001thank you Trustees for this opportunity to provide just a few uh highlights and updates for the district this evening we are moving forward during this very very busy time uh and this leadup to winter break to deepen our fall progress to support our amazing students and staff and to maximize each day of learning during these last few weeks uh that are are fairly hectic in our schools and so to that end just we want to uh recognize one of our student groups our Pioneer High School vocalist performed at the Michigan school vocal music association's Region C High School honors choir on this past Saturday along with 125 other students in sou Eastern Michigan and they uh 10 of those performers auditioned for and made the distinguished msvma State honors Choir in January so congratulations to
002our Pioneer High School students who received that distinguished honor we would also like to highlight here on teacher uh Daniel Vero fugo congratulations to him for receiving the American Council of the teaching of foreign languages award for excellence in diversity equity and inclusion in the classroom Mr Verdugo says I am honored to receive this award that celebrates the ideals of diversity equity and inclusion in the classroom as a teacher I understand my commitment to Dei as an invitation to reimagine the classroom an opportunity if seized to transform education ourselves and the world actfl which is the National Association for World language teachers recognized these efforts in the publication of in magazine which is a bilingual magazine of hon this project develops bilingual literacy as it invites students to reflect on some of the most pre
003pressing issues that are important to them trustees we are also excited to share that we are in the process of reopening another after care site in the district after care will begin at dickin elementary school on January 16th in the new year and depending on demand we may also reopen the before or the before CARE program there as well this brings the total number of elementary schools served by Reon EDS before an after CARE program to nine so we're EXC excited to be trending up uh with our after care and before care op options the an arbor PTO Thrift Shop on South Industrial celebrated its 30th th anniversary in November payouts from the ptso thft shop have provided more than $3.3 million in support of our schools since the first sales took place in 1993
004we thank all of the individuals who have donated Goods time and working in the shop to make purchases that have supported our students for uh all these many years we are also excited to share that um due to popular demand there are only a few spots left left for wck and EDS winter break camps which are running January 3rd through January 5th in multiple locations for the first time ever we are offering these winter break uh camps for preschoolers so students ages 3 through five at the West Westerman preschool and Family Center the winter 2024 Youth and Adult class registration also Begins for our reckoned Youth and adult classes on December 5th and all of the information regarding the class offerings can be found on the reckon Ed link on our district website and and
005lastly for today's updates our aaps winter giving program this is a districtwide program that is off to a really wonderful start we are delighted to report that our page dedicated to sharing Community Resources for food clothing gifts and more was viewed more than 1,000 times during the month of November in addition uh the district has received over $6,000 in gift card donations for families in need for this uh this holiday season so we welcome our community to visit uh that link which is also located on our district website for winter giv giving to learn more and with that trustees I thank you for the opportunity to share these brief updates uh we know we have a very uh busy agenda this uh uh evening so thank you for the abbreviated uh opportunity to just highlight
006a few of our uh things going on in the district [Applause]