The South Seneca High School Music Department would like to congratulate Luke Dendis (senior) on being selected as a member of the NYS School Music Association (NYSSMA) Conference All-State Symphonic Band.
He joined wind, brass, and percussion students from across the state, working at a high level of artistry, for a weekend of rehearsals from December 1st through 3rd, culminating in a performance at the Eastman Theatre in Rochester on Sunday, December 4th, 2022.
Conference All-State is the highest level ensemble in the NYSSMA organization. Students applying to take part in one of the 5 Conference All-State choral or instrumental ensembles must prepare a All-State level VI solo and score between 98-100 in order to be considered. After all recommended students are sorted numerically by score, the All-State Selection Committee reviews member school music teacher recommendations, adjudicator recommendations, the candidate’s previous NYSSMA Solo ratings, grade in school, zone representation, participation in the previous year’s All-State, and participation in other performing organizations.
Approximately 600 students are accepted each year to participate in the Conference All-State groups. Luke scored 99 on his Level VI solo last May in Trumansburg and was selected for the Symphonic Band as a Clarinet 3 this year. He is one of the 34 clarinet players who were accepted to participate in this year’s All-State ensembles. The NYSSMA All-State Symphonic Band was conducted by Dr. Thomas McCauley, Director of University Bands for the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University in New Jersey. Luke is currently a member of the High School Band at South Seneca.
South Seneca Central School District currently has an opening for a Full-Time High School English Teacher.
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Your vote is crucial to the community. Come out and VOTE next Tuesday, December 13 from 1 to 8 PM in the MSHS Cafeteria.
Seneca-Tompkins Music Education Association's All-County Band STEMA's All-County Band Festival was able to return for the first time this year since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
This year’s festival took place at Lansing Middle School on November 18th and 19th. Participating districts included Dryden, Groton, Ithaca, Lansing, Newfield, South Seneca, and Trumansburg. The students who were selected to attend this year's festival worked with guest conductors from Ithaca College during the festival weekend and presented a concert on the afternoon of November 19th.
These students all spent many hours after school hours preparing their music for their honors band rehearsals and performance.
The following students participated in the High School Honor Band:
Tajade Amisano (Alto Saxophone, 10th), Ruth Dendis (French Horn, 10th), and Abigail Sherry (Percussion, 11th).
The following students participated in the Middle School Honor Band: Kayleigh Banfield (Trombone, 8th), Kennedy Basher (Oboe, 6th), Paul “Trey” Brock (Baritone Saxophone, 6th), Isabella Cotto (Trombone, 6th), Sophia Jennings (Clarinet, 6th), Nadja Paparone (Clarinet, 6th), and Autumn Vonderchek (Trombone, 8th).
Come join our Falcons tomorrow night and get in the holiday spirit! #foreverfalcons
South Seneca Class of 2006 Alum Cassie Briggs recently stopped by her old stomping grounds to give two different workshops to current South Seneca high schoolers:
"Branding for Career Success: Creating a brand that grows your professional network and multiplies your career opportunities"
"Crafting a Compelling College Essay: Your guide to being one IN a million rather than one AMONG millions"
Read more here: https://www.southseneca.org/o/south-seneca/article/930588
Public Notice December 6:
Please be aware that we are seeing a much higher than usual number of absences this week, at the same time we have been alerted by the NYS Department of Health and Education Department about a large spike in respiratory illness across the state.
We at South Seneca are encouraging everyone in the community to take extra precautions this winter to stay current on vaccinations, wash hands often, cover coughs and sneezes, and stay home when sick. Preventing contagious disease is a community effort.
An update from the elementary art program: Mrs. Lutter has shared pinch pots from 3rd grade, clay animals from 1st, and waterfall pictures from 5th grade!
Come out and VOTE next Tuesday in the MSHS cafeteria from 1 to 8 p.m.
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Both High School Garden Lit classes participated in New York Agriculture in the Classroom's Mac & Cheese Innovation Challenge this week.
Here is the description from NY Agriculture: "With cheese taking the starring role in this favorite food, we find ourselves lucky to live in New York where so many delicious cheese varieties are produced. The dairy industry is the largest agricultural sector in the state and makes more than one billion pounds of all cheeses annually. Around 15 billion pounds of milk are produced on nearly 3,600 farms across the Empire State, making New York the 5th largest dairy producing state in the nation."
South Seneca students received a great assortment of spices from NY Ag in the Classroom, a cutting board, two measuring cups, and a mac & cheese idea book. Each of the classes have come up with their own recipes (it has to be an original recipe) and will now have to come up with a marketing slogan for their mac & cheese version.
On today's menu: Buffalo Chicken Mac n' Cheese Pie! And it was soooo tasty!
South Seneca Central School District currently has an opening for a Full-Time High School Math Teacher.
Click here to apply: https://olasjobs.org/JobDetails?jobNumber=SSEN0254110-0039
Please see the following from the Seneca County House of Concern.
A big congrats to all of these Falcons! #foreverfalcons #honorroll
Good morning this is Steve Parker Zielinski, Superintendent at South Seneca. There is a water main break this morning in Interlaken, and with a half-day of instruction scheduled, we will need to cancel school today for Grades PK-5. Interlaken staff will report at noon, and all scheduled parent teacher conferences for this afternoon will take place as planned. The public information session for the capital project proposal will also go on as scheduled.
Once again, school is cancelled today for grades PK-5 only. Thank you.
Come out tomorrow night!
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We couldn't be more thankful for being part of such an incredible community. To every South Seneca community member, we hope your day is filled with gratitude, a little bit too much food, family, friends, a Bills win, and a great nap. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! #foreverfalcons
Congrats to Sawyer, Blake, and Ryleigh for being named Students of the Month over at TST BOCES! #foreverfalcons
Students in Mrs. Jensen's fifth grade ELA class built apple turkeys and made STEM connections this week!
