CHS Spreads the Sunshine!:
SADD, FOR CLUB & Student Council worked together to spread sunshine in November! Students and staff shared sunshine necklaces expressing something they are thankful for. Then they signed the sunshine poster in the main lobby. Pictured are some members of those clubs.
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Character Education at Bolivar Road Elementary:
On November 8 th , Bolivar Road Elementary held a character education event. Several students were recognized for being responsible. They received recognition over the PA system, their parents were invited in and they received a special tee shirt. Then they marched in the hallways with all of the students and staff lining the halls cheering them on.
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CMS Positivity Tree:
CMS continues to celebrate the various character strengths of our students this month through the Positivity Project. November’s character strengths are open-mindedness, bravery, and gratitude. Students with these character strengths were highlighted on our tree. #otherpeoplematter
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Bridgeport's Peace Builders Group is up and Running!:
An exciting program we offer at Bridgeport is the Peace Builder Club. The Peace Builder Club is comprised of fourth grade students who are/want to be role models in our school and in the community. Being a Peace Builder means being a positive leader while helping those around us and supporting school events.
Peace Builders also have the opportunity to say the announcements in the morning at school. An example of a school-wide event that Peace Builders helps with is our Special Persons Day. Peace Builders held open doors for guests, signed them in, explained the schedule and walked them to their respective classrooms so they could visit with their student(s).
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Eighth Grade Morrisville Trip:
The CMS eighth graders enjoyed a beautiful fall day learning about some of the degree programs offered at Morrisville State College. While touring the campus, they visited the Aquaculture, Automotive, Dairy and Equine departments to hear about what college students learn in those courses and the possible career paths to which these degrees could lead. To cap off these educational overviews, they also enjoyed the experience of an all-you-can-eat dining hall buffet lunch, a favorite part for most of the students. It was a fun-filled day and valuable learning experience for the Class of 2024!
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CHS SADD Chapter:
Some members from the High School SADD (students against destructive decisions) chapter attended the annual leadership conference in Cazenovia on Thursday, October 3rd. Students heard a presentation from National performer Sean Derek. Mr. Derek used comedy & music to challenge students to overcome peer pressure and make healthy choices. Students also worked in stations with other Madison County school districts to develop ways to share information and combat destructive choices. Lastly, students heard from Madison county Sheriff Hood about the power of giving back to their school communities.
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CMS Outdoor Classroom:
The student-designed CMS outdoor classroom has been up and running since early October! The project began in September of 2017 as a PBL initiative led by Mrs. Schultheis involving the entire seventh grade class. Teams were given the task of redesigning the outdoor classroom space. All teams presented their design ideas to a group of retired Chittenango teachers. The top team designs were chosen and presented to the Board of Education. Each design had unique features that resulted in the BOE requesting that the teams get together to incorporate certain design features. The final team design was approved in June of 2019.
This summer, students were able to see their own ideas and designs come to life! Beautiful dividers with built-in flower beds separate the walkway and ...
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Bolivar's New Playground:
Students at Bolivar Road Elementary are loving their new playground! The playground equipment has slides, monkey bars, animal tracker sounds, ladders, swings, and so much more. There is something for everyone.
Thank you to everyone who helped bring this playground to fruition.
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Academic Excellence:
The following students were recently recognized for their academic excellence on the 2019 June Regents and A.P. exams. The students pictured below earned either a 100 on a Regents exam or the top score of 5 on the A.P. test. They are: Hailey Reed, Allison Soulier, Alyssa Bonfardeci, Courtney Peryer, Alainna Pack, Brianna Crystal, Maggie Griffiths, Sarah Lanphear, Jerry Gould, Anthony Roberts, Sarah Vigliotti, Lily Callahan, Joshua Boulter, Aiden Cavotta, Sarah Martin, Elizabeth Kimball, and Dylan Camp.
Congratulations on a job well done. CHS is proud of your hard work and determination in your pursuit of excellence.
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CCSD Honored for the “Best Communities for Music Education”:
Chittenango is once again honored to be named a “Best Community for Music Education” by the NAMM Foundation. Recipients of this award must be able to show community and school support, as well as student involvement and musical achievement.
Research into music education continues to demonstrate educational/cognitive and social skill benefits for children who make music. Everyday listening skills are stronger in musically-trained children than in those without music training. Significantly, listening skills are closely tied to the ability to: perceive speech in a noisy background, pay attention, and keep sounds in memory. Later in life, individuals who took music lessons as children show stronger neural processing of sound. Not to mention, social ...
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Book Tasting:
Third grade students were treated to a “Book Tasting” in Bridgeport’s library. Mrs. Cerio decorated the tables with fancy table clothes, had placemats and battery operated candles. Students had a stack of books to look through and read. These books were all new to the library and these students got to “taste” them before they decided if they wanted to sign them out. This was a unique experience and one loved by the students.
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From States to the Worlds:
Micah Alpuerto and Nicholas Jenner competed in the “VEX IQ Northern NYS Championship” held at the MOST in Syracuse, NY. Schools from Syracuse, Rochester and the Niagara area were there to compete for the chance to go to “Worlds”. Micah and Nicholas started off slow with an 11th place start in the “Team Competition” but with four other competitions left, they focused and with precision driving and excellent use of their controller they jumped into third place, which qualified them for finals. During finals competition, they competed with 7 other teams from around NYS. The atmosphere was tense and the pressure was high. They were one hub away from winning the “Team Competition”, however, when it was all over they ended up taking ...
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Second Graders become Authors!:
Miss Kleine's second grade class published a book! Students first decided on a topic and title, "Our Heroes." Then, students brainstormed their heroes and wrote their rough drafts. Finally, students completed their writing through an editing process and illustrated their pictures. Miss Kleine is so proud of her students' accomplishments!
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The Robo Bear Squad:
The Robo Bear Squad opened up the 2019 season at the Bear Country Turning Point Tourney hosted by the team at the Chittenango Middle School. Over 30 teams from all over central New York arrived early on a Saturday to participate in the event which required student teams to design, build, and code robots to play a game. This year's game involves driving, flipping, shooting balls and ends with a battle for the top parking spot. The Robo Bears are led by Seniors Dylan Price, Ersilio Cerminaro, Devlin Cameron, Caleb Prenoveau and Ben Kingsley. The group’s tandem of Baby Bot and Daddy Bot did not disappoint placing third in the qualifying rounds and advancing to the quarterfinals. All five Robo Bear Bots did well and will continue redesign and rebuilds for the next tournament. ...
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Clear Path for Veterans:
The Bridgeport Peace Builders, a group of 21 fourth grade students, enjoyed a field trip to Clear Path for Veterans. The group made several hundred red poppy flowers to give to the veterans as a way to remember and honor their service to our country. The students learned that the red poppy has come to symbolize remembrance and honor and to celebrate those who have served our nation.
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Bridgeport Book Buddies:
This program partnered a handful of first and second grade students with members of our community. Students were read to during their lunch break each Tuesday during October and November. It was truly a pleasure to witness, firsthand, the power of community/relationship building as the young and "young at heart" were brought together.
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#otherpeoplematter:
The Chain Reaction Club (FOR Club) at the Middle School is hard at work getting the canvas bags ready for the Sullivan Food Cupboard. We have chosen #otherpeoplematter as the bag theme for this year to coincide with our Positivity Project. Many thanks to the Chittenango Teachers Association for donating the bags! Once the food drive is over, both Chain Reaction Club members and Student Council members bag up the donations for the food cupboard. Our hope is that families in our community feel the generosity and love from our school. The Chain Reaction Club will continue to work throughout the school year to support the communities in our area and spread the message of #otherpeoplematter.
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Business Students Attend District 7 Fall FBLA Meeting:
New York State FBLA District 7 Fall Conference was held at the Herkimer County BOCES campus, Friday, November 9. Twenty-five Chittenango High School members attended along with over 70 other members throughout Madison, Oneida, and Herkimer counties.
Several workshops were presented to the membership in attendance on topics such as “Resume Rescue and Interview Prep, ” “Having Productive Conversations,” “How Can PBL Support You in College,” “Habits of Highly Effective Leaders” and “Applying and Deciding For College ”.
Students acquired valuable information that will allow them to grow and develop into better students and eventually better employees.
Mary Beth Napolitano, Work Based Learning Coordinator at Herkimer ...
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Bridgeport Elementary Welcomes the Bridgeport Fire Department:
On Wednesday, October 17 th , volunteers from the Bridgeport Fire Department shared fire safety tips with the students of Bridgeport Elementary. They discussed what to do in case of a fire, and also shared the tools and equipment that the fire department brings with them to an emergency. Students were even able to try on some of the equipment.
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Bolivar Road Elementary Receives Tee-Shirts:
On Friday, October 26 the entire student body at Bolivar Road Elementary were given a tee-shirt compliments of the PTA and we were able to capture an entire student body picture from the rooftop. Throughout the school year scholars are asked to wear school colors for character education assemblies and school events. By providing a school spirit shirt to all scholars, the PTA hopes to make the search for school gear a little easier on families. Our student body photo will be used in our yearbook and also shared with our business sponsors who generously donated to our cause. It was great to see our scholars celebrating their shirts and getting together as a team!
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