Auburn Enlarged City School District Newsletter, June 2014
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AUBURN ENLARGED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
VOLUME 18, ISSUE 9
AHS Class of 2014 Salutatorian
AHS Class of 2014 Valedictorian
Michael Schmid
Jennifer Currier
Jennifer is the daughter of John
and Diane Currier, has a twin
brother Michael, and two older
brothers. A member of six clubs,
she is the president of the
Spanish Club, President of the
National Honor Society, and a
Class Officer (Vice President).
Jennifer enjoys soccer and is
one of the captains of the Varsity
Soccer team. She will be attending Villanova
University majoring in business with plans to get her
MBA to become an Accountant or Financial Analyst.
Her Advice to the Senior Class: Take advantage of
every opportunity you are given to try something new.
Michael is the son of Cindy and
Joe Schmid and has three
older brothers Steve, Eric, and
Ryan. He will be attending Le
Moyne College next fall where
his brother Ryan will be entering
his senior year.
Michael has
played four years of soccer
including three years of varsity
and was a two-time captain
and two time second team All-League mention. He
also played four years of lacrosse including two
years of varsity. Michael was selected as an
Academic All-American his senior year. Michael also
currently works at Balloons Restaurant.
Letter from the Superintendent
It is with respect and gratitude for this community’s efforts that I
write to thank Auburn residents for supporting our budget process
and prioritizing time to vote last month. Our budget was approved by
a 3-to-1 margin for the second consecutive year. The 2014-15 School
Budget bolsters the Auburn School District’s mission to provide
equitable educational opportunities and experiences necessary to
develop confident life-long learners. This budget reflects a
continuation of dedicating resources to restore instructional
programming that enhance educational outcomes for all students.
Through the collective efforts of the School Board, Auburn
educators, parents, students, and elected officials, Auburn Schools
realized the $2.25M in additional state aid following the Governor’s
initial budget proposed in January of this year. Input from all
stakeholders was reviewed during this budget cycle and promoted in
the final proposal to our community.
Please be assured that we will maintain a focus on ensuring
educator and student access to high quality curriculum resources
aligned with the Common Core Learning Standards. Additionally,
The Auburn Enlarged City School District will continually reflect on
benchmarks for student success to ensure alignment of targeted
resources in sustaining our continuous improvement efforts.
Thank you again for your ongoing support.
Constance D. Evelyn, Superintendent of Schools
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Odyssey of the Mind World Finals
Congratulations to
Auburn's Odyssey
of the Mind Teams
from Seward,
coached by Karol
Soules, and
Owasco, coached
by Jon Carnes, who
competed in the
World Finals on
May 31 at Iowa
State University.
Everyone
came out a
winner just
by solving
an Odyssey
of the Mind
problem and
competing
on the world
stage with
more than
836 teams.
Auburn Enlarged City School District Newsletter, June 2014
Frogs, Frogs, Frogs!
By Christine Siddall
Third Grade Teacher, Herman Avenue School
The third graders in Mrs. Siddall's class at
Her man Avenue Elementary Scho ol worke d
extremely hard to become "frog experts." Miss
Kall, a student teacher from SUNY Cortland,
ta u g ht t h e N YS t h i r d g ra d e m o d u le o n
informational text which featured a unit on frogs.
For fo ur weeks, the stu dents close rea d
informational text and learned about text
features. Each student chose a specific frog. Each
student researched their frog using websites,
articles, and books. They chose a project (a
diarama, book report, song, picture), and then
presented in a gallery format to their classmates,
principal Mrs. Lattimore, fourth graders from Mrs.
William's class, Mrs. Gaston's, Mr. Nodzo's, and
Mrs. Foos' second graders, and finally, to their
kindergarten buddies in Mrs. Naples’ class.
They were so proud! Great job third graders!
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:
Parents/Guardians of Elementary Students
Jeffrey Pirozzolo, Asst. Superintendent for Personnel
May 2, 2014
REPORT CARDS UPDATE
Please be advised, this June we will no longer record the name of your child’s
classroom teacher for the upcoming school year on the report card. Unfortunately, this
early notice has created confusion in the past, due to the numerous changes that have or
can occur over the summer regarding teacher assignments. Families will receive a letter
in early August regarding assignments for the 2014-15 school year.
Please feel free to direct all questions or concerns to me at 315-255-8809. Thank You.
Mother’s Day Program at Casey Park
By Eugenie M. Colby and Meghan Ganey
First Grade Teachers, Casey Park Elementary School
On May 9 first grade students at Casey Park celebrated
Mother's Day with a “Special Lady Concert and Tea
Party.” Students recited a Mother’s Day poem and sang
“I Just Called to Say I Love You.” After the concert, guests
were invited to the classroom for refreshments.
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Auburn Junior High School Students Visit Washington, DC
On the weekend of May 16-18 four
busses of the Auburn Junior High School
8th graders headed to the inner harbor of
Baltimore, Maryland, and toured the
Baltimore Science Center followed by a
dinner cruise through the Chesapeake Bay.
Students danced into the sunset and
captured memories with lots of pictures
and selfies with their friends.
Students spent Saturday morning at
Arlington National Cemetery and Tomb of
the Unknowns where a ceremony for
Armistice Day took place. The afternoon
was spent at The Smithsonian Air and
Space Museum, the Natural History
Museum, and the American History
Museum.
A guided night tour of most of
Washington’s Monuments began with the
traditional group picture in front of the
White House followed by the Jefferson
Memorial, FDR, WWII, Martin Luther King
and the Lincoln Memorial. A visit to the
National Aquarium and lunch at Baltimore
Harbor on Sunday concluded the tour.
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Kids With Pride are Productive Kids at Genesee
Cinda Gilmore,
Anne Mlod & Jim O'Neill
Kids With Pride Advisors
On Wednesday, April 23, members of Genesee
Elementary School's "Kids With Pride" Leadership
group participated in the "1,000 Kid Clean Up" by
picking up trash in the neighborhood surrounding
the school. This was part of an Earth Day
celebration, sponsored by The Partnership for
Results, and coordinated by Susan Muldoon.
Brittany Yanez and Adam
Gagnier sell pudding at
movie night.
The "Kids With Pride" led their
school in a fundraiser for The
Nyota Fund on May 16, before
the showing of the movie
"Cloudy With a Chance of
Meatballs" in the school
auditorium that evening. They
made and sold banana pudding,
and raised over $100, which will
pay for one year of high school
for two Tanzanian students. They
learned about The Nyota Fund
from former Auburn student
Marisa Ranieri, who started the
fund after teaching in Tanzania,
and learning about students'
obstacles in obtaining a high
school education there. More info:
(http://www.thenyotafund.org)
Students Get to Clown Around with Visiting Author
By Merrilee Witherell, Owasco Elementary Librarian
Rachelle Burk is also an avid
collector of frogs, and was
delighted to receive the gift of a
ceramic frog made in art class by
Owasco third-grader Abby Perron.
The author visit was made
possible by a grant from the
Auburn Educational Foundation
and organized by the elementary
librarians.
New Jersey author Rachelle Burk visited each of the Auburn
elementary schools the week of May 19, and delighted students
and teachers alike with her dynamic and engaging presentation
about what it’s like to be an author. The author of two books
and numerous magazine articles for children, Ms. Burk
demonstrated how authors weave real-life experiences with
imaginary events to create characters and settings that give
depth and meaning to stories. Her first book, Treehouse in a
Storm, is based on her own experience as a child living through
Hurricane Betsy in New Orleans.
With much humor and a sense of fun that gave hints to her
part-time job as a clown for hire, she had students guessing
which aspects of the book were real and which were purely
fiction. Students and teachers had many rave reviews of the
presentation, with comments such as “It was the best
presentation in a long time. The kids loved it and commented
on how you have to practice like the author.” Another teacher
remarked, “The author was entertaining and the Kindergarten
students were engaged for over 45 minutes (not an easy thing
to do).”
Ms. Burk has two upcoming books, The Tooth Fairy Trap,
which is Ms. Burk’s first chapter book and slated for release this
summer, and A Good Sign for Alice, a picture book that tells the
story of a deaf puppy adopted by a deaf girl. Besides being an
author, Ms. Burk is a psychiatric social worker, clown and
volunteer ambulance driver.
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AUBURN
HIGH
SCHOOL:
JUNE
2014
Regents/RCT/ Final Exam
Schedule
AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL: JUNE
2014 Regents/RCT/Final Exam Schedule
JUNE
12
THURSDAY
8:00 a.m.
Pre-Calculus –(85)– Gym
Intro to Geometry –(39)–C317
Algebra 1A –(145)– Gym
Inter. Alg./Trig –(31)– Gym
Fin Lit II-(52) –Gym
CCC / Calculus- (22)- E302
JUNE
13
FRIDAY
JUNE
16
MONDAY
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Global 9 –(364)- Gym 1,2,3
CCC Spanish 103- (59)- MR
JUNE
18
WEDNESDAY
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Regents:
English 12- Sullivan- (70)-MR
Regents:
Comprehensive
English (305)
English 9R/E –(357)– Gym 1,2,3
Gymnasium
English 12 –Lavey- (51)– E303
JUNE
23
MONDAY
12:00 Noon
CCC Accounting –(23)- Gym 1
Spanish II –
Burgess (50) C317
Holmes-Sull.(57)- MR
Kent (50)- E303
Italian II–Bell (29 )E302
English 11 E- (26) Gym 3
Fisselbrand’s class only
Global History &
Geography (347)
Gymnasium
12:00 Noon
12:00 Noon
Regents:
Regents:
Algebra 2 /
Trigonometry (139)
Regents:
Physical Setting
Earth Science (200)
Gymnasium
Living Environment/
Biology (365)
Gymnasium
Gymnasium
Span I – Burgess–(21)C-317
Bell –(22)- E302
JUNE
24
TUESDAY
JUNE
25
WEDNESDAY
JUNE
26
THURSDAY
JUNE
27
FRIDAY
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
RCT: Global Studies (1)
Writing Center
Gymnasium
L.O.T.E.
Spanish III- Kent(69)- MR
Harris(65)- C317
Itallian III (29)- E302
Regents:
Physical Setting
Chemistry (159)
RCT: Writing (2)
Writing Center
Graduation Rehearsal
8:00 AHS
Regents:
Geometry (241)
12:00 Noon
Gymnasium
RCT: Reading
(5) Writing Center
Regents:
French III (45)- C317
Gymnasium
12:00 Noon
Regents:
Integrated Algebra (297)
12:00 Noon
JUNE
19
THURSDAY
Regents:
U.S. History &
Gov. (292)
CCC Amer. History –(65)– C317
12:00 Noon
12:00 Noon
Gen. Biology –(55)– Gym 3 English 10 –(332)–Gym 1,2,3
Oceanography –(55)– Gym 1
Health CCC-(83)- MR
Sport Physiology (48)- Gym 2
Astronomy (40) D303 D304
CCC Biology (15)- E302
JUNE
20
FRIDAY
JUNE
17
TUESDAY
Gymnasium
RCT: Science (3)
Writing Center
12:00 Noon
RCT: U.S. History
(6) Writing Center
Rating Day
12:00 Noon
12:00 Noon
6:00 p.m.
Rating Day
Graduation
Ceremony
A.H.S. Class of 2014
Holland Stadium
RCT: Math
(2) Writing Center
(Weather Permitting)
Physical Setting
Physics (55) – MR
Ceremony starts at 6 pm
Attention High School Parents: Please have students keep their communication devices, including cellular phones home
5/14/14
during exams. Any of these devices brought into an exam will result in the student having their exam invalidated and the student
will receive a zero for their exam grade. Thank you for your cooperation.
Creative Calendar Art Winner
Five Star Bank in Auburn presented a $500 check to Genesee Elementary
School, after 3rd grade student Myhialani Kumuhone’s artwork was selected for a
calendar being printed and distributed by the bank. Myhialani sketched a fall
scene with trees, leaves, pumpkins and ghosts, which was selected for inclusion in
the calendar for October. The $500 donation will be used for school supplies.
Pictured (L-­R): Michelle Barber (Five Star Bank), Carrie Ciampi (Myhialani's mother), Art Teacher Andrea Greer, Sherri Kaleta (Five Star Bank), Myhialani Kumuhone, and Christian Maher, Principal.
NEW YORK STATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY:
You can go to www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/nsor/index.htm online to find out if any sexual offenders live near you. The state
Sex Offender Registry is available at (search level 3 subdirectory and complete inquirer information). The Cayuga County
Sheriffs Office also has information about sex offenders living in the county at www.cayugacounty.us/sheriff/so-local.htm
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PESTICIDE NOTIFICATION
Dear Parent, Guardian, and School Staff:
New York State Education Law Section 409-H, effective July 1, 2001, requires all public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools to
provide written notification to all persons in parental relation, faculty, and staff regarding the potential use of pesticides periodically throughout
the school year.
As a reminder, the Auburn Enlarged City School District is required to maintain a list of persons in parental relation, faculty, and staff who wish
to receive 48-hour prior written notification of certain pesticide applications. The following pesticide applications are not subject to prior
notification requirements:
! a school remains unoccupied for a continuous 72-hours following an application;
! Anti-microbial products;
! nonvolatile rodenticides in tamper resistant bait stations in areas inaccessible to children;
! nonvolatile insecticidal baits in tamper resistant bait stations in areas inaccessible to children;
! silica gels and other nonvolatile ready-to-use pastes, foams, or gels in areas inaccessible to children;
! boric acid and disodium octaborate tetrahydrate;
! the application of EPA designated biopesticides;
! the application of EPA designated exempt materials under 40CFR152.25;
! the use of aerosol products with a directed spray in containers of 18 fluid ounces or less when used to protect individuals from an
imminent threat from stinging and biting insects including venomous spiders, bees, wasps, and hornets.
If there is an emergency application necessary to protect against an imminent threat to human health, a good faith effort will be made to supply
written notification to those on the 48-hour prior notification list.
If you have not yet registered to receive 48-hour prior notification of pesticide applications that are scheduled to occur in your school, please
complete the form below and return it to the Buildings & Grounds office Auburn Enlarged City School District pesticide representative, Larry
Garuccio, at 78 Thornton Avenue, Auburn, NY 13021.
Auburn Enlarged City School District
Request for Pesticide Application Notification
School Building Name:
Name:
Address:
Day Phone:
Evening Phone:
E-mail Address:
*Notification requests must be received by the school district each year to stay current.
If you previously requested notification, you must submit each school year.
Feel free to contact Larry Garuccio, the Auburn Enlarged City School District pesticide representative, at 255-8818 for further information on
these requirements.
Eileen Boberg, a first grade student at Casey Park Elementary School,
had her artwork selected for Senator Nozzolio's website. Eileen's watercolor and marker poster
titled, "We All Belong in This World" is featured in the Senator's Earth Day Contest portion of his
website. Eileen dedicated much of her own free time to work on this project and is very excited
to know that people all over the world can view her artwork.
Good job, Eileen! The Casey Park family is very proud of you!
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)
Students who are applying to colleges, please be aware that procedures for the confidentiality of
student records within the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) have recently
changed. FERPA permits school officials to disclose all education records, including disciplinary
records, to another institution at which the student seeks or intends to enroll. This now also applies to
post-secondary institutions (colleges), upon request.
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Team Roster: Larissa Carter, Marissa Carter, Maggie
Flurschutz, Kaitlyn Hlywa, Anna Lesch, Lindsay May,
and Alayna Slayton. The team, coached by Donna
Goddard, went undefeated and set a number of
course records in winning matches this spring.
Auburn Maroons Varsity Baseball Roster: Erik Baim, Stephen
Bennett, Mathew Brooks, Hunter Charles, Terry Daniels,
Kevin DiCola, Joey Dyson, Brandon Fasce, Eric Gatewood,
Casey Komanecky, Patrick LaDouce, Nicholas Petrosino, John
Rizzo, Justin Valentino, and Trent Valentino. Coach: John Turcsik
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The END OF YEAR Schedule
For
Students
in the
AECSD for
the
2013-14
School
Year
Auburn High School
June11 - Last Full Day for Students
June 12, 13 and 16 - Local Exams
June 17 through 25 - Regents Exams
Junior High School
June 20 - Last Full Day for Students
June 23, 24 - Half Days - Released 11:00 a.m.
Elementary Schools
June 23 - Last Full Day for Students
June 24 - Half Day - Released 12:00 p.m.
AHS
GRADUATION
Friday, June 27, 2014
Holland Stadium,
6:00 p.m.
Project
Lead the
Way
June 2014
DISTRICT NEWSLETTER
By Bill Gilmore,
AHS
Technology
Teacher
Students enrolled in Mr. Gilmore's
Project Lead the Way Engineering
courses at Auburn High School
had the chance on April 11 to
meet and speak with Officer
Jason Roberts of the U.S. Navy.
Officer Roberts graduated from
Auburn High School in 2001,
received his bachelors from UNC,
went on to receive his Masters
Degree in Physics and soon after
joined the U.S. Navy where he
now ser ves as a Submarine
Warfare Officer. Students from
the high school had the
opportunity to discuss career
paths, opportunities in physics and
the military, as well as what life
Official Publication of the
AUBURN ENLARGED CITY
SCHOOL DISTRICT
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is like serving our country with an
advanced degree. They discussed
the physics and engineering that
goes into our nation's incredible
submarine fleet as well as the
technologies behind some of our
a d va n ce d w e a p o n r y. O f fi ce r
Robe rts share d photo g raphs
ranging from life as an officer to
schematics of submarines and
Navy Technology. Overall, Officer
Robert's motivational discussion
was a great experience for the
students who share his same
enthu siasm for physics,
te c h n o lo g y, a n d ca re e r s i n
engineering after high school.
We Make a Difference!
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
Karol Soules, President
William Andre
Dia Carabajal
Sam Giangreco
Amanda Grover
Eli Hernandez
Michael McCole, Vice President
Kathleen Rhodes
Andrew Roblee
SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS
Constance D. Evelyn
SCHOOL DISTRICT CLERK
Loretta Van Horn
DISTRICT NEWSLETTER
Deborah J. McAvoy Leone,
Composition & Production