001Is that all? >> Yes. >> Okay. [Music] Okay, please rise and join me in the pledge. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you everybody for joining us. >> Can I just speak without a mic or else? >> Hello. >> One more time. >> Hello. I think it's the same. Good evening. >> Okay. All right. Thank you for joining us. Um and we are going to begin tonight with Dr. Pakor's administrative report. Okay. So, um it's not going to be incredibly extensive tonight. Um we're going to have two presentations. Uh the first are the board of education goals. The second is a very happy celebratory presentation where we've been recognized
002as PTA schools of excellence both at the harbor and the matter schools. Again, we're very fortunate to have our two PTA presidents with us today as well as our building administration at both the matter and the harbor schools. I did want to also point out that we calendar change for November. So, our second meeting in November is going to be on November 18th instead of November 25th. And I just wanted to before I pass it over to Mr. Kind, I just wanted to say that the start of the school year has been absolutely amazing. Uh we're walking through the halls, students are engaged in meaningful learning activities, and it's just been a wonderful, wonderful start to the school year. We have two events coming up. We have homecoming on October 18th and then we have
003the New Day Van Festival on October 23rd. So come out and support our Vikings both at homecoming and the Newsuesday festival. So with that, Mr. Klein can tell you much more about the start of this fabulous school year. Good, good evening. Um, so now heading into our fifth week of the school year, the secret students are starting to fully get back into the swing of things and the school year is officially beginning to ramp up. So this past Thursday, the new National Honor Society inductees had their official induction into the society. As always, there was such a big turnout for the inductees as everyone came to support them. Not only their families, but also their past and present teachers and coaches as well, which is always nice. Um, the ceremony was a beautiful night for
004these inductees, and I look forward to seeing the great work and service that they provide for our CE schools and community in the future. In addition, the guidance department has really been very active in the high school, hosting multiple mini college fairs. There have been two days now where over 30 colleges from around the nation have come into my high school. And these college fairs aren't just for the seniors. I've seen juniors, sophomores, and even some freshman talking to these reps and establishing their good first impressions, which is really nice. Our guidance counselors have also been making senior meetings with all the seniors and not just us, but with our parents and families as well. These meetings have been extremely important in the college in the college plan process as well. And as Dr. McCory
005mentioned, there are two very important events coming up, which is homecoming on October 18th. I'm very excited to participate in these events and to celebrate a great day with the whole seafood community. And then on Thursday, October 23rd is Seabird's Newsuesday marching band festival festival. And our marching band represents Seabird incredibly well each year at this festival. So I'm excited to see how they do. And another new addition to the SE high school was the renovation of the ninth and tth grade cafeteria. And I I've only heard great things with these new renovations. Through some of the 10th graders who've now experienced the old one in ninth grade and the new one this year, I've learned that they're loving the new additions. And um they just they just really really love the new one compared
006to the old one. So that wraps up my student report and thank you everyone. Thank you, Matt. >> Um, okay. So, the board is uh happy to present our board of board of education goals for the 2526 school year. Uh, Just by way of preamble, uh we as a board go through our goals at the beginning of every school year. Uh we look at what we've had and what we've done in the past and we see if there's any revisions uh that we want to make. The the board of education goals are intended to be forward-looking goals. They are broad but deliberate um and they formalize the direction that we have in mind for the district um on a moving forward basis. And it is from these board of ed goals that the superintendent will
007formulate her more detailed goals uh for the coming school year. Um and so with that, okay, we don't have to toggle here for too long. Uh okay. The mission statement. The Seafford Union Preschool District's purpose is to provide our students with an innovative educational program that will empower students to develop their academic and social skills while becoming learners and leaders who create a better present and future in a democratic society. Goal number one is teaching and learning. provide a dynamic, inclusive and innovative learning environment that promotes and supports the academic growth of Seafford scholars so that they may realize their full potential while becoming responsible and productive citizens. Goal number two is social, emotional learning and safety. Promote a safe, secure, and nurturing environment of belonging that proactively supports the physical, social, and emotional needs
008of all students. Goal three is financial. Create a fiscally responsible and operationally efficient budget that maintains and enhances the integrity of all programs. Goal four is communication. Maintain and enhance communication systems that ensure the open flow, transparency, and accessibility of information with all stakeholders. And goal five is operations and facilities. create and maintain a modern and competitive campus to enhance opportunities and foster growth for all safer scholars. Thank you. [Applause] Okay, it is now my pleasure to introduce the second presenters. So we have with us Miss Janice Serena who is our PTA president of the harbor and Miss Kayla Matroni who is the PTA president of the manor and I just wanted to say this is the second time that both schools have been recognized as schools of excellence both the Seafford Harbor and the
009Seafford Manor schools and Newsy recently ran an article about this saying that 14 Long Island schools were named schools of excellence. So we're two out of 14 on Long Island and the schools statewide were 24. So again, we're two of 24, which is an amazing percentage. And then nationwide, we're two of 330 schools that have been recognized to be considered for this. PTAs and schools collect feedback from their local communities to create and implement action plans to improve family engagement and make a difference for every child. and the national PTA holds that as the esteemed standard for recognized exclusive schools of excellence. So, it's always nice. We know we have a very unique community where there's a tremendous partnership between our schools and between our home and and the conduit for that often is the
010PTA and our booster club and and a lot of the other local communities that we have here. But it's always nice when you receive outside validation and this is a superb outside validation. So congratulations on the two of you and I'm gonna turn it over to you. >> Thank you so much. My name is Janice Serena super harbor president and I'm Kayla Petroni the man PTA president. >> Oh sorry. >> So we started our school of excellence journey a year ago and completed um many milestones and trainings along the way and check-ins with the state. We were notified in August that both Harbor and Manor had been awarded this second design designation which we will hold for two years. Um as Dr. Pakora stated this is our second time receiving this. So we will have
011held this for four consecutive years. To put some numbers behind this again 330 schools received this nationwide. Of those 23 were from New York, 14 from Long Island, and just nine from Nassau County. We are two of those nine schools. We want to thank our board of education, our administration and staff, as well as the community for your continued support, which allows us to provide the best resources we can for our students. Thank you so much and go Vikings. [Applause] >> Would you like to take a picture with the board with your banners? Okay, this back's here and he's waiting for you. and and let's have our building principles and assistant principles come on up. >> Andrew, you want us up? >> That's right. couple on this side. >> Yes. >> I'll even put my
012hands on your shoulder like >> we don't actually have a slide for that, do we? Just the board of education. Oh, we can just >> No, no, it's okay. That's fine. >> Oh, you wanted a slide. >> No, if there was a slide for >> We just have a thank you slide. But >> how about the thank you slide? Is that better? >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. So, thank you to Miss Serena and Miss Matroni and Miss Basila, Miss Savage, Miss Crudis, and Mr. Schwarz for coming tonight and letting us help you celebrate this wonderful accomplishment. >> Thank you. >> Okay, moving ahead with some business. Um, I need a motion for agenda item 51 through 62. It >> any discussion? All in favor? I. >> Okay. Resident comments. Anybody here
013to speak? Okay. Uh correspondence. All board received correspondence has been responded to. Uh new business. It's okay if we do these together. Okay. I need a motion for agenda item 9A1 through six. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I need a motion for agenda item 9 B1 and two it >> second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I need a motion for agenda item 9 C1. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I >> Okay. Any miscellaneous discussion items from the board. Okay. Closing comments. Uh we as it was said at the head of the meeting, we're off to a great start of a new school year. Um I love to hear your reports, Matt. It's great to hear what the student body is experiencing as they are about to embark on
014month or two of the school year. So thank you for sharing your insight with us. And um thanks to everybody for their hard work and their positivity this school year. Anything else? >> Yeah. >> I just really want to thank the PTAs. You guys, >> sorry. I just want to thank the PTAs. I don't think people appreciate how much work they do behind the scenes for us to really provide excellent programming for our students. So, thank you. This is definitely welld deserved. So, >> and now I need a motion to move. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I thank you for joining us.