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Nov06highlights for Web.Qxp N OVEMBER 2006 D ISTRICT N EWSLETTER Celebrating a V OLUME 22.4 http://www.sayville.k12.ny.us SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HOSTS AWARD CEREMONY NEWSWORTHY th th from December 4 –8 Sayville Middle School Principal Dr.Walter Schartner (left) and the President of the New York State Middle “Inclusive Schools” exemplify the School Association and Wantagh Middle School Principal Jeannette Stern (right) flank the Middle School Honor Society as they hold the Schools to Watch Award Banner. very best in education by individualizing instruction and support to meet the he Middle School’s journey toward speakers. Remarking on the school’s needs of all students from special needs educational excellence paused for a wonderful achievement were Assistant to the gifted, and everyone in between. T proud moment of celebration. As a Principal Murray, guests Superintendent of These schools celebrate diversity in T national winner of the Schools to Watch Sayville Schools Dr. Rosemary Jones, BOE all its forms—cultural, ethnic, social, and Program and the only one to win from Vice President Norm deVenau, STA academic! Talk to your children about Long Island, Sayville Middle School held an President Tim Southerton, and representing the importance of not just accepting and tolerating differences, but also award ceremony that was shared by the all the faculty, Mrs. Deborah Reith (who was st cherishing the diversity around us. entire Middle School community—Principal appointed on the same day, September 1 , Join us in celebrating National Dr. Walter Schartner, Assistant Principal 1978, as Chemistry and General Science Inclusive Schools Week by attending: Thomas Murray, faculty, support staff, and teacher Walter Schartner). In the audience of course, all 866 students—because with Middle School parents were Dr. Join Superintendent’s everyone had a hand in earning the Schartner’s wife, Susan, and his father, us Roundtable prestigious distinction. Walter, Sr. (photo right) at th Tuesday Dec 5 Yet, for the Sayville Middle School faculty Musical Director 7-9 P.M. IN THE HIGH SCHOOL and staff, it was also an opportunity to Mrs. Betsy Cohen to discuss “Inclusive Schools” honor their educational leader and role combined two musical All parents are invited to join in on model, Dr. Walter Schartner. groups, the Show this topic.There will be an informative Festively colored mums, haystacks, and Choir and Boys Select panel presentation, time to share ideas balloons transformed the podium set up in Choir, in an entertaining song and dance and concerns, and refreshments! the Middle School gym. Students were seated routine to the tune of New York, New York. on the bleachers and floor in respectful The lyrics were specifically rewritten by Mrs. to the tune of New York, New York silence—and perhaps, in amazement—as Cohen for the Sayville Middle School Start spreading the news/ Our State has recognized our school Master of celebration. (See insert, left.) We’re winning today/ For what we are. Ceremonies Mr. At the highpoint of the ceremonies, the We’re proud to be a part of it/ So thanks to you Walt Schartner, Sayville, New York! You’re our favorite partner La Dolcetta President of the New York State Middle Making us the School to Watch! We’re really the best/ introduced the School Association, Jeannette Stern, who is We’ve beat all the rest/ also the Middle School Principal in Wantagh, We’re proud to be a part of it/ Sayville, New York! acknowledged the school’s qualities and We love to wake up and attend character before she presented Dr. Schartner Sayville Middle School... and the entire Middle Schoolwith the We’ve earned our spot at the top...Showing we rule! Schools to Watch Award Banner. So now we can sing A modest man by nature, Dr. Schartner About a great thing continues p. 2. BOARD OF EDUCATION (cont.) School to Watch Celebration at Middle School was instrumental both in spearheading the STW JOHN VERDONE,PRESIDENT campaign and setting the inclusive educational climate NORMAN DEVENAU,VICE PRESIDENT ALLISON J. CRUZ that garnered the distinctive award. Humbly deflecting MAUREEN DOLAN all compliments from himself as he thanked the NYS KEITH KOLAR Middle School Association, Principal Dr. Schartner RAYMOND J. NELSON applauded the contributions of his teachers, all the staff, DEBORAH VAN ESSENDELFT and especially the students. “It has been a great honor BOARD NOTES for me to see this community develop. Our teachers are At the November 16th a driving force behind the children… This [award] BOE Meeting didn’t happen overnight, and is Board Citations were awarded to the not a job that is finished.” following Sunrise Drive students (below). In his calm voice, Dr. Dr. Rosemary F. Jones, Superintendent of Schools, Schartner encouraged the reported on the following: students to get involved, stay 1. 2005-2006 Audit Report involved and become an active 2. TAN Borrowing member in the community. He 3. Proposed 2007-2008 Budget praised them for their Calendar (Motion under New phenomenal good behavior and asked them to remain focused on doing their Business) 4. Inclusive Schools Proclamation best at all times. Recognizing that the gym floor was not the most comfortable, he 5. Schools to Watch Celebration thanked the students for 6. Security Update being a truly wonderful 7. Emergency Management Drills audience. A thunder of 8.Area 12 Director Revote 9. Facilities Planning applause ended the official ceremony. BOARD OF EDUCATION As the Sayville DISCUSSION: 1. Facilities Planning Middle School continues 2. Board Reports on its journey toward self-improvement, UPCOMING EVENTS guided by their gentle DECEMBER 5 Superintendent’s giant, the Sayville Roundtable, topic on National Inclusive Schools community can take 7-9 p.m., High School pride in knowing that DECEMBER 6 Cherry Avenue Holiday our Middle School has Concert, 7:30 p.m., High already come so far. School DECEMBER 7 BOE Business Mtg,Admin. Bldg. 8 p.m. AWARDED TO STUDENTS DECEMBER 12 Sunrise Drive Holiday BOE Citations Concert, 7:30 p.m. Awards presented by Principal Rose Castello and BOE trustee Keith Kolar: DECEMBER 14-16 Middle School Musical, Michaela for participating in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life to help fight cancer. “George M” at 7:30 p.m. Kevin with brothers Steven and Daniel transformed Sunrise Drive’s “Butterfly Garden” into a beautiful and peaceful place for the community. pcoming Event: Each year, Dowling UCollege and News12 Long Island select 12 teachers for the honor Teacher of the Month. Congratulations to Music Department Chairperson and teacher Neil Bernstein, who has been selected this year. Visited by Clyde I. Payne, Ed.D., dean of the School of Education at Dowling College, Mr. Bernstein was acknowledged for his many contributions to education which earned him this distinction.The month, still to be determined, will feature Mr. Bernstein on News12. Stay tuned. PAGE TWO A Boo-tiful Tradition Every fall, select Sayville Middle School and High School artists are given the opportunity to showcase their boo-tiful window-painting talents with the Halloween Window Painting tradition.This art department-sponsored event had students and art teachers chillin’ in town this year with art teachers Mary Troiano, Jennifer Berotti, and Debra Urso at the Middle School, along with Evan Hammer, Kim Kamensky, Roberta Dalpiaz, and Department Chair Julia Lang-Shapiro at the High School.As always, a very special thanks goes to the Sayville Kiwanis Club for their continued support by generously donating the art supplies. No Crazy Fling For weights or sand for counter-weights, the devices were required to fling a 3- to 5- PUMPKIN CATAPULTING pound pumpkin as far as possible. During the Fourth Annual Pumpkin Our Middle School Technology Club [Joe Fling, held at the Cornell Cooperative Burns, Robert Hitzig, Kaleigh Acevedo, Olivia Extension Suffolk County Farm, the Sayville Coley-Bishop, Jackie Christensen, Jack Weisheit, Middle School Technology Club competed DJ Kelly, Melanie Drinkwater,Tim Cowan, with groups from all over Suffolk County in George Mullowney, Kiana Bustamante, Justin each team received three chances for a the Pumpkin Catapult Contest.The contest Knopf,, Dylan Schreiber, and Anna Mizzi] successful maximum distance. Sayville challenged teams to design and build a worked hard preparing for the contest. Middle School scored second in this machine. From a simple rocking mechanism They met after school with the Sayville category with a distance of 177.7 feet. to full-scale trebuchets with dumbbell Middle School Technology teachers [Jeff “Then,” Mr. Jeff Goodman explained, Goodman, Sam Kruse, Kris Krol, and Jim “each team got a fourth try to prove their McLoughlin] and constructed a trebuchet- machine could be accurate.We won this style catapult.While engineering different category as the only team to hit the target! solutions to create a successful catapult, the Sayville was also honored to have its design team learned about kinetic and potential voted most creative by the audience. Our energy, transferring motion, centrifugal team cannot wait till next October, when force, as well as simple machines. we hope to redesign and improve our In this year’s Pumpkin Catapult Contest, results.” PAGE THREE Taken with Laughs You Can’t Take It With You at Sayville’s Players’ presented by forty Sayville “Undeniably escapist Boy meets girl; they fall in love Players comprising eighteen roles theater,” Director Steve despite their incompatible families. in three remarkable cast- Hailey comments, “it has Sounds like Shakespeare’s Romeo and combinations. clearly influenced Juliet, you say?—but it’s not! Living proof of the play’s American comedy. The It’s Kaufman and Hart’s Pulitzer- timeless appeal, the Sayville formula originated by Prize-winning comedy You Can’t Take Players delivered with comic Kaufman and Hart—a It With You about lovely Alice timing the high antics and low- loveable family getting into Sycamore from an eccentric family, who keyed wit of a household of scrapes and overcoming obstacles—has has fallen in love with her boss’ son, idiosyncratic characters in pursuit of been adopted as a format by most of Tony Kirby, a VP in a Wall Street individual happiness.
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