001good evening everyone the time is now seven o'clock we will begin the Brookfield High School's senior scholarship awards the socially distant Persian I'm joined here tonight believe it or not by mrs. Shady you won't hear but she's sitting on the audience making sure all technical difficulties are taken care of and I'm glad to have her here with me in the auditorium to celebrate our students tonight so a bit about how the program is going to run what we're going to do is I will go through show some traditional pieces that we normally would have including like a program which we don't have tonight but normal we have students do some artwork I'll show you some of that we'll get right into Department Awards where you'll hear from the team leaders and as well as the
002department heads in their respective departments reading names of students for individual courses that want awards as well as Department scholars and then we'll get into the actual meat of the evening which is the awarding of scholarships and other awards that's where the money starts coming in so let me introduce myself I am mark Belinda the proud principal of Brookfield High School under way I do ask that you give us a little bit of leeway normally when it comes to pronouncing names we have a little more time and opportunity to check in with students to make sure we pronounce their names the correct way sometimes you go the better part of four years thinking it's a certain way and turns out it's not so we will do our best to do those tonight and we'll get
003right to the awards so first let's start with some artwork I want to recognize one of our senior students this is Kayla Abreu she's in an art to class and this would have been the cover of the program if you were here tonight with us so thank you Kayla for taking care of that in addition we have more art from Fernanda Kaneshiro and Mikaela Preston you see the Bobcat senior Awards a couple different designs we usually have a couple different students designed some different options and so that's what you would have seen had you been here tonight as I shared before we're going to start with the department and scholar Awards so we'll begin with mr. Hill who runs the stem department that's science technology engineering and mathematics he will introduce I believe it's going
004to be math then science and then he'll do some technology as well so here we turn it over to mr. Gilligan Ward's for algebra to be Romney at Bennett for precalculus Kathleen capozella for statistics one we have two recipients James Croce and Ella Rihanna for statistics - Ellen Lewis ap statistics Matthew Cavanaugh AP Computer Science Fernanda Kaneshiro honors calculus Maria bastiana AP Calculus AP Bryan Villanueva AP Calculus BC Janie height right us the 2020 BHS mathematics department - scholar is Jamie hi try this for size anatomy and physiology 1 Morgan ie anatman physiology - Morgan I do ap biology Borden I read physics Brian liver honors physics Morgan ie ap physics 1 Jackson Blue Dream DNA biotechnology but she does Charlotte zoology - Elizabeth Feeney environmental science time sylvia AP environmental science Kevin hey zoology
0051 Lucas Friedman intro to veterinary technology Daniel Deborah the 2020 science department of scholars are Courtney and Cameron Sparrow technology Awards her stem tools be Kylie block for computer aided drafting Austin Doyle for video production noah earth for robotics engineering Madison VR Thank You mr. Hill so a bit about the speed I know this goes a lot faster now that work nobody else is here to actually come across the stage and receive the awards so I do apologize with the speed with which this happens luckily there's two things number one we are recording this so you're live streaming it now those of you have joined us online this will also be available on demand so you can go back to this link and you can watch this slow it down take your time and watch
006through it again to hear names that's an option and we'll also be sharing the slides of this presentation so you can see the names of all the students that did receive awards tonight so moving from stem we're gonna go to humanities so first up we'll hear from dr. Spencer congratulations to the following students who have won awards in English creative writing Emily Tavares journalism Miriam Kaiser English for Brian Ritter English for Honor's Giovanni cinta English for ap Literature Sofia for lens ax and the English department scholar is Sofia for Lanza thank you that's the English department of awards now move on to social studies which is also part of humanities will hear from dr. Spencer again congratulations to the following students for earning awards in social studies American government Kaylie Snyder honors American government Avery
007Katz US government and politics AP Liam Ania Human Geography ap Jacqueline BIR sociology Spencer Hanlon ap European history Rasheeda Shana psychology alia who done ap psychology nari Alvin is Ian the department Scholar in the Social Studies department is a fun congratulations so allow me a minute just to talk about the process for students receiving these awards so the if it's a of course taught by one teacher the teacher will take a look and make a decision as to who they feel best represents the skill set and has the best performance in that particular class from a lot of different areas if it's of course let's say American government where there's multiple teachers teachers will get together and they'll have that conversation and choose the student they believe should receive the award for that course that's
008one of the best parts about this awards night it's not something that I've select it's selected by the teachers the teachers were in the classroom with the students working the hardest and know them the best so congratulations to those students so far both stem and Humanities who have received both Department scholars and individual course awards will be gone we're going to go to Career Education so you're gonna hear from mrs. Connors who's gonna go through a couple and in case you don't know that's also mrs. Nicholson going through a couple different courses and selections so mrs. senior awards for the business department for excellence in marketing one karlie meeting for excellence in sports and entertainment marketing Colin mcloon for excellence in business management we have two recipients earth um as Mary and Brian Villanueva for
009an excellence in accounting one we have Matthew Cavanaugh for excellence in personal finance we have Jessica Gillespie and Ella reality for excellence in intro to business we have Matthew Hopcroft and Carly Queenie for contributions to our business everything edged easy we recognize Noah Burke and Lucas Friedman for contributions to our deaf Club we recognize Brian Villanueva and for our contributions to our FBLA Club we recognize Liam India and for our CTE Department scholar we recognize Liam in the congratulations to all we are very proud of you congratulations those students who want awards and courses in both business and marketing as well as our FBLA deca and everything edged easy programs now we're going to hear from mrs. Gregorius in culinary arts and child development mrs. ko chorus for excellence in culinary arts - the award
010goes to Bridget Connelly congratulations for excellence in child development the award goes to Stacia Grossman congratulations congratulations to all those students who received awards and career education whether it be child development culinary arts or business or and marketing will be going to world languages we have a much longer list here of of awards for individual world languages so let's get right to it and I'll turn it over to mrs. Holly who is the department head for world languages here at the high school in k-12 hello my name is mrs. Holly and on behalf of the world language Department I would like to congratulate the following the word recipients for their achievement in the language along with their families families without your support and the value that you place on language learning our students will not
011be here today now mister Davila mrs. Diaz and mrs. Mac will announce our what recipients for the following language horses for AP Spanish sighs why Sir they're French six honours giovanna Ella for American Sign Language one shaded Dimond congratulations for award recipients the following seniors will receive the Connecticut seal of biliteracy on their diplomas the sealed by literacy recognizes the value of student's academic efforts and the tangible benefits of being bilingual and biliterate it prepares students to be 21st century global citizens in a multicultural multilingual world the seal acknowledges that mastery of two or more languages is a valuable asset for both individuals and their communities it also provides the recognition to English learners for the great value of developing English and maintaining their primary language now mrs. Barrus mrs. Bankston mrs. Paparizou mr. daga
012mrs. the 11 mrs. Li - and mrs. Mac will announce the recipients of the seal of biliteracy first name is an English heaven tang for French in English Giovanna Coelho for Japan in English Maya de for Portuguese in English Luke on stickam Nagar volume Isabella Giavanna Fernando Silva diversity diminish it home for number Punisher Anthony negator em a little words for Spanish in English ha ha ha Morgan Jackson Kirkland carpenter Sarah Carol Berlin Sepideh raffia Serra de Marcos Dalton Matt Danna - lucas de carvalho Isabella de Souza Chris dovell among adding Joseph's from mandates they would have a very de thomas de gasolina Maya do Santa Ana CEO Jamie here three days Nia aalverson Avery tax a mountain Maria Alice Mitchell Marion 57 NASA Anthony Nogueira and Tilly okay Nellie oh Vanessa first quasar Marion
013quasar Charlie Queenan Giovanni cinta gem material chorus theorem Emily - Vance we would like to highlight the students who receive the sealed by literacy in multiple languages these students are for German Spanish and English myoga first managed Portuguese in English Lucas Carvalho Isabella this season Ragnar Pereira Fernanda hashira Anthony Nogueira and Emily Cabarrus congratulations to our sealant by literacy recipients and now mr. Darnell will announce our senior inductees to the Spanish Honor Society as well as the Spanish Honor Society scholarship recipients congratulations to these students now the time has come to announce the World Language team selection for a world language department scholar this distinction goes to Maria Alice Monsieur congratulations congratulations once again to all of our word recipients and their families we hope that you all have a safe and happy summer and
014continue on your language learning journeys thank you all good night thank you mrs. Holly and the world language department now we're going to move into the fine and Performing Arts so we're gonna hear first from mr. st. George so let's hear about music for fine and Performing Arts for Music Awards band Don slicing jazz band ebonic on guitar Joseph Alvarez orchestra Cayley O'Keeffe percussion workshop Kylie block music theory midgel nog special chorus Khimki Buddhist and Giovanni cinta Chamber Singers Giovanni Coelho and James proceed music appreciation one Jedi been a teeny music appreciation Jessica glue she the music department scholar is Molly Byrd salt for visual art for ceramics one wretch to Sharma ceramics to Monica or Clark art won't Teresa dark Angela art to Kayla a group for digital photography Fernanda Hennessey row for design
015Amanda Pagano for yearbook Julian on the poor and for AP studio art Maya good the visual art department scholar is Baberaham Thank You mr. st. George for the final performing or visual performing arts department scholars as well as course winners we do have one more department scholar to name that's in physical education and the department Scholar for PE is avery Katz congratulations to Avery a note about these certificates there's several different types of awards of most or course certificates those will be available at the pickup and drop off times that we're going to have which would be the 15th and the 16th of June students will be able to pick those up along with their caps and gowns and other things so if you've got a certificate you'll have a chance to pick that up
016at that same time when you're coming to pick those things up if there is a printed certificate for an award or a particular scholarship that'll also be available I did want to let you know that this next section if anybody did win awards or a particular money or checks that are involved that will be mailed to you directly so just be on the lookout for those checks if you are lucky enough to win a scholarship tonight you may have noticed that I switched the order of things those do they've been in this this before this is my fifth time doing it we used to do the awards and scholarships first and then we had the staff give the department awards and that generally was because we had visitors coming from the outside or here we
017didn't feel to be appropriate to have them sit and wait and sit through the whole ceremony I'm actually excited to some degree while also disappointed because I can actually switch it around a little bit and the things that I think people value quite quite a lot in terms of scholarships and are some pretty high honors we're gonna give right now we're able to do that the second half of this program so I am glad to be able to do that I am sad because I'm not able to welcome the presenters there's so many generous people in this community and around the region that have donated money of creating scholarship funds or whether it's staff that have donated money for the DEA Awards you hear about a minute I just I wish they were able to
018be here I hope you're live streaming this or have a chance to go back and watch it just because we're not here together whether it be for the presenters who are normally here or the students as I said in the undergrad Awards last last week it does not diminish how proud we are of you or does it lessen the gravity of what you've done we are so proud of everything you've done and keep up the good work so I'll move on to presenting awards you're gonna hear a lot of me talking for a little while so let's get up to why not start with my award so the BHS principals Awards each year I recognize two students that have proven themselves to be productive reliable and hardworking members of our school they are models for
019how we expect students to conduct themselves in school and in the community it is my pleasure to present this year's Brookfield High School's principals awards to Kayla Abreu and Jacob Williams congratulations next up are the Brookfield bobcat character for life scholarships what qualities were considered when choosing the recipients of the Bobcat character for life scholarship they look for students that possess a strong work ethic model exemplary citizenship consistently keep a positive attitude and our role models for their peers during their time at Brookfield high school congratulations to this year's award winners Avery Katz and Matthew riddle insert applause here I thought about it maybe I could have done one of those laugh tracks clapping tracks moving on to one of our outside organizations one of our first scholarships from outside the school walls this is
020the Fayette L Overholt Memorial Scholarship mrs. Fayette Ellen overhalla was a former teacher to Dan Barry and at Western Connecticut State University prior to her passing she established a charitable foundation to provide scholarships for area graduating high school seniors this is the 13th year Brookfield High School students were received as scholarship I am pleased to present the Fayette L overhaul memorial scholarships in honor of high academic achievement to three students this year congratulations to Emily savaris Imam al-mahdi and Liam Ania congratulations moving on to the American Red Cross high school scholarship program they recognized graduating seniors who have been active participants in the school's blood drive program their involvement builds goodwill and improves team spirit by working together to help others for a good cause this year Brookfield High School collected 87 minutes of life-saving
021blood positively impacting 261 lives an appreciation for these two separates the American Red Cross is proud to award a scholarship to each of the two recipients congratulations to Imam al-mahdi and alia hadoop moving on to the first of our three United States Marine Corps Awards this is the Semper Fidelis awards for musical excellence it is sponsored by the United States Marine Youth Foundation a nonprofit organization established to provide incentives for achievement in our nation's schools the foundation has provided an award for musical excellence for student musicians throughout the country this year's recipients are min Jo mock and Molly bird saw congratulations on to our second Marine Corps award the athletic achievement award it is designed to recognize high school varsity athletes who display courage poise self-confidence and leadership on and off the field who are
022also exemplary citizens and positive role models for younger students award recipients inspire others or display the greatest determination and will to win all of which are essential marine attributes this year's winners are Sinead Ballack and Christian Todd congratulations it tomorrow third and final award from the United States Marine Corps the scholastic achievement award it is designed to recognize noteworthy academic achievement and leadership in high school students nominees are exemplary young citizens and role models for their peers congratulations to our two award recipients this year Emma Graf guard and Giovanni cinta this is a new award this year this is the service Academy Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship it's funded by the Hartman family charity fund hopefully they're watching tonight the service academy reserved officer training scholarship is funded by the HeartMate family charity fund it
023has created to be given to a student with an accepted appointment to a service academy at the Air Force Navy Marines or army Merchant Marine Academy US Coast Guard Academy or someone who's accepted into any ROTC program this year's recipient is Lucas Shannon Colonel and mrs. James E Hartman do wish Lucas the very best in his endeavors to become an officer and leader in our US Armed Forces congratulations up next is the Brookfield high school choral award from 2001 to 2016 mr. Lamont Dola directed a summer theater camp in New Fairfield and Brookfield it was during one of those camps on the bah-bah s stage an interesting 6th grader walked in mr. law asked her why she wanted to do the camp and she was flying with the scowl my mom made me come here
024she said it'd be good for me needless to say she had a great time during camp the next summer she also attended again mr. law asked her why she was there she said I wanted to be this campus made me love singing that's all I want to do now my mom can't believe it well that was it she was hooked as a freshman she ran into mr. lamendola scores room and took the choir by storm her passion for singing and zest for the Arts was completely infectious and she recruited countless students into the BHS choir and BHS drama departments throughout her high school career here we want to thank her for her tireless dedication to our program Brookfield High School was better because of her she plans on attending Western Connecticut State University in the
025fall as a theater major this year's BHS choral award goes to Kylie locked congratulations Kylie staying in the music department we'll move on to the VHS Longmeadow player scholarship as a theater director mr. la medulla is always looking for boys to join the drama club a few years back he started hearing about a boy then an eighth grader who was very talented both as an actor and as a singer mr. law could see his talent immediately when he came to BHS as a freshman November came and it was time for the VHS spring musical auditions mr. lamendola asked him if he was going to audition he said of course he said ok I'm holding you to that he said with a smile I wouldn't miss it mr. glama Dolan knew at that moment this tooth
026was bound to give his heart and soul to Brookfield high school drama department he went on to have lead roles and all for BHS musicals he participated in Pugsley and The Addams Family Lord Farquaad and struck Robbie Hart and the wedding singer and this spring he was slated to star as J Pierpont Finch in How to Succeed in Business unfortunately we did not get to see him on stage this spring but I assure you we all know it would have been his best role yet we all wish him the best of luck in a future that looks quite bright this year's BHS long metal player scholarship award goes to Colin McClelland congratulations up next we have the Ben Jordan Memorial Scholarship dr. ben jordan was a beloved member of the Brookfield high school mathematics department
027students and staff alike enjoyed his teaching appreciated his collegial contributions looked to him for advice laughter this comedic timing and miss him dearly dr. Jordan worked with students at all levels from AP calculus and differential equations to algebra and geometry he took joy in watching a student persevere through to the solution of a problem they found difficult this award will be given to a student who has overcome challenges to succeed in mathematics the scholarship recognizes hard work and persistence not just achievements this year's recipient of the Ben Jordan Memorial Scholarship is Emma Mangold going to pause here for a second I just make sure we're good on the technical difficulties the joys of technology and autofocus as we're trying to do this remotely I'm hearing getting some feedback that it's zooming in and out and
028seems to be focusing we zoomed it out a little bit hopefully that will make it better but certainly you always have this audio track and I will be sharing these slides again so everybody gets a chance to see a so let's move on to the Brookfield Education Association DEA and Eugene L McGowan memorial scholarships each year the Brookfield Education Association Awards three scholarships to graduating seniors who have consistently displayed excellence and leadership in both academics and extracurricular activities these five and dollar scholarships are fully funded by the faculty and staff at Brookfield public schools it is not our to announce this year's three recipients Kylie block Erin's bagnolo and Juliana Lavoie congratulations this is a new scholarship this year is the Brookfield Animal Hospital scholarship they're offering this scholarship to a senior who was graduating
029and intends to pursue a career working with animals this year's recipient has taken both zoology one and two this year courses that focus on investigating and researching the unique behaviors anatomical structures and functions that promote survival for ocean and land animals both classes also explore animal threats survival and the impact of conservation these classes were the perfect foundation for her that she intends to study animal behavior and conservation at SUNY College of environmental science and forestry in the fall congratulations to Stacia Grossman the Daniel burka first-generation scholarship this is another new scholarship to Brookfield high school awarded to a senior who is a first-generation college student and demonstrates natural aptitude for learning and critical thinking this young lady is a focused hardworking and motivated student who sets goals for herself and works hard to achieve
030them she has overcome many obstacles and she now knows she can accomplish any goal she sets her mind to as a first-generation college student we are proud to announce that she will attend Western Connecticut State University and study a science related field with aspirations of going to medical school congratulations Haley Galia moving on to the Danbury old-timers Athletic Association scholarships the Danbury old-timers Athletic Association that's a real thing is an organization that was founded by the athletic communities of the Greater Danbury area in an effort to raise money for school teams and to award scholarships to local high school students this year's deserving recipients are Kaylee Keith and Adam frame congratulations we'll be gone to the Catholic War veterans Danbury post one zero for two scholarship this year there could be awarding a total of
031thirty thousand five hundred dollars not to one student to fifteen students from thirteen high schools throughout the area this year's Brookfield High School recipient is receiving the dentist and mica scholarship for $2,500 an additional five hundred dollars for exceptional academic performance she will be attending the University Connecticut and the fall congratulations to Morgan I you the Robert Jake on seniors scholarship was designed to acknowledge a graduating senior who demonstrates the commitment of volunteering to help a person or a group of people who have some type of special need and require help navigating everyday tasks since mrs. Kahn and her husband were in high school they both gave up their time to help individuals with special needs as well as raising their own children to follow in their footsteps congratulations to Katherine Coneybear onto the dorothea
032angstrom scholarship award angstrom was a Brookfield Girl Scout leader for 50 years this scholarship was established to honor her the committee set out to choose a worthy recipient whose values and love of Girl Scouting closely maps dogs since Girl Scouting is an international leadership development program we are very proud that this particular young lady earned the gold award the highest recognition in Scouting she's been a scout for 11 years and run an outstanding essay regarding what Girl Scouting meant to her and she has the desire to become a mechanical engineering beginning her studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee this fall the recipient of the Dorothea Engstrom scholarship this year is Molly bird saw next award comes to the married Worcester chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution the Daughters of the American Revolution
033is a women's service organization that was founded over 125 years ago the objectives of the society are to promote patriotism historic preservation and education in our community the Mary Worcester chapter is proud to present the certificate of award for outstanding work in American history to Faiz Isaac we'll be going to the rook field pop water scholarships each year Pop Warner Awards scholarships for higher education to the most deserving seniors eligible students must have completed one full season as a Pop Warner football player cheerleader and/or completed two years as a Pop Warner student demonstrator coach or volunteer these students are also involved in service to the community and to the Brookfield public schools Pop Warner is proudly awarded over 1 million dollars in scholarships since 1993 and this year they are proud to present two scholarships
034congratulations to Juliana Lepore and Ty Sylvia the new talent Savings Bank scholarships the New Towns Savings Bank Foundation traditionally provides college scholarship donations annually within each of the bank's primary communities that it serves their primary goal is to invest in the health of the communities where the bank branches do business and to provide support and financial resources that benefit Social Services affordable housing initiatives education Community Economic Development Health and Human Services as well as arts and culture congratulations to our to Award winners this year Logan Scribner and Maria Maciel or Macy oh I'll get up my graduation the next award is the outstanding achievement just his learning award this dude like many struggle with distance learning at first however she slowly came around seeing the positive results of her routine and built up her confidence
035on the foundation of some well done assignments the student who was once avoidant has overnight transformed into one who is thirsty and excitement she is sharing her ideas asking for help and talking through difficult assignments she's even recently started working with a peer nearing zum calls helping him through zoology and personal finance assignments her grades have improved as has her excitement for learning we are pleased to present the outstanding achievement distance learning book award to Irina de Legazpi Irina will received the forensic science of CSI written by Katherine ROMs lab under the dawn limbo Morial scholarship dawn Lynn was a typical American team who loved playing video games eating at Wendy's and hanging with his friends he never shied away from hard work and managed to work full-time at his parents restaurant while going to
036school dawn was driven to attend college and he was accepted at Western Connecticut State University he enrolled at WCS you knowing would take him to buses to get to campus on Tuesday November 22nd 2011 I thought was killed by a distracted driver in front of the West on campus while he was rushing to catch one of his buses in honor of his memory this scholarship is being awarded to a deserving young man DeAndre Jefferson congratulations the robbie cirno boreal scholarship robbie sertner graduated from Brookfield High School in 2013 on October 9th 2016 the fall of his junior year at Manhattanville College he was walking back to school when he was tragically killed by a drunk driver Robbie was a friend to many and remembered his always smiling he personified kindness and was known to say
037never leave your smile at home this scholarship is to be awarded to the senior with the most welcoming smile and kindly with peers as recognized by the staff at the Brookfield high school congratulations to Roy carpenter the Robert Warren Lundqvist Memorial Scholarship Robert Lundqvist attended Longmeadow junior high school and Danbury High School in 1968 graduated from Western Connecticut teachers scholars he was a better educator and taught mathematics for his entire career so Robert teaching was not a career but it was his passion he truly cared about his students and was well respected by the mall to preserve the ongoing memory and legacy of Robert Warren Lundqvist this scholarship was established to recognize outstanding and successful mathematics students who exemplified good citizenship citizenship citizenship and traits as well congratulations to Kaley Snyder the decks minyak foundation
038scholarship is presented in honor of ducks men nagging a former Brookfield high school student Dex was known for his good nature from the disposition his ability to be a great friend this year's recipient is someone who embodies these treats these distinguished characteristics deserve to be recognized and rewarded sometimes all it takes is one friend one caring soul to make a difference ferns men yak Texas mother billion Katy Texas best friends would like to congratulate James Onorato and wish him the best of luck as pursuits after high school congratulations James the Kelly Marton scholarship for outstanding leadership can leave Marton established a scholarship in 2006 to commemorate the positive role of Brookfield in her life through school community and career achievements she learned how one's actions can have a meaningful impact on others with this scholarship
039she hopes to inspire other young adults to develop their unique strengths this year's recipients of the Kelly Martin scholarship is Bryan Villanueva congratulations Bryan the Women's Club of Brookfield is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote interest and pride in our community to stimulate participation and civic and cultural activities and to encourage friendships the Women's Club is recognizing two well deserving students for their annual Ward thanks to their commitment to supporting their community congratulations - Emma grab guard and Adam frame up next is the PTSO persistence and grit award but before I present this award I want to take a moment to thank the heart and soul of the Brookfield High School PTSO Linda frame there's been such a pleasure working with her for the last five years and now that our youngest is
040graduating the torch will be passed to the next generation of leaders Linda has been a blessing to Brookfield High School a tireless advocate for education and a constant supporter to improve our entire community I will truly miss working with her and her family Thank You Linda for everything you have done for me and for the students of Brookfield under the award the persistence and grit award was established by the work field High School PTSO last year the persistence of grit award recognizes two senior students with an excellent work ethic determination persistence positive attitude and those that demonstrate a consistent desire to improve academically the recipients this award will be receiving a $50 gift card along with a book by Angela Duckworth entitled gripped the power of passion and perseverance congratulations to Ella reali and Marcos
041Delta next up is the BHS Booster Club community spirit scholarship these two students are very active within the Brookfield high school athletic community either as an athlete team manager Spectator a fan their overall high school experience has been enhanced by their various roles in our athletic community making the winners of this year's BHS community spirit scholarship congratulations to Sinead Ballack and Adam fraim the BHS Booster Club last act sportsmanship scholarship sportsmanship scholarship house calm this award recognizes students that actively demonstrate the principles of the CI a C class act initiative Brookfield strives to follow an established set of guidelines for behavior of sporting events and as a student-led group to monitor an address sportsmanship concerns within the school the CIA C serves as a sponsor for the program which aims to provide a framework enabling
042schools to promote encourage and monitor positive sportsmanship within their departments congratulations to this year's winners Leila Cafone and Brian Ritter the Connecticut Association of boards of education cave Leadership Awards the recipients of this award consistently demonstrate a willingness to take on challenges work well with others are capable of making difficult decisions and show concern for those in need they are willing to commit and follow through on projects are diplomatic and able to see all facets of difficult issues congratulations to mod C bagua and giovanni cinta the kinetic association of schools Fine Arts Awards is a program that annually honors two outstanding seniors from each of the member schools in the state who excel in their performing or visual arts these students must also possess the supporting qualities of scholarship and leadership well they weren't able
043to attend the banquet this year congratulations to Molly bird saw and JD Paris the connected highschool CIA C's Scholar Athlete Awards the scholar athlete program annually recognizes to Connecticut high school seniors one male and one female from each member school their academic and athletic careers must be exemplary their personal standards and achievements must be a model for others and they must possess high levels of integrity self-discipline and Kurvers this year's awards go to Jamie via treaties that are found as mayor on to one of the biggest collar ships we award this scholarship will talk about a minute is the better part of $5,000 renewable every year for four years the viola Mike martini wide lick scholarship became Masari viola martini white light became Brookfield's first town clerk in 1931 her office was in the basement
044of Town Hall which later became the Joyce Memorial Library and is now the Brookfield Museum and Historical Society the people that remember viola best describe her as being an amazing caregiver she enjoyed baking and sewing and even conducted much of the town's business out of her own home the viola martini scholarship is presented to a student who embodies these exemplary qualities this recipient should intend to pursue an education in the healthcare profession have a good work ethic and show enthusiasm for taking care of others this year's recipient is Salma Nasser congratulations on we also think whether the wide-leg family for the Raymond G wide life scholarship Raymond widely the son of George and aforementioned viola while it was born raised and lived his whole life of Brookfield during his working years he was an accountant
045Street farmer and held the position of Brookfield's talents treasurer for 30 years many of Ray's stories about growing up at Brookfield are documented in the book titled the ironworks district which can be purchased at the Brookfield Historical Society the Raymond G wide-leg scholarship is presented to a student who plans to pursue an education aerospace research scientific research or mathematics the recipient must have a good work ethic and possess excellent critical thinking skills this is recipient will receive a $5,000 annually renewable scholarship congratulations to Molly bird saw we'll begin we have simple awards to give several suits have been recognized with a President's Award for educational excellence when the GPA of 4.0 are higher and I'm going to now read a letter from the President of the United States congratulations to the recipients of the 2020
046presidents Education Award over the past year the individuals who have earned this distinguished honor have exhibited exceptional work ethic and determination our nation will soon look to these future leaders for guidance and I'm confident they will continue to build a stronger and more prosperous future for our great country the first lady joins me in applauding the educators administrators parents and other community leaders who have been there every step of the way to encourage and uplift these bright young men and women as these talented students pursue their dreams and passions we send our best wishes for continued success keep up the great work Donald Trump so now I'll read the names this is where it's really gonna mess me up because I'm not typically what happens in these at this point in time and the award
047ceremony as there's a a clap and I can't rely on mr. show you can do it I don't expect it to but there's a page that goes to this so I apologize if I'm a little off you know without the crowd here it's a bit different than has been before but I want to recognize the following students are fond eyes Marion Morgan I you sinead ballot Muncie barn wall Molly Byrd saw Jackson boo tree Jacqueline burr Kathryn capozella Giovanna Coelho Bridget Connelly James Croce Marcus Dalton Isabela D'Souza Daniel devraj's Alessandra daliyah Imam al-mahdi Sophia for Lanza Lucas Freedman Tanisha Gaikwad Thomas Garza lino Maya good Emma grabbed Oh Fernanda hashira Jamie via treaties kimberly coulis Matthew Cavanaugh Amman common Taylor Lynch Alan mom Maria Maceo Emma Mangold alia Leduc Salma Nasir Kaylee O'Keeffe Nyree oh
048Vanessa Emily part schinsky thighs kaiser Maryam Kaiser Brian Ritter Rasheeda Sarma Giovanni cinta Cameron Spiro Kourtney Spiro Kevin tang and Brian Villanueva congratulations all those that received the President's Award for educational excellence go on to the formal announcement of the many know already to introduce the class of 2020 salutatorian and value Tori this would be the last recognition of the evening so let me first recognize our salutatorian of the class of 2020 congratulations fyz Kaiser and onto the velvet-- Orion at the class of 2020 is my pleasure to recognize earth on Oz their congratulations so tonight we awarded the better part of seventy one thousand dollars in scholarships to Brookfield high school students thanks to the school community members so I want to make sure I send a special thank you to all our local
049scholarship providers here is greatly appreciated I truly do miss having you join me on stage and be able to see the joy and parents faces and students faces when they're surprised when they win these awards and they're recognized for all their hard work and the different things that they do to make their community and themselves better or let them know that scholarship checks will be mailed home and the days following the ceremony I also want to say that this has been a very tough time for all of us not just you at home but us here this is not what any of us educators signed up for this is the kind of night I look forward to be celebratory I look forward to seeing those smiling faces the dollar signs and parents eyes as they
050realize their children got money for college and I'm unable to do that tonight I know it's all for a good reason it's the health and safety of others it still doesn't make it any easier and nor does this ceremony which is far from what I expected or want for my seniors and for their parents and families and friends just know that I sent my sincerest congratulations to you and you can't tell you enough how proud I am of everything that you've accomplished and before I go I'll say a couple more thank yous I said to the students I just started with that thank you for being who you are for families I like to say that my daughter has clearly played with this particular slide so you'll see the transition is much different than the
051others so thank you to Madeline my name year old at home so think of the families who are supporting from all the students throughout their their k12 career and it's couldn't do without you so the staff was here day in and day out whether it be distance learning or in person to support our students to push our students to achieve their best thank you so much for being who you are and doing what you do - mrs. Colavito and - mr. Conklin who helps set up this ceremony tonight virtually so that you can all see it he's dreaming and I'll be saved and archived I couldn't do it without them I wasn't expecting this excited to be here but mrs. Sadie thank you very much your name's not here mr. shady but thank you for
052joining me here tonight I also want to thank mrs. Hopcroft for all the work she's done she helped a lot with the undergrad Awards and the senior awards as well and then a really big thank you to mrs. Genovese who organized the scholarships he's been emailing students since day one since we went out to make sure you applied and hopefully did your best to to put yourself out there to try to get some of this and she organized this slide shows we put it all together I could not do this without her and her support so I'll leave you with this last quote behind you all your memories before you all your dreams around you all who love you within you all you need I couldn't think that couldn't be more poignant message than tonight
053so congratulations to all our senior scholarship award winners our course Award winners our department winners our salutatorian our valedictorian and to all the parents family and staff thank you and have a good night [Applause]