Please join us in greeting Caleb, Luke, and Dakota back home from the state wrestling tournament. We will have a parade going through Ovid about 2:30 today. Caleb is a State Champion and Luke finished 3rd!
PUBLIC NOTICE FEBRUARY 25:
Our South Seneca community is devastated to learn about the loss of Ellamae McLaughlin, a 4th grade student who passed away as a result of a car accident Friday.
The crisis team at school is meeting over the weekend to prepare for the return of school on Monday, February 27, and we will have counseling staff available throughout the week for those most closely affected by the grief we all share at the news.
Others involved in the accident have survived and continue to receive treatment. We are grateful for first responders and all who acted heroically at the scene.
For anyone who needs support and would like to be connected with a counselor, please do not hesitate to contact a principal in either building, and we will follow up promptly.
We hope everyone is having a great, well-deserved, break!
A big CONGRATS to all these High School Falcons! #foreverfalcons
We love hearing about #SouthSenecaCSD alumni finding success in their next chapters of life-- congratulations Joey! #foreverfalcons
The Elementary School honored Reading Celebration Day for February today, and they were thrilled to be able to welcome back some middle school volunteers to read to their students and help them with celebrating literacy. How fantastic! #foreverfalcons
Congrats to ALL! #foreverfalcons
Garden Lit classes have been busy getting ready for spring weather! They have used this time to assemble some raised garden planters that were purchased for them through the Creating Healthy Schools Grant.
They also have learned about starting seeds indoors in preparation for the spring planting season. They collected some flower seeds in the flower garden part of the community garden in the fall, and have planted some of those collected seeds to get a start on some flower plants to put around their greenhouse and outdoor classroom area.
Students also placed requests for vegetable and flower seeds to be ordered through two NYS seed companies: Hudson Valley Seed Co and Fruition Seeds. These orders are arriving and will be started very soon! In addition to learning about the importance of soil health and why we should be worried about the health of our garden soil, students have been learning how to re-pot house plants to help with their overall health. Many snake plants were split and transplanted and found new homes with our students. They know it's only February, but spring will be just around the corner so they are working to be ready!
Today is National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day. We could not be more thankful and lucky to have Deputy McNabb and Deputy Presher as our SROs! #foreverfalcons
Congratulations go to South Seneca High School's Sylvia Brock (10th Grade), who was selected to attend NYSSMA's Zone 3 Area All-State Mixed Chorus on February 4, 2023. Sylvia is a member of South Seneca High School Chorus and Vocal Jazz, a select, auditioned ensemble.
Singers selected to Sr. High Area All-State are chosen based on their NYSSMA scores from Solo Festival the previous year. It is a great honor to be chosen among thousands of applicants. Students are picked from all the applicants in NYSSMA's Zone 3 in grades 10 through 12. Zone 3 is one of the largest zones in the state.
Sylvia worked with a guest conductor, Brandon Williams, from Rutgers University and presented a concert of Choral Works on February 4 in Ford Hall at Ithaca College. Brava, Sylvia!
High School Chorus welcomed Dr. Kevin Dibble to class on February 6, 2023. Dr. Kevin Dibble is currently the Director of Choral Activities at Houghton University in Houghton, NY. He earned his Bachelor and Master's Degrees from Houghton as well and earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from University of Iowa in Choral Conducting. Before teaching at Houghton University, Dr. Dibble has had appointments at Temple University, Cairn University, and Gordon College.
Dr. Dibble worked with High School Chorus students both in small group lessons and in class. He also worked with Vocal Jazz during their class as well. Dr. Dibble worked with students on their Vocal Technique and was able to bring a unique, personal perspective to our Tenor and Bass singers.
If anyone is interested in more information about Houghton University, please contact Mrs. Perry.
FREE Trout Unlimited Youth Membership.
Trout Unlimited is offering FREE TU Youth Memberships to students who are participating in the Trout in the Classroom project. This includes ALL of our 5th graders here at South Seneca.
Students or their families can fill out this form to receive a free Stream Explorer (under 12 years old) or a free TU Teen (over 12 years old) membership.
TU Teen and Stream Explorer members will both receive four issues of Stream Explorers magazine, a TU membership card, and TU stickers. TU Teen members will also receive invitations to TU Teen summer activities.
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From left to right: Luke Dendis, Caleb Sweet, and Dakota Stewart.
All three athletes have qualified to participate in the New York State wrestling Tournament on Feb 25. Best of luck to them!! #foreverfalcons
Put it on your calendars!
Here is our next round of High School Student and Staff of the Month! Congrats to Nik and David — well deserved! #foreverfalcons
Counselors from TST-BOCES came to speak with our current 10th graders about the various CTE programs they can apply to attend for their Junior and Senior year.
Counselors and current New Visions students also came to recruit interested juniors for the 2023-24 school year.
Congratulations to all of the South Seneca Middle High School Chorus students who were selected to attend the All-County Chorus Festival in Dryden on January 20th and 21st, 2023.
Jacob Borst (Grade 10), Sylvia Brock (Grade 10), Elizabeth Dendis (Grade 11), Nolan Mitchell (Grade 11), Jacob O'Steen (Grade 11), Abigail Sherry (Grade 12), Molly Stirlen (Grade 9), and Nikolas Wheeler (Grade 11) were selected from the High School Chorus.
Kayleigh Banfield (Grade 8), Brooke Jennings (Grade 7), Ethan King (Grade 8), Brady Neville (Grade 7), and Brooklyn Ovenshire (Grade 8) were selected from the Middle School Chorus to attend.
Dryden High School hosted the All-County Chorus Festival. Students prepared choral works ahead of time. Over two days, students work on this music with guest conductors that was presented in a concert on January 21. Christan Oliver was the guest conductor for the Middle School Chorus, and Dr. Sean Linfors was the guest conductor for the High School Chorus. Bravo to all students!
MS Students Picture L to R (Kayleigh Banfield, Brady Neville, Brooklyn Ovenshire, Brooke Jennings, Ethan King)
HS Students Picture (Front Row: Elizabeth Dendis, Sylvia Brock, Molly Stirlen, Abigail Sherry, Jacob Borst, Jacob O'Steen / Back Row: Nolan Mitchell, Nikolas Wheeler)
From left to right:
Dakota Stewart, Caleb Sweet, Barrett David, and Tyler Piccolo
All four of these Falcon wrestlers won Sectionals in their weight class last weekend! Congrats to them and good luck moving forward! #forverfalcons
It's that time of year!
The South Seneca Board of Education will hold its regular meeting Wednesday, February 8 at 6:30pm in the Elementary Library, Interlaken.
