001please stand for the playing of the [Music] stars [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you thank you please be seated welcome school committee members superintendent zingy principal duceri assistant principal stukels faculty family and guests let me just start off by saying this year has been a crazy one despite multiple challenges throughout the year whether they were personal or something we face as a class each and every one of us are coming out stronger than ever so with that i would just like to say a huge thank you to our teachers for making this year as almost possible every day was something new and no matter the situation you all managed to have a smile on your face thank you for a great year and everything you taught us along the way as we make our
002way into high school we will hold on to these memories we've had tomorrow if you're staying here these memories will just be the first of many if you're leaving then i wish you well in everything you do in accomplishing your upcoming high school career i used to watch all these movies when i was younger talking about oh high school is the most exciting time of life now that time is finally here each and every one of us is going to have a different experience four years is not a long time when you talk to the members of the graduating senior class they always mention how high school goes by too fast live your life it's the best thing you can possibly do live your life with the others who are not here with us today
003i know you're watching over us matt and i know that you're going to be forever in our hearts thank you for being one of the most awful and kindest souls anyone has ever met moving on to high school the impact you left on all of us will carry on throughout the next four years we love you man strike first strike hard no mercy and now i welcome superintendent sandy to the stage [Applause] good morning this year's superintendent award is given to an eighth grader whose class overwhelmingly chose her because they thought of her as a positive role model and very considerate of others she has been described as the most caring and warm person nice to everyone and always brighten someone's day she's a member of the tahanto varsity field hockey team in middle school
004advisory council she has been a student of the month in grade six as well as in grade seven she has received the highest honors in grades six seven and eight as a member of project 351. outside of toronto she has been involved in kick-in field hockey club lady flames ice hockey club and nexus field hockey team because we have excellent academic success participation in leadership and extracurricular activities as well as outstanding character this year's superintendent award goes to lindsey graham i'd like to introduce thank you superintendent zane the principal spirit award is given to a member of the 8th grade class who has demonstrated great levels of toronto spirit and stag product this year's recipient is a member of the field hockey team softball team student council and the student advisory council she has also
005achieved highest honors in every marching period in grades six seven and eight some of her activities and interests outside school include town sports spending time with family and friends baking and cooking when asked some of her classmates said she's very smart and always kind to others despite the differences and thoughts she's a good role model and is active in the school community she puts a hundred percent effort into her work and everything else she does while keeping a smile on her face it is my pleasure to present the principal spirit award to izzy brissette [Applause] at this time i'd like to ask mrs hubby to come forward for the effort across the circular this year the effort across the curriculum award goes to allison stevens [Applause] and this year's remote learning effort award goes to
006robert foley one more award the award for effort application and achievement in edgenuity goes to hijabi uh good morning the following people have attained the highest overall scholastic averages from grades 7 to 8 in this year's 8th grade class the highest academic average for grade 8 goes to edith abelson [Applause] the second highest academic average in grade 8 goes to nicholas at this time i would like to ask the faculty to follow the order of presentation and approach the stage to present your academics okay good morning everybody um first i just wanted to say that it has been a pleasure to work with all of you and your kindness and creativity really just amazed me this year and i'm proud of every single one of you for everything that you've done but i'm here to
007present um some outstanding academic excellence awards um in the field of art this year on behalf of miss marin and i so the award for outstanding academic excellence in 8th grade drawing goes to robin [Applause] withers and the outstanding academic excellence award for 8th grade art goes to lindsey brown good morning everyone um the outstanding academic excellence award for ela lab goes to bree finkles the outstanding academic excellence award for exploratory french goes to toddy mozi the spanish award goes to abigail [Applause] this year's this year's music award goes to gabriella binkles [Applause] on behalf of mr ashman and mrs suttlemaier we have two physical education awards um the first one goes to ariana francisco the health award goes to lindsey brown [Applause] and on behalf of mr barbar by the technology award is presented
008to arvind this year's forensic science award for effort application and achievement goes to abiki asante [Applause] and this year's award in science for the highest academic average goes to michelle donahue and the award for effort application and achievement in eighth grade science this year goes to edith abelson [Applause] the highest average for social studies this year is michelle donahue the award for effort application and achievement in social studies goes to alexis marshall [Applause] so and the civics in action award goes to sofia valani [Applause] in english the highest academic average goes to edith in english for effort application and achievement the award goes to lydia anderson [Applause] in horticulture in recognition for effort application and achievement the award goes to rowan noel and the janice andrews annual writing award goes to edith abelson okay math
009awards we had quite a uh quite a challenging year in math obviously we had the obstacles that come with hybrid learning but for me it was uh it was quite challenging choosing these awards because people uh rose above and beyond and i had some exceptional exceptional um results so some of these awards were very close and came down the wire um but i want to thank everybody for their effort and their achievement i'm going to begin with fun with math elective and the uh effort award for outstanding performance goes to abhiki asanti in algebra this was a real tough one um in the course of the year there were 7 600 total possible points to be achieved through various assignments quizzes tests and the first and second place averages came down to two points not
010two percentage points two actual points out of seven thousand six hundred in first place with the highest academic average in algebra was robin withers and for effort application and achievement i think it's only fair that i would recognize the person who was neck and neck with robin through the entire school year and that is alexena burkhart [Applause] in pre-algebra this year the award for highest academic average goes to katherine jenny thank you and in pre-algebra the award for effort application and achievement make sure these in the right order goes to alex vince aquary [Applause] in geometry the award for the highest academic average goes to nick and in geometry the award for effort application and achievement goes to lindsey brown [Applause] in this last award is in recognition for academic excellence across the entire eighth
011grade in math and i have to call down once again for the christopher hatch memorial mathematics award robin withers the following eighth graders have been accepted into the junior national honor society for 2021. when i read your name please stand to be recognized edith abelson [Applause] lydia anderson [Music] aravind machali abigail biddinger [Applause] isabelle brucette madeline [Applause] lindsey brown taylor brown alexina burkhardt [Applause] abigail figaro [Applause] princess [Applause] [Music] [Applause] at this time i'd like to invite principal cesari to join me on the stage for a special recognition at this time we would like to invite mr and mrs phillips to the stage mr mrs phillips we'd like to present you um present to you matthew's certificate of recognition a card from your tahonta family and the cobra prize flag that we flew at half-mast
012and on earth matthew matthew will forever be in our hearts and stats good [Applause] the next and most important important part of today's ceremony is the awarding of certificates to the graduating eighth graders i'd like to invite school counselor greg piccarello to the stage to help with the awarding of the church edith abelson paige agricus will alberts lydia anderson aravind pachalo abigail vinegar adam bradford reed bradford isabelle persepolis madeline brienne lindsey brown taylor brown madison bergwinkle alexina burkhart hottie andrew christensen anna apollo michelle donahue izzy eaton parker eckerman ezra arrington abigail figueroa michael flynn robbie foley ari francisco kendall fuller molly gardner reed getman trevor harrington isabel holyoke ian hughes catherine jennings dory dirty princess elias cassouk rasmani kawanda annelise langelier lucas lavallee alexis marshall lisa leslie marrow jackson money tatiwa nazi alana muns rowan
013noel alana mckenna apparel mason perry nick f robert tebow tabby phillips shoshanna potash samantha rail's guy connor ross elijah rodriguez abikia santi emily spencer molly saint jean allison stevens lillian tessier record sofia velani alexander vince aquarium bree binkles [Music] alexis wheeler robin withers katie young the very strange and difficult year you guys got through this together we're all very very proud of you guys so please everyone join me in congratulating the class of 2025. [Applause] um guys thank you so much congratulations um you guys need to give yourself