congratulate everyone on a job well done please get all of our students a large round of applause for those who are here and those who are not here because their dedication has been strong hard they persevered and they have is being recognized for her commitment to excellence and creativity she serves as the senior drum major of the marching band leading the hundred plus member band in rehearsals and performances she also assumes leadership roles in the wind school theater productions and serves as an or first officer of the performing arts company she's been honored many times and recently invited to perform at the m m allstate music festival but more than any of these achievements her passion for the arts and helping others engage in the arts makes her inspiration between two thousand and fifteen and january of two thousand and sixteen there are forty belmont students who achieved a perfect score on one or more eighteen of these students were members of the class of two thousand  please come to your name as the stage is re there are twenty nine students from belmont high school who have been chosen as national merit commended students these students scored in the top three percent when taking the p s a t with the following students please stand and face the parents in the this year we received notification that six students from belmont high school were chosen as national merit scholar finalists these students have distinguished themselves to be included with fifteen thousand finalists nationwide as a potential national merit additionally this year between april of two thousand and fifteen and improved two thousand and sixteen twenty two belmont students achieved a perfect score on one or more sections of the exam fourteen of these students remembers of your class please come to the stage as your name is read and we'd ask that you hold your applause until the last name is called kevin bennett in bow joseph chen sophia fan well hasta michael would like to now present scholarships and awards that were chosen based on the completion of outside applications as well as specific criteria for each award the first scented by the bell and soccer association please thank you and regulations to everybody the purpose of the bellman soccer association is to develop organize and it may administer promote and enhance the game of youth soccer on behalf of the stick kids and students of belmont and really to actively participate and collaborate with other organizations in promoting youth sports we have about fifteen hundred kids across k through through twelfth grade participate through a peer playing soccer it's an amazing amazing participation see everybody  winter indoor clinics she was instrumental in the development of our mentoring program for coming referees and has trained even more senior referees doctors mentors she's worked tirelessly through her high school years volunteering at over one hundred thirty hours for the victor also started early in his career of fifth grade doing belmont second soccer and has continued officiating games until the present he currently is the center referee of the highest level games over the past eight years he spent most of his saturdays on the soccer fields become very active in the mentoring program over the last two years helping new referees are those interested in advancing to the next level his knowledge of the game is attention to detail in addition to his kind and patient disposition has made victor a favorite among players and during that time coach muzzio you instilled in his players the traits of hard work dedication and commitment to the team the coach dante must scholarship is awarded to the senior boys the marquee player who exhibits the qualities of hard work the next two scholarships contributions to the music program each year the belmont lions club give out two awards and two scholarships the belmont lion's club swimming award which is given to students who have made the most outstanding contributions to this year's swim teams are rich and sarah every year the belmont lions club give out to scholarships the richard price memorial scholarship which is presented by the belmont lions club in honor of richard price a former member passed away community in order to be eligible for these award students must have filled the bell on scholarship application this year we had a record number of one hundred sixty eight applicants for a total of eighty four scholarships the next formal resented by b h s math great thank you and good morning and congratulations class of two thousand and sixteen the bernie grant scholarship awards which are named in honor of my son brandon grant class of two thousand and are given to a softball player baseball player and a wrestler who exemplify the same spirit and passion that brendon demonstrated for the game of baseball wrestling and other sports and life itself this year's re cyprian's our car hote you back to all those teams in the baseball team for the us yesterday's win thank you the award recipients have achieved the highest academic standards are dissipating in these two sports writing i mean here there are recognition by external groups and by their peers these talented boys and girls personify the term well rounded with their additional involvement in student life this award honors my father mark who himself embodied all of these characteristics about our president for twenty years passed away unexpectedly at age fifty five in two thousand and thirteen like today the word recipients he too was a scholar amply high school playing football and hockey with commitments all he grew up in western mass where he was an outstanding player he kept in teams that won three consecutive western mass championship he was a high honor roll student who graduated near the top of his class receiving a distinguished science awarding graduation he continued here but in college where he was a double major of mathematics and my dad was very involved in all of this children's academic and athletic activities and congratulations to the class of two thousand and sixteen it's a great day we are pleased to represent the alumni and friends of the belmont high school this organization is focused on raising money to provide scholarships for deserving students courtyard immediately after the awards ceremony for a continuing in the family tradition his dad joe kills was your town engineer and for many years there was a scholarship here for engineering students but this scholarship is going to someone who whereas most of you know him as mr s has been working in the belmont school system for almost fifty years since one nine hundred sixty seven mr ass has touched the lives of thousands of children around town including mine it's because of him that i am in college studying to be an elementary school teacher mr ass embodies the characteristics of fair play and see where he makes every child feel is that they can do anything they set their mind to and inspire others to live out their dreams this college ship goes out the student that is going into the field of education in hopes that they like mr s well touch the lives of the students they encounter in their career this year at the richardson ar her and she's the winner of the robert sullivan memorial scholarship which is presented to a student majoring in education adam's lawndale scholarship which goes to two students who would have shown academic achievement and great improvement involvement in extracurricular activities so so it looks like mrs janet p z will be presenting the next and mother wife daughter sister but she also was an amazing performer and this college senior who has excelled in the area of performing arts i shared the stage many days many days and i'm so good morning seniors so the first one is for sarah and ian and kevin george for the recent the hands of the v f w scholarship which is presented to students who are which was presented to students band members of the cross country indoor outdoor track for at least two years to come to practice and ready to perform their best encourages others to willingly compete when they respect their coaches the thirty s against her father's wishes when it began studies for women were not looked at highly she pursued her degree without assistance from her family and went on to be such an impactful teacher who taught in elementary schools for forty one years she had a love of children a curious mind good morning congratulations to the class of two thousand and sixteen robbie aiello is the recipient of the belmont patrolmen's association scholarship which is awarded to a graduate pursuing a higher education in criminal justice or forensic science this next group of scholarships were left to the discretion of the scholarship committee is the winner of the william betancourt memorial scholarship the following two awards are given to students who plan to major in business or related fields the cosmo de stephano memorial scholarship was awarded to the belmont high school is on to present the next award for hard work and dedication the recipient of this award is george rodriguez good morning i congratulate and look here often and highly tim the recipients of the national honor society scholarships the national honor society is an organization you and eric are the recipients of the massachusetts foreign language association awards which are given each year to the students who have demonstrated the highest academic achievement and the most advanced course of its language we offer congratulations these four students are the recipients of the north east conference awards for excellence in foreign language study this year to graduating students who are enrolled in the most advanced level of each language for which the award is being made students must demonstrate academic excellence and also show evidence of interest in foreign language and international studies on their work in the classroom graduations elizabeth is the recipient of the latin book award this year which is given to a student in the most advanced course of latin academic excellence and who demonstrates an interest in language and culture  highest academic achievement in foreign languages the english department would like to recognize sophia fen as the senior who has demonstrated the highest academic achievement in english please come and the mari winkler is recognized as the senior who has contributed the most to the learning community in english we would also like to recognize the following seniors for their contributions to the english classroom this year please stand and face your parents to be recognized when your name is called  years is recognized as the senior who is demonstrate the highest academic achievement and social  in celebration of economics challenge contests as i read the student's name please come on up rocky wagner john mann and make it o elected to participate my harvard economics challenge based on a placement test and their year long multiple choice and short answer averages thirty students went to the first ever fleet economic showdown at what use their regional high school belmont high school to come second place in the overall challenge which consisted of an economic proposal regarding a macroeconomic problem a multiple choice exam a trivia portion a critical thinking section and a quiz bowl the second place team was made up of glo and john man belmont high school had a team win the alfred marshall contest also at the economic showdown the contest consisted of evaluating the stonies opportunity to switch to the euro the students had to use multiple macroeconomic theories policies and models in order to come to and prove their you it's exciting to see all of you out here because you have all completed at least one year of study in visual art music or theater new this year and but many of you have had the vast majority of you have completed more than that and it's been a pleasure working with you over the last four years here on high school and we wish we hope that you will continue your study of music art and theatre at the next level the first set of awards we're going to present are for students for music students that the following students please stand when their name is called these students or or accepted to participate in the enemy a north east senior district music festivals this year in either band chorus orchestra or jazz ensemble the next students can come to the stage to receive their award the first award goes to nash who is the recipient of the john philip sousa band award this award is in recognition of outstanding achievement and interest in instrumental music for singular merit and loyalty and cooperation and for displaying high qualities of conduct you as the recipient of the next award which is the national school board this award is given in recognition of singular merit ability and achievement as well as outstanding contributions to the success of the school vocal music program and an unusual degree of loyalty and cooperation and by the general consent of the music faculty the next one with a much shorter description is the louis armstrong ward which is awarded for being really good at jazz and really loving jazz and it goes to ben jo sticking with the brief theme of the jazz awards the belmont high school vocal jazz award for outstanding performances presented julia is the recipient of the national school orchestra award which is in recognition of singular merit and outstanding contributions to the success of the school orchestra and for displaying an unusual degree of loyalty and cooperation that is the  following awards are giving to seniors for their ongoing commitment and passion for music throughout their years and on line please come to the podium to receive your awards the first award is to handle beads and she is the senior who has demonstrated the highest academic achievement in  we'd like to ask the next group of students to stand as well and be recognized for their accomplishments at the u mass dartmouth emerging artists invitational for first place in painting with american award and painting the next students should come to the stage to receive the award when their name is called reagan is receiving the two thousand and sixteen award in photography for outstanding ach the next two awards are given to seniors for their ongoing commitment and passion for visual art throughout their years and dawn is a recipient of the award for the senior who is demonstrating the highest academic achievement in visual art she is receiving the award for the senior who's contributed the most of the school community as relates to visual or now for the theater arts awards this year the spotlight awards for theatre arts are presented to students who demonstrated a high level of achievement in acting and in technical theatre production this year the award for acting  award for technical achievement goes to adam helper adam and benji are staying right here because they are also the recipients of the dance shark and performing arts scholarships which are awarded to two graduating seniors for their outstanding contributions to the performing arts company the work is named for the late dan sharpton who among the many contributions he made to our community was passionate about arts education in our schools and protect particularly about the importance of th and our final award goes to sophia lubar who is the recipient of the b j williams award which is given to a senior whether an actor or technician or production staff member who's done the most to promote theater arts at belmont high school the morning class of two thousand and sixteen very nice to see all these awards given out by our community members and for you parents it's a great after great morning for you to be here i want to have you do me a favor and give a big round of applause your parents who are in the crowd into those community members following awards are in recognition of outstanding performance amongst our school athletic teams boys golf for middlesex league champions accepting the award cla girls swimming and diving and my a a division two state final was accepting the award at captain's jessie blake west sara rosie  we would now like to recognize jets jets west please come to the podium jesse was a division two state champion in the fifty yard freestyle in the hundred yard butterfly setting a new meat record she was also a member of the d two state champion four hundred freestyle relay a boston globe that was the m v p in the league all star and basketball of boston globe all scholastic a boston herald also elastic and holds the all time scoring record for boys basketball congratulations qualities of leadership ability in sportsmanship to academics in basketball the recent b into the donald jenkins memorial ward which goes to a student who has excelled on the softball field claim oils is the recipient of the belmont high school golf scholarship award which is given to a senior who is shown a strong dedication to the game of golf commitment to the community through community service and a hard working recipient of the william or cruz and memorial ward which is given to a senior who is a good school citizen a member of the track team and possesses a never quit attitude david bailey is the recipient of the joseph h macdermott award for baseball which is given to a student who has been an outstanding player and leader on the varsity team e mike is the recipient of this year's friends of belmont wrestling a recipient of the mel winner award for basketball which is given to a senior who has competed in varsity basketball and was exhibited on selfless devotion to the team its members and the is the recipient of the mel wenner award for track which is given to a senior who has displayed unselfish devotion in a team attitude amongst the track te of the recipients of the friends of belmont lacrosse award which goes to a senior boy and girl who have differentiated themselves from others through attitudes of leadership generosity on the playing field and who possesses a passion and commitment to their respective teams mccall is the winner of the friends of belmont track award which is presented to the most outstanding female who competed in both indoor and spring track which is peterson is the winner of the app track award which is given to an athlete for recognition of dedication perseverance and track would like to thank all you for joining us today this morning celebration but first i'd like to congratulate everyone in the audience who received the wards to give a special round of applause the class mr old frazier i had custodian make sure that everything is working or air conditioning is on the lady and so working mr bernardo papa mr carter for the setting of the stage of the stage that you'll see on sunday and m rich preston for today's already visual subtle lastly i'd like to thank our members of the scholarship committee who dedicate a large amount of time to making sure that our scholarships are distributed mr jim brown stacy ross so please don't forget to stop in the core of your photo opportunity and anyone who is asked to be recognized stand can pick up their certificate in the main office thank you and we will see you sunday for graduation