PCTVS Presents | 2024 PCTI Senior Award Night | 6pm

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using her cell phone so how about that it's always challenges always challenges please note that tonight's ceremony will be live streamed and recorded uh on our pctvs YouTube channel link and at that time I'd like to shout out to our all right so um should be ready to go any [Music] minute for [Music] [Music] get [Music] the [Music] all right all right at this time we ask everyone to stand for the presentation of Colors by our rooc students followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by our borian and sorum our school choir will then lead us in the national anthem and the singing of our alada flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all [Music] seees and chist stars through the for the we [Music] soet and the rockets the BS in the that a was there [Music] [Applause] for the land of the [Applause] free and the Heart of the [Music] there is a school on a hill up above the city where we have been G to for say County we thank you today cuz now we can make our way through this heart we thank you [Music] today there is a heartbe in Theo up above the city it is the teachers giving us School for is the St helping us to grow administrators helping us how to live you Tau us to [Music] give of joy and we sh of hard work but will never forget you all our is Vision in our hearts achievement it is a vision for success in all we thank you today cuz now we can make our way in this we thank you [Music] today we today we thank you [Music] today okay start off our ceremony with opening remarks is our chief School administrator Mr John Mello thank you Mr BCI good evening all you guys good evening it gives me great pleasure on behalf of the Bay County Technical and vocational schools Boards of Education Administration and school commun Community to welcome you to our senior annual Awards program this is a special night as we recognize our outstanding students who exemplify Excellence these students of the class of 2024 have shown their steadfast determination and are ready to move on to the next chapter of their lives tonight we put the spotlight on our hardworking students have raised the bar for themselves to be the very best they can can who have proved time and time again that our district is like no place else at this time I'd like to uh take this opportunity to welcome tonight our Board of Education president Mr Michael [Applause] Kasha the vice president of our Board of Education dearis Solomon [Applause] and representing our Educational Foundation is Diana C labasco and Al [Applause] Alexander I wish to also acknowledge and thank our scholarship supporters and the organiz organizations they represent for many these scholarships for making these scholarships possible by your tremendous support and generosity you allow our students to be one step closer to their dreams we are very proud of the young people we are honoring tonight we want we all want to thank the parents friends business partners supporters Administration and staff for all your success my sincere congratulations and very best wishes to the class of 2024 for a very happy and successful future enjoy this special evening thank [Applause] you and now at this time I'll introduce the principal of pcti Mr Antonio [Applause] [Music] Garcia good evening uh you guys can do better than that good evening good evening all right that's better you guys are awake you had some coffee good all right uh I am the proud principal of pcti it's a great honor to welcome all of you this evening to our 2024 senior awards ceremony so I'm just going to get started and say the first individual that we're going to call up and honor is this year's valedictorian that that designation is for the student that's rank number one and pcti it is my honor to bring up Hannah [Music] IGN all right next up is our second rank student again this is not easy to do for these individuals our class of 2024 salad torian uh Ana [Music] [Music] Hussein okay next up is the principal's leadership award so it's not easy to pick amongst such talented group and dedicated student body um this year I gave it a lot of thought and I really thought about you know who exemplifies leadership inside the classroom outside the classroom and over this big giant campus the two individuals that I'm going to acknowledge today are our brothers they're twins uh the D Brothers Tre sea and [Applause] Trayvon although they couldn't be here this evening because they had other commitments uh that took some precedent um do want to just speak about both of them these individuals I actually knew before coming to pcti um when I was an assistant principal I had one of them in my school prior to coming and I always used to tell them every single day listen just keep working hard whatever you're going to do do it with uh Grace and and dedicate all your efforts to it and then I find out I'm coming here and and they're both coming here as well so we've been together for a little while uh they exemplified uh the Bulldog character in our hallways in the class room and on the football field and whatever they did They Carried themselves uh with extreme High character um and on all they although they can't be here tonight I do want to acknowledge both of them for all their hard work and dedication while they've been here the last four years so once again thank you all right I'm gonna take uh a brief pause to actually um acknowledge uh two individuals we're going to call one up every year we have new Jersey selects what we call the governor's educator and teacher of the year award this year it's an honor to bring up our Teacher of the Year Caitlyn [Applause] [Music] D good evening it's an immense honor and a privilege to present the Educator's choice award tonight this award is given to a student who embodies the essence of Excellence dedication and passion and I can think of no one more deserving than Britney Roman I had the pleasure of having Britney in my AP Biology class last year where she truly stood out for her academic Brilliance impressive GPA and remarkable character and dedication uh Britney's not just an exceptional student academically she's a beacon of involvement in leadership she's in a ton of activities at the school and also plays huge roles in um um NJ Roc and she also has a great Passion with art which she would bring into our classroom which was a lot of fun to see and I still have the postcard you got me from your vacations that had great art on it but also had to do it science and it stays in my classroom [Applause] [Music] okay it's an honor to present the next presenter which is our 2024 pcti Ed specialist of the Year miss Al Lima pup hello good evening everyone I can't believe they're allowing me to use a microphone tonight but it's great to see you all out there uh so as the pcti educational specialist of the year I was asked to select an outstanding student who I've watched grow over the last four years don't look at me I'm getting emotional um she came into my office at the end of her sophomore year and at the end of the meeting she's like oh wow I wish I would have come here a lot more and then that happened over the next um couple of years she's kind caring intrinsically motivated resilient um and she's involved in everything I don't even know how she has time to survive and breathe and be as lovely as she is this year she EXP exp erience a loss of someone very important to her and despite this loss she has continued to shine I'm excited that her future plans involve working with children because she can and will help mold and motivate the young minds of Tomorrow the population that she will serve will be very lucky to be in her orbit just as I am lucky to be in her orbit now and I am proud to give this award to someone who will continue to work hard and deserves it all and I hope that she gets everything that she wants and needs this goes to Jayla Freedman w [Music] all right so we're going to take a brief pause on the agenda something that's not on there because I do want to take a moment to acknowledge somebody who's been very important and integral uh these last four years so four years ago uh class of 2024 showed up we had a lot of new students and new parents and one parent in particular stepped up and really dedicated herself to poor I don't know Timeless efforts um to make sure that the class and the school Community had everything they want so I would like to acknowledge M labasco our PTC ptso president if she can come up and just accept an appreciation award on behalf of our school [Music] [Music] well deserved well deserved okay I'm back we give Mr Garcia a break our next award is the uh pcti Education Foundation scholarship Awards these awards are presented to students who have a minimum GPA of 3.0 demonstrate a commitment to their school and local community and have been accepted to a postsecondary institution making the present ation today is Mr Al Alexander president of the pcti Education Foundation and former Board of Education president come on [Music] up thank you Nick good evening everyone as the president of the pay County Technical Institute Education Foundation I am delighted to join you as we pay tribute to those senior pcti students who have shown excellence in their achievements and have made the best of their High School experience we are proud of each one of you for your contribution in making both pcti the top Career and Technical High School in the USA through the past 28 years the Education Foundation has raised well over $1 million to provide scholarships and program assistant for our students and staff at tonight's ceremony I am delighted to announce that the pcti Education Foundation will be awarding scholarships to 25 well-deserving seniors from pcti to assist them as they continue their education congratulations and B best wishes to all of you [Applause] I'm gonna be calling up the recipients uh in groups of five I'm gonna ask you guys to come up and stand and take for picture before you sat down sit down okay first up Shahid [Applause] chowri GRE uh gar Faith Diaz Eduardo Mitzy Farah Bash take a picture get [Music] closer our next students Tah ahed Mariah Fay aen Alon Amar El dooki Brianna Lopez [Music] next we have Jordan vital Ana Hussein Amy Patricio Alana Anton Aaliyah lante [Music] [Music] Aiden Sullivan Ania colog Valdez azra aad Ria Sha reene hanafi [Music] we have Malik Nazir [Music] Nasser Victoria Daniels Nancy Dar [Applause] witch suhan Hussein and Carrick Lawrence [Music] [Music] the next award is the We Care scholarship award it gives me great pleasure to announce the recipient of a very special scholarship award that is exclusive to a pctvs senior what makes this scholarship unique is that the proceeds were raised exclusively by the pctvs family teachers administrators and support staff through a special day set aside as our Tech family Weare Blue Jeans day this year the total proceeds collected will allow us to provide two Weare Tech family scholarships to exceptional students from both pcti and the Diana C LS Academy who have demonstrated outstanding activities character and spirit and truly embod embody the highest ideals of pctvs tonight's honor from pcti has demonstrated Superior work ethic they can do attitude selfishness and epitomizes the ideals of pcti as a senior in the Academy of Health Sciences this student student maintains an impressive GPA of 4133 and has excelled both academically and professionally at the young age of 18 this student has passed the nremt to become a certified emergency medical technician EMT this student has developed much time and has demonstrated adaptability and commitment to an outstanding array of volunteer work such as the Val Health System warmup America the youth arts program WS Across America and the great fall Center to name a few over 200 hours of community service has been expended by this student with over 60 hours working with children throughout different youth programs all of these attributes make this student an exceptional candidate for the Weare scholarship award our honor is a shining example of what it means to turn passion into practice and we'll be attending William Patterson in the fall studying exercise and science congratulation to Reggie Aziz on this world [Music] [Music] next award is the Albert Manzo and Tommy Manzo over the brown sip Brown Stone scholarship this award is presented to an outstanding senior in culinary arts pursuing further education in the same field Maya Torres [Music] [Music] next round got it you got it all right our next award is the Anthony scado Memorial award sponsored by the fidelian this award is presented to an outstanding senior in culinary arts pursuing further education in the same field making the presentation tonight is Mr Michael Kasha pctvs board [Music] president good evening everyone this scholarship is from the fidelian of America fidelian of America was started over 85 years ago by American citizens who are her Italian Heritage the fidelian organization has supported those in our community with special needs and circumstances the gold of the fidelian is to continue to assist those in need it is our mission to make the difference in our lives of the less fortunate and disadvantage We Believe by aiding young people with disabilities we can Empower them to reach their full potential for their personal development it's my honor to give this to a culinary student Tyler Evans [Music] all right our next award is the Lincoln of Wayne Francine Spina Memorial Scholarship this award is presented in memory of Mr Spa's sister to an outstanding senior who best represents the values of pcti as part of the communication arts audiovisual program this student has worked as a senior Co-op student with the pctvs production team and achieved honor rooll and principal's honor rooll all four years he proudly represented our school as a student ambassador excuse me and class representative during freshman orientation and was a member of the sign language and varsity clubs a participant of freshman and JV volleyball and varsity fencing he starred as a varsity swimmer earning swim Captain athlete of the month along with all County and all state honors he will be attending the University of Maine this fall and joining their men's swim team while pursuing a degree in New Media I'll say that he was a lot shorter but now he's a lot taller Joseph stal [Applause] [Music] [Music] all right our next award is the Justin Taylor Weiss later Automotive scholarship each year this award is generos generously given by Ida Weiss later in memory of her son Justin to seniors who demonstrate excellence and dedication in the field of automotive technology making the uh presentation tonight is Mrs Ida Weiss [Music] later hi everybody um so this is my seventh year doing this and uh it's my pleasure to give these two scholarships out to two amazing students here um my son Justin who passed he would be totally amazed by everything that you've done here you know all your children's accomplishments and what you as parents have done the reason for the automotive industry is because my personally have am a retiree from Ford Motor Company in upper management for Lincoln merury division um and I also have worked at Lincoln Wayne who just give out gave out a scholarship I was the administrator and it manager there for 18 years so my whole 40 Years of what I've been doing has been the automotive field so and also his father was a car dealer with multiple franchises and who has since sold and retired Justin grew up in an environment that was totally passion for the car business and if you're in the in the uh automotive field you have to have that passion to succeed and he would have been working as the general sales manager at the time graduating from forom University I know he would be very grateful to be here today presenting these two Awards which I have the pleasure I'm doing for Jose Suarez Marez [Music] and also for Aldo venti is not here [Music] okay our next award is the Thomas Woods Memorial scholarship award these awards are presented in memory of Thomas Woods beloved pcti Finance business instructor to seniors who embody his Spirit making the presentations tonight are Mrs S Sandra Woods mother of Tom Thomas woods and pctvs director of communications and special projects and her daughter Dar [Music] Scully thank you very much Mr bchi and good evening to our guests in the great class of 2024 my daughter Dar and I are deeply honored to be here today in memory of my beloved Son and PCT Academy of Finance instructor Thomas woods Tom was an amazing son and a teacher who had an unforgettable smile and an enthusiasm for life that was so contagious he loved his students very much and found so much joy and pride in seeing them succeed this is our 10th year of presenting Scholarships in his honor and I hope in some way we have preserved his memory and his unwavering belief and pride in the outstanding in achievements of our students I am happy to award six scholarships tonight to our deserving students as a reminder to always believe in yourselves as he believed in you and so class of 2024 in memory of Thomas Woods I ask that you always always follow your dreams and go and do great things in the world may God bless you all as we move on As you move on to your next Journey [Applause] Natalie [Applause] Sanchez Corey Sams Caitlyn rendes Jayla Stewart giovana bamas Masco and Trayvon D he couldn't be here tonight but this is for him [Music] okay our next presenter is the scholarship is the CFS investment advisory Services scholarship this award is presented to a senior who plans to pursue a career care and finance making the presentation tonight is Greg macowski managing [Music] member thank you Mr bchi and congratulations to all of you outstanding seniors job well done now the hard work really begins right um we every year we present an award to the outstanding senior that is pursuing a degree in finance this year's senior is attending rers Newark uh which is an amazing Finance program one of our star employees is an alumnist there and is outstanding and this year's recipient is redana Udin [Music] our next award is the Joyce Carlson Memorial Scholarship this scholarship recognizes students who are pursuing a four-year college degree have excelled in sports school and community activities making the presentation is Mrs Katherine Murray daughter and pctvs World Language instructor known as madame [Music] good evening everyone or as we say in France bons to Le as Mr bchi said my actual name is Katherine Murray but about 1% of you know that my what that is my real name so Madame is great I'm one of the French teachers here I had never heard of pcti until I came for an interview 16 years ago they hired me on the spot and I went what is this place so I'm very very lucky to be here um as a teacher and now as um a scholarship um somebody who can award scholarships I've named my scholarship after my beloved mother Joyce Carlson who unfortunately passed away four years ago she was a big believer in education and she was a learning disabilities uh teacher and tutor and that's where get my my teaching skills from um this year I received 113 applications which blew my mind it's the most I've ever gotten this is the third year that I've been able to do it so narrow naturally narrowing down the list was incredibly difficult so I really hope my mom is looking down and smiling at what I'm pleased to do in her memory so a $2,000 George Carlson Memorial Scholarship is hereby awarded to three recipients number one and I've been practicing this H first name all afternoon Zahara [Applause] Awad number two Sarah Nunes and number three Amir rabo thank you everyone [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you Miss Murray our next award is the Lakeland Bank scholarship this award recognized as a student who demonstrates academic success and inspires community and school spirit making the presentation is Mr Ken partika vice president and ARA [Music] manager good evening everybody congratulations again to the uh 2024 class at P pcti Lakeland Bank has hosted its annual Scholarship Golf Outing every year for the past 50 years over that time we have awarded over $2 million to local students pursuing a higher education in 2023 we raised more than $200,000 allowing us to award over 140 scholarships to local students in 2024 so it was with great pleasure they we were able to present this award to Gabriella [Applause] [Music] Tel thank [Music] you all right our next award is the uh ptsl parent teacher student organizations scholarship this award is presented to outstanding seniors pursuing further education have excelled in school and primarily whose parents are four-year paid members of the ptso who have shown an amazing support of the ptsl fundraising efforts which supports the ptsl senior scholarship fund making the presentation is Dria labasco pcti ptso president Diana C labosco former pctvs CH Chief School administrator and Sonia Torres parent [Music] leison thank you very much um as Mr bchi said the ptso awards really are for not only you seniors but also for the parents who have supported the ptso over the past four years uh thanks to all of you we have grown EXP expid entially and hopefully will continue raising money to help honor our students as we go forward but not only has the ptso raised fundraising money through parent participation teacher participation and of course District support but we also have been honored by a family the Harris family who has personally donated to the honor the trades award for the past two years this year included and many years to come so before we go through the ptso awards I'd like to introduce Mr David Harris thank you [Applause] daa so tonight we're going to present 14 students with a $1,500 award I'd like to tell you about the name honor the trades environmental award the the name was derived the the first half of the name came about when I thought about my son Nate he is a senior here at pcti and I really pushed him into the trades program into the school of construction I did that because he's very smart and unlike his father he's also very good with his hands so he went through the cycle and he ended up really uh loving Plumbing he he loved Mr G and he chose plumbing and and when I asked him to is if that's what he was going to go with he was a little bit hesitant and I asked him why and he said you know people kind of look down on the trades and I was a little bit surprised about that but he stuck it out he chose Plumbing he went through it and now when I see an adult ask him hey what are you doing at pcti he he puts his shoulders back he looks them in the eye and he says I'm a plumbing major in the school of construction technology and he is proud of what he's doing and he should be the trades are extremely important so the second half of this award is an environmental award and this may sound strange but I don't really consider myself an environmentalist I remember when recycling became a thing and I said to my wife she forced me to recycle and I was like so now we have to put garbage in two bins instead of one it doesn't really make sense to me but we evolve we evolve and I'll tell you a quick story about how how I evolved so I'm in the wholesale baking business and baking requires lots of Commercial Refrigeration we had about 15 of these little condenser units and they were always breaking and always leaking and they cost about $25,000 a piece and you would just replace them well the refrigeration contractor came to me and he said a after one had broken and he said to me you know you can fix this problem and it's going to cost you a lot of money and I said how how much is a lot and he said it's going to cost you a million dollars I said well I'm not a millionaire so that's not happening and he said well keep doing what you're doing because you're really contributing to the whole in NE ozone layer layer with all the leaks of refrigerant that you you have going here so I felt guilty about that what's the point of succeeding in business if you're leaving behind a polluted world for your kids there is no point so he talked me into it a refrigeration contractor T talked me into it I'm extremely lucky that he did because after that what happened was I didn't anticipate this but customers would say to me what's your Environmental Policy I didn't have one but now I had one because this Refrigeration contractor forced me into a cleaner refrigerant that doesn't leak and I didn't stop there I installed solar panels and other things so I evolved as person I evolved to become an environmentalist being environmentalist an environmentalist means making money so I'm hoping that that just like that Refrigeration contractor did for me that this sets you off on a path much earlier to become an environmentalist in your career so let's get you started and our first uh award recipient Alfredo [Applause] Gonzalez Roger [Applause] seong Salma Garcia Jose [Music] kada Jorge Melendez Jayla Mendes Jack [Applause] Stewart Jordan Austin Sophia San asses Kaden Rex Brandon pahan Carlos Gallo John Aon angel perz [Music] thank you Harris family the ptso doesn't end there with private donations I'd next like to introduce former Chief school superintendent Diana leosco who truly bleeds blue for the Bulldogs she's not only uh spent her career here um nurturing the school and the students but she is also now a proud Bulldog Grandma so with that Diana C [Applause] [Music] Laos thank you and uh my grandson's right in the front row there he's so cute anyway I just like to say congratul ations uh and I applaud all of our seniors here on the stage you know you've worked so hard over the past four years and your accomplishments are being realized tonight as you receive foundation and financial scholarships that will assist you in reaching your goals but I'd also like to congratulate the families out there for choosing pay County Tech for your child because I think that you realize that this is a wonderful window of opportunity and that that they have gained so much by attending the school so I think that the young people on this stage should thank their families for saying put your application in and you're going to go to pcti congratulations to the families but I have to tell you that the executive committee for the ptso has worked so hard every one of them to get scholarships for these uh students up here so uh I think we just just want to give them another round of applause for all the hard work that they've put in and I'm pleased to uh personally award scholarships to the following students Briana Bragg [Music] Thomas [Music] [Applause] Winkler summer Rodriguez and Kira Perez [Music] [Applause] thank you very much uh the next two awards are courtesy of our amazing corporate Partners Chick-fil-A of Wayne town Town Center in in Wayne um seniors Chick-fil-A yesterday at the picnic everybody yes yes all right Chick-fil-A worked with both the pcti and the DCL STEM Academy ptso this year on Spirit nights and so the next two awards are a result of that but they didn't stop there they partnered with our senior class advisers to help bring um a fun Chick-fil-A lunch to the students for their senior picnic and then they didn't stop there they handed out or gave to the district a uh sandwich gift card for every teacher in the district both at pcti and DCL stem for teacher appreciation week and then they didn't stop there the Chick-fil-A uh the Chick-fil-A franchise in Wayne is also donated a gift card for a Chick-fil-A Sandwich to every graduating senior of both pcti and DCL stem [Applause] so you you guys will get that in uh I think next week but um we can't thank them enough and students when you go out into Corporate America or whatever businesses you're doing remember what Chick-fil-A did that's being a great corporate citizen so thank you to them so on behalf of Chick-fil-A in Way toown Center Haley Stein and Joselyn wch please come [Music] [Applause] up [Music] Joseline all right we'll make this fast now the rest of these um senior parents you've been with the ptso since the beginning when we were like a little Charlie Brown giving out six Awards this year I mean gosh with all the donations and everything we're we're over 50 different Awards this this year so it's been pretty amazing and thank you for coming on this journey with us the next awards are from the pcti families in support of the pcti senior scholar ship award you're going to come up in fives and just please wait up here so you can get your picture taken Joseph [Applause] selovich Thomas Vandenberg John Carlos vasis Emily [Applause] rera Cody Baker was Thomas Vandenberg here [Music] Nicholas olivo Giana selovich Andrew Tui and Charles Phillip Colin wheeler [Music] that's colen wheeler [Music] danela Berto Jaden myON Noami aaria Sasha Pollock Sophia hesler [Music] Jaden myON [Music] Janelle Chavez Nicholas desle congratulations Emily Rivera Hannah Suarez Grace pelo Tyler [Music] camarado Emily Rivera [Music] alesandro Roberto Gabriella [Music] tanel Muhammad Abu Alo Mariah [Music] Fay Savannah [Music] zamore SA Haley Franco [Music] all right uh one last award this is the pcti ptso president award which I've been giving out for the past three years so this year is the fourth year and I'm very proud to give it to Joseph stous [Music] [Music] thank [Music] you thank you ptsl our next scholarship is the Andrew Jones Memorial schol scholarship this award is given in memory of our beloved and talented graphic arts instructor Andrew Jones who loved his craft and the students he taught making the presentation tonight is Miss deian Jones wife of Mr Jones and Fernando cologne graphic arts [Music] instructor good evening everybody I feel very underdressed dressed for Taco Tuesday at work so I apologize for being so underdressed today we honor my husband's Legacy by awarding the Andrew Jones Memorial Scholarship to two exceptional students who embody his Spirit of hard work imagination and perseverance Maria perole and Michaela Garcia like like Andrew these talented young women have demonstrated outstanding creative ability and an unwavering commitment to their craft through their dedication and unique artistic voices they are carrying forward Andrew's belief in the transformative power of art as Andrew taught us pursuing one's passions with infectious enthusiasm is how we truly should live life may the scholarship Inspire Maria and Michaela to fearlessly chase their Creative Visions just as Andrew did throughout his inspirational life and career his generous Spirit now lives on through their Journeys congrat congratulations to these deserving recipients and Andrew would be extremely proud and as we say in the Jones househ household onwards and upwards [Music] ladies thank you Dan our next two scholarships are uh the Michael massud senior Memorial Scholarship this award is given in memory of Mr Michael massud Senor and presented to a senior who plans to pursue a career as an accountant the second award is the bajo Gino Veron Memorial Scholarship this award is given in memory of bajo Gino Veron and presented to a senior who has demonstrated how standing growth and character making the presentation is Michael Veron grandson of Michael mud and brother of viajo [Music] Veron thank you Mr bchi uh good evening everybody how are you uh my name is Mike brome I'm a biology teacher at the DCL STEM Academy and I'm going to be presenting the Mike mid senior scholarship award to Corey Sams um not yet uh the scholarship is given in memory of Michael mid senior as a war or two senior pursuing a career and accounting uh during World War II he was a decorated War uh decorated Corporal in the US Army Air Forces he had a first class personality and his Charisma always made people feel valued respected comfortable and happy he was a man who dedicated his life to his family his faith his country and his business and um he was more than just a grandfather he was my life coach my mentor and most importantly he was my friend I learned a plethora of skills from this man like the little things like how to tip when going out to eat um to the big things to like why it's so crucial to treat the CEO and the custodian the same way with the same amount of respect um this is why he was loved this is why was he was respected and this is how he changed and influenced so many lives of so many people uh although he taught me many things actively passively he taught me all the traits that we model and instill in our students and without a doubt he was the most influential person in my life uh I'm so incredibly lucky and honored to have been able to share my life with him just as I'm so incredibly lucky and honored to be able to present this scholarship to Corey Sams so without further Ado on behalf of Michael M Michael mid Senor and pctvs I would like to present Corey Sams with the Michael massud senior Memorial Scholarship [Music] all right so another important person in my life is my brother bajio Veron or Gino that's how every he was known to all the people that loved them and worked with them uh my brother worked alongside me here at pctvs uh he was more than just a brother and he was more than just a colleague he was a source of inspiration kindness to all that to all who knew him his dedication his work went far beyond his job description uh he worked tirelessly to create a safe and welcoming environment for our students and Al those work goo really loved his time here on campus uh today as we established a scholarship in his name uh we not only pay tribute to his memory but also carry forward his legacy of compassion and generosity uh so this year in memory of my brother bino Veron uh this scholarship will be awarded to Edith bethan [Music] cour Eden [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] everybody next award pay County Technical vocational education Association scholarship this scholarship is given by the pay County Technical Education Association to recognize students who demonstrate education educational and extracurricular efforts who plan to continued her education at a college or trade school making the presentation tonight is Vice President Larry [Music] ortado good evening everyone um I'm happy to report that the uh teachers union was able to raise $3,500 uh to support students and uh their future endeavors um five of those scholarships will be presented here tonight and two more for the DCL Academy tomorrow so without any further Ado first uh award Hannah [Applause] Suarez Zara Awad chrislin Johnson Sasha [Music] poik zahor KH [Applause] [Music] [Music] thanks our next award is the jean house foundation scholarship award the scholarship is given to students who will be enrolling in a machinist Based training or engineering program at the college level making the presentation is our manufacturing technology instructor Mr Andrew rusen good evening grateful to be here tonight and be able to offer scholarship to my students the ganos foundation offers generous scholarships as Mr BCI said to students that are going to continue on with machinist based programs or engineering technology programs uh this year they up the award um to $18,000 which is very generous and that's a a you know Telltale sign to the program that we're running here and you know the fact that that this school is you know let no place else it's really true so the um the Awards this year we have five students and each of them will be getting $3,600 uh these are students that have worked very hard for four years students that have uh participated in NASA hunch building parts that are going to go to the International Space Station these students participated in Co-op they've had various jobs throughout the year um getting work-based learning and you know all the things that they've done to get where they are today is why we're here so I'd like to call up five students uh one of them's Asing today U Adrien cabera uh but we have Manny Estrada we have [Applause] yeah we have Kelly Herrera Mayer Mayer matuk and Jeremiah mro okay so all all of them all of them are going to get $3,600 to continue on within College thank you Andrew our next award is the Clifford Nord scholarship this award provided by the Wayne PM rotary recognized as a senior who plans to pursue a career in the pl in Industry the recipient tonight is Andrew Anderson [Music] [Applause] [Music] Lopez take [Music] a I'm going let Miss Rizzle get some pictures our next award is the Wayne Lions Club scholarship this award recognizes a student who displays academic achievement and is pursuing further education recipient tonight is Brianna pz [Music] the tri Barrow master plumbers Association scholarship this award recognizes a student who is pursuing a career in the plumbing industry that goes to Jack Stewart [Applause] [Music] our next award is the Betty schy Memorial Scholarship this award is presented in memory of Betty schy dedicated pcti counselor and supervisor for over 40 years to a student who amplifies her ongoing helpful helpfulness and kindness I'm sure parents Miss schy helped many of the parents here with the admissions process four years ago with your sons and daughters recipient tonight is mmud hi Heek [Music] our next award is skills USA scholarship this award goes to two outstanding seniors who participated in skills USA making the presentation is Dr haar Luli criminal justice instructor and pcti [Music] alumnist good evening these Awards and $500 scholarships are awarded to two outstanding seniors who have participated in skillsusa skillsusa is a CT or organization where students compete in their specific CTE area against other students in the ation and this year at the World skills conference in Paris France these two students have excelled in not only competing for skills USA but also in becoming leaders for the organization at the local and state levels one of them even rising to the position of New Jersey skillsusa state officer these two young ladies have dedicated countless hours and tireless efforts towards awarding pcti a chapter of Distinction at the state level on behalf of the advisers Javier nasio Michael bonsanto and myself we would like to thank and are pleased to present these awards for scholarships to Tamara konar and Denise campusano [Music] next award is the George Lang Memorial Scholarship this award recognizes an outstanding senior who is pursuing a career in criminal justice Kelly Lang could not be here tonight so she asked me to say the following my dad was a son brother friend Uncle veteran husband father policeman teacher and grandfather before passing away peacefully in September of 2021 he taught at pcti as a machine shop criminal justice teacher for 28 years before retiring on behalf of the entire Lang family the person chosen to receive the scholarship in honor of George Lang is Ralph [Music] poris next award is the Joseph mcaj electrical contractor Memorial Scholarship this award recognizes a senior who is pursuing a career as an electrician making the presentation tonight is his daughter Jackie [Music] Coral hi I'd like to give you a little bit of background about my dad who was also known as Joe Mack dad served his country as a member of the United States Army in the Korean War he had an outstanding work ethic he was always honest and fair to his clients and that's probably why he owned his successful business for almost 50 years he served his community with the John rad American Legion and he lived his life without judgment or Prejudice he was kind and compassionate and it was devoted to his family and his friends he was a DieHard Met fan he was no stranger to disappointment but he never gave up so I'd like to present the scholarship to Brandon kihan thank [Music] you thank you and I wish you the success and that Joe Mack did and I hope you always conduct yourself as he did with reliability honesty and compassion good luck to you [Applause] [Music] next award is the Academy of Finance scholarship this award goes to outstanding seniors from The Academy of Finance making the presentation is Miss Miss darn Alexander supervisor of the Academy of Finance [Music] good evening I'd like to congratulate the scholarship recipience and wish them the best of luck uh in their future endeavors as supervisor of the Academy of Finance I'd especially like to congratulate the following Academy of Finance scholarship recipients Jake nunz Lisha T tequa Hannah Suarez Angelina clauser [Applause] [Music] okay the next award is the pay County directors of guidance scholarship this award is given to a student who has shown growth and character through their participation in school and community activities I'd like to thank the school counselors for their selection this year's selection is Jaden [Music] Laura I took two pictures two the tallest guys around like like a our next award is the Columbia Bank scholarship this Bank sponsored scholarship is presented to two outstanding seniors in the Academy of Finance making the presentation is aromy ramani from The Columbia [Music] Bank good evening and my name is Gerard Bean I'm from Columbia Bank in Fairfield the bank has sponsored uh the scholarship and is presented to seniors in the Academy of finance and they have worked really hard this year with our team of Romani and on behalf of the bank I'm here to present the award to these three amazing seniors tasnia Khan redana Udin and Emily Ferrera [Music] w [Music] next award Association of Supply Chain management scholarship this award recognizes students who exceed academically and will be pursuing further education in the study of logistics making the presentation is Reed Theo [Music] good evening the association for Supply Chain management is Missi driven we are a 501c3 that is Mission driven to educate the public in Supply Chain management we are awarding uh four scholarships tonight that recognize students who exceed academically and will be further pursuing uh education in logistics Andor supply chain so we would like to recognize Trayvon ishtiak razak Genevie Smith and Adrien Ramirez [Music] [Music] sorry about that our next award is the Dave and Joyce savastano culinary scholarship this award is presented to outstanding seniors in culinary arts who are pursuing further education in the same field the two recipients tonight are Jose [Applause] [Music] arlano next recipient is zom Mara [Music] kandria next award is the high Mountain Health scholarship in memory of Dr rasa this award is presented to an outstanding senior and health scientist pursuing education in the same field recipient tonight is Yasmin [Music] Mustafa conratulations [Music] okay up next is the Bergen County retired Educators Association Memorial Scholarship this award is presented to a student displays academic achievement school and Community involvement and outstanding character recipient tonight is Ariana cardz CZ not here Ariana's not here trying to tell you okay sorry I didn't hear you all right our next award is the L's photography Varsity yearbook scholarship this is a new one to give back to the pctvs community Laura studio and herf Jones you know the ring people present this award to journalism students in recognition of their contribution to the pctvs yearbook making the presentation tonight is Kristen zinsky say it right thank you so very much um it is a great honor to be here this evening to present a few scholarships to students um that work on the yearbook and so I know that you guys must have received your yearbooks hopefully yesterday and I hope you cherish them and love them um for your lifetime and enjoy looking back at the your book books and remembering all the great times here at pctvs pcti um and it's a great privilege to be here tonight so we have a few scholarships this evening and then tomorrow for the STEM Academy um so thank you and the following recipients please come and get your Awards the first recipient will be anal [Applause] spora I'm Ash Familia reyz thank you Rea [Music] Hassan raisha [Music] chowri and jasine [Music] Martinez jasine Martinez w [Music] [Music] [Music] all right the next award is the hailen Education Association scholarship this award is presented specifically to a pctvs senior who graduated from the hailen public schools and has excelled academically making the presentation tonight is Cara berdick [Music] hi um let me get my glasses um first of all let me just preface this by saying I am a brand new teacher at Halen public school so I do not know um this young lady but I can tell you when we were picking out um who this was going to go to everyone was raving about this young lady so it says a lot it is with great pride that I represent Helen public school and the haa to award a $750 scholarship to one of our former graduates in recognition of their exceptional academic achievements and unwavering dedication to learning your hard work and intellectual curiosity have inspired us all and we are confident that the scholarship will support you as you continue to excel in your future endeavors congratulations and we wish you continued success nisen hanafi [Music] our next award is the Dutch Hill residents Association scholarship this award is presented to a senior who is is a resident of the Dutch Hill section of Clifton making the presentation tonight is Dolores chot borski and she will tell you where the Dutch Hill section of Clifton is good evening everyone um I'm from the Dutch Hill residents Association it's a section of Clifton and usually they uh graduates of school 15 and this scholarship award is awarded tonight to dejac Kelly [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right the following five scholarships are going to be awarded by our former Social Studies instructor who just loves pcti and she continues to educate our students about by honoring our veterans and our and their families every year so please welcome Miss Kathy [Music] Bano good evening everyone it's a proud moment for me to stand before you and give out the scholarships this year in particular the first three will be for memories of my family the first one that I would like to present is for the Pella family scholarship to an individual who now will be pursuing a career in baking and pastry because that's what my mother and my mother's entire family was known for and anybody that knows me that's what I'm known for so I enjoy it and I wanted to pass the tradition on to someone who wants to pursue a career in baking and pastry and this beautiful young lady is Christine Medina [Music] [Applause] [Music] the second scholarship is in honor of My Father Peter buffer DC who was a refrigeration electrical repair man his entire life and very good at it he enjoyed it and I'm proud to present this award this year to a young man who will be pursuing a career in electrical trade and be working for the Pake Valley commission which I think is quite an honor so Alex Ramirez please come [Music] [Applause] [Music] forward this next one is in honor of really a soul and love of my life Mr Robert Thomas who was a former teacher here and who actually and truly believed in education but what most people didn't know is that he loved art and he could draw and as I went through so many things in this past year after losing him I saw so many cartoons and character all kinds of things that he drew and I decided last year in his honor and I going to continue it on as long as I can for a scholarship for someone who really has the talent but this year in particular it was kind of funny in selecting this person because when I asked the the uh shop teacher he recommended the the young lady immediately but he said I have to tell you she's going to forom University and will be pursuing social science and I knew that was Bob telling me this has got to go to her because he was a history teacher and so and he loved to draw so Melanie marachel please come forward [Applause] [Music] the next awards are under the title little angels as many of you see I wear these always because I believe that we each have an angel watching over us and I know know that that's true and in the course of life I think that the most important thing that one can do is to be kind and to pay it forward whenever kindness is given to you so my life has been that way and I'd like to now pass this on to other students and children here so that they too can now pass it on when the day comes for them so these students I interviewed more than 15 and I made a selection um here we have uh five here and four tomorrow and these will be to individuals who have really demonstrated community service at the utmost and it was very interesting to meet each one of them and I would like to certainly congratulate them and let you you and all of the audience know how proud I am of you because the most important thing we can do for each other is to be kind so I'd like to first present this to Hannah Suarez [Music] the second one is Laura [Music] kubaka I hope I say this right a weeks she was [Music] Joseph Strauss [Music] and the last one is actually special as Mr bchi mentioned to I spent most of my life past actual 35 years in working towards the Vietnam memorial and working with our veterans in the Patriotic Community here at pctvs and across the years over 30 now I realized I've been working with the boy State and girl State programs which is a leadership program through the American Legion and auxiliary and this year I decided to to present an award to an individual who went to boy State and certainly exemplified the characteristics of leadership as he did in his senior year and so Eduardo MIT will you please come forward [Music] [Music] thank you everyone thank you parents sport of Education Administration it's always an honor being here and I can tell to all the seniors God bless you wish you the very very best [Music] all right last one we have another hilen uh hen PTA scholarship this award is presented to a senior who graduated from the hailen public schools and has excelled academically recipient tonight is Kobe molero [Applause] [Music] [Music] so uh we we're we we made we record we had a record tonight we're last year was two hours and 52 minutes so we're under two hours so I was just going to let everybody go home you want to go home early I think you do because I don't know because Mr Alexander was gonna come back up you want to hang out with him a little bit all right I'm gonna bring Mr Alexander back up our head Foundation president I think he's got uh Miss Solomon wants to come up and help Mr labasco come on up and President Michael mik Mr caser come on up we need you we need your Mike P I know he's all been sitting for two hours we got about a 20 15 minute presentation here if you want to stand up and stretch a little bit that's okay too go right [Applause] ahead now we have a special [Music] surprise now we have a special surprise every year we do this to the seniors we we really put you through the the ringer for these things and you know everybody take a look at this attenion I have here as a special gift to our deserving students the pcti Education Foundation is awarding Apple iPads to pcti students to assist you in your college studies tonight we'll be awarding 12 iPads to the pcti student winners on this stage now we know you are all here because your marks were good you don't have to have Marks here now you got to be lucky that's what it is all the names of the seniors who are on the stage tonight have been placed into a box and we will select the 12 names as the winners of the iPads so I want to say good luck and I take no bribes I want you to know that right now and here's our first winner Corey Sams [Music] [Applause] [Music] wow Analise Moa [Music] [Applause] [Music] Anderson [Music] Lopez Toya Ahmed [Music] Mariah [Music] [Applause] [Music] Fay Yasmine Mustafa [Music] Jordan vitel [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Natalie [Applause] Sanchez Natalie Sanchez [Music] [Music] Brandon Kahan [Music] Brianna [Music] Lopez good [Music] luck Kelly Herrera [Music] last good job just want to say last but not least you know that tomorrow night we'll be giving out to the stem also in the end so this is our last iPad and you got to have faith Diaz [Applause] thank you very much and we really appreciate it we'll see you again next year take [Music] care okay let me check my cell phone here we're still still under two hours that's great thank you everybody all right so let's wrap this up I want to thank some people Miss Sandy Woods our director of communication special project audiovisual crew Eddie ruy Matt School counseling secretarial staff our national honor students that were helping out with the awards giving out the programs at the door our school choir did a great job our school counselor counselors especially Mrs pinto and Miss backa right and Mr Parker for the music thank you Mr [Applause] Parker all right seniors you're gonna don't leave anything behind you're going to rise and you're going to go straight to the gym you got two staircases two staircases congratulations one more time parents [Music] like [Music] okay