heart and timeframe of the library's base reconfiguration and drum up the idea of having benches in the hallways of the school which is a very low cost effective way to address and how they're using the space i think that's going to be exciting part of these speeches so if you want to come on up and kick it off and come on all right the high school a school where the students are so i can have a concentrated and really are passionate about their learning it's really a big deal for us because the library is kind of a sacred space and unfortunately this transformation i shared a vision with being in my a long time ago and they bought into the vision of what a learning com and looks like and they trusted me with it and they backed me up with supporting the two project for him so you see behind us shortly those two project rooms will have flat screen televisions that kids can connect to with their i pads and do group work electronically supporting twenty  we went to them and we developed an environment for them that fits them for today so being a mike i want to thank you for supporting me in that vision this could never happen without you so thank you very much madeline there are many emails that have gone back and forth on the benches to make sure we get these plaques right and we think we got on that we'll find out shortly but she's done an outstanding job with the benches raising money pushing it further asking you can use a couple more of course and she got the money she raised it she got class and she's done outstanding job so thank you for all the hard work you did to make sure these benches were ready for tonight truly it was thank as you go take a look at the benches mike is taking a lot of pictures of all the class and some of them are in memory of folks have dedicated their time here a belmont high school in other fields and other schools and edges in the field of education summer in morrow and summer just really great quotes the favorite quotes of families in honor of families and school spirit one the consummate mind is go crew that's all it says so school spirit as well it really is a creative collage of the caring it's symbolic of the caring from the parents that i see all the time not necessarily all the kids but now they do they see these benches throughout the hallways them an opportunity to get off the floors and have a bench to sit on and it fosters collaboration and creativity is something that we support strongly here at belmont high school so your donation is not just a ba you really are fostering creative skills building skills and building friendships for students and i see it every day and every bench is full almost every period of the day so thank you to all the famil for your contribution your thoughtfulness and your continue support to bill my high school thank you one of these benches as principal richard pointed out some of these donations are very very sentimental to families and some of them just say go crew but for those families who have now a vehicle to have somewhere they feel we represented in the make this experience in this media center this this new collaborative space a reality i was here last year before a car transformed and it does look like a different place so i'm glad the students appreciate it i'm glad our library be a center specialist a tireless and definitely someone who has a vision for the school that puts the school in our students into the next generation of what learning looks like and it doesn't look like technology it doesn't like collaboration it does look like students working together not by themselves it looks like teachers facilitating education and learning and understanding and not doing all the work but having students do the work and that's what these collaborative spaces provide a place for students to do the work and be engaged every day the reason why we're here and the reason why laurie graham and elise schuster guard two school committee members are working so hard at night remembers is also to say allow that we're here because we have this unique dilemma that we have so many students who want to come to the government public schools that we are absolutely responding creatively to how do we receive in gauge and educate all the folks that want to come to belmont schools we've had a situation of increasing the romans over the last few years and we are at every level working to come up with creative ways to have space create learning environments that are comfortable in gauging for us students and that's going to be a challenge for our district and our community moving forward this is very very much the example that we'd like to see across all of our schools where principals are working hard collaborating with parents and students and teachers but not all the fixes can be fixed like this so we're excited to look forward about what the belmont schools can look like as we speak and to grow in our room with each year and we're really excited to have spaces like this to accommodate our students and move  the education forward of our community so i thank you for being here i thank you for coming out i think if you don't nation or you work behind the scenes truly impress what don't want high means to students i have to tell you when i interviewed for the job in the fall the hardest group of folks i had to stand up and speak front of and answer questions of was the twenty eight students in the small theater where you they're so big she was there and they were tough they were tough questions and you could tell that they were thoughtful  job tonight in training that a good job as well so i look forward to continuing the work of all six of our schools arcade as well view of how we can move the school system forward especially here belmore high which is the flagship of our district we have so many programs to offer some read things that students can be proud of so many things that teachers are doing with students in out of the classroom that make their experience one that really unique and special and one in which when i say to the students where you think i'm going to remember about your time in beaumont high and so if you can correct me if i'm wrong but i think a lot of the students spoke about the teachers in the experience that they are having so space is great in math is a great class and learning spanish or latin is incredible and being in the choir on the football team is unique and great but it's the people in the relationships that the students need and are able to experience so these spaces build those places to have those relationships between teachers and students coaches and students musical directors and  hi i'm ashley landry i'm a librarian this year i know i've met some of you at back to school night and parent teacher conferences so it's nice to see you again and i haven't met you yet it's really nice to meet you i just want to start off by saying thank you for being such a wonderful parent teacher organization is really great coming into a school in the twenty first century that supports its library i know nowadays people think libraries are thing of the past and everything can be found  online and well most things can be found online not everything can be and even if it is on line it doesn't mean students know how to find it so that's my job and this is a great space for that so it's being used for not only your financial support for the beautiful rooms back there and for the benches those students don't have to sit on the ground which is a fire hazard anyway but also explored the fact that you actually believe in the library because coming into a school in the twenty first century that makes my job much easier knowing that the space is supported it's a really wonderful community to come into when i was interviewing for my position mr richards and i did talk a lot about the space and the vision and knowing that the principal and the parents and the whole community support the same vision makes finding a job that much better and knowing it's a great fit so i just want to thank you all again i can't wait to get those drums up and running as well because the students i was talking to soulsby a little while ago they were asking what the rooms are actually going to be called and i'm calling them the innovative learning rooms and we all need to agree on a name because the students have been giving them their own names one of which is the library jail one of which is the nick cage is there are pictures of nicholas cage taped up there one day so we're all really excited to see those faces even though we might not agree on them at the moment so i  we for them to be up in writing right up and running and for your children to tell you what they're finally card but no matter what they will be used for innovative learning they're really helping to bring this space into the twenty first century because today libraries are not just about finding information but are still collaborating and creating new content and those rooms will be a great place to do that and avengers are a great place just for students to get to collaborate to learn and just because there are so many students that want to come in here and i hate to have to turn them away and i really haven't had to do that yet but at least now if i do i know they have a company place to sit in the heart so thank you for everything feel free to talk to me after i would love to get to know all of you thank you