to surprise each of our educators in the classroom and i have to tell you it was an amazing experience there were some stunned faces and shocked faces some tears including next and lots and lots of cheering  encapsulates something that stood out fahrner carr and each of the nominations works for tonight's educators that are being recognized the foundation's mission is really to help support and impact the classroom education fifth reason is we have the most important people here with us tonight we have our teachers we have our british leaders we carrot's we have our state representatives here so that's that the fifty's that's a big reason before i put this work together this night to get there and give us all funds we need to support you in the classroom the idea that there are issues and we're here tonight and we're happy that they are hosting us tonight the second is that parents the parents in here the good evening i must say i don't like savings we take giving back to the community very seriously we probably do almost sixty events that we supported a year there is no one better than this at that and it's very exciting for us to congratulate all the teachers for being recognized to do it you know there's maybe great teachers in the belmont public schools but these street teachers are really truly inspiring going to hear their stories tonight the jobs they do it's remark savings bank foundation today has now passed a milestone we have given away since the creation the foundation which is just six years ago over one million dollars so we have really put a lot back in our communities money to the foundation for those year in the attic out and this year we're never give them another check of thirty five hundred dollars  know i got into politics and truly because i was concerned about supporting education in belmont and when i got to the legislature i thought maybe i was special in that respect but i found out that essentially every member of the legislature house education as among their their top top priorities were a state that really wants to support public education from the state level and so i'm really pleased to be here with my colleague dave projects on the on the house side  one one piece of paper but the what's what's special for us though is the opportunity to find out the people who are actually doing the work in the trenches because we send money but that's not enough it's really a privilege and we shouldn't take it for granted this doesn't happen and all three hundred fifty one cities and towns in the calm of i wish it i wish it were so that it did happen in every community but it does and the kind of energy and enthusiasm and dedication of the team of people the administrators the parents the teachers and i want to students that make this community so vibrant and our education teaching which is clear that many step into her classroom calling is committed to each of the students in her classroom and to the burbank school one of the most impressive aspects to colleen's career as a kindergarten teacher has be connections calling them all of the students in interesting creative and challenging material all of which they deeply into to create understanding students and parents that love these units because they provide a high level of interest and involvement for everyone i'm thrilled that is being recognized at the outstanding teachers be here this is well deserved congratulations  well that's a lovely picture a and i'm going to just start by saying it's much easier to talk to five and six year olds and it is to a large group and this is much larger than the my classroom i'd like to start with thanking the f p in the belmont savings bank and everyone else who didn't such an incredible  job putting this evening together that would be my grandchild so i apologize she will be shortly i feel honored to be blessed to be able to come to a job and work with amazing children every day kindergarten is the year  magic i was trained as a special needs teacher and i always saw myself teaching in a self contained classroom when i graduated in the eighty's no comments teaching jobs were scarce i was so luckily lucky to have done all of my student teaching work here in belmont and upon graduation was offered a job as the computer specialist if anyone knows me now they would korean i can even put together my parent list for emails but that being said that was my position at the time and i gladly took the job during that year and opening occurred in the in the burbank at four a kindergarten teacher i really didn't see myself in that role but as i said teaching jobs were scarce and i was so happy to be invited into the burbank family i love where i landed i've gotten such joy in watching each child over the last thirty two years learning to read and write what an awesome thing to be able to witness the joy on a child's face when they realize that they are now readers and writers is the greatest gift that anyone could receive i get to see this every year that is why this job never gets old those faces in the moments are where this teaching job is all about as the years go by and demands change in our classrooms i always go back to words that i read a long time ago in a action i'm not as grown up as some people think i still need to play move and explore my students inspire me and remind me that learning should be a meaningful joyful journey and not race to the top thank you classroom every single day i take my childhood memories with me into the classroom in our class we work hard we care you laugh we create and we learn from one another you know a lot can be learned in a room full of first graders in our class i have learned to be flexible in the classroom and in life as much as you plan ahead lessons never go as plan and learned that if you're going to make an assumption about a student to assume the basts that student will surprise you i've also learned to ask for help without your colleagues you are left with only one perspective your own and that can only get you so far in teaching i've also learned that it's ok to make mistakes in front of your students and if you make a mistake they will remind you trust me i've learned that  learned i have the best job on the planet my first graders are exceptionally good people they're serious they have strong opinions they have even bigger feelings they are imaginative they are problem solver playing sports socializing and dating who crushes learning new curriculum concepts and developing the skills to be independent student and young adult after high school it was college theory that all is swell and that everything is truly wonderful is my favorite mood i want that for me and i want that for my students parents colleagues and my family i have five younger brothers who i bossed around until they got taller than me they were also my first students when i let homework and study sessions my dad who was the middle child of eleven kids immigrated to england from grenada in  had a license to teach math but was told he would have to go back to school to get a british teaching license sadie who never got to teach in england and never got over that disappointment my mother and her two older i want to high in time ninety nine and six cherry invited me back to be a resource teacher and twenty two years later i'm still here and loving what i do i could not be the teacher i am without a team john sullivan all might be comrades and especially my husband michael and son ian my goal as a teacher is for all students i work with to have a positive educational experience and to instill in them that with hard work perseverance resilience and respect for their teachers simply as they can reach any goal they want thank you all wear what she calls or official uniform for teaching pottery so tonight kathy i'm going to keep that promise to you and i'm going to wherever you call your official believe this one has about three years worth of clay on that and kathy's very creative zipper has broken at the end but she has replaced the top with a paper clip so i will attend to put this on queen and do my best to zip it up and give you the speech that is one of those teachers who will go down and belmont high high school history kathy is passionate about all things about not and has always been a strong advocate for her students each day she indicates that they are  and that they can achieve anything that they dream she holds them to high standards and expectations every day when she feels students didn't give their best at a project she says and that the pottery will classes not because i'm passionate about ceramics as she whispers in fact i really don't care about the mass but because of this lark and i take these classes each year because every time i leave her classroom i feel is that she knows me and i'm special another student said she is one the kindest and craziest teachers i have ever known and i mean it in a really good students will sadly missed you when you retire at the end of this year one thing i knew for sure we will all be sharing the war stories for the next couple decades congratulations pursuit of their dreams i've always loved art but i was going to be a lawyer an english teacher a lawyer because i love to argue just ask my students and english teacher because i love literature but after a semester of college i miss the are horribly and i realized that that's where my true passions are and i've already screwed up the order ok even though the even though dark wasn't the most practical career my parents backed me up and i would like to dedicate this award to my mentor our mary grosbeak who taught here at tennessee for almost forty years she's been retired for a while she was not really an amazing teacher for her students but also for all of the other teachers at cherry through her dedication and humor and she just brought the whole school along with her she was amazing good amazing she's not dead  now i would tell you and this is from the heart i want to tell you that i am humbled to receive this award but the more accurate description is shot blown away and deeply grateful to a lot of my students who i understand were had a lot to do with this nomination you see i am not a super nice easy one teacher ok on the first a ceramic swan i tell my students that i expect really really good work not bump deliver are these kids are amazingly resilient and capable they make beautiful pieces like a lot of the parents here you know with the gorgeous the work and i'm also proud to be part of the visual ar department and balance of that guy their students through the creative process and most importantly help them to develop their own style in a static today i feel fortunate to have here with me listening to stories about my kids they know how much i love this job and what a blast i have had my students are intelligent wonderful funny and i will miss him dearly yes i get ready to retire i can't even get my head around still  but i will always remember this night in this honor thank you he truly is an outstanding teacher is not only a product of the bottom of a big schools but he has been an educator in line for twenty five years and in all that time he still comes in every day and put needs first carefully observing their strengths styles interactions preferences hopes and fears ted strives to know every child in our building and works closely with teachers and staff to craft lessons and experiences that help every student to be successful during physical education he is passionate about arching our community and works hard and thinks participate in the special olympics every year is an amazing team player helping to manage with humor various schedules changes and then most notably our very successful final on each year which is a massive effort resulting in an awesome community building and fundraising for our school with all of these fine attributes it is important to note that the one additional that describes ted is humble and that is what also repertoire building confidence and creating micro connections with my students i discovered that students were more relaxed attentive energetic and mentally flexible to try new activities in general  a certain level of bravery performing inside energetic climbing and mistrustful it has been a focus of mine over the years to stretch the boundaries of conventional practices to create an to later teach in the school system and finally become a member of the community with my own family forming a family with my wife and children and christian ensure that it has had a positive effect on my value as a teacher thank you for providing perspective and continuity as i believe in my experience home and school every day ninety one and has risen to legend status among his students over the twenty seven plus years as a lab teacher it comes as no surprise that he has received the warm barrel of war and is being recognized by the many students and families that he has worked with in his work with students brian has managed to make a dead language come alive through his engaging lessons and many many others personal stories he helps the students connect personally to the content and see themselves in the agency and his time in the district brian has taken over a dozen groups of students to italy these students have had the opportunity to visit and experience firsthand the ancient roman ruins that they studied three years brian students and look at him as a compassionate supportive teacher who pushes them to work hard to master complex content his students see him as a trusted adult in the building that they can go to any time during the day we appreciate all that ryan has done for good evening everyone congratulations to all of my colleagues i have observed some of you in action and i can attest you always have such a positive impact on the students you are a pleasure to work with as are so many other colleagues of ours who work so diligently and share such affection for the students in this community whether it was by chance or by fate that i arrived at belmont high school in one thousand nine hundred one i do not know what i do know is that it certainly was bona for two and i had whole heartedly enjoyed my experience here as a teacher and coach working with you all has given me great satisfaction in fact when i community where parents are invested in their kids they've got a good education and not supportive of the schools and the teachers i realize this is my first crowded teacher parent night and the classroom was packed with parents some needing to sit younger than every parent now i'm older than just about every parent students i taught were coached by now teachers policemen and firemen in time this year a freshman in latin two is the son of a former latin student of well i feel i'm blessed i look forward to coming to school every day and being in the classroom with my students when people in me learn that i'm a teacher they often comment that teachers are