001Good morning, seventh grade. Good morning, everyone. I am so excited to be here. Every month in Arlington, I travel around and we honor five employees of the month. And the month of June, Miss Patrick, you are APS Allstar. Congratulations. [Applause] Congratulations. We have you $75 gift card for Amazon. You can buy you something you like. We have a certificate for a facial or massage or something just to take care of yourself. And we also have an invitation. You're going to get to come have lunch with us next Friday at the Boy Poets with all the winners. Oh, that's nice. So, let me read why you are what the person that nominated you what you wrote. We get many, many nominations. We only choose five. So, you were very special for this reason. It says, "You
002are caring, creative, supportive, and an inclusive team player. And the individual who nominated you goes on to write, "Miss Miss Patrick is a phenomenal asset to Dorothy. In her classroom, students are allowed to express themselves through art and she works hard to create an inclusive environment for all students. Their language or artistic ability is immaterial. She develops creative, engaging lessons that allows her students to create artwork they can relate to, make their own, or also develop skills that can be used outside of her class." After school, she donates her time to run art club to provide students, whether enrolled in art class or not, a creative space to feel like they belong. Under her leadership, the art club has completed the entire process for an idea creation proposal, the completion of a mural for the
003school, and many plans I'm sure she'll come up with. She also works to teach sustainable art creation use using used paper from around the school and turns it into new colored paper, bookmarks, and so much more. Her students artwork around our school is a testament to her talent and her ability, not just as a professional artist, but as a teacher who cares. [Applause]