honors audrey k davidson graduating with honors madison riley connor graduating with high honors dylan john davis sean michael cook graduating with honors lark ching davis nope don enrico angelo gakuma dango graduating with high honors catherine evelyn deal caleb miles davis justice andre damore milo michael davis graduating with high honors michael james dempsey jordan edward decker [Music] brianna page deborah boney graduating with high honors seth michael di moreno you just keep rolling i think it's okay if you don't wait this is probably fine if you don't wait that's my last wish oh you're so close very nice sarah marie dunhauer [Applause] graduating with high honors shaylee nicole dresca [Music] graduating with high honors sarah marie deshard graduating with high honors julia jenny duncan [Music] graduating with high honors megan lauren dickinson graduating with graduating with high honors and my deca president nina marie dunn autumn jane dirks connor patrick edwards graduating with high honors andrew scott dom pershon sasha ileana elsner rachel ann duffy graduating with honors sydney and marie inglicans graduating with honors emily rachel page dungan wyatt eldon fairbanks graduating with honors vanessa duran graduating with high honors cherie rachelle finley graduating with high honors emma ruth edwards cyril emacio fletcher morgan sylves elmore [Music] graduating with high honors kindle christine flynn hunter michael erickson graduating with high honors madison nicole fontenot graduating with high honors shannon olivia farrell gavin heath fox graduating with honors aiden quinn flanagan luke ryan fulton graduating with honors blade anthony eilert vanessa sage gamboa [Music] silas james fogle graduating with high honors mindy lynn garner [Music] cooper james ford graduating with honors ellie larry gassaway graduating with high honors alexis eden frost eric brian george jr andrew lawrence gulster dalton harold gladden kylie michelle garcia gonzalez graduating with honors brook elizabeth go in graduating with honors kelsey mackenzie gordon graduating with honors caitlin annalise gerke taylor marie gossage sydney elizabeth gillati graduating with high honors andrew bryant graham graduating with honors oscar ivan gaul graduating with honors logan alan griffin ryan alyssa gordon jeffrey allen grow caleb benjamin graber graduating with honors luke tyler halverson jackson nicholas grower graduating with high honors robert joseph hamas jonah christian griffith [Music] davin levi harbert peter thomas grunkmeyer jr lee harding annabelle elizabeth hamilton graduating with honors jocelyn nguyen hartshorn graduating with high honors avery josephine hamstra [Music] timothy isaac helped graduating with honors taylor grace hardin haley josephine hedges graduating with high honors emily nicole hardman braden lee hensel graduating with high honors jacob royal harvey [Music] eli nathaniel herndon blaine cole hecker graduating with honors kylie joy hickox graduating with honors bridget eileen hennessey caitlin madeline holmes matthew dean hensley matthew blake hubel graduating with honors dominic octavius herrera graduating with high honors sebastian r himely regina susana higginbotham nicholas gabriel jenkins thomas buford hollingsworth xavier alexander jensen graduating with high honors haley hughes graduating with honors raelyn may kagaris graduating with honors anthony kyle j graduating with high honors kara and kels luke allen jensen graduating with honors ashland grace key madison elizabeth johnson brandon james killow carliana yvette kelly [Music] taya lee kirk aiden patrick kenny graduating with honors jeffrey thomas koch tyler gregory kiggins graduating with honors theodore charles koch samantha miriam kirk graduating with honors william clark croaker [Music] aaron clifford kirkus just like it spelled graduating with honors noah christopher shikva graduating with honors caitlyn noel kovac jasmine nicole levitt katie nicole kraft graduating with high honors lee [Music] graduating with honors mackenzie adele cruz elizabeth juliet le masters [Music] sean michael clayton catowski alexis brianna lincoln [Music] alyssa grace leclair graduating with high honors rhys david loomis [Music] graduating with high honors allison marie leichner graduating with high honors kaylin arya lucero graduating with high honors david spencer lemke dean charles main hen jasper daniel lennog jamie marie martian ryan matthew longamore graduating with high honors madeleine lee martinez graduating with hot honors victoria helen lopez jaden masqueradis allison and luke travis patrick masston michael alfredo maldonado graduating with high honors kimberly leanne mcmoore graduating with high honors caleb patrick mann graduating with high honors evan justin martin graduating with high honors jesse amadio meredith graduating with honors maria rose martinez rebecca ellen mitchell emery claire mashankashi heaven lee molina it's freezing aaron renee kashay amanda elizabeth munger alexander michael mccoy ashley nicole mazziah marcus joshua nathan mccarra lisa mercer [Music] graduating with honors karina shana neveroff graduating with high honors paige elizabeth miller bo cordell newman ethan phillip mills damien deon nicholson logan matteo mallette graduating with high honors darian nichols niemann apologize christopher downing more the second barbara oliveira de silva silva go ahead lynn haven ariel morgan alexander levi oster miller e chord [Music] graduating with honors caitlyn nicole murray graduating with honors andrew michael pantano savannah paige nevinger nicholas mac parsons dennis paul newby eliana cheray pascal phillips [Music] garrett michael newton [Music] zachary fisher niederhauser graduating with honors aaron richard peters graduating with honors cara ryan o'leary evan randall peters hannah margaret olsen ethan sean pinato jimenez graduating with honors razia adina patroma graduating with honors hannah marie parker graduating with high honors matthew collins randall jake thomas parzik graduating with high honors emma gene reinhardt emily louise patrick mauricio reyes ashley helena piercy jason david richards michael wayne pill [Music] melanie reed [Music] hannah nicole person jordan alexander rivers abraham j peterson graduating with honors angelee renee roberts graduating with high honors caitlin elise peterson adrian rodriguez reyes jonathan david pope abram eric romero cole jackson powell graduating with high honors emily grace ropiter graduating with honors lillian abigail ransom [Music] graduating with high honors carly rose [Music] renge my beautiful niece graduating with high honors morrigan and relic graduating with high honors paulina regina lieben razine kristin for rena sanchez graduating with honors martinez case ritter andrew malcolm shade [Music] go ahead graduating with high honors ava elise schrammel teddy fern robbins [Music] nicholas james scott graduating with hi honors emma merrill robertson joshua zaire shirelle chloe elise robon hannah hope sheridan graduating with high honors madison grace rorick graduating with high honors brianna non-samba manga [Music] graduating with high honors marcus antonio romero [Music] bryson tanner sites awesome graduating with honors blake james ross [Music] brandon paul smith graduating with honors grace lynn rushing graduating with high honors ella charlene smith got some loud ones over there omar sarmad salah graduating with honors matthew william smith wow you go logan thane scarborough spencer james smith graduating with high honors evelyn beth schoonmaker megan leslie sprague ethan michael scott graduating with honors sabrina steel griffin william scruggs jalen alexis stone harry scott seibert skye ashley talley [Music] travis jonah shelton tj graduating with honors carl i'm sorry carter jensen teeples go ahead ian patrick madrigal shrigley elena rosemary thomas graduating with high honors sierra faith cincola isaiah asher treat aiden montgomery slater scott tyler underwood chelsea marie smith graduating with honors isaac warren balance graduating with high honors matthew alan smith luke tyler vance graduating with high honors megan nicole smith jared madison vidmar elise spalding alexis rainbos graduating with honors cole jonathan staniker thomas dale wade graduating with honors morgan riley sumner graduating with honors kiara elise joy walker graduating with hi honors max alexander torbett graduating with high honors brett james waltman austin rosalio trujillo graduating with honors victoria mayon graduating with honors amelia ellis tuttle graduating with honors austin michael webster tyler matthew yuri aaliyah charis wells graduating with honors leah paige vandruff [Music] graduating with honors kensli ashton white [Music] kaley shay vaughan evan phillip wilker david elijah v hill bryce robert wilson graduating with honors chris ellen wade graduating with honors molly faye woody [Music] bryce william walker graduating with honors jamie lee vera white camille jane waller graduating with honors joseph juno you okay okay this is for you dad chloe k welch gabriel daryl zissler carly michelle shauna werner graduating with high honors shelby rebecca bland graduating with high honors devin marcel wiley [Music] graduating with high honors brianna marie johnson bryson lee williams holly elizabeth andrews graduating with high honors telly grace fackelman angelica rosa chloe nicole wimber braden robert wright ashley nicole saglis connor leo zuck zoe rose parrier graduating with high honors jennifer leanne goldstein graduating with high honors kailyn everett graduating with high honors amanda lynn clark tomorrow ladies and gentlemen let's hear it for the class of 2021 [Applause] ladies and gentlemen i am pleased to introduce you to liberty's class of 2021 valedictorian amanda clark before amanda gives her valedictorian address i'd like to tell you a little about her amanda is also a district 20 lifer spending her education career at ranch creek elementary school timberview middle school and finishing at liberty amanda is a member of the national honor society and latin club and is also on the sween swim team for the lancer nation outside of school amanda serves as a math tutor in the fall amanda will attend florida state university and plans to major in mathematics she has future aspirations of being a pilot like her father amanda in recognition of your valiant efforts at liberty high school i hereby award you with this valedictorian medal all right here's amanda clarke hello lancers i am appreciative of the opportunity to speak to the class of 2021 and i would like to start out by thanking three teachers who have been especially helpful to me throughout my years in high school miss alicio who is an exceptional math teacher and always goes above and beyond to help her students mr croaker who helped me to greatly improve my essays and do a lot better than i expected to on the ap lang exam and miss weber who was an amazing science teacher and helped me to get through and understand ap chemistry i am thankful that i was in your classes and i would not have traded this high school experience for anything throughout our time in high school we have been taught many important lessons by our teachers friends families along with through playing sports and participating in clubs whether you learned how to work with a team how to study productively how to get projects done at 3am or any other skills you might have picked up these lessons have helped to shape us into the people we are today and they will continue to be valuable to us as we've moved forward after today we will all be going our separate ways many of us will go to college others will go to trade school some of us will go right into getting jobs or joining the military and some are unsure of what they want to do i know most of us do not know where we will be in five years which is a bit scary but also kind of cool as eleanor roosevelt said if life were predictable it would cease to be life and be without flavor it is exciting to know that there are many career opportunities that we could choose from and that we still have time to figure out what we want to do with our lives i wish everyone good luck and although it is a bit scary and exciting to think about i cannot wait to see where everyone is 10 years from now at our class reunion in 2031.
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this resulted in an additional 14 million dollar annually to the school district gregory joined the academy district 20 staff in 1991 as a middle school math teacher at challenger middle school shortly after he transferred to rampart high school where he served for 11 years as a math teacher math department co-chair football coach softball coach baseball coach and finally as the rhs assistant principal and athletic director for four of those 11 years gregory earned his master's degree in educational leadership and his principal licensure from the university of colorado springs he earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics and his secondary school degree licensure from the university of southern colorado he is a member and actively participates in the colorado association of school executives association of school business officials international colorado association of school business officials pikes peak school business officials national association of federally impacted schools board of directors for nafis federal lands impacted association pikes peak area educational alliance and national interscholastic we would like to thank mr gregory for all that he has done from rampart high school students and staff mr gregory thank you mitchell i don't know who that guy is but that's not me i'd like to take just a few minutes to introduce to you the elected volunteers of our school board starting with president miss karen reynolds vice president mr doug lundberg treasurer mr tom lavallee director mrs heather cloninger and board liaison to rampart high school and proud rampart dad mr will tembe not with us today is the united our liaison from the united states united states air force academy to the board colonel andre johnson and lastly i'll speak a little bit about this gentleman a little bit later but i want everybody to know assistant superintendent dr jim smith thank you mr alvarez thank you at this time i'd like to introduce you to the rampart administrative team you know these folks back here mrs tracy cormany assistant principal mr chamberlain assistant principal miss dear dramastica assistant principal and fresh off a championship win in the state in volleyball mr andy parks assistant principal and athletic director i gotta hold on to these papers this ceremony is over so um before i start i i would just like to say it is one of the pleasures of my life to be on this stage with these folks these students these leaders and to be principal of rampart high school the best best high school in the state of colorado students think of the stories you will be able to tell your kids about yuri's senior year of high school i once spent 12 hours straight on ms teams has replaced i had to walk to school in the snow as the official measure of educational hardship stories are powerful they are teaching tools and they serve a multitude of purposes but maybe most importantly they are key to our survival as a species one of my favorite native american stories is about an old cherokee teaching his grandson about life he says to his grandson a fight is going on inside of me it is a terrible fight and is between two wolves one is evil he is anger envy regret greed arrogance self-pity resentment lies superiority and ego he continued the other is good he is joy peace love hope humility kindness empathy truth compassion and faith the same fight is going on in you he says to his grandson and inside of every other person on this planet the grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather which wolf will win the old cherokee simply replied the one you feed the temptation this past year to feed the evil wolf strong the pandemic racial unrest socioeconomic challenges political differences and medical disagreements tested and continued to test us as a nation and a people we watched cities burned the capital breached restaurants and businesses closed questioned faxed and we argued over masks what cleaning protocols would keep us safe and how much distance we needed between each other the healthy debates and protests that have always defined us as a nation dissolved into contempt and hate on a level not seen in our lifetimes making the pain caused by the daily county public health dial update all the worse uncertainty ruled the day as we started the year with virtual assemblies hybrid classroom synchronous learning all online educational options and cancellation of most sports and extracurricular events a smorgasbord of non-human interaction followed that felt wonky at best even for an introvert like myself trying to sustain the spirit of our school community was hard at times it was a smoldering ember under a pile of ash but if you looked close enough it was there it never went away by the time november rolled around i had turned into a professional crier eating bon bons on my couch watching netflix and to combat the melancholy i turned to music friday night pool games at mrs alvarez and a lot of long conversations and adventures out in nature with steve my black lab the things served these things served as an elixir to wash away the reality of the times when i was able to disconnect from ms teams social media the internet and cable news i could pretend for a fleeting moment that things were normal but those things in those times were rare one thing that did not change during my year was my sunday phone call my mother the sunday call usually starts with her asking me if i went to church it's her way of gauging my level of vulnerability in the conversation to come see my mom is straight old school and she don't play however during the pandemic she's been trying to live her new life new school the best that she can she thinks mark zuckerberg is one of her facebook friends doing a zoom call with her is like an snl comedy skit and she started texting me which i really wish that she hadn't because her meme game is not strong and is super awkward sometimes my mom is from a different time a different generation she has a different type of moxie attained by living through struggles that test the human condition in ways i never understood i asked her sometimes to tell me stories about her life some of them lead to long deep laughter some will lead to new small details previously left out like the fact that she has a goat named stella others will leave you unable to look her in the eye because the tears may never stop because the story is so sad sunday she called and didn't immediately ask me if i'd been to church she was stoic in all business the purpose of her call was let me know that she lost her last living sister my last living aunt zia victoria dakova 19.
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please help me give a warm welcome to mr thomas gregory well thank you sarah engage maybe after this you can you can teach me how to be how to be an effective speech deliverer i need help well thank you again sarah i'd like to start with some acknowledgements also uh first i'd like to start by acknowledging dr jim smith and all of our high school principals for their continuous efforts to plan replan and plan again these graduation ceremonies over the last few months to keep up with ever changing guidance their focus was always centered on developing a traditional graduation ceremony with as few restrictions as possible dr smith and mrs back on behalf of the district 20 community thank you for making this day of celebration possible since miss back did not do this i will do it for her she recognized retirees earlier miss back is also graduating with the class of 2021 after a long career all spent in district 20 she is leaving with you and we want to say thank you miss back for your service to the district in pine creek high school i also want to recognize and thank class of 21 class of 2021 student i told you gage i need help i would like to congratulate student lena olsen for participating on my student advisory council this past year lena not only did you represent the pine creek high school student voice with honor and pride your perspective regarding many topics such as the effectiveness effectiveness of our website online learning covet frustrations equity and inclusion graduation ceremonies and many other topics was valued and constructive thank you lena well class of 2021 congratulations you've made it you navigated some of the most difficult circumstances faced by students in decades you sacrificed the end of your junior year and continued that sacrifice through your senior year and your senior year has been like no other remote learning in-person learning online learning and hybrid learning that's a lot of learning and all that learning include a host of new norms such as mask breaks cohorting social distancing quarantines hand sanitizer more quarantines more hand sanitizer and more quarantines you endured shortened athletic seasons online concert and employees outdoor proms numerous cancellations [Music] and dare i say it not one single snow day this was not all your senior year was by was marked by some of the most contentious social and political events in history your senior year has been one of historical proportions you made history in 10 20 and even 50 years students and teachers will read about your journey in history classes but through it all you persevered you were patient flexible and you showed grit in short you demonstrated resilience resilience is described as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape or simply put being elastic resilience is now a part of your dna and frankly that is a good thing because resilience is a characteristic you will need to lean on throughout your life i wish i could tell you things will get easier and resilience is a trait only needed in 2020 and 2021 but the truth is whether through your job education or your relationships you will face challenges you overcame the challenges of your senior year and you will continue to overcome future challenges because you are adaptable you are persistent you are resilient and you are creative problem solvers an article in the journal in the journal of medical science from 2016 states resilience is an individual's ability to adaptively respond to hardship stress and adversity it is the ability to bounce back that describes each of you that same article also reads individuals who report high levels of resilience typically portray an optimistic outlook positive emotionality curiosity and openness to new experiences they are able to emerge from a challenge stronger wiser and more powerful resilience correlates strongly with success interpersonal satisfaction happiness and hope as you leave here today prepare to make your mark on this world i ask that you use the events of the last 16 months to propel you forward no matter how much the world tries to hold you back challenge you or knock you down always continue with the belief that what you want to achieve is possible don't lose hope stay confident believe in the possibilities channel your curiosity seek solutions to problems that others can't see you can find your hope through many means hope can arise from simply taking in new information or gaining new knowledge sometimes it may be just the smile of a trusted friend the friend who trusts in you or in your ability to find a creative solution to a new problem as described in the story of the lone shark and the daughter the story goes in a small italian town many years ago a small business owner owed a large sum of money to a loan shark the long shark was an old rough looking guy that just so happened to fancy the business owner's daughter the loan shark offered the businessman a deal that would dissolve the business man's debt however there was a catch the catch was that he would only forgive the debt if he could marry the businessman's daughter needless to say this proposal was met with disgust but as the story goes the loan shark proposed that he would place two pebbles into a bag one white and one red the daughter would then have to reach into the bag and pick a pebble if the pebble was red the debt would be forgiven and the loan shark would have to marry would get to marry the daughter if the stone selective was white the debt would still be forgiven but the daughter would not marry the loan shark so standing on a path strewn with red and white pebbles in the businessman's garden the loan shark bent over and picked up two pebbles as he was picking them up the daughter noticed that he'd pick up two red pebbles and placed them both into the bag he then asked the daughter to reach in the bag and pick one naturally the daughter had three choices as to what she could do one refused to pick a pebble from the bag which would not help her father two take both pebbles out of the bag and expose the loan shark for a cheater which also would not help her father or three pick a pebble from the bag full well knowing it was gonna be red and sacrifice herself for her father's financial freedom so she reluctantly drew a pebble from the bag and before the color was discovered she appeared to accidentally drop it to the ground undetectable amid the other pebbles she had quickly engineered a fourth option after a short pause she said to the loan shark oh how clumsy of me but if you look into the bag the pebble that is left you will be able to tell which pebble i dropped the pebble left in the bag is obviously red and knowing the loan shark didn't want to be exposed he had to play along as if the pebble the daughter dropped was white her father's debt was cleared and a loan shark defeated her creative solution saved the situation in an instant the father and daughter went from feeling hopeless to feeling hopeful as a result of a short moment in time when she saw solutions others did not as martin luther king jr stated we must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope you are graduating today from a great school in a fabulous district in a terrific community in a wonderful state in the greatest country in the world you have every reason to be hopeful and optimistic as you reflect and celebrate on your time in high school remember you did not make the journey alone please take time to thank the friends teachers parents grandparents and or anyone else who pushed or even pulled you to this day congratulations pine creek high school class of 2021 i wish you a successful hopeful and fulfilling future be well and be safe thank you of 2021 collectively you have had four years of achievement among you are students who will attend the most prestigious colleges universities and military academies in america more than 85 percent of you are pursuing higher education in the fall 20 seniors will be serving our country next fall as enlisted rotc scholarship recipients or academy appointees thank you you have set high goals for future pursuits and we are proud of your work ethic and perseverance together you have earned more than 18 million dollars in scholarship in this graduating class are those who have achieved in the top 10 percent in the nation on college entrance exams earned nearly perfect scores on the act and sat and many have been recognized as outstanding scholars through the college application process you are butcher scholars presidential chancellor provost daniel and community scholars pine creek is home to three of the city's best and brightest at pine creek we have 15 honors societies representing every academic endeavor our school offers more than 180 seniors in the class of are members of these honors societies visual arts had an amazing year in this year of online learning five seniors received various awards at the colorado 5th congressional district art awards show and were honored by congressman delga lamborn one senior was chosen to create the official graphics logo for the sangri latino colorado springs switchback supporter group five seniors received first place awards at the colorado scholastic art awards show and out of those five two seniors received top gold medal awards from national scholastic art less than two percent of artists are honored by scholastic art awards nationally and we have some students where their photography will be on display in various galleries around the nation and online for the next two years knowledgeable looked a little different this year due to all virtual competitions however students competed in one league meet and the regional competition because of their outstanding performance at regionals the pine creek high school knowledge bowl team earned bids to the state tournament and two national competitions five seniors were on yearbook staff this year seniors served as the editor-in-chief and sports editor creating a yearbook in any year is a challenge but doing so in a pandemic is an extremely extraordinary achievement these students not only created a beautiful yearbook but learned an entirely new software program and created an extensive spring supplement which will include today's ceremony four seniors in this class are members of the quill and scroll journalism honors society 28 seniors have been members of fbla they have been the heart and soul of the organization and accumulated four state championships and nine national qualifiers the speech and debate team made the most of this year's virtual environment with 42 students competing the pine creek speech and debate team has moved first in the region and 10th in the state this season the individual members earned a combined total of 113 awards including 11 invitational tournament champions five national qualifying regional champions two chassa regional champions and one chassa state champion one of our world schools debate teams went undefeated all year at the national qualifying tournament the pine creek team qualified our largest group of 12 students for nationals in june and the team won three regional sweepstakes for congress debate and overall tournament the leading chapter award for the first time in 23 years the pine creek speech and debate team is hosting the regional traveling trophy for the next year for the most points cumulatively earned at the national qualifying tournament one of our graduating seniors is pine creek's first official national speech and debate association academic all-american in this senior class our deca members let our three student-run businesses the crete cafe the early eagle coffee shop and crete concessions 233 students participated in a virtual district conference 31 students qualified for the state deca conference and 15 students qualified and participated in the international career development conference hosa had success with 80 student members and met monthly on microsoft teams where they were able to spotlight important health issues at the state leadership conference there were 15 students and three teams who placed in the top 10 10 of which placed in the top three from this pool of winners 11 students will attend the virtual international leadership conference in june our student council led by an outstanding executive and senior officer team demonstrated tremendous pride in their school community in irrevocable patience and understanding this year they have always demonstrated strong leadership abilities but this year they proved to be more resilient and more innovative than any of us could have imagined these seniors were relentless in finding ways to connect with their student body and make school as much fun as possible through their efforts we were able to host virtual spirit days support our football team during homecoming and showcase our young talent with virtual talent shows they created a touching veterans day assembly and celebrated our unique staff with teacher takeovers our students collected for harvest of love and even volunteer on their own to help those in need finally these students were able to put together a dance and oh what a dance it was prom 2021 will be one to remember and even our neighboring community cheered them along as they got a few hours to enjoy being a senior at pine creek high school pine creek choirs were able to continue their tradition of excellence despite the pademic in the fall they performed their songs virtually this spring all choirs performed their concerts in person highlighting all the literature they prepared throughout the year pine creek's theater department known as creek theater continually adapted to our ever changing climate with a virtually auditioned rehearsed recorded edited and streamed fall production of it's a wonderful life a radio drama which involved over 50 cast and crew members who worked entirely from home as things began looking up clue on stage with casting crew members and cohorts welcomed limited in-person audience back to the pine creek auditorium to enjoy four live performances this spring many honors in band and orchestra came due to the seniors in the class of 2021 they performed as the honor ensemble at the colorado music educators association state conference they were i apologize i need to start over on this section these students are changing the world of music and their legacy will inspire the program for years to come our seniors have given support to many worthy causes and organizations in colorado springs area and beyond this senior class has provided community service through creek in the community friends of rachel sources of strength and numerous honor societies as well as many outside organizations where they have amassed thousands of volunteer hours in this class we are honored to have a junior olympic qualifier and air rifle one of the first women to earn her eagle scout a nationally recognized sparring athlete and a senior who led a team of employees as a locator foreman in directional drilling while still in high school among you are the cities and state's best athletes this year pine creek was crowned league champions in three different sports most of pine creek's athletic teams participated in or had individual athletes that qualified for postseason there were league championships in boys tennis thank you boys golf and girls cross country one senior earned a state championship in wrestling many members of this class received all-league honors and six seniors earned all-state recognition in their respective sports amazingly more than 30 of you are planning to participate in athletics at the collegiate level those of you planning to participate in athletics would you please stand to be recognized congratulations thank you finally this group of young people have persevered and endured challenging life events such as a global pandemic always changing learning plans quarantines and not spending time with friends and loved ones over the last many months this group of students has missed out on many special events athletics and activities despite these disappointments the class of 2021 maintained positive attitudes and finished as they started as a cohesive group who chose to maintain their positive outlook and a belief that there is much to celebrate now and in the future what an amazing group of young people thank you class of 2021 i am truly humbled by your accomplishments and on behalf of the staff at pine creek high school class of 2021 i wish you happiness good health and much success mr lavallee will you join me mr lavallee it is with great pride that i present to you the members of the pine creek high school class of 2021.
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we've already spoken with the weather folks and they said it's going to be a nice cool delta brief day so we'll be fine but along with that we're also doing a backpack drive so the idea is get as much of a community out get families um backpacks whatever materials they may need for school but also they're partnering with some different places like one for example is through a local clinic where families who maybe can't get to the doctor to get some immunizations to start school they can come here get connected uh with that so anything doing with coming back to school this fair is going to try to help so we have partners in the local neighborhood already like schwab dragon tea cafe firestone a whole bunch of smud a lot of people are coming out to help us out so um more to come i'll hand you a copy of this on on your way out um the other is i wanted to start by didn't forget but i couldn't find a place to interject this but just acknowledge that the board did tonight approve the appointment of uh miss erica holmstead as the principal of spinelli elementary and so welcome and congratulations to erica and then also another i know there are a lot of transitions in there but also just to say mr barassi's transition to replace mr jackson uh i'm looking forward i actually just sent him a text saying sorry we forgot to mention it early but i want to make sure that we acknowledge those two transitions for administrative staff the end of the year activities are are coming i cannot believe we're a week away from the graduations and just hoping that everyone remains safe uh dr lee to your point i just want to reiterate the kova test we do have a family a family needs them stop buying in our offices see mr jordan we have some extra take homes and then also just to to think positively we do have some staff members who are currently suffering from covet so any thoughts of hope and health will go a long way with them so it is it is alive and well and it's impacting us still on a smaller scale but still as dramatic for the individual families that are going through that um appreciations for our district advisory council and district english language arts council was able to attend both those meetings and and see and obviously we want to keep getting more and more families involved but it's nice to see our folks as part of that and then uh finally uh i wanted to share i got this email yesterday and i printed out right away an acknowledgement for uh central high school uh pltw is project lead the way we've been involved with this for quite some time now uh mr clatt who has been involved with it probably since the beginning might have brought it i know he was a master teacher correct probably the way but it says dear ben we're excited and privileged to recognize your school center high school as a 21 22 project lead the way distinguished high school wow so congratulations to them for that i know uh them and uh mr clatt and scalloway and i know others are involved with that so i thank them for their efforts to bring that about it's a lot of work but it's a great great program for for our students and does bring some great recognition for that program along with with other programs so with that i just tell everyone be safe graduation time summer's coming up let's hang in there okay no way they putting my gender weight loss back to where it was um okay dance planning um future meeting dates we have a meeting coming up on june 8th at 6 00 p.m and our regular meeting june 15th at 6 00 pm um i do not believe that i will be attending the june 15th meeting um but i will be here for the june 8th so june 8th and what was the second date june 15th so just procedurally just for the board of others obviously i think i share with you we'll have an extended closed session at the june 8 meeting we'll make sure that materials are provided and then also we just keep that meeting specifically for our public hearing on our budget and our lcap so typically we spend some time going through that so we'll have so it's an abbreviated meeting it'll probably end up being the same amount of times we've spent here a lot of questions okay are there any other suggested agenda items for any of our upcoming meetings okay so with that uh there was no continuation of closed session tonight so do i have a motion for adjournment i will motion to adjourn trustee kelly hi trustee lee hi hi jose anderson she said no
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combined okay yes okay thank you i already knew the answer so okay so uh cuta and a tentative agreement okay so we're in our seventh year of um interest-based bargaining which have been very successful where we're just completing our first year of our second three year agreement on wage and benefits which are not included in this tentative agreement so i sent to the board over a week ago a copy of the tentative agreement with all of the talking points which was fairly complete so unless you have specific questions in addition to those um i'm recommending approval of the tentative agreement with cota they they approved it with their membership last week with over 98 percent voting for in favor of any questions i was gonna have a question just to comment that that's a lot of good work yeah i was gonna see if kevin had a comment but i can't because i can't see if he's here [Laughter] he's not here that tells me that everything's fine on their end so yeah he knew it was coming obviously tonight before the board yeah okay um i'm i move approval of the tentative agreement with cuta do we have no public comment we can ask for public comment sure thank you yeah public comment all right not yet no it's only only on this topic all right so i have a motion i'll second that a second any questions or discussions by the board all right with that robinson i landed i kaiser i don't be a all right five to nothing okay all right so with that we're moving to um are we at the first reading of the board policies correct oh my god okay so um just as a informational thing these are typically legal changes uh that are brought to us by the state and so and we don't normally we can certainly take questions or discussions about any of them but we don't normally vote on them when we first get them i've read them all and there were some that i thought were very interesting but does anybody have a particular question or discussion item on these dr kaiser i feel the same way you'd i've read them all and and some are obvious responses to things that we've needed to respond to over the last few years that have become critical in the way of updating so that we are compliant i did have a couple of questions and i have submitted them to administration through superintendents daily i'll wait for those responses before deciding whether or not i want to suggest changes at the next meeting and one of them that question of what does this mean there must have been a mental block or something but i read and re-read and read that statement again and so when you find that one please forgive me for but that's why we're here we will explain yep anybody else have a particular clarification they would like again we won't vote on them tonight we will be voting on them at our next meeting you'll note that the preschool early childhood education and transitional kindergarten are both yeah included in this it was on those provisions that i had that what does that mean a question yes so as dr kaiser mentioned much of these updates are a result of either court cases or changes in legislation so if you have questions by all means reach out and if you have suggestions for changes in wording by all means reach out with that as well and then we'll bring these back forward to the board for any changes to be discussed and approved by the board all right with that um we did have the supposition that since we weren't we thought we did go through all the speakers that were on the list but if someone stayed because they were trying to speak that's what your suggestion was so is there anyone who was waiting to speak i'm waiting okay again same thing three minutes no one can respond to you hi good evening my name is lupita arum law and i didn't plan on speaking i came tonight to kind of evaluate and see what was going on at rosedale my kids are i have older kids 27 21 and soon to be 20.
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thank you [Applause] thank you kaden great job congratulations class of 2021. you made it your accomplishments in academics activities leadership the arts and athletics are too numerous to count on behalf of the staff at discovery canyon campus congratulations job well done you the class of 2021 successfully navigated the pandemic school year you were resilient patient understanding and strong you were hashtag thunderstrong that was trendy i pondered how best to address the obvious to everyone in attendance today the pandemic school year was full of challenges for all of us yet for me to talk about the school year in general related to the pandemic would certainly not adequately address each of your individual stories from the past year in addition today should not all be focused on the pandemic it's a celebration it's a celebration of each of you in the celebration of the class of 2021 and your amazing accomplishments during the pre-k 12 journey let's give them a round of applause what i would ask each of you related to the pandemic is this pay your individual pandemic experience forward future students will learn about the covid19 pandemic in their history and science classes when one of your future children grandchildren nieces nephews and even a child next door approaches you and says i'm doing a report in history class on the coveted 19 pandemic can i interview you about what you went through during the pandemic you should respond with a resounding yes and share your story and your experience doing this honors your individual story and honors the next generation of children who will read and learn about what you experienced during the pandemic the past four years you've had many lessons both academic lessons and life lessons your teachers mentors coaches directors and staff at discovery canyon have helped guide you and direct you i have the honor for the next few minutes to share with you some final thoughts i'm truly humbled to have the opportunity to be part of closing this chapter of your life and help in turning the page to the next chapter of your life there are two quotes and one set of music lyrics i would like to share with you as you turn the page to the next chapter these quotes and song lyrics don't need long explanations but i found that each of them has clearly captured how best to approach life learning work and relationships the first quote is from dr donald clifton a pioneer in science of positive psychology dr clifton was a researcher at the university of nebraska studying psychology at the time he was deeply involved in doing a review of literature related to the study of psychology and what he found was much of the study of psychology at the time was focused on what was wrong with people dr clifton reflected and pondered the question quote what would happen if we studied what was right with people versus what's wrong with people with that dr clifton kicked off a long-standing pursuit of focusing on people's strengths rather than their weaknesses focusing on your own strengths and the strengths of others will serve you well in life learning work and relationships the next quote is attributed to ian mclaren who stated quote be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle we generally only have a small glimpse into the overall lives of other people with only a small picture of the challenges of each of us face on a daily basis being kind is an easy way to care for others without necessarily knowing why being so kind to someone is so important in any given moment lastly country music star tim mcgraw performed a great song called humble and kind the lyrics provide great guidance on the importance of being humble and kind as part of being successful in life learning work and relationships hold the door say please say thank you don't steal don't cheat and don't lie i know you got mountains to climb but always stay humble and kind when those dreams your dreaming come to you when the work you put in is realized let yourself feel the pride but always stay humble and kind when it's hot eat a root beer popsicle shut off the ac roll the windows down let that summer sunshine always stay humble and kind don't take for granted the love this life gives you when when you're get where you're going don't forget turn back around and help the next one in line always say humble and kind luckily i'm not tim mcgraw congratulations class of 2021 and as always go thunder next i'd like to present the class of 2021.
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congratulations class of 2021 [Applause] i'd like to invite our staff to go ahead and move to the back of the field to form our infamous gauntlet for those of you who do not know the story when these students arrived at liberty as freshmen on their very first day we had them walk through the gauntlet it's a it's a group of staff who applauded and welcomed them to liberty now we will do it one more time as they exit liberty for the last time as a class at the conclusion of today's graduation lancers and families please depart to your vehicles and enjoy your celebrations at home while we clean up the stadium in preparation for the next graduation to commence we thank you for all being here to help celebrate this amazing class seniors when this event ends you will depart down the middle right here from the back to the front and the senior team will guide you you're going to go through the gauntlet that's important all right seniors i think i've stalled long enough i hope you will live your life with no regrets and make every moment count so with that lancers please rise please turn your tassels from right to left to signify your new status as graduates congratulations you are dismissed as we play liberty fanfare by john williams [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] pretty good [Music] you
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she explained how she placed one hand on the glass outside her sister's hospital room and waved goodbye with the other her only regret was her inability to hold and comfort her sister in those final moments she ended that sunday call by telling me don't worry mijo it will all be okay we go on and life is beautiful those final words that she spoke to me on that call were her feeding her good wolf and in turn as she often does she feeds my good wolf she challenged me to abandon any anger resentment self-pity to let go of the dislocation and desolation that was feeding my bad wolf i realized that we only have so many minutes on this planet and i'd rather spend them rolling with steve and mrs alvarez and leave the hate into somebody else living life as if only love and hope matter is a good thing it is empowering and something i want to strive for from here on out shortly after that call things began to happen rampart held a prom and a kindness angel paid the dinner tab for a group of our students with the caveat that they pay it forward by doing something nice for somebody else i have no doubt that a rampart student will always pay their debt and then some bald for bucks happened reminding us that a collaboration between teachers students and the community matters and really can change the world we had a senior walk a student and staff basketball game by the way students won in spite of mr perry's mvp performance a senior barbecue rpo did a drawing with incredible prizes and mr remiss's rampart all in one day slash night and it was awesome it was exhausting from mrs lucero mrs cooper mrs wiest mr chamberlain senior sponsors a multitude of other staff members and parents but it was that good exhaustion you feel when you pull off something that people say cannot be done this whole school year was a thing that people say could not be done and we did it then 12 young women come along to seal the deal on a state championship with more grace class poise smiles hugs and love than i knew it still existed in the world i have never been more proud not just of a team but of an entire school community that chose to cloak itself in something that was good and pure and well earned in the darkest of times as i look out from the stage today i celebrate each and every one of you i celebrate our entire school school community that chose to to look forward and not backwards but most importantly i celebrate you the students of rampart high school that have gathered here today the students going to princeton duke the university of north carolina university of chicago southern california cu csu uccs unc and a multitude of other colleges and universities throughout this country i celebrate those of you with military appointments and those of you enlisted in branches of the military and i celebrate those of you who are the first in your family to graduate from high school i celebrate hin al-ghamandi who is graduating with us today in spirit from saudi arabia she is the first student i have ever had in my 26 years of education who was able to graduate high school while living in another country and she did it at rampart who does this i ask you really who who does these things and i tell you rampart does because we are a good kind smart and important community and as we celebrate this day students as you venture out into life i ask no i beg of you feed your good wolf it is important thing for you to do in life and it will make the world a better place i have nothing for love for you rampart and i thank you for this year and now it is my pleasure to introduce you to aaron rubin rampardo high school's class of 2021 student speaker at large you know i had a few weeks to write this speech so i wrote it at midnight the night before that's high school rampart class of 2021 it is my great honor and privilege to be on this stage speaking to all of you my friends my peers and fellow graduates you know i gotta say this we made it we are here today not as icons or some background chatter created by our unmuted mics but as ourselves as graduates it's been a journey getting here one that has taken four long years and countless angry visits through the morning drop off it's time we say goodbye to those days and say hello to the future and even longer car lines at the coveted vaccination centers i know you've heard it a million times that were the covet class of 21 and how our year was impacted by the pandemic countless hours of eye watering and battery draining online classes riddled with technical difficulties jokes left unlaughed at and those awkward periods of silence after a question is asked where you know somebody is asleep am i right just like that we've sat through recorded assemblies and watched countless crash course videos but we've been the only class in ramparts history that's gotten to wear mass at school during halloween yet covent only marks one and a half years of our high school experience how about the other two and a half the year is filled with sweaty adrenaline-filled mosh pits at school dances half days to enjoy and spend the afternoon with your buddies and sneaking off campus for lunch as an underclassmen only to watch yourself be caught on video in the next week's kram episode grilled cheese thursdays at the church next door and constantly hearing about the chicken in the backpack story from the class of were just a few of the amazing experiences we've all shared throughout our years at rampart high school the memories that we have made since we first stepped foot in ramparts halls will stick with us forever as well the lip dub video together we have raised thousands of dollars to support research for balfour bucks in the process donating and shaving countless pounds of hair we have founded new clubs and participated in state and national competitions for fbla deca and world quest to name a few we have dominated in sports triumphing in tournaments and season competitions and we've all had to sit in the most ridiculous positions for school photos as i sit out and look across this field at a sea of eyes and foreheads i'm reminded of the laughs friendships handshakes elbow bumps study sessions cry sessions and after-school hangouts each and every one of us have experienced high school has marked four years of our lives and now here we are ready to move on to bigger and better things nobody knows what the future holds but whatever it may be just know that it can't be worse than trying to squeeze all your gym courses into the last semester of senior year thank you all for the hard work and dedication you have exhibited over the years because of you the class of 2021's legacy will forever be known at rampart high school thank you teachers for sharing your passions with us allowing all of us to explore interests and adapting so well to online schooling thank you administration for all the work you have done to keep rampart running and for always being a smiling face to welcome up to the building even on the coldest of days and finally thank you parents for your continued support and for graciously adapting to our pandemic learning this year rams as we move on to the next chapter of our lives let's remember the good times we've had in high school and never forget the friendships we've forged over the past four years look to your left and now to your right do you feel that that's the feeling of no summer reading homework enjoy it good luck in all your future endeavors rams you can leave the meeting now at this time i would like to welcome the rampart high school sensations as they perform may the road rise to meet you by victor c johnson so [Music] the me be always at your back may the sun upon your fears [Music] is [Music] others [Music] may the sun upon your face [Music] may the sun [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] of his wife [Music] ah and now it is my pleasure to reinvite to the podium the academic school district 20 superintendent mr tom gregory thank you aaron i'd like to start by acknowledging dr dr jim smith and all of our high school principals for their continued efforts to plan re-plan and plan again our graduation ceremonies over the last few months keeping up with ever-changing guidance their focus was always centered on developing a traditional graduation ceremony with as few restrictions as possible dr smith and mr alvarez on behalf of the district 20 community thank you for making this day of celebration possible i also want to recognize and thank class of 2021 student atharva vispute for participating on my student advisory council this past year atharva not only did you represent the rampart high school student voice with honor and pride your perspective regarding issues such as our website effectiveness online learning coveted frustrations equity and inclusion graduation ceremonies and many other topics was valued and constructive thank you atharva well class of 2021 congratulations you've made it you navigated some of the most difficult circumstances faced by students in decades you sacrificed the end of your junior year and continued that sacrifice through your senior year and your senior year has been like no other remote learning in-person learning online learning and hybrid learning that is a lot of learning and all that learning included a host of new norms such as mask breaks cohorting social distancing quarantines hand sanitizer more quarantines more hand sanitizer and more quarantines you endure shortened athletic seasons online concerts and plays outdoor proms numerous cancellations an era and dare i say it not one single snow day this was not all your senior year was marked by some of the most contentious social and political events in history your senior year has been one of historical proportions you made history in 10 20 and even 50 years students and teachers will read about your journey in history classes but through it all you persevered you were patient flexible and you showed grit in short you demonstrated resilience resilience is described as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape or most simply put being elastic resilience is now part of your dna and frankly that is a good thing because resilience is a characteristic characteristic you will need to lean on throughout the rest of your life i wish i could tell you life will get easier and resilience is a trait only needed in and 2021 but the truth is whether through your job your education or future relationships you will face challenges you overcame the challenges of your senior year and you will continue to overcome future challenges because you are adaptable you are persistent you are resilient and you are creative problem solvers an article in the journal of medical science from 2016 reads resilience is an individual's ability to adaptively respond to hardship stress and adversity it is the ability to bounce back that describes each of you that same article reads individuals who report high levels of resilience typically portray an optimistic outlook positive emotionality curiosity and openness to new experiences they are able to emerge from a challenge stronger wiser and more powerful resilience correlates strongly with success interpersonal satisfaction happiness and hope as you leave here today prepare to make your mark on this world i ask that you use the events of the last 16 months to propel you forward no matter how much the world tries to hold you back challenge you or knock you down always continue with the belief that what you want to achieve is possible do not lose hope stay confident believe in the possibilities channel your curiosity seek solutions to problems that others do not see you can find your hope through many means hope can arise from simply taking in new information or gaining new knowledge sometimes it may be just the smile of a trusted friend the friend who trusts in you or in your ability to find a creative solution to a new problem as described in the story of the lone shark and the daughter the story goes in a small italian town many years ago a small business owner owed a large sum of money to a loan shark the loan shark was an old rough looking guy that just so happened to fancy the business owner's daughter the loan shark offered the businessman a deal that would dissolve the businessman's debt however there was a catch the catch was that he would only forgive the debt if he could marry the businessman's daughter needless to say this proposal was met with disgust however as the story goes the lone shark proposed that he would place two pebbles into a bag one white pebble and one red pebble the daughter would then have to reach into the bag and pick out a pebble if it was red the debt would be forgiven and the lone shark would marry the daughter if the stone's selected was white the debt would still be forgiven but the daughter would not have to marry the loan shark so standing on a path strewn with red and white pebbles in a businessman's garden the lone shark bent over and picked up two pebbles as he was picking them up the daughter noticed that he picked up two red pebbles and placed them both into the bag he then asked the daughter to reach into the bag and pick one naturally the daughter had three options one refused to pick a pebble from the bag which would not help her father two take both pebbles out of the bag and expose the lone shark for a cheater which again would not help her father or three pick a pebble from the bag full well knowing it was going to be red and sacrifice herself for her father's financial freedom so she reluctantly drew a pebble from the bag but before the color was discovered she appeared to accidentally drop it to the ground undetectable from the other pebbles on the ground she had quickly engineered a fourth option after a short pause she said to the loan shark oh how clumsy of me but sir if you look into the bag for the pebble that is left you will be able to tell which pebble i dropped the pebble left in the bag is obviously red and knowing the lone shark did not want to be exposed he had to play along as if the pebble the daughter dropped was in fact white her father's debt was cleared and the loan shark defeated her creative solution saved the situation in an instant the father and daughter went from feeling hopeless to hopeful as a result of a short moment in time when she saw solutions others did not as martin luther king jr stated we must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope you are graduating today from a great school in a fabulous district in a terrific community in a wonderful state in the greatest country in the world you have every reason to be hopeful and optimistic as you reflect and celebrate on your time in high school remember you did not make this journey alone please at some point in the near future take time to thank the friends teachers parents grandparents and or anyone else who pushed or even had to pull you to this day congratulations rampart high school class of 2021 i wish you a successful hopeful and fulfilling future be well and be safe thank you at this point i'd like to welcome assistant principal deirdre mastica to the podium thank you mr gregory class of 2021 friends family and colleagues it is my distinct privilege to now draw your attention to the academic achievement and other distinctions of our graduates the board of education and the district administration would like to recognize those students whose parent or parents are currently currently deployed in service to our nation these students received a red white and blue cord would those students please stand we now acknowledge students with a blue cord the blue cord is indicative of those students having participated for at least three years or more in a-f-j-r-o-t-c would those students please stand we now acknowledge students having received a red cord these students have earned straight a's at rampart high school over the course of seven consecutive semesters would those students please stand we acknowledge those students having received a blue and gold court these students are inducted members of and have completed the requirements for membership in the national honor society would those students please stand we acknowledge students having received a red and gold cord these students are inducted members of and have completed each of the academic requirements for membership in the spanish national honor society would those students please stand we acknowledge students having received the blue and white court these students have completed the requirements for membership in the distributive education clubs of america would those students please stand we acknowledge students having received this silver and light blue cord these students have completed the requirements for long-term inclusion in future business leaders of america would those students please stand we acknowledge students having received the purple cord these students have completed the requirements for rhs journalism and yearbook would those students please stand we now acknowledge students having received the orange thespian court these students are inducted members of and have completed each of the academic requirements for membership in the international thespian society would those students please stand we acknowledge students having received a white cord these students have been active participants in and completed the requirements of the avid at advancement via individual determination program would those students please stand we acknowledge students having received a green and blue cord these students have been active participants in and completed the requirements of the teacher cadet program the teacher cadet program is a two-year commitment for academically talented high-achieving high school students with exemplary interpersonal and leadership skills these students have worked on an academically challenging curriculum as well as worked with children for 150 hours in a school setting the students have built two portfolios of work which would they will take with them as they pursue education careers would those students please [Applause] stand we acknowledge students having received a white ivy stole these students have participated in and fulfilled the requirements of the international baccalaureate diploma program in both grades 11 and 12.
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i hereby certify that these young men and women have met the requirements for graduation from the academy school district i recommend with enthusiasm that each of the 386 members of the class of 2021 are to receive their diplomas today i think we can do that on behalf of the board of education of academy district 20 i accept with pride and pleasure the 2021 graduating class of pine creek high school mrs back thank you and your staff for an outstanding job seniors at this time we'll begin the presentation of the diplomas by row the ushers will assist you in coming forward wow well just [Music] um and so we begin with matthew alan abate jezreel pearl allen jacqueline victoria hablola cameron francis alexander coral anderson connor magner anderson hayden wallace ashby samuel charles apodaca allison ayers spencer william asp genevieve baldwin lindsay ann baker summa laude roshir marie bates emily joy bannister [Music] rory claire bates laude caitlin lee lacey justine bell caden blake baloo colton christian baloo michelle brianna bennett olivia ruth bernstein jaden scott bertrand xander james berger dylan james black carter habtamu berkey aidan noah blyde summa laude samuel willis blem katrina sophie bob trevor levi bowden edward anthony bach the fourth gianna sophia boudreau laude sofia renata boland ashlyn marie brandon caleb hewlett bhutel suma laude jorah paige branski laude jacob alexander bloom elise abigail brooks summa laude betsy rebecca brandt laude owen alexander brooks brooklyn alyssa braswell serenity shay brunk ethan connor brooks rachel veronica bump huck nathaniel buckowitz megan elizabeth burns parker blake burnett seth lee bush lauren ann butler laude christian daniel cabrera reagan nicole buttermore amelia marie carlisle magna laude zachary michael campbell molly donovan carmody adrian carrion ian joseph carol alyssa marcel cervantes colin maurice chapman adam lyle chika abby rhys choder anthony matthew christ kira senia sid joshua james edward clinky laude jonathan wallace cole jr dragon joseph colonies laude dominique nicole koss payton mackenzie coulter elizabeth grace craddock jessica lauren crank jackson james cravens nathan eric danes logan patrick deckard isaac jonathan davis laude antonio joaquin de simone drew hayden deppy sarah marjorie detman hayden victor desarich reese martin dextrous connor floyd devino austin cole dunder caleb abram dodge violet autumn erling isaac elray dumas joshua caleb ewald laude andrew j enniser gracie nicole farmer victoria amara eversley ava nicole fisher summa laude bryn fecondo jacob cruz flores ryan john fega cara beth marie footman emma kate flaherty trey tariq ford dean nicholas fultz laude hayden ryan foster marcus david footman landon scott fox noah david fortner grant thomas frith ethan thomas frederick magna laude timothy james gadlin jr trenton james frederick suma garcia margaret and falmer marcus stephen robert glass gerard vincent somera garcia joshua james glover christian frederick glendenig amelia grace gomez juliana jade glover laude hayden walter gould emma carol goodall summa laude caitlyn alexis graves magna laude cole michael gramlick lily grace graziosa jace william graves laude talia anissa greer matthew anton greene katie brianna guerra corey bradford grijalva andrew charles hall jordan ashley gutierrez lucy love hammond summa laude sophia lynn hall natalie lynn harrington magna laude jack andrew hankins lucille irene hart magna laude chloe christine harris laude casey james heiner cristiana hananiah hastings roanick thane hernandez cameron kai heisler ann hinton [Music] jacob ryan herbig david thomas hoagland bailey janae hill colin david hosman peter joseph hongwyn tyler james hoganaker hallie anne hoffman lindsay taylor howarth magna laude madison elise hopkins madison may hearst luke anthony heulin anya katie lynn jaramillo jackson paul richard isaacs rachel faith jennis magna laude paige teresia geral joshua britton jester wesley james jennings sierra re jones emily johnson laude hannah elizabeth jordan magna laude chloe elizabeth childress jones magna laude riley joe cammer laude toby wade jones chandler miles keisler molly hope capis laude kyran jack kearns summa laude william pierce kaya skyler pill j kim piper rihannon kent summa laude colin rawlings canard matthew wesley kent tanner james klein keira ann kleckner ian alexander cross prachia conoconchi summa laude lola alexandra kuhn lauren anna lacey summa laude shelby lynn leveres michael stephen laughlin caden joseph laughrin james edward lee [Music] eliza nicole lujan tucker wyatt lee anna lou cara marie mahan aiden michael lupo sydney tristan isabel malone brody alexander mclaughlin kate evelyn marlette eric gary mcfarlane madeleine shane marshall joshua brenner massaro julia marie mccutchen laude kayla marlene mccullum alyssa jane mckamey magna laude abigail grace mcdonald abby nicole metzger aidan joseph merriman gabriela christine miller madeleine grace middlebrook bobby glenn millhouser magna laude graydon oscar miller rebecca day minton summa laude liam joseph mills nicholas anthony moore ashley allison morales tavia jane morgan summa laude andrea montoya pardo brock dale moyers matthew gregory morava caitlyn joanne morton dallin boyd murdoch trevor robert mueller joshua travis murray magna laude brandon thomas murdock chase alexander mutzig magna laude abigail lynn murray magna laude luke maurice nelson magna laude calandra muse summa laude chloe elizabeth joe nguyen summa laude joseph patrick nelson vanessa kalichi nanta kyra marie newell carter anders norsen magna laude lydia rose oliver alexandra elissa noble [Music] diego emmanuel padilla landon parker oldenburg ava michelle parker candelin marie olson paige elizabeth parker noah alexander olsen kevin michael patton pearson elena ann elizabeth grace pearson magna laude connor theodore parker summa laude michela elizabeth grace peterson aspen renee parsons jacob thomas peters summa laude jordan oglesby polk calvin ralph's platt jack lawrence phillips iv elijah william powell derek perez tabalis [Music] michael john priest madison grace peaky nicholas george rago magna laude phillip andrew platt ii quinn anthony riordans connor braden porter grace elizabeth renee sebastian pratt samuel james reynolds gabriella natalia ray emily hope rice summa laude benjamin uriah rash elias ahmad rogers isabella bianca reinhard laude dagan o'neal romero daniel james reynolds jaden xavier ruiz rachel elizabeth rhodes anthony michael cicelli shayla raylan robles paula giselle sanchez martinez ciliciana jade rogan patillos gabriella isabelle marisala santiago kiara elizabeth rose baker alan schultz christopher douglas [Music] sato laude ethan thomas benjamin santiago bailey lynnae shaw magna laude anna lee ruth schwartz abigail aaron shockley brittany lane self janice itzerie singhara summa laude lilia schaffy arya grace sizemore catherine elizabeth shaw laude zachary richard snyder sarah christine sincock laude carly ray spallane marcus thomas sevikas sophia marie stanley shaylee arri smith [Music] sarah grace stepp molly elizabeth snow anna joy stuck elijah langston wong sorry magna abigail paige sweeney stephen robert stalp ii holla joanne takabayashi allison ashley stanton magna laude olivia christine taylor seth kiyoshi kamen naneo stevens aaron jasper thompson dylan michael straub aidan wilson truesdell bryce thomas suiter moses talepka khalif summa laude spencer ryan sykes brielle madison unger laude david william tapia cole roger vanaman katie virginia tedeschi tyler jason townes emma voothy dylan michael truesdell catherine marie webb zachary peter turnbow logan mark weissman laude richard carl valdez iii laude ian carter white mason vasquez aiden scott wilcox alexander augusto villavicencio kylie marie wilderson klein jennifer adele warren andrew miguel ellis wilhelm matthew james weiss grayson taylor williamson hunter mason wendland laude autumn rose wert summa laude tegan k white laude jonathan alexander ray blake alexander wilcox luke anders wald avery lynn wilder bailey jane wyckoff [Music] peter david wilhelm brett colby zahn zachary taylor williams celebrating with us today but graduating from air academy high school elijah jones sampson riley maria wilson summa laude lance jet lee bethany hannah whitcop laude aaliyah marie dashner jace tanner wood lauren elizabeth schreck recce eugene eric park caleb joseph yananek summa laude saladatorian jonathan john zawiski gotcha sarah jane conroy summa laude [Music] rachel jean suter summa laude please join me for one last hearty round of applause for the class of 2021.
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and i um we had we went to rosedale we did parkview it was great the immersion on bilingual and it's been a great experience i've been part of the chico community for 22 years so what was my impression tonight my impression was discomfort i was uncomfortable with what happened at rosedale hi kelly and i was what was really important what really impressed me was this group of and i know joanne from from parkview group of of leaders uh from from rosedale and they huddled in that corner and none of them looked like me and none of them looked like my children i don't know joanna very well i met her a couple of times she seems like a competent lovely well-spoken woman and the aesthetics here are really not very good for us as a community we need women like joanna because she is young she's beautiful she's articulate she's passionate and she stimulates us that's what education does that's why you're here because you want stimulation you want and change is difficult and it's uncomfortable and it sounds to me like what she's causing over a part of you is rosedale is discomfort and that's a good thing because we grow from it i don't know the way the structure is at schools or who hires whom or or who has power to do what keep joanna for the sake of aesthetics i heard something about bullying and somebody and one per a parent and the third person couldn't come in i don't know but it doesn't sound very good so i challenge you all to get to the bottom of it hang on to her hang on to her for aesthetics for our community and then let's see what happens but you need people like me that look like me that speak like me that speak like joanna to stand up and push back none of us are perfect and we all need nurturing we talked a lot about equity diversity inclusion let's do it let's put let's put action behind these words we're not going to like everybody but let's do it thank you all right thank you uh good evening my name is omar pena i am a parent at rosedale and i have a fifth grader there i had an eighth i have a soon-to-be freshman who went to rosedale and i don't think this is intentional i think there's there's good intention here by these people that spoke but there's an underlying message here that there isn't dignity respect and celebration of our cultura of our language at rosedale and in the last six years i have not experienced that quite the opposite the reason i sent my kids there and i advocate for rosedale is because the men and women who work there the staff the teachers they want to be there and teach our kids kids that look like me and that matters whether they're brown or white those people care about our kids and there's a big difference when you go to a school like that i'll tell you those teachers are why i'm here speaking on their behalf i've talked to many of them admittedly as my kids got older i'm not as much of a volunteer but i have relationships and have connections and just like i in my own organization it's not easy to come out and be public somebody has to speak and they're good people there now this brings me to another point they're not here i'm a middle manager in my organization i don't know what a principle or vice principle specific roles are but i would assume that it's not just pushing equity which is the value of du jour of the day but in my organization we're responsible for budgets scheduling motivating people and the marine corps we had a saying good initiative bad judgment when you want to change a culture as a leader you have to be careful you have to motivate people you have to move people to that side you push too hard you can break an organization you can break a school those teachers could go somewhere else and that's not what i want for this community for the other kids that are going to come that look like my children that look like me they need to have those teachers there that staff there i don't know this vice principal i'm not here to speak to that but clearly as a middle manager i see something here there's good intention there's nothing wrong with pushing equity but with any change if you do it incorrectly you can break an organization and lastly i hear what this last speaker said and as as a man of color it's important for me to that i see that my kids see people that look like me but i want people who are successful who can do it don't push people in positions just because of our color we fail those kids that come before us and if they don't succeed we break that individual too thank you all right i appreciate that that you waited and you stayed and i helped very good they've already spoke so um with that is there we're at the end of our meeting so is there your your thing was over three minutes um is there a sense of the board i don't have a problem with letting her finish i didn't hear he said i don't have a problem with letting her finish i totally wouldn't mind hearing all right they say you can finish the best compliment he gave me was that this ted that he admired how self-reflective i was he said he was certain that i'd be the leader of a school one day like ted said i am a chingona that means badass i've worked hard to be where i am i deserve to be here my community deserves me rosedale is the elementary school that supports the largest latineckis latina latino hispanic student population in the district i am the leader rosedale needs in order to move forward with much needed equity work as a first generation us latina who worked hard to achieve what she did with a master's degree i share similar lived experiences with both the students and the teachers i want to stay i want to learn i want to grow and to positively influence the rosedale community i want to challenge you to reflect what went wrong here you can learn from this we can learn from this we can make it right i will forgive you we will forgive you we will support you through the work i'm not afraid of the pain grief anger that this equity journey might bring up i'm excited to grow as a leader and to continue strengthening the only di program in butte county i'm here to join all of you in supporting this imperative journey towards a more equitable schooling system i want to be back at rosedale gracias por su tiempo i also want to say i personally went to school with a lot of the rosedale teachers a lot of the teachers there i've supervised through cll grant they're personal friends of mine they haven't spoken to me and the gentleman talked about middle management teachers have privately texted me silently spoken to me they will not stand up because there's been a record of what happens when you stand up and i'm a reflection of that and so not all of the teachers there support me that's every admin knows that you're not going to have all of your teachers support especially when you're pushing them to do something a little bit differently because change is hard we all know that but i would say a majority of the teachers there had they heard what parents said what we've said um would be excited about it to have their di school finally be supported in the way that it needs to be supported they'd be thrilled and that's all i have to say thank you thank you all right [Applause] okay that was our last speaker so is there a board member who wants to agendize an item yes okay i would like um to have a information and with possible action on the situation with the third proposed homeless camp by marsh junior high school i'm thinking possibly an amicus brief to the if that might possibly be wise from the standpoint of our council and and us or maybe a message to the city council i believe the city council put that one on hold last night is that correct they yes they did and they also set a a process in place to bring the issue back in june um and they um they have a a plan for continuing discussion on meeting the requirements of the decision as well as recognizing that there has to be a way to uh provide community input in the process so i need a clarification here are you anticipating that we would agenda is drafting a memo i mean there's already been communication what what are you sure i mean i'm i'm i think we need to be vigilant in protecting the children who are in our care at marsh junior high maybe to a lesser extent little chico creek and whatever we need to do as a public body to try to be on top of that situation and be providing input to the powers that be whether it be the city council or the judge then i think we should be prepared to do that i drove this distance yesterday and it's about a quarter of a mile one of the things if if one of the things that one of the council members reported last night because they're they're feeling the same frustration in trying to meet the the terms of their agreement was that there isn't anywhere within the city limits that there isn't a school within a quarter to a half a mile there are no it doesn't exist because our schools um you know are all in neighborhoods they're they're looking at um many things it's complicated oh my gosh um i think our our um point of order i'm sorry go ahead um there is a motion on the floor without a second until we have a second we shouldn't be discussing this because if no one's going to talk want to bring it up there's no reason to be talking about so i also would just caution that when we do discuss we have to be careful about discussing because it's not agendized yet so it's hard to right now this can only be about whether we want to agendize this item and it does not yet have a second i think i'm a little unclear on what what matt's asking i'm sorry mr tennis is asking for also um it would we how how would we get the information from the city you know i think we would need to know what it looks like from there and i just i think that's why we would put it on the agenda and have staff give us that information uh the fact of the matter is you know we're talking about people who didn't fit in at the shelter so we're talking about heavy drug use we're talking about sex offenders and they're a quarter mile away from this time you need to stop so we're not discussing that right now so i'm just going to no no i'm just explaining the value of having it you're being inappropriate at this point and you're making me not want to set your item just because you went there so i i was seriously considering at least seconding it so we can have the discussion about what what does school safety look like in terms of the proposed the proposal right point of order i'm sorry there's a motion on the floor is anybody seconded it not yet can we just put motion diet then with that we can give a second can i make a real quick motion okay thanks um i would like to motion that in the event that the city of chico decides to move forward within such an encampment then we put it on the next available agenda just a discussion of our proximity and responsibilities in that regard so you would make it that if the city which i didn't realize they had stopped at last night yeah they did moves forward then we would agendize this yeah then it should automatically pop up on our next agenda okay do i have a second for that can i ask a question of clarification is it specifically for the one of the three that they propose that is within a certain proximity to a school which we know is we're talking about the marsh junior high school spot or is it in general within a certain proximity to any school or it's a good question i don't know um i guess i will clarify my own motion let's say within a half a mile of one of our campuses okay i'll second that okay so do i have a second on that yeah just like in the day okay wasn't it clear you're it's muffled sorry i'm have a sinus infection so not only do i have a mask but also i'm stuck so the motion now is that if the city council moves to establish a homeless camp within a half mile of one of our schools we will bring this back as an item to a board meeting okay any discussion of that yes yes thank you um i i actually think that's a a good idea for several reasons one it gives us a chance to take a look at mitigation of impacts because we don't have there isn't a property that doesn't meet that criteria so there will be a camp designated within a half mile of a school because that's the only anyway um there's also the issue of um there's not going to be my opinion any comfortable acceptance of that by our parent groups and if we can assist in getting them information on why the decision was made by the city council and how to communicate with the city council on um you know there's stuff it's just it's such it's such a complicated thing because of the federal court order and if we can assist our parents in understanding what's happening and put into place any mitigations we can to make to and from school safer for our students then i think that would be a good use of our agenda time we're not going to stop it but at least we can act to keep our kids as as okay and as part of that i would i would like to have some kind of reporting from the city about what you know types of security measures they may have in place especially during school hours or during those hours where students will be walking or biking to and from school just for the increased traffic of pedestrians in those areas okay so we cannot flesh out the the whole context of this but i think it's clear that it would be the board would look to the administration to get us as much updated information as we can and that would include whatever motions the city has to make to meet the judge requirement so okay so that's what's been a motion to agendize that if the city council clarifies that they are going to put something on there and any other yes dr kaiser my expectation is that during this process that our administration is communicating with the city council [Music] and being a part of the process i think that would be to our advantage and um i think that the city council and and the new city manager are agreeable to involving the district in working through solutions to a problem that doesn't have one all right so if that's a clear clear motion and we have a second um any comments from the public we'll see anything yeah okay all those in favor signify by saying aye robinson and i land away all right guys right all right so five passes five to nothing and then president kaiser i will need a clear direction from you as to what we are communicating with the city uh because i don't believe that our board has had a discussion as to where they land on that issue so certainly i will always advocate for the safety of our students and i'm happy to continue to do that i think the context of this is where they're actually going to do it and the issue of what kinds of measures are being taken the what got revealed was pretty scant okay all right so with that are there any other items that somebody wants to agendize yes i shared with the board [Music] the school services overview of what constitutes cola and how that impacts different in different ways on our funding and finances and things and i found so much information about cola and its application to our funding that i did not know and had a hard time understanding and i wondered did you all get it yeah and do you have any interest in more detail on how cola impacts our funding just wondered if i was the only one curious okay yes the what what it means cola oh cost of living adjustment it's the state responding to federal government setting the standard of how much things have gone up and how that's applied to different ways that the funding for schools is calculated and it it was interesting and not confusing but it was interesting and i felt as a board member it was important for me to understand that process so i'll do i'll do more reading on my own and board members that have any questions or want to understand anything in further depth by all means um make an appointment in this particular case with jacqueline but yeah any of us with that i'm going to adjourn them oh wait a second hold on no what i'm sorry i would like to put something on oh and also i got two things and i hate to do this to you guys i'll try and make it fast first of all uh given everything that transpired today i would move a uh to add a discussion item to a future agenda so we can actually go over exactly what our equity policies are so everyone has a good idea of what we're talking about and making being able to make sure they're being applied equally in all cases or evenly in all cases and i would say i would welcome that we've been doing a lot of work in that area and i think it would be a great workshop when the board meets in july to set their schedule and we find a time to do that i appreciate that can i oh good i'll second that motion i too am interested so the motion is to uh have a workshop uh on our equity approaches i don't think that it's a workshop i think what we're asking for is maybe more of a snapshot up like sooner than because we're talking about setting the work because we don't set workshops until july so we don't that's how we do it june is yeah apology what no it's mandatory i didn't say anything about okay when do we set our workshops thank you we set our workshops in july for the following year so what i'm what i'm saying is that i feel like maybe we should be asking for a sooner snapshot about our progress so far in equity yeah our next regular meeting is um what's the date of the june meeting anybody 22nd um 22nd is the regular meeting for the month but that's el cap and the next meeting is is the lcap going to take up the entire meeting i mean because that's not a workshop that's a regular meeting right yeah it's uh normally takes up an entire meeting because people can come and participate in the past we've had food and people bring their kids or you know so we can do this one or two ways you know clearly equity is a part of the lcap and so we can highlight our efforts within the lcap agenda or if you want a very you know separate item we can do that as well but i think what makes sense is since the board did ask us to include equity and make sure it was defined in our lcap that we address the actions we've taken as a as a direct result of the board direction we can do that through the the lcap discussion well i would um since we're still kind of writing this there's motion on the fly my motion would be that it is a separate item so that we can have clear discussion and feedback from the public on specifically that portion of it so i guess my motion is to have an independent agenda item on the june regular meeting agenda to go over our equity policies and how they are being implemented that's the motion so well yeah i'm i'm i'm confused tom because it we have said it shall be part of the all cap and it is it is embedded in there and how in every site yeah at every site at every you know so that's gonna happen if we want to somehow rather advertise that i mean that's been part of the discussion as the lcap meetings have happened that's it has been but i think that um given our current situation and the speakers we've heard we should probably pull just the equity piece out and look at that separately from the lcap as a whole i'm in a second this for one and say that yes our lcap meetings are complex and long and tedious but i think this is a very very important the most important topic that we're trying to move forward with it would be a great item to have before we deep dive into the lcap so that we can segue from talking about equity specifically and our progress on our equity program so far and then get into the elk cap after we have the equity discussion and then we can see where it falls into the current el cap process so that aligns with what you're asking for right okay so there's a there's a second on the floor any other discussion i'm concerned that it will drag it out excuse me drag it out so much that we will lose our parent participation i'm i'm not worried about that case in point we don't have any parent participation right now and hopefully we will have some more input but we've had great parent participation in the process up until this point anyway um so i'm not concerned about the end product not having so much so much participation but the people who have something to say will be here and it may work the other way as well that people who come because they want to speak specifically on the equity piece and stick around and learn something about the lcap and engage in that process any other comments all right we can take a vote so to vote yes votes to separate the discussion and the suggestion was at the meeting prior to the lcap discussion but all of the same meeting province and i land away kaiser nay dolby tennis name okay pass is three to two i do i'm so sorry i'm not really sorry um as we are taking on tk um i made this clarification from staff for do we have any plans regarding an administrative position to oversee ece credentialed staff members i believe we have one we already have a preschool coordinator oh see this kind of thing i just need to know yeah we have a close close we do have a preschool director on staff who oversees our four state preschool c program i didn't even think on the notion i just need to know what heck is going on that's exciting thank you and so if this plan moves forward to pull our pull our preschools to the loma vista site that director would would go along with that program right correct and we've actually applied for a fifth expansion site for state preschool as well and we're hoping to know by the end of the month if we get that but that would be operable for next school year well i feel silly but that's not unusual so no no item to agendize all right okay then i motion for adjournment what we needed
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as our board of education representative miss karen reynolds will be receiving the class of 2021 graduates class of 2021 on please rise miss reynolds it is with great pride that i present to you the members of the discovery canyon campus high school class of 2021-1 i hereby certify that these students presence today and participating remotely have met or exceeded the academy school district 20 graduation requirements i recommended that each i recommend that each of the students present here today and participating remotely receive their high school diplomas dr dr wallson on behalf of the board of education of academy district 20 i accept with pride and pleasure the 2021 graduating class of discovery canyon high school dr wahlstrom thank you and your staff for an outstanding job [Applause] class of 2021 you may be seated students on stage if you would please proceed to the diploma tables to get begin our recognition of graduates of the class of 2021.
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would those students please stand finally we acknowledge students having received a gold collar these students are our honor graduates and have achieved an overall grade point average of 3.85 or above over the course of seven semesters would those students please stand it is next my pleasure to prese present this year's valedictorians and salutatorians the international baccalaureate valedictorian is peyton smith payton is joined today by her parents stephen and tanya smith and her sister riley lynch during her time at rampart payton was involved in knowledge bowl knitting club both president and founder and school volleyball and academic world quest payton will attend princeton university as a quest bridge scholar and joining the quest bridge network her area of study will be a concentration in politics payton is also the recipient of the ib arms scholarship the valedictorian is kiara kasmer here to celebrate with kiara our parents scott and susan kasmer sister jordan and grandparents ted and penny kasmer in her time here at rampart kiara participated in yale young global scholars deca future business leaders of america women's lacrosse field hockey the colorado springs youth symphony national honors society and key club kiara will attend the university of north carolina at chapel hill and major in business and political science minoring in computer science kiara is the recipient of the national merit northrop grumman scholarship [Applause] the international baccalaureate salutatorian is amenity car braar amini celebrates her graduation with her parents kamal jeet and push pinderbrar grandparents rajinder and gurdashunbrar and oh sorry i lost my place her aunt and uncle gonchit and jaz gruwal and siblings gurneet and manja in her four years at rampart amunit has been part of cross-country national honor society future business leaders of america key club knowledge bowl and the pre-collegiate cup program at uccs omni will attend the university of colorado at boulder and major in molecular cellular and developmental biology with the hopes of pursuing a career in medicine ahmanid is the recipient of the joseph joseph a sewell award and the new orleans scholarship the salutatorian is valentina maria ischenko valentina is joined by her father vladimir ishenko mother anita eid and brother andre aschenko in addition she is joined by family and friends vincent lopiccolo sydney mckenzie abigail madison finley poole and anna daimoff over the course of her high school career valentina participated in varsity swim altitude performance swim team colorado springs youth symphony key club future business leaders of america national honor society was a mac lab tutor young champ involved in the young champion ambassador program and was a lifeguard at the united states air force academy valentina will attend grinnell college and major in political science with a minor in french and arabic arabic and a concentration in global development studies after completing her bachelor's degree she plans to go to law school and hopes to work as an ambassador for the united states embassy valentina is the recipient of the grinnell choice scholarship the harry hopkins grant and the grinnell founders scholarship i would now like to welcome to the podium our valedictorians we will first hear from the international baccalaureate valedictorian peyton smith and then valedictorian kiara kasmer welcome rampart high school class of 2021.
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thank you class of 2021 guests and d20s staff standing here before you i can honestly honestly share with you that becoming a principal was my dream job how lucky am i to have had something that makes saying goodbye so hard after 31 years as an educator today i am retiring making a big transition just like you are thank you d20 for hiring me as a young 22 year old first year teacher all those years ago i taught for 16 years and met thousands of outstanding young people six years as an assistant principal and nine years as the principal at pine creek high school is how i spent the second half of my career d20 though was more than the place i worked i met my husband here raised my children they went to school in district 20 and watched them graduate from pine creek i grew up here had more opportunities than i can count just like you said gage worked with the most amazing people and created hundreds of long lasting relationships i want to thank my husband and my six children for supporting and loving me even when i was consumed with work in times that i should have not been thank you pine creek staff for working alongside me your support your kindness and your friendships students you are the reason that we all chose this profession quite simply you are the best class of 2021 this is the beginning for you and for me of anything we want to do this is an exciting day indeed best wishes to each of you students and families can you help us greatly by following through on a simple request as we end today's ceremony the next graduation begins immediately following ours to have a smooth transition in the parking lot and on the field we kindly ask that you leave the stadium once you gather your party together students please take your seat cards with you when you are dismissed and will you please ensure that all water bottles and paper trash are taken out with you as well all after the turning of the tassels you will follow your staff leader out of the stadium students on stage will you please stand and come out here in front to help lead the turning of the tassels class of 2021 please stand class of 2021 i have the great privilege of announcing to your families friends and the staff of the academy school district that you are now graduates of pine creek high school please move your tassels from right to left to signify the end of this great journey congratulations pine creek class of 2021 [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you
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this echo is killing me up here you guys i'm sorry staff escorts please bring forward graduates to receive their diplomas faculty heralds mr sean mitchell and dr janelle watkins please take your places board of education and district leadership please take your places faculty escorts you may begin the pers the recognition of diplomas that goes brutal ellia rose muncie jessica marguerite lock mia kayla gracie danceler sarah olivia gallego daniela antoinique van der merver mm-hmm shria vijay caden stan ford callie alexik blaszig christina chang luke ashton jesuits kalyan karamceti patrick william orlowski [Applause] christian alexander thomas jacob russell vollmer kieran gabriel joachim [Music] denton pierre aguas emily grace allen brandon michael amundsen [Applause] emma lynn anderson evan william anderson kayla brook anderson kiana alera anderson christopher bjorn edward berg christopher richard arbazani one second come back dominic joseph arias campbell james armitage riley hamill arnold sarah christina arnold fajeda sydney autumn atkins caitlyn elizabeth bailey catherine ann baker ethan john ball [Applause] keelan russell bain adeline may barnes [Applause] zachary ethan bear darby thomas benkin [Music] [Applause] dylan blake benner [Applause] matthew douglas byrd kyle fletcher blake patrick reilly charles blitz isaac james borchert katie elizabeth bushell sophia nicole boschel corinne elizabeth bratkowski anthony joseph brelio kylie danae britain tyler scott burke seth everett calcott alexia gloria campos gomez amber isabel silvera carlson [Music] thank you haley grace carol michaela catherine atwood chamberlain daniel ahmad choudry [Applause] shelby kate christopher connor elliott clancy [Applause] megan veronica clancy aliana kalis amber codrington elizabeth mackenzie colby tay brendan cummins bryce ryland davis aaron marie davis [Applause] lauren elizabeth davis william hunter davis [Applause] joseph armando del real [Applause] genevieve margarita yvonne dennison farron elijah sabriano dennison don marie dixon somia du guerrala william edgin kevin daniel idol aidan dale evans samantha lynn eubanks luke emmett faucette caleb lewis ferguson molly catherine fisher alexis almeida ford ryan franklin fuentes lewis gates matthew francis gibbons [Applause] austin christopher gibbs mackenzie riley gleeson [Applause] nikolai ray gonzalez celso alexander gonzalez taylon keith gooch camden ray granger henry porter grant [Applause] gabrielle grace gray jackson thomas greer [Applause] evan edward gustafson [Applause] nicholas jesse hall [Applause] michael cory hana [Applause] paige olivia hansen joshua adam harbaugh [Applause] jordan k harrell william edward harrell [Applause] kaylee alicia danielle harris tanner joseph hatton phoenix edward heavner evan wayne haney kdua hong gwyneth marie hudson eno carl huss lorelai ekaterina ivenick titus ayub gebado [Applause] gavin elijah jackson justin andrew jenkins landry david jones emma grace kidd [Applause] aiden sung jin kim brooks william king [Applause] sean mcallen kirkpatrick emily ruth knight kesley jane kinniger [Music] bethlehem grace conning austin michael costco [Applause] [Music] peyton marie kramer keaton alexander labord [Applause] mama made it excuse me quincy neil katsumi lacy williams [Applause] logan mitchell lapierre grace anna lee andrea carolina lib heart lauren elon linenberger christina rose lore kyleen nicole lynch noah irie mobine aiden william mcdonald natasha lee mashik colton samuel mast [Applause] madeline lois mccollum riley nicole mcfarland andrew james mcgill alicia marie mary meeks devlin miles melchor alyssa rose melly hannah mackenzie merrell [Applause] aris rain michael lydia amelia miller [Applause] dory elena milner michael thomas mitchell [Applause] caleb lawrence moore joseph paul morris [Applause] asia cantrell moss [Music] ricardo mater [Music] [Applause] isabel cadence murphy [Applause] nicole olivia mudder christian richard novarez [Applause] haley elizabeth neener nathaniel james proft [Applause] michael o'hara [Applause] arnie ethan os v jace dylan orwick jason edward pablico jr richard trent park kenneth frank gutierrez passion [Music] rushali parag patel viviana lee perez autumn nicole piper avery matthew prechtel [Applause] michael albert primavera [Music] case david reagan [Applause] megan elizabeth raiders bailey robert reed justin michael riley [Applause] reese alexander ricardo jacob alexander reyes thomas avery reynolds [Applause] emily grace rhodes [Applause] chance alexander ricka [Applause] mackenzie abigail riley jackson judd robbins [Applause] ethan paul robinson joseanne miley robinson [Applause] quinton zacharias robinson [Applause] bailey rogers alexandra nicole roland catherine elise roland dylan anthony ruin jess renee ruff wagon connect braden russell robert allen rutherford [Applause] [Music] delaney grace ryan [Applause] mckenna quinn ryan hayley renee sanders [Applause] elijah wade scott kenneth devin scriber jr harrison selmeyer kyle robert sang jessica jill schaub tia renee [Applause] brandon michael shepherd aaron donald smith theodore edmund smith jessica danielle sperle jaden michael spice morgan renee stroik miana grace tang alex ohm tassu thomas grace kennedy thompson sierra lynn thompson [Music] braxton paul todd [Music] valeria tostado caleb hudson trevillian abram ezekiel trevino samuel fenwick tunnel robert bruce yousevich cameron elizabeth van batum blake ellis vaughn aspen brianne vajar angelina evanley wade adam jacob walker braden moyer weaver charles golden welch [Music] claire rose welch austin james weller [Applause] james allen wentworth [Applause] malachi jabari wiggins morgan elizabeth willard cameron khalil williams isaac daniel garrett wood grace and elizabeth wadda phillip james wu iii paris murray young ladies and gentlemen the class of 2021 [Applause] late yesterday afternoon i was informed that two students were not going to be able to attend to the ceremony i'd like to congratulate two graduates in absentia please congratulate kate mcdowell and grace neufer let's give them a round of applause ladies congratulations also to all other students who are not in attendance today congratulations and best wishes wishes we're almost there guys it's time for a very special part of the ceremony i'd like to invite discovery canyon student body president jessica locke to lead you in turning of the tassel graduates please rise our final year of high school has been unlike any other however we will finish with a timeless the graduation ceremony is full of symbolism and metaphor the gowns hoods and cords all represent traditions of generations past there is one final metaphor to fulfill that of the turning of the tassel today as we leave discovery canyon campus as students we will become alumni of our school today we move our tassel from right to left acknowledging that we will always be a part of the thunder but our role has changed today we are graduates please join me in moving your tassel [Applause] congratulations graduates congratulations class of 2021 remember once a thunder always a thunder be well be humble and kind and as always go thunder class of 2021 you are dismissed staff mr jameson ms smelker please lead the [Music] recessional so foreign [Music] my kingdom thunder community you
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since the beginning of the pandemic in our class hasn't faced incredible uncertainty until recently we did not know if we would be able to attend our graduation in person thankfully today we are able to share this important milestone with each other and with our loved ones i would like for i would first like to thank our teachers friends families and administrators all of whom have been incredibly important and supportive during these past four years i would also like to recognize the ib program which has created a close intellectual community for so many students including me i will be forever grateful for the amazing education rampart has provided me five years ago i remember attending my sister's graduation at the air force academy i remember the large arena with metal bleachers the neat arrays of blue chairs down below the large flag black drop on the stage i remember the frequent cheers being echoed off the walls the proud faces of my parents the glee mixed with the deep finality after the ceremony and the frequent flashes of cameras and for me i realized throughout that day how happy i would be to one day be one of those blue robe seniors i want to achieve that same maturity and a community that could only be achieved through going to school for over 12 years in particular through the final four years of high school never would i have imagined how drastically different our high school experiences would be throughout this year i'm sure we have all had the pandemic looming in the back of our minds and we've all constantly asked ourselves what if our school year was normal it's sad to think out that we missed out on so much of the so-called high school experience but at the same time i think the pandemic hasn't been as intrinsic to our own individual high school experience as other in-person events would have been in any other regular school year for instance we have had to step up and help our peers navigate each teacher's different organization system on schoology optimize our morning routines from rolling out of bed to our nearby desk so we can be an exactly on on microsoft teams at exactly 70 45 and even pursue friendships solely online with nightly face times that can continue until unhealthy hours on the surface these experiences may not be traditional high school struggles but we've all had to change gain flexibility and try new things which are integral in any high school experience although life may have had the illusion of stagnation our experiences have had an unlikely degree of dynamicity so although it is normal to grieve the loss of many benefits of a normal senior year we have forged our own collective experiences and memories that we can someday still tenderly reflect upon perhaps in future high school reunions we will have the we will be able to reminisce on the real ones who told us we were unmuted the awkwardness of the initial unmuting of breakout rooms and the glee on teachers faces when we all turned our cameras on the pandemic has all affected us in vastly different ways but there is no doubt that we have all personally changed and grown from our experiences over these past four years while i have not had the same experiences as the class of 2016 i look out and still see the same maturity community and pride that i saw five years ago at my sister's graduation to all my to all my fellow graduates take all you have learned during the pandemic the good and the bad with you as you move forward in life during these unprecedented times we've had to develop incredible mental flexibility and a deep compassion with others both of which will serve us well as we move successfully forward in our lives i for one i'm excited about what everyone will accomplish in the future thank you good afternoon faculty members family friends and of course the class of 2021.
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today is a day to acknowledge the accomplishment of over a decade of education and to celebrate the perseverance demonstrated not only in the trials of this year but of the trials set before us and the years leading up to this moment and in the life laid out before us i hope that you all carry the words of me and my peers up on this stage with you after you leave today the class of 2021 is unlike any before it we're lucky enough to be here today sitting shoulder to shoulder to walk the stage to receive our diplomas to turn our tassels as one because at the beginning of this year that possibility was one of many questions we all had would we have school in person will we have our senior prom our senior walk would we be able to continue on with life would we be able to graduate in front of our families among our classmates that we have grown up with without the barrier of a screen this year pulled us apart as we went our separate ways half of us took all of our classes online trying to learn through the obstacle of our screen as we did everything we could to find solutions to the pandemic many of us felt unfulfilled and anticlimactic and to our educational journey our journey to grow up our years of hard work friendship and memories were left unfinished until today we won't get the opportunity to make up for the losses of the last year but we can move on stronger than we were before we adapted to the challenges before us and still kept going where do we go from here this question is what defines the path ahead of us each of us has to ask this question and each has a different answer than the person at your right shoulder at your left this question will set you on your journey into the life ahead of you where do we go from here we can sit and watch the world around us hoping for change in despair about the state of the world it's uncruel unfairness where do we go from here we can go from here looking forward only to the end of the day not enjoying the little things throughout it waiting for the distant future to be happy because you can be happy once you get there right where do we go from here we can surround ourselves with individuals who don't have the same goals the same values as us never moving forward never reaching our potential as they limit us confine us no this is where we will go from here we'll stand up walk off this stage off this field away from the school that has been our home for the past four years and we will move forward we're the class that will take the lessons learned from this past year and apply them through the rest of our lives this is where we will go from here we meet those that have the same goals as us who push us to be our best selves we have goals and dreams that align with ours we surround ourselves with individuals who want the best for us just as we want the best for them all of us together we've supported each other supported ourselves through this year we've learned the strength in numbers unbreakable when together working towards the same goal we move forward together that we may take separate paths we won't forget what we've done here we've experienced firsthand tragedy struggle sacrifice and we're better for it the bonds that we've built over years of playful competition friendship and hurt have demonstrated that have demonstrated what we can accomplish not even a global pandemic prevented us from getting here today to this stage where we take what we've done the past decade and make it into an accomplishment a milestone our bonds got us to this point through a global pandemic to where we now have the strength to part ways to share the lessons we've learned with others as they share theirs with us this is not a tragedy this is not the loss of truck loss of childhood you will go from here carrying all of that with you it's a part of you that makes you who you are nothing can rip that from you unless you wish to part with it it's up to you you get to choose your path the journey that you will take when you walk off the stage flip your tassel and become not a student but a graduate don't dwell on the past but choose to move forward continue to push past what slows you down never let others define your limits because then they define you instead find those in your life who will pick you up when you fall won't let you idle in comfort but rather push you let you find your worth without making you sacrifice your dreams and values together we will move forward we are the class that persevered the class that found strength in each other and our community we are the class that moves forward from here not letting the past drag us down we are the class of 2021.
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thank you thank you peyton and kiara now for the presentation of the class mr pete alvarez and mr will tenby admin team you're ready to read some names hey bet mr tambie it is with the greatest of pride and pleasure that i present to you members of the class of 2021. i hereby certify that these young men and women have met the requirements for graduation from rampart high school and academy school district 20 and are recommended to receive their diplomas good afternoon ram nation on behalf of the board of education of academy school district 20 i accept with pride and pleasure the 2021 graduating class of rampart high school mr alvarez thank you and your staff for an outstanding job thank you mr tenby administrators if you could please uh take the mics and we will begin the reading of the names of our graduates for the class of 2021.
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oh is aloysius mystica avalar annalise maria acosta julio alfredo aleman emma christine eleverest jennifer adriana alfaro stephanie joy armstrong marissa renee ompran zoe elizabeth bars there ernest juan armijo michaela rose belandrin william nathaniel bailey shawn don bannister janice arapita balraj emily elizabeth barber audrey ann banks elijah porn tap barker michael allen barber kayla renee barr emma eleanor barker andres benitez iv emma nicole battles kyla alexis blatnick andrew joseph bennett abigail margaret bolt hayley alexandra bowley bowl cherish faith borjas bradford riley borjas cole marcus bowen celyn page bordeaux craig andrew brinkman thomas joseph boyle [Music] joseph arlen brophy sophia aliz brokaw skye bailey brunell craig deshawn brown maggie lynn buckley caitlyn elizabeth bryant barker coleman wesley caldwell destiny marie bystroff matthew shangyee ciao grace and camp field deja mariah kaisan katana ann carter alexander jeremy sedatol kelly leanne cecil landon thomas chance antoine jeremy sedatel samantha elise christensen robert antonio chartier emily victoria clark abigail gisela clark carson lee clifford bethany caitlin claudi daniel james coleman colton john cochran nicholas allen coleman [Music] gabriel alexander coleman ashley june colossimo kenisha latrice collins [Applause] benjamin alexander conlon [Applause] sydney rayne custain [Music] dylan cora cowan kendall jane kalasha sydney hontiah doll emma rose dale grace barbara michelle dolland paul huang [Music] kayla marie davis paige marie dowdy [Music] mckenna ray dedrick ashley gabrielle delva sidney lane denman [Music] patrick henry bailey devine jack maxwell dixon joshua james dobridge antigone sabet dodge bo jason donlin taylor marie donahue megan hope dodie leo dimitru jonathan nathaniel dunson hayley nicole edge phillip june finley edinfield michael eugene edwards ii tyler michael edwards logan alexander elkins jeffrey stephen eldard victor alexander elliott victoria elliott [Applause] michaela elizabeth fabie declan patrick everett joshua christopher feikert anushay for rookie [Music] alicia mae fesgen hayden wayne feltz carlos lorenzo baldwin flores darien vincent fiske jackson david flynn dallin and aceto flores kiera rose franz [Music] james gregory floyd bonner nicole menendez taylor clarissa ford berkeley katera garcia emma carlota frazier haley mia gardner christopher noah gandly marissa danielle garza catherine joan garcia ambry corinne gilbert [Music] jeremiah james michael garatano emma lindsey gilman devin michael genova eshontagus gohil asha paige gilman frank lawrence grimaldo the third katie elizabeth girardo ashton joseph hammer veronica guadalupe gomez ortega isabelle avril harrison charlotte frederick grega caden gray hatfield colleen pang hanley rania heavenly heard eric samuel haslett [Applause] kaden joe hess natalia marie healey olivia rose hollinger jacob ryan henning haley rose hornbaker chase levi higgins [Music] helen elizabeth huang bryce hixson [Music] siobhan vijay hircuti isaiah edward holt lindsay nicole eimel [Music] emily elizabeth holtmeyer calvin timothy jenkins audrey elizabeth hauser [Music] kaley michelle jones isaac matthew hunter maddox danelle jones [Music] [Applause] rachel elizabeth hutchison dominico sasha jordan jessica mckenzie emel [Music] [Applause] amaz azad kadir [Music] anella kainoa james [Music] blake mitchell kincannon brianna elizabeth jennings gracie lynn clemeck alyssa ryan jones miranda ruth coaches jameel taiwan jones cole ruben kosovsky [Music] kimberly laina jones tavian tape cornerboat nicholas michael lapiano jillian elise layton natalie carroll leaper brianna skye lewis michael james loyzos angel marie kratchen ariana marie lucero [Music] taylor elizabeth jones marcus clinton lions andrew nicholas calaveshi taves miles maciel jr brian archer kennedy megan louise magoon marissa augustina manzanares [Music] aurez azad kadir [Music] [Applause] inicia amelia mary martinez jordan jack kitzman talia amani massey gabriel andrew knapp [Applause] [Music] jeannette marie mauricio rivera jason casey kamrovsky morgan preston mcdowell serena kayton satisari kosuri nathan mejia [Applause] haley lucille larosse johanna katherine miller joshua nathaniel least emmy rose mitchell aaron christine lochus [Applause] skyler titan lynn morgan carly and loparco naomi alexis nassi caleb ray lopez elijah andrew nelson dylan michael lucero catherine michelle newberry william nile mcdonald v oliver ty nguyen lopez [Applause] emily elizabeth madol jacob alan nori adrianis joelli martinez alicia marie o'brien janelis nicole mauricio rivera kellen michael o'donnell jacob david mcclure emily noel olson christian elias mcglynn morgan elizabeth ortiz rhea rose mead ethan quaid overton jenna michelle myers dylan michael palmquist noah kenneth brian [Music] jordan hunter moore [Applause] ye rim park laila zion morrison probnor sing paul luke sorry you stay no you yeah got em not your hand luke robert pavlika alicia piercy kennedy rose neary chloe and pence katie hung no levi uriel perry isabella coutite nix me tuna pumalot adri grace nasaman leonato pisimenti connor ricoux odell emma may pollock daniel paul oliveiras matthew alistair poole madison page omdahl john j powers nova renee pacheco armando ramirez nathan isaac pantoja cassidy emily raywin ratliff congratulations victoria elizabeth pappert [Applause] zachary dante reeves william gabriel parsons dot suey rem lauren elizabeth paulie tristan adam ringstrom kennedy and peek malachi nicasio alberto rivera andrew steven peltier emily ruth robertson janisia alay perry aaron michelle roderick [Music] emma gini persky josiah artemio rodriguez tristan alexavier phillips maya love rosa [Music] william lawrence plumber shams hider samir isabella alessandra palumbo bianca isabella satay sarmiento emily grace pope alexander michael provost ashley jo schmidt thomas tang rainey ashlynn rose schreiber jada alexandria randall harrison scott sears owen matthew reeves noah andrew sen amy jane riley colby james shepherd catherine eileen sherkey liam colin keough richardson riley racquel simpson caleb robert ritter ellis adam smith natalie rivera paige rhianne samantha smith molly emma rhoden alyssa christine soper ariana isabel rodriguez joanna marie southcott martin alberto rodriguez abigail lynn spalding allison rain rothy ethan david spencer [Music] winter marathi salido angelina nicole stark [Music] anora delphine sanders robert charles steele marshawn laurent sales broderick reed stenhog landon jacob schill devon r patrick stickney addison marie schneider evan stephen strong eric hastor selvig the third fiona summer tamblyn phillip mason schermersheim keira alexandra taylor ashlynn marie schilling levi nathaniel templeton zachary michael joel simons taryn landis thomas dalton anton slaughter [Applause] bailey joy todd nicole gene smith marcus aaron tolman tyler anthony smithson david xavier tony adrian diego sotelo jonah charles torkelson [Applause] aaron christopher spalding gabriella tovar is zoomy rachel sparrow [Music] gracie marie spend love abraham mohaved vargas cervantes cameron trevor steck atharva pankaj dispute aaliyah genevieve stegman [Music] christian adrian waif cunningham alexis christina stewart cordell isaiah watts [Music] jade marianne stone morgan michelle west hanna tamarez calliste jamina white mason don wilkes amelia may tembe cindy nguyen wilson ashley nicole thomas hayden jacob winkelmann aaron michael tony rachel ann yates silas anthony tong jaden craig young madison lorraine young michaela j omer oh i'm it i'm it elvis leonel ventura lopez go ahead kaylee ann von haney kaylee kaylee i was messing with you rihanna fallon wall on the black curiana amelia joel weldon jessica lee white ashland faith wilcox go ahead gabriel zion williams sarah beth wilson tristan joseph winters kennedy joe reed autumn grace yolk kobe javon young caitlin grace zeiger sydney madison jones kiara nicole kasmer amenite cor braar peyton alexis smith aaron edward rubin and mitchell charles rubin oh my god thank you so much readers graduates let's give them one last huge rampart round of applause i i know about you all that felt good that was awesome thank you um just real quick before we dismiss our seniors um guess if you could please uh both in the stands and on the field um allow the graduates to to uh recess uh and just not kind of interfere with their their flow out of the stadium and then graduates once you pick up your diplomas you can reunite with family members and and loved ones um you know wherever in in the stadium so class of 2021 we wish you nothing but the best if you still have your uh your mortar on please go ahead and move your tassel from the right side of your motorboard to the left class of 2021 you are now alumni congratulations have a day good day and thank you for attending our ceremony from my [Music] my [Music] foreign [Music] 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i'd like to open the regularly scheduled meeting of the clifton board of education for uh thursday uh may 19th 2022. if you all please rise to salute our flag and a brief moment of silence 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 roll call please mr abadrabo here mr awad here miss passport here miss beltran here mr canova here dr danny here mr paris here vice president daily here president smith here yes dr danny would you the mission statement please the mission of the clifton school district in an open and reciprocal community partnership is to provide all students with a quality education to develop the skills necessary to become literate lifelong learners who are responsible and productive citizens contributing to a democratic society in an ever-changing world the new jersey open public meetings act the new jersey open public meetings law was enacted to ensure the right to the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provisions of this act the clifton board of education has caused notice of this meeting to be publicized by having the date time and place thereof posted at the city clerk's office clifton public library administration building senior citizen nutrition center on cable tv in the local press on the district's website and mailed to presidents of parent teacher organizations this meeting will be tape recorded in accordance with policy zero one six eight um i would like to uh read a brief statement the clifton board of education and the administration are committing to celebrating the diversity of this community and to assuring that our schools and facilities are free from all forms of hatred and bias acts of hatred and bias have no place in our schools members of the public who exhibit behavior or make statements that are biased or discriminatory are responsible for their own comments and may be liable for them while the board and administration are cognitive of the people's rights to free speech under the first amendment they do not control behavior or commentary that is biased hateful or discriminatory furthermore behavior that is disruptive to the orderly conduct of the meeting will not be tolerated okay we like to go into our uh students of the month students we're going to do each student by by grade level and uh we had a little a problem with the uh certificates that didn't print correctly so we're reprinting them and they will get to you um very soon so uh if we start with our freshman uh mr abhijava thank you president smith freshman legend america is our freshman student of the month she thanks miss ray her school guidance council for encouraging her and going the extra mile to help legend has managed to be successful by asking questions in class participating as much as possible and dedicating time to study there jane is inspired by her family and looking forward to taking taking advantage of all that clifton high school has to offer so we're gonna pretend to give sophomore chloe hernandez chloe hernandez is our sophomore student of the month chloe is a standout student and also involved in many extra curricular activities chloe is the publicist of her drama club and started as lefou in the spring play beauty in the beast chloe has discovered her love for chemistry this year in part to mrs such her chemistry teacher who makes the content engaging and interesting chloe has plans to take advantage of the early college program for next two years in chs okay our junior student of the month is antonio bortamante antonio is an extraordinary student he's not only successful academically but also extremely involved in extracurricular activities he serves as the vice president of the junior class member of the key club and also participates in cross country basketball and spring track antonio credit to success to his mother who through her selflessness and dedication to her own family inspires him to be the best he can sure our senior of the month is jacob zyboro jacob zabro is our senior student of the month jacob's pursuit of knowledge and education comes from two of our teachers mr henry and mr o'reilly who has encouraged him to question the world around him jacob is a well-rounded student who also participates in mustang athletics coach lembrech's encouragement and support helped jacob reach more of his goals than he thought possible jacob has plans to pursue a degree in finance after he graduates from chs and will be attending the university of notre dame in the fall jacob here [Applause] a great job to all of our students of the month uh the board uh so much enjoys uh presenting these uh awards to you and you should uh all be very proud of the accomplishments uh that you have made in clifton high school so congratulations to everybody on that okay i'm now going to move and allow our student representative andrew to make his report good evening everyone st joseph's is working with us to do a donation drive for the children's hospital suggested items are plato careful band-aids crayons etc the like the date to bring in items is may 20th please bring them to the media center any chs families listening please do that's a great cause speaking of great causes the clifton high school chapter of the national english honor society is collecting new and generally used books for across the entire school district not just chs elementary schools and middle schools as well for nachos families donating their donation boxes in the media center n115 c209 s307 and e214 again great cause please help if you can lastly there's still a little bit of time left to donate to the snap race project for a snap raise fundraiser for project graduation i discussed last meeting i know now the link has been shared on clifton public schools social media again please consider donating once again phenomenal cause last meeting i also discussed the sophomore class officer's participation in the pulsar project next week we're actually going to be starting to sell post errors outside the main office in peace garden after school any students listening that are interested please help it doesn't just go to us it helps so many other people across central america as well cfs families any yearbooks that you have not bought yet please buy them now because time is running out they've been advertised since beginning the year so it's very easy to forget about them but the last date to buy yearbook is june 1st the last major chs of performing arts event is coming up exactly a week from today on the 26th is the orchestra concert please consider coming out as a member uh as a senior member of uh high school performing arts department it would mean so much for anyone to be able to come a few spring varsity sports is still going on and still have some more games coming up girls lacrosse has a game on the 23rd you're gonna start with plainfield at home starting at 4 15.
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