you good morning i would like to start off this morning by welcoming parents administrators school committee members community leaders faculty staff and most important of all our students of the class of two thousand and fifteen we are here today to celebrate absolutely we are here today to celebrate the four years of hard work and dedication from our students at belmont high school whether your name is called this morning or not you all have worked very hard over these four years i can say that i am truly proud to be your principal and would like to congratulate everyone on a job well done please give all of our students a big  at this time i'd like to welcome junior class officer president trey butler and vice president stephen lucas who will come up and see this morning's events train ste want to start off by saying congratulations to this your senior class had a great year and i'd like to actually start off by recognizing two of you with the model marauder award for quarter four this year  at the end of the year we had to work really hard to narrow down our field for the citizenship award and i'd actually like to ask these two members to come forward margaret o'brien and livia cron margaret and a livia are being recognized for their commitment to the needs of others in particular those struggling with food scarcity and their creative and engaging approach to helping those in need in their community maggie and olivia stand out due to their maturity and sensitivity to other's needs both are natural leaders and do so quietly and by example and also with great care they impressed many at the nicholas kristoff event recently during which both of them described the work they and their peers have done to support local food banks in the belmont area as well as access to food to those in need as part of this work these remarkable students have been able to involve the greater  teaching her deep involvement in the marauder community and the positive impact she has had on so many marauders miscellany is the epitome of a model marauder with dedication to and passion for teaching that makes her a role model for the rest of us at belmont high school as one of our more experienced staff members she has helped all of her colleagues she has helped all of her colleagues develop both professionally and personally she is extensively involved in all aspects of our community from teaching and learning committees and student activities she is one of the first people in the building every day and one of the last people to leave always working on her lessons activities student learning outcomes day in and day out her dedication and process her in her energy positive outlook caring nature and deep investment in the students and colleagues she sees every day has made her one of the go to resources for thousands of marauders really congratulations thirty three years teaching at belmont high school miss malini is also celebrating her commencement with the class of two thousand and fifteen i want to tell you a little bit about those thirty three years earned her bachelor of science and the masses of arts and sciences with a concentration in math from boston college she began her career at belmont high school as a math teacher in september nineteen h two throughout her ten year mismo laney has continually prove you can do the math has continually proven to be a gifted and talented teacher who is an exemplary role model and mentor to all who have had the privilege to work with and learn from miss milly she is recognized by her colleagues for her ability to motivate and engage all students in their study of mathematics and for her dedication to developing young adults into productive responsible caring citizens she has a teaching skills that present as genuine professional magic with which she invites students to learn students respond to the invitation and from there miss money and able them to meet or exceed her high expectations throughout her thirty three years of service she has been equally proud of the accomplishments of her algebra one students as she has been of her a p calculus tunes she is attentive to individual needs and understands the challenges high school students face a testimony to miss malines impact on students is evident in the number of students who return after graduating to reconnect and thank her for being such a wonderful teacher miss maloney has modeled what it means to be a lifelong learner she continually took courses and participated in professional development she was here when graphing calculators and personal computers appeared and she graduates as we complete the i pad initiative and adjusts to smartphones from the beginning of her cheerleading coach and she chaperone for numerous school trips throughout the world she also served on countless committees faculty senate student handbook shared leadership curriculum advisory you look at a committee we've had in the high school over the last thirty three years in this bill and he's been on it the be a just math department along with the full b h s community and the entire district wish their appreciation to animal amy for her long and faithful thirty three years of service and looks forward to spending time with her husband family and especially grandchildren as you can imagine she has expressed how much she will miss the daily interactions with students she is very appreciative of our opportunity to work with the bright dedicated and to z asterix dunes who make belmont high we'll switch gears right now and talk about some of our exceptional students this year there were fifty seven belmont students who achieved a perfect score on one or more s a t exam thirty one of these students were members of the class of two thousand and fifteen students please come to the stage as your name is read and i'd ask that the audience hold their applause until the last name is call seth altman belmont i were also very fortunate to have forty students from across belmont that have been chosen as national merit commended students that means that these students have scored in the top three percent when taking the t and i'd like to ask that the following students stand to be recognized when your name is called and asked at the audience hold their pause until the last student's name is called  grace ramsey pablo reamers daniel rizzo brian smith charles smith this year we have nine students from belmont they've been chosen as national merit scholar semifinalists these students are among sixteen thousand students nationwide who scored in the top one percent of all students nationally who have taken the we also have seven students from belmont that were chosen as national merit scholar finalists these students have distinguished themselves with the fifteen thousand finalists nationwide as a potential national merit scholar with the following congratulations to our scholars and additionally before these final sit down i would like to announce that one of these students has been selected as a national merit twenty five hundred dollars scholarship winner and that is  and last on the list for me to present our of to the eight belmont students who have achieved a perfect score on one or more section of the exam all eight of these students are members of this class and i'd like that you called i like to ask that you come to the stage when i thank you mr mulder we would now like to present scholarships and awards that were chosen based on the completion abouts applications as well as specific criteria for each award for scholarship would be presented by the beaumont soccer association please hi everyone i just want to say good luck to the class of two thousand and fifteen good luck in your future and i know you will do very well i'm pleased to present the watertown that my chamber of scholarships to deserving young man was a put just to say first it was a privilege and an honor to read all the applications in the essay but one that stood out was for mr michael proud again so congratulations fifteen town of belmont scholarships are given to students with money that is collected by the town treasurer from the generous citizens of this year we are fortunate to be able to board six scholarships this year's rec in order to be eligible for these scholarships students must have filled out the belmont scholarship application this year we had a record number of one hundred sixty eight applicants for a total of eighty seven scholarships please graduations the class of two thousand and fifteen life is about choices choose wisely don't want lions club swimming awards given to the students which made the most outstanding contribution to this year's swim team the belmont lion's club is pleased to present the richard price memorial scholarship on the basis of academic achievement and good character this year's winners are fiona rooney and austin mo system as a student and an athlete following his graduation from bomb that high my dad went on to beat boston college for a pitch for the eagles and acquired an excellent education he left the experience of seeing his children grow up in his hometown well ensured that our studies always came first he was happy that each of us pursued athletics recognizing the value of leadership teamwork and sportsmanship it is no surprise then that a scholarship award in his name should be given to both a scholar and  congratulations to the class of nine two thousand and fifteen the first award is the belmont tennis association and why it's given to students who made the most outstanding contributions to this year's tennis team this year's the downline tennis association scholarship is awarded to a student who participates on the tennis team as a manager or a player and shows qualities of enthusiasm and fair play this scholarship is a water chip catherine  good morning congratulations to the class of two thousand and fifteen the league of women voters citizenship award is given to a student who is given who is shown tremendous civic involvement in this year's recipient good morning and congratulations class of two thousand and fifteen i'm here to formally present the browning grants scholarships and these awards were established in two thousand and one to honor the memory of my late son brandon grant was a graduate of the belmont high school class of two thousand to date there have been thirty one previous recent paeans of the browning grants scholarships move very proud to present today the thirty second thirty third thirty four as you may know we provide these scholarships to three annual recipients one to graduating senior of the belmont high school varsity baseball team our city softball team in virus city wrestling squad among other qualifications recipients should possess the same positive spirit and team leadership skills which brandon was known and demonstrate general qualities to contributing to the betterment of our world on behalf of the many people who work so hard supporting the browning grant foundation i'm honored to award this year's burning grants scholarships please join me in congratulating nicholas call laura noonan and robert moore so good morning and congratulations to all of you penny and i are from an organization called the just said the alumni and friends of belmont high school simply by virtue of graduating from belmont high as we did you to become a member our purpose is to raise enough money each year to provide for scholarships of twenty five hundred dollars each and to build a permanent endowment for future scholarships this is the eighth year we've been able to do this in the future i hope that you too will stay in touch with your classmates enjoy remembering belmont high experiences and perhaps even give back a bit as other alumni are now doing osborne pite and and  good morning congratulations to the class of two thousand and fifteen i'm here to present the james tinker scholarship which was created almost five years ago in memory of my younger brother james who passed away suddenly at the age of thirty eight he was a graduate of class of one nine hundred ninety eight while here he participated in football and wrestling was captain of the football team and made it to the state's champions in wrestling with his coach kevin russo while he was here the motto of this award has become practice like you play a phrase which was instilled in jamie from his coach during his years here to always give one hundred percent even during practice even when there is no audience and you think no one is watching the criteria for this worth it award is someone who takes pride in his teammates success not only his own someone who shows leadership team and community spirit and a strong desire to give back of himself this year's recipient found himself in sports he became part of the community the school through organized sports and persevered through outside challenges he became connected to the school he became someone his peers looked up to and became an engaged in active participant in school and in sports he has shown leadership ambition and i have no doubt that this young man will go  well i'm i'm honored to be here today i wish all the best to all of you who are graduating i know how hard you work to get here and i i wish you much luck in the future and much more hard work to get you where you want to go i am here to present the scholarship award on behalf of the belmont historical society an organization that values where we are in history and where and the town we live in and the town you've all learned the camillus french scholarship is presented to a student who has demonstrated a high level of excellence in the study of history this year's recipient is ashley sorensen  first off i want to say congratulations to classes twenty fifteen especially to my coworkers from basic at burbank my name is brianna normile and i graduated from my high school in two thousand and twelve mr somare are as most of you know him as mr ass has been working in the belmont school systems for almost fifty years since one nine hundred sixty seven mr s has touched the lives of thousands of children around town including mine it's because of him that i am in college  elementary school teacher mr aston bodies the characteristics of fair play and teamwork he makes every child feel as though they can do anything they set their mind to and he inspires others to live out their dreams this scholarship goes out to student that is going into a field of education in hopes that they like mr x will touch the lives of the students that they encounter in their career this year the mr richardson mario mr asked scholarship to any ro for the morning and congratulations belmont against racism has donated this year to the thelma byrne scholarship which will be awarding one scholarship to a senior mco student who has demonstrated academic and athletic achievement and who has been actively involved in the b h s community this year's recipient is know it johnston savage this century twenty one adam scholarship goes to a student who is shown academic achievement and great improvement and involvement in extracurricular activities this award is presented to lillian dash and kayla mag pursuing a higher education the scholarship awards a member of my high school varsity wrestling team who is also demonstrated the same passion for life that my father and body is my great pleasure to give this scholar athlete award honors students who have achieved excellence in both mind and body it distinguishes those who display leadership commitment and character in all of their endeavors their word recipients have achieved the highest academic standards while participating in at least two sports per academic year they have earned 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 who himself embodied all of these characteristics a belmont resident for twenty years he passed away unexpectedly at age fifty five in two thousand and thirteen like today's award recipients he too was a scholar athlete in high school playing both football and hockey with commitment and excellence he grew up in western mass where he was an outstanding hockey player he captained teams that won three consecutive western mass championships and you wanna high honor roll student he was a higher honor roll student who graduated near the top of his class receiving a distinguished science award at graduation he continued hockey at boden college where he was a double major of mathematics and economics my dad was very involved in all of his children's academic and athletic activities here is how very proud of his accomplishments and he strove to motivate us to achieve the same standards and all parts of our lives i know that my dad would be honored to continue to give back to our community through the good morning and congratulations class of two thousand and fifteen i am songkran and i'm actually the local marine corps representative and i'm here to give out awards on behalf of scholastic excellence distinguished actually and the music program the first award is classic excellence the marine corps believe encouraging students to sharpen their mind is a key ingredient to success i would like to recognize the students who have gone above and beyond the call of duty academically it gives me great pleasure to present this year's scholastic excellence thank you and congratulations class feels like yesterday i was sitting right where you're sitting now but sadly it's more yesterday's and i can really remember i'm here to present to you for the first time ever be freeman scholarship which being awarded to somebody who characterizes the same things that abby did in her life which are passion loyalty courage family while they were here they learned how to speak english and build themselves up from once being poor farmers to running a prosperous family business they were creative resourceful and operated from a place of integrity this award is to celebrate the couple's shared values of hard work honestly aber and their lifelong pursuit of education for the full family history you're welcome to peruse p z foundation dot com the two scholarships are to be awarded to each of the value of two thousand five hundred dollars this scholarship is designed to reward individuals that work hard towards building and career it is encouraged at the recipients of the awards are students of science engineering technology or math although that is not a requirement to be deserving of this award this year th the eleanor roberta walker a scholarship is in honor of miss walker who overcame great obstacles in her life she attended wheelock college back in the one nine hundred thirty s against her father's wishes when advanced studies for women were not highly looked upon she pursued her degree without assistance from her family and went on to be such an impactful teacher who taught at belmont elementary schools for forty one years she had a love of children a curious mind and enthusiasm for teaching the scholarship is given to a worthy student who plans to continue her education and major in education this year's award is given to rosie fitzgerald the belmont savings bank scholarship is awarded to sammy both patty and elizabeth  one more reason to shop locally at the belmont center business association donates to scholarships to two seniors each year this year the scholarships are awarded to emily lan that patricia say memorial scholarship is given to a former butler school student it is awarded to nicholas ro the belmont high school p t o scholarship is given to students with academic achievement and a strong school spirit this year's awards are given to alex hill and tom martin the following award is given to a student who plans to pursue a career in teaching or nursing the belmont women's rotary scholarship is a the admin bacon memorial scholarship is awarded to james mcnamara good morning and congrats to the class of two thousand and fifteen the belmont patrolmen's association scholarship is awarded to a graduate pursuing higher education in criminal justice or forensic science this year's award is presented to natalie salami thank you officer o'connor please welcome guidance counselor miss emily taylor to present the next scholarships the bellman education association would like to support a graduating senior who has been inspired to pursue a career in education by one of his or her public school educators this student has been inspired by orchestra director mark over u b to pursue a career  music education the scholarship winner described miss ruby has going above and beyond standard expectations in her care for her students and her mission to improve our musicality and playing ability as well as supporting students to be mistakes as our most valuable learning the william rudman memorial scholarship goes to a student who possesses a passion for history this year's recipient is john the richard burnham memorial scholarship is given to give that the next caller ship is the are gerald kelly scholarship gerald kelly spent his entire life in belmont and it was a special place to him he graduated from high school in one nine hundred twenty eight and then spent time in the service he returned to belmont as a teacher and then belmont junior high in the late one nine hundred thirty s and remained there as a teacher assistant principal and finally principal until his retirement in one nine hundred eighty anyone who attended the schools during this time period knew mr kelly as a person who truly cared about each and every student his son and daughters attended the belmont schools and graduated from belmont high and currently two of his eight grandchildren are members of the class of two thousand and sixteen the importance of education was are always stressed to the in the family which is why the family feels it is so important that the scholarship be given to a student pursuing a career in education the family thinks everyone for the opportunity to have their father membered in the special way to our jerrold kelley scholarship is presented the rotary club of belmont scholarship is given to a student who has demonstrated an incredible dedication to service to the community this year scholarship the charles and frank napoleon scholarship is given to a student showing outstanding athletic and academic achievement in this year's recipient as erin mclaughlin the standard daily candle scholarship goes to a student majoring in music this year scholarship goes to the richard allen scholarship is awarded to a graduating senior who has demonstrated exemplary motivation and effort in their coursework and extracurricular activities this scholarship goes to ed and mac the charles christopher lee memorial scholarship goes to a student who has reflected the qualities of character in leadership during his or her years in the public school system is awarded the normally shot memorial scholarship is given to a senior continuing on to art school or has made an exceptional contribution or achievement in our this year's recipient is raphaela d the next group of scholarships are awarded to students who have been involved in athletics during their high school career the paul de hanson scholarship is given to ben la thank you the following scholarships a based on participation in extracurricular activities the westland family scholarship is awarded to carol  the howard shop memorial scholarship is given to livia cronan the next group of scholarships were chosen by the scholarship committee based on overall academics community service and commitment to be a chest the william betancourt memorial scholarship is awarded to emily the following awards are given to students who plan to major in business or related field the cosmo to stuff an all memorial scholarship is awarded to anthony the guidance department is also presenting awards for determination and perseverance in the recent b m so these awards are jake larry iran ski shop cd jackie hill and jong kim belmont high school is on it to present the next award for hard work and dedication and the reception for this year is ed and mark wen the national honor society is an organization which chooses to members they sound extraordinary in scholarship leadership character and service we have a thriving chapter at belmont high school this year we would like to recognize two members who have served the chapter of the following students will receive the n h s scholarship grace ramsi and stanfor the medco recognition award this present is to graduating seniors who have demonstrated both academic and community service contributions to their school community in belmont and their home community  you thank you mr welch i would like to invite miss colleen fully the director of foreign language to come to the states to come for the foreign language award good morning i'm pleased to be here to present awards on behalf of the foreign language department each year the massachusetts foreign language association presents more awards to students who have demonstrated the highest i q academic achievement the northeast conference awards for excellence in foreign language study are given to graduating students who are unrolled in the most advanced level of the language for which the offer award is being made students must demonstrate academic excellence and also show evidence of interest in foreign language and international studies beyond their work in the classroom this year the awards are presented to tom assemblages for spanish catherine o'malley for french devon carter for latin and charles smith for chinese the latin book award is given to the student the most advanced course of latin offered at belmont high school who has achieved academic excellence and who it demonstrates an interest in the language and culture this year's  the following awards are given to seniors for their ongoing commitment and passion to foreign languages throughout their entire tenure at belmont high school the first award is given to a senior who has demonstrated the highest academic achievement in foreign language this award is presented to isabel rich the next award is given to the senior who has contributed the most to the school community as it relates to the foreign language department this year's award goes to thank  the following awards are given to seniors for their ongoing commitment and passion to mathematics throughout their entire tenure at belmont high school and like to recognize pablo reamers and emma  i would also like to recognize a group of students i'd like them to stand as their name is mentioned and i'd like them to see their teacher after this emily if possible to receive their certificates we recognize the following hello and congratulations to the class of two thousand and fifteen the twelfth grade science department academic achievement p t o ward goes to katherine t the science department would like to recognize the following students who are receiving honorable mentions and you can go see your teachers fund the assembly to receive your award so the following students may please stand in their seats to be recognized the next award is a new award that our science department wanted to order to convey to sue's two seniors who have contributed the most of the greater world community as it relates to social justice in the sciences and finally the following awards are given to seniors for their ongoing commitment and passion to science read their entire tenure at belmont high school so the first this award is given to the senior who has demonstrated the highest academic achievement in science thank you it's my great honor and pleasure and privilege to be able to come back to belmont and to celebrate this outstanding achievement of the class of two thousand and fifteen congratulations i'm here to for the fifth annual presentation of the fitzpatrick book award it's given in memory of mr fitzpatrick who served as the director of english for fifteen years and the assistant superintendent last two years that he was here in recognition of his love of language and literature the english department like to congratulate all seniors on the successful completion of their high school careers and the senior thesis in particular three outstanding senior writers each year are awarded the lillian f blacker wards for the top senior theses as selected by the english department these students were on heard by the black her family and shared their writing at a ceremony last month today we would like them to stand and be recognized in first place in second place devon carter and in third place eunice lee thank you writers we are very proud of the work that all of you seniors have done the following awards are given to seniors for their ongoing commitment and passion for english during their years about my high school please stand when your name is c and your certificates i believe can be collected in the main office sammy belt qadi lucy shu and lilian dash this next award is given to the senior who has demonstrated the highest academic achievement and english this year's award winner is maggie o'bri finally this award this next award is given to the senior who has contributed most to our community of writers in the english department this year's award winner is alex  thank you and behalf of the social studies department i want to congratulate all of this year's seniors for all the hard work you've done here about my high school for the past four years today it is my distinct pleasure to present the first student government award to two people who have worked extraordinarily hard to serve and represent the student body i am confident these two young women will continue their efforts and gay teen great success as they move on and face new challenges next year it is with great delight that i  along with the student government scholarship upon the social studies department would also like to recognize the work of two seniors who have demonstrated high academic achievement and strong commitment to our community throughout their four years here at belmont the first award is given to this year who has demonstrated highest academic achievement in social studies and this award goes to charlie smith the second award is given to the senior who has contributed the most to our school community as it relates to the social studies department and this award goes to th and finally our department would like to recognize the following seniors as an honorable mention please stand when your name is called and you can pick up your certificates in the main office after the ceremony these are no mentions are  the belmont intergenerational award recognizes the significance of intergenerational work in the history of community service at belmont high school the program began about thirty years ago in the social studies class with the student initiated oral history project with senior citizens in belmont this year's recipient of the intergenerational award has followed his family tradition in devoting hundreds of hours in his years at the h s working with senior citizens in nursing homes come on up james including getting the social studies department to wear pink hair and incredible fundraising results it has been another banner  the recipient of the bellman high school community service award is someone who has been a standout in service obviously she is a four time presidential winner who has been a driving force in pals and has spent countless hours volunteering in l this year twenty four seniors received the president's volunteer service awards for performing at least one hundred hours of service this year as they were already under the recently of school committee ceremony i will simply read their names now and ask them to stand in the following students have earned the gold award for performing at least two hundred fifty hours of service this past year john briley shawna collins david dillon julius frank know it johnston j congratulations to the recipients and to the entire class of two thousand and fifteen which together who's counting performed eight thousand eight hundred and forty three hours of service in the past year thanks you for your service and good luck in your next chapters morning everyone proud to be up here today to congratulate you all on your accomplishments and wish you luck in the future but particularly to thank those of you who have been a part of the department of fine of performing arts for the leadership that you've shared with us over the past four  years one of the very special things about being a teacher in the department of fine of performing arts is that we have the opportunity to work with students over more than one year most of you who have been in the department at the high school level have been with the same teacher for three or four years if you're in the theater department you've spent more hours with your theater director than probably any other adult in your life and for some of you you've been with the same music teacher since the third or fourth grade so it's safe to say that your teachers have developed strong relationships with you and a strong affinity for you so we ask you two things before you leave first is to keep in touch and let us know how you're doing second is that you keep doing whatever it is you're doing here whether that's art music or theater we hope that that will be a part of your education at the next level and a part of your lives  for for as long as that may be so without further ado the following students were selected to perform in the nasa choose its music educators two thousand and fifteen all state chorus band orchestra please stand to be these next awards we've asked that the students come to the podium and receive their awards and recognition of outstanding achievement and interest in instrumental music for singular merit and loyalty and cooperation and for displaying high qualities of conduct the john philip sousa band award is presented to will cheney the national school choral award is given in recognition of singular merit ability and achievement as well as outstanding contributions to the success of the school vocal program and an unusual degree of loyalty and cooperation and by the general consent of the music faculty the national school choral award parents of music students scholarships are awarded to graduating seniors for their outstanding contributions to the music program and to promote their continuing music education at the university level this year's recipients are rolling wolf devon carter and an this year the belmont high school vocal jazz award is presented to zoe minor and this year the louis armstrong jazz award is presented to rowan w the national school orchestra award is given 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 aim of the school instrumental music program the national school or the following students we ask just stand to be recognized when we call your name when i call your name the following students have received recognition recognition for their outstanding performance by being selected to perform in two thousand and fifteen mme northeastern senior district festival in either awards are given to seniors for their ongoing commitment and passion for music throughout the years of belmont high school please come to the podium or receive rewards the first award is given to a senior who's demonstrated the highest academic achievement in music and this year the award goes to the next award is given a senior who's contributed the most of the school community as a relates to the music department and so for her leadership this year the award is given to grace ramsey we're going to some visual art awards this year the two thousand and fifteen art award in photography for outstanding achievement is given to christopher o this year's art award ceramics for outstanding achievement goes to diana and two thousand and fifteen art award in sculpture for outstanding achievement goes to kian jordan the next two awards are given to seniors for their ongoing commitment and passion for the arts throughout their years a bomb on high school the award for academic achievement in art is split between sabine strauss and raphael a daily on and the award for school community as relates to the art department goes to catherine sailor feodor the spotlight award is presented to two students who demonstrate a high level of achievement in acting and in technical theater production this year the award for acting goes to grace ramsey and the award for technical feature production goes to the dan scharf when performing arts scholarship is awarded to two graduating seniors for their outstanding contributions to the performing arts company the award is named for the late dan scharf and who among the many contributions he made to our community was passionate about arts education in our schools and particularly about the importance of theater arts this year that dan scharf and scholarships go to  the b j williams award is given to a senior whether actor technician or production staff member who's done the most to promote theater at belmont high school this year's recipient is devon carter following students receive 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 these students receive gold key awards in painting darcy feely receiving a gold key award in photography this year it was austin following students received silver key awards and painting kimberly cat hay soup ark and anyway receiving a silver key award in digital art cha and receiving an honorable mention in painting the gene kim good morning i'm honored to be here in front of such a great group of seniors so good luck next year and have a very safe summer the belmont high school jazz collective won a silver medal at the two thousand and fifteen m a j ejaz collective festival at reading high school accepting the belmont high school jazz collective award are tarred johnson wrote in wolf and riley gr the belmont high school jazz choir won a silver medal at the two thousand and fifteen jazz choir festival held at wellesley high school excepting for the belmont high school j the following awards are in recognition of outstanding performance amongst our school athletic teams the girl swim team is recognized for being middlesex league champions as well as m r i age division two state finalists the girls outdoor track team is recognized for being their own sex league champions this year excepting on behalf of the girls track team is kayla mag no the girls i saw key team is recognized as being middlesex league champions this year excepting on behalf of the girls ice hockey team are pauline air erin mclaughlin suzanne noon thank you superintendent failon we would now like to invite mr jim davis athletic director and director of physical education to the stage to confirm the athletic and physical education of w thank you having had an opportunity to sit and listen to all these awards this morning three words came to mind about the class of two thousand and fifteen you were active you were engaged and you were supportive of one another well done two thousand and fifteen well done we have several athletic awards to recognize for outstanding achievement this past year the first is the alford king memorial award it's given to a tennis player who best exemplifies the qualities of leadership ability and the paul carrier ward is given to both a girl and boy varsity basketball player who has displayed hard work dedication to academics and to the sport of basketball this year's recipients are a land of brag in this next award the john dr and all memorial award is given to a student for their dedication loyalty service in spirit to the belmont high f what a program this year's recipient is luke alberta cleary award is given to a virus city basketball girls basketball player for their excellence on the court as well as their excellence in the classroom this year's recipient is none other than linda the william marcus in memorial award is given to a senior who is in good school citizen ship a member of the track team possesses a never quit attitude this year's recipient is none other than owen madden the joseph h mcdermott award for baseball is given to a student who has been an outstanding player and leader on the varsity team this year's recipient is bobby our next award is given to the most valuable football player from the two thousand and fourteen squad mr ma this year's winner of the belmont friends of wrestling award is none other than darren chan these next two awards are in memory of a long time don't want high athletic director mr maule winner the first is the male winner award for basketball and it's given to a senior who has competed in the virus on the varsity level and who has exhibited  on selfish devotion to his team its members into the coaching staff this year's recipient is seth the friends of belmont lacrosse award goes to a senior boy and girl who has differentiated themselves from the others through attitude of leadership and generosity on the playing field and who possesses  award recognizes outstanding performance in the sport of track and field the app track award is given to an athlete for recognition of dedication and perseverance in track this year's recipient is ari silver leslie i would like to give folks an update we had up we still have several teams still in tournaments action our girls tennis team as advanced they won yesterday still be at reading high school the south to noon and a quarter final tournament match up our boys and girls track teams have a close to two dozen student athletes but to spending tomorrow at fitchburg state college at the all state track meet in our boys baseball team had a nice victory yesterday overwhelming ten and they'll be playing at danver school on monday night so we hope that you can come out and support the student athletes as they continue their their seasons congratulations every before we adjourn i have a few people i'd like to thank for making this morning's program a success for us i like to thank all of you all of the present as for giving of their time and the honor the honor of come here to honor our young people thank you handling the audio and visual side up we couldn't do it without you thank you very much a quick reminder to all recipients of the town of belmont awards the viale award the p c scholarship and the alumni and friends of belmont high school recipients to gather in the courtyard for a photo journey with your donors and one who has asked to stand to be recognized can receive the certificate in the main office thank you very much for attending today's ceremony and will look forward to seeing us sunday's graduation