averly Central SChoolS

January 2016

Wholiday exCitement at linColn Street

Waverly seniors and GST BOCES Culinary Arts students Jonathan and Karen roll out some of the 26 dozen train-shaped cutout cookies for Lincoln Street’s Polar Express Day.

Natalie and Sawyer add their decorations to the Lincoln Street tree. All the ornaments were handmade by students during art classes.

Jase adds the finishing touches to his cookie. Students read and watched The Polar Express while enjoying cookies and hot chocolate prior to the holiday recess.

Kenzie and Maddox add another cotton ball to Santa’s beard as they count down the days to Christmas.

Lincoln Street School students in pre-k through first grade excitedly

prepared for the December holidays all month long with fun learning activities across many subject areas.

From reading holiday stories during ELA and creating countdown charts in math to singing carols in music class and creating ornaments during art, students enjoyed learning all about the holidays.

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StudentS, FamilieS give generouSly In December, Waverly students and their

families gave generously to numerous causes in the community. At Elm Street School, students donated nearly 300 non-perishable items to the Valley Food Pantry and made more than 100 holiday cards for the residents at Elderwood. In addition, third-graders col-lected 135 pet supplies for Stray Haven. At Chemung School, the food drive collected 262 items and 282 toys were donated for the Kids of Christmas collec-tion, with Mrs. Harkness’ class winning the pizza party and golden trophy.

Chemung food drive

Lincoln Street food drive

Chemung toy drive

Elm Street pet supply drive

Elm Street food and holiday card drives

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middle SChoolerS PreSent BookS

StudentS Brighten reSidentS’ holidayS

Waverly Middle School Students held a successful book drive that allowed them to present new and gently-used books to each student in pre-k through first grade at Lincoln Street School. The younger students were thrilled to receive their own books to keep and the older students enjoyed visiting with and reading to them.

Middle School students in Mrs. Pena’s Spanish classes made potpourri-scented sachets for residents at Elderwood. The students delivered the gifts and visited with residents the day before the holiday recess.

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girlS attend engineering event

Nine middle schoolers and their chaperone, Technology Teacher Toni Risboskin, attended Lockheed Martin’s Girls in Engineering event this fall. They were joined by 140 other girls from 10 middle schools in the Southern Tier. The annual event is designed to allow female students to have fun while learning more about STEM subjects including science, technology, engineering and math. The day included hands-on projects in rocket design, electric circuits and mechanical gears, as well as an in-depth tour of the helicopter hangar. Female engineers from Lockheed Martin and engineering students from SUNY Binghamton’s Society of Women Engineers’ organization served as tour guides. “The students had a fun and exciting day learning about engineering and other related STEM careers,” said Mrs. Risboskin.

roe named nyS maSter teaCher

High School Science Teacher Elizabeth Roe has been named a New York

State Master Teacher. The New York State Master Teacher Program (NYSMTP) recognizes the work of the highest-performing STEM teach-ers by establishing an expert commu-nity dedicated to developing expertise in the areas of content, pedagogy and students, families and communities. Master teachers are committed to ongo-ing professional work in addition to their regular school responsibilities, and serve as mentors and models for STEM teach-ing throughout the state. “The district is very proud of Mrs. Roe, her professionalism, commitment to her students and her growth as educator,” said Superintendent Randy Richards. Mrs. Roe went through a lengthy ap-plication and interview process prior to being recognized. She will receive ad-ditional professional development in her content area as she prepares to mentor new teachers and facilitate professional

development oppor-tunities for current teachers. She recently met with other newly-appointed master teachers from the Southern Tier and came away excited about working with them. “The teachers in the program are motivated and enthu-siastic about their ideas to make science lessons and classrooms more dynamic. I’m excited about working and having conversations with others in the science field and in higher education,” Mrs. Roe said. “I’m also looking forward to the opportunities for professional develop-ment in my content area and learning about new technologies and information related to teaching science.” In addition to Mrs. Roe, Waverly High School Science Teachers Stacey Coston and Ann Phinney-Foreman also are New York State Master Teachers.

Elizabeth Roe

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In December, freshmen, sophomores and juniors attended presentations that

got them thinking about their future plans. Becky Horton of the Career Devel-opment Council at GST BOCES coordi-nated the presentations. Ninth-graders participated in a panel discussion focusing on filling their blank transcript throughout high school to reach their post-graduation goals.

a SWeet ChemiStry exPeriment

Students in Ann Phinney-Foreman’s chemistry classes learned how prop-

erties of matter change as they enjoyed an ice cream-making lab. Using supplies donated by the Cornell Center for Mate-rial Science Outreach Program, students measured and mixed cream, sugar and vanilla into glass bowls. Mrs. Phinney-Foreman then poured liquid nitrogen over the mixture and students stirred until ice cream formed.

Far left, Erin, Melissa and Phonpoom, foreign exchange student, work together during a chemistry lab in which students made homemade ice cream using liquid nitrogen.

Left, Abigail shows off a bowl of homemade ice cream.

After enjoying their homemade ice cream, students watched as Mrs. Phinney-Foreman conducted other experiments including freezing a banana in the liquid nitrogen until it was hard enough to drive a nail into a piece of wood and demonstrating how a racquet ball bounces at room temperature but shatters instead of bounces after being frozen in the liquid nitrogen.

PreSentationS helP StudentS deCide on PlanS For their FutureS

Tenth-graders heard a talk from GST BOCES Assistant Principal Matt Talada about the Career and Technical Educa-tion Programs offered at the Bush Educa-tion Center. Eleventh-graders had the opportu-nity to learn more about New Visions programs in the fields of education and human services, health careers and in-novations, leadership and business.

Six teamS named to SCholar liSt Kittle, Taylor Knight, Shailei Kraft, Julianne Lee, Paige Miller, Hailey Onofre, Rubina Tracy and Kennedy Wheeler.• GirlsCrossCountry,witha95.967GPA, including Elizabeth Fritzen, Haley Judge, Zoe Lunduski, Alyssa Simonetti, Sheridan Talada, Sidney Tomasso, Reagan Vaughn and Elexes Westervelt.• GirlsVolleyball,witha94.431GPA, including Brooke Bennett, Kendra Ellers, Kathryn Goodwin, Fallon Huck, Lyndsey Moore, Sydney Meyers, Hannah Place and Karleigh VanNess.• BoysCrossCountry,witha93.431GPA, including Chris Johnson, Mike LaRock, Zach Lockwood, Nate Mattison, Jared Vascoe, Dylan Ward and Collin Wright.• Football,witha91.106GPA,including Josh Alamo, Nate Bennett, Dan Blackman, Keilen Carpenter, Shane Carpenter, Jacob Goble, Dalton Loper, Mark McGill, Josh Mastrantuono, Zachary Moore, Brendyn Stillman and Garrett Sutryk.

The district adopted new procedures to determine academic eligibility re-

quirements for all students participating in modified, JV or Varsity athletics. Under the new guidelines, student-athletes will be placed on academic pro-bation if they receive a failing grade in one or more classes on an interim prog-ress report or report card. The procedure went into effect in October based on the progress reports from the first five weeks of the 2015-16 school year. Students on academic probation will be required to attend an after-school study hall from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and will be allowed to practice and fully participate in competi-

neW eligiBility ProCedureS adoPtedtions during the timethey are assigned to athletic study hall. Dismissal from athletic study hallwill be deter-mined every five weeks based on interim pro-gress reports or report cards. Details of the new procedure were shared with ath-letes and their parents and can be found of the district website (waverlyschools.com) or obtained from Athletic Director Brian Miller (bmiller@gstboces.org).

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Six of Waverly’s fall Varsity athletic teams were named Scholar Teams by

the New York State Public High School Athletic Associa-tion (NYSPHSAA). To qualify for this honor, teams must have a cumulative grade point aver-ageofatleast90percent. Scholar teams were:

• GirlsSoccer,witha96.069GPA, including Cassandra Bowman, Jamie Hand, Wendi Hammond, Stephanie Hyland, Alexa Kline, Morgan Kline, Zoe Mennig, Lauren Newman, Elle Nittinger, Melina Ortiz, Kate Oteng- Bediako, Capria Picco, Alex Tomasso and Kari VanAllen.• GirlsSwimming,witha96.005GPA, including Tiffany Czebiniak, Abigail Durgin, Skylar Harford, Starr Harford, Justice Johnson, Lillian Keefer, Madison

go WolverineS!

Girls’ JV and Varsity Basketball

1/5 ______at Whitney Point _____________6:00 p.m.1/7 ______vs. Odessa-Montour __________5:30 p.m.1/12 _____vs. Spencer-Van Etten _________5:30 p.m.1/15 _____vs. Notre Dame ______________5:30 p.m.1/19 _____at Johnson City ______________5:30 p.m.1/22 _____vs. Newark Valley ____________5:30 p.m.1/28 _____at Edison (Varsity only) ________6:00 p.m.1/30 _____at Warwick Valley ___________11:00 a.m.2/2 ______at Watkins Glen ______________6:00 p.m.2/5 ______vs Dryden __________________5:30 p.m.

Boys’ Varsity Swimming

1/7 ______vs. Southern Cayuga __________4:30p.m.1/14 _____at Watkins Glen ______________4:30p.m.1/16 _____Waverly Invitational _________10:00 a.m.1/21 _____at Lansing __________________4:30p.m.1/29 _____at Odessa-Montour __________4:30p.m.2/4 ______vs. Dryden __________________4:30p.m.2/13 _____IAC Championships at Waverly 10:00 a.m.2/17 _____atSection4,ClassBPrelims ____4:30p.m.2/19 _____atSection4Diving ___________9:00a.m.2/20 _____at Sectional Finals ________________TBA3/4-5 ____at State Championships ___________TBA

Boys’ Varsity Wrestling

1/6 ______vs. Watkins Glen _____________7:00p.m.1/8-9 ____at Mike Watson Invitational ________TBA1/11 _____at Newark Valley _____________7:00p.m.1/14 _____at Athens _______________________TBA1/20 _____at Lansing __________________6:00 p.m.1/22-23 __at Section IV Duals _______________TBA1/30 _____at IAC Championships ________9:30a.m.2/7 ______at Cornell Duels _________________TBA2/26-27 __at NYSPHSAA State Championships _TBA

Waverly WolverineS Winter athletiC SCheduleSBoys’ JV and Varsity Basketball

1/5 ______vs. Whitney Point ____________5:30 p.m.1/8 ______at Odessa-Montour __________6:00 p.m.1/12 _____at Spencer-Van Etten _________6:00 p.m.1/15 _____at Notre Dame ______________6:00 p.m.1/19 _____at Owego __________________5:30 p.m.1/22 _____at Newark Valley _____________5:30 p.m.1/29 _____vs. Edison __________________5:30 p.m.2/2 ______vs. Watkins Glen _____________5:30 p.m.2/5 ______at Dryden __________________6:00 p.m.

Varsity Bowling

1/5 ______vs. Edison __________________3:30 p.m.1/7 ______at Union Springs/Port Byron ___4:00p.m.1/12 _____at Odessa-Montour __________4:00p.m.1/14 _____at Newark Valley _____________4:00p.m.1/19 _____vs. Lansing _________________3:30 p.m.1/21 _____vs. Notre Dame ______________3:30 p.m.1/29 _____at Tioga (VBC) _______________3:30 p.m.2/2 ______vs. Watkins Glen _____________3:30 p.m.2/6 ______at IAC Championships ________1:00 p.m.2/12 _____Girls at Sectionals ____________3:00 p.m. 2/13 _____Boys at Sectionals ____________9:00a.m.2/19 _____Boys at State Qualifier ________9:00a.m.2/20 _____Girls at State Qualifier _________9:00a.m.3/5-6 ____at NYS Championship ____________TBA

Indoor Track

1/9 ______at Cornell ___________________9:00a.m.1/16 _____at Cornell ___________________9:00a.m.1/22 _____at Cortland _________________5:45p.m.1/29 _____at Ithaca ___________________5:00 p.m. 2/13 _____at Cornell - State Qualifier _____9:00a.m.3/5 ______at Cornell - State Championship ____TBA

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