001good evening it is February 28 2023 welcome to the San Marino Unified School District Board of Education meeting and here is your board president Shelly Ryan good evening everyone and welcome as I introduce our state of the San Reno Unified School District program I would like to make a few observations oh so sorry I haven't opened the meeting all right here all right thank you I would like to um Dr rectory usually calls him up all right so there is nothing to report and closed session we are starting our regular Open Session I'd like to call to order I'd like Ethan Chao from Huntington Middle School who will come up and lead the board in the Pledge of Allegiance foreign good evening everyone so my name is Ethan Chao and I have been at Huntington
002middle school for three years now I am in eighth grade and this school is amazing so a school is defined as an institution for educating children but if that were really the case then Huntington Middle School wouldn't just be a school it would also be a Utopia of learning and everything now why is this because first of all there are many academic achievements and many great academic Ventures that you can go through in Huntington Middle School this is because the teachers are excellent teachers are willing to spend hours of their time after school which could have been their free time but instead they decide to tutor students one-on-one sometimes and help them so they can succeed in the classes and become who they want to be another reason why I really love Huntington Middle School
003is because of their amazing speech and debate program now this is the program that I am have been a part of for three entire years my entire time at HMS or Huntington Middle School and it has been the most rewarding experience of my life without it I would not have the qualifications to stand up here and talk to all of you I would be nervous staring at my seat but because of speech and debate and all the meaningful lessons they have taught me about presentation about conveying my messages to the world and about how to think on my feet I have been able to walk up here today and give an honor of the Pledge of Allegiance so everyone please stand thank you put your right hand on your heart and ready begin I pledge
004allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God with liberty and justice for all thank you everyone thank you um so we're going to come around here president Ryan and I I'd like to thank you for um joining us this evening thank you Ethan may I have an approval of the agenda thank you Mr strong I second thank you Miss skill ma'am thank you Mrs slam roll call vote Mrs Gill aye Mrs lamb aye Mrs Chong aye Mr Chang aye Mrs Ryan I student board member yes thank you next 6C we have the approval of minutes for the February 14th Board of Education meeting minutes I move to approve the minutes Jake thank you Mrs Chong second thank you Mr skill Mr
005Chang thank you Mrs Chong aye Mrs lamb aye Mrs Gill aye Mrs Ryan I and student board member yes so we have the approval of the minutes for February 14th public comment the board of education has adopted board policy 9323b to ensure the Public's right to be heard in any matters pertaining to the San Reno Unified School District persons who wish to provide public comment will have three options to submit public comments first you may submit through an online form second request to speak during the meeting via Zoom third request to speak during the meeting in person via the public comment card foreign form the public May submit public comments for the open or closed session on February 28th from 11 A.M through 3 30 p.m comments received during this time will not be read
006during the meeting but will be provided to the Board of Education at this time there were no comments right submit it correct all right there was one public comment submitted via the online form today okay thank you Stephen you may also request to speak during the meeting via Zoom during public comment the meeting will pause for one minute to take requests the raise hand function is used to take requests during the public comment period for online attendees press the raise hand icon to add yourself to the queue for phone attendees dial Star 9 the speaking order will be determined based on the order of requests received individual speakers will be unmuted and called to speak okay thank you president Ryan we'll go ahead and pause for one minute to take requests to speak uh regarding
007matters that are not on the agenda or in the information section or in the consent section if you'd like to make a requests please go ahead and press the raise hand icon or dial Star 9. foreign seconds remain if you'd like to make a request to speak please press the raise hand icon or dial Star 9. hey president Ryan we have no requests via Zoom thank you so much request to speak during the meeting in person by the public comment card please complete the public comment card and submit the completed card to the designated Dropbox with the assistant to the superintendent the opportunities for public comment are offered prior to closed session and at the start of the regular open session for matters not on the agenda and for matters on the agenda the Board
008of Education reserves the right to add a public comment period prior to any individual item on the agenda five minutes may be allotted to each speaker and a maximum of 20 minutes to each subject matter however in the event there are more than four speakers on the same subject matter the board president retains the discretion to adjust and limit the time allocated to each speaker to ensure that all wishing to speak will be heard within the 20-minute allotment at this time I have received one card is there any are there any other cards no all right I would like to um this is a matter that is not on the agenda Miss Marguerite Lindsay good evening president Orion school board members superintendent Taylor cabinet and student board member my name is Marguerite Lindsay I have
009been a current resident in the San Bernardino Unified School District for the last 22 years they passed PTA volunteer parents are too successful San Marino graduates a current member of the csca San Marino chapter 120 executive board as the past president and a special education paraprofessional at Carver Elementary for the last 22 years this evening I would like to convey to you my observations as a paraprofessional and observation some other special education colleagues special education paraprofessionals and Sai case carers at all Sites have been varies have been stretched to the limits this year keep in mind IEP minutes change and decrease or increase throughout the school year due to changes and our students needs and behaviors and more students are continually being assessed sometimes our subs have are taken and placed in TK yes TK
010paraprofessionals are mandated by law but so are IEPs iaps are considered a legal document Subs ensure full IEP minutes are met instead of endangering the district from being non-compliant Sai case carriers must continually gravel Scrabble to reorganize schedules due to one or more professionals being absent especially when there are limited or no subs instead of being able to prepare lesson plans test students for IEP triennials or Test new students precious time is used by Sai case carriers to secure coverage for all students sending some paraprofessionals out of the district to work does not help the home district with coverage or morale lack of Subs limits support to our current special education students forcing Sai case carriers or administrators to step in to cover students needs I respectfully urge the district to consider not only the
011special education caseload numbers but include other factors such as the impact of the Student Success and carotenes push in minutes incoming qualified kindergartners a new students and new students throughout the school year before deciding to possibly lay off any special education paraprofessionals for the upcoming school year 2023 24. Also regarding case carriers voluntarily mentoring interns yes promoting teacher retention is important however this means case care is taking on more responsibilities and going to more meetings due to mentoring resident interns please consider the physical and mental health of your employees these intern residents will not replace a special education program Specialists who would complete the team remember any team needs to have a head coach communicating to its assistant coaches the game plan so they can communicate to the players down the field of course first
012there needs to be enough players on the ground to fill fulfill the goals once again thank you for all your continued commitment to our students employees and community thank you are there any further cards we're on not on the agenda all right um next number eight is our consent section may I have a motion for the consent section I like to move to approval or content section thank you thank you Mr Chang my second thank you Mrs John any discussion all right Mr your chin all right Mr strong aye Mrs lamb aye Mrs Gill aye Mrs Ryan aye student board member yes thank you all right finally information item state of the district address this is my part thank you sorry I got a little excited all right welcome everyone welcome everyone and as I
013introduce our state of the San Marino Unified School District program I would like to make a few observations San Marino Unified School District currently provides and will continue to provide a world-class education with recognized excellence in academics Arts Athletics and activities these areas are all critical to our students experiencing and obtaining a well-rounded education as a board of education we are proud of the many accomplishments achieved by our schools all schools have earned National Blue Ribbon and California distinguished schools Awards and the district has received a golden Bell award for its honors Humanities course the Caltech stem class and most recently for the implementation of risks mitigating protective measures during the pandemic so where are we at with the Four A's let's start with academics as a district we have dedicated teachers and staff who
014work hard to ensure that our students are prepared for College and Career Success in fact approximately 80 percent of our San Marino High School graduates are accepted into the top 25 colleges according to U.S news among them Harvard Yale Princeton MIT and Stanford our students consistently score well on the standardized tests with 87 percent of our students meeting or exceeding standards in English language arts 83 percent meeting or exceeding standards in math and over 91 percent of our students participating in advanced classes and 87 earning college credit through AP key exams we are also proud of our continued commitment to Community Partnerships providing Real World Learning experiences and are thankful for the continued support of those Partners including Caltech the Huntington Library USC Keck medicine and Pasadena Community College these exceptional programs Advance San Marino
015Unified School District stem Medical Science Humanities the Arts and health initiatives additionally we are very thankful for the continued support of our community organizations and members who assist the district in so many ways both large and small including the San Marino schools Foundation who's here with us tonight PTA PTSA PTA Affiliates hi Stephanie Chinese club and San Chinese Club of San Marino High Allen rotary and the San Marino City Club these organizations are Central to our success and we are truly thankful for their continued dedication to our schools and our students success the board believes that the Arts are critical to a well-rounded education thus we provide our students with opportunities to explore their creative talents we offer a variety of Visual and Performing Arts programs including theater choir and band our students have consistently
016won awards and recognition at local and Regional competitions and we are proud of their accomplishments our schools also have a rich tradition of athletic Excellence our student athletes work diligently both on and off the field in furtherance of that Excellence their dedication and commitment is impressive San Marino Unified School District has developed Partnerships with our stakeholders to build and maintain the Barth Athletic Complex as a district we have won over 300 League titles and over 70 state championships in a variety of sports our student athletes have gone on to compete at both the college and professional levels with regard to the fourth a activities our schools offer a wide range of activities for our students to explore and develop interests and engage them both during and after school these are a large there are a
017large number of clubs and organizations supported by our students including Student Government service organizations and academic clubs these activities provide our students with opportunities to explore their interests develop their leadership skills and give back to our community our students have been recognized for their service and Leadership and we are proud of the positive impact they are making as you will learn tonight the state of our schools is strong in the Four A's and in providing this world-class education San Marino Unified School District does so in a fiscally responsible and transparent Manner and in accordance with County and State financial requirements the board is committed to ensuring that our students obtain a well-rounded education in a healthy safe learning environment and that they are well prepared for Success wherever their Journey takes them be it in
018college a career and most importantly in life the board is very proud of the many accomplishments of our students and schools however we are not standing on our Laurels San Marino Unified School District continues to innovate to challenge our students and expand their experience this year San Marino Unified School District will Implement a new Medical Arts program introduce a dual language immersion program articulate with our community college and university Partners to offer additional college credit courses to help students achieve post-secondary objectives and at the same time address aging facilities and enhance student safety and well-being on behalf of the Board of Education I thank you for being here this evening to hear specifically why we believe San Marino Unified School District continues to be successful for our students at this time I would like to
019introduce our superintendent Dr Linda De la Torre who will be our hosts for this evening thank you good evening everyone I'm going to get a little closer to you all so tonight I have the distinct honor and pleasure of walking you through the state of the school district in terms of where we are today and where we are going in the future and it is all good and it is all exciting but first I would like to introduce to you um the wonderful well-educated benevolent hard-working Board of Education members that we have who are elected to serve our wonderful community of San Marino and to develop the vision of the school district that the staff then carries out on their behalf and on all of their behalfs so I'd like to start with uh Mrs
020Shelley Ryan our board president please stand Mr C Joseph Chang our vice president Mrs Jane Chon our Clerk Mrs Francesca Gill our board member Joanna Lam our board member and our wonderful student board member Kelly Trin next I'd like to introduce to all of you our amazingly hard-working executive team my assistant superintendent of Educational Services Dr Lena Richter our chief business official Dr Michael Lynn our chief technology officer Dr Stephen Choi our director of Human Resources Dr Jason Rose and next are wonderful amazing hard-working principals starting with principal curtainbach of San Marino High School principal topalian of Huntington Middle School principal McAlpine from Valentine Elementary School and principal Caldwell Carver Elementary School this is the team that makes things happen in the school district and they are really dedicated to the cause they've all been
021working so so hard this year Abraham Lincoln once said upon the subject of Education I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in and I think that's what makes San Marino so special is everyone in this community really supports education and I think we all believe that education is what brings us together and what makes us stronger it is very very important and this community has a long-standing reputation of really valuing the quality of Education that we we provide in San Marino San Marino unified school districts board of education has developed a vision for our schools that provides a comprehensive and balanced world-class education to each and every student the district ranks among the top performing school districts in the state of
022California as a matter of fact according to the 2022 Niche School District rankings report San Marino is not only one of the highest regarded school districts in the state but in our nation as well the Board of Education Administration and support staff all work hard to strategically address assess and improve programs enhance course offerings for our students and provide safe and clean spaces for our students to learn grow and develop while aspiring to realize their dreams the district must anticipate the needs and we must meet the needs of students by providing opportunities that align with the skills the knowledge and the abilities that they will need to prepare them for their future careers based on the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics one of the fastest growing occupations between 2021 and 2031 is in the
023health care industry nearly one-third of new jobs are projected to be in the health care and social assistance areas as an example nurse practitioner occupations are expected to grow by over 47.5 percent over this period of time it is with this in mind that the district is implementing a state-of-the-art Medical Arts pathway at San Marino High School in the fall principal kurtenbach will be telling you more about this exciting opportunity for our students as he presents this evening back in August of 2022 the Board of Education developed four main goals that my leadership team and I have been diligently working toward tonight you will hear from some of our closest Partners in education so you will also hear from every single one of our School site principals you will hear from my incredibly hard-working executive
024team and you will hear from our wonderful Teacher of the Year Mr Matthew mizwahi and we'll be talking about again the current state of the district the future state of the district and what we're doing to support students in the San Marino Unified School District back to the board's goals because that's where it all begins the board created four broad-based goals as mentioned earlier and they are as follows to develop and Implement fiscal health and sustainability without that we can't do very much also the board found it to be exceedingly important that we create a culture of service internally and externally that we demonstrate a culture of value and appreciation to all of our San Marino Unified School District employees and that we produce and graduate high quality Global Citizens in all of our students
025that go through our schools additionally in keeping with our commitment to educate the whole child as president Ryan mentioned earlier and to provide world-class learning opportunities in all four A's academics Arts Athletics and activities tonight our principles will be showcasing performances by students representing all four schools if you are new to our district you might ask so what makes San Marino Unified School District so special in addition to having highly trained student-centered professional Educators who work tirelessly in their classrooms to provide personalized learning opportunities for all of our students our school district has the absolute hardest working and most incredibly talented PTA board and Council anywhere in the state here tonight to talk about the current state of the ptas is our wonderful PTA council president Dr Jackie chuang Jackie good evening everyone I'm the
026PT council president and I'm here with Nicolette first Jennifer King Aaron Clardy and Lena Wu standing in for Mike O'Mara we are proud to represent your San Marino PTA while there are obviously many factors that make our school special the contributions of our PTA are absolutely unique to San Marino this is a community of dedicated talented and generous volunteers who understand the time given to our children benefits us all in quantifiable terms last year our PTA raised over half a million dollars to support academics Athletics arts and activities at our schools the PTA has woven into the fabric of all of our campuses among many things at Carver we bring you the family picnic book fair science fair and Carver Carnival at Valentine we run the engineer Fair May Day Celebrations Veterans Day Celebrations and
027Valentine Fair we are the safety team of the yellow vest your friendly room reps the busy planners and backstage Runners at assemblies and holiday programs we partner with the Chinese club for the Lunar New Year celebrations and partnership for awareness for Red Ribbon Week we are the jogathon dance-a-thon and parent party super volunteers who raise the much-needed funds for music library PE and stem programs at HMS PT is the driving force behind noontime fun sixth grade dances and career day our fundraising supports programs in vapa athletics and outdoor education overnight our volunteers will magically transform HMS into fox games and Huntington breakfast at the high school the PTA incorporates the s in letting our students shine as they should so the smhsps PTSA oversees ASV class fundraisers chaperones dances and organizes teacher appreciation activities we
028support the wellness center and offer our scholarship opportunities and of course we spearhead the biggest volunteer event in town our grad night each May which is the Beloved tradition that is uniquely San Marino in all the best ways so you may think of the PTA as the room rep who welcomed you in kindergarten or that wild parent party that you kind of remember or the Silly String that you couldn't remove after a crazy Carnival or creating a perfect hat for your graduating Valentine fifth grader PT is all of those things we're involved in so many facets of the San Reno School experience that sometimes it's hard to know exactly what it is that we really do and that is actually okay with us as long as we follow our mission which is to benefit the
029lives of all children and families and in that regard I would like to leave you with a number of 99 967 which is the number of volunteer hours that we logged in last year almost 100 000 volunteer hours and behind each of those numbers are innumerably wonderful people thank you to all of our families teachers and students for being a part of our San Marino PTA and we look forward to learning more great things to come thank you so much Dr chuang that was amazing and a hundred thousand hours that is incredible to think about how many people it takes to actually donate that number of hours for our school district but I can tell you our school district would not be the same without their volunteerism without the efforts of our amazing ptas so
030thank you so much for your incredible work we appreciate you so uh San Marino Unified School District remains a leader in K-12 education due to the strong partnership that we have with our families and our community these Partnerships are essential to providing our students with the high quality education support and services our families expect and our students deserve it is through much needed contributions to the San Marino schools Foundation that our district can continue to surprise our parents with amazing feats that our students produce every single year if you if you walked up the corridor and you saw the artwork um that was displayed that's Huntington middle school that's middle school students artwork it is fantastic programs like that are only possible here in San Marino through the generous support of our school's foundation and
031our ptas so with San Marino schools foundations were contributions we're also able to maintain lower class sizes across the board we have some of the lowest class sizes of any public school district in the state of California and we are super proud of that and that is something that I know our community truly values we also continue to provide exceptional instructional programs support for our students social emotional well-being we have a Wellness Center here at Huntington middle school and a Wellness Center at San Marino High School that I'm sure both principals will be touching on later in their presentations other various programs that are designed to prepare our students to be highly successful inquisitive adaptable responsible collaborative and dynamic members of the global Community are supported by our wonderful schools Foundation I am eternally grateful
032for the continued support for this organization and for the notable difference that their work makes in the lives of countless students year after year here to speak on behalf of our San Marino schools Foundation is their president Mrs Allison Moeller Allison you um I'm Allison Moller I'm president of the San Marino schools foundation and with me this evening I have Catherine oliveros who is our program director um the foundation exists to provide support to our school district which is one of the lowest publicly funded school districts in the state of California um and we exist to support their mission and the mission is to provide an excellent foundation for all of our graduates I know firsthand my 2021 graduate was wonderfully prepared for her future as I know my 2025 graduate will be as well
033Catherine and I are both graduates of the high school and we can attest firsthand to the wonderful education we got here again this year the foundation is planning to support the district with another two million dollar rant this supports 20 teachers throughout the district five in each of our forcible sites and it allows the district as the superintendent mentioned to lower our class sizes at the elementary schools and offer broader educational classes at both the middle school and the high school we are supported in our Endeavor by very generous parents for the most part most of our donations come from our parents um 39 of our parents have contributed thus far to our campaign we expect that number to grow by the end of the year we would love to have 100 partition participation and
034our message is always any amount to the foundation matters to us um we are 61 percent to our goal for the year and we expect fully to be able to make our two million dollar Grant to the district we are supported as I mentioned by parents by community members and by Community foundations and organizations having said that we have just recently received today a twenty thousand dollar Grant from the Chinese club and I'd like to introduce for which we are eternally grateful the Chinese Club over the course of 34 years has donated over eight hundred thousand dollars to the district through the foundation and Alan Chen the president of the Chinese Club is here to present um on behalf of the Chinese Club along with his members the check to the district thank you and
035in closing I would just like to say to all of you thank you for your support of the foundation in the district wow thank you so so very much for your generosity and that wonderful donation that is just amazing and um you know just one example of how resourceful um our community is when it comes to supporting our kids and supporting our schools so um next up I'm going to talk a little bit about our wonderful elementary schools the California distinguished schools program recognizes schools for their excellent work in one of two categories closing the achievement Gap and achieving exceptional student performance to identify California distinguished schools the California Department of Education uses multiple measures to identify eligible schools based on their performance on the state indicators as specified on the California school's dashboard specifically
036elementary schools that are being recognized for this year were selected by analyzing data reported through the 2022 dashboard including assessment results chronic absenteeism suspension rates and socioeconomic data both Carver and Valentine schools were among the mere six percent of elementary schools receiving the California distinguished School award in California that's in incredible among six percent that's a very very small number we're so proud here tonight to discuss the current state of our elementary schools our KL Carver principal Mr Caldwell and WL Valentine principal Mrs McAlpine foreign good evening board president Ms Ryan vice president Chang clerk Chung Board member Miss Gill and Ms Lamb superintendent De la Torre esteemed cabinet members and our incredible San Marino Community it was my honor and pleasure to provide a brief update on our progress at Carver toward achieving the
037boards for driving goals though our success runs deep and wide I'm here tonight to share about our school and the Four A's Athletics activities arts and academics we like Valentine are fortunate that every one of our students engages in physical education daily during that time they are taught the fundamentals of a number of sports most importantly they are taught sportsmanship collaborative play and how to compete in a healthy and gross-minded manner I've personally seen this bear out as I've joined our students on the handball tetherball in basketball courts they show a healthy competitiveness coupled with good sportsmanship and open caring for each other's growth and success the activities that our students experience are amazing last week just last week sorry a number of our students got to participate in a sand art project hosted by
038a group of our parent volunteers and teachers our student council provides direct and real leadership experience to our fourth and fifth graders and models the scene for all of our students prior to winter break our student council worked to organize a toy donation for those who are less fortunate they were able to donate over twenty five hundred dollars worth of toys we recently held a treat day at Carver that was organized and supported by parents teachers and students this was an amazing event for bringing our community together at our school their activities at Carver weekly a large Thanks goes to our committed teachers staff and families for supporting all of these enrichment activities with the support of our PTA we are able to provide all of our students from TK through fifth grade with art
039and music in just a short while you'll hear from our fifth grade band and Orchestra students many of you were able to make our winner show that all of our TK and second grade students participated in we hope that folks will be able to make our spring show where our third fourth and fifth graders will be performing the creativity and artistic talent are our students is awe-inspiring all of our teachers leave artists into their curriculum regularly this is evident to all who Walk The Halls of our school finally the academics at Carver absolutely top-notch our kids are challenged and supported in the development of their public speaking skills at every grade level this very board has witnessed that in Walking the classes recently I walked into watched a seven-year-old answer an algebra problem successfully I
040asked him how he did it and he said just go on in second grade of course says that San Marino unified is really a batik District my experience at Carver so far has shown me just how real this is our students perform at amazing levels thanks to incredibly talented and patient teachers I can share something here tonight that few in public education can say all of the adults at Carver all of them approach their work with love in their hearts our students know just how much they're cared for is that Foundation of caring and love coupled with Incredible teaching skill that lifts our students to such high performance our second California distinguished School reward is just one piece of evidence of that success thank you to our school board to Dr De la Torre our
041District administration our incredible parents and our amazing teachers and staff most especially thank you to our students Barber is a magic place because of all of you thank you Dr De la Torre president Ryan and distinguished board members the executive team in the San Marino Community I am Whitney McAlpine and I am the proud principal of Valentine Elementary I'm excited to be here tonight to share with you the wonderful things happening at Valentine Valentine is a school of 670 Scholars athletes artists and musicians carefully Guided by 32 exceptional teachers and third before dedicated staff members our mission in partnership with parents and Community is to provide students with an academically focused program in a positive and caring learning environment however we go beyond just that we want our students to discover who they are through
042opportunities to develop interests skills talents and citizenship our students are taught heart h e a r t our school-wide expectations that all students are helpful empathetic accepting respectful and trustworthy citizens not only at Valentine but also in their Community instruction is grounded in rigorous content and performance standards that go far beyond the basics the four C's critical thinking creativity communication and collaboration are the pillars of our standards-based instruction our experience highly qualified teachers create opportunities for students to be independent learners build strong content knowledge use technology in a meaningful way and understand other perspectives and cultures our teachers care about their students they create safe nurturing learning environments where all students belong I am honored to lead such a talented and dedicated group of educators it is also no surprise to me that we were
043awarded the 2023 California distinguished School award which is an exceptional achievement due to our extraordinary student performance and academics and other state indicators congratulations to our amazing students and staff on receiving this morning Valentine is not only focused on high academics but as we strive to develop the whole learner students get explicit instruction in emotional self-regulation and conflict resolution through second step lessons delivered by our gifted school counselor parents also receive lesson summaries so they can reinforce social emotional skills at home the most effective program we have for emotional well-being is recess as students learn helpful skills for navigating life and relationships with others through play-based activities physical education also significantly contributes to students well-being and rpe instruction continues contributes to Good Health develops fundamental and advanced motor skills improves students physical fitness that are
044associated with high academic achievement students learn the fundamentals in our PE program to prepare them for future Athletics at Huntington Middle School in San Marino High School our Valentine PTA led by our fabulous President Aaron collardi an energetic executive board is a proud supporter of our students teachers and our entire staff the PTA plans annual fundraisers like the Fall Fair parent party readathon jogathon to support our art and music programs as we partner with Armory art and Encore music professional artists and musicians deliver Superior instruction to our students in addition fifth graders have the opportunity to participate in Bandon Orchestra two programs that lead into the vapa programs at the secondary level Arts Pathways and snusd have always been strong and our PTA demonstrates a passionate commitment to the Arts through their generous giving each
045year it's one example of the love and dedication our family shower on our school our parents know that an investment in Valentine means helping their children enjoy a rich educational school experience our PTA also values bringing activities to our school and giving students fun experiences that are sure to leave lasting memories activities like our popsicle social bike safety Rodeo music concerts Red Ribbon Week Veterans Day Lunar New Year continue to be special Valentine Traditions that bring a smile to each child's face these activities help to build our Viking community and make a difference in the complete educational program that we offer with 57 days left in the school year we look forward to continuing our work in meeting the board goals thank you for your time tonight as I shared what makes Valentine such a
046wonderful school for our students faculty and staff and our parents and Community thank you yeah the great pleasure now of introducing our band and orchestras they make their way down foreign public performance foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] wasn't that an amazing performance that was their first performance this year a big round of applause for those students so talented we are so proud of them so at this time we have three very special students we would like to recognize and I'm going to turn it over to Dr Lena Richter to do so [Music] thank you superintendent De la Torre president Ryan members of the board student board member executive team students parents and staff in our entire San Marino unified community the San Marino Unified School District held its Annual Spelling Bee last month
047on Thursday January 26th at 4 pm in the Huntington Middle School cafeteria over 50 students in grades 4 5 and 6 from Carver Valentine and Huntington participated in the spelling bee one to two winners from each class were selected to participate in The District spelling bee participating students did an outstanding job of spelling some very very difficult words that are actually difficult for many of us to even pronounce after many rounds three top winners were recognized we would like to recognize three these three students at this time from Valentine Elementary grade 5 summer Chen summer will you please come up [Applause] summer do you mind staying up and then we can take a group picture thank you from Huntington Middle School grade six Ashlynn luang [Applause] and the district's first place spelling bee winner from
048Huntington Middle School sixth grade Oliver Chao of yep absolutely of course this wonderful event could not have taken place without the hard work and dedication of two of our amazing Huntington Middle School teachers Mrs Stephanie Moffett and Mrs Sheila Doan at this time we would like to invite Mrs moffatt and Mrs Doan to the stage to be recognized with me foreign congratulations to those three very talented very bright up-and-comers uh for their work on the spelling bee and thank you to our amazing teachers who made it happen during the 1920 school year our schools experienced unprecedented change the pandemic created wholesale changes and numerous challenges for teachers administrators parents and students and yet in 2021 Henry e Huntington Middle School was the only Middle School in the entire State of California and one of only
04945 middle schools in the entire nation to receive the National Blue Ribbon award [Music] here to talk about the current state of Henry e Huntington Middle School is our wonderful principal Daryl topalian all right we ready all right dear members of the Board of Education superintendent Dr Linda De la Torre members of the executive leadership team fellow site School administration HMS faculty and staff that are present here today and also listening in the comfort of their homes my HMS PT executive team and members and the smusd school community as principal of Henry e Huntington Middle School is my honor to address you today Henry e hunting Middle School commonly known as HMS home of the foxes as you may or may not know last year for the 2021-22 school year as superintendent doctor recognize us
050as a national Guru Ribbon School this honor was only given to 45 schools as state of both public and private and asms were the only Middle School yes the only one public or private in the state of California we see such an honor that is because the hard work and dedication of the HMS faculty and staff as well as a hardware of the faculty and staff thank the farm group and Valentine in fact this is the second time HMS has been recognized as a national ruler of his school HMS is a school of tradition of excellence and will continue with that tradition and do so with character as we continue to build after four A's academics the Arts Athletics and activities as we approach the end of an academic year it's hard to believe I
051would like to take the opportunity to update you on the progress we have made and the challenges including the face each day HMS thrives so we could go set forth by our Board of Education and artistic White Plain first and foremost I am proud to report that all 634 of our students have made remarkable progress despite the challenges that they continue to face as young as young adolescents they do they do so in academics social and emotional development our dedicated faculty and staff have worked tirelessly to provide safe and Nursery environment that Fosters learning and growth we've implemented an Innovative programs and our nation needs to enhance our curriculum or promote student engagement and social muscle growth and prepare our students for Success beyond the classroom some examples include the After School academic support the
052HMS Wellness lounge and zenden the digital literacy lab student Hangouts and funds who drives by our dedicated faculty and staff members our thriving Viper programs competitive and inclusive athletic programs and award-winning Academic Teams and student organizations such as as lead and web to ensure all students at HMS are included and have a sense of along with them despite the cold and drizzling rain this past Thursday HMS conducted a wonderful and I say wonderful showcase open house that included in presentations or income receiving student families while also showcasing the hard work and dedication of our students and our staff furthermore HMS will continue to promote the great happenings and events on and off campus for campus tours social media posts Foxfield the team weekly fox facts and welcoming to San Marino Tribune to capture the thriving
053of robust programs on our campus we hope to continue these measures excuse me we hope these continued diverse will help HMS and smusd with our personal health and sustainability additionally we have continued to invest in our facilities and Technology to provide our students with the resources they need to excel in and out of the classroom we've expanded our Library resources with the digital literacy lab continue to find new ways to update our technological construction and enhance our athletic facilities provide our students with the best possible learning environments more often than not you can see student civilizing the bar athletic complex and fitness lab for physical education classrooms intramural Athletics works and level Athletics and the school-wide and grade level assemblies lastly HMS faculty and staff and students and parents thank you for your continuing the
054support of the new fencing soon to be completed at the front of our school additionally though we all face Financial constraints that have limited our ability to invest in certain areas we are thankful for the Arts music instructional materials block grant the learning loss brand and plot 28 so HMS and the other smusd school sites been addressed in challenges and provide our students faculty and staff but the resources of Internet to be successful in conclusion I want to thank each and every one of you for your presented to our school and our experience we have accomplished much but there's still a lot of work to be done I look forward to continuing our partnership as we work together to provide the best possible education for our students now let's go have a secretary foundation and
055with that being said I invite you to the next slide I think box deal with games the fox games right there that's coming up on March 10th if you are a parent in the audience we would love your participation in your volunteerism and they're also coming up here right here in the store kind of have white Auditorium that we have the Frozen we've been going through March 21st and April 1st and hope for a second to invite you to come see that and I also like to thank our honor Ensemble that was performing earlier this evening has been walked in the markets that went to sleep um make your way foreign go and press in School California distinguished and the national movement our private school is not important last year 33 seniors out of our
056graduating class were accepted to UC Berkeley and 26 of those students are actually attending there this year San Marino High School also sent graduates to USC UCLA John Hopkins Texas A M Harvey Mudd Georgetown Columbia Cornell Princeton Brown and Caltech in a typical year this might be yeah that deserves an Applause in a typical year this might be anticipated however this was a class of students who missed an incredible amount of in-person instruction the accomplishments of the class of 2022 were extraordinary and reflect the resiliency of both students teachers counselors and administrators who worked tirelessly during the pandemic to provide students with the instruction guidance and support that they needed to be successful despite the numerous challenges that they faced here tonight to present the current and future state of the San Marino High School
057is principal Jason kurtenbach thank you Dr delatorre thank you president Ryan members of the board executive team students and my fabulous students out there if you want to see how great this school district is watch those kids when Mr Jameson came in and started singing that song they all lit up because they've all been through that before and they all got excited and and that's what's really special about our school district I'm not going to spend too much time on the past because we have a lot of excellent items coming up in the future that we're really excited about but we have been doing a fantastic job at San Marino High School as a team of community students parents and staff by working with the foundation the PTSA the PT Affiliates we have made a
058lot of strides in updating many of the excellent programs that we have on our campus Athletics we have improved some of our facilities by adding badminton to our Large Gym redoing our tennis courts for our CIF Champion went girls tennis team as well as a some of our new facilities are our newer facilities we're looking at our football stadium we're going to be updating a lot of our seats because we work together as a community and we make sure that we have what we need for our kids our culture of value and appreciation as well as our culture of cervix extends beyond our staff to our students last year our students completed themselves with their service requirement reduced due to covid over 40 000 hours of community service and that was with an expectation of
059them only completing 25 we had students completing in excess of 400 and that just says a lot about our students it says a lot about our community and the heart that we build with our kids obviously we build high quality Global Citizens as Dr De la Torre said we sent kids around the nation into some of the top universities but what we're most proud of is we get our students into the universities that are the best fit for them we work tirelessly over many years many meetings with their counselors we help them prepare excellent transcripts but more than that excellent personal statements that give them a real eye and a real look into who they are as people and we provide that to our colleges and universities which is why our students are selected to
060not just the top universities but every University that our students wish to get into some of the things we're most excited about and things that people are here to really hear about especially our parents are are switched to block schedule next year and our amazing Medical Arts Academy I'm going to talk first about block scheduling very briefly and then switch over to our Medical Arts Academy so uh we're moving to a block schedule for a multitude of reasons primarily it is a schedule that is utilized by 80 percent of the top 100 high schools in the nation and in California this is also mirroring a college-going environment which we feel is the best way to prepare our students for the ship that they're going to encounter as they matriculate from Seniors to freshmen in college
061this gives us an opportunity when they're in class to go deeper with their learning it gives them an opportunity to experiment with new ways of learning it encourages our teachers and our staff to look at new ways to engage students project-based learning and a reduced need for some of your typical summative assessments and a focus on a more informative assessment um also this is going to enable us to have students uh participate in athletics and after school events uh without missing much more than five to ten minutes of class right now a lot of our students who go uh to after school events Miss sometimes an entire period uh but the way that we have structured our schedule uh which mirrors Huntington middle schools in terms of time allows us to both meet the requirements
062of the state but also meet the requirements of our students who want to do things beyond the classroom so we're very excited about that this allows us to do something that we've never done at San Marino High School and that's offer Pasadena City College dual enrollment courses during the school day not just after the school when we started our dual enrollment program three years ago we started with two courses and we got about 20 kids per course we are seeing an increased uh wish to access these courses but because they're only after school that limits the amount of courses students can engage in by moving these into the school day students can now take these as an elective course while simultaneously meeting graduation requirements and building a transcript in college our Medical Arts Academy will
063utilize Pasadena City College Medical Arts and medical courses they'll begin in the ninth grade with a exploration of all the different fields of medicine that they could end up being in as as adults they'll move into medical terminology and different Health Sciences and then go into Kinesiology and Anatomy simultaneously into a course called AP seminar which is really thinking about thinking and studying the philosophy of learning through the lens of their particular Medical Art be that as Dr De la Torre was saying nurse practitioner a doctor even somebody who invents different tools and and things for medical professionals to use their senior year they will engage in what's called AP research and that is where they do a deep dive into their particular field Guided by our staff with a a hope of connecting that
064to an internship program and we have been working with Clay Wang at USC tech school of pharmacology to build a pathway for students to be able to do internships with their program we're really excited about this program because we feel like it gives our students access to the possibilities beyond our high school that no other High School can to that end we've worked very closely with PT Affiliates who has donated I believe three and animage tables um four thanks Stephanie or for an atomized tables which are these really cool devices for our kids to use they're basically a table sized iPad with an MRI created cadaver that you can manipulate in real time and thanks to San Marino rotary we're also purchasing a VR system with haptic feedback gloves and goggles that allow you to
065do simulated surgical procedures in an environment that gives you actual feedback these are some of the systems that actually some of our people in our community use when they're practicing their surgeries before they go in and do their real surgery all of this is going to be available at San Marino High School this is such a huge deal not just because it sounds cool but when we reached out to Pasadena City College and and told them about our plan they were most excited because they too would have access to using these devices that they don't even have so we are really pushing the envelope of what a high school can do and we're able to do that not just because we have a strong staff a supportive board an amazing Community but we have kids
066who I also start lighting up when I started talking about some of these things they're excited they're passionate um and because they have that we always want to do more um lastly what I'll say is thanks to the hard work that we've done over the past few years we're able to offer open access to all honors and AP courses beginning next year that means if a student wants to take a course at San Marino High School we want you to take that course we want you to challenge yourself we want you to go as far as you possibly think you can go I feel like we are turning the page on a really great chapter and opening up the book to something really new and special and we couldn't get there without the support of
067the community the support of the board and the support of my staff my students and my parents thank you very much and right now now I'm going to call to the stage probably the most exciting part of the evening part of our cast from our Musical Chicago which opens next week at the naira theater Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday come see it you're going to see an amazing performance by some amazing students right now and that's going to be followed by our fantastic drum line so get ready for some exciting times thank you very much it's all a circus kid a three ring thirds these trials the whole world all services but kids [Music] oh [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] hello awesome [Music] foreign [Music] thank you foreign [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] and
068now the San Marino High School drum line will perform okay thank you [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Applause] want to make sure to thank Mr Daniel Hernandez he is our musical director for Chicago [Music] and of course Mr Rob Folsom our band director at the High School drumline thank you [Music] thank you so much for that wonderful performance I can't wait to uh buy tickets to see Chicago at the high school so if we learned anything during the recent pandemic it's that technology in the 21st century is the lifeblood of learning we would have what we would we have done if it weren't for technology during the pandemic it was only through technology that we were able to Pivot to virtual classrooms district-wide instead of in-person learning which was necessary smusd did
069it faster and better than any public or private school in the county in December San Marino unified school districts received the California school boards Association Golden Bell award for Innovation and Times of Crisis that was directly related to our management of the covid pandemic here tonight to talk about the current state of Technology across the district is our amazing director of Technology Dr Steven Choi thank you Dr delatorre good evening I'm pleased to highlight a few of smusd's Technology initiatives and achievements this year first a District's Network infrastructure plays a significant role in our students success with technology a solid infrastructure provides us with with fast internet connectivity and robust access to Applications as you know technology used exploded during the pandemic and it's not going away this summer technology helped us and our district
070utilized federal e-rate funds as well as one-time Esser funding to upgrade our Network equipment including Wi-Fi our District's technology infrastructure is well positioned to support us now and into the future next cyber security and safety are two priority areas where technology is caught upon to foster a safe learning environment unfortunately schools today are targets for cyber attacks this year smusd implemented multi-factor authentication and 24 7 cyber security monitoring for additional layers of protection technology also plays a role in supplementing physical safety for example smusd is actively working with law enforcement and security AI companies to enhance our surveillance systems to identify certain behaviors and weapons such as guns so that we can respond as fast as possible while all this technology is impressive professional development is needed to maximize the benefits we will continue to
071provide cyber security education so our employees can remain safe and the district is also revisiting Tech Academy where Educators can engage in Virtual an in-person small group learning opportunities after school finally smusd is a district of innovators our district uses Adaptive Technologies and artificial intelligence to integrate instruction and assessment to personalized learning using virtual and augmented reality we can also engage in immersive learning experiences that are impossible with traditional methods next year the district's new Medical Arts pathway will feature state-of-the-art virtual Anatomy dissection typically found in professional medical programs in closing I am proud to say that smusd is one of the best school districts integrating technology our district is clearly Forward Thinking safe and Innovative thank you for the opportunity to share and now I will hand it over to Dr Lynn to share
072about business services wow we had some really great performances you know I was looking around the audiences now almost all gone what happened have a song and dance all planned with numbers and uh I want to thank um thank you both president Ryan members of the Board of Education superintendent Dr delatorre executive team and student board member Trent business services staff are here to serve support and Advance the Deliverance of a world-class education for all students with with recognized excellence in academics Arts Athletics and activities so our back office departments they work hard each and every day to support our four School sites and staff as behind the scenes workers I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the apartment directors Bill Cardenas standing back there Benji linga Monero Bengali and Francesca Gill please
073stand for the dedication and domain leadership let's get a big can thank you Business Services boils down to customer service we provide support in capital facilities and maintenance we ensure the fiscal health and long-term sustainable sustainability of our District's finances as a small District of only four schools and the district office we're constantly looking for ways to streamline for operational efficiency and effectiveness next slide please so this is a photo compilation of what business services does and we serve through providing support in safety and risk management property and liability maybe that's why we lost the audience right we're talking about property and liabilities you know risk management and what is that District finances budget planning fiscal sustainability Payroll Services any teachers here okay maintenance and operations facility use management Capital facilities food and nutrition services
074and purchasing and procurements our team Works closely with human resources with Dr Rose right there in labor negotiations and organizational risk management and supports Educational Services with Dr Richter right there and program funding and accountability reporting basically we collaborate closely with the San Marino schools Foundation booster clubs local community groups the city of San Marino and amazing amazing PTSA ptas to promote exceptional learning environments for all our students therefore on behalf of our devoted staff and business services thank you to the board of education and the San Marino Community for this opportunity to serve and provide support to advance the Deliverance of a world-class education for all our students thank you [Music] the role of Human Resources in every school district has continued to expand over the past 20 years in a nutshell Human Resources
075is responsible for the recruitment placement training evaluation transfers rehabilitating rewarding and exiting classified certificated and administrative employees this doesn't even take into account labor negotiations contract Administration Benchmark studies diversity equity and inclusion and workers compensation and the list goes on and on here tonight to talk about the current state of our human resources department is Dr Jason Rose um go up there okay all right that's how HR works whatever whatever our boss says good evening president uh Ryan uh executive I'm sorry uh distinguished board members superintendent Dr delatorre and executive cabinet uh principles Community uh thank you for having me this is my first time that I get to join uh the group up here so I'm excited to do so happy to share with you where we are as a human resource department um
076with the four goals that the board has set for us our Focus primarily even though we are in the background of a lot of of all of the four goals our first our two that we have really been focusing on has been to create just kind of a culture of service and a culture of value and appreciation to our San Marino uh employees all of that starts with our daily interactions uh my team my small But Mighty team of Asha and Rebecca I know they're not here but I'm clapping for them they are amazing and what we try to do every day is treat every uh interaction from a human perspective and not necessarily from a transactional perspective active and so we hopefully that is showing in our relationships with our employees with our community
077members with our parents and with our students we are also very proud and honored to have both uh two trilingual uh members of our staff to greet our parents and our family and our community members in the front office Wendy and Brenda so once again thank you to them that goes towards our goal of community or providing that customer service for our our families and our community um we also it helps bridge the gap with our parents uh like we've already mentioned tonight some of the other things that we do is we have been celebrating our staff and our schools by celebrating for our two distinguished elementary schools so congratulations once again to them uh the human resource department has also also joined in the community diversity equity and inclusion uh committee that meets regularly
078so we have become a part of that we are regularly interacting with members of the school Foundation PTA PTSA up on the board we have a few things that we have implemented this year which is the monthly recognition of certificated and classified employees we kind of have our wall of fame now in the boardroom where every month we get to honor a classified and a certificated member for the hard work and the great work they do at our school sites uh I've like to think that we have built strong relationships with our bargaining units which led to uh what I thought was a very successful negotiations with both uh groups and we were able to come with a very competitive total compensation package and we look forward to continue to work with both bargaining units
079as we move on forward in the year and last but not least our big one like I said interact our interactions have always been focused uh from a human level and that is because we are trying to focus on the well-being these last few years have been tough not only on our students and our parents and our families but they've also been tough on our staff and we need to recognize that and we try to recognize that so there are some things that we've done uh just once again not only in our daily interactions but also we have created a few things on our website uh for our for our our staff to access if they need it one being the ease documents which is the employee assistance service for education so it's things just
080kind of help them get through difficult times we also have links for carousalis and for our uh through our jpa our focus on safety page so we look forward we've been um very excited how this year has gone and we look forward to continuing our good work and our growth that we have in the human relations department so thank you foreign Services is at the heart of everything we do and everything we represent this next hard-working professional has been able to accomplish several tasks that others in the past have not been able to her positive can-do attitude in her work ethic are both Beyond her approach here tonight to discuss the current state of Educational Services is Dr Linda Richter our assistant superintendent of Educational Services thank you did you make this work perfect good
081evening thank you Dr De la Torre president Ryan members of the board staff executive team site principals parents students and family members as Dr delatorre mentioned I am the proud assistant superintendent of educational services and I have the distinct pleasure of working under our Board of Education who has an amazing vision and our amazing forward-thinking superintendent I also have the distinct pleasure of working with an outstanding team one who I see is joining us tonight my admin Administrative Assistant Miss Claudia Velazquez thank you for being here she's my right hand and my source of support I also have um as Dr um Rose mentioned Brenda and Wendy who are administer our registrar and our receptionist at the front office and I have two amazing teachers on special assignment who really do a lot of the
082legwork that goes behind the work that we do Miss Kelly Duncan and Miss Danielle Blatchley so I want to make sure I recognize my entire team thank you San Mano Unified School District maintains an unwavering focus and commitment to providing students with a variety of unique and individualized opportunities to achieve success the educational services department strengthens this commitment and has worked diligently to promote our board goals in alignment with the Four A's as through programs and initiatives that represent and promote the board's identified cornerstones for success by providing professional development opportunities programs and services aimed at educating the whole child and expanding teacher expertise by learning and engaging as a school district in data informed practices and by cultivating A Safe physical and social emotional learning environment for students and staff this commitment is further
083Opera operationalized by the work that our staff engages in to ensure that the individual and Divergent needs of all Learners are addressed and that every student is at the center of every facet of District Operations San Marino unified believes in educating the whole Child by working intentionally to elevate all students because in San Marino when we say all we mean all San Marino unified strives to promote the boundless potential of every student to best prepare them for college career and like life through the work of fostering positive relationships supporting students fundamental needs cultivating inclusive learning environments fostering opportunities for student agency and utilizing research-based instructional practices that support the needs of all learners this work is once again operate operationalized that should be on a spelling bee list operationalize through the district's ongoing commitment to
084providing exemplary teaching and learning opportunities where students staff and at times parents engage in continuous professional learning activities that elevate expertise and promote Student Success by providing flourishing learning environments and opportunity opportunities for Meaningful and authentic connections allowing students to feel safe engage in inquiry and exploration and develop a sense of personal belonging to help each student assume personal autonomy so that they can make a profound impact on their future next slide please the board's cornerstones for Success are grounded in the work we do and remain committed to day after day month after month and year after year to maximize the development of innovative yet sustainable programs and opportunities focused on continuous student interest and needs over the past year San Marino has continued to focus on expanding cutting-edge programs and opportunities aimed at preparing
085students for college career and real world experiences to best prepare our students for their future is to provide them with the opportunities to engage in Real World Learning and application this past year as a district we have continued to focus on delivering personalized learning experiences and individualized support through various learning strategies including multi-tiered systems of support and Universal Design for Learning we have continued to place focus on fostering safe and inclusive learning environments through restorative practices positive behavior interventions and support systems allowing our students to build community and personal responsibility we have continued to provide our staff and parent Community with professional learning opportunities to support the whole child and strengthen Home School connections our school and District alike have increased opportunities for Extended Learning activities for all students particularly the school sites before during
086and after school in including summer learning programs working closely with San Marino High School and Community Partners we continue to expand College and Career Readiness and dual enrollment opportunities for our high school students lastly over the course of this past year staff has worked tirelessly to develop two new and Innovative programs that will be introduced in the upcoming school year we are extremely excited and look forward to the 2023-24 school year where we will be launching first a new state-of-the-art Medical Arts Academy at San Marino High School shared earlier by principal kurtenbach we are excited about the Medical Arts Academy and the opportunity it brings our students to engage in real world Hands-On learning in the field of Medical Science we are equally excited to launch our inaugural kindergarten Mandarin dual language immersion program at
087Carver Elementary offering interested students the opportunity to achieve the gift of by literacy and bilingualism and perhaps even multi-literacy and multilingualism San Marino is extremely proud of the work accomplished together and looks forward to the to perpetuating the long-standing tradition of excellence in academics activities arts and Athletics for all students at this time I would like to turn it back over to superintendent Dr De la Torre thank you for joining us this evening every now and then we hire a standout teacher who selflessly Works to instill in our students a deep and Abiding Love of learning on August 1st 2018 we just did exactly that our next presenter is an amazing and dynamic English teacher at San Marino High School who inspires every single one of his students and prepares them to be the absolute
088best version of themselves they can possibly be please join me in welcoming Mr Matthew Ms Rahi our teacher of the year thank you Dr De la Torre good evening president Ryan distinguished members of the board smusd administrators superintendent delatorre ladies and gentlemen staff and students it's an honor to be invited to speak here tonight we live in an ever-shrinking world as we advance into the 21st century and the world rapidly grows smaller it is imperative to prepare students to be citizens on a global scale every day at San Marino High School we strive to do just that in the English Department where my efforts lie we teach texts that encourage compassion and empathy characters like Simon from Lord of the Flies and Hassan from The Kite Runner embody Atticus Finch's advice to his daughter Scout
089you never really understand a person Atticus says until you consider things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it atticus's advice is simple but powerful it's about learning to understand others seeing things from their perspective and empathizing with them it's about building bridges of understanding across Gulfs of difference acting upon this advice means respecting and honoring diversity it means developing a sense of justice that considers the experiences of others and it is an essential attribute of the global citizen but before we step into the shoes of others as Atticus instructs we need to First understand ourselves in my mind this is step one to achieving global citizenship really it's what the formative years of high school are all about and it so happens that San Marino High
090School is a wonderful actually an ideal place for self-discovery both within and Beyond the curriculum through a vast array of exciting and outstanding academic extracurricular programs from stem to Athletics to the Visual and Performing Arts our programs and our compassionate staff are committed to helping students make well-informed choices and find their voices our primary goal as I see it is to turn out confident empathetic leaders Leaders with Amplified voices who appreciate the diversity and complexities of our world at San Marino High School we're Titans but Titans aren't just fictional gods or Giants from ancient mythological eras they are also according to the dictionary people of great strength intellect and importance they bestride the narrow world and shake it with positive change while respecting diversity and difference they seek Common Ground Titans raise their voices to
091speak loudly for justice and for compassion and empathy Titans are the global citizens of tomorrow thank you so very much Mr Mizrahi and I see you have your beautiful bride with you it's Claudia right yes thank you for coming today Claudia um before I close out I just wanted to recognize some dignitaries that we have um in the auditorium tonight and I know we already uh had Alan Chen on the stage he is the president of the Chinese Club um so Alan would you please stand thank you for being with us tonight behind him is Mr Calvin Lowe our city council member Calvin foreign a lot of talking about our Medical Arts program and I would be remiss if not to mention the president of PT Affiliates we applied for a grant and went before
092their board and they were kind enough to grant us the Grant in the amount of 400 000 for the anatomage tables that we will be using and twenty eight thousand dollars for the AED devices which are defibrillators I'm sure many of you heard that we were able to save a teacher's life with a defibrillator this year who went into cardiac arrest so I want to thank Mrs Stephanie Duncan PT Affiliates president please stand and be recognized so in closing as we look to the future we look forward to providing every student with a world-class education in the 4a's academics Arts Athletics and activities moreover we recognize the need to not only provide them with an academic Foundation but also to inspire in them a desire to embrace change discover a lifelong love of learning seek
093out their passions practice kindness compassion and self-care so that they may grow to become well educated independent confident Global Citizens in our school district if you can dream it you can achieve it thank you so much for your time and your unwavering support of all four of our amazing and outstanding San Marino schools and we're going to leave you with our promotional video good night my name is Dr Linda De la Torre and I am the superintendent of the San Marino Unified School District San Marino Unified School District is what I would call a boutique District I consider our school's Boutique because they not only offer smaller class sizes personalized learning student participation and Leadership opportunities but also focus on what our Board of Education terms the Four A's the Four A's are academics Arts
094Athletics and activities we also offer Premier Career Technical education Pathways and World languages our school district's vision is in delivering a world-class education with recognized excellence in academics Arts Athletics and activities mission is to deliver a highly supportive and safe environment Innovative opportunities for student learning and to promote individual student Excellence inviting collaboration of Discovery and challenging students to take responsibility as members of a global and diverse Community our graduates will become astute thinkers passionate self-directed Learners collaborative adaptable professional producers of Excellence Innovative technology users community and Global contributors and individuals with strong moral character and integrity our school district has high expectations and challenging curriculum outstanding dedicated and highly trained Personnel we have a proven track record of educational excellence and programs that support the social emotional well-being of every child we are are
095exceptionally proud of the fact that San Marino Unified School District has programs that support every student and we have a strong partnership with our parents and community San Marino Unified School District offers some of the best programs available in the state of California we have smaller than average class sizes and our district provides a comprehensive approach to educating the whole child our community has a long-standing history of supporting our schools through volunteerism and generous donations San Marino Unified School District is continuously seeking ways to improve and to ensure that we provide an outstanding experience for every single child this district is Forward Thinking and our community makes a tremendous difference in the quality of Education that we can afford to provide we provide a nurturing and safe space for students to learn explore and become
096the absolute best they can be [Music] let's do this thank you so much for um staying to watch that and I I was remiss I can't see very good this is the secret I'm going to tell you I can't see very well in the dark and it is kind of dark in here at times uh Christine Kwan from PCC she is one of the trustees she's here tonight could you please stand okay maybe she left um and then we have Toby Chow from PFA who's Incognito I couldn't even recognize you thank you for being here Toby you're amazing so uh good night everyone and thank you so much for coming out um I also want to recognize Mary Hazlett and Carlos cousin clay our wonderful assistant principals have a lovely evening [Music] foreign [Music]