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Issue 131 October 2014 Report Card Schedule A Day of Firsts in for 2014-2015 Baldwinsville eptember 3 was the first day of eport cards for all students in grades K- SS school for students as well as for RR 12 will be available online each marking new superintendent Dr. David period through the district’s parent portal, Hamilton. It was also the first day of a SchoolTool, on the following dates: full-day kindergarten program. Dr. Hamilton visited Elden Elementary Marking Period 1 School to observe a class. While there, November 14 (kindergarten does not receive he made a new little friend, Cayden a report card the first marking period) Bernet. Dr. Hamilton also visited Baker High Marking Period 2 School and ate lunch with three stu- January 30 dents - Shelley Verma, Alex Henwood, and Colleen Magowan, to get their per- Marking Period 3 spectives on the school and the district. April 24 B’ville vs. C-NS in Frozen Dome Classic Marking Period 4 June 26 How to View Report Card in the Parent Portal Accessing your child’s report card in the par- ent portal is a simple matter. You can access the parent portal on the district’s website, www.bville.org. Under the “Parents” tab at the top of the home page, click on “Parent Portal The Baldwinsville Bees will play the Cicero-North Syracuse Northstars in the – SchoolTool.” first-ever high school hockey game in the Carrier Dome on November 21 at 6 p.m. to open the Toyota Frozen Dome Classic. After logging in to your child’s account with your username (your email address) and A ticket to the Toyota Frozen Dome Classic grants fans admission to the password, look for the “Grades” tab. Clicking Baldwinsville vs. C-NS game on Nov. 21, and on Nov. 22 the Syracuse Crunch vs. Utica Comets main-event as well as a charity game between Syracuse and on that will bring you to the report card. Utica law enforcement, and a collegiate matchup between SUNY Oswego and Utica College. Forgot Your Password? If you have forgotten your password for the Tickets range in price from $20 to $50. Discount ticket prices are available for parent portal, contact your child’s school at groups of 15 or more people. Tickets can be purchased either in person at the the phone number listed below to have the Syracuse Crunch Office located at the War Memorial Arena on 800 South State Street in Syracuse, the Carrier Dome Box Office or by calling (315) 473- 4444 Continued on page 2 and at all Ticketmaster outlets. District News Remembering Former Report Cards - Continued from page 1 Superintendent Jeanne Dangle password reset. If you have more than one child, you only need to contact one school to reset the password. Contact n behalf of the students status in Central New York and the schools at: and staff of the across the state. Those close OO Baker High School – Main office, 638-6000 Baldwinsville Central School to her ask that you remember Durgee Jr. High – Guidance, 638-6088 District, I would like to thank her dedication and commit- Ray Middle School – Guidance, 638-6114 the Baldwinsville community ment to Baldwinsville’s stu- Elementary Schools – Main office of school as well as the entire Central dents and staff and celebrate New York community for the the district’s many successes Never Used the Parent Portal? generous outpouring of sympa- under her leadership. If you have never used the parent portal, please read the fol- thy, care and prayers after for- Thank you for your com- lowing instructions: mer superintendent Jeanne passion and support as the Dangle passed away on Baldwinsville Central School 1. Provide the district with a current email address August 29 after a courageous District honors the life of To access the parent portal, you need to have a current email battle with cancer. Jeanne Dangle. address in the student management system. Your email Jeanne retired at the end address is your username for the parent portal. If you have of the 2013-2014 school year Sincerely, never provided your email address to the district for the stu- after 11 years of service to the dent management system, please contact your child’s school and provide your current email address. Ask the school to district. She was passionate Dr. David Hamilton create a parent portal account and generate a password for about teaching, learning and Superintendent you, which you will use to log into the portal. leading the district to premier If you have more than one child in school: You only need to contact one school to have your email address added to Opt In to Receive District Text the student management system for all of your children and to receive your password. When calling the schools regarding Messages the parent portal, please contact the offices listed above. n September 8, all district parents who have a cell phone OO number in the student database were sent a text from the dis- Durgee Junior High School trict regarding opting in to receive SchoolMessenger notifications as text messages. Presents If you did not receive this text message, and wish to opt in to receive text messages, please call your child’s school to add your Once Upon a Mattress cell phone number to the student database or to verify that the database has your correct cell phone number. November 14 & 15 The text message notification option will not be available to you 7 p.m. - Baker Auditorium until your cell phone number is in the database. Once the school adds your cell phone number to the database, Tickets - $6, $7 & $10 the change will be effective after 24 hours, at which time you can text the word YES to 68453 from your wireless device to opt in for Tickets will be available for purchase in text messages. You should receive an opt-in confirmation message early November. Check the district website within minutes to verify that you will now receive text messages from the district. and the Durgee homepage the first week Please note that the district does not pay for text message of November for information on ordering charges that may be incurred by you for sending or receiving text tickets. messages. Check with your wireless carrier for possible charges. Page 2 District News Baker Named to The Daily Beast’s 2014 Top High Schools aker High School is ranked #537 on The Daily Beast’s 2014 list of top high schools. The online news site ranked schools based on BB criteria including ACT/SAT scores, graduation rate, college acceptance, and the rigor of courses offered. For more information visit http://www.thedailybeast.com/features/2014/america-s-top-high-schools.html. Meet the District’s New Teaching Staff Members Abigail DeSantis Brittany Sager New staff members - (back, l to r) Robert Pelcher, Christopher Zeger, Victoria Sivers, Courtney Wavercak, Eugene Lang, Mindy New staff members - (l to r) Kristin LaClaire, Kristina Arlukiewicz, Jacobs, (front, l to r) Kathryn Corbishley, Ceara Windhausen, Molly Lawton, Emily Caster, Melanie Yager, Kimberly Hunt, and and Kallie Mathis. David Stagnitta. New at Baker High School New at Durgee Junior High School Kelly Boswell - Ms. Boswell is a long-term substitute health Abigail DeSantis - Ms. DeSantis is a special education teacher in teacher. Prior to joining the district she was a Family and ninth grade. Her previous experience includes acting as a substi- Consumer Sciences teacher in the East Syracuse-Minoa Central tute in Baldwinsville and other local school districts. She earned School District. Ms. Boswell, a registered dietitian, was also an her bachelor’s degree in education at SUNY Fredonia and her adjunct professor in the nutrition department at Syracuse master’s degree from Le Moyne College. University. In addition to her position with the district, she is cur- rently an adjunct professor in nutrition at SUNY Morrisville. She Mindy Jacobs - Ms. Jacobs is teaching Algebra 1. She previously earned her bachelor’s degree in Health Science at SUNY taught sixth- and eighth-grade math in the Solvay school district. Cortland and her master’s degree in Nutrition Science at She received her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and Syracuse University. She received her certification in Family and in math at SUNY Cortland. She is currently working on her mas- Consumer Sciences and Health Education from SUNY Oswego, ter’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction. followed by certification in Childhood Education, grades 1-6, at Julie MacMartin - Ms. MacMartin is teaching ninth-grade Le Moyne College. Global History. She previously worked as a long term substitute at Kallie Mathis - Ms. Mathis is teaching tenth-grade English at Durgee and in the North Syracuse Central School District. She the high school. Before joining the district she taught English earned a degree in history from SUNY Geneseo and a master’s and reading to junior high school students in the Fulton City degree in literacy from SUNY Oswego. School District, and she has taught at the Syracuse Academy of Brittany Sager - Ms. Sager is teaching ninth-grade English. She Science. She received her bachelor’s degree in English and in was a student teacher at Niagara Falls High School and at psychology from Utica College and her master’s degree in edu- Hamburg Middle School. She received her bachelor’s degree in cation and Literacy Education at Syracuse University. English with a minor in education as well as her master’s degree in education at the University at Buffalo. Continued on page 4 Page 3 District News New Staff - Continued from page 3 David Stagnitta - Mr.