001here here thank you I ask that we stand for the pledge of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it says one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all right I was trying to be prompt yes no worries guys right on time welcome uh welcome everyone uh thanks for being here this evening what seems to be almost summer-like weather fingers crossed that's true uh we actually before we get into pre-owned the agenda we have a few presentations coming uh starting and I like to start with the North Elementary School presentation which is being given by Marlene white and Mr White if you're ready foreign thank you Mr chairman the school partnership award for Norton Elementary Denise Booker retired from Cheshire public schools in 2022 after being a speech
002language pathologist at Darcy and Highland schools for 31 years in her retirement her passion for children brought her to Norton where she has graciously volunteered in Miss landisio's special ed special education classroom she joins our Primary students twice a week as a reading buddy in this role Denise not only spends quality one-on-one time connecting and building relationships with our struggling readers but also expertly reinforcing appropriate reading skills she brings joy and enthusiasm to reading that our students look forward to each week our students and staff have come to depend on Denise to provide this extra layer of support to our students and are Beyond appreciative of the time expertise and care that she gives the Cheshire Board of Education thanks Denise Booker for going above and beyond for the students of Norton foreign questions [Applause]
003yeah I remember her coming in to read books next chairman paragini will be recognizing the following students from Quinnipiac University the gentleman here tonight are Francisco Ferreira Jason budai um joha Pinto Alex Miller and Daniel Fabian who is the assistant coach thank you Marlene [Music] the Quinnipiac men's soccer team recently partnered with Tom Manning's class The Oasis program The Oasis program at Treasure High School supports students with a variety of special needs and abilities as navigate CHS connect with the community and explore experiences that will prepare them for the future using the acronyms pillars of Occupational academic social independent skills Oasis is a harbor of opportunities in a desert of challenges and it serves as a vibrant reminder of the breadth of educational excellence in the Cheshire Public Schools Sam Hayden a student in the
004program has been with Team impact member of the Quinnipiac men's soccer team for the last few years the mission of Team impact connects children facing serious and chronic illness with college athletic teams forming lifelong bonds and life-changing outcomes while Sam's official experience has ended the team wants to continue this philanthropic Endeavor so they asked Sam's mother if they could help Sam's class at Cheshire High School they are an exceptional group of people and made our students feel like a million bucks as they taught some soccer skills learned some dance moves from Cheshire high school students and just spent time talking about new share about shared interests like movies and food while this relationship is relatively new it is off to such a wonderful start the Cheshire Board of Education thanks members of the queen impact
005men's soccer team for going above and beyond for the students of Cheshire [Applause] thank you congratulations one more time [Applause] congrats guys congratulations I would just like to add that Tom Manning who is the teacher of the Oasis program shared some thoughts although he couldn't be here tonight on behalf of the Oasis program I wanted to thank you and the board of ed for recognizing the qu men's soccer team with the Community Partnership award unfortunately I cannot attend the board meeting this evening due to another commitment but I wanted you to know this recognition is well deserved the enthusiasm engagement and genuine Joy the team exhibits with our students is truly fantastic and I encourage anyone who wants to join us on the next visit to meet us on the pitch it will put a
006smile on your face and show you how crucial Community Partnerships are and how fortunate we are to have made friend made friends like the Quinnipiac University men's soccer team thank you again Tom Manning [Applause] thank you team and please give our congratulations to Mr Manning too uh I have to make a little modification to the agenda we are missing the student Representatives report as part of uh the first section so I apologize so not to keep the students waiting I get asked that we get a report now and then we'll move on to uh public comment afterwards so Monica and Michael floor is all yours where's hi everyone I hope you're all doing well and enjoying your break your spring not your spring break yet not yet um so spring sports are underway at CHS
007and the weather has been cooperating fingers crossed for more good weather and this past Friday the varsity baseball team played a game at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford which was a great experience for the students and the fans to play at a large baseball stadium uh unified theater is holding their performance on two weeks on May 5th in the CHS auditorium at 7 pm and CHS will hold a college Signing Day on May 3rd which will be their third College signing day for those um remaining students at student athletes who haven't signed yet and this will be the third NCAA College college signing and the national date and yesterday evening a college fair was held at um sorry at Cheshire High School for students for all high schools in the area and over 50 colleges
008attended and it was open to virtually anyone who would like to attend and free of charge and it my sister went last night she had a great time it was very fun and very informational foreign the peer Health Educators held the elementary leadership conference on April 6th and the Middle School leadership conference on April 18th both conferences were empowering experience for our elementary and middle school students and we strove to inspire the students to be positive role models and make positive differences in their communities and our our principal Dr GED gave a great speech at the middle school conference and she mentioned that leadership is not about a title or position you hold but it's about how you carry yourself and treat other people and I thought that was really inspiring and a really good
009point on the robotics team was invited to attend the national championship AKA worlds in Houston Texas they will compete against teams from all over the country and I think they deserve a huge round of applause [Applause] members of our band and course have qualified for All-State selection and they will perform in Hartford the spring musical The Adams Family was extremely successful and well attended congrats to all of our students and congrats to Monica that performed the band and and orchestra concert will happen next week on Wednesday the Junior and senior proms are coming up and will be on Saturday April 29th and a Saturday um April 13th respectively and last but not least um there's been an issue at CHS with you know trash being left behind at lunch tables and it's really not fair
010to those who have to pick up um after them so kind of like similar to the bathroom situation trying to come up with a student-led response to improve those conditions and uphold Our Cafe and Commons to a standard of cleanliness and greatness and yeah that's all the announcements we have for today thank you team uh any questions on board did you come up with an acronym yet for the group not yet all right we'll work on that Mr Martelli I don't think anything can top the BBI personally for our standard report and uh also being that it's almost may I just wonder if you started a countdown to graduation yet yeah looking forward to it right that's great be here before you know it just yeah I know well we'll get there Yeah Tim thanks
011Tony yeah I just um thank you for your efforts in the cafeteria um rather than looking to others you're leading like Dr dad was saying you don't need an official title and if it requires some peer pressure to do the right thing I I appreciate that thank you very much thank you thank you unless there's any other questions you are free feel free to go home let's stay here thank you have a great evening thank you ah