001Pledge 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 and staff recognition. Dr. Thank you. How about now? No. We'll go with that. Does that work for the online people though? Yes. Okay. So, welcome. You know, as any good teacher does, of course, we tested out the technology before we started. So, uh this is a great uh evening. May has become one of our favorite time of year, not just because the school year is winding down, but because so many things happen. Uh we're here to highlight several of those things and we're going to start with once again Central Elementary who took in Miller to talk about a little bit [Music] [Applause] I
002haven't talked to you guys in here. for us. Bear with me because I love these kids. People that know me, they know I'm an emotional guy. from my speech, but this school um did not mention students. Uh, you are currently looking at a state runnerup, a third place, a second place, and now state champ. I have a teacher on my teacher for years and he has that that's ever happened before. Um, and I actually had some members at the math bowl competition, former coaches, former uh math roers, teachers that have been there a while. I think our team may have gotten the highest score to ever come out. Kudos to our kids. They did excellent [Music] job. What it means to be elementary Our school team here was on level up. And the reason that
003is our kids about setting goals, having determination to achieve whatever those goals were, social, behavioral uh and these kids that determination and achieve themselves. This group I'm extremely proud of. fifth graders really like to bring up our coach. Uh she practiced with these uh kids week in the mornings. Uh if you around our building practicing math problems during the lunch hour for You have super Great. Do it. [Applause] Thank you. [Applause] It's [Applause] [Music] also over here. There you go. as well. There are [Music] [Laughter] Go ahead and grab one on your way. Okay. [Applause] How about now? All right. Highlight that the association has recognized our own member as a level. Our [Music] schoolb and allow the central team to exit stage right. uh so that you can get home, get some dinner, watch
004the storm come in. It's all good. So, thank you [Applause] [Music] This is one of our Thank you. So nice to our legend and other careers. Not only today, They were injured. Every one of them is That is what one of our came through that. So you know it's all these stories that don't get here but that basis. So, we're going to take some time that are retiring [Laughter] forward slightly. I do as we go through. So, first I'd like been with us 16 years. Middle School. dedicated our teachers and students with such and wores, coaches and fans who have traveled. Jackie Jackie is an instructional central 18 years at instruction. Uh she is calm, patient and kind. Uh from the central staff, she is the perfect kindergarten. She her calm personality helps relax. Her
005patience is unmatched. Mr. Miller, bigger Principal Miss Nelson says that after 18 years of dedication where there she is. Come on up. Kathy's here. So Kathy. [Applause] So after 18 school has been a true hand and most truly building. Yeah. Yes. She's been like family. [Applause] Tony Christ was unable to attend the media aid at Parkview. He was hired in January 199 and Park the last 20 years. Few words about Joanie from uh the folks at Parkview. Joanie was a wonderful classroom assistant before becoming an amazing librarian. She was up for participating in funny activities in assemblies and Friday night live skits. Kids loved listening to her read when she became the librarian. Principal Rayson said that Joanie was a pleasure to work with. She striker at Thomas Jefferson changed to Ben Franklin uh and
006he is a renaissance man. Uh he not only shares his passion for music through teaching but also his passion for The music baseball double is quite rare, but as you interact with Wayne, you're going to find out that he is a rare man indeed. Uh he impacts kids with a quiet word and a flourish as well. Uh I have enjoyed uh sitting outside his classroom and listening to him teach, instruct uh kids in music. And