001e [Applause] good evening I'll try good evening this meeting is called to order and Mary mccor will lead us in the pledge aliance to the of the United States of America America to the stands Nation God indivisible and justice for all thank you thank you Mary the first item is to approve the agenda so I need a motion to approve the agenda so moved second any discussion hearing none all those in favor please signify by yay yay any opposed hearing none that motion passes next is a motion to approve the Board of Education meeting minutes for February 20th 2025 so moved second any discussion hearing none all those in favor please say I I I any opposed that motion passes 5.04 motion to approve the Board of Education special meeting minutes for March 3rd 2025
002so moved second any discussion hearing none all those in favor please signify by I I any opposed hearing none that motion passes okay 6.01 approval of consent agenda items 6.02 and 6.44 the motion is to approve the consent agenda items as submitted so moved second any discussion I will sub stain from 6.28 and I will abstain from item 6.09 okay any other discussion all those in favor please signify by i i i any opposed that motion passes I think now we get to move to the fun part recognition Awards program bear with us while we transition I think good evening okay it's too pretty outside for that good evening Welcome to our Rockwood Board of Education awards ceremony Gathering as a district Community to celebrate our successes is always a absolute highlight of the school
003year we are honored to share this evening with you and I would like to acknowledge a very special guest who uh is with us here this evening so please welcome mateline castle if you wouldn't mind [Applause] sanding mateline is uh the St Louis District director for US senator Josh Holly and we want to thank you again for being here this evening I am pleased to announce that earlier this evening the Board of Education approved five members of The District Administrative team Aaron Cook was approved as a new principal of kellison Elementary David Beck as the new assistant principal at Lafayette High School Derek gilstorf as new assistant principal at Rockwood Valley Middle School Eric Neeman as our new directors director of facilities and Katherine rot rot jaob is our new assistant I'm sorry administrator intern
004at the center for Creative Learning currently Aaron is serving as assistant principal at Wild Horse Elementary it's a position that she has held since 2022 prior to that she served as administrative intern at BS Elementary School for five years Aon started her career as a classroom assistant in Rockwood back in 2009 and taught second and third grades at Westridge Elementary she has worked as both an administrative intern and assistant principal for our summer Academy and served on multiple committees including co-chairing the rose Awards committee Erin earned her Bachelor's of Science and education from the University of Missouri Columbia and a masters of arts in school administration as well as her educational specialist in school administration from Lindenwood University David taught English at Parkway North High School for 18 years and he also has experience as
005summer school principal in the Parkway School District and he is currently leading the School's district of service I'm sorry Day of Service Group group for Special Olympics he has coached boy soccer and girls cross country and was an assistant men's soccer coach at Missouri Baptist University he is also the author of a published children's book and he is currently working on a second book David earned his Bachelor of Arts and Communications from St Louis University a masters of arts and secondary education from Missouri Baptist University and a masters of arts and educational leadership from marville University currently Derek serves as an assist an administrative intern at St Charles West High School a position he has held for this past year prior to that he taught social studies and served as the administrative intern at Northeast
006Middle School for the past for two years I'm sorry in the Parkway School District Derek also taught Ela English language arts and social studies at Bernard Middle School in the Melville School District he did that for six years he participated in a multi-year Future Leaders cohort in the parkway as well as the John Maxwell leadership training sessions as well he's also served as an aspiring principal representative for the St Louis Association of Secondary School principles Derek earned his bachelor's of Science in history and a master's of Arts in secondary education from Truman State University as well as his educational specialist in school administration from lyndenwood University Eric Eric currently serves as a superintendent with demean construction a position he has held since 2015 he is responsible for overseeing large commercial projects as well as other
007duties Eric also has six years of experience as as a foreman with interface construction and three years as a carpenter with Jasper Quality Construction Eric has worked with our current facilities director as well as multiple staff members in the Rockwood School District at 23 of our school sites he also has experience as a realtor with Century 21 real estate and he attended Miss Central let's try that again University of Central Missouri for three years Katherine is a national board certified teacher who currently teaches in the gifted program at our Center for Creative Learning a position she has held for the past seven years prior to that she taught second grade for two years at buer elementary school in the Ritner school district and Katherine is also an adjunct instructor at marville University and spent four
008years as summer camp director at Westwood Country Club at the CCL she has designed and implemented a steam project for first through fifth grade gifted Learners and was named teacher of the year in 2024 Katherine has served on a multitude of District committees and participated in the ignite Future Leaders program and is a rose Award nominee Katherine earned her Bachelor of Science in elementary education from the University of Missouri Columbia a masters of arts and gifted education for mville University and will graduate in May with her executive educational doctorate in policy planning and Leadership with a focus on gifted Administration from William and Mary let's give them all a round of [Applause] applause before we move into the first part of our Awards program I would like to introduce a group of people who truly
009have devoted themselves to serving our district and our community it's our Board of Education and the members themselves would you please stand when I call your name our board president Lyn [Applause] medet board vice president Tammy [Applause] Romberg director Carrie Bacher director Bob kigan [Applause] and director Dr Mara vek Warren thank you for your continued service here in the Rockwood School District our Communications team will be taking photos at our award recipients uh e uh event which will actually be just on the outside of the program itself or the the theater itself all photos will be available for download beginning tomorrow on our Rockwood website by using the QR code on your program or going to rsdmo.org at the conclusion of the program as I was mentioning please join the Board of Education and other
010honored recipients for reception outside of the theater at this point in time I'd like to call up Mrs Mary leac thank you Dr Kain good evening I am Mary leek Chief Communications officer for Rockwood we are thrilled to have you all here this evening before we kick off tonight's ceremony we have a special group of volunteers to recognize and thank during the month of March communities across the state will honor the dedicated service of local Boards of Education during school board recognition month as proclaimed by Governor kho missourians benefit every day from the dedicated energies and countless hours devoted by the more than 3,600 local school board members in every Community across the state as citizens who serve students and represent their communities school board members face complex and demanding challenges here in Rockwood we
011are very fortunate to have outstanding board members dedicated to ensuring all students have access to high quality learning opportunities our board members play a vital role in leading our highly regarded district and we appreciate that they are willing to volunteer their time and talents to ensure that all students realize their potential we have a special video we have prepared to share we're talking about the Board of educ Education the board of education is seven people who um make up rules for our school and try to keep us safe for free I like how they um help Stu students and teachers or want to celebrate them because they're very nice people they have to do a lot of work and they don't get paid for it so they just volunteer for it for nothing uh make
012a card if it weren't for you I would be bored all afternoon because I don't have the proper materials for art mine says thank you for choosing Miss s Miss Duke Miss Higgins Miss B Miss Walsh miss and miss J for working at Adventure Club Board of Education um I chose to do somebody looking at the rainbow in a butterfly and this because it's like a party I added some stick heart stickers and some tape on there some colorful tape it says thank you for planning fun things I'm very grateful for your awesome things thank you for the fun staff members thank you thank you Board of Education so I wrote I wrote These thank you notes cuz I like I kind of like crafts a lot and when you pull these down it turns
013into a note it says I'm I'm thankful I'm thankful for you volunteering for students and staff thank you for creating positive learning environments for students Rockwood students thank you sincerely Jaden Chen I kind of wanted to write in cursive for everybody I still haven't finished all of it but you are the best I appreciate you taking care of the Rockwood students and teachers the amount of time you volunteer for others is awesome [Applause] thank you to all our board members for everything that you do and at this time I would like to ask director I'm sorry president Lind M yet to begin our Ceremony this evening thank you well that was it's going to be hard to follow so good evening and thank you mayor Le Pac I so enjoy the notes and posters our
014students made for us I know that our other board members did as well we are all over overwhelmed by their appreciation it does mean so much 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 recognizes individuals with four different Awards two of them are presented to recipients at their schools our departments these are the superintendent certificate which recognizes those who have contributed to the to the success of Education in Rockwood the community service certificate goes to those who support the district and its communities through service projects intended to benefit a worthy cause the other two awards are
015presented at Board of Education award ceremonies like tonight the Board of Education award recognizes people are organizations that have achieved the highest standard of Excellence that embodies The Rock good spirit the above and beyond award recognizes individuals 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 Rockwood Summit High School for hosting this event tonight at this time I would like to invite director Bob cigan to the stage to help to help me present tonight's Awards and Eureka High School principal Dr Corey sink to begin the [Applause] ceremony thank you president manette good evening the first award is an above and beyond award while in class this student noticed a close friend in
016class mate was in distress and choking she took quick action and successfully performed the heick maneuver on this student her quick action and brave action showed her true character and ability to react in tough situations way to go we are so proud of you ka Bradshaw now I'd like to call Dr Jason Lanos to the podium good evening my name is Dr Jason Lanos and I am the principal of Wildwood Middle School I have the honor of introducing this next group of students along with Dr sink while in their classroom these students recognized the medical emergency they stepped up to help together these students worked to get help maintained a sense of calm and clear presence until additional staff arrived we are proud of your leadership and for taking the initiative to call for an
017ambulance thank you for embodying the core values of this District I'd like to welcome Eureka High students Trevor Kodak and Kylie tasy and Wildwood Middle student Harper iino [Applause] thank you I would like to now ask Dr Chris brandriff to the podium hello this next group of student students is being recognized for their fourth place finish at the first Lego League Regional Championship they have advanced to a postseason International Championship in Long Beach California this team is the fourth ranked team from more than 300 in the state and the only team from Missouri region to attend this Championship congratulations to the robotic rappers [Applause] congratulations to each of you I would now like to call Dr sink back to the stage thank you Dr Brandi it is my pleasure to present the prestigious Awards to
018some of our students I will begin with the 15 students who earned the Gloria Missouri award each student represents one of the virtues that make up the glory of Missouri which are engraved in the Missouri House of Representatives chamber Grace Ferguson charity Ryder SN education Lauren lack Enterprise Tatiana reev quality Ben Bacher fraternity EMT B honor Frederick Prince Justice Jack cubbage knowledge Jenna cubbage knowledge Natalie welman law Jackson cural Liberty Sarah lamb progress and Maddie MCC Maddie mccauliff Temperance Jenna selbert truth and Khloe Robinson virtue [Applause] congratulations the following student was selected for the US Presidential Scholars Program pram each year around 4,000 students nationally are named as candidates for this program from a pool of more than three million High School seniors in the spring up to 161 students from the group will be
019named presidential Scholars one of the nation's highest honors for a high school student congratulations Nolan Wilson [Applause] this next award goes to a talented student whose artwork was chosen from the Senate student Fine Arts exhibit each year artwork is submitted for each of the 34 state senators to choose from her artwork will be displayed in a frame throughout the year in the Missouri Capital Ella Heisel [Applause] congratulations to the following student who earned All State football Jack Lang [Applause] Jack will be playing football at the University of Missouri in Columbia in the [Applause] fall the next group earns second place in the 200 medley relay for girls swim and dive Morgan Clark Emma Hicks Khloe Robinson and Paige Samuelson [Applause] this athlete earned third place in the individual event in the 100 freestyle Chloe Robinson
020[Applause] and in the 100 backstroke Emerson [Applause] Hicks thanks again and I'm proud of all these students I would now like to call Lafayette High School principal Dr Karen calcatera to the [Applause] podium good evening my name is Dr Karen Catera and I am the principal at Lafayette High School I am honored to present the following Awards to 14 seniors who earned the glory of Missouri award congratulations to these recipients on a Johnson for charity Jessica Guan for Education Logan green for Enterprise Luca Tenny equality Alex Beal fraternity Michael niblet honor Clara bass Justice Mary hailes knowledge Ken O'Brien law Lauren Blosser Liberty Maddie Cox progress gar Cula Temperance Audrey Keller truth and CJ wood [Applause] virtue you're welcome the following students are recipients of the US Presidential Scholars Program there are a total of
021nine students representing all four Rockwood School high schools they are Clara bass Jessica Guan and Simone Marta [Applause] I am proud to announce the following students who are finalists in The National Merit Scholarship they R Clara bass Jessica Guan Mary hailes Charles heppy gar Cula Audrey Keller and Sophia wood [Applause] the following student has earned recogn recognition for his artwork for both the national K12 ceramic exhibition and the Missouri Senate student fine Arts exhibit congratulations Luke [Applause] Hinton the following student has demonstrated excellence in music earning Allstate band congratulations jacqulyn [Applause] Morton for earning All State in Orchestra Gian Carlo [Applause] Fernandez the next award goes to students for earning All State for the collective the collective focuses on student-driven original music and is open to all types of vocalists and instrumentalists congratulations to Declan
022fips and Greg Umstead [Applause] the Congressional app challenge is a national competition highlighting the value of computer science and stem established by members of the US House of Representatives in 2015 the Congressional app challenge allows students from across the country to compete by creating and exhibiting their software application congratulations for earning third place in our congressional district Rohan gapan paru kandala and Adit [Applause] Swami for earning fifth place in the solo division at the Missouri dance team association championships please congratulate molena m [Applause] congratulations to this team for earning third place overall in the division 5 mdta competition first place in the pal Division and second place in jazz congratulations at escad [Applause] for earning All State in football congratulations to the following student Alex Beal [Applause] the following athlete earned fourth place in the
023one meter dive in girls swimming and Diving congratulations Lucia Tenny [Applause] this last award goes to Talia Ramsay for earning all state for girls water polo co-offensive Player of the Year congratulations on your accomplishments [Applause] congratulations to all for all of your accomplishments and next I would like to introduce Dr Tracy wackerly the principal at Marquette good evening I am Tracy wackerly principal Market High School I would like to begin by recognizing our 14 Glory of Missouri awardees Emma Caro charity Marique Lewis education Ryan Hancock Enterprise Zoe Williams equality Stephen Stefan bosnak fraternity Kieran Bernett honor Carl terab bavala Justice Malia Edgars knowledge Ava Craig law Abby albrand Liberty Kendo Cree progress Donovan Fitz Morris Temperance Evan vulker truth Drew Mathers virtue [Applause] next I am proud to announce our National Merit Scholarship finalist there
024are a total of 20 Rockwood students who have been named finalists this this year from Marquette High School Joselyn Bogner Shrea dos Malia Edgars Dennison Harris Shri Vash naavi Krishan emiline little Caleb Mitchell aarva shind hre suaram James SE Arian VSA prip Lucas Zang and Nolan zinc [Applause] next I would like to congratulate these students for becoming candidates of the United States presidential Scholars Program Caleb Mitchell abiam Peretti AAR vashind and Arian VSA prip [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the following students have earned Superior and recognizing excellence in art and literacy magazine program Representatives today for the RSD lives magazine [Applause] congratulations congratulations for becoming a crown finalist with the Colombia Scholastic press Association this award honors the top student Publications and more than 540 Publications were eligible for judging congratulations to the Marquette messenger [Applause] this
025next award is for earning first place in the silver tier at the Cyber Patriot competition a part of the National Youth cyber education program this is the largest cyber defense competition that puts high school and middle school students in charge of securing vital networks congratulations to the afj ROC Missouri 931 team on this team includes Landon busher sidarth ques anapali Jonathan Lee Carter Russell kurana Thum and kirthy thoda [Applause] this next group of student musicians earned All State in Orchestra Eric Chen Julie Park Ivy Wang and Claire Z [Applause] this group of athletes earned first place at the Missouri cheerleading coaches association game day competition congratulations to the market High School cheer team [Applause] can congratulations to all of these students we are very proud of you I would like to call our next presenter
026Dr Emily maowen to the [Applause] [Music] podium good evening everyone thank you for being here at Rockwood Summit High School this evening my name is Dr Emily McCowen I'm the proud principal of Rockwood Summit High School I'm happy to present these to our students and I'd like to begin with those who earned the Gloria Missouri recognition and are here with us tonight first we have Madigan King and charity Chase Martin for Fraternity redwan Osman for justice Willow pow for Liberty and Mary corkery for truth [Applause] I am proud to recognize the next student for becoming a US Presidential Scholars Program candidate tus Krishnan [Applause] next I'd like to recognize our Summit Cheer Team for earning second place at the Missouri cheerleading coaches association game day competition [Applause] this next team earned first place in the
027division 4 Missouri dance team associations Championship with a second place in pal and second place in jazz congratulations to the silver stars dance team [Applause] this next athlete earned fourth place in the girls swimming and Diving 100 butterfly stape competition congratulations to Briana Wilkinson [Applause] and last we'd like to recognize the next student for earning first place a state championship at the girls wrestling state competition meline hay I'd like to add that she's our first female state champion in wrestling and also also our first uh wrestler both male and female to have an undefeated season which is pretty [Applause] remarkable we at sumon are very proud of all of your accomplishments congratulations I would now like to ask Dr Kane to come to the podium to present school and staff [Applause] Awards it is a
028pleasure to be here to honor some of our truly outstanding staff members and schools the following schools have been named Missouri schools of character these four schools are among 16 schools of character from the state of Missouri congratulations to each of you on your hard work we will start with babler Elementary School [Applause] Crestview Middle School [Applause] Ridge Meadows Elementary [Applause] School thank you [Applause] Salvage Middle School [Applause] let's give those schools of character another round of [Applause] applause this award honors the Missouri Association of Secondary School principles 2025 High School assistant principal of the Year congratulations to Eureka High School assistant principal Dr David arage [Applause] congratulations to this Lafayette High School football coach he will actually be inducted into the Missouri football coaches association Hall of Fame coach Boyd Manny [Applause] and the
029last award of the evening is for earning the Missouri State High School soccer coaches association Coach of the Year Ryan bard [Applause] congratulations to all of you I would now like to call board president Lynn medet to the podium thank you this concludes our cere ceremony for this evening congratulations to our students and staff and thank you for being here tonight 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 thank you sh