Oriskany District News Volume Thirty-Six, Issue 4—www.oriskanycsd.org Valedictorian Salutatorian The Valedictorian The Salutatorian of of the Class of 2014 the Class of 2104 is is Danielle Manna. Sara Murphy. Danielle is the Sara is the daughter daughter of Jeffrey of David and Cath- Manna and Mary erine Murphy of Oris- Manna of Rome. kany. Danielle’s activities Sara’s activities in- include: Student clude: Student Coun- Council Vice Presi- cil Treasurer, Key Club Lieutenant Governor, dent, Science Club President, Varsity Club Science Club Treasurer, Varsity Club Treas- Vice President, Language Club Secretary, urer, Varsity Soccer Captain, National Honor Mathletics, Rachel’s Challenge, Key Club, Society, Mathletics, Skills USA, Class of 2014 National Honor Society Member, Varsity Treasurer, Indoor and Outdoor Track. Soccer, Varsity Softball. Sara plans to attend Morrisville State College Danielle plans to attend SUNY-ESF to major to major in Nursing in Environmental Biology Class of 2014 Honor Students Other Honor Students in alphabetical order: Thomas Ariglio, Adela Astorga, Sara Barton, Carissa Bishop, Breanna Bouska, Caitlin Carlo, Alicia Courtney, Kara Dellers, Elizabeth Deugan, Dustin Dorsino, Lexi Drake, Cassandra Gaglianese, Triston Hamm, Ryan Lockwood, Brandon Morris, Stephanie Noga, Erin O’Connor, Marlena Rieben, Rachel Rogers, Monica Serley, Connor Shamis, Megan Sliski, Douglas Smith, Christopher Suskie, Jason Walter, Craig Whittaker, Kyle Wilson, Megan Worth Kindergarten Screening Kindergarten Screening has been scheduled for Monday, May 19. If you have a child who will be turning 5 by December 1, 2014 and have not registered for kinder- garten, please call Ms. Bielby at 768-2149. News from Building Principals _______________________________________________ Dear Oriskany families, Dear Oriskany families, As this newsletter comes to you, I As we enter the home stretch in our hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Re- academic year and the weather continues to cess and had an opportunity to enjoy the improve, please help us encourage our stu- beautiful weather with friends and family. dents to finish the year strong. I encourage The month of May is here and it’s an- you to contact teachers regularly and work other very exciting month at N.A. Walbran with us to keep our students in school and on Elementary School! May 16-17 is our 6th track. This is particularly important for our Grade Plant/Bake Sale and Silent Auction. upper classmen as final transcripts are re- Please come visit us in the cafeteria on those ported to colleges after graduation. two days to support our 6th Grade Class for For our seniors, college plans for next year are coming together. This can be confus- their end of the year enrichment opportu- ing and labor intensive, particularly with re- nity! On May 20th, our 4th, 5th and 6th gard to financial aid. If we can be of any as- grade students will be performing in our sistance or help you navigate this process, Spring Performance under the direction of please do not hesitate to contact me or Mr. Mrs. Marcinkowski. Our kindergarten Williams in our guidance department. screening for our 2014-15 kindergarteners I wanted to thank our families for the th will be taking place on May 19 . Also, overwhelming support shown throughout rd school will be closed on May 23 and May our 3-8 ELA testing process. With all the vit- 26th for Memorial Day. riol and misinformation surrounding these For the month of June, please remem- exams, please continue to use me as a reliable ber that we will be having our Elementary source of information. I am happy to speak to PE Day on June 6th and our 6th Grade Mov- anyone regarding concerns. Thank you for ing up Ceremony will be held on June 24th at your faith in the educational program pro- 7:00 in the High School. vided at Oriskany. We will continue to do as As always, if you have any questions we have always done and act in the best inter- or concerns, please feel free to contact me at est of our students. school at any time. Warm regards, Thank you, Eric Knuth Michael Davis Principal Principal Oriskany Jr.-Sr. High School NA Walbran Elementary School 2 Spring Clean Up 2014 _______________________________________________________ On April 21st the Oriskany spring sports teams volunteered their time and services to make the 2nd Annual Spring Clean-Up a huge success. 87 students and 5 coaches took up shovels, rakes, and brooms to clean up the grounds throughout the school district. Their efforts not only helped to make our facilities look great, but each student received 3 hours of volunteer service credit which will be used to meet college and scholarship application requirements. Thanks to all who volun- teered! 3 Proposed Capital Improvements Project _______________________________________ The Oriskany Central School District is proud to announce for public consideration a Capital Improvements Project that will be very beneficial to the district facilities and instructional program. After careful collabora- tive planning, this project requires no additional taxes, but does require voter approval on May 20, 2014. The project will be funded completely through state building aid and the district’s reserve funds that have been set aside for capital improvements. This $4,529,000 project will be used to address the top priorities of the 2010 New York State Building Condition Survey: enhance security, improve space utilization, and install energy efficient equipment. The majority of the work will be completed in the summer of 2015. This project is Phase Two in the Districts’ Three-Phase Capital Project Plan to address district-wide facility needs and program enhancements. The table below provides you with an overview of the Phases and the scope of work that has been/will be completed: Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Voter Authorization February 23, 2010 May 20, 2014 Projected-Spring 2016 Project Cost $2,823,000 $4,529,000 To Be Determined Construction Time- 2011-2014 2015-2016 2017-2018 frame Safety features in the Jr/Sr Safety upgrades to both Safety upgrades High School gym building entranceways Replace smoke/fire alarm Replacement of district Elementary School class- system at the Jr/Sr High track to allow for track room cabinetry updates School meets Mechanical replace- High School window re- Mechanical replacements at ments at the Elementary placement the Jr/Sr High School School Lighting replacements in Technology improve- Stage lighting both buildings ments Floor Replacement in Jr/Sr Playground upgrades at Technology improvements High School Elementary School Project Scope Paving at the Elementary Relocation/renovation of School weight room Reconfiguration of H.S. par- Renovation to Davis Gym Tentatively Proposed: ent drop-off parking lot entranceway/ concession (Summer 2014) room Compliance updates and me- Replacement of bleach- chanical replacements in Dis- ers/press box at football field trict Office (Summer 2014) Replace hall lockers in Jr/Sr Renovate gym lockers at the High School (Fall 2014) Jr/Sr High School 4 Fitnessgram Testing _________________________________________________________ In Mr. Meiss and Mrs. Mahoney’s physical education classes the students completed the Fitnessgram testing, a health related physical fitness as- sessment. Each of the tested items assesses important aspects of a stu- dent's health related fitness. Students are compared not to each other, but to health fitness standards, carefully established for each age and gender, that indicates good health. The areas of fitness we focus on are aerobic capacity, and muscular strength and endurance. The students run the Pacer test, a 20 meter pro- gressive, multi-stage shuttle run set to music where they test their ab- dominal strength with the Curl-up test, and upper body strength with a 90 degree Push-up test. We have recently held a Record Leader board to encourage the highest level of participation. In the fall the Pacer record for boys in grades 9-12 was held by John Pierson with 111 laps. The re- cord for the girls in grades 9-12 was held by Caitlin Carlo at 71 laps. For 7th and 8th grade Jon Domenico held the boys record with 94 laps, and Kristina Marolf led the girls with 66 laps. After the spring assessments, John Pierson still holds the record for the Pacer, but Ethan Juarez came close with 107 laps. Caitlin Carlo broke her previous record and has now set the bar at 75 laps. In grades 7 and 8 we have two new records, Sam Sharlow leads the boys with 107 laps, and Kayla Anderson leads the girls with 70 laps. We had at least 86% of our students reach 75+ on the Curl- Up test! Our Overall leader for Push-Ups was 7th grader Alyssa Smith with 75! Maintaining good physical fitness and a healthy diet will help to shape a happy and healthy lifestyle. We appreciate all the hard work from our students and always congratulate those on their individual efforts! School Closed School will not be in session: Friday, May 9th Friday, May 23rd Wednesday, June 25th 5 Thinking, Eating, and Moving Healthy ________________________________________ The Students in Mrs. Mahoney’s 6th grade Health class have been working on Thinking, Eat- ing, and Moving Healthy! During this unit the students conducted their own experiments to under- stand hydration and to identify healthy beverage choices; this study integrated both health and sci- ence lessons. At the end of the experiments the students learned the percentage of Earth that is made up of water, along with the percentage of their body that is made up of water. It is important