001[Music] Heat up here. [Music] Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] Good evening, Beaverdam Middle School students, families, friends, and staff. I'm Rob Meyer, proud principal of BDMS, and it's an honor to welcome you to our eighth grade promotion ceremony. Tonight, we celebrate a remarkable group of young people who in just a few short months will walk the halls of this building as high school freshmen, ready to write the next chapter of their own story. Our program tonight will feature remarks from Mr. Lindy, our eighth grade Dina students, some special awards recognizing our eighth graders, the formal presentation of each student, and special music from our talented orchestra. So, please rise as our orchestra performs our national anthem. Heat.
002Heat. [Music] Hallelujah. You know, God [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Good evening family uh families, teachers, staff, and most importantly our amazing eighth grade students. Um, my name is Brock Lindy. I'm the dean of students uh for the eighth grade. And um, if you know anything about me, I can be a little long- winded, so they say. U, so I'm going to try to keep this to about 22 minutes for everybody tonight. So, we'll we'll keep her moving here. Um, it is an honor to stand before you today as your dean of students, especially during such a meaningful milestone. Uh, this is my first year at the Beaver Dam Middle School. And without going into the specific reasons why, uh although I'm sure you can probably imagine, this year has been a year that I will
003never forget. And I want you to know that being part of your journey this year has made for one of the most rewarding years in my 16 years of education. Uh and for that, I am absolutely thrilled to join in tonight's celebration. Uh the first thing I'd like to do is start by thanking the many people who have made tonight possible. Uh, a huge thank you to our students families and their support systems. Uh, please round of applause for all of you family support systems out there. And also a huge thank you to our faculty and our staff, not just for being here tonight uh tonight to support our students, but also uh for the tireless efforts that they put in uh to helping enrich the lives of our students each and every day. um
004all the way down from our kindergarten teachers up to our eighth grade staff uh and the continued staff enrichment that will be provided as uh students grace the high school over the next few years. So, a round of applause for our faculty and staff, please. Uh I'm not a huge fan of cliches, but they say that uh that an endeavor such as education takes a village. And uh I am so very proud of what this community has done for our students. Um so proud of our of our BD FAM mantra and so proud of the work that we do to set these children up for the best lives possible each and every day. And know it's not easy, but when we look around and and tonights like tonight certainly remind us of those tireless efforts
005uh and how worth it all of the the blood, sweat, and tears proverb proverbially is. Uh, so thank you to everyone for your shared commitment for our students. Okay, on to the class uh of 2025, aka the class of 2029. It seems like a long ways from now, but you're going to blink and it's going to be here pretty soon. You've made it through middle school. Give yourselves a round of [Applause] applause. I mean, I guess we have one more day. Let's keep it clean tomorrow, please. Okay. Um, take a moment truly to let that sink in. And while some people might not think that promotion to 9th grade uh is a big deal, we we in the business know the truth. And the truth is that middle school is no small feat. These years
006have asked a lot of you socially, academically, and emotionally. And in the process, you faced countless challenges, grown through awkward moments, adapted to change, discovered new interests, and found new friends. And as a result, I believe you're ready for the next big step in your lives, which is high school. And eighth graders, take a look around. Like actually, like look around. This building is your home next year. And I know we had a tour And there was a lot of excitement and some nervous energies, okay? And everything's going to be okay. I promise, okay? But this building is your home. And your peers are your roommates, okay? You're like, "Oh, I I don't want some of them as roommates." Well, tough. They're your roommates, okay? And everything's going to be great. And before you have
007to start paying rent or making mortgage payments on your new home, think back to your first day as sixth graders. Maybe you don't want to, but I'm asking you, try to think back to when you were a sixth grader. And I would imagine that some things felt uncertain that first day. Dealing with a new building that probably was a maze to you back then. Dealing with new teachers, new classmates, and some new rules. But somehow someway you made it through. And now high school is going to once again present you with a new building and new teachers and some new classmates and some new rules. And in the process, you're also going to be presented with more choices and more responsibility. You might find those feelings you had as a sixth grader resurface. But fortunately,
008I have full confidence in each and every one of you. And if you want to know why, cuz some of you might be wondering, wait, he has confidence in me? Yep. All of you. All of you. And it's because I've seen you grow and I've seen you care for each other. And I've seen your capacity for creativity and kindness and determination. And I know that each and every one of you are now more confident. And you're definitely more capable. And you're also more aware of what you can handle. And in the process, you've learned lessons in resilience and responsibility and respect. And those are things that are going to carry you far beyond the classroom. So as you head into high school, I want you to remember to enjoy the high school experience. And don't
009let fear limit you from reaching your potential. High school will have its own set of challenges. Just keep in mind though that what's worse than failing is not trying. So take some chances, try some new things, make some memories, learn from your experiences, and keep moving forward. And don't forget, you're not alone. You're going to continue to have your teachers and your counselors and your friends and your family walking with you every step of the way. So, as we celebrate tonight, I hope you're proud. I am. Your teachers are. Your parents are. Your families are. Your friends are. We are proud of you from the bottom of our hearts. And it's not just because of what you've accomplished to get here, but of who you're becoming. Please continue to grow. You are the future of
010our community. And based on what I've seen and what I know, our future is bright. So, congratulations, middle school class of 2025 and high school class of 2029. You've earned this moment, and we can't wait to see all the amazing things you'll do next. Thank you. [Applause] [Music] And by the way, I put on the gray suit first and he copied me. Um, we are now going to have our performance from our eighth grade orchestra performing Forever Joyful, showcasing some talents we have at the middle school. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat up [Music] here. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] Thank you eighth grade orchestra and thank you for the dedication you've put in. And if we could get another round of applause for all of our
011band choir orchestra folks that put in a lot of time over the last three years as these lovely students return to their seats to sit with their advisory. Next, we're going to do some recognitions. We're going to have some music awards from band, choir, and orchestra, followed by some art recognitions, a math award, and then a few awards uh continued awards around citizenship and academics. First up are our music awards from Mrs. Battenburg, Mrs. Gaylord, and Mr. Westerard. Thank you. I'm Mrs. Banberg. Every year, a national award called the director's award for band is given out across the country. It's awarded to an outstanding student who has shown dedication to the music program by improving on his or her instrument and by being a positive leader. This year's recipient at Beaver Dam not only excels
012at her main instrument, but has learned multiple other band instruments. She's used these skills to also help mentor younger students, helping out in particular with the sixth grade band as a band assistant. In addition, she has learned how to conduct the band and has used that skill to conduct two pieces for the sixth grade band, both in rehearsals and in concerts. I know the student is considering music education for a career and I believe if she continues down this path, she will be an amazing band teacher. This year's director's award for band goes to Brooklyn Primo. [Applause] The director's award for orchestra is given each year to an outstanding eighth grade orchestra student. This award recognizes a student who excels on their instrument, demonstrates exceptional leadership, and is always up for a new challenge. As
013always, there are many exceptional students in the eighth grade orchestra, but of course, only one can be chosen for this award. I have had the great pleasure of teaching this student for the past several years, and I look forward to seeing what she will accomplish in the future. This year's director's award for orchestra goes to Autumn Venavich. [Applause] Um um hello, my name is Mr. for Westerard and I will be giving out the National Coral Award for middle school this year. This award is in recognition of singular merit, ability and achievement of outstanding contributions to the success of the school vocal program and of an unusual degree of loyalty, cooperation and high qualities of conduct. uh by the general consent of the music faculty, school officials, and others, the National School Coral Award is hereby
014given to Silvin Bcraft. [Applause] Good evening. I'm Chris Schumacher and I teach visual and media arts at Beaverdam Middle School. Welcome to our celebration. First, I'd like to acknowledge several people that worked very hard on our eighth grade video that we played in the auditorium before we came here. These students exhibited excellent use of time, dedication, and truly used their media production skills learned in our multimedia productions class here at BDMS. When I call your name, would you please stand up? Emily Pleo, Ren Tao. There she is. Okay. Zayn [Applause] Downing. Bla1 Kamaraskki, Lydia Fumian, Aiden Lee Fontine, Payton Hill, Hadley Vanderwarf, Haley [Applause] Frilene, Jonah Sakalowski, Caleb Elvin, Brooke Bcher, Caleb Half Heenstein, Kira Cotmire, and Angie Garcia. Thank you. So, congratulations on producing a visual movie yearbook for your class. Hello, my name
015is Heidi Ryder and I teach visual and fine arts at Beaverdam Middle School. Every year, Mrs. Schumacher and I have the honor of selecting two outstanding arts students who have demonstrated exceptional qualities. This year we celebrate two students that have demonstrated exceptionalism in creativity, consistently going above and beyond expectations, professionalism, and producing visual and media art of excellent quality. Both students took creative risks which is to be admired. They not only produce strong original art with traditional art media materials, but they are also both very talented in media arts as well. Okay. On behalf of the BDMS art department, it is our pleasure to provide the excellence in art awards to Elise Theel and Zayn Downing. Congratulations. [Applause] We are here to represent the eighth grade math teachers. My name is Kayla Hoppenthal and I
016teach house A. My name is Sarah Kza and I teach house B. My name is Christine Eberly and I teach house C, math 8 and algebra. We will be presenting the Mary Spelman Math Award. Mary Spelman was an educator for 51 years. She was hired in 1884 to teach the schools of Beaverdam. She taught in various elementary schools and at nearly all grade levels and her last 20 years as an educator at the junior high school. She retired in 1933 and then served as mayor of Beaverdam from 1934 to 38. This is the 91st year that the Mary Spelman Math Award has been presented to an eighth grade student. The winner of the award goes to the student who completes the Mary Spelman math test with the most correct answers in the quickest time. This
017is a voluntary competition that is open to all eighth grade students. The winner's name will be added to the Mary Smell Spellelman Award plaque located in the middle school lobby. The winner will receive a certificate recognizing the achievement as well as a $50 monetary gift. Please come forward to receive this award. This year's Mary Spelman Math Award goes to Sylvvin Bcraft. Announcing the American Citizenship Award are school counselors Kelly Gunther and Random Ali. The American Citizenship Award is designed to recognize students who consistently exhibit the kinds of behaviors we want to see displayed in our schools and in our communities. Our recipients have had zero behavior referrals this year and have finished the school year with a top 20 attendance rate. Students, when we announce your name, please stand. Congratulations to Benjamin [Applause] Elvin Elvin
018Cornnejo Caramo Adelaide Davis Kellen [Applause] Davis Zayn Downing [Music] [Applause] Ryan Dreheim, Jacqueline Garcia Mendoza, Bentley Gatsky, Ryan Jenkins, Amelia Johnson, [Applause] Alexander Kermier, Carson [Applause] Curts, Coy Leppel, Olivia Mcclanathan, Cassandra Perry, Brooklyn Primo, Daniela Sandival, Kayn Shear, Verlin Small, [Applause] and Autumn Venevich. Please give our American Citizenship Award students all a round of applause. And now, Mrs. Jamie Dugan, our dean of students, will present the academic achievement award. Hi. The Presidential Achievement Award is given to students who have maintained an average of at least a 3.5 in the standardbased grading system throughout their middle school career. have scored exceeds expectations on math or reading diagnostics and meets expectations in the other. They've had zero referrals and 95% attendance in their eighth grade year. When your name is called, please stand. Congratulations to Lola Daring.
019Nice job, Lola. Next up is Mrs. Abby Schmidt, our associate principal, and she will now present the academic excellence award. [Applause] The Presidential Excellence Award is given to students who have maintained an average of at least 3.5 in the standardsbased grading system throughout their middle school career, have scored exceeds expectations on math and reading diagnostics, have had zero referrals, and 95% attendance in their eighth grade year. Students, when your name is called, please stand. Congratulations to Phoebe [Applause] Dunn and Elise [Applause] Theel. And now I welcome back Mr. Meyer to our closing message. Thank you. For those of you that stood for your awards, when you get to the auditorium shortly, you will have those awards in your awards packet, okay? As well as your uh promotion certificate. To all staff to staff in attendance
020tonight, thank you for being a part of the journey these students have experienced over the last three years. They will take lessons you have taught them into the future. I would also like to thank you for your efforts in putting together tonight's event. Particularly, I would like to recognize the amazing Anne Clark who took a chief role in making it all come together and helping maintain my own sanity. Thank you [Applause] to I'm a little bit of a perfectionist and a worrier, so I need her. Thank you. Uh to families and friends attending tonight, thank you for celebrating this occasion. Your support and encouragement make a difference in the lives of students. You being here is just one way you have shown your support for students and have shown for the importance of education. To
021students here in front of me, simply congratulations. Enjoy the next chapter. We will now begin something called the calling of the names. Advisory teachers will call each student's name. At that time, the student will exit the fieldhouse by walking down this center aisle, making their way to the auditorium. In the auditorium, they will get their picture taken and receive their certificates. Once all students have been called, students will be dismissed from the auditorium to meet you in the commons or out front. Families and friends, I have two requests to make all of this work. First, please remain relatively quiet during the calling of the name so that students can hear their teachers. You'll give your little woot woot or hoot and then uh we'll call the next name. Second, please remain in your seats and
022in here until our last student has exited. Students will not be available to you until after the last student has been called as they're going to the auditorium. They will then meet you in the commons or out front of the building. Again, please do not exit until all students have been called so that we show respect for all of our students. Now for the calling of the names, starting with Mrs. Dornack and then Hutkowski. [Applause] Hello, my name is Lauren Dornack and I am proud to call the following names. Landon [Applause] Ludkkey, Roy Profett Jr. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hi, I'm Miss Hakowski. Ayla [Music] [Applause] Ael, Melanie [Music] Bartell, Ava [Music] Brown, Chloe Chase, Laura [Applause] Klouse, Ryan [Music] [Applause] Dreheim, Phoebe Dunn, [Music] [Applause] [Music] Jax Joba, Landon [Music] [Applause] [Music] Gansky, Edgar
023Garcia [Applause] Lugo, Olivia Harris, Matthew Hardle, [Music] Blleif [Music] Kamarowski, Talon Newman, Lily [Applause] [Music] Pollster, Julius Perser, Naa [Applause] Roth, Kennedy [Music] Reer, Hawk Sher, [Applause] [Music] Tony Valerio, Maria Villa Noea, Ben [Music] [Applause] Werner and Yahra Zarate Mesa. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I'm Bri Linda Namuth and this is my advisory Johan [Music] Egaton Josie Benvid [Music] Pants Josie Cardell Torres [Applause] Trinity Clark, Phoenix [Music] Diamond, Addie [Music] Furry, Marcela Gunther, Aiden Hernandez, Payton [Applause] Hill, Amelia Johnson, Payton Johnson, Bryce Moore, Raiden Perzborn, Jack [Music] Rey, Daniela [Music] Sandaval, Kaylin [Music] Sheer, Jonah Soalowski, Wyatt Vanpatter, Savannah Walter, Wyatt Wood, Camden Zarzinski, and Jack [Applause] [Music] Matthews. I'm Kayla Hoppenthal and this is my advisory. Francisco Agular Mendes Cameron [Music] Ahern Jafet Alanise Ben Alvin Jada Carl Rios Ny Cassiano Juan Cecilio Macy Damon Caleb
024Henstein, Leila Jason, David Nelson, Landry Newberger, Justin Orosco, Dylan Osario, Rosalie Ratig, Giovani Rain Gal, Kenzie Ree Schneider, Adrien Sanchez, Miranda Sanchez Ramirez, Xander [Music] Sandaval, Edgar Ultra, Hadley Vander, Xavier Wagner Vargas, Max Warick, Carter Jark, and Aiden Jurgen. [Music] Hello, I'm Sarah Kelza, House B Advisory. Miles Aresenti, Caprice [Applause] Spielan, Destiny [Music] Beasley, Lily Benson, Subner Cayano, Bentley Gatsky, Charles Johnson, [Applause] Alex Kermier, Coy Leppel, Parker [Music] Martin, Jessica Miller, Brad Nagel, Donovan Nample, Carson Patrick, Chase [Music] Federson, Lydia Homieong, Braden Poszanski, Ezekiel Renovado, Andrew Roblato, Bella Rung, [Applause] Walters, Sea Summerrfelt, Kaden Wara, Lucy C. Whitman, Sophia [Applause] [Music] Winkle. My name is Mr. Peterson for House B. Silvin [Music] Bcraft. Braden Bedker. [Applause] Brooke [Music] Betcher, Gavin Broch, Lucas Bruntion, Zack Brchinski, Ricardo Cdero, Alli [Music] Cisneros, Haley Frriie Lean, Elena Gonzalez,
025[Applause] Landon Hanky, Reese [Music] [Applause] Kaminsky, Carson Curts, Zack Lcari, Elena Lindert, Destiny Mayweathers, Leila McCullum, Kayn Niles Adams, Aaron Kenyonz, Jackson Reich, Bryce Roth, Verlin Small, Cadence Turner, [Music] [Applause] [Music] I'm Scott Hankis. House Be Serenity Beal, Bentley Bourne, Branson Burwitz, Leo Busy, Drake, [Music] Khalis, Albin, Cornnejo, Caleb Crannle, Kellen [Applause] Davis, Ryan Fishbach, Christopher Fuertz [Music] [Applause] Perez, Jackie Garcia Mendoza, Tristan Hodkins, Evan Miller, Addie [Music] Mueller, Emily Paleo, Juliet Penita, Danny Ringer, Ma [Applause] Shepard, Olivia Stevens, [Applause] Melody [Applause] Tishler, George Whittier, Joey [Music] Wilson, Quayman Wilson Jr. [Music] Ashley Hacker, Housey, Caleb [Applause] Alvin, Adelaide Davis, Lola Daring, Emma [Music] Dickinson, Molly Enright, Isaac [Music] Firsttol Angie Garcia, Kelly [Music] Klene, Aiden [Music] [Applause] Lafantine, Paxton Lis, Liliana Menzano, Mia Martin, [Applause] Rowan [Applause] Mercier, Aiden Meyer, Kennedy [Applause] Moritz, Alan
026Negret, Cassandra [Applause] Perry, Yena Pastana, Samantha Phillips, Brooklyn [Music] Primo, Brock Wretch, Isabella [Music] Reel, Danica [Applause] Swan, Autumn Venovich, [Music] Christine Eberly Housey Jace Brown Caitlyn Bubbleitz Lucinda Camarina Haney Camila Casso Advir Gonzalez Ortiz Ava Gunther Lydia Howland Ryan Jenkins, Gage Jones, Owen Cleavicowski, Kira Copier, Guy Laner, Kaden Lemon, Olivia Mlanathan, Carter Nails, Nicole Nye, Lily Parkerst, Zack Purscell, Irvin, Mitchell Rowey, Miranda Rodriguez, Avery Ruff, Haley Woods, and Nurie Zanto. [Music] My name is Kay Eert and I am the proud advisor of House C. Sophia Aguilar, Dennis Barios, Zayn Downing, Ty Fitz Simmons, Piper Fry, Addie Gench, Johnny [Music] Gonzalez, Owen Hookstra, Declan Jameson, [Applause] Javvante John Jameson Javvante Johnson I'm sorry Mason Mack Naomi Magcata RJ [Music] Mankey Lily me Aiden [Music] Nef Eva Nearing Rosalyn Paganov Jazelle [Applause] [Music] Kenyon, Kedrich [Music]
027Sanders, Addie Schultz, Jeremiah Soldner, Reggie Tash, Ren Tao, Elise Teal, Macy [Music] [Applause] Westfall and Cash Adams Zastra. [Applause] [Music] I'm Tara Okan and I guess I saved the best for last. My advisory is Tristan [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Bremer. Thank you everybody for joining us tonight. Thank you for celebrating your students. They will now be able to meet you in the commons. Some upg getting this.