001Carrie Bocker, director Sarah Ber, director Bob Katigan, director Phil Milligan, director, and Dr. Mara Vorich Warren, director. Our communications team will be taking photos of the award recipients this evening and all photos will be available for download beginning tomorrow on our Rockwood website by using the QR code on your program or by visiting rsdmmo.org. And after tonight's ceremony, please join the board of education and our honored recipients for a reception outside of the theater. At this point in time, I'd like to ask directors Carrie Bckert and Dr. Mara Barek Warren to come forward and assist with our presentations. I would also like to ask that Dr. Dan Hannon come to the podium to present our first award. All right. Thank you, Dr. Kaine. Good evening. I am Dr. Dan Hannon, principal of Gigi Elementary. I
002am proud to begin our ceremony by recognizing a Giggy Tiger who has been selected by the Missouri Music Educator Association to serve as a member of the MMEA Allstate Children's Choir singing in the lower part. Students audition and recordings are evaluated alongside submissions from across the state. This student will be a part of a group of mi musicians that performs at a public concert in late January in Osage Beach. MMEA is a gold standard for Missouri music students. Please join me in welcoming and congratulating Dborah Longi. All right. I would now like to ask Dr. Chris Brandruff to come up on stage. Good evening. My name is Chris Brand, principal of Crestview Middle School. We are pleased to have you here tonight to celebrate so many exceptional students. For the first time at a board's
003board awards ceremony, we are honored to recognize a special group of students, our middle school recipients of the Glory of Missouri awards. These students earned this distinction last spring while they were still in middle school, and we are delighted to celebrate them tonight. The Glory of Missouri Awards recognize young people who exemplify the 14 virtues identified by the Missouri Legislature as essential to good citizenship. Here are the students from Crestview Middle School. Nico Spazali, charity. Charlie Murphy, education. Bren Michael, enterprise. Sophia Curillo, Equality. Mia Michael, fraternity. Charlie Spitzenberg, Justice. Josh Stanchek, knowledge. Alex Cotus, Law, Jacobe McKay, Liberty. Grace Heminghouse, Progress, Hrix Homeman, Temperance, Riley Carr, Truth, and Claire Ellington, Virtue. I would now like to call up Dr. Chris Colgrren to the podium. Good evening. My name is Chris Colgrren, principal of Lasal Springs
004Middle School. I am honored to announce Lel Springs Glory of Missouri award winners. Macy Pickard, education. Evelyn Buunner, Enterprise. Lily Shoreman, Equality. Sam Dquilla, honor. Tim Woo, knowledge. Tyler Heisel, law. Gabby Eleely, Liberty. Jude McCart Progress, SA Southern's Truth, and Olivia Manahan, Virtue I would now like to call Nick Morgan to the stage. Hello, my name is Nick Morgan. I am an assistant principal at Rockwood South Middle School. Dr. Burken Meyer extends her apologies. She wanted to be here this evening but was just a bit under the weather so I came in her place. But I have the pleasure tonight of introducing the glory of award m or glory of Missouri award winners from Rockwood South Middle School. We have Margaret Mueller charity. Brennan Underh Hill education. Amane Finger Hut enterprise. Natalie Loberto equality. Gunnar
005Adams fraternity. Carter Fipps honor. Nathan Houston, justice. Isabelle Burlba, knowledge. Nolan Wade, law. Raata, liberty. Gabriel Habbor, progress. Axenia Ushani, temperance. And Josephine Sha, truth. And now I would like to welcome to the podium Dr. Eric Higgins. Congratulations. I'm Dr. Eric Higgins, principal of Rockwood Valley Middle School. Here are the students who received the Glory of Missouri award from our school. I am proud of each and every one of you. Arian Chararma, equality. Aaron Southwick, fraternity. Summer Brown, honor. Graham Burge, Justice. Will Kramer truth. I would like to next call up Dr. Mike Elsmo to the stage. My name is Mike Anelo. I'm the principal of Salvage Middle School. And here are the exceptional students who received the Gloria Missouri award from our school. Anna Martin, charity. Naisha Saleria, education. Morgan Bader, enterprise. William Santel,
006equality. Caleb Deschamp, fraternity. Brady Mshman, honor. Nick Foresight, justice. Grace Hagar, knowledge. Dean Bruder, law. Ana Kosik, progress. Sophie Sodor, temperance. Siri Akenapali, truth. And Lewis Buckman, virtue. I would now like to call up Dr. Dr. Tony Lassley from Wildwood. And last but not least, I'm Dr. Tony Lassley, one of the assistant principles of Wildwood Middle School. Each of these Glory of Award Missouri winners presented tonight represents a students dedication to character, leadership, and service to their school and community. We are proud of these students achievements and the promise that they bring to our future. I'm honored now to announce the recipients from our school. Srajenni Somala, Charity. Haley Jackson, Education. Victor Pingston, Enterprise. Sniggna Fannadapu, Equality. Mariela Gao, honor. Nicole Bush, justice. Alexa Hastings, Knowledge. Paige Cloutman, law. Mia Yanz Tucker, Liberty. Jackson Brooks,
007Progress. Amelia Meyer, Temperance. Truthy Jaiprakash, Truth. And Camila Bnatanova, Virtue. I would like to now call up Dr. Karen Calcitera to the podium. Thank you, Dr. Lassley. My name is Dr. Karen Calcolater and I'm the principal at Lafayette High School. It is an honor to present the following awards to our outstanding students tonight. We will begin with our recognition of two students who attended the Missouri Scholars Academy, a prestigious program that provides students across the state an immersive educational and social experience with a curriculum of interdisciplinary courses in a variety of enriching activities. Please join me in congratulating Noah Bou and Abanav Ralph. Next, we are proud to recognize our National Merit Scholarship Program semi- finalists. Each year, approximately 16,000 high school seniors, less than 1% of all US seniors, earn this distinction. Lafayette had
008the fifth highest number of semi-finalists in any school in the state, public or private, and the second highest total of semi- finalists among Missouri public schools. Congratulations to the following students with us this evening. Shrea Basipa, Vdant Chermikerty, Hannah Holder, and Anna Tari. and Mark Damsala. Four. >> Yeah. Our next honore has spent nearly four years conducting scientific research in the St. Louis University lab of biochemistry and molecular biology. This past summer, he worked on a project investigating how iron restriction affects cickle cell anemia and earned first place in his division at the Institute for Drug and Biootherrapeutic Innovation Research Symposium. Congratulations to Suttor Riali. Next, we are proud to recognize the state champion of the Missouri Scholastic Esports Federation. Congratulations to our Valerant esports team. Good luck. You're welcome. Shifting now to achievements in
009journalism, the best of school newspapers online, also known as Snow, recognizes students for their multimedia reporting. This year we had a reporter from the Lancer feed earn top honors for his article titled More Than Just a Rodeo. Congratulations, Theo Corey. In November, auditions to the for the Missouri Music Educators Association Allstate Honor Choir were held in conjunction with the high school all district choir clinics and concerts. Lafayette is proud to have a student who earned distinction as an alto. She will participate in the all state choir concert in January. Congratulations to Riddica Prrathihar. We will now move into the athletic portion and celebrate the top state accomplishments. We begin with the boys awards. First up is a team that finished fourth place at the Missouri State High School Athletic Association state competition. They posted an
010impressive two-day total score of 588. Congratulations to the boys golf team who mostly all graduated high school. Next we recognize achievements in the boys Misha track and field. We had two standout athletes in our field events. One of them with us here this evening. The first honore is Baron James. Baron plays fourth in the discus. Shifting to girls athletics, we begin with softball. This individual earned first team all state through the Missouri High School Fast Pitch Coaches Association. Congratulations to Sydney Burgerer. that way. >> She's going to take a lap. We're going to bring Sydney back up because we'd also like to recognize her for track and field. She earned fourth place in her event, The Javelin. Our next award in girls track and field is determined. This determined team brought home a second place
011finish for their relay at state. Congratulations to our girls 4x8 relay. We will now move into recognition for our girls volleyball pro program award through the Missouri high school volleyball coach. Coaches Association. Beginning with the individual awards, we have our first recipient this evening who earned All State, Claire Olrich. Our second volleyball recipient earned all state and all region honors, Addie Whisi. And the last individual volleyball award is an athlete who also earned all state and all region recognition along with being named as the American Volleyball Coaches Association first team all-American. Congratulations Shay Witherspoon. To conclude our volleyball awards, we celebrate a truly impressive achievement. This team earned its fourth consecutive state championship, making the 10th state title in our school's history. Congratulations to the girls volleyball team. At this time, I would like to
012invite Eureka Principal Dr. Corey Sink to the stage. Thank you, Dr. Coera. Good evening. I'm Corey Sink, proud principal Eureka High School. It's my pleasure to present some of the remarkable students from EHS. We begin by honoring one of the four students who participated in the Missouri Scholars Academy. This three-week residential program for Missouri academically gifted students is held each June on the campus of the University of Missouri and is administered through the MU Honors College. Congratulations, Joshua Woo. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the nation's longestr running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens. This contest receives hundreds of submissions this year from 7th through 12th grade students in the Missouri and Kansas. We are proud to announce that one of Eureka's students received the silver key recognition for her critical essay,
013Superheroes Needs Saving Two. Congratulations, Paige Deacon. Paige promised that I could read the essay, too. Moving into athletics and starting with the boys teams, we first recognize our boys swimming and dive individual who placed third in the 500 free. Congratulations to Luke Deutschman. for the girls award. Our first individual award, all state honors for her cheer performance for the Missouri cheer coaches association and the state cheer competition. Congratulations, Lucy Mincy. And this group placed third at the MCCA cheer competition for the 5A large division. Congratulations the girls cheer team. This next individual placed 14th. earning all state in the girls state cross country meet. Congratulations, Brooke Samuelson. Ambrook along with her teammates quite literally ran away with third place finish at the state cross country meet. Congratulations to Eureka girls cross country team. And finally,
014the girls lacrosse team brought home a second place trophy last spring. Congratulations, the girls lacrosse team. Come on. Come on. I think that was a panoramic. Congratulations to all the Wildcats. Is now my turn to turn it over to Dr. Tracy Wackerley, proud principal of Marquette High School. Good evening. I'm Dr. Tracy Wackerly, principal Market High School, and I have the privilege this needing of highlighting some of the accomplishments of our students at our school tonight. Let's begin with a Congressional Award bronze medal. This student earned this honor for initiative, service, and achievement. This award involves setting and achieving goals in four program areas. Voluntary public service, personal development, physical fitness, and exploration. Congratulations to Delina Miotra. We continue with recognition for excellence in leadership. This group of students attended the HOSA International Leadership Conference
015and finished third in their competitive event medical reserve core partnership. Congratulations to the following students. Dia Lahi Sanvi Makapati Samriti Singh Four Marquette High School students earned top three finishes at the Future Business Leaders of America or FBLA National Leadership Conference. Nearly 11,000 students from more than 2,000 middle schools and high schools in the United States competed in 100 FBA business related events. Our first recipient earned third place for the introp parliamentary procedure. I think she might have slipped out. We'll skip to the next one. Okay. Our school had the team that brought home the national championship in business management. Congratulations to the following students. Keshab Anun and Sati Sith Raman. Next, we would like to recognize a group of students who are National merit semi-finalist. Marquette achieved the sixth highest number of semi-finalists in
016the state and the third highest for public schools. Finalists will be selected in February based on their academic records, activities, leadership and employment and honors. Congratulations to the following students. Rohan Despande, Somaya Ukalapati, Unal Gudala, Shrees Ayer, Rahul Muguru and Sati Sith Ramen. Next, I would like to celebrate a remarkable achievement. This students earned a perfect score on the ACT. Congratulations to Sidarththa Subella. Our next students earned honors. ers at the National History Day competition. They placed first in Missouri and fourth in the nation for their senior group documentary Tinker Versus De Moine, a turning point in constitutional right and student freedom. Congratulations to Amanda Moy and Sidarth Sant. We would like to now recognize a student who attended the National Association of Biology Teachers Conference. He presented his study on bioluminescent bacteria and fluoresence
017of sea elegens which he earned a second prize in undergraduate high school poster competition. Congratulations to Ethan George. Continuing with scientific achievement, our next student earned first place in the poster presentation. ation competition at the international symposium for metabolic health presenting his research titled metabolic health starts in high school. Congratul Congratulations to Aush Kana. Our next students received a special award for their projects from sponsors at the St. Louis Science Fair. Sanvi Buopali, Vihan Saar, Sadi Sid the Ramen, and Shrea Shamar. Now we move into creative writing. The Scholastic Art and Writing Award stands as the most premier recognitions for students and one of the Mustangs received their highest honor, the gold key, for her humor piece titled A Breakup Letter to AP Chem. Congratulations to Jamie Park, who I think also had to step
018out for the evening. for student journalism. The Best of School newspapers online showcases the top 15% of submissions from across the nation for its Best of Snow online page. The following students who earn Best of Snow recognition are Natalie Grill, who earned two Best of Snow honors, Vihan Mhaven and Avery Pit. We are proud to share that the quill and honor scrolls highest honor, the George H. Gallup Award was awarded this year to the Marquette Messenger. Congratulations. I think we have one representative that's going to be photographed for us tonight from the Messenger. Moving to speech and debate, we recognize the following student who earned one of the highest distinctions, the National Academic All-American Award. Congratulations to Quesave Anund. Moving into girls athletics, we would like to celebrate the girls water polo team. Starting with
019individual awards, this player earned first team. Congratulations to Cassidy Kerber. also earning first team in addition to the defensive player of the year. Congratulations to Olivia Briskey. And finally, we'd like to congratulate the entire team that earned the state championship title back-to-back. back state champions and first ever girls team to achieve this in the state of Missouri. Congratulations to the girls water polo team. Congratulations to all of our talented students. I would like to now introduce Mr. Dustin Hayes. Hello, I am Mr. Dustin Hayes, the activities director at Rockwood Summit High School, and I am honored to recognize our outstanding Falcons tonight. I would like to begin with academic excellence in recognizing our Missouri Scholars Academy recipients. It is truly an honor to be chosen. Congratulations to Aiden Abraham, Elizabeth Davis, and Georgia Teller. Next
020is our National Merit Scholarship Program Semi-finalist. Congratulations on earning this top academic achievement to Michael Charleston. In journalism, we had a student earn a best of school newspapers online award for her article titled seniors win a controvers Versial Powderpuff. Congratulations to Laura Gordon. We now move into the athletic awards and celebrate the top state accomplishments. We begin with the boys teams. Starting with the individuals who earned all state in boys baseball last spring. Congratulations to Kaden Dingus and Wyatt Schneider. These these athletes along with their team and coaches earned third at state last year. Congratulations to our boys baseball team represented by these guys and our coaching staff. In boys swimming and diving, we celebrate the performance that earned second place in the 100 meter breaststroke. Congratulations to Gavin Wasser. Closing out the boys awards,
021we honor an athlete who earned first team all state in volleyball. Congrats to Joe Locky. Now on to the girls athletic awards. We'll begin with cross country and our runner who earned third place at the state meet this year. Congratulations to Isabelle Burball. In girls soccer, we had an athlete awarded with first team all state. Congratulations to Maria Domian. And last, but certainly not least, earning first team all state honors in girls softball, Emily Peron. Congratulations to our outstanding Falcons and all of the Rockwood students. At this time, I'd like to call Dr. Kaine back to the podium pres to present the school and staff awards. Let's give another very well-deserved round of applause to our students. To those that are still in the theater, your dedication and hard work as well as your accomplishments
022make us tremendously proud. I would like to take a moment to recognize the following schools for earning the designation of National School of Character. This honor is awarded to schools that demonstrate a truly exceptional commitment to character character education that not only shapes values and behavior, but also strengthens academics and helps students to thrive both in and outside of the classroom. Chesterfield Elementary This is clearly not rehearsed. Okay, next we have Eureka Elementary School. and Salvage Middle School. And finally, I am honored to recognize the following as the Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association Coach of the Year. This award recognizes coaches who have demonstrated commitment to their program, athletic achievement, and outstanding leadership. Congratulations to Zach Young. Thank you and congratulations to all. I would I would now like to turn the stage over
023to school board president Lynn Midette. Oh, who's Thank you to everyone who is still in the room. So, this concludes our ceremony for this evening. Congratulations to our students and staff and thank you for being here. We now invite you to join our honored recipients outside the theater for refreshments. Have a great evening. This board of education meeting is now adjourned.