A proclamation recognizing The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching honor bestowed upon Elizabeth Grabois, a Denver Public School Science Teacher. A proclamation recognizing The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching honor bestowed upon Elizabeth Grabois, a Denver Public School Science Teacher. 
No, Madam President. Do we have any communications? No, Madam President. We do have two proclamations this evening, and I have a distinct pleasure of reading the first one Proclamation number 179 in recognition of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching bestowed upon Elizabeth Vinson Grabara, a Denver public school science teacher. You'll hear more about that later. Whereas the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching Award are the highest honors given by the United States government, specifically for K-12 mathematics and science, including computer science teaching. The awards were established by Congress in 1983 and annually. The Pay EMC Camps program authorizes the President to bestow this award on up to 108 individuals. And. WHEREAS, Awards are given to mathematics and science teachers from each of the 50 states and four U.S. jurisdictions, the award recognizes those teachers who develop and implement high quality instructional programs that enhance student learning. And. WHEREAS, the winners are selected by a panel of distinguished scientists, mathematicians, mathematicians and educators after a state level selection process is conducted. And. WHEREAS, on December 20th, 2013, President Obama named 102 mathematics and science teachers as recipients of the prestigious PMC t Award and Denver Public School teacher Elizabeth Vinson Grubb, WA from Carson Elementary was named as one of the 2013 winners of this very prestigious award. And. Whereas, the winners of this presidential honor will receive a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation to be used at their discretion. The awardees are also invited to Washington, D.C., for an award ceremony and several days of celebratory events, including visiting with members of Congress and the administration. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Council of the City and Council, City and County of Denver, Section one. The Denver City Council joins the U.S. government in honoring Miss Elizabeth Vincent Gregoire for her inspiration, leadership and high quality contributions she's given to her students and in her profession. And Section two that the clerk of the city and county of Denver shall a test and affix the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation and that a copy be transmitted to Ms.. Elizabeth Benson grab wa. And so I will move and hope that my fellow council members will join me in making a motion to adopt Proclamation number 179. And it looks like I have a second and now we will go with comments. I love it when I make proclamations. I can tell what we're going to do next. I know. Not yet. We're going. I, I just I am so excited because Carson school is about three blocks from home and of course is in District five. And it's the school where my daughter went to school for her grade school and has such fond memories for me. But to have this award be awarded to a school in Denver, which is so wonderful in District five, in my neighborhood, and I'm so proud that we have such a teacher in our midst and has inspired all these young learners at Carson. And you should have seen them today. The mayor did a proclamation at the school today. She got about three standing ovations from these absolutely darling children in the school that are so excited to have such a teacher on their on their faculty. And she continues to inspire them every day. And just especially in science and math. And she's a. Girl, which makes it even more special because of the message that that sends to boys and girls. But we're so very proud to have you here. And I would like to ask my fellow council people to please vote in favor of this and see no other comments. Mr. Secretary, roll call. On the president. Hi. Brooks. Hi, Brown. Hi. Hi, Herndon. Hi, Damon by Lopez. Hi, monteiro. I never. Hi, rob. I shepard. Hi. I'm just waiting on lehman. And no payments. Doesn't work. Okay, I'll do that. Okay. There you go. Okay. Ms.. Secretary, close the voting and announce the results. 11 eyes, earnings. 11 ICAO, nays. It is unanimous. The proclamation is adopted. And I would now like to call Ms.. Chrissie Faraci up to the podium because I think she's going to make a little introduction, and I think she has a couple of Carson students with her. Christie isn't the one that the proclamation is about, but she is our introducer. Hi. Members of Denver City Council and Honorable Denver City Council president something that says then I'm Chrissie Faraci and I live at 240 south for us in District five. I'm a proud parent of these two characters. Sophia Faraci and Nick Faraci. Nic had the pleasure of having Ms.. Vincent Gregoire for two years in second and in third grade. Now, most of you know me. You know my kids. You've probably heard the stories about the infamous NEC who's here in Kermit. You know, he was not held back. She was promoted to third grade, and he was lucky enough to have. Her for two years in a row. And I cannot tell you the difference it had made in my son's education and especially in math and science. It is by far and. Between his strongest subject. Sophia is lucky enough to now have Ms. grab LA as her assistant principal. So we are so thrilled. This is a huge honor for Denver Public School. It's a huge honor for Carson and even bigger honor and so well-deserved for Ms.. Gregoire. And thank you so much for sponsoring this proclamation in her honor. And so with that, here's the honored guest. Thank you so much, city council President Sussman and the city of Denver for inviting me here today. This is a huge. Recognition for. Me, and I'm I'm completely honored to be here. I recognize that with this recognition comes a responsibility to continue to promote science and mathematics education in our city and our state. I just want to keep moving forward with STEM education and promoting opportunities for students to have meaningful hands on science experiences in their classroom. And as new standards come and new challenges, we just need to keep this in mind of how important this is for the nation, for the future of our nation. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics should always be on our minds when we're thinking of even elementary schoolchildren and giving them those opportunities to fall in love with science and mathematics. So I'm so honored to be here, and I just want to thank you again for recognizing me here this evening. Thank you very much. Thank you for making us so proud. We have another proclamation. I am very. I have to give my apologies. I need to vacate this particular seat. But I was so excited to be able to hear your wonderful presentation. And I am taking my hat even though I can't stay here. But thank you very much for the hat. And I'd like to turn the meeting of procedures over to the president pro tem councilman Herndon.