001Flag 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, Maddie. Madame President, yes. I would like to remove item 6.08 off of the agenda. Thank you. The first order of business is 5.03, the approval of the board of education meeting minutes. And the motion is to approve the board of education. I'm sorry. The motion is to approve the agenda without item 6.08. Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. Any oppose? That motion passes. Now for 5.03, 03 approval of the board of education meeting minutes for May 1st, 2025. The motion is to approve board of education meeting minutes for May 1st, 2025. So moved. Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in
002favor, please signify by I. I. Any opposed? Hearing none. That motion passes. Next is approval of board meeting work session meetings on May 7th, 2025. And the motion is to approve the board of education meeting minutes for May 7, 2025. Second. Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor, please signify by I. I. Any opposed? That motion also passes. Next is the motion to approve the consent agenda items as submitted. So move second. Any discussion? I'd like to pull out and talk about um item 6.16 are public gifts. Um I want to acknowledge Ridge Meadows PTO who donated $17,995 for the new school marquee. Wild Horse PTO $26,000 for their cafeteria sound system. Um an anonymous um at Babler $1,000 for their school lunches. And then Early Childhood PTO had $1,000 gift for teacher appreciation
003gifts and Lafayette PTO had $13,000 to purchase two outdoor AED cabinets. And just a thank you to all of the people that have donated to um support our students and our schools just to make Rockwood the place we want our kids to be. [Applause] So again the motion is to per the consent agenda items as submitted. All those in favor please signify by I. I I any opposed hearing? None. That motion passes. I believe we move to the awards program. The best part of the evening. Stop. Okay. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening and welcome to the Rockwood Board of Education awards ceremony. It is always a highlight of the year when we have the opportunity to come together as a district community to celebrate the achievements and successes that help to make Rockwood shine.
004We're truly honored to share this very, very special evening with you all. Before we be begin, I would like to take a moment to recognize a very special guest who is joining us this evening. Maline Castle uh from the St. Louis District office for US Senator Josh Holly is here with us this evening. So Meline, thank you for being here. [Applause] Before we move into the first portion of this program, I would like to introduce a very special group of people who continue to devote themselves to serving our district and our community. It's our board of education. Board members, will you please stand when I call your name? President Lynn [Applause] Mette. Vice President Tammy Romberg. Director Carrie [Applause] Bockard, Director Sarah Ber, Director Phil Milligan, and Director Dr. Mara Barorn. So, our communications team
005will be taking photos of our award recipients this evening. All photos will be available for download beginning tomorrow on our Rockwoods website by using the QR code which is actually embedded within the programs that you have in front of you right now. Or you can go to rsdmmo.org. At the conclusion of tonight's ceremony, please join the board of education and our honored recipients for a reception which is just outside of the theater. And at this point in time, I would like to ask President Lindette to begin our ceremony. We are pleased to welcome you tonight to the board of education award ceremony. It is nice to have so many of you here to celebrate the outstanding contributions and accomplishments of our students and staff members. This evening is a celebration. The Rockwood Board of Education
006recognizes individuals with four different awards. Two of them are presented to recipients at their schools or departments. The superintendent certificate recognizes those who have contributed to the success of education in Rockwood. And the community service certificate goes to those who support in projects intended to benefit a worthy cause. The other two awards are presented at the board of education awards ceremony. The board of education award recognizes people or organizations that have achieved the highest standards of excellence that embody the Rockwood spirit. The Above and Beyond award recognizes individuals or organizations that have shown outstanding contributions through service or volunteerism by supporting projects or programs that impact Rockwood or its surrounding communities. On behalf of the school board, I want to thank Lafayette High School for hosting this evening. At this time, I invite director Phil
007Milikin and Sarah Ber directors Phil Milikin and Sarah Borer to the stage to help me pre help present tonight's awards. And Sage Middle School assistant principal Dr. Brent Pearson to begin this evening. [Applause] Good evening. Thank you, Director Beignette. My name is Dr. Pearson, and I am privileged to be here this evening to present the first award. The Above and Beyond awards honor individuals who go the extra mile to support Rockwood's mission. We do whatever it takes to ensure all students realize their potential. Miss Caitlyn Gear, a dedicated band teacher, noticed that one of our students at Selvage Middle School, who has a passion for playing the clarinet, was facing a unique challenge due to missing his pinky finger. Recognizing his determination, Miss Gear reached out to our librarian at Salvage, James Miller, believing he
008might be able to help. Using their creativity and engineering skills, Mr. Miller utilized a 3D printer at Salvage to design and build an adaptive device that enabled the student to play the clarinet with full functionality. The quest to create a workable adaptive piece took several weeks involving careful design, resizing, and redesign processes. Throughout the process, the student tested various versions leading to further refinements for strength and ease of use. This March, the 21st century version proved to be successful, allowing the student to play the previously inaccessible note. I believe it was a B, maybe a C#arp. Thanks to this collaboration of Mr. Miller and Mrs. Gear, the student is now able to play all the notes and continue pursuing his love of music. Please join me in recognizing Miss Caitlyn Gear and Mr. James Miller.
009Yep. On behalf of Selvage Middle School, I want to thank all of our amazing teachers at Selvage and across the district. I'm know I am now going to move into our next portion of our evening and begin presenting the board awards. This next award is for earning a superior rating of a one at the middle school large group festival. We want to congratulate our cadet orchestra, seventh grade orchestra, as well as our concert orchestra, our eighth grade orchestra, and our eighth grade band. All three groups earned a superior rating at this spring's middle school large group festival. [Applause] Again, I want to congratulate Mrs. Midler and Mrs. Gear for their outstanding work with all of our students at Salvage. I would now like to ask Eureka High School principal Dr. Corey Sink to please come
010to the stage. Thank you, Dr. Pearson. Good evening. My name is Dr. Corey Sink and I'm the ha I'm happy to present you some of our ma amazing students at Eureka High School. The following students competed in the Missouri HOSA State Leadership Conference and earned first place for their competitive categories. Ethan Barbin, Taylor Pike, Steven Saji, and Stallone Woodbury for creative problem solving. [Applause] and for recipient writing for on health policy, Lauren Cal Callahan. Congratulations. [Applause] Congratulations to these next students who are in Missouri all Missouri from the Missouri Intercolastic Journalism Association. Abby man, Morgan Clark, Kenna Cole, Anna Murray, Vivian Morowski, and Caleb Pickkins. [Applause] The following students earned gold at the Michigan State Solo and Ensemble for the Woodwin solo. Evan Ferguson Porter for for Alto Sachs, Steven Sha Saji for Tener Sachs,
011and Jillian Connley for the flute. [Applause] for their performance in the woodwwind quartet. The following students earn gold for Bflat clarinet, Madison Orrique, Letty Leaper, Brook Schneider, and Sophie TBO. [Applause] for their flute quartet performance. Jillian Connley, Anna Coppen, Lillen Hollandback, and Chloe Hume. Please congratulate them all. [Applause] These students earned gold for their trumpet trio. Jordan McDaniel, Emil Mullander, and Evan Wookie. [Applause] for their performance in mixed brass quartet. Michael Beston, Aiden Casey, Christopher Gillette, and Evan Wilkkey. [Applause] for the performance in miscellaneous vocal ensemble. Alexandria Bruns, Grace Cox, Haley Deacon, Paige Deacon, Lucenne Ortau, Adil Adale Short, and Maline Wilin. [Applause] for the soprano soprano alto sex. Elise Ferguson, Grace Ferguson, Emerson Poland, Claire Shanley, Bailey Sllayton, and Amelia Tall. [Applause] for their vocal solos. Georgia Dean Remington Duvenell, Elise Ferguson, Grace Ferguson,
012and Cora Fry. [Applause] for their string quartet performance. Ethan Biggs, Audrey Bzinski, Jaylen Freeman, and Ryder Sync. [Applause] And this student received gold for their string solo. Jaylen [Applause] Freeman. Congratulations to all the students for their musical success. This next award is for earning second place at the Midcontinent Color Guard Association Championship, the Eureka High School Winter Guard. [Applause] Congratulations to all these students. We're proud of you and your accomplishments. I'd now like to introduce the next presenter, Dr. Karen Calcetera. [Applause] got. Good evening. Thank you, Dr. Sink. My name is Dr. Karen Kolkata and I'm the principal here at Lafayette High School. I am honored to award our students this evening. This first group of students placed first in the future business leaders of America state leadership conference in their respective categories. Please hold
013your applause until all students have been announced. Noah Bou in broadcast journalism. Ashia Nuri in banking in financial Duven Karan Ratchet Patel and Sohan Paul for entrepreneurship. Kruuthy Aula Veta Adamiy and Truthy Ranganini for visual design. Abby Boga Vetin Chimacury and Partardu Kona Kandala for computer game and simulation. For website coding and development, VC Medanini and Timothy Zang. And for digital production, VC Medanini Arvand Sunnaumar and Timothy Zang. Congratulations to you all. [Applause] for earning third place in coding and programming. Rishi Mavan Navin Nion and Ratchet Patel. Hold on. They're making their way back up. [Applause] Our next award is for their first place accomplishments at the HOSA state leadership conference. Vidant Chimik McCarthy, Rohan Gapalan, Shahir Ikbal, Timothy Zang in medical in innovation, Abanav Rao, Prrenav Vivaswaren, Vigesh Biswarth in public health, Matteo Chapa
014Panche in dental service, Jessica Guan epidemiology and Mala Camille Casoma in pharmarmacology. ology. [Applause] These students earned second place at the host state conference in their respective categories. Aditi Roy clinical specialty. Adariah Malik in research persuasive writing and speaking. Hassini Tapardi for respiratory therapy. Avalind Long for clinical nursing. Tosher Toryola in medical spelling. And in medical innovation, Abi Boa, Sparse Singh, Arvin Dunakumar and Adit Swami. [Applause] for earning third place at the HOSA competition. Congratulations to the following students. Serena Shik for family medicine. Lydia Leman for biotechnology. Uma Nion for medical spelling. Mahi Chachani for research persuasive writing and speaking. For public service announcement, Alexis Sanberg, Shruthy Cintill, and Alexandra Mimletz. And for community awareness, Shri Metapali, Dia Panchchal, Zara Panchchal, Sahasha Ringani, Vivian Zang, and Kimha. [Applause] A total of 19 Rockwood students earned
015top 10 finishes in exams at the academic testing center, including first place finishers Jessica Guan, Tosher Toriola, and second place finisher Noah Bou. Tosha's coming all the way back down. We love you, Tosh. [Applause] The following students earned all of all Missouri at the Missouri Intercolastic Journalism Association competition. They are Maddie Cox, Laya Kimberlin, Theo Corey, Maddie Roberts, and Rasheed Soani. [Applause] The following music awards are for earning gold at the Misha State Solo and Ensemble for their solos in the Woodwin family. We have Jacqueline Morton for bassoon, Claire Elto, Gracie Hagen, and Gari Cthula for flute, and Amanda Vchet for the obo. Congratulations. And I'm going to ask that Gracie Hagen and Emma Hagen stay after this award because they are also being recognized for their flute trio. [Applause] This group of students performed
016in a mixed woodwind quintet. They are Claire Elto, Alistair Hannah Mary Kurtley, Jacquellyn Morton, and Amanda Vashet. from the brass family. Gus Nagel euphonium solo, Shriirthy Cthy, French horn solo, and Grayson Smith for the trumpet solo. [Applause] The next students earned gold for their performance in the percussion family for their solos. Charles Henson, keyboard mallet. Dean Clawitter, keyboard mallet and snare drum. And Ryan Hang, [Applause] piano. Also for their percussion ensemble, Olivia Echelman and Charles Henson [Applause] These next students earn gold for their violin solo performances. They are Sarah MW, Anna Tari, and Julia Tees. [Applause] In the vocal category, congratulations to the following students for miscellaneous vocal ensemble. Jenna Barericat, Lillian Columbbo, Cadence Gray, Khloe Kim, Seama Kumbam, Riley Stoofl, Sydney Vashet, and Kylie Wilkerson. [Applause] In addition to her vocal ensemble award, this
017student also performed a vocal solo and earned a gold rating. Congratulations, Kylie Wilkerson. [Music] Congratulations to our Lafayette Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Orchestra, Mixed Choir, and Trouble Choir for their exemplary performances at the Misha State Large Group [Applause] Festival. Congratulations to this group of students for performing at the MCCGA State Championships and earning second place. Congratulations to our Lafayette Winter Guard. [Music] [Applause] This team earned fourth place in state for the Misha basketball competition. Congratulations to our boys basketball team. [Applause] We are proud to recognize the following athlete who earned first place in the Misha Boys Wrestling State Competition. Congratulations, Carter Brown. [Applause] This next student earned third place in the Misha Wrestling Boys state competition. Congratulations, Riley [Applause] Sumner. Okay. Together, the boys wrestling turn team earned third place in state. Congratulations to
018our wrestling team for third place in state. Come on up. [Applause] The final award for Lafayette is for their qualification to the first tech challenge run for the robotics invitational. They are the only team in Missouri to qualify for this competition and will compete alongside other international teams. Congratulations to the Kons robotic team. [Applause] Okay. Thank you to everyone for allowing me to recognize our talented students. I would now like to call Dr. Tracy Wackerly from Marquette High School to the stage. Hello, my name is Dr. Tracy Wackerley and I'm the principal of Market High School. It is my honor to recognize the following students for their outstanding achievements tonight. Our first student tonight is a recipient of the Missouri Scholars 100 Award, Kevin Wong. [Applause] The following students earned first place at the Future
019Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference. Vismaya Venad, Vihan Sardakar, Jonathan Lee, and Aditia Changalavala. [Applause] The following students earned second place in the FBA state leadership conference. Sanjana Deerayam Lea Mulenti Sarahu Namadi Kirthi Thotika Pendui Samaya Yucalapati Adam Basa and Nathaniel Bian. Congratulations [Applause] These students earned third place for their accomplishments in the FBLA conference. Nquille Gdori, Tushida Argawal, Sanvi Buenapali, Risha Cole, Harshetteth Akuri, Vivad Chinta, Advik Nadikota, Aditia Changalavala, Ramy Elbes, Bbeshi, Shrees Ayer, and Sami Mua. [Applause] On top of all of this, the Marquette FBLA team also earned the gold sealed chapter award of merit of chapter of the year. Congratulations to all of them. The following students earned first place at the Missouri HOSA state leadership conference. Unjali go to Malcala Téju Tadi Mahita Kernady Annie Ki Jada Manning Ana Siti
020Anna Singh Lindseay Wong Druti Conjul Maggala Sanvi Ravala Danuja Makandan Anus Rajoli Shri Cynthia Nathan Tanvi Narendrula Congratulations. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] The following students earned second place in the ho hosa competition. Isen Ahmed, Taylor Hawthorne, Sanvi, Bonapali, Sanjana Draavium, Lea Mulenti, Sarahu, Namadi, Saya, Shandran, Dietra, Ladi, Sanvi, Makapati, Sami Singh, Abhath, N. Congratulations These students earned third place in the HOSA state leadership conference critique. Buddy, Prulu, Retesh, Gowny, Mahier Patel, Grace Day, Alexa Kerber, Lily Wong. Congratulations to each of you. [Applause] Lastly, in the HOSA competition, the following students earned the following places in the academic testing center. Our second place finisher was Bala Sunnisara for allied health and third phase finisher Unjali Gormakala and Tanvi Narendroula and microbiology. Congratulations In addition, the following students earned National Speech and Debate Association academic all awards. Aditia
021Changalavala Treyes Ayer Ethan George and Satvic Sati Ramen [Applause] I am proud to recognize the Marquette Messenger and MHS News for their gold crown award and the Colombia Scholastic Press Association. One of our journ journalists on Vitalian also earned first place in a magazine alternative story form and magazineformational graphic from the CSPA. Congratulations [Applause] In addition, several of our Marquette Messenger students also competed in the Missouri Interscolastic Journalism Association contest. Earning best of show was Emily Chen, Gabe Conaway, Kate Jesperson, Caleb Munick, Samantha Pers, Leila Shockley, Anbyalian, and the messenger staff. Earning all Missouri was James Beers, Skipan Bosch, Emily Chen, Kate Jesperson, Kayla Munick, and David Moss. Congratulations [Applause] The next award of the evening goes to students who participated in the DECA state career development conference. Ritty Mora for earning second place in
022the independent business plan. Shreas er for the third place in the financial consulting and Devon Sharma in the third place for principles of hospitality. [Applause] The following talented musical students earned gold at the Misha State solo and ensemble. From our percussion family, we have three different gold ensembles. The first is Natalie Chandler, Miles Darall, Nishant, Devant, Swathy, Logan Eert, Benjamin Edgars, and Alex Underh Hill. [Music] I don't think we have anyone from our second or third. Um, but quite a few students that earned recognition from this performance group. The following students earned gold for their piano solos. Arian Singh and Ryan Willis. [Applause] Next, congratulations to our students for their miscellaneous vocal ensemble. Cooper Buckaloo, Carakia Churramula, Jack Espacidto, Devin Hollands, Benjamin Morris, Joshua Poval, Kyle Stefan, and Channing Watkins. [Applause] ends for their soprano
023alto quartet. Pet, Emma Colbo, Olivia Ellington, Son Lewis, and Caroline Staley. Next we had two gold string quartets, Dennis Harris, Kate Jesperson, Evan Bulker, and Max Zoo. I don't think either of them were able to be here tonight. Our Marquette Robotics team took the first run for the robotics invitational. Congratulations to the Berians. [Applause] And last but not least, recognizing our gold string quartets, Arian Singh, Jonah Starenek, Edward Tero to Van Nissian, and Yevet Yaroshenko. [Applause] Congratulations to each and every one of you for your success and your hard work. At this time, I would now like to ask Dr. Macauen to come to the stage. Oh, hello. Anybody else still here? Okay, thank you. We appreciate you staying for the Falcons. Uh, we certainly have some students that we want to recognize. So, my
024name is Dr. Emily Macauan. I am the proud principal of Rockwood Summit High School. Uh, first we we have a couple of students who aren't able to join us, but the few that are, we'd like to recognize. The following students competed in the Missouri Intercolastic Journalism Association competition. Earning All Missouri is Trevy Guest. And for best of show is Hannah Gelner. All [Applause] right, congratulations to both of them. All right, the next group of musicians earned gold at the Misha State solo and ensemble competition recently held on the campus of Missou. For miscellaneous brass ensemble is Will Benson and Nolan Rickers. [Applause] Next, we'd like to recognize our gold for her vocal solo, Julia Warley. [Applause] Okay, I'm going to ask that will uh Nolan and Julia come back up to help us uh receive
025the awards. For those that for anybody that didn't show up, no, I'm just kidding. Uh we are proud to recognize the following groups for their exemplary performance at the Misha State Large Group Festival for mixed chamber choir, treble chamber choir, w wind ensemble and symphonic orchestra. Cong congratulations to them. [Applause] I think our Falcons deserve one more round of applause. Yeah. Okay. Uh, thank you again for allowing me to present those awards. I would now like to call Dr. Kane back to the podium. Hello again. So, I'd like to present this next award and recognition for being named the 2025 High School Assistant Principal of the Year by the St. Louis Association of Secondary School Principles. Sarah Goodman. [Applause] Sarah, congratulations again. And now I'd like to call board president Lyn Midette to the stage
026to end our evening. And thank you to everyone for being here tonight. [Applause] Wow. That concludes our ceremony for this evening. Congratulations to our students and staff and thank you for being here. Thank you for staying. We now invite you to join our honor recipients outside the theater for refreshments. Have a great evening and the board of education meeting is now adjourned. Thank you.