to our two thousand and fifteen underclassmen award ceremony i would like to remind anyone who got a purple notification ticket to come see on the first five rows of the bleacher so that when you're called to the podium it's easier to get there if you have got to sit there please do so now while at this time i would ask everyone to please rise for the pledge of allegiance cox assistant superintendent janice darrius and superintendent john philip with their presence today's assembly students i want you to know that your teachers and i understand of the hard incredibly hard work you do i don't want high school it is because of your incredible dedication that we take this time as a community to come together and celebrate all of your accomplishments congratulations to all of you i would also like to take this opportunity to recognize the work of our faculty and staff in creating a school that models the talents and abilities of our students and shapes them into educated individuals thank you to the entire  good morning this year fifty seven belmont high school students achieved a perfect score on one or more of the s a t s and twenty six of these students were under classman please come yuri young lena jane maggie lou sierra sang i knew zane kyra armstrong joseph chen ben cunningham andrew congratulations congratulations again to these award recipients i would also like now to recognize our two most recent belmont high school model marauder student winners the model marauder word for scholarship goes to is being recognized for her academic curiosity creativity dedicated work in the area of history and english language arts she is independent mature self motivated and inquisitive student she's a new face at belmont high school this year proving herself to be highly motivated and striving to take advantage of all of the opportunities here by my school she recently wrote and researched and wrote an extensive paper for her history class examining the changes in diplomatic relations between the united states and iran after the iran contra affair for this major assignment she collaborated with both of her history and english teachers to craft a paper that was full of history content and possessed excellent english language structure and graduations marauder that we would like to recognize today is in the area of art this award is being given to ben jones ben is being recognized for his commitment to the fine and performing arts program at belmont high school and the creative approach that he has utilized in order to create his own rules and many different areas of this department he is a very active person and a finer support he's a member of the wyndham sambal the jazz collection the marching band as well as a key member and many of the belmont high productions for example he has co led one of the as one of the student music directors for the on stand b age of twelve on stand on stage band i'm sorry for twelve night and as part of the set construction crew he's taken initiative many times like when he volunteered to work on music in the spring essentially creating his own role in the production he selected songs worked with his co director to create arrangements recruited musicians and ran rehearsals almost entirely without adult assistance in rehearsals he showed patience and extremely positive attitude he collaborated with many he showed perseverance in teaching the music he took on a huge responsibility and executed it with outstanding results congratulations good morning the medco academic achievement award this year is going to stephanie del the following students are receiving honorable mention and should please stand in their seats to be recognized taylor but their leader grace winston and good morning the first aware that i have the privilege of passing out today is the arthur martin book award she was a former spanish teacher at belmont high school who showed a passion for the spanish language and culture each year the the spanish teachers in the department use a student who also exemplifies a love for spanish language and culture this year we're very pleased to present this book award to e each year the department hands out the massachusetts foreign language association awards to students who have had demonstrated the highest academic achievement in the most advanced course for each language that we offer this year the  carlos renter congratulations students from across the nation take part in the american math competitions or and see there are two mc exams one for ninth and tenth graders and one for eleventh and twelfth graders this year almost seventy five students from about one high school are in the  for grade ten leonard niels we would like to acknowledge students for honorable mention in mathematics with the following students please stand to be recognized please hold your applause until all are called for grade nine haley brown lena opt out danny margaret cameron kate lester pocket noah jessica chen emily duffy jennifer call madden praise rachel scully frankie dileo her mellow i mean you well high edwards stafford for grade eleven the next awards will be the p t o boards for recognition of individual achievement in science for academic achievement in physics jason berger for academic achievement and chemistry edward stafford for academic achievement and biology carly  thank you in their certificates from the teachers thank you physical education english language development award goes to graduation the national council of teachers of english each year invites high schools nominate outstanding young writers for recognition by the national organization this year our winners were not only school level winners but were chosen also as national w we would now like to recognize students for receiving honorable mentions in english with the following students please stand to be recognized please hold your applause until all names are called in grade nine john we shall thompson john david monger thank you good morning and congratulations to all of you know the social studies department would like to recognize students for their individual achievement in social studies and grade nine we like to recognize cate lester in grade ten the president's volunteer service awards are given to high school students to complete at least one hundred hours of service in a twelve month period this year one hundred nineteen high school students have qualified ninety your official certificates and letters bearing the signature of president barack obama are expected to be delivered today they are out for delivery for me p s you may check with me this afternoon or pick them up for me on monday in the social studies  ceramics grade eleven meghan helper a very important american painter an illustrator and a civil war era and many of you probably are aware of the fact that he lived in belmont for the early portion of his career so this is an important award that we give each year to a student an artist will move on to some music awards now this year the freshman orchestra award was awarded to jessica we'd like to recognize the following musical groups for their achievements by presenting them with school committee plaques they'll be the students that are called up will be in charge of safeguarding those blacks until they can be returned to the fine arts office and put on display in the building at the belmont high the next group of students have received key awards or honorable mention at the two thousand and fifteen state level boston globe scholastic art competition please stand when your name is called and please hold applause until the last recipients name  i received a gold key award for the two thousand and fifteen boston globe scholastic art award for painting at both the state and national level in addition older also received the two thousand and fifteen boston globe american vision award and painting will not present the two thousand and fifteen book awards please welcome lead guidance counselor mr jim bro thank you victor we have delighted to have so many fine call edges and universities acknowledge our students accomplishments by participating in our annual book awards the first award today is the holy cross book award is given to a student who was in the top ten percent of their class and demonstrates concern for others and shows a responsible attitude i'm proud to give this to lucy d the stonehill college award is presented to someone who is excelled in the classroom made a positive contribution to the school and the community and this award goes to bury him the wheeling jesuit university book award is presented to a student who has demonstrated a commitment and high service to others this year's award is presented to low award recognizes a student who ranks in the top percent of their class who has been rolled in on as an a p courses who is an active participant in school and community activities and who possesses leadership qualities coupled with a sense of concern for others and this year the award goes to the swath more what is presented to a student the top ten percent of their class who has a deep sense of ethical and social concern outstanding community involvement genuine respect and appreciation for diversity intellectual curiosity and the potential for contribution stemming from a global perspective this book award has prevented presented to david to be the columbia university club of new england presents this year new award to an outstanding junior who displays intellectual curiosity achievement and who demonstrates a commitment to improving their community this award is presented to sophie  you the dartmouth award recognizes a student in the top ten percent of their class this student has attained an outstanding combined academic average in math english and language the selected student has demonstrated outstanding the regis award is given to honor a member of the class of two thousand and fifteen who has demonstrated excellent writing and oral communication skills displayed outstanding academic promise and exhibited exceptional leadership qualities the regis book award goes to caroline  the williams college book award is given to a student who has demonstrated intellectual leadership and has made a significant contribution to the extra curricular life of the school it is awarded to michelle korn to harvard book awards are presented to two outstanding students who display excellence in scholarship and high character combined with achievement in other fields the winners of these awards exemplify harvard's commitment to excellence this year's certificate in the main office up to eleven thirty today before we have a few people i would like to thank to make this program who made this program a success like thank all of the present as for giving up their time to honor our young people each event that we have here on high school we have a crew that is behind the scenes to make this all happen either setting up chairs or making sure the fans are on to whatever it may be they tend to every one of our needs and i like to thank those gentlemen who contribute today success mr tim de bernardo papa mike carter cell earl frazier for setting up today's events a special round of applause for them thank you very much china has a special team of secretaries behind the scenes as well who make this all happen so it looks seamless and we scrambled for about a good month and to make it all look good and easy and those secretaries are this concludes our award ceremony at this time students to report to their f modern thank you very much and have a good day