001presented and facilitated by Dorine Baptiste, our school culture coordinator, Mary Kate Bosch, principal, and Rebecca Davis, um, school psychologist. The focus of the workshop was identifying student behaviors, um, their cause, staff's role in student behavior and strategies to use in deescalation of student behaviors. The aids and monitors participated, asked great questions, including whatifs, and generally left with some strategies to implement with students. They even did some roleplaying that was received well, and we all had some good laughs. Um, the Amplify Science pilot is underway in all CES classes. They collected some preliminary feedback from teachers in the form of glows and grows. They will be reviewing the information and will make a decision on proceeding with Amplify or looking for another pilot program. Grade level teams met in the month of January. The teams identified
002a general struggle that they see in many students and decided on a practice that they would put into place to improve student outcomes. They left the meetings with the task of collecting student work samples in the area of concern and will implement the strategy for improvement over the next couple of months, collecting another work sample um to compare. When we meet again, we will look at and analyze student work to determine next steps. Um for a community partnership update in January, Mr. Joshua Torres, a full-time medical student who is continuing his education to become a medical doctor, visited Miss Tara Framck's second grade class. Joshua is a Chester graduate and was a student of Mrs. Brambox. He shared with current students that he once sat in the same chairs they are sitting in now and
003that he was when he was in elementary school. Mr. Dr. Torres explained how he still uses the reading and math skills he learned at CES in both his schooling and his career as a medical assistant while caring for others. The students were excited to learn that Mr. Torres was a former CES student and enjoyed hearing how he uses the skills he learned at CES in his daily career. They liked learning from him and asked many questions about what he does as a medical assistant and how he uses the reading and math in his work. And now the fun part of the presentation. I'd like to invite up to the podium um Miss Jen Rendy and the CES broadcast team. >> Do you want to come up with you? >> Thank you, Miss Loftess. I'm good
004here. Hi everybody. I'm Jen Rendy. I am steam coordinator, robotics instructional co uh teacher and here I'm to pre present some of our broadcasting team members here and really introduce you to what the broadcasting enrichment program really is. Um we have some of our students here and to get here they had to really work to get there. Um these are students who are excited and motivated to learn new things in exciting ways. um in particular um we do things. We create lots of visual videos and a basic monthly broadcast that goes out to the community every month. Um so I'll show you some here. You see some background of what goes on in the daily here. Okay. These students um get hands-on experience creating our school broadcast. Is this going? Yeah. that blend blend creativity,
005teamwork, and technical skill skills in a very very fun and exciting way. Nick, where are you? Okay, we don't have to do that. I have our broadcast as well. And I'll play that in a little bit. What I really love the most about this enrichment program is our students take ownership of their learning. They choose what we broadcast, what we choose to tell our community about. Um, they do all this for everything. Hopefully not. Okay. So, I'll give you a basic rundown of what we do. We start our month and it's basically a huge monthly program basically PBL where we manage our time. We map out our entire calendar. What needs to get done when we brainstorm our list of topics to report to our community. You got it, Miss Loftess? >> I don't know.
006>> Okay. Let's see. Let's see if this one works first. Yeah, we'll go to this. Okay. And then we break it down into teams. And that is a huge part of this program is the teamwork. We are always working in teams. Um, our students get to choose their jobs. Um, so they really focus on their interests. And I have to say something that has never happened before has just happened this month. I have about two or three students that when applying for the team wanted absolutely nothing to do with the camera. I don't want to be on camera. I just want to write, Miss Friendy. I just want to produce. And I said, "Okay, that's great. You can do that. That's perfectly fine." But after they experienced and worked with the kids that were on
007camera and the kids that were behind the scene, they saw what it was really about. I had three students this month say, "Hey, Miss Randy, I think I changed my mind. I think I want to be on the camera." And for me as a teacher, as an educator, to see a child take that step outside of their normal comfort zone and really, you know, take it to the next level was really wonderful for me. Um, I know a lot of you have heard me speak about the broadcasting team many times before. Um, and so you've seen what wonderful work they've done. I'm sure you've seen it monthly as it comes out to you. Something else that I did want to focus that I've never really presented on previously when it comes to the enrichment program
008is that outside of school, I'm an executive functioning coach. And I specifically ingrain that in this enrichment program to start with our fourth graders doing just that. We manage our time. We map out our calendar. We create notes. We do the research together. I give them outlines to follow through on all of this so they can really take this and apply it to their classroom next year in fifth grade when they go to the middle school. How many of our middle schoolers really need executive functioning? And it starts here with this. Um, and these aren't just our students that get the best grades on all the tests that do that are are what we consider those students that are always coming out. These are students that are working hard, very hard in their classrooms to
009make sure that they're a part of the enrichment program. So to see them step up like that is always such a wonderful thing as an educator and to see them grow like that and to see the wonderful creativity that they come up with. I'm excited for next month. You're really going to love it. It incorporates lots of things, right guys? After this morning's brainstorm, we're just like can't wait for this next one. But they're always coming up with new ideas that I haven't even thought of as well. So, I'll give you a little preview if you haven't seen already of our broadcast for the last month. Okay. >> Hi, I'm And I'm Sage. Welcome to the first broadcast of 2026. Happy New Year. I hope everyone enjoyed their day off for Dr. Martin Luther King
010Jr. Day. We should recognize Dr. King's important role in the American civil civil rights movement. He stood up for the rights and dignity of all people, especially the Africanameans. >> He really served our country and made it a better place. >> Speaking of countries, I heard Maya Mason have some awesome news about New Year's around the world. Great. Let's go to Maya Mason and learn about some learn about New Year's around the world. Hi, I'm Maya. And I'm Mason. Today we are going to be talking about how different cultures celebrate New Year's around the world. In France, New Year's is on January 1st. The French call New Year's no van, which also involves champagne, oysters, fuel, grapes, and dances off to family and friends. Mason, do you know anything about the Philippines? Yes, I do.
011Every year, the Philippines eat 12 rounds of food. It symbolizes togetherness and good fortune. In every New Year's in Italy, uh they eat 12 grapes at midnight for the 12 months of the year. >> In China, they don't they will not be celebrating on January 1st. This year they will be celebrating on February 17th. In China, they give out red envelopes with money in it to symbolize good fortune and war off evil spirits. >> Speaking of China, our friend Parker is going there soon. >> Did I hear my name? >> Hi, Parker. >> Hi, I'm Parker and this is Passports with Parker. >> We are going to learn about Chinese culture. So, let's get to it. First we are going to learn about food from China. They use they prefer to use chopsticks instead of
012forks and they love to eat dumplings. Dumplings are dough made of flour and potato. Inside is chicken or beef. Now let's go to Chinese clothing. They have a flowy design to them. They look like robes but they prefer to use them when they do taekwond do. Now we are going to learn about Chinese music. They have distinct instruments. They are good at doing the instruments in harmony. They have flowy dancers dancing to it during the music. >> Back to you, Sage and Adeline. >> Thanks, Nathan, Maya, and Parker. I love learning about new cultures around the world. Sage, I forgot to ask, what's your New Year's resolution? Well, mine is getting more exercise. >> Interesting. and the high school will be building a new athletic facility. >> Let's go to Draj and Kevin to learn
013about more about it. >> Thanks, Alan. Hi, I'm Gage. And I'm Kevin. There's going to be a new athletic facility right there between CES and Chester Academy. Let's go take a take a peek of what's this look like. I heard it will include an eight lane track, a field grand seating area with a press box and more. They're expected to begin to to begin construction around February 2nd. It will be done in about 3 years. That's so amazing. By the time we'll be at the academy and be one of the first to use the new athletic facility. >> I can't wait to practice soccer with my friends. That's so cool. Anyways, back to you, Sage and Sage and Adin. >> I'm so excited. Us fourth graders will be the first group to use the new
014field. Well, that comes to the end of our broadcast. Now, remember, stay smart, stay tuned with CES News. [music] >> [music] >> I'm saying every month it gets better and better. Um, so keep tuning in. And we do have some students who would like to share some things with us, their ideas of broadcasting. >> You can stand up or you can sit. It's up to you. >> Or you stand up. Why don't you say your name? Hi, I'm Elias and um today I'll be talking about what I love about the broadcasting team. I love being a part of broadcasting team because I can work with friends, do jobs and help film and write. I hope we improve in the future and have fun. >> Hi, my name is Hunter. I love being on the part
015of the broadcasting team because I love figuring out stuff with friends. Miss Randy and Miss Don is helping us achieve our goals. I hope we become masters of acting. Thank you for your time. Bye. I love being a part of the broadcasting team because I love filming and brainstorming with friends. And none of this would have been possible without Miss Randy and Miss Thonesses. I hope we are really successful for the next broadcast. Thank you. >> Hi, my name is Sage. I love being a part of the broadcasting team because I love to film be on camera, especially our teachers, Miss Randy and Miss Doness. They really make it come together. I hope we have a really fun and successful year with broadcasting. Thank you. Hi, I'm Maya and I love being on the broadcasting
016team because we get to do different team activities and we get to make a lot of kids smile. I hope we get to meet all our goals this year. >> Thank you to my team for coming out tonight and thank you for inviting us. Do we have any questions or comments for our >> No questions. Just wanted to say what a great job you guys did. I look forward to getting that video in my inbox every single month and watching all of your broadcasts. You guys really do a phenomenal job and you can tell how much hard work goes into it. So, thank you. No, what outstanding job not only in the presentation but coming here and so relaxingly, you know, sharing with us and I love how you guys talk about not only what
017you've accomplished so far, but your goals, what you would like to um you guys are are very motivated and we're so incredibly proud of all the hard work and look forward to as Mrs. is Negger Smith. It's a highlight when we we uh get in our inbox a video from you guys. So, thank you. >> Sure. Please. >> And I I just wanted to add just so proud of you, how articulate, how well spoken, and the creativity. And when did you ever learn how to fly? >> I don't I don't know how that happened, but that was amazing. Great job. [laughter] It's a lot of training involved there, but really outstanding job. So proud of you. So, thank you. >> Good job. >> Thank you, >> Miss Rendy. Thank you so very much. Outstanding. >>
018That brings us to our second presentation this evening, Mr. Flanigan. And once again, Mr. Flanigan, you're following the kids. [laughter] >> Maybe one of these days I'll get the order switched around and stand a better chance. >> Good evening. Thank you everyone for the opportunity to present tonight. Uh great job broadcast team. Well done. I really enjoyed the show. I always look forward to it. So thank you. Really great job. We look forward to when you can bring your talents up here to the academy. Um and and seeing you guys on the field. Yeah, we're looking forward to that as well. A big welcome to Danny tonight who's joining the board of ed um as our our junior student rep. Welcome Danny. Danny is uh is also on the wrestling team which competes this season
019during it. So, occasionally he has a meet. Um, we uh made sure that the snow stayed away and there was nothing rescheduled for tonight. So, we're excited to have Danny here to bring a new perspective and really uh I think brings brings a lot from a student perspective to the board joining Brooke here who Brooke also does an awesome job. Um, it was great to hear Josh Torres's name brought up as well as a as a a medical student now and going to CES and talking to talking to the students over there because Josh not only uh was an amazing student medical, he was a board of ed student rep here. Um, one of our one of our best uh student reps and uh just a real leader when he was here. So, I'm proud
020of Josh uh and all his success and we always knew he'd have a tremendous amount of success. So, that was great to hear. I wanted to talk about report cards are going to be available on Friday. Um I I did want to address um it was a long time that the parent view was down. Normally we'll close it because of the window. What made this year a little different was that the regent week was a week before the end of the marking period. The way everything fell, they kind of moved regent week up. So it seemed like it was closed a lot longer. But we actually kind of trouble we we did a little troubleshooting uh with with Dennis and the tech team and we kind of figured out a way that we could leave
021it open just parents to understand that it is live. So until it gets until the grades are due at at you know at 3:00 or so tomorrow you could go in and check a grade. It can move. It is live but we did find a way to to kind of leave the student and the parent view open. Uh once again, as people are are getting their grades, we encourage them, you know, we we congratulate them on their success, but we encourage them if they're struggling to go out and get help. There's plenty of help here at Chester Academy from afterchool sessions to peer tutoring to sitting with teachers during times that they're available. Um we provide a lot of opportunity and we want to help people and that's what so we we we we encourage
022everybody to come forward. Um a big thank you to Mrs. Cuomo and Miss um and Miss McKenzie on the eighth grade parent night the other night and our eighth grade parents that tennis arnett attended. U you know one of the interesting things about this cohort coming in next year is this is the cohort that's going to really be the group that kicks in on the uh pass the passport for good the portrait of a graduate. So there's a lot of moving parts right now and we're we're like getting trying to just grab the state and saying stop moving the parts and just give them to us. Um so there's a lot of moving parts with that. Um so there are the traditional regent exams and those will all still be there. This but it's going
023to look a lot different and different pathways and different courses that might not be required now that are going to be required. for example, like every student. We have a great financial literacy course now in our high school, but we're going to have to embed that so that every student gets financial literacy and health is a half a credit and we're going to have to embed so everyone's getting a full credit of health over the time that they're here and and climate is another one and that's going to have to go somewhere too. So, these are all interesting um courses that will will help students and but they also come with scheduling challenges and planning and making sure you know that we're going to have to these are graduation requirements so we're going to have
024to make sure we're getting them in there so that these students are all able to to meet those over time. Um the I talked a little bit about CEK last time I was up here. Our CEK visitation was today. So, we talked to the students before they go. Um, it is a really big decision and there's a lot of excitement in the room when we have CEK and we want that excitement, but we also want to remind them that go to CEK and and and take in the day with the mentality not of we're just having a great time because there's 65 Chester Academy students roaming the halls and and checking out all these cool things, but really try and foresee if this is your future. And so many Danny's in CEK, you know, and
025so many students take advantage of CEK. Um, this is going to be a very big decision. I tell students, you know, we have you're going to go into your last two years of high school. That's 18 periods of school left. You know, essentially in high school, you have 36 periods of school before you graduate from 9th through 12th. You have 18 periods left. you're going to dedicate approximately 10 of those to your commuting and your your time at CEK. So that means when you're coming back to Chester Academy, you're essentially taking social studies, English, PE, and maybe your one year of science, one year your math. And so we we start to ask students, what are you looking for? Are there are there courses here that you that you really like that you really want
026to put on your your college resume that are going to help you achieve your career goals? because then we might recommend that you stay here or are you looking at a trade that is absolutely essential for you to go to CEK for and and when we look at CEK and I remind them there are certain things that that the school can't replicate. You know, we we we cannot teach you how to build a house. You we'd like to well maybe Mr. Jordan can probably but but uh I don't know that we have the materials for him on that. or you know um you know we we we talk about veterinary sciences and how different that is from vette programs or you know one of the big ones is students for example that might want to
027be a registered nurse and and that comes with a great deal of schooling and there is a principles of health and that has say home health care a home health care aid. So we try and explain the difference and the biggest thing we explained to them going in today is to keep an open ear you know ask questions you know make sure like that your career goals are in line and we'll follow up with every student that comes back and says hey we'd like to go to CEK and we have that meeting to make sure their career goals align. Um we did talk about and I sent something out to parents about how we actually select students for CEK and what that procedure looks like. We do want to make sure that and and the
028basics that everyone's gone on that the CEK visit um we have our assembly we meet with the counselor one everyone's got to be on track for graduation because once once I said like I said we're coming back you know you're having you have eight periods left at Chester Academy we've got to make sure you're on track for those 22 credits and being able to graduate. Um, attendance is a really big thing and we look at your unex your essentially unexcused absences and if they're exceeding a certain number, you might not be the best candidate to go to CEK because they're not going to award your credit because a lot of the programs at CEK are hours based and they're certificationbased and you have to be able to qualify by obtaining a certain number of hours.
029um we do the career alignment and say what are you actually looking for and you know and make sure that that those careers are aligned and we also make sure that we don't have those programs right here in the building um you know one example is we have an exercise science one and two program right here at Chester Academy and there there's an exercise science at CEK so what are you looking for in exercise science and and let's differentiate that doesn't mean we wouldn't have someone go to exercise science at CEK if their career goals are more in line with what CEK can offer But we might be able to achieve those goals right here in the building. Um so we went through we have we talk about behavior and conduct also plays into this.
030Um and you know and there are other factors as well. You know students come in they transfer in we you know so there there's a lot of process. We're going to be reviewing the rubric. Um, we do uh establish a certain criteria of who we're going to send and we will we will have a lottery to help determine that based on qualified individuals that all meet that specific criteria. If you know all 62 people or that visited today all met that criteria, we'll have to establish okay let's let's try and be the most fair in this process and establish you know a lottery component based on that. So we uh we we we got feedback as they came back. A lot of students had a great time. Some students really, you know, found it fascinating.
031Some students said, "Oh, I didn't think, you know, I I was kind of thinking of some other things while I was there." So it really becomes a an important visit to really help determine your next pathway. And then, you know, when I say pathway, that's all about what graduation's becoming down the line. And CEK is certainly an excellent pathway. Um, so I don't want to talk too long tonight because I have Mr. Jordan here and then I'll I'll let Mr. Jordan go and then I'll I'll circle back. And for those of you that have met Mr. Jordan before. So we've had a lot of Mr. Rodman here over the years. I think we we've all we've seen Mr. Rodman a lot and that's always exciting. And I'm not saying we we'll never see him again.
032You know, he's he's always excited to come here and present. Mr. Jordan, he he I I I we refer to him as our middle school um technology teacher, but he also teaches in the high school as well, his high school classes, and has a real creative vision and a really you've got lots of trinkets and toys in front of you and a lot of these things that that Mr. Ro Mr. Jordan has brought along. Uh Mr. Jordan has really revolutionized what we're doing, not only in the middle school, but at the high school as well. Collaborates really well with Mr. for Rodman and has really brought not only just a okay, what can we do next, but really a long-term vision to how this program could be successful. He's he's worked with Mr. Trout to
033really bring um some really innovative uh technology into the mi into the sixth grade, which was kind of one of the areas where we we had our STEM class, but we weren't bringing full tech into the sixth grade. um seventh, eighth grade with with with the the course and the extra electum and and some of the high school courses as well. So, I'm going to let him come up here and talk a little bit about the program. I'll click on the slideshow and then I'll I'll step back up when Mr. Jordan has an opportunity to speak. >> Yeah, Tim. >> All right. I'm Mr. Jordan. I put a bunch of toys out there. I have to take them home with me, though, so you can't keep them all. Some of them you can keep. Um
034I'm this is my 24th year teaching. I was five years out as a contractor. Um and then I came back last year as a teacher um for the first year. When I came in my my first thing to do was I took and I looked at all the equipment here. I looked at the space. I kind of observed the students, observed the community to see, you know, what was going on. And after my assessment and I and looking at district goals, I said, "All right, it's time to sit down and figure out a plan." And so what I did is I started about halfway through the year um paralle paralleling Mr. Rodman. Uh he works well with AutoCAD and I said there's a good opportunity for some real deep engineering. We can get the kids
035started early in AutoCAD. We're starting them now at the sixth grade level. Um we're trying to come up with some really creative quick projects that the kids can do. We do the egg drop. That's our main project. So the kids, they get excited because they get to build this egg drop and we throw it off the roof and Mr. Jordan goes up in the roof because he loves heights. So like public speaking, too. I love this, too. So I get to go up on the roof and throw all the the egg drops off the roof. We haven't had any videos yet, but we're going to do that. The winter time kind of shut us down a little bit with all the snow. They wouldn't let us up there. We're hoping in the third marking period,
036we'll be able to get back up there. But the middle school program, like I said, they're getting um used to computers again. And I know that sounds funny, but they don't understand basic desktop. They don't know what's an icon. They don't know if I save a file, what what am I doing? It automatically saves my file. And it's a real shock to me to learn that that we had to backtrack that far and go, okay, we have to retach the basics. So in the middle school program, I reintroduced desktop computing. I tell them, "What is a file extension? How do we save to a file? How do we create folders? Where does this information go?" Because they'll save it. And then you ask them to open and they could find to save their lives if
037they wanted to. Uh, it just disappeared. Mr. Jordan, I have no idea where it is. Well, it's under this folder. You could set this up. Here it is. You click here and you go here. So, we're we're starting with the basics, but then we're really taking off after that. By seventh grade, they're learning how to create blueprints in AutoCAD to design their dragsters. That's this sheet right here. They're making their patterns for their dragsters on AutoCAD. Real sizes, real dimensions, all the correct lines on there, center lines, hidden lines. They can walk out of there and tell you what they're for, what they represent. And then by eighth grade, my eighth grade class this year, um very surprised we do the bridges instead of doing the old wooden bridges, which we did in the beginning
038of last year. Um we are 3D printing them. And the red bridge that's down there at the end, that bridge right there held 281 pounds. Um most of the bridges are somewhere around 150 160 pounds on average. The wooden bridges were if they were built really well, they might break 60. We had a couple last year that were in the 90 range, but about 60 pounds was a good weight for those. So, the middle school project, we also in the mech class, this has been a smaller class because we kind of compete with the other electives, but we're doing these engineering projects. We're reinventing these mousetrap vehicles. These mouse trap vehicles, these are not a kit. The old ones are all a kit. They come equipped with everything you need to do to build them.
039I tell the kids, "This is what one looks like. Let's go and figure it out. Let's design it." We start with a mouse trap. They engineer the size. They go, "Okay, this is how I want it to sit." They create the body. Then they have to go in because it'll print a 10-in plot area. They go in, they design the rest of it to fit that parameter. So then they have to be able to print it in parts. So they have to make joinery. How do we get these things to assemble? So now they're getting real life production. How do we get parts to go together? How do we make these things assemble? How do we get them to stay? How will we get them to work once they're at this point? How do we
040get them strength? So this student today, we ran into the issue. I said, "Well, look, you're going to have torque on here. Is that going to work? Now it has to go back, re-engineer, add some modifications to it, maybe create an I-beam structure. So that it it keeps them thinking. It keeps them engineering and moving forward. So that's the middle school level. At the high school level, you have some wind turbines on the table that we're working with right now. They have to engineer the blades. They have to engineer the hub. They're going to have to engineer the tower to hook to an electric motor. And I have a gear driven motor that they're going to use and put it on there and it's going to have to produce power. The top two in the
041class, they get Dunkin Donuts, Mr. Jordan buys. So the top two producers will not only get Dunkin Donuts, but they get first choice at any projects that come up. We're doing an energy and power um presentation. They get the choice of which energy they want to choose first. So there's always some type of reward for being on top. And then with the high school also, we're trying to create a small business mentality. Um, my long range goal for the program is to bring these kids up. They're coming through the middle school. They know the AutoCAD design. They know how to create products. They know how products go together. By the time they get to high school, the goal is is that they could run a small business at the high school level. Now, we can
042look at things. We just Mr. I gra this bottle of syrup today. This was the first run on a brand new machine. Just trying to figure it out. Came out pretty good. I looked at the bottles from last year and that one is definitely cleaner. >> Has a really nice marking on it. And that's from about 10 minutes worth of being able to sit down in between classes and figure the machine out on a curve. You know, we've done a couple things on other things like the slates that we gave you for the coasters. We were able to do that pretty nice, but this was different because you have a curved surface. So, there's parameters that you have to set within that machinery. So, these kids are learning all these techniques. And the nice thing
043about it is these machines, if they wanted to go into a small business, they could go out, they can afford these machines. It's not like back in when I was growing up, you wanted to run a small business, you're looking at 150,000 startup costs and then everything on top of that. These machines that were used in the 3D printer over there on the left, the Bamboo Lab X1C is about $1,200 bucks. It's only $200 more than the BAM or the MakerBots that we have down there. And it prints multicolor. The P2S laser, that's the brand new one. That is a CO2 laser. Now, the big difference between that laser and the one Mr. Rodman has upstairs is that the laser alignment on here only takes five minutes. It comes with a targeting device so that
044when you set the machine up, it shows you where that beam's going to hit. Where the other ones upstairs, you have to put tape over the holes. Then you have to shoot the laser and you have to figure out how much you need to move it and then shoot the laser again. How much you need to move it. It's taken me up to two hours to adjust some of those lasers. So, the difference in technology is huge. The camera that's on that laser also, it's incredible. It centers everything where you want it. I'm still getting used to it, but the precision is within thousands of an inch. The students are also all these software programs. VCarve, that's CNC milling, vinyl master for cutting vinyl. All the name plates that are on the desk here, they
045were all done in vinyl. AutoCAD, probably the industry leader in any design software. If you sit down and with an architect, they're going to be using AutoCAD of some sort. Even if you look at Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, it's Carteesian coordinate system, XY graphing. And that's where the kids I really hammer that home. Hey, this is what you're doing. This is what you learned in every program. That's what it's based on. you have an origin, you have a starting point. So, I'm overlapping curriculums as I do this. So, I kind of covered all of this, so I'm not going to spend a lot of time on it. Um, what we're looking to do is, like I said, we're trying to get to that point where by high school, junior, senior year, the kids really kind of
046take ownership. It's kind of their program, per se. There's still going to be that framework of classes, but they're going to lead the way. Um, when you talk about product design, they're learning very quick. It's not so easy. Taking apart a product and trying to reverse engineer it and 3D print it back to what it was, not so easy. So, these are skills that they're learning, but they're going to be able to apply them. And the ones, the kids that are coming from middle school at my level going to Mr. Robin, Mr. Rodman has seen light years of difference in the quality of work that he's getting and the knowledge base that he's getting. He's just blown away by it. And then some of the classes that we could take a look at in the
047future would be small businessminded. I know Mr. Flanigan during a faculty meeting came up here in New York State's going to be looking at financial literacy and something like that I think you had mentioned. So, what better way than to open up a school store, have the kids run it, but then have another class teach the business and finance aspect of it and keep the books for it so that now you've taken that class and you've blown it into something else. Why not have an advertising class and a web design class that students can run it, manage the page, manage the site, take the orders, and you know, it it just the amount of places that you can go with all this was is a lot. It's incredible. And then the current equipment we have
048to support this, we currently have two printers that can print four colors at once. We have that 55 watt laser. Uh we have Mr. Robman now is happy. He has all 20 MakerBot printers up in his room. So he has like a whole MakerBot farm up there that he's able to print all the Funko Pops that Miss Besson could ever wish for. Um we have the CNC router in 113. Uh we have a graphics t-shirt printer, but we're going to we're going to take a look at that. Also, we're talking about maybe doing a DTF type of production. So, if we're serious about doing a a school business, small business mindset, a DTF printer is direct to fabric. So, you'd be able to take your vinyl and just print it right to the fabric. Could
049be a hat, could be shoes, could be shirts, could be jackets, could be whatever. So, again, same implications. You could have your sports teams, you could have them design sports wear, put it on different clothing, put it on shoes, put it on hats for the district. So, there's a lot of different avenues that you could go with this long range goal. This is my Christmas list. Uh, right now we have the two 3D printers. My goal is is that we upgrade these constantly. So, next year I'm hoping for three, but I'm going to go to the H2Ds. The H2Ds are a dual head extruder, which means I can now print two colors simultaneously. I'm also looking at the different filaments because the bridges, they're great like that, but my mind keeps going. I say, "All
050right, now we've got the bridges that hold a lot of weight. Now, what can we do with them?" Well, we can have students choose materials. they can go, okay, well, instead of PLA, I'm going to choose PETG. I'm going to choose a fiberglass resin material. I'm going to choose carbon fiber. Why are you choosing it? Are you choosing it for tensil strength? What, you know, so many different things that we can talk about when we do this? And that's my kind of where my thought is. So my phase for the 3D printers is just to keep ordering three to five more each year. As my room fills up, I push up the old ones to Mr. Rodman and the makerbots go somewhere else in the district and then we start housing them in different spaces
051like Mrs. Randy. And then we and we just keep rotating them so it doesn't become the initial cost on the district upfront because I'm asking for so much here would be a lot. You know, I know I'm not going to get everything, but you know, once we start that rotation, everything stays current, everything stays new. We never have to replace a whole lab again. We never have to go, okay, well, we need 20 brand new 3D printers that do this because each year what what I'm looking to do is just upgrade, get three, upgrade them, then move the ones that I don't have room for, then Mr. Rodman gets new ones. So, it just revolves. The lasers, the F2 Ultra, the UV one does glass. It does those globes, so it engraves inside the globes.
052Um, which me and Mr. Agular talked about real quickly. We sat down and we were talking about this presentation because I love doing this stuff. Um, and I he goes, you know, you do think of something for the district. Think of a product. And I said, "Well, the new uh field that's coming out, we're going to have probably glass globes on the lighting and the walkways. Why not custom make those and engrave them with school logos?" So, we could do that with that style laser. So, it's a toss up next year if I get a choice between the two lasers, which one I'm going to go for. [laughter] But the F2 Ultra, the MOPA laser, that one's for metal engraving. It'll do color in metal. So now you're talking we can get into jewelry, we
053can get into a whole bunch leather and all these different materials that students can have this access to. All right. And then this last page here is just the type of products. This is what's out there. Uh the little tree in the bottom right, if you haven't seen that, that was actually one of my students that 3D printed designed that in AutoCAD. She hates AutoCAD. She would not do it last year for me. She's a junior this year, Jade Ramos. She wouldn't, she just absolutely hated auto. She's like, I don't want to do this. Can't stand it. This year, she loves it. She designed that tree, spiraled up those little globes, and that 3D print took almost three days to print that because every time I had to switch to a little red globe, I
054had back the filament out, put the new filament in, print like a 16th, back the filament out, put the filament back in again, and keep on doing that. So, it took a It was three days of a print, but I made it. All right, and that's it for me. That's a lot longer than I was hoping for. So, I want to thank everybody. We couldn't do this without everybody's support. Um, we need everybody on the same team. If not, there's no sense in trying. But I do need those toys back [laughter] tomorrow if I don't get those. So, I have a bin back here. So, at the end of the night, just kind of tuck them in there real nice and that'll be perfect. >> Thank you. >> Any questions for me? Um, I don't
055have a question, but I have a an observation actually for yourself and Miss Reny. And um, I'm sitting here, I'm listening, and I see the smiles. I see the smiles and I see the joy in what you do. And I know that when you started, I'm sure the broadcasting was like a little project and it became bigger and bigger. Same with the tech, right? And now it's like manifesting into courses that's aligned with our standards, you know, in both the elementary and the academy. But boys and girls, I want you to realize this is like it's not a job for them. This is their like they love it. So when you love what you do, it's so much easier to come to work and it's so much easier to support you guys. And you guys
056are very fortunate and I think our district is just very fortunate because we do have um listening to different teachers present and and when we go to the different um events that joy it it just resonates with you guys but tonight in particular like I'm just sitting here I'm just watching and just watching facial expressions and you know and I thank you for the service right because you are serving our children and so I just want to give you guys like that thanks for that and for bringing that joy every day to our schools >> your in your enthusiasm I it started we joke every time about how the kids kind of knock it out of the park and then Mr. Flanigan has to present, right? So, but you coming up here and just >>
057kind of giving us all of that was huge. And I think you had the perfect audience because we've got parents out there. We've got people watching like this. This is what we're all here for, right? This is what you are you're here for. This is what we're here for. So, I appreciate so much as a parent of a lot. I really appreciate how much enthusiasm you have and how you really want to take this program and it really builds on what you do at the elementary school, right? So, we're just watching this huge progression and I love love love that you want to build it into something bigger and then bring the students into ownership in this new athletic complex and just like all of the connections and working with Mr. trout and that's what
058it's all about and that's what the beauty when you have two people in front of us who really harness what we can do in a small school like this is it right you you two nailed it so thank you >> doctor [laughter] >> our vers such a small >> travel. >> Thank you. To that point also, the passion that you guys have for what you do always, I've noticed extends back home as well because recently my middle schooler is suddenly asking why we don't have a desktop. We have to upgrade our desktop. We also need to [laughter] 3D printer. The same thing when he did broadcasting. All of a sudden, we had to buy the green screen and the green gloves off of Amazon. So, that excitement carries over into the home environment. They're coming
059home and wanting to replicate what they're learning through you. So, thank you so much. I uh I was walking by Tim a couple of weeks ago and I just stopped. I'm like, "So, what are you up to in your class?" And he was just he looks at me. He's like, "Yeah, you know, we've been printing our own uh our own robotics parts and we're building our own robots with our using our own printed part." Wait, what? Like the things that they're doing are are jumping so far beyond my mind has even gone. And I'm, you know, I've been going into the technology classes for years and so to see the way the way that they're moving, it's just really exciting. And I I I really appreciate the the passion you bring. I mean, I I
060thought Mrs. Douza was going to hyperventilate over here as we're watching some of [laughter] that, but it's uh you know, this is what we're doing to to try and really be efficient and what we what Mr. Jordan has had a plan since he's come here in the long run to really try and be efficient. And we know like Mr. Jordan said, there are certain things that we you know, we make wish lists and and some things come and some things we replan for. But the goal is that you know we're always prepared so that not everything conchks out you know in the same year and then we're like what are we doing now so that we have a replacement cycle and this way all our students every year are always benefiting you know as as
061we're moving on. So but thank you Mr. Jordan and I and I'll take any questions from my report. I'd like to send him up there because he's now distracted when everybody forgot what I said earlier I think. No, we we we thank everybody, you know, to to have a combination of of to the first two presentation, you know, from the student perspective and from the teacher perspective. And, you know, you guys sitting through got to see what you have to look forward to really, um, you know, think is what makes Chester so unique and special. So, um, we thank you for your time and coming out. And at this point, if um our broadcasting team would like um to go home to do homework, um you are more than welcome to leave before we bring
062up um our last presentation tonight, Mr. Agular. So, you're welcome. >> And thank you so much. >> Thank you everyone. >> Outstanding job. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> Want to collect it at the end? Thank you. That's excellent. >> Thank you. >> Welcome, Mr. Aguilar. How are you? Good evening, Mr. Kersio. Good morning, good evening, board of education and uh superintendent O'Hara. Uh it's definitely once again it's tough to try and compete with team CES. Um and also uh talking to Mr. Jordan and Mr. Rodman. I meet with them uh just about weekly picking their brains. What are they doing in class? What are our kids picking up? and just watching the success of our kids, especially of our middle school kids, watch them grow and what they can create.
063The bridges that you had here before um earlier in the year when I uh was speaking to Mr. Jordan, he had shown me what we had done in the past and what we're doing today. And it just blows me away. And for our kids to be exposed that early to have these skills and the excitement that's created and I will be the first one to tell you, you know, on my list is 3D printer. Uh want to make sure that I look into a laser because again as I'm thinking ahead of my next chapter, you know, what young people, well, anyone could do as a as a side venture and to see what these kids are and doing in cost savings and learning a business. I I think it's just phenomenal and again that comes
064from you guys from the support and and also from our faculty and staff. So it's just amazing. So again uh kudos to to Mr. Jordan, Mr. Robin, our our board and our kids most of all for coming up with some of these things and in talking to uh Mr. Jordan where they're going to go next uh and talking to Mr. Rodman where are they going to go next? What are they going to create? And then anything you see now on the internet or at stores, you know, it could be any one of our stuff, our Hambo wear or uh our Hambo collection. So, we try and come up uh Mr. Rodman and I were talking earlier about some type of beach bag that hopefully we can, you know, share later in the year. But again,
065it it it's all about the kids and again the support again from uh our district. Uh you have my report. I'm happy to share uh very thankful that for January was a short window um with uh review for testing midterm testing and also regions. Um you have our numbers here regarding our cell phone uh policy and also electronic device. Um it was great to see that our kids once again you know took it seriously and uh were able to rise uh to the occasion with that low amount of numbers of infractions. So again I want to thank them again. Uh it's not easy but they are well uh versed in it and and again uh uh thankful to our faculty and staff uh regarding it. Um, in highlighting the kids again, uh, our kids were
066recognized this past month, uh, on the state level, on the local level, and on the county level. Uh, very happy to announce, uh, on the state level, Elvin Main, Bryce Caldwell, and Brandon Jenkins were recognized for football making all state. That is quite an honor. Um, I will remind you this is not the first time Chester Academy has been uh recognized in all state in various sports our kids both in boys and girls throughout the year have made all state and that's just phenomenal. It speaks a lot about our district and about our programs. So I'm very happy to share that. You know when we talk about county let's not forget about the music and the arts. Noah Keegan for all county band, Yamallet Lopez Cortez, Liam Peterman uh for all county chorus and Joey
067Veltry. um again being recognized. And then locally I was very fortunate I ran into Miss Arnett at uh at West Point watching our kids run our indoor track and field team and very fortunate to see Kumba Chulyafa I think I got that right. Uh winning the 55 meters and representing Chester Academy for track and field divisional championship. Uh if you haven't been haven't had an opportunity to go watch the kids run indoor, it is amazing how they have it all scheduled and again in the blink of an eye, but most of all the camaraderie that you see not only with our kids but also with other schools. So it is just amazing and again kudos to our kids for being recognized again on the state level, the local level and on the county level. Um
068you know we were able to uh recognize our kids. We sent them digital uh digital uh cards uh to the parents um which you know I I got feedback from some parents just they just appreciate it and also when the kids see their name up on the screen in the TV um you know we're uh can't wait to use the the new screen that we have in the cafeteria that uh Mr. Swe was able to put together and uh we're just days away of just uh showing that off to everyone because again we can that's going to be a big uh help for us getting announcements uh out to the kids uh without hampering any instructional time. Uh and then I I I want to share with you I had an opportunity uh project adventure
069with Miss Gant. She invited me to one of her classes where they were doing a fishing simulation indoors. At first, I I thought we were going to go outdoors, but she uh spoke to me and I asked the question, why fishing? And she shared with me because again, I'm not an a fish uh fisherman. She shared with me that one, it's a survival skill. one how it will help you being mindful being travel uh you know accepting uh the environment. So I was like, "Okay, let's see." And with Project Adventure, and she's been doing this for about 3 years now, you know, watching the senior class work together and again with the lesson pointing out, you know, the safety aspects and also identifying parts of the rod, the reel, uh the casting. Um it it
070was phenomenal uh watching these kids work together. Uh it wasn't as competitive, which was great, but that the kids working together. And then some of the the shots that you're able to see. I mean, Sebastian Cadet, if you know Sebastian, he is uh a tough young man, a football player, and to watch him cast and also uh work with other students, it was just great to see. So again, uh just, you know, the creativity uh and again, this comes from the sport with the support of having the classic project adventure for our kids. Just another way and and again, what's great, it's life skills. You know, again, just another example of what we're doing here for our kids and preparing them. Um, as you know, fizzed classes are usually team sports, but this could be
071an individual sport and or a co-op sport, but um, and also, you know, a little bit of reflection when you go out independently. But this was great to learn. So, I I want to thank Miss Gance again for allowing me to uh, sit in and and again, the seniors were uh, phenomenal. Um I want to give you an update on Passport for Good. Um in almost two years we have grown in that in in that program. Um as you know the the goal is to uh for our kids to have a record uh to include or a digital resume. What have they done since they've been here at Chester Academy? And that includes clubs and organizations. Um we'd like to include sports. Um and and we're going to try and find a way to do
072that, but also a a seal of civic readiness um with our kids. You know, the first year when we rolled it out, and that was about a year ago, it was setting up um events, having kids check in and give us a soft reflection. today. Uh, and I and I shared a sample with you. Our kids not only check in, but the reflection and how they gave back, especially when they're involved in community events, how they felt about helping. And what's unique this time around is that they are submitting evidence. So, it's it's just great to see. So, I'll use the example of of one of my senior friends, Sage Johnson. Uh, as as Miss Johnson, you are well aware as you and I spoke. Sage worked for over the summer uh Habitat for Humanity.
073>> Sage. >> No, >> he didn't work for that for the Oh, I'm sorry. >> He was um he did um lifeguard training. >> Lifeguard training. Okay. So in order to record that because that was outside of the school, I received the note reg from his supervisor and I was able to upload that as his record of evidence. Um what I was able to share with you here is that there is reflections all the way to the right from our students when they're able to uh have a reflection regarding what they were able to complete. Um also you can see that from passport for good you see participation and you also see community service uh and that comes from the participation comes from our clubs and activities and and also organizations for their meetings and
074then the community service is is some of the services they have done outside of their regular meetings. So, uh, example like the varsity club was able to do, uh, the Thanksgiving event at at, uh, uh, Shopright of Chester. And then we have and then we have a a quick overview of uh, top five members, you know, in terms of how much service hours and then you have the top five causes uh, regarding uh, the students participation. So, I I just wanted to share that with you. So again, we have grown since our first year. Um, and I I just reached out to one of our representatives in terms of a school of our size. How what else can we do to improve and get those scores up just a little bit higher? Um, I look
075forward to at the end of the year to show you a sample of what uh a digital resume would look like coming from Passport from Go. And then lastly, uh just um an update from the academic eligibility uh which we now is our academic eligibility support program. I've been working with Mr. Ducet this past year with it. And we identify the students after we uh get the grades, we identify the students who need some assistance, any ones who were not successful in two classes or two or more classes. And again with the support from this district you know we have expanded opportunities for students for assistance and that includes before school during lunch periods and of course always after school and it's just about Monday through Friday. I I uh shared with you a sample
076of the schedule that teachers are available to sit with students. The before school unfortunately students have to get here on their own. There's no transportation. Um, but once they get here, we get them set up. They can go have breakfast afterwards and then they they start their day. At lunch, there's a rotating schedule for the high school uh that Mr. Duset posts on the Google classroom. And then for the middle school, it's just about daily every lunch period during their lunch. And then after school, again, we have people available uh not only our faculty and staff, but also within the guidance department. When I meet with the kids, we go over the expectation and the expectation is that we ask our kids to do three meetings throughout a week and they have their schedule right
077there. So, it's the three-point system where we ask them they can get three sessions done within a week, you know, according to their schedule. It could be uh anywhere from uh they could do three sessions in one day, it' be difficult or within two days and that would help them uh stay eligible within their club and activity. This is also with athletics. We have the kids sign up through the Google classroom and those students are placed in the Google classroom and they're and they get notification. Uh we ask them to keep a log, a journal entry of the date, the session they did and what did you do during that session whether it was math work or or you sat to get social studies assistance. Uh and then we review it. Mr. Jet and myself
078review it. Uh we also send notification out to parents. Uh and that's going to be the big thing here again that there are many as Mr. Flanigan had mentioned earlier today there are a lot of opportunities for our kids to be successful. Um so we and that's that's been our goal. So we want to make sure that they are using that and again that comes from the support you know from uh our board of education and our faculty and staff becoming available. Um, and I believe that concludes that conclude I mean I meet with all our students uh along with Mrs. Ducet and uh we review we talk to the kids. We show them how to log on, how to follow the classroom and their reminders uh in weekly announcements at school regarding availability and
079then in the main office you know we have it set up for students again for anyone to come in set. So, uh, that concludes my report for this month. >> I just want to say that I stand corrected. Um, Sage did remind me that he did do a community event with this afternoon. >> I'm thinking about building homes. I'm like, he didn't do that. >> But he did. He's like, you better tell him. So, [laughter] thank you. >> My apologies. [laughter] >> Any questions, Mr. Quest? We always thank you for sharing all the good stuff our students are doing. >> Thank you. >> Much appreciated. >> That brings us to our first public comment. Anyone wishing to come up and share on agenda items? You're welcome to come on up. You're just going to state
080your name and where you live. My name is Gabrielle Thomas. My name is Ariel Thomas and my name is Isabelle Thomas. Good evening board members and administrators. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to speak tonight. We are here this evening because a small group of students have a strong interest in starting a girls golf team at our school and we wanted to share why this opportunity is important to us and how it can also benefit the district. Our our goal is not to place a burden on the school, but to work as a team to explore a program that is realistic, responsible, and aligned with the district's values around student development, equity, and access to athletics. We also wanted to ask whether the district could consider using any unallocated or unused athletic funds such
081as funds from sports programs that may have not run this year to help support a pilot golf program. In addition, we are very grateful that Mr. Cunningham, our seventh grade social studies teacher, has generously offered to volunteer as the girls golf coach for the first year, which which significantly reduces startup expenses. We truly appreciates the board's times and willingness to listen and we hope that tonight's presentation, it shows that this is a thoughtful, lowcost opportunity that can make a meaningful difference for the students. Why golf matters for students? Number one, golf builds life and leadership skills. Teaches discipline, integrity, and personal responsibility. Players self-report scores. Builds honesty and accountability. Develops focus, patience, and emotional control. Skills that translate to college careers in life. Golf supports mental health as well. Non-cont low stress sport. Helps with
082anxiety, confidence, and stress management. Act outdoor activities equals physical plus mental wellness especially helpful for students who may not thrive in high pressure team sports and also golf is a lifetime sport can be played into adulthood encourages long-term physical activity not just in high school promotes healthy lifestyle habits. Golf is also inclusive welcomes different body types abilities and personalities not based on speed size or strength. Open sports to students who may otherwise sit out in athletics entirely. Black golf benefits the school. Equity provides new opportunities for girls. Supports the school's commitment to equal access to in athletics. Demonstrates responsiveness to student interest. Low cost compared to other school sports. No stadiums, no equipment storage, no referees on site. Uses public courses already in the community. can start with shared coach, small roster, or co-op teams
083if needed. Significantly cheaper than most sports. Positive school image supports the district's diverse interest, not just major sports. Attracts families who value broad extracurricular options. Strengthens school reputation, academic and college benefits. Golf is recognized by the NCAA in college admissions. Many colleges offer golf scholarship especially for girls. Help students stand out on applications. Why this request is reasonable? Community support exists. Local nonprofits and programs already support youth golf. Some examples are Youth Foundry Golf and the Orange County Youth Sports Foundation. Grant funding and partnerships are also available as well as the castle driving range and the go indoor golf simulators. We are asking for the opportunity to participate in a sport that teaches integrity, responsibility, and lifelong skills. We believe that golf is a positive investment in students and in our school community. You guys
084did an excellent job presenting. I love how you you obviously have a request. You presented the different aspects of it. Um the benefits not only for participating in in golf, but what it does for the individual as well as for our school community. >> So, um we appreciate you taking the time. Um, do you have any handouts on on what you're looking or just what you wrote? And it's fine either way because typically when you come present to the board, we don't give an answer right away. We have to review. We have to talk it over. Administration talks it over. So, I I don't want to set you up for expectations, but I was wondering um if maybe you can put together what you're looking to do, like >> because the presentation was excellent. And
085then we can, you know, review exactly what you're you're looking for. >> Okay. >> Does that make sense? >> Yeah. >> And outstanding job. Great job. >> Thank you. That brings us to round table discussion. We'll start on this side. >> Mr. O'Hara, >> I do so impressed by uh this evening with uh the presentation that we just heard with regard to consideration um for athletics and prior to that Mr. Jordan's presentation of the program um that involves engineering, technology, design, robotics, future focused education which really begins at the elementary school under the leadership of Miss Reny and the leadership exhibited by our students. So what a great example to showcase that we have begun 2026 with strong momentum and a shared commitment to expanding opportunities for every student driven by the collective efforts of
086our administrative team, our faculty and staff and our families and community. At our last board of education meeting on January 21st, I had presented highlights from the midyear update on district goals and objectives along with an overview of I Ready and New York State assessment data. Just want to remind anyone watching this evening that both presentations are available for review on our district website. And I thank the board of education for their continued support, excuse me, and partnership in this work. The midyear update is located under the board of education section and assessment results under the curriculum and instruction tab. As a reminder, we encourage families and community members to visit the intercolastic athletics facility page on our website and review the latest update section. I thought it was great that the CES broadcast team
087highlighted that project and uh shared in the excitement which is truly what it's all about. So, please visit that uh same athletics tab that's been available under now look at latest updates and we'll continue to uh update the community uh so that information remains current throughout each phase of the capital project. This evening, the board of education will consider a recommendation to award the tree felling bid, which represents an important next step in the approved project timeline. Pending board approval, a survey of the project area would potentially begin tomorrow with tree felling to follow in accordance with the timeline previously shared with the community and within the required environmental environmental window. This week is National School Counseling Week. So we take this opportunity to recognize and thank our outstanding Chester Academy guidance counselors, Jen Pomo,
088Jenny McKenzie, Ivonne Sternan, and Jen Berto. We are grateful for all they do as a dedicated team and for the critical role they play for our students and families at Chester Academy, serving as a trusted point of contact and truly consistent source of academic, social, and emotional support. So, thank many thanks to our team. As a reminder, schools and district offices will be closed on Monday, February 16th and Tuesday, February 17th. Mr. Jordan had put some recommendations out in terms of um opportunities that would support his program. So I do want to let families know that the presentation of budget priorities begins one month from today. So on Wednesday, March 4th. So we do encourage our families to join the board of education meeting in person or tune in from home for the first budget
089priorities presentation on March 4th. And finally, please keep an eye out for the January edition of our CUFSD newsletter. So that's expected to be shared later this week via parent square and also posted on our website. That's all I have this evening. >> Thank you. From this side of the table, we have any updates from Orange County School Boards? >> I do. Uh I wanted just to share a brief summary from Orange County School Boards. Their meeting took place virtually yesterday evening. Um, as always, Orange County School Boards does such a phenomenal job of bringing in uh wonderful presenters every month who offer a wealth of information and resources for school districts. Uh, yesterday evening they had Colonel Hulchek uh who is the founder of the National Service Ride Project. He spoke at length about
090the importance of cultivating civic readiness and education among students. Uh, in Chester, we're very lucky that we already have a great program with the uh seal of civic readiness, which not all districts have at this time. and we've had this in place since last year. Um, Colonel Hullchuck is someone who is actively looking to visit school districts in order to help expand opportunities that are available within this program by using his connections with local VAS, American Legions, and um, the Orange County Youth Bureau in trying to help grow community partnerships locally. Um he's also available to help develop electives or clubs that could be taught with the assistance of veterans to teach civic readiness skills as early as elementary school level. And what I really loved about his presentation is that he is really trying
091to seek out those students who may not necessarily be involved in athletics um or other programs and are kind of just looking for their niche and looking for um something to to become more interested in but don't know how to start. Um, so he offered some great resources that I forwarded to everybody earlier today. It's definitely worth looking at and he's a wonderful resource that hoping we might be able to have him come in at some point in the future. Uh, and then also Orange County School Board has uh lobby day scheduled for um they'll be participating in lobby day scheduled for February 11th. They thanked all the school districts who participated in helping uh with the development of the legislative platform. Um they're encouraging board members who may not be able to go in
092person to try to attend the half virtual day conference day that's available for this Friday if anyone might want to attend. And the next Orange County School Board meeting will take place on March 3rd and they will be back in person at that time. >> Thank you. >> Anything else? >> Do you have anything to share with us tonight? >> Yes. So for Key Club the they're planning a fish fry now. So, on February 20th from 3 to 7, the Key Club members and varsity club will be volunteering to help out with that. The senior class is going to Mountain Creek this Friday for a snow tubing trip. It'll be all day throughout the school day. And then yearbooks are now available to order. Sales end April 24th and they can either be purchased online
093or with cash or check given to Miss Breto. I believe if you purchase it now, it's like $15 cheaper than if you purchase it later. On the National Honor Society, it's not but they were discussing planning a trip to the regional food bank in Montgomery on the 26th from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. for a community service opportunity. Our annual Black History Month assembly is next Friday and is led by the multicultural club. The voice ensemble will be performing the song Halo. The band will be performing Lift Every Voice and Sing and many other clubs and class presentations will be taking place that the students all worked very hard on. There's also spirit week next week and the themes are this goes in order for the days. So, first black history month, colors day, voices for
094justice day, honor and icon, Nike tech versus quarter zip, and rep your flag day. And then lastly, there are student council meetings this month on the 11th and the 25th just for fundraising and event approvals for next month. >> Great. Thank you. >> Do you have anything to share? >> Don't feel obligated. I just want to thank you guys again. >> Welcome aboard. We're glad to have you. >> Okay, that moves us on to our second public comment. Okay. Can I have a motion for adjournment? >> Oh, consult. >> Oh my goodness. >> Just kidding. >> Yeah, just kidding. [laughter] >> I went out of order, right? May I please make >> Oh, I'll make the motion um to adopt consent agenda items 5.1 through 5.10. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I
095[laughter] already did public comment. Out of order. [laughter] Now we'll move. Can I please have a motion for adjournment? I'll make >> I'll make a motion. >> I'll second. All in favor? I Thank you for those who tuned in at home and please join us for our next meeting on February 18th. Take care.