001thank you foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] thank you eighth graders you may be seated 8th grade promotion ceremony my name is Dawn Miller and it is a pleasure to be your child's principal at Columbia Middle School I'm excited and proud to have you all in attendance to help us recognize the young men and women sitting here today before we begin I would like to recognize a group of dedicated individuals who spend countless hours working with your kids attending workshops to help better their craft take college classes watch webinars attend countless meetings spend nights and weekends grading assignments and take care of your children as then oh they are their own if you are a cusd4 teacher staff member or administrator in the gymnasium please stand to be recognized thank you all in four
002short years these eighth graders almost freshmen sitting here today will be graduating seniors before we know it parents think about that between now and then your child will have his or her driver's license make new friends attend homecoming and prom possibly find a part-time job and start making decisions about their future today marks somewhat of a passage for your son or daughter from middle school to high school each and every student and staff member sitting before me has shown unimaginable resilience and strength over the last several years and you should all be so proud of yourselves because you did it 8th graders you can now go into high school with your heads held high knowing you have made history is one of the few classes to be promoted in the midst of a global pandemic
003you did it through struggles disappointments setbacks and maybe even some heartache My Hope for you is that when you look back over this chapter of your lives you focus on the memories with your peers your accomplishments the things that made you smile and the goals you were able to reach in spite of the chaos that surrounded you these last few years I am proud to have gotten to know the gifted Scholars talented athletes incredible artists hard workers and Unforgettable personalities that make up this amazing group of students as a female principal of CMS I would like to quote a few other leading ladies and the advice they have to share Barbara Bush once said never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people
004your family your friends your co-workers and even strangers you meet along the way your character is beyond important students I'd like to ask you a question who are you going to be I'm not asking you about what you are going to eventually do but who are you going to be when interviewing for a job they aren't going to ask you to explain a test score or a grade you got in class they are going to ask you who you are are you a person who gives up when times get tough or are you the person who keeps going when you are the last across the finish line West Point Cadets who've scored high on things like grit and determination were more likely to complete basic training than those who ranked high on things like class
005rank SAT score and physical fitness Michelle Obama once said if you're willing to dig deep if you're willing to pick yourself up when you fall if you're willing to work and work until your weaknesses become your strengths then you'll develop a set of skills that you can mold and apply to any situation you encounter any job you might have any crisis you might confront but you got to make that choice I always say to all of the students that come into my office with conflicts show me your friends and I will show you your future this is a simple quote that speaks truth and I'll say it again students show me your friends and I will show you your future think about the top five people you like to surround yourself with on a weekly
006basis are they helping you become the person you want to be or are they holding you back find like-minded individuals who are going to empower you to do better and be the best you can be and do the same for them look out into the audience these people are here to support you they should be your people that you lean on when times get tough they are proud of you today they'll be proud of you tomorrow as you go into high school I hope you remain true to yourself and your values this is not the end it's only the beginning and that's truly exciting and for that I want to say congratulations Eagles [Music] before we hand out promotion certificates we would like to recognize students earning different academic Awards when I call a teacher's
007name they're going to give their award students will come and be recognized and then sit back down first for Mrs Boatman at the ELA award and the top Ela award this year for her class is Lila Vandiver [Applause] [Music] for Mrs Klein and her yellow Ela award goes to Grace Nowack foreign his top award goes to Mason tonser [Music] Mr Kendall's pre-algebra award goes to Kaylee Bosch [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Mrs petkers science award goes to L Martin [Applause] [Music] Mr stump social studies award goes to Samantha Sproul [Applause] [Music] Spanish award Lucia James [Music] foreign is teaching at the high school so Mr Elliott's going to give out his German award to Grace Nowack [Applause] [Music] Miss schlichting is also in class so the technology award goes to Mason tanzer [Applause] [Music] Miss fulti's art
008Awards there are two different awards for art Gianna Alston and Chelsea Miami [Applause] Mrs McGinty's choir award goes to Riley Baker thank you [Music] [Applause] Mr hoax band award goes to Aaron Eisenhower [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the PE award goes to Lauren Overby [Applause] [Music] Mr Birch is here to present his biotech award that goes to will Kleinschmidt [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Mrs Lange and Miss rep are going to announce the Soaring Eagle awards for third and fourth quarter first goes to Brett daughtery [Music] that goes in your yard in case you everybody very big sign otherwise next goes to Gavin Davis [Applause] [Music] Jacob dare [Music] [Applause] [Music] Maddie hey [Applause] [Music] Kendall himkin [Applause] Haley huntman [Applause] Morgan Kelly [Applause] courage [Applause] [Music] L Martin [Applause] [Music] Claire sandstrom [Applause] thank you if you
009were a Soaring Eagle this year or that you were just called please stand these students exhibited Great Character all the time [Music] if you were a Soaring Eagle throughout CMS at all stand up if you fit six senatory degrees or anything thank you great job I had the pleasure of choosing two students that were not only top academic students for many other teachers but also had great character and good service hearts and so for those two students they received the Illinois principal Association award and they are Elena Novi and Chase long [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you Mr Wehrenberg is a former staff member here and he is well known in the community and we have a Mr Wehrenberg helping hand award and that award is Mr Kazam is going to give out because Mr
010Weimer couldn't be here today and the helping hand award is going to Reagan Matthews [Applause] [Music] [Applause] many of you know Mr Barry krizon he worked in our Columbia School District board how many years 44. 44 years and he likes to give an award every year to a stand-up student that overall excels in everything and is a great student and in this case it was very hard but the choice is made and that is Lucia James [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] at this time I'm going to turn it over to miss Klein who is going to do these superlatives of the students all voted on earlier this month the students voted for their eighth grade class superlatives they voted on a girl and a boy for each of the 24 categories at this time
011I would like to announce the results for these People's Choice Awards students if your name is called for a superlative please stand proudly and we will have a round of applause after the two winners of each category before we move on to the next one so for the category of most responsible students Mason tonser and Riley Baker [Music] [Applause] [Music] for the most determined person Gavin Cole and Kaylee Bosch [Applause] [Music] most honest Gavin Davis and Laney Ames [Music] [Applause] students having the Best Manners Nathan Coleman and Lucia James [Applause] [Music] students voted most likely to become president of the United States Aaron Eisenhower and Riley Baker [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] students voted most likely to design a million dollar invention Aaron Eisenhower and Grace Nowack [Applause] [Music] most artistic students Owen Starr and Chelsea
012Maisie [Music] foreign and Julia Stimson [Music] [Applause] [Music] the best singers Owen Starr and Gianna Alston [Music] [Applause] the best musicians Aaron Eisenhower and Emma hope [Applause] [Music] the most athletic Ricky Prater and Kaylee Bosch [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the most school spirit Keegan Thomas and Peyton herbeck [Music] thank you the most involved students Gavin Cole and Kaylee Bieber [Applause] [Music] friendliest students Noah Kish and Briley dare [Applause] the funniest students Crawford Bryant and Savannah Robertson [Applause] [Music] students having the best style Owen Starr and Liza Dicken [Applause] [Music] students having the best smile Crawford Bryant and Delaney Ray [Applause] [Music] the best laugh Nolan Orr and Aubry Pasha [Music] [Applause] [Music] the best hair Abner Cruz and Claire sandstrom [Music] [Applause] the best eyes case in Muska and Addie Bingham [Applause] [Music] the best handwriting
013Gavin Cole and Claire sandstrom [Applause] [Music] [Applause] most likely to become famous Colin Augustine and Addie Bingham [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and our final category best dancers Dane cuevro and Aubry Schwab [Music] [Applause] Mr Kindle is going to come up and have students stand up for recognition with clubs and events student Spotlight teacher shout outs please rise foreign Beta Club [Applause] [Music] spelling bee [Applause] [Music] theater [Applause] student council [Applause] yearbook committee [Applause] Art Festival participants [Applause] solo and Ensemble participants band inquire ilmea District participants [Applause] book battle [Applause] first priority [Applause] baseball team [Music] softball team boys basketball team [Applause] girls basketball team [Applause] [Music] volleyball team cheerleading team track and field [Applause] and bowling [Applause] I would like to recognize a few groups of people in the audience if you attended Columbia Middle School
014yourself please stand thank you if you are going to be a parent of a high school student for the first time please stand [Applause] if you if your last child is leaving CMS please stand your last child we will miss you if you were a student of Mr krizan Mr Wehrenberg or Miss Klein please stand foreign [Music] [Applause] I was told we did not call scalar Bowl so if you were a student in scholar Bowl please stand [Applause] [Music] it sorry about that and thank you guys all right at this time Mr Kendall is going to announce the promotion certificates for everyone the time we've all been waiting for okay ladies and Gentlemen please hold your applause until the entire row has been called we want to make sure every family can hear their students
015name once the row has been called feel free to go crazy Row one please rise Nicholas Albers Gianna Alston Laney Ames Colin Augustine Alana Bailey Riley Baker Jay spam Backus Alexis Bieber Kaylee Bieber Eddie Bigham Kaylee Bosch Maddie brandenberger Addison Britton Faith Brogan Terry Brooks Hayden Cleveland Gavin Cole Nathan Coleman Aiden Collier Berkeley County Cade Corbin Lily coy Abner Cruz Paul Cueto John Dobb Brent Dougherty Dominic Davis and Gavin Davis [Applause] thank you [Music] Luke dewilde Liza Dicken Briley dare Jacob dare miles dewarin cam Don John Aaron Eisenhower Adam Elder Wyatt Etherton Eli flowers Blake frame Madeleine frying Kendra galley s cash Grissom Maddie hay Le Harrington Noah Haven Kendall himkin Travis Henson Peyton herback Cannon Hogan Emma Hoke Haley huntman McKenna huntman Caleb Jackson Lucia James Reagan Gerard Shane Johnson [Applause] Blake Jones Morgan
016Kelly Noah Kish Luke Klein will Kleinschmidt Olivia coogler Caden Crites Holly courage Savannah Lane Jack light shoe Chase long L Martin Reagan Matthews Chelsea Maisie Lily misra Kyle mock Cason Muscat Maddie Mudd Mia mullanex Cynthia Munden Braden Myers Chase Myers Chloe Myler Jacob Nelson Cali ninis Elena Noby Grace Nowak Sophia Nowak [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Nolan Orr Lauren Overby Galley Palacios goody Aubry Pasha Elise Patrick Gage Patton Eve Pittman Roman pomeranz Luke Ricky Prater Dane quivero Josie reicherts Cooper Royce Noah Roberts Savannah Robertson Sarah Ross Claire sandstrom Micah Schreiber Audrey Schwab Eli Simmons Talon Sims Hauser Samantha Spruill Owen Starr Adeline stickler Camden Stefan Julia Simpson Keegan Thomas Savannah Thomas Cadence Thompson foreign [Applause] Mason tonser Rose valeroy Lila VanDevere Aubry velker Aiden Vollmer Jake Vollmer Bella Watkins Arthur Webb Mack Weber Kylie wheeler Izzy Whitaker
017Owen Worcester Delaney Ray Zach zerbon and Cadence Zimmer [Applause] [Music] [Applause] ladies and gentlemen the eighth grade class of 2023 and future senior class of 2027. [Applause] once again congratulations students and parents families we encourage you to take pictures outside since classes are going to resume in the gym shortly students make sure that you take all of your belongings with you as this is the last moment of you