001You need some water. [Music] United States of America to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [Music] Robert Carr, Steve, Mike, [Music] a motion to approve the special board of education. Second. Any um discussion? All in favor? I opposed abstain. Motion carries. And next is our favorite staff and student recognition Dr. Yes. I'm going to invite um Miss Wonders and Risma, please. Um these two wonderful teachers contacted me about a month ago to let me know of a wonderful student council um community service um activity that the entire school of go was going to be participating in. Um they were going to be collecting cereal boxes um for the Seymour Oxford food bank. Um, and the culminating event was a domino activity where they were
002going to line the hallways of goes with dominoes and actually let it run. And their goal originally was, I 500 and they exceeded that. Over 1,700 boxes of cereal were collected. an amazing event and just to to watch the activity take place. The the students were applying authentic mathematical skills by figuring out where the boxes should go and spacing of them and testing it all out and I felt it was a whole communitywide um service project that really brought the school together. So kudos to the two of you for facilitating it and kudos to our students um of go for putting it all together. It was just amazing. So tonight we wanted to recognize the two of you and to recognize all of our students in student council. So I believe that um you're going
003to call the names. We got certificates for all of them. And I do want to say too, I wanted to um thank Lisa Sutelli. She's here too. She actually shared the idea with us. She was um the adviser last year for student council. So we were so so happy that you shared that with us, Lisa. So thank you. Um [Applause] So, we'll start calling the student council members up. Olivia Aldrich, is she here? No, she is here. I was going to say, oh, I was looking this way. Sorry. Lucas Ammer, Ella Ambrosio, come on up, guys. When you hear your name and um stay up here, we'll take a picture. Michael Binski, Evan Bushard. I didn't see him. No. Callie Chapman, Carly Compan, Charlotte Finch, Payton Frier, Marshall Ganon, Caroline G, Norah, Claudia K, Claire
004Croll, Alyssa Leverne, Maline Pepper, Llaya Sanchez, Ryan Severki, Luke S, Lucy Stark, or Lucky Star as we like to call her, Gianna V and Alyssa V. And I do want to mention too, these guys come in every meeting that we have full of ideas to help not only the GO community, but the Oxford community as a whole. They really show up and share those ideas with us. In the last newsletter, there's actually a video of the entire event. So, I please encourage you and the audience to take a look at that because it was just simply amazing. Let's crouch together and do a picture. Did you want to join us? and and Heather [Applause] and your hard work. The students do amazing work, but it takes great teachers to really motivate and encourage students to
005do that type of work. So, I really appreciate Yes, it's our pleasure. [Applause] Is Mrs. West here? Yes, Miss West. Um, I have a second award here tonight. Um, about a week and a half ago, I received an email from a family. Um, it was a family of a child here at Grey Oak Elementary School. Um, the little, um, girl, um, was a girl that was very shy, um, a little anxious, um, and was spending a lot of time by herself, um, at lunch and in recess. Mrs. Westgate reached out to her um started spending time with her um started walking the track with her during lunch um and was just trying to make a personal connection with her. That family then moved out of um the school district um and um Miss Westgate then
006contacted the family and said, "Your daughter was in the middle of the art project when she moved out of the district. I'd like to invite her in and I'd like her to complete that art project." and she came in after school and you allow that child to finish up and it's moments like that that really make a difference in child's life. So I want to thank you for doing that and I would like to award you as my speaker of the month for this month. He may be the photographer tonight. Yes. It's moments like that that make us feel different in the stream and slide. So, thank you for doing that. Now, we have a special um we have some students that are going to come up here and help us with this. So, um
007we typically um award and celebrate our students and our staff. Um, but for those of you that do that are not aware, this is board recognition month and our students have done something special and let me know. You want to explain what this is? No, I don't know who it is. So, we signed it. And this is Yeah. So, it's a banner that our students at all of our schools um have taken the time to sign. Um it's a student's way of saying thank you to our board members who volunteer their time and their hard work um on a weekly, sometimes nightly basis, work behind the scenes on behalf of our children here. And um it's our way to say thank you to you. This is going to hang in the conference room. Thank you.
008Thanks, guys. Thank you. And I I will I'm also going to give credit to Mrs. P who or Dr. P who came up with a great idea. So, thank you. [Applause] Audience of a graduate farm. If it sounds too much trouble, who goes can go first? Set up earlier today. Never works when you want it to. No. Um, so you are not going to hear from me tonight except for this short little bit for attribute of the graduate. Um, I don't normally hand over projects like this. I like to do things myself, but I'm learning to delegate and because it was collaborative learner and I know that it's a big push for our staff and our teachers. We have a ton of classrooms that are really connecting across grade levels within grade levels within their
009own classroom. Really trying to get kids working together again and gaining some of those skills that unfortunately they did lose a little bit of during co when they couldn't work in groups and they couldn't travel to different classrooms and across grade levels. So I put out an email to staff saying would anybody like to showcase anything around collaborative learner? and I had many responses. Um, but these two teachers, uh, Sarah Ricko and Kelly Lubanda, their fourth grade classes do a lot of collaborative work in the room with each other. And then they also both have STEM buddies with third grade classes. And their students put together the entire presentation, PowerPoint, and um, their points to tell you about what they've learned as a collaborative learner. So, I will turn it over to our fourth graders.
010Come on. First person. You're towards the end. Sam, where are you? Okay, you know where you are. Okay. You're over here with these guys. I'm trying to make it really easy for you. I don't think it's connected. Okay. Make it really easy for you this way. when I was around you guys. I'm proud. Fourth grade. Go for it. together. My name is Joseph and my name is and we are from class and my name is Jason. We are from Most talking about us working together is working together with other people. Some people might think that collaboration is only with your friends, but it's more than that. Collaboration is helping other people, starting a conversation with others, making sure every other collaboration is critical because you're giving more ideas. Also, it helps you be in your
011conversation. For example, it helps you express yourself by having ideas shared everywhere. It helps us with our wake up. It will help us in reading and talking to others. This year in fourth grade we participated in performance tasks with each other. We collaborated well. So another way we collaborated is through STEM buddies. For those of you who are very confused, STEM buddies are third and fourth graders who use science, technology, engineering, and mathematic activities together. Some forers will explain from their point of view. Hello, my name is Jacob Hmonsky from Miss Lubana's class. In my opinion, a collaborative learner is someone who actually talks with their group and does not leave their class and listens to their ideas. I collaborated when I did a road treatment experience. My partner and I got the materials to
012melt ice and work together to find out what road treatment is the best. It was helpful because if you talk with your partner, you will learn more. Hello, my name is Molly C from this video's class. In my opinion, a collaborative learner is someone who shares ideas with other people and talks to the people they work with. They don't work with they work with a pencil and don't work away from their I'm a collaborative learner when I am somebody's business. I think being a collaborative learner is helpful because other people can learn from you. For example, sometimes you need more people for a project. When we did the track pieces in third grade, one person had to hold the robot and clip the binder into it. I was thinking about making it just back and
013forth, but then someone on my team said we can make a tire and I wouldn't have thought of that if they hadn't said it. Hello, my name is Jenny Bren from Mr. James. My opinion is better to some of is a friend who works with you. We compromise with each other and then agree on a plan. One activity that we participate in is a play job. We work together to gather data and use it to find the mean, median, and mode. I think being a collaborative learner is helpful because other people have different ideas and they can help you if you are stuck. Hello, my name is Brent McCra and I'm in Miss Rio's class. In my opinion, a collaborative learner is someone who listens, learns, and stays on task even when the teacher isn't
014working with the group. In school, I am a collaborative learner when I work with the third grade in STEM buddies. One activity that we participated in is making a catapult with Mrs. Jelly's class. I think being a collaborative learner is helpful because then you don't always have to be alone and you help new f friends sometimes also. Then no one is left out and feel sad. When collabor when we collaborate, everyone gets a part. Hello, my name is Ma Brown from Mrs. Advance. In my opinion, a collaborative learner is someone who listens to your thoughts, opinions, and ideas. One activity that we participate in is building candy powers. We build different structures trying to improve on our each time. I think being a collaborative learner is helpful because sometimes we need inspiration or fresh ideas.
015Hello, my name is Danica Halaman and I am in Miss Rio's class. In my opinion, a collaborative learner is someone who speaks to the whole group, lets everyone talk and share their ideas and tries the idea even if they don't think it will work. In school, I'm a collaborative learner when we combined with Miss Band's fourth grade class for a math task performance. One activity that we participate in is when we learned our liquid measurements with a worksheet called Galland. We had to learn our liquid measurements and how to convert them. To this day, I still use Galaman to help me with my measurements. I think being a collaborative learner is helpful because you can make new friends and learn how others think. Hello, my name is Ryan Severki from Mio's class. In my opinion,
016a collaborative learner who is someone who works and learns with their classmates and tries to make things better, find the answer, and listen to the teammates's ideas. One activity that we participated in is building a trebuche in STEM buddies. We worked hard to build a model trebuche in groups of three or four to launch pennies at a pot of gold. I think being a collaborative learner is helpful because it helps to hear the ideas of others, friends, and classmates. Hello, I'm Jack Bonioani and I'm in Miss Fergio's class. In my opinion, a collaborative learner is someone who who stays on task and learns the best they can so the teacher can do their job. One activity that we participate in in is when we do reading rotations. We do and we do spelling as a
017group the and the leader asks ask the group how many syllable syllables are in the word. Then they ask how to spell each syllable. I think being a collaborative learner is helper is helpful because because you can learn much more. Everybody gets and gets to participate and everybody get has a chance to be a leader. Hello, my name is Timothy July and I am in Miss Rick's class. In my opinion, a collaborative learner is someone who learns and is respectful when somebody speaking in school. I am a collaborative learner when I share my learning and help people understand. One activity that we participate in is STEM buddies. I think being a collaborative learner is helpful because you can help people when they're stuck or don't understand what they're doing. Hello, my name is Isabelle. I'm
018a fourth grade student in Miss Savannah's class. In my opinion, a collaborative learner is someone who you can work with and share your ideas when you are doing something together. We can help each other get the same answers and explain your thinking. When I worked with my STEM buddy to learn how water travels, I was a collaborative learner. We lay braces to show all the place all the places water went. Hello, my name is Misha Stephenov and I am in Miss Rickio's class. In my opinion, a collaborative learner is someone who works together to get stuff done in class. In school, I am a collaborative learner when we are working with STEM buddies and work together in a group. One activity that we participate in is STEM buddies and we work together to build a
019catapult. I think being a collaborative learner is helpful because you can work together and help each other in our class. These examples are amazing. Don't you think? We had to work together to make this happen. Thank you for letting us be here. We are very grateful for this opportunity. Awesome job. Great job. Great job. Thank you. Parents, thank you so much for bringing the kids in tonight. Thank you very much. Thank you all for coming tonight. Thank you. Thanks for having us. Good job. [Music] Pressure's off. audience. It's fine. No one really wants to hear me. No, I should have worn my hat in the hat outfit today. It was like six o'clock and I said, "I think I probably should change the ears, the tail, the shirt, the pants, and the red Converse that
020were my daughters." She's like, "I have hat shoes." I'm sorry, not cat. Pete the cat shoes. It was really cute, but I changed. Next time. Next time it was Good thing I didn't wear it because if I walked in and saw all these people, I would have been You ready? I'm ready. Okay. Okay. So, I think you all heard a great definition of collaborative learner. So, we will actually start with the video. You need to go through that. These are our kindergarten friends. So obviously my goal is to by the end of maybe the last attribute of a graduate I will bring some friends in to do a very similar presentation. So hold on see if this works a coming out of here. are saying it's not working for streaming. It hasn't started yet. Live
021stream. Oh, yes. It looks like it's frozen. It's all streaming. They say when it stops.