001[Music] now [Music] so [Music] hi brian you all ready is dr gifford will kick you right out of here i know good evening and welcome to the class of scholarship and awards evening here at dartmouth high school in the carlin lynch activity center i'm principal ross tebow it's my pleasure to introduce and to welcome you all uh to this evening's ceremony i want to thank uh superintendent gifford members of the administrative team here at dartmouth high school members of our faculty our parents families of course our young people but i especially want to thank our secretaries this evening because without them tonight would not be possible specifically i want to thank mrs kimberly peach who's here who really um made tonight possible by paying attention to every detail so thank you mrs peach and now
002if you wouldn't mind um standing and please joining me in the pledge of allegiance i pledge 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 as i said tonight we uh gather here um another step towards uh some sense of normalcy uh i know that this class has been extremely resilient and has um you know endured a tremendous amount during the covert 19 pandemic so having knights lake tonight i think we've learned not to take them for granted and we're excited uh to be here for sure um before we get started the programs that you have in front of you i just want to draw your attention you don't know what awards and
003scholarships we'll be giving out tonight but all of our young people who are being honored tonight are listed in the program at the back in alphabetical order uh beyond that i also want to draw our attention to we've been notified that a number of our classmates have received scholarships already and so when we were notified we include those as well under the previously awarded section including honoring our john and abigail adams scholars who we had a nice breakfast for earlier this spring i also want to thank anit silva and the dartmouth high alumni association each year the alumni association is so generous to our graduating class and i know a number of our young people received scholarships this past weekend from our alumni association and so we certainly thank um them for their generosity at
004this time it's my pleasure to introduce the director of school counseling and support services mrs bridget da silva who's going to act as the emcee for the scholarship portion of tonight's evening good evening everyone and congratulations class of 2022. i would like to call up julie giusti uh sorry presenting the pasca mansa engine company award we would like to call up bria lin pimento [Applause] rick porter who will present the potter school pto scholarship [Applause] and congratulations to all members of the class of 22 um wanna come awards sarah madruga the potter school pto scholarship congratulations good luck to you too thank you the next presenter will present several awards stacey rowe will present the coach charlie career team player scholarship as well as several from the dartmouth youth soccer association [Applause] i guess i'm
005the first one to speak here all right um so the coach coach charlie korea team player scholarship is in my father's name charlie korea he passed away nine years ago but left a legacy behind him charlie korea was a soccer coach for 25 years he dedicated all of his free time coaching his two daughters my older sister melissa and myself and inspiring many other children along the way he did most of his coaching at dartmouth youth soccer and he coached recreationally in the fall and competitively in the spring in addition my dad coached at the high school level at old rochester regional and assisted henry almeida with the umass dartmouth men's soccer team in his free time he even continued his coaching career at dysa after both of his daughters were out of the system
006we coached a younger team together and together we made memories on the soccer field and shared lots of those moments with a lot of you guys in this room as well my dad committed his life to the bettering of his own and other people's children's lives through soccer he looked for certain aspects in a player when he chose a team and for this scholarship we asked applicants to describe what they think makes a team player my dad never chose a player solely based on their skills because as many other coaches know it's not just about individual talent but it's also about how an individual player works with a team and performs as a whole our recipient this year was not fortunate enough to have played for my dad however she really understands what it means
007to be a team player this year's coach charlie korea team player scholarship goes to gabriella santos as she knows what it is to be [Music] okay uh next i'm going to present the dartmouth soccer association scholarship i'm gonna start with the person's name and then i got a little speech okay justin kearney justin has been involved in the dysa program for over 10 years his enthusiasm on the field as a player is matched only by his willingness to volunteer whenever needed including as a junior referee and pitching in with our concession stand operations thanks justin [Applause] okay the next scholarship is the dysa referee scholarship ella has been a referee with the dysa soccer program for three years in addition she has refereed games for the south coast soccer league ella was always willing to
008pitch in and support where she could and dysa is very thankful to her to have her as part of their referee program thank you ella dysa wishes you the best in the future ellen burcer [Applause] and the last scholarship i'll be presenting is a dysa scholarship that is also part of the vipers association the father luciano pereira memorial scholarship the father luciano pereira dysa scholarship was created to recognize student achievement focusing on the areas of academics community volunteerism and sports his energy and enthusiasm were infectious as his commitment to people of all ages was evident in his passion for sports father pereira knew how important athletics could be in the lives of children and was very active in the cyo catholic youth organization and numerous civic activities dysa has selected kylie decosta as the recipient
009of the award the next presenter is officer joe vieira presenting the dartmouth police athletic league scholarship [Applause] congratulations class of 22. i know most of you from when you were babies i haven't met any i haven't seen anything you professionally so that's a good thing um on behalf of the dartmouth police don matthews athletic league and chief brian levick again congratulations i'm here to hand out a few scholarships i am a 1980 graduate proud dartmouth indian here it's true and true our first scholarship uh we give out five ones gone to rochester a young lady there one the second one would be emma tatro [Applause] our second one is jacqueline thibodeau [Applause] brian edwards our last scholarship is named after one of our actually my first chief chief manny vamaderus he passed away in 1981.
010he was really one of the first modern chiefs here for the police department in dartmouth he actually started bringing us into the modern era and that winner of that scholarship is uh bria pimento i knew it i do it [Applause] andrea meneze will present the dartmouth high school pto scholarships [Applause] hello as i look around the gym i see lots of faces that remind me that we're all part of the 2022's village and i feel very honored and privileged to be a part of that village with you our village for the class of 2022. to the class of 2022 you are a very special class to me i have literally watched you grow up to be the amazing young people that you are today from the sidelines of the football field helping you strap on
011your helmets to seeing you in your people's parade in the fourth grade to listening to your lip sync concert i can remember a certain cindy lauper song in performance still makes me laugh today and climbing the hundreds of steps of bunker hill in the fifth grade to the crazy sock days of socktober in the middle school to standing on the hill if you know you know the hill while watching and listening to you perform the last run-through of that marching band show of the night watching your talent on the stage to following your academic musical theatrical and all the athletic accomplishments here at the high school and yeah winning spirit week three years out of the four and i have loved every minute of it we are here tonight for one final time on your
012farewell tour to celebrate all of you and through the generous donations made in memory of loved ones from neto insurance agency apc auto body and attorney jane pino in conjunction with the pto the dartmouth high school pto is happy to be able to award nine scholarships this year to the class of 2022 the class of 2022 has been one of the largest classes but it's not the size and number that makes you all so special it's how much you give back to your high school community and our community at large in dartmouth each student who applied for the pto scholarship was asked to write about why their service to their school community or the town of dartmouth community has been important to them in addition to listing what service they had been a part of
013and you are all so much a part of our community i would personally like to thank tracy violet and sonya silva for reading through all the applications this year and selecting this year's recipients so please join me in congratulating moniz [Applause] catherine [Applause] quinn brian edwards emma tatro joshua moniz [Applause] kathleen lamothe [Applause] evan garcia molly rio abigail simmons so congratulations to all of you the class of 2022 although your village might not be quite ready to see you go we know that you are ready and we're so proud of you so here's to watching and seeing what great things you all do next [Applause] michael kehoe will present the bryant prescott scholarship fund thank you and congratulations to the class of 2022 this evening on behalf of the bryant prescott scholarship trust it's my
014privilege to award four scholarships selection process was difficult there were quite a few very very impressive applications bryant prescott was an attorney in new bedford whose desire and that of his families was to advance education and to promote civic activity in other words be productive they recognized that our society depends on a well-educated and active citizenry and i think this evening you'll agree with me that each of the recipients meets that qualification they've showed outstanding academic and personal successes here at dartmouth high school each have shown dedication and perseverance as well as and this is the important part the desire to continue their personal growth and be active members of their community it is my privilege and honor this evening to award a scholarship to evan john garcia [Applause] the next scholarship winner is benjamin
015george bernice [Applause] the third scholarship winner is joshua charles moniz [Applause] [Music] and the fourth the fourth scholarship winner is christian anthony resendiz [Applause] john bernard and maureen dutra will present the dartmouth girls athletic lead scholarships good evening as current president of the dartmouth girls athletic league i'm proud to be tonight along with maureen dutra our scholarship committee chairperson to present scholarships just a little history the dartmouth girls athletic league was founded in 1974 as the first all-girls athletic league in the country it's expanded over the years to take in field hockey basketball and softball is three of our sports now we consider ourselves to be the feeder program towards the dartmouth high sports program to create to expand and create a better program by working in conjunction with them we also we also work
016in conjunction with them by having some of the older girls who have been involved with degal to mentor our young and upcoming athletes the league is pleased to be able to give back to the community and these girls by being able to present a large sum of scholarships this year to former participants of degal i would like to thank all the past and present board members volunteers and families friends and most of all the girls who participate in the program and make the out of success it has been for so many years with that said i'm going to turn it over to maureen and she's going to present and tell you how we picked our scholarship applicants thanks john congratulations to all the recipients here tonight including our very own degal winners to be considered
017applicants must have competed in a minimum of five seasons throughout all of the decal programs we had a competitive pool of applicants this year and an honor and are honored to present to you the following winners eileen boyle congratulations catherine lancaster congrats catherine emma madruga [Applause] congrats emma thank you catherine cherrier congrats catherine ellie cody congrats lily giosa [Applause] congrats lily catherine quinn [Applause] congrats katie nicole sylvain nice job nicole grace rose good job gracie molly rio [Applause] randy medeiros [Applause] congrats and emma tatro congrats emma madden waskowitz will present the david r santos memorial scholarship every year my family awards this scholarship to deserving students in honor of my late uncle who dedicated his life to impacting the lives of children in a positive way every year my family chooses to honor his memory
018by awarding this scholarship to students who have decided that they are going to impact lives of children in a positive way in their lives in the future so emma tatro sophia montez and kathleen lamothe thank you john nunes will present the club mata durence ss sacramento scholarship [Applause] thank you ma'am on behalf of the club mother and son sacramento i'd like we'd like to offer our best wishes to the class of 2022. the club is the sponsor of the feast of the blessed sacrament and this year we are back finally for our 106th anniversary on august 4th to the 7th each year the club awards scholarships to deserving seniors this year we are awarding 44 1 000 scholarships or a total of forty four thousand dollars okay this brings our total over the years to
019over one point one million dollars this year we thank you this year you are very proud to award ten one thousand dollar scholarships to the following students molly rio livy friar lauren v c novo [Applause] austin edgecombe emma teatro benjamin meneses [Applause] joshua moniz [Music] evan garcia will kelly and julian paulino rick white will present the gary d barboza memorial athletic scholarship thank you congratulations to class of 2022 it's one of my favorite classes just to let you know love you guys it's been a great four years uh it's my pleasure to award the gary barboza memorial scholarship gary was one of my teammates in high school he was an outstanding lineman one of the toughest people i've ever met led us to the super bowl championship back in the 80s and his daughters nicole
020and carly barboza set this scholarship up in his memory it's a 500 scholarship and i'm privileged to present it to a student athlete who's given everything over the last four years to dartmouth high school gary was very passionate about football cared deeply about dartmouth high and representing us wherever we went and i know this young man did that for us over the last four years uh he even held off on having major shoulder surgery until our season was over so i knew it meant a little bit so i've known him since he was about four years old means a lot to me and the gary barbosa memorial scholarship goes to patrick crane brian fragger and liz rigo will present the leah e oliver memorial scholarship mr tebow will present the scholarship it's uh my honor
021to be able to uh present the lea oliver memorial scholarship the lea memorial scholarship is awarded annually to a female who is in the top 25 percent of our class and is majoring in engineering and for those of you um who may not be familiar lee oliva was a fantastic member of the dartmouth high school community who unfortunately fell victim on the september 11th attacks back in 2001 and so this scholarship is awarded in her memory each year and we appreciate the generosity of the oliver family for sure this year the leah e oliver memorial scholarship goes to randy madirus sharon mcdonald and jeremy mcdonald will present the marty mcdonald memorial scholarship my mother decided to leave me alone to this one so thank you for that good good evening my mom and i would
022like to extend our congratulations to you the class of 2022 and your families it is an honor to be here tonight to present the marty mcdonald scholarship my dad was a son a husband and a father and most importantly a friend to everyone my dad loved teaching english drama and baseball he loved them because he could share his passions with thousands of young people who roam the halls and fields of dhs he inspired his students to be passionate about them as well for 34 years my dad mr mcdonald was dedicated to the students at dhs one of my dad's final wishes was to have a scholarship set up in his name and thank uh and thanks to his friends colleagues former students and former ball players his wish became a reality this year my mother
023and i decided to award the scholarship to a varsity player who also played jv ball somebody who would have played for coach mcdonald he taught the game of baseball that he loved so much for 23 years the most important lesson he taught his ball players and students was that success doesn't come easily it takes a lot of hard work and when you put a lot of work into something the successful outcome is that much more satisfying throughout my dad's life and teaching career he stressed the importance of students being involved in a variety of activities the 2022 recipient of the marty mcdonald scholarship has chosen to do that throughout his entire four years at dartmouth high school he has used the baseball field to expand his horizons and to cultivate the many friendships he has
024made over the past four years this this year's recipient of the marty mcdonald scholarship is keegan hummison sharon mcdonald will also present the saint julie's ladies guild scholarship good evening thank you i would like to extend my congratulations to the class of 2022 and your families it's an honor to be here tonight to represent st julie's ladies guild and to present two one thousand dollar scholarships the 2002 recipients of the saint julie's ladies skills scholarships go to luke kanith and catherine miller [Applause] at this time i'd like to call up brian fragger and liz rigo in regards to the leah e oliver memorial scholarship [Applause] good evening i'm brian fraga i was lea oliver's cousin and we're here to present the scholars the scholarship of leah's memory leah was a force of nature that's the
025best way to describe her she graduated at the top of her class in 1994 she was the recipient of the harvard book award the college club book of wood there were probably too many awards to mention that would take up this whole evening and she went on to attend columbia university in new york city where she afterwards got got several jobs in in the city at startup tech firms she got the job of her of her dreams of her life in at one at the world trade center in downtown new york where she was working on the morning of september 11 2001 and the weeks and months that followed after that that tragic morning our blood today but our family wanted to on alia's memory and we couldn't we couldn't think of a better way
026to do so than with the scholarship and um before we um presented also wanted to emphasize that leah wasn't just a top-rate scholar a first-rate intellect you know she was fully human she enjoyed life to the fullest and we would encourage you all to do so as well in the years ahead so today we are pleased to present the lea oliver college of award to a young lady at the top of her class as well she will be attending lynn university or renslaw polytech university so which me in wishing well in saying congratulations to randy she madaris up already dr ray knew singh will present the matadore family foundation [Applause] hi and congrats to all of you the class of 2022 as a former dartmouth high graduate myself it is an honor and a joy
027to be here um to be with you all i barely get to spend time in the states let alone dartmouth and really i'm excited that i had this opportunity to be here with you all i'm here on behalf of the mariada foundation this is a non-profit that my family has set up since 2014 in dartmouth to promote and advance science and education and i'm here today on behalf of the foundation to recognize a graduating senior who has made the greatest strides in their high school academic and extracurricular endeavors and with that i'd just like to say thank you all for organizing this thank you to ms peach for helping us nominate and award uh one of you all and thank you so much to jesse um maruccio for being here and for being our our
028student our graduate that we'd like to award the maria the medal tonight [Applause] sue benoit and russ benoit will present the dartmouth school music association as well as the robert m silva woodwind scholarship and the bancroft memorial scholarship [Applause] [Music] good evening and congratulations to the class of 2022 russ and i have actually watched most of you grow up from being in the music department and just watching you and listening to you play all these years and it's been an honor that you have done that for us the dsma is a non-profit organization consisting of parents family members friends and alumni and music lovers around the region dedicated to supporting the development of music appreciation and abilities throughout the dartmouth public schools music programs each year the dsma offers a scholarship to seniors who have
029completed the eligibility requirements throughout their time in the music program this year we are pleased to be awarding the following students a combined total of eight thousand fifty dollars in scholarship funds we would like to honor ryan cleveland [Applause] ashley to jesus lucas dion austin edgecombe [Applause] [Music] thea hayes [Applause] aidan lemaire joshua moniz [Applause] ashton perry [Music] carly richard as rush rudrak [Music] abigail simmons [Music] and sarah taylor [Music] as part of the scholarship program the bancroft family generously donates the bancroft memorial scholarship in memory of paul bancroft who is a strong supporter of the music program this year's recipient is thea hayes the robert m silva scholarship is donated by the silva family robert silva was a dartmouth high graduate who was a member of the music program the scholarship is awarded to
030a woodwind player who has shown a passion for music is a strong student and has demonstrated leadership skills this year's recipient is josh moniz [Applause] marcia vieira and lauren enochson will present the national honor society scholarships [Applause] good evening being selected for membership in the national honor society is based on four pillars scholarship leadership service and character the students the two students selected by the faculty council were chosen because they exhibited excellent qualities in each of these areas they are evan garcia [Applause] and molly rio i will now introduce rachel chavier our associate principal at dartmouth high school and she will present the following scholarships good evening the albertina g madura scholarship is awarded annually to a deserving member of the senior class who will be continuing their education in the fall this year's recipient
031of the albertina g madeira scholarship is ella mercer [Applause] each year the dartmouth high school medical careers club partners with the american red cross to host two blood drives after a brief hiatus due to covet 19 the medical careers club was able to once again host a blood drive and as a result we are able to award the american red cross medical careers scholarship to a member of the senior class who went above and beyond to organize a blood drive this year's recipient of the american red cross medical careers scholarship is josh patel the betsy w tabor scholarship is awarded annually to deserving seniors who plan to continue their education in trades music art nursing business or agriculture this year's recipients are aneja lopes aaron mello jenna mello and jordan peckham the buzzards bay rowing
032club scholarship is awarded to a deserving senior who major in a field related to a career in environmental studies this year's buzzards bay rowing club scholarship is presented to caitlin de silva [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the carlos and mary ventura memorial scholarship is awarded annually to a member of the senior class planning to pursue a degree in the field of education this year's recipient of the carlos and mary ventura memorial scholarship is sophia montez [Applause] the dartmouth educators association scholarship is awarded annually to members of the senior class whose parents are employed by the dartmouth public schools and are active members of the dartmouth educators association this year the dartmouth educators association is pleased to present scholarships to aileen boyle [Applause] emma fernandez evan garcia christian rosendies dylan rosendes molly rio and juliana souza [Music] the
033dartmouth grange number 162 john h brown jr scholarship is awarded annually to seniors planning to pursue a career that may benefit or help to sustain our agricultural heritage environment or natural resources this year the dartmouth grange number 162 john h brown junior scholarship is prudent is presented to the following seniors kylie decosta [Applause] charles fairfax evan garcia emma gifford [Applause] christian rosendies [Applause] and emma tatro [Applause] [Music] mike martin one of dartmouth high school assistant principal will present the following scholarships to the class of 22. good evening and welcome friends and family the seniors sitting here before you wouldn't be here without you to the class of 2022 congratulations okay you have left your mark and hopefully these four years that you've had at dartmouth okay will always last forever it is my honor to
034present the following scholarships the first one is the dartmouth middle school pto scholarship is presented annually to a deserving member of the senior class who attended dartmouth middle school this year's recipient of the dartmouth middle school pto scholarship is emma madruga the doctor e dean freitas memorial scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding student athlete who plans to continue their education in the fall this year's recipient of the dr e dean freitas memorial scholarship is shantae gonzalez the francis and mary howland scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding student athlete who participated in high school athletics in grades 9 through 12 who plan to continue their education in the fall the francis and mary holland scholarship is awarded to william paradise and emma tatro the grimshaw gudewicz charitable foundation scholarship is awarded annually to deserving
035seniors the grimshaw guruwicz charitable foundation asks that we share the following with you mr george e grimshaw and miss irene s gurdwich were former residents of dartmouth massachusetts in peterborough new hampshire they grew up in new bedford and attended new bedford high school they spent much of their working careers together establishing and later selling a very successful fastener manufacturing company george and irene devoted their retirement years to charitable activities revolving around education historical preservation medical research and the arts neither george nor irene had much to start with the success came from their hard work and their own efforts as part of their legacy george and irene established a charitable foundation that today carries on their support of various charitable activities it is hoped that the recipients of the numerous scholarships awarded will utilize these scholarships
036to the fullest and someday have the opportunity to create a similar legacy of their own this year the grimshaw guruwitz charitable foundation scholarship is awarded to the following seniors genevieve shadeed [Applause] mckenna callahar [Applause] randy medeiros [Music] aaron mellow [Applause] jenna mellow ella mercer [Applause] sophia montez [Applause] christian rosendies dylan rosendes molly rio [Applause] [Music] oliver tara dash the james arsenault memorial scholarship is awarded annually to a member of the track team this year's recipient of the james arsenault memorial scholarship is evan garcia mr shea our other assistant principal at dartmouth high school will also present additional scholarships to the class of 2022. good evening the james m quinn elementary school parents group scholarship is awarded annually to deserving senior who attended quinn elementary school this year recipient is alex madirus the jean wilbur wilson
037memorial scholarship is awarded annually to a female student pursuing a four-year nursing degree this year's recipient of the gene wilson memorial scholarship is molly rio [Applause] the joseph de melo school pto scholarship is awarded annually to deserving seniors who attended de mello elementary school for at least three years this year recipients are aileen boyle caitlyn silva in cohen sylvia the jesse fernandez memorial scholarship is awarded annually to deserving member of the graduating class who attended demel de mello elementary school for at least three years this year recipient is sophia montez the christopher r versaloni athletic scholarship is awarded annually to a deserving student athlete who will continue their education in the fall this year's christopher r versalone's athletic scholarship is awarded to ava ashton [Applause] and brian edwards the peter j martin scholarship is awarded
038to a deserving member of the senior class who plans to pursue a career in the health care field this year's recipient of the peter j martin scholarship is mackenzie bellow ross tebow dartmouth high school principal will present the following scholarships to the class of 2022 [Applause] the stanley m goldstein memorial scholarship is awarded annually to a deserving member of the senior class who plans to continue their education in the fall this year's stanley m goldstein memorial scholarship is awarded to genevieve shadeed [Applause] the sylvan scholarship is awarded annually by the van sloan foundation which is a non-profit family foundation based in dartmouth massachusetts started in 1991 by neil and sue van sloan mr vinslone is the owner and ceo of sylvan nursery located in the town of westport based on neil and sue's hard work
039and endeavors the van sloan foundation's mission is to support the study development and promotion of horticulture the veterinary and medical sciences land conservation education and related fields the foundation supports various scholarships both in massachusetts and in minnesota when neil van sloan was born the trustees are honored to award the sylvan scholarship to lily wheaton and are excited about her plans to attend the university of connecticut and major in animal science the van sloan family wishes you the very best during college and your future endeavors [Applause] the tyler joseph leonard memorial scholarship is awarded annually in memory of tyler who is a dartmouth high alumnus who graduated in 2007. tyler's passion was music this scholarship is dedicated to his memory and to bring light to mental health and suicide awareness this year's recipient of the tyler
040joseph leonard memorial scholarship is lauren novo the westport art group awards and i'm sorry i almost skipped a couple here the victor ledetto memorial scholarship is awarded annually to a member of the senior class who will be majoring in education this year's recipient of the victor ledetto memorial scholarship is riley fernandez the westport river watershed alliance is awarded annually to a deserving member of the senior class who will be continuing their education in the fall this year's recipient of the westport river watershed alliance is evan garcia the westport art group awards annual scholarships to deserving seniors who plan to pursue a degree in the visual or applied arts this year the westport art group scholarship is presented to jordan peckham and cohen sylvia [Applause] the principal scholarship is awarded annually to students who have demonstrated
041academic excellence as well as made significant leadership contributions to dartmouth high school this year i'm i am pleased to award the principal scholarship to two very deserving seniors evan garcia and joshua moniz the final scholarship of this evening happens to be one of my favorite two award each year each year we recognize a student who has demonstrated significant growth and improvement throughout their four years here at dartmouth high school student has demonstrated perseverance and tremendous growth this year the most improved scholarship is presented to yashini patel we have actually three additional scholarships we also award scholarships for academic excellence to our top three students of the class each year so at this time it's my pleasure to award the first scholarship to faiza atulova [Applause] the next scholarship is presented to a salutatorian sophia waite
042[Applause] and the final scholarship is awarded to our class valedictorian catherine quinn [Applause] so at this time we're gonna um it's my pleasure to transition from our scholarship portion of the evening to the departmental awards portion of our ceremony we're excited to have our lead teachers uh here with us this evening who will present the scholarships for their for each of their departments and at this time to present the first departmental awards it's my pleasure to introduce the lead teacher for the business computer science and mathematics department lead teacher mr gary lauer thanks hi everybody uh it's great seeing so many of you present uh let's get down to business so uh we've got a lot of awards here the outstanding business student award is given to a student who has demonstrated an interest in
043the study of business marketing and or finance by completing several business courses and who intends to pursue further study at the college level please join me in congratulating charlie fairfax [Applause] and riley fernandez [Applause] deca's mission is to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing finance hospitality and management this year there are two outstanding seniors both members of deca since their freshman year the first student has demonstrated her ability as a leader as serving as co-president and managing the team at competitions making sure everyone was ready and on time for the events also a driving force in the dhs deca receiving a national award congratulations alexa pereira [Applause] [Music] the second outstanding senior competed at this district and state levels every year and three years at the international level demonstrating an ability to
044solve real-world business problems knowledgeably and professionally culminating in a fourth place finish at the international competition this year a first for a dhs student congratulations colin zoo computer science requires students to think algorithmically to be able to translate their plans from english into a programming language creating code that can solve real-world problems please join me in congratulating two outstanding coders jack kercher [Applause] and josh moniz [Applause] our first math award recognizes one of the most valuable human traits perseverance now i'm willing to bet that i'm not the only one here who has struggled with math but what do you do about it you can learn from your mistakes and keep working until it starts to click please join me in congratulating two students whose effort and perseverance led to higher achievement every year jesse mauricio
045[Applause] and jackie thibodeau [Applause] our next math award is for outstanding student in mathematics an award that recognizes great achievement in the most rigorous math courses at dartmouth high school not just for one year but consistently over four years please join me in congratulating two students for their truly outstanding achievement both also members of our outstanding dhs math team amy chang [Applause] and abby chao [Applause] our final award is the math leadership award we all know i'm sure that students are often more interested in listening to their classmates than their teachers but not always a bad thing not when their classmate is explaining a math concept and getting it right please join me in congratulating two high-achieving students who stood out for their willingness to help their classmates also achieve more jack kercher [Applause] and
046abby shah [Applause] thank you mr lauer at this time it's my privilege to introduce our english language arts lead teacher mr will higgins as well as our special education lead teacher mr john bro who will present the english department awards hello everybody the outstanding and english award is traditionally given to a student who excels in both of the english department's flagship ap classes ap lang and ap lit we have two winners this year our first recipient impressed her teachers continually throughout her four years as someone whose brilliance and acuity in analyzing literature shown through her otherwise shy demeanor this student so impressed her classmates in her ap lit course this year that every time she spoke an otherwise boisterous class would hush each other to silence in order to listen to and think about what
047she had to add to the discussion please join me in congratulating this year's first english award winner thea hayes [Applause] this year the english department has chosen to honor a second student for an excellence in english award due to the unanimous praise of each of our english teachers this student claims to have once hated english yet was nominated by several of her teachers as being among the best and brightest they've ever taught often thought of for her athletic accolades this well-rounded student stood out as a leader and a top writer in both her ap lang and ap lit classes always eager to improve and never settling despite already being admitted to a top school please join me in congratulating our second english award winner sorel lawton the marty mcdonald award in english marty mcdonald was
048a beloved dhs english teacher and colleague who passed away on june 20th 2008 and in his legacy the english department offers this award each year in his name marty believed in the well-rounded student who like him loved to read and write but also was passionate about other activities as well this award goes to a student who honors those same values our winner is one of the most well-rounded members of the senior class had a hand in seemingly every corner of this school thrived in her english and history courses and is unanimously praised by every adult and peer alike in this building the most essential example of the very traits that marty values so strongly we as educators are fortunate that she plans to use her many talents to join our ranks someday and become the
049kind of teacher that marty emulated dedicated passionate and involved please join me in congratulating this year's recipient of the marty mcdonald award aileen boyle [Music] the excellence in journalism award is given every year to a student who develops and displays a passion for newswriting this year's recipient is especially remarkable because she began working for the school newspaper when she was a freshman became an editor in her sophomore year and editor-in-chief her junior year all while displaying poise maturity and leadership well beyond her years please join me in congratulating molly rio as this year's recipient of the excellence in journalism award the debate award it's a pleasure to present this award to not one but two very deserving seniors dhs debate and forensics competes in the massachusetts forensic league we travel to boston area schools for
050our saturday state competitions they're a small but scrappy contingent focusing on their niche area of competition groups discussion in which the conversations encompass national international and societal trends and developments this year's debate war goes to two seniors who served as our tireless club president and vice president who have both earned this award for their overall acumen and impressively broad knowledge base and to exhibit outstanding oratorical and persuasive speaking skills these skills have enabled them to habitually represent dhs at the wards podium these two young men have both made it to the final five out of 60 plus competitors at quite a few competitions the 2022 dhs debate award so well deserved goes to evan garcia and colin zoo [Music] right this one's not really in the program but we also have a scholastic art and
051writing award to give out as well this is at the national level and it's a silver medal the scholastic art and writing awards is the most prestigious competition of his type in the united states it's difficult to get recognized at the state level but this year dhs had a student with a silver medal at the national level for an entire portfolio of her writing this is an honor for the student and the school please help me congratulate sophia waite [Music] now i'll turn it over to john bro thank you i have the honor of handing out two awards tonight and it's a privilege that we award the most improved in english annually to a member of the graduating class who has shown great gains in english coursework throughout their four years here at dhs this
052year's first recipient the most improved in english award is juan torres despite the challenges presented to juan as he transferred into dhs juan has shown tremendous growth and achievements within his english classes his teachers highlighted his work ethic and academic turnaround which contributed to his many achievements the english department wishes juan all the best with his future endeavors [Applause] our final recipient of the most improved in english is presented again annually to someone that showed great gains in their english coursework throughout their years at dhs the final recipient this year is autumn adearus despite challenges presented to her in english autumn has shown immense growth with her performance in both english 11 and 12 these past two years her teachers highlighted improvements throughout her four years as a whole strong work ethic ethic and determination
053to tackle the rigors of the english curriculum the english department wishes autumn the best with her future endeavors [Applause] thank you mr higgins and mr bro at this time please welcome to the podium our lead science technology and engineering teacher dr peter banks [Applause] good evening the science technology and engineering department is privileged to provide four awards tonight the first one here is the excellence in the life sciences award the excess of life sciences award goes to a young man who has excelled in every life sciences course that he has participated in from freshman biology and advanced placement biology to biotechnology and anatomy and physiology this student has demonstrated excellence leadership and a strong willingness to help others as co-president of the medical careers club he was instrumental in organizing securing volunteers for and helping
054to manage this year's very successful blood drive he will be continuing his education at northeastern university and we are honored to recognize mr josh patel as the recipient our next award is the excellence in the physical sciences this year's recipient of the excellence in the physical science award goes to a student described by her physics and chemistry teachers as quiet in words but loud in thoughts mastering the ap chemistry and ap physics curricula and performing at the top of both of these classes the student was also very generous with her knowledge and skills and willingly assisted other students who sought her input her brilliance as a student her eagerness to assist others and her leadership are the reasons that she has been selected for the class of 2022 excellence in the physical sciences award she
055will be attending the university of massachusetts at amherst this fall miss amy chang [Applause] our next award is excellence in engineering our award for excellence in engineering recognizes a young man with a bright future he has been successful in every computer assisted drafting and engineering class that we offer he has been the captain of the robotics team and demonstrated remarkable growth as a leader and a scholar consistently conscientious in everything that he does he will be attending the worcester polytechnic institute next year we are delighted to present the 2022 excellence in engineering award to mr lucas dion our final award is an excellence in video production the excellence in video production award goes to a young man who has been active in our video program through all four years of high school from working on
056camera to cram to camera operator to editing and directing the student has done it all during covid the student worked from home on difficult senior productions for the class of 2020 and has become a student leader to our younger video students as a senior intern he engaged in directing creating live stream graphics and also helped to plan major renovations to our control rooms and our studio he hopes to continue his education at the university of dartmouth i'm sorry university of massachusetts at dartmouth we are proud to award the excellence in video production to mr andrew reed [Music] thank you dr bangs at this time it's my pleasure to introduce lead social studies teacher mr jeff reed to present the awards on behalf of the social studies department in deciding the recipient of the excellence in
057social studies award the members of my department were completely torn between two students so we decided to recognize both of them the first recipient is a young woman who completed all five social studies ap courses within a average she always was a major contributor in class helping spark interest in conversations when she decided to major in history she talked excitedly from multiple peace periods about her decision and explored all the potential paths that could lead her down we in the social science department are thrilled that caitlyn silva will be attending washington lee university as a history major this fall we assure all the best the second recipient also took five social studies ap courses and also averaged an a and all of them he's extremely knowledgeable of world news and politics and is always eager
058to learn more in order to develop well-informed and nuanced opinions this fall he will be attending holy cross majoring in political science and history the social studies department is proud to recognize evan garcia for his excellence in social studies thank you mr reed here with us this evening is mrs christine mcphee who is one of our unified arts teacher and will be taking over as lead art teacher next year mrs uh judy cronin is feeling a little into the weather and couldn't join us tonight but we are pleased to have mrs christine mcphee thank you all right do i go in order i only have two it's not a big order i'm going to do the excellent in visual arts first the excellent visual arts award recipient is a student who has taken advantage of
059a wide range of courses we offer at the department from fashion design to ap studio art and design 2d i think she took a total of at least eight courses the past four years during that time she has impressed us with her ability to synthesize her ideas processes and materials in order to convey her authentic voice in her artwork the unified arts department is looking forward to seeing her growth in the arts as she continues on her educational journey at savannah college of art and design where she will be studying film and technology fill in television i'm sorry um congratulations to jordan peckham okay the excellence in early childhood education award is going to a student who has demonstrated exemplary student teacher characteristics she clearly demonstrated a passion for working with young children repeatedly showed
060enthusiasm and was a role model for others in her class in and out of the kindergarten classroom she had an amazing attitude showed respect at a high level and built appropriate relationships with the children and her cooperating teachers it gives me great pleasure to announce kathleen lemothe as the 2022 excellence early childhood education scheme thank you mrs mcphee to present the world language awards as well as the seal of bi-literacy awards please welcome mrs hillary souza to the podium thank you congratulations class of 2022. each year the world language department awards three awards in excellence in mandarin chinese portuguese and spanish this award is given to students who demonstrate the highest level of the proficiency in the target language students have reached the highest level courses offered here at dartmouth high school for each language
061they are recognized for their extraordinary work ethic motivation dedication and overall their desire to see themselves grow and progress with the language our first award is excellence in mandarin chinese this year's recipient is colin zoo colin has taken successfully all four years and you'll be attending ucla in the fall best of luck [Applause] our second award is excellence in portuguese this year's recipient was in my class portuguese for honors and she excelled in her portuguese studies and completed all four years of portuguese it is my pleasure to announce caitlin the silva as this year's winner a third award goes to s excellence in spanish this year's recipient goes to someone that excelled in her spanish coursework throughout her four years at dhs including honors courses and taking ap spanish this year in addition the student
062is also proficient in another language and she will also earn ursula by literacy in portuguese so this year's recipient in spanish is bianca mata the world language department will ask also like to recognize students who have met the qualifying standards for the seal of bioliteracy uh isn't awarded students who demonstrate literacy in two or more languages the target language as well as in english this is a program set by desi and we're very proud at dartmouth high school to have implemented this program um to measure uh students have to measure a profession in english by earning a qualifying score in their elam cast and also qualifying score in the language target which consists of a very rigorous exam where they have to be listening speaking reading and writing in the target language so a very
063difficult exam so we're very proud this year to award the following recipients here for the seal by literacy with distinction we have josh moniz [Applause] we have bianca mata with the syllabi literacy we have lauren novo [Applause] we have juliana souza [Applause] okay and we have gia wow in mandarin chinese thank you mrs souza at this time is my distinct pleasure to welcome associate principal and advanced placement coordinator ms rachel chavier to present the ap scholar awards [Applause] we are very proud to present our ap capstone scholars students who receive a three or higher in ap seminar and research and on four additional ap exams of their choosing are potentially eligible for the ap capstone diploma students who receive a three or higher in both ap seminar and ap research will be eligible to receive
064the ap seminar and research certificate the following students and we have quite a few have taken ap seminar and ap research in addition to four or more ap courses throughout their time here at dhs these students are potentially eligible for the ap capstone diploma or ap seminar and research certificate amelia ablett robert august congratulations eva cafaso maeve carrig deanna bella korea caitlin da silva emma fernandez evan garcia [Applause] shantae gonzalez john kercher aiden lemire ethan lima elizabeth mckinley [Applause] [Music] lauren novo julina pantho [Applause] ashton perry catherine quinn [Music] gabriella riordan [Applause] carly richard molly rio [Applause] abby rogers justin silva caitlyn silva abigail simmons catherine smith hannah sullivan emmeline tavares emma tatro sofia waite colin zoo [Applause] zoe ziegler congratulations [Applause] thank you miss chavier now to present the wellness and athletic department awards
065please welcome dartmouth public schools director of wealth of i think he wishes he was the director of wealth director of wellness and athletics mr andrew chrysopholi thank you thank you mr tebow i have the privilege of presenting three awards this evening the first one will be excellence in wellness this award is selected by our wellness department teachers in recognition of two outstanding students in health and physical education who exhibit sportsmanship empathy and leadership first recipient is mia cotter and our second recipient is charles fairfax okay next is our athlete for all seasons a student athlete who receives this award participated and completed completed in good standing three sports seasons all four years of high school these recipients are great examples of long-term commitment work ethic pride and grit we have 24 total recipients i believe
066that mr martin and mr shea will help with the distribution of these [Applause] aileen boyle luke kaniff [Applause] nicholas carvalho [Applause] catherine charrier william ciao [Applause] leah chuba patrick crane [Applause] baron dutra charles fairfax [Applause] keegan hummerson sorel lawton ethan marks shay mcgee timothy tj pickering molly rio kalyn rockowski caitlyn silva catherine smith juliana souza hannah sullivan nicole sylvain meredith sylvia emma tatro and lily wheaton thank you okay last is our outstanding student athlete award this prestigious award will be presented to two student athletes who were nominated and voted by our varsity athletic coaching staff as the 2022 most outstanding student athletes both recipients are all state athletes on the field and accomplished students in the classroom our first recipient played football indoor track and baseball ethan marks [Applause] our second award goes to a
067student athlete who participated in volleyball indoor track and girls lacrosse sorel lawton thank you [Music] thank you mr christopholi now finally to close out the evening with the final award it's my pleasure to introduce superintendent of schools dr bonnie gifford to present the superintendent's excellence award [Applause] thank you each year the superintendent's award is given to students who have excelled in academics and and are all around um whole child as we say and we ask our high school administrative staff to announce and let us know who that would be these students were their bios were read at the school committee meeting last week and we wanted to just present them tonight so our first award winner is evan garcia [Applause] and our second award winner is josh moniz [Applause] thank you dr gifford once again
068congratulations to the members of the class of 2022 um we are so very proud of you and all that you've accomplished and uh we are even prouder of what uh is yet to come for you so um congratulations again before i close this evening i do want to thank a few people that i um haven't mentioned yet and that would be mr peratti and our dartmouth high school tv media production program who were here to film tonight and also i'd like to thank uh peter chase and the staff of dc tv um for their partnership and making sure that we're able to celebrate all of the achievements and accomplishments of our young people as well so thank you to peter chase and to dctv as well that being said congratulations and again thank you for
069coming out tonight and have a great evening ross