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Assemblyman John Ceretto1700 Pine Avenue

Niagara Falls, NY [email protected]

Niagara Wheatfield Central School District

I would like to invite you to participate in a grassroots advocacy effort that could help save some of our educational programs in WNY. In public schools across the state, as well as here in Niagara Wheatfield, there is concern that our students are being limited in their education program-ming both now and for the foreseeable future. Without leadership in Albany to provide equitable and adequate funding for schools and meaningful mandate relief, districts have continued to cut staff, programs and fund balances. Our schools are running out of time and options. We need your help in delivering this message to state leaders!

After five consecutive years of cuts to staff and programs, extracurricular, sports and more, eroding state aid and increasing mandates threaten even deeper budget cuts in the coming year. Without swift and significant change in the way New York State supports public education, we will continue to have compromised educational opportunities for children.

The Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) has depleted the resources available to school dis-tricts. Since the first GEA assessment to Niagara Wheatfield, the District has lost approximately $20 million dollars and will continue to lose these resources in the future. Please view the video on the Niagara Wheatfield Central School District’s home web page (www.nwcsd.k12.ny.us) to learn more about the GEA and it's impact on the students in our state.

I encourage you to support the grassroots effort to 'Do Away with the GEA' by sending that message to our elected officials on behalf of the students of New York State!

March 2014

Pictured left to right:Mason and Alaina Sabo Outside at District Office

Dear Niagara Wheatfield Education Community,

The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State

NYS Capitol Building Albany, NY 12234

Contact: http://www.governor.ny.gov/contact/

GovernorContactForm.php

Direct Line

Lynn Marie Fusco, Ph.D. Superintendent

The Honorable George Maziarz (Senator)

175 Walnut StreetLockport, NY 14094

[email protected]

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ERRICK ROAD STUDENTS RAISE MONEY FOR HEART HEALTH AWARENESS

Pictured above left to right: Ryan Shanor,Ben Raimondo, Abigail Pietrzykowski , and Marisa Zarcone.

During the month of February Errick Road Elemen-tary School in Niagara Wheatfield hosted its 2nd annual Jump Rope for Heart Event to raise money for the Amer-ican Heart Association. This event was coordinated by Physical Education teachers Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Vekich and Mrs. Kane. During the week of February 10th- 14th all stu-dents in grades kindergarten to Fifth participated in many different fitness and jumping stations and learned the im-portance of proper nutrition.

The American Heart Association provides funding for life-saving heart and stroke research and community and ed-ucational programs for our youth. Mrs. Hayes said, “The Jump Rope for Heart Program also teaches students how physical fitness benefits the heart and shows students that volunteering can be a fun and positive experience for the whole community.”

Niagara Wheatfield residents who will need bus service for the 2014-2015 school year are required by State Law and District policy to submit Parochial School busing requests to the Niagara Wheatfield Transportation Department no later than Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Parochial School Transportation request forms may be obtained from Parochial Schools, or from the Ni-agara Wheatfield Transportation Department. Call 215-3300 for information or directions to the NW Transportation Department.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Requests for Parochial School Transportation must be submitted for every student in the family by April 1 of each new school year and are valid only for that year. This allows the district time to plan parochial bus routes for the fall. If you have moved within the District during the past school year, or the student will attend a different school, a new verification of District residency and eligibility will be required. More information regarding NY State and District policies regarding bus service for parochial students, including distance limitations, and rules governing late busing requests may be found at the following website: www.emsc.nysed.gov/nonpub or the District web-site: www.nwcsd.k12.ny.us.

Niagara Wheatfield Non-Public/Parochial School Busing Requests Deadline is April 1, 2014

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Twenty-two ETMS Students participated in the NCMEA (Niagara Coun-ty Music Educators’ Association) Festival I All-County Elementary Band, Ju-nior High Chorus, and Junior High Jazz ensemble on Friday, January 31 and Saturday, February 1, 2014. They spent nearly 8 hours in rehearsals before performing a concert at Niagara Falls High School with other top musicians from schools around Niagara County. On Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8, twelve ETMS students participated in the NCMEA Festival II All-County Junior High Concert Band. These students performed a concert at North Tonawanda High School on Sat-urday, February 8. Hundreds of stu-dents auditioned in December by per-forming in front of a music judge. They played a prepared solo, scales and sight reading for a rating. The highest rated students were selected for these honor ensembles.

Junior High Jazz Band and Junior High Concert Band:

Front row-left to right: Isaiah Milne, Alec Adams, Brett SitzmanSecond row-left to right: Cameron Racey, Nick Flaim, Jordan Gaydos, Mike Tilkins, Austin Zwelling, Chris Dyer, Brandon Higgins

NCMEA (Niagara County Music Educators’ Association) Festival I All-County Elementary Band, Junior High Chorus,

and Junior High Jazz ensemble

Elementary Band: Back row-left to right: Cory Margarucci, Natalie Clause, Cara JanowskyFront row-left to right: Trevor Croff, Jacob Vallas,

Junior High Chorus: Back row-left to right: Allison Ewert, Phoebe Giandomenico, Allison Kujawa, Kirsten Bowers, Kourtney KowalikMiddle row-left to right: Bronwyn Buckenroth, Reanna Hewitt, Victor UntullisFront row: Guilliano Pupo


Pictured above: Starring in “Shrek, the Musical” are (kneeling) Andrew Zuccari as Lord Farquaad, (Left to right standing) Lindsey Clark as The Dragon and The Sugar Plum Fairy, Douglas Moore as Donkey, Beau Bradshaw as Shrek, Jenna Montesanti as Fiona and Robert Privitera as Pinocchio.

Shrek, the Musical will be presented by the Niagara-Wheatfield Senior High School Mu-sic Department Thursday, March 6 through Sunday, March 9. The performances are set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings and a matinee performance is set for 2 p.m. on Sunday in the high school auditorium on Saunders Settlement Road in Sanborn.

Starring in the production is Beau Bradshaw as Shrek, Jenna Montesanti as Fiona, Douglas Moore as Donkey, Andrew Zuccari as Lord Farquaad, Robert Privitera as Pinocchio and Lindsay Clark in a dual role as The Dragon and The Sugar Plum Fairy. The production also includes a cast of about 100 extras, chorus members, orchestra musicians in addition to the stage crew. The students have been rehearsing since early January.

“We are very proud of our Niagara-Wheatfield musical productions because the kids do a fantastic job and they are always so well received” said Music Teacher David Curtis who, with Darla Bubar, produced “Shrek, the Musical.” “This year, we are hoping for sell out crowds, because this is a kid friendly show. There is something in it for all age groups.”

Performances are open to the pub-lic and tickets are $9 each. For reserva-tions and presale tickets, those interested are urged to call 716 215-3605.

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Students in Ms. Culligan’s art class took paper circles, flolded them twice to form a pizza slice shape, drew shapes on the edges, cut them out and opened them to see the “snowflake” they made. Just like no two snowflakes are alike, Ms. Culligan told the students that all their snowflakes would be different and unique!

Its a Snow Day in Ms. Culligan’s Art Class!

Pictured above: Shyloh Bishop

The students at Niagara Wheatfield’s Errick Road Elemen-tary have been learning about what traits make up good character and sportsmanship. School counselor Liz Antonelli has been so impressed with the progress they have made she asked two special guests to join the students to celebrate their achievements: The Niagara Wheatfield High School Hockey Team and Sabretooth. The stu-dents went wild when Sa-bretooth entered the au-ditorium and challenged the hockey players to try to score a goal through his defense. “It was a great way to cap off this important lesson for our students,” says Ms. Antonelli. “The players answered questions about what they think define good sportsmanship and how they would react to certain situations while playing. Sabretooth interacted with our students and applauded the skits they put on about good character. The students loved it.”

SABRETOOTH PAYS VISIT TO ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY TO CELEBRATE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP

PHOTO CAPTION: (left to right) Jenna Augugliaro, Lily Adam watch as Lilian Conroy gives Sabretooth high five.


PHOTO CAPTION: Complete Senior Care veterans were recently presented with certificates of appreciation for their dedication to our country from active service members and local boy scouts. The event also launched the Holiday Heroes card repurposing campaign.

Pictured back row left to right: Army First Class Sgt. Fred Trun-zo and Master Sgt. David Cirino of NF Air Base 914 Tactical Wing.

Pictured front left to right: Martin Owens (CSC staff), Vinnie Mc-Mahon (CSC participant), Bear Cub Lucas Cirino, Dr. Clay Booth, MD (CSC staff), Wolf Cub Rogan Trunzo, Ed Alfanso (CSC volun-teer) and Tom Minervino (CSC participant).

Niagara Wheatfield students Lucas Ciri-no and Rogan Trunzo recently participated in a worthwhile program called Holiday Heroes. The program is run through Complete Senior Care, which is an all-inclusive care for the elderly in Ni-agara County. The participants use their creative talents to turn old unwanted holiday cards into new, beautiful gestures of kindness to be mailed overseas to servicemen and women. “This is a wonderful project for the older adults who feel a sense of pride and purpose while exercising their fine motor skills and keeping their minds active,” says Virginia McAuliffe, who works at the cen-ter. For anyone who wants to help with the Holiday Heroes program we ask that you contact Virginia McAuliffe at (716) 285-8248, ext: 111 or you can mail or drop off the donated cards to the Complete Senior Care at 1302 Main Street, Ni-agara Falls, NY 14301, Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

NIAGARA WHEATFIELD STUDENTS BECOME

HOLIDAY HEROES

Last spring, more than 6,000 New York State high school musicians in grades ten and eleven auditioned for the chance to be select-ed for one of eight All-State Conference Music Ensembles. Niagara Wheatfield HS band stu-dent Cassie Travers was selected for the New York State School Music Associations’ (NYS-SMA) All-State Conference which was held Thursday, December 5 – Sunday, December 8 in Rochester, NY. Cassie, a French hornist, performed with the All-State Conference Sym-phonic Band, under the direction of Dr. Peter Boonshaft from Hofstra University on Sunday, December 8 in the Eastman School of Music Auditorium.

Comments: “Cassie is one of the finest mu-sicians in the state of New York. She has shown so much growth as a musician since entering high school in ninth grade. This year her accomplishments include first chair horn in the Area All-State Orchestra and All-County Band. She also sat in the first horn section in the All-State Symphonic Band. She has had a remarkable year and we are very proud of her.”

Cassie Travers was selected for the New York State School Music

Associations’ (NYSSMA) All-State Conference


The new law mandates recess when class work is complete and that students must turn in homework before special. Only those stu-dents with completed assignments are allowed recess. Students can complete missing work, but must sit for 3 minutes per missing sheet of work or until it is done, with quality! Behavior is also a factor which is determined by the teacher. Recess can be held inside or outside depending on weather and time.

5th Grade students at Colonial Village Elementary wanted to form a more perfect 5th grade class so they established their own gov-ernment. Students from each class prepared persuasive essays which were read to their classmates. The essays told their peers why they would make a good class Governor. Each student read their essays and each class voted. Three Governors were elected. Those Gover-nors then read their essay to students in each 5th grade class. The entire 5th grade then vot-ed for their overall choice for class President. It was a very close race. Congratuations to 2014 Class President Anna Liddle, Class Vice President Ryan Milleville and Class Secretary of State Alyssa Hopper.

5th Grade Students At Colonial Village Form Class Government

Senate meeting in Committee

House discusses the Bill

For their first order of business, the newly formed Executive Branch decided to create some binding rules for recess, so a Recess Bill was created. Students became Senators and Rep-resentatives as they debated and modified the Recess Bill. After several days in Committee, a Joint Meeting of Congress was held. The Recess Bill was finalized and approved by both houses. It was now left for the signature of the Executive Branch. Secretary Hopper was the first to sign off on the Bill, followed by Vice President Mil-leville. When President Liddle elected to sign the Bill rather than veto it, then the 2014 Recess Law.

Joint Meeting of Congress-the “ayes” have it - the Recess Bill passes


President Liddle, Secretary of State Hopper and Vice President Milleville

Secretary of State Hopper signs the Bill

Vice President Milleville signs the Bill

President Liddle signs the Bill into Law


Senior High School High Honor Roll (2013-2014 School Year) MARKING PERIOD 2

Grade 9Alexis Ackerson, Russell Apfel, Jillian Arnone, Christopher Barone, Adam Belote, Perya Bhagchandani, Kris-ten Brock, Gina Brown, Aleigha Carpenter, Anthony Churpita, Mathew Cicco, Angelee Clause, Evan Cody, Sean Colby, Danielle Couch, Chloe Den Haese, Roman Duszenko, Spencer Franks, Amber Gansworth, Anna Gansworth, Madison Gonzalez, Jamie Hagerty, Kyle Halford Jr, Quinna Hamby, Kennedy Heaton, Jadyn Hen-derson, Noah Klettke, Madison Klidonas, Jacqueline Kline, Nicholas Koch, Kristina Krehan, Kathryn Lewis, Greta Littman, Cade Mangan, Joshua Maroney, Matthew McCune, Sabrina McCune, Timothy Metzger, Molly Milleville, Peter Mulcahy, Jared Murray, Mohamed Mustafa, Purvi Patel, Charlene Phillips, James Raglow-DeFranco, Audrey Ricotta, Sara Rinehart, Jenna Ross, Shajwan Salih, Alexa Sass, Sabrina Seefeldt, Jordan Short, Taylor Shunk, Marlena Taylor, Danielle Thaler, Alyssa Ward, Kali Yeates

Grade 10Alyson Baumann, James Cavalleri, Katie Colby, Julia Coty, Brittany Cristofanelli, Wirakan Danpongprasert, Brooke DeVantier, Courtney Dewolf, Zachary Diermyer, Raquel DiFiglia, Amber Fleischman, Nathan Gan-sworth, Sarah Gerass, Alexandra Gerspach, Sarah Gifford, Bradley Golias, Jordan Gorzka, Casey Gruarin, Tyler Halleen, Madeline Hardy, Jordan Hartman, Kasey Haseley, Allison Hatfield-Wilson, Victoria Hocking, Gabrielle Iacona, Mark Kayutkin, Marissa Kendall, Emma Knotts, Bailey MacKenzie, Cassandra Mangan, Christopher McCune, Julia Mikolajczak, Alec Otminski, Nicole Perry, Joshua Pitruzzella, Nolan Pofi, Kate-lyn Pytlik, Matthew Rance, Emily Redanz, Michelle Riggio, Makayla Roma, Noah Seiler, Troy Smith, Kalie Sonnenberg, Heather Stahlman, Kaitlyn Stickney, Alana Svensson, Olivia Tober, Thomas Watroba, Stephen Zambotti

Grade 11Justin Adams, Nicholas Barile, Angelica Beiter, Francesca Bove, Michael Bunny, Lindsey Clark, Meghan Cloutier, Heather Colosimo, Nicholas Couch, Angela Coulter, Allison Courtney, Summer Den Haese, Mark DeSimone, Dominic DiFiglia, Andrew Doricko, Megan Farnham, David Fields, Alexandra Galvano, Ashley Groll, Kasandra Guyette, Logan Hill, Natalie Hilts, Margherita Inglima, Johnathan Janese, Wiktoria Jedrze-jczyk, Morgan Kuhn, Alexandria LaMantia, Albert Lewis III, Kyle Licht, James Loveland, Zoe Martin, Andrea ModicaAmore, Christine Oliveri, Jessica Phillips, Joseph Roscetti, Sally Rozumalski, Dominic Salvatore, Alys-sa Sarzyniak, Megan Seefeldt, Fateh Singh, Hannah Sosenko, Denver Strong, Claire Svensson, Andrew Teixeira, Deanna Todino, Alexis Watters, Zachary Will, Amanda Young, Domenic Zendano

Grade 12 Amanda Acee, Joseph Ayers, Alexis Becker, Emily Belote, Kyle Bennett, Kelsey Braham, Vincent Braham, Brianna Brandy, Megan Breier, Jessica Brock, Brandon Brusino, Jack Buddenhagen, Hannah Carrier, Brian Churpita, Dylan Cobernus, Kelly Coddington, Jacob Collins, Andrew Connelly, Joseph Corio, Jaclyn Danvir, Jason Den Haese Jr., Monika Duszenko, Joshua Edwards, Bridgette Ehrmann, Melissa Elnicki, Erika Ew-ert, Tiffany Fiel, Mariah Folts, Madelyn Gansworth, Alexis Garabedian, Kevin Grzeskowiak, Rachel Hempel, Sarah Herr, Caroline Holler, Brittany Hovland, Jennifer Johnson, Lauren Kellinsky, Angela Kendt, Theresa Kenney, Kirsten Klettke, Nicholas Korzelius, Briana Krawczyk, Kalie Lazarou, Joseph Lebold, Samantha Le-lito, Alexander Leo, Erin Mahoney, Kaitlyn Mazierski, Johnathan McCasey, Bailey Milleville, Miranda Mona, Jenna Montesanti, Aishah Mulkey, Daniel Peltier, Allison Plunkett, Noah Poczciwinski, Megan Povinelli, Victo-ria Rance, Matthew Rogalsky, Halle Sauer, Jake Schoelles, Nathaniel Sommers, Anthony Tardibuono, Rafay Tariq, Chelsie Tolli, Cassandra Travers, Cody Treichler, Alec Venturin, Jason Vranic, Jillian Wagner, Alexander Wangler, Ashley Ward, Austin Yorio


Senior High School Honor Roll (2013-2014 School Year) MARKING PERIOD 2

Grade 9Samantha Allen, Emma Asklar, Hayley Bartlett, Ashley Bottenfield, Alexandria Burgio, Amber Carls, Amanda Casamento, Robert Cefalu, Eric Chudy, Tori Clyde, Jelina D’Amico, Bryce Danovskis, Courtney Day, Julia Delorimiere, Ryan DeVan-tier, Madison Dorato, Zachary Ernle, Hope Flanders, Samantha Gaines, Kendal Gallagher, Matthew Gibson, Chandler Gilewski, Miquel Gonzalez, Brooke Goodrich, Taylor Guas, Marissa Guiliani, Richard Horton, Julia Irwin, Jazlyn Kirkland, Brooke Klein, Paige Kohnke, Bailey Krupa, Priya Kumar, Felecia LaMantia, Tiffany Landes, Sierra Lassman, Michael Luero, Kevin Lumadue, Nathan Maloney, Marissa Markott, Ryan McGuire, Matthew Mixon, Cierra MtPleasant, Allison Napier, Alyssa Parnella, Marisa Previte, Adrienne Robins, Jacob Rohrback, Julianna Rucci, Matthew Sciandra, Jonah Seiler, Joseph Sheehy, Lauren Sherman, Zachary Sommers, Marissa Staschak, Grace Stewart, David Stillinger, Domi-nick Tallarico, Candice Waller, Alyssa Walsh, Sarah Winstanley, Noah Wrazin, Lauren Ziegler, Gabriela Zinaty

Grade 10Christopher Ackerson, Jordan Andalora, George Bainbridge, Ashley Bass, Alex Bauer, Matthew Belardi, Daniel Bissell Jr, Abigail Blankenship, Rachel Bolea, Molly Brady, Adriana Brandy, Nicholas Brooks, Janine Brown, Ariana Bruno, Anthony Casale, Brianna Cavese, Danielle Chatten, Bianca Coon, Robert Couturiaux III, Sean Crangle, Sean Demske, Mitchell Dinger, Kaile Donoughe, Emily Downing, Justin Dworzanski, Nicole Dworzanski, Nathan Ehrmann, Jordan Eisenbart, Matthew Evarts, Vincent Falvo, Alexis Franz, Sierra Fruck, Lauren Garabedian, Henry Garis, Jenna Gioannini, Victoria Glover, Rohit Gogna, Marissa Hayes, Mitchell Hedlund, Steven Herr, Storm Hutcheson, Kyri Jackson, Sabrina Jasper, Alyssa Jeacoma, Sabrina Joseph, Kiranvir Kaur, Skylar Kendzia, Dustin Kowalik, Lori Lachowski, Madison Lippa, Devin Litten, Meghan Luss, Brianna Mangione, Gianna Marcantonio, Connor Minkiewicz, Julianna Osetkowski, Tommi-lynne Piernik, Janelle Pope, Todd Povinelli, Brittany Price, Ihab Rizek, Austin Sauer, Mara Scive, Tyler Siegmann, Michael Sillett, Elaina Spendio, Jacob Stewart, Derek Stoberl, Cory Stoelting, Adam Stojanovski, Rocco A Strangio, Sarah Tit-terington, Taylor Trunzo, Amanda Vo, Austin Wangler, Cayla Zaharkin

Grade 11Danial Ahmed, Gabriella Albert, Jeremy Bari, Sarah Batugowski, Eric Bottenfield, Philip Brayley, Brandan Brochey, Julia Brown, Andrew Canada, Abigail Cappuccilli, Timicah Capton, Christopher Churakos, Natalie Colucci, Allyson Czaja, Els-beth Dafoe, Katie DeRose, Zachary DeVantier, Jeremy Ditto, Anthony Dyer, Emma Falter, Mikayla Fulton, Emily Garlock, Zachary Glaser, Nicholas Harvey, James Heinike, Teya Hucks, Michael Jacob, Scott Jarvis, William Jasper III, Chandler Jeacoma, Haden Jurecki, Karolyn Karsten, Dakotah Kepp, Kimberly Knerr, Jacob Kujawa, Ilya Lashenko, Andrew Logar, Dominic Macri, Avery Mannex, Margaret Maxwell, Vincent Mayo, Preston Miller, Christian Milleville, Jeremy Mixon Jr., Ariel Mrzygut, Joshua Pittman, Jonathan Poczciwinski, Megan Pofi, Zachary Prohn, Alyssa Renko, Taylor Retzlaff, An-tonio Rizzo, Gabrielle Rosati, Aliyah Ross, Santana Sawma, Amanda Seiler, Thomas Sperrazza, Allison Staub, Karly Torppey, Sandra Tran, Kaitlin Venditti, Paris Ventry Jr, Angelo Vilardo, Kathleen Wagoner, Katherine Weir, Julie Wilson, Melissa Zielinski, Brenden Ziomek, Matthew Zirnheld, Zenon Ziuko

Grade 12Sarah Abbey, Alexandria Amsdill, Noah Asklar, Daniel Ball, Marissa Belardi, Kylee Black, Jason Bolea, Brianna Bors, Brandon Borzillire, Margaret Bourque, Beau Bradshaw, Ashleigh Burgio, Bailey Cadwallader, Thomas Carella, Brandon Cline, Christopher Conti, Daniel Dubetsky, Samantha Dworzanski, Taylor Falzone, Nicholas Forcucci, Daniel George, Cristina Gifford, Kimberley Gray, Alivia Guthrie, Caitlyn Hannam, Amanda Hatfield-Wilson, Autumn Hayes, Zahra Hus-sain, Nicolette Jacobs, Jessica Josey, Ryan Koch, Matthew Kostiw, Jessica Lamson, Aaron Latimer, Katelyn Loughlin, Nicole Lundberg, Samuel Mattheus, Mitchell Mayes, Sarie Muscarella, Ayman Mustafa, Kaila Nice, Tyler Nielsen, Elea-nor O’Connor, Jamie Osetkowski, Mathew Paonessa, Diana Parra, McKenzie Penque, Rachel Phillops, Alysha Price, Robert Privitera, Jacquelyn Randall, Rebecca Rider, Kimberly Runkle, Bailey Salemi, Robert Schimschack III, Sarah Siegman, Nicholas Sperrazza, Jack Travers, Maria Ventry, Tanya Verma, Linda Vo, Lindsey Walter, Leanne Wills, August Wilson, Alyssa Yanulevich, Kelsey Yeates, Shane Zaharkin, Mark Zastrow


Senior High School Merit Roll (2013-2014 School Year) MARKING PERIOD 2 Grade 9Rebecca Ammerman, Luke Bissell, Brandt Breezee, Nicholas Brocato, Justin Buccarelli, John (Jack) Bunker, Timothy Calkins, Samuel Caridi, Michael Chapman, Kalee Cirbus, Fletcher Codd, Nathan Conrad, Matthew Cook, Dillon Cooper, Sarah Czaja, Ayana D’Antuono, Christian DiRamio, Colin Duchnik, Madison Duchnik, Madison Durkee, Emily Ellis, Ryan Fatouros, Nicholas Fay, Tara Fleming, Haley Garlock, Kimberly Holas, Robert Hoover, Ciara Hottot, Preston Kolodziej, Nicholas Lazarou, Michael Loliger, Nicolette Loughrey, Trey Malcolm, Justin Manth, Emma Mercurio, Rick Montesanti, Anessa Moore, Nikolas Musso, Cody Newbury, Derek Renko, Mariah Rickard, Michael Sattelberg, Sumer Schebell, Noah Sieck, Alyssa Smith, Daniel Stinis, Zachary Strobel, Gianna Teixeira, Jessica Thompson, Samantha Tolli, Emilio Tripp, Tyler Truesdale, Saman-tha Tycz, Evan Walters, Maddison Walton

Grade 10Mariah Ayala, Silvana Bonura, Caitlyn Cadwallader, Matthew Canada, Courtney Chiodo, Ryan Connelly, Nich-olas DiCarlo, Michael Dobmeier, Joseph Dorato, Janae Elder, Matthew Fantrazo, Bria Fauzey, Briana Gates, Daniel Gerass, Kaleigh Glica, Colin Goodrich, Kevin Hedden, Shane Helbig, Savannah Helmich, Nicholas Hurtado, O’Di Isa, Danielle Kaminski, Sumeet Kaur, Sabrina Khweiss, Avery Kostic, Matthew LoCurto, Zach-ary Lowerre, Kathryn MacKenzie, Jacob Magaddino, Bronte Mantell, Rebecca Mayflower, Jewel McAninch, Kayla Miano, Hannah Montie, Nathan Nielsen, Cory Ormsby, Samantha Peterson, Katrina Richter, Jacob Rickard, Anthony Scalzo, Bryce Siegmann, Stephanie Smith, Michelina M Strangio, Austin Strope, Lindsey Tompkins, Matthew Townsend, Thomas Ward, Nicholas Weber, Lauren Wills

Grade 11Alicen Ambrosia, Nadia Ammerman, Matthew Anderson, Jessica Bass, Daniel Beck, Matthew Bourque, Kay-leigh Bradfield-MacKenzie, David Bruno, Ryan Chrysler, Daniel Cicco, Hayley Colosimo, Akira Conrad, La-Kera Davis, Savannah Farr, Seth Ferguson, John Ferrara, Julia Flood, Brandon Funderburk, Amber Gold-smith, Daniel Greaser, Alex Haake, Angelina Hackney, Kirsten Halford, Jason Hall, Courtney Heaton, Austin Johnston, Bryce Kaczorowski, Nehad Khweiss, Erin Kieley, Payton Leo, Tyler Licastro, Jake Lumadue, Zoey Maggiore, Kaila Maghrak, Matthew Mangione, Michael Manth, Joseph Marra, Zachary McCormick, Stephanie McKenzie-Walsh, Steven Meyers, Tyler Mietlicki, Zachary Milliken, Douglas Moore, Callahan Moretti, John O’Shea, Kyle Padin, Meredith Perkins, Nicholas Previte, Joshua Ranney, Kaileigh Reading, Rachel Retzlaff, Breonnah Robins, Ahmed Salleh, Kimberly Sayles, Kyle Scalzo, Jessica Schurr, Brandon Sciandra, Philip Sembert II, Alexis Shaw, Taylor Smith, Deven Stahlman, James Stenzel, Nicole Taylor, Mikayla Townsend, Sharleen Tuttle, Tiffany Tycz, Milan Williamson

Grade 12Asha Abdulaziz, John Anderson, Natalia Andriaccio, Nicolette Barcer, Gina Bax, Tara Beach, Jacob Bray, Edward Briggs, Courtney Casale, Simrandeep Chahal, Nicholas Cieri, Elijah Congi, Joel Congi, Katherine Connell, Zackre Connery, Jesse Conti, Kassandra Crout, Justin Durkee, Brennen Ferguson, Leah Fineberg, DeVonte’ Fuller, Alexander Gates, Jesse Giangrosso, Anthony Gonzales, Tyler Gornicki, Ryan Gross, Nicho-las Guiher, Lorenzo Harpham, Austin Hayes, Cody Heath, Carrie-Ann Hillman, Selina Hurd, Hailey Jaquin, Shawn Jasper, Christina Kaiser, Victor Kayutkin, Collin Kitcho, Kyle Kline, Derrick Klosko, Sean Lavelle, Nico-las Loffredo, Peter Luero, Philomena Marinaccio, Michael Markelonis, Jaylee Mettler, Kevin Miller, Shane Mill-er, Michael Mordick, Samantha Mort, Nicholas Pasquale, Mitchell Pittman, Allison Rickard, Krystian Roman, Hayden Ross, Cameron Rucci, Domenique Sercu, Miranda Silvernail, Ranjit Singh, Jawaun Smith, Marissa Smith, Devin Swanson, Jeffrey Trunzo, Natalie Vasi, Frank Vecchio II, Anthony Vekich IV, Erwin Wegener Jr, Zachary Wilkinson, Chelsey Wyrosdick, Morgan Yamonaco, Ashley Young


Edward Town Middle School High Honor Roll (2013-2014 School Year) MARKING PERIOD 2 Grade 6 Madelyn Andrews, Ava Asklar, Jack Baumann, Emily Blank, Alaina Buckenroth, Danielle Carlson, Ava Casale, Navroop Cheema, Caroline Chonka, Hailee Cipollina, Daniel Cirino, Natalie Clause, Hannah Colosimo, Justin Crandall, Anthony Cruz, Paige DiCarlo, Andrea Efthemis, Madelyn Ernle, Hannah Evert, Christina Faller, Joc-elyn Fike, Jamison Fry, Francesca Giaquinto, Shannon Glor, Victoria Goupil, Gabriela Greene, Akashpreet Grewal, Jillian Hagerty, Alyssa Hartman, Tyler Hassen, Hailey Hemingway, Jenna Hiscock, Katelyn Hoover, Nicholas Inserra, Mackenzie Jacobs, Cara Janowsky, Walter Kinder, Nikki Kwiatkowski, Bryson Leitch, Spen-cer Leitch, Corin Loughrey, Matthew Lysiak, Cory Margarucci, Jessica Maroney, Abby Mason, Jacqueline Mazzara, Ravdeep Minhas, Olivia Montie, Zachary Muni, MacKenzie Patterson, Hannah Plunkett, Kyle Py-tlik, Mikayla Racey, Andrew Rambali, Lauryn Reina, Natalie Reina, Janelle Renko, Juliette Roma, Clayton Ruhland, Benjamin Salomon, Stephanie Schul, Hannah Seiler, Quinn Skotnicki, Austyn Skrzypek, Brandon Smith, Jordyn Smith, James Smith III, Logan Sobczyk, Ghavia Tariq, Joseph Timbello, Michael Ung, Lauren Vickers, Nathan Walck, Hannah Waliszewski, Hannah Wilson, Brianna Zayatz.

Grade 7Surjit Arnone, Domenic Barile, Emily Barone, Matthew Baumgartner, Erica Beyer, Gabriela Bonura, Jack Brauer, Danielle Brochey, Kay Budziszewski, Elizabeth Butera, Vincent Capolupo, Corina Carr, Mattea Ce-falu, Delanye Charnley, Mia Chew, Esther Chong, Nolan Codd, Julia Colucci, Bryar Confer, Aaron Coulter, Sydney Crangle, Alyson DePadre, Jacob DeWolf, Sydney Dippold, Christopher Dyer, Ryan Dynko, Clinton Egeland, Elise Ellis, Madison Evarts, Allison Ewert, Grace Firzak, Nickolas Flaim, Joseph (Joey) Foucha, Mackenzie Franks, Adam Fruck, Jacob Gaydos, Jordan Gaydos, Julia Gerspach, Marissa Giaquinto, Olivia Gonyea, Carmyn Gonzalez, Jordan Graber, Nicole Guldin, Jessa Hill, Joel Hocking, Arielle Huber, Le'Gary Jackson, Emma Johnson, Julia Johnson, Lindsay Kancar, Kiran Kaur, Cameron King, Kierston Klidonas, Matthew Kline, Sydney Kostic, Katelyn Kostiw, Kourtney Kowalik, Madison Kwitchoff, May Liu, Sarah Lo-Curto, Angelina Marinaccio, Jenna McLaughlin, Abigail Metzger, Cameron Miller, Anastasia Mohilewsky, Nico Mundier, Kandace Nasca, Kalianna Oakes, Jenna Peterson, Travis Piatek, Colin Pytlik, Mackenzie Quider, Cameron Racey, Paul Raglow-DeFranco, Larissa Reid, Erin Sass, Hailey Saunderson, Bryson Shunk, Brett Sitzman, Jenna Sonnenberg, Quinn Stevenson, Katelyn Stojanovski, Katherine Tompkins, Rachel Tompkins, Trinity Tromble, Brianna Walker, Davon Ware, Abigail Weber, Chloe Wilczak, Dylan Woods, Madison Wrazin, Austin Zwelling. Grade 8Kyle Adams, Thomas Agnello, Amara Alviti, Jacob Ambrosia, Alaina Bailey, Kirsten Bowers, Dean Brown, Leah Buddenhagen, Gabrielle Buerger, Sarah Carls, Alexis Chase, Macy Christiano, Hanna Cipollina, Nicho-las Clouden, Casey Cloutier, Kathryn Courtney, Margaret(Molly) Crandall, Tiffany Cristofanelli, Isabella Cruz, Sarah Cummings, Summer DiStefano, Jared Domaradzki, Luke Donner, Adriana Duic, Hallie Dworzanski, Thomas Efthemis, Claire Feng, Kaysy Fleischman, Nichole Friess, Larissa George, Meaghan Gleason, Arsh-preet Grewal, Emily Harrell, Jordan Hiscock, Siana Jacobs, Samantha James, Wyatt Janese, Jordan Johnson, Kelsey Kendzia, Kelsey Klosko, Allison Kujawa, Emily Lange, Alexandria Leffler, Gabriella Litwak, Marques Lowe, Alexander Marino, Samantha Martin, Jack Mazzara, Elizabeth McCormick, Katie Miano, Daniel Miko-lajczak, Jenna Miller, Carly Milleville, Mikaela Milleville, Riley Muldoon, Chrystiana Oakes, Kyle Otminski, Ka-lina Parankinova, Kiada Parmer, Samantha Pawlow, Nicholas Peters, Mariah Pittman, Giuliano Pupo, Rachel Redanz, Kiersten Reina, Michalla Rood, Nicole Ross, Stephen Roulley, Anthony Ruffino, Thomas Schweiger, Julia Shapiro, Julia Siegmann, Jacob Sillett, Dylan Smith, Thomas Sommers, Ethan St. Onge, Jacob Strusa, Shawn Struzik, Michelle Terbot, Michael Tilkins, Samantha Torre, Lila Trunzo, Nikita Verma, Jenna Wagoner, Amanda Waliszewski, Olivia Wall, Erica Weber, Erin Wegrzyn, Chace Woods, Callista Zayatz, Brielle Zim-merman.


Edward Town Middle School Honor Roll (2013-2014 School Year) MARKING PERIOD 2

Grade 6 Victoria Achtziger-Hughes, Kyle Ackerson, Joseph Apfel, Jenna Bailey, Lydia Barreto, Connor Bauer, Dylan Bennett, Jeffrey Braham, Ezekiel Capton, Faith Frances Capton, Gabrielle Capton, Christiano Casilio, Alexis Cheers, Diega Ciraolo, Alexia Cirbus, Alyssa Cline, Zackery Coffelt, Rosalie Comings, Trevor Conte, Trevor Croff, Isabella Dasta, Kianna DePadre, Molly Domaradzki, Morgan Duchnik, Marisa Forcucci, Benjamin Fos-ter, Joshua Fruck, Ella Gorrell, Bianca Gynan, Ayden Hagar, Shauna Halleen, Jenna Harvey, Kyle Harvey, Nathan Hayek, Jenna Hedlund, Merissa Hescox, Savannah Hutcheson, Nadeen Isa, Cole Janowsky, Rhylee Jung, Ella Juron, Samuel Kayutkin, Elise Kendt, Cassandra Kennedy, Anthony Kuhn Jr., Philip LaMantia, Nicholas Lang, Kelsey Lassman, Kyle Lazarou, Hannah Lenz, Grant Letcher, Adam Liberti, Tony Liu, Victo-ria Mayes, Phillip McGarvey, Ryan Mellerski, Giovanni Morelli, Mackenzie Musgrove, Nakia Newell, Austin Osetkowski, John Osetkowski, Colton Pankiewicz, Zachary Phillips, Michaela Polak, Trinity Rafter, Brooke Richner, Dionna Rowsey, Jordyn Sacks, Kelsee Scero, Nicholas Scott, Kathryn Shoemaker, Sierra Shu-mate, Danielle Siegmann, Tyler Sparks, Helena Spendio, Alexander Stoelting, Aaron Struzik, Ethan Svens-son, Trevor Sztorc, Mazin Tariq, Umrozia Tariq, Jacob Taylor, Kaelyn Thomas, Allison Tober, Aiden Tribbets McNamara, Jacob Vallas, Madison Wall, Raphael Wence, Anthony White, Joseph Woroniecki Jr, Kaydence Young, Kelly Youngman, Robert Zito. Grade 7Alec Adams, Julianna Albert, Conner Allen, Noah Bennett, Tiara Borzillire, Savannah Bradfield-MacKenzie, Patrick Brady Jr, Robert Bruno, Jacob Buerger, Jordan Buono, Anastasia Burkholder, Christopher Cacciatore, Olivia Caridi, Wile Chapman, Allyson Clark, Ethan Cooley, Dillon Corbett, Colton Cusick, Bella DiGregorio, Elizabeth Dunning, Jordan Fineberg, Jason Finnegan, Willard Gansworth, Phoebe Giandomenico, Alexis Gordon, Alexandra Green, Leah Gross, Mackenzie Grosskopf, Thomas Grote, Kevin Halford, Jenna Hall, Jacob Halleen, Sarah Jackson, Selena Justus, Mohamed Khweiss, Destyne Kohn, Sierra Kostic, Anna Kre-han, Caleb Lee, Enrico Liberale, Michael Lippa, Kamerin Litten, Brendan Loughlin, Maxwell Lowerre, Joseph Lozina, Riley MacKenzie, Samantha Maghrak, Ryan Mahoney, Kristen Meacham, Gabrielle Messana, Mario Milev, Isaiah Milne, Noah Mixon, Arianna Moss, Lauren Neiswonger, Sarah Patterson, Thomas Peltier, Sa-mantha Pietrzykowski, Aaron Poe, Nicolas Poette, Abigail Potts, Nicole Privitera, Rachel Quarantillo, Ryan Raimondo, Samantha Ranney, Emily Rees, Emma Roberts, Dominic Rotunno, Maxwell Shoemaker, Peyton Siegmann, Lovepreet Singh, Amaya Springer, Sara Stahlman, Zachary Stanley, Alexander Stinis, Alonna Swanson, Joshua Thibeault, Jarrett Tierney, Jacob Tipton, Elizabeth Tycz, James Vandenberg, Eric Wein-holtz, Kyle Wierzbowski, Karissa Wilson, Matthew Wing.

Grade 8Matthew Alexis, Ciara Barone, Zachary Belter, Christina Benham, Jacob Blankenship, Logan Blazejewski, Bronwyn Buckenroth, Peter Buffone, Taylor Bugyi, Garrik Charnley, Julia Cimino, Alexis Coon, Matthew Crow-ley, Emily Emmons, Alexis Eustice, James Filippelli, Kathryn Fischer, Adrianna Flammia, Joel Flegal, Paige Gerety, Zoe Giandomenico, Ciara Gumbert, Justin Haltom, Samuel Hartman, Natalie Heaton, Reanna Hewitt, Adriyanna Holland, SieAnna Hoover, Shianne Huntington, Serena Jung, Emma Kwiatkowski, Cassie Landes, Emily Maroney, Alyssa Martin, Cody Merrell, Andrew Milliken, Philip Mona, Alex Padilla, Cassidy Patterson, James Pierce Jr, Micah Rice, Lauren Russell, Bree Rydzewski, Desiree Schwenz, Shavon Scive, Kiara Ser-pas, Gagandip Singh, Erick Slager, Veronica Slusser, Aiden Strassburg, Rachel Swanson, Erin Thomas, Alexis Tierney, Christopher Tobey, Madison Townsend, Noah Vallas, Corbin Walerowicz, Cayla Waliszewski, Alana Ward, Sydney Watters, Nicholas Weir, Avy Rose Whisker, Lovelie Whited, Patrick Young, Tyler Young.


Edward Town Middle School Merit Roll (2013-2014 School Year) MARKING PERIOD 2

Grade 6Dylan Andrie, Andrew Augugliaro, Heidi Baxter, Tyler Belter, John Bruso, Keira Clark, Britney Conrad, Griffin Cornwell, Hannah Corp, Destiny Cowell, Trenton Davidson, Gabriel DeJesus, Preston Dolan, Kelsey Downie, Cameron Elder, Japria Elder, Jared Farr, Lacaya Florence, James Foster, Anthony Furan, Hannah Gatas, Morgan Gorrow, Calvin Grieff, Brandon Grotke, Wayne Hague, Emily Hill, Caden James, Austin Leber, Zach-ary Lloyd, Melody Mangione, Justin McDougald, Sarah McGuire, Collin Meyers, Michael Mitten, Gabriel Moy-er, Kyle O’Polka Jr, Maria Owens, Trevor Patterson, Isaiah Rice, Saleh Saeed, Lea Shaffer, Mason Shumate, Michael Slade, Savaer Smith, Crystal Stedge, Brian Truong, Tyler VeRost, Raymond Ward Jr, Joseph White, Sarah Wittkowsky, Kylie Yaeger, Davin Yanulevich.

Grade 7Kevin Bainbridge, Jaren Bernoski, Grace Boyd, Kendra Cheers, Samantha Ciocco, Antonio Conklin, Nicho-las Craven, Anthony D’Aloise, David Day, Mary DeSantis, Austin Durandetto, Amanda Dutka, Collin Elliott, Haley Evrard, Caelee Faultersack, Justin Gorrell, Noah Greene, Ethan Guthrie, Nathan Gworek, Joseph Hahn, Richard Jackman II, Kenneth Jungier, Zachery Kennedy, Brier Kilgour, Reilly Krupa, Jacob Leising, Alexis Leon, Mary Kate Lloyd, Peter Lysiak, Desteny Martell, Warren McDougald Jr, Matthew Mercurio, Sierra Morton, Tyler Nasca, Edward O’Connor, Destiny Osby, Meadow Printup, Emma Rice, Victoria Robins, Lenea Roma, Ashley Sadler, James Schultz III, Dominic Scinta, Nicholas Stott, Richard Torcasio III, Bryan Tran, Stephen Travers, Cameron Vampotic, Kyle Weir, Victoria Weitzel, Christina Wilson, Christopher(CJ) Wilson Jr, Kevin Wojcinski, Mackenzie Young, Christine Youngman, Michael Ziegler.

Grade 8Vincent Arist, Madison Bausenwein, Bailey Braunscheidel, Nicholas Breier, Tyler Carr, Jordan Chew, Justin Clyde, Austin Corbett, Thomas Delorimiere Jr, Leena Delucci, Arianna Deyo, Kyle Downie, Ronald Durham Jr., Kennedy Faison, Natalie Farr, Cheyanna Gentry, Joseph Gioannini, Janae Graves, Adam Grotke, Victoria Guiher, Mary Harding, Jalon Hargis, Thomas Hassen, Kristina Healey, Faith Helmich, Connor Henderson, Amara Johnson, Derrick Johnson Jr, Samantha Jones, Cole Kish, Robin Kolkmeyer, Michael Lotempio, Jil-lian Lum, Morgan McGarvey, Samuel Messana, Abigail Milliken, Alexander Mitchell, Dylan Mlacker, Jared Moore, Adam Muzzi, Dominick Pulli, Alexa Richner, Collin Rutkowski, Hannah Schroth, Madison Schucker, William Scullion, Alex Shawver, Mario Solomon, Justin Stickney, Brandon Stone, Savannah Tyler, Richard Winstanley.

Congratulations to all!


ERRICK ROAD K-KIDS HELPS OUT OLIVIA’S BEARS ORGANIZATION

At one time Olivia Gonyea was a typical student at Niagara Wheatfield’s Errick Road Elementary School. Then the unthinkable happened, when she was eight years old she was diagnosed with a form of cancer called Ewings Sarcoma. While she was facing the fight of her life many people sent her gifts and encouragement including the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres. But one of the things that really touched her was a bear brought to her by a little boy. “She really cherished that bear and it helped to comfort her,” explains family friend Brooke Moliosky. “When she went into remission she remembered that act of kindness and wanted to do the same for other children fighting cancer.” Olivia’s Bears was born out of that compassion and that need to pay it forward.

Olivia’s organization collects donations and goes to Build A Bear where she and her support-ers make every kind of bear a little child would love, from football and hockey bears to princesses and cheerleaders. She then goes to Roswell and Women and Children’s Hospital where she personally delivers them to children who are undergoing treatment. “It is such a beautiful thing and means so much to the children and their parents,” says Ms. Moliosky. With tears in her eyes she talked about how seeing a healthy and happy Olivia gives the parents some hope. “It just always chokes me up how they respond to her and what she does for their child. I remember one day she gave this little boy a bear and it was just such perfect timing because he had just gotten sick all over his stuffed animal and it was very upsetting to him that it had to be taken away. Then Olivia handed him this new bear to love and it made him so happy.”

The Errick Road K-Kids which is spon-sored by the Kiwanis Club decided they want-ed to help out their alumna’s organization and raised $607.17 for her to brighten the holidays of children who are at Women and Children’s Hospital. Danny Maerten, who helps to men-tor the students through the Kiwanis, says he is really proud of what they accomplished. “This program is about leadership and character and these students certainly showed how caring they are by wanting to reach out to children who need that comfort.”

PHOTO CAPTION: (left to right) Front row: Brooke Moliosky, Madison Sensie, Gabriella Fletcher, and Olivia Gonyea.Back row: (left to right): Katie Bergstrom, Jenna Augugliaro and Alexandria Sorge.

The McKinney-Vento Act is a federal law that protects the educational rights of stu-dents in temporary housing. Under this law, your children are entitled to important rights and services. Knowing the protections your children are legally entitled to can help you advocate more effectively for them. The McKinney-Vento Act defines “homeless children and youths” as any student who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. If you have been temporarily displaced from your home due to loss of income, fire, a domestic situation, etc., and you are currently living in temporary housing your child has educational rights under this law. Loss of your home should not interrupt your child’s attendance at school. If you or someone that you know may be affected by one of the above situations, please contact the NWCSD McKinney Vento liaison at 215-3670.

The McKinney-Vento Act Protects Educational Rights of Students


Niagara Wheatfield teach-ers Lori Pruyn and Nicole Pasceri decid-ed to give their students a lesson on the true meaning of the holidays. They told them about some new residents in the Buffalo area, many who had to flee their country with little more than the clothes on their backs to escape to a safer coun-try. “My son is an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher and works with some of these people,” says Ms. Pruyn. “He was telling me that many of them were not prepared for the harsh West-ern New York winter and did not have many possessions at all. When I told him about how generous our third grad-ers and their families are he put me in touch with the Jewish Family Services who gave us names, ages and genders so we could put together care packages for them.”

The students brought in new and gently used clothing and toys for the children and Barker Vic-tory Dental donated toothbrushes and toothpaste for each refugee. The students then spent a day wrapping and decorating boxes for the refugees to open over the holidays. “We are glad to help them because they have nothing,” says student Elisa Dixon. “We are going to do our best work decorating the boxes and color and do cutouts of winter scenes,” says Reilly Coleman.

“We are so proud of the compassion these children are showing those less fortunate,” says Ms. Pruyn. “We have many gifts to give these people to make their holiday and winter brighter.”

ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY HELPS AREA REFUGEES ENJOY FIRST HOLIDAY IN US

PHOTO CAPTION: (left to right) Elisa Dixon, Reilly Coleman, Hayden Geibel and Derek Onelevo.

The Niagara Wheatfield High School In-teract Club is a community service oriented club. The Interact Club works closely with the Rotary Club to participate in volunteer opportunities across the community. This year, the Interact Club has volunteered at the Fall Fest at Colonial Village, West Street’s Breakfast with Santa, we made Veteran’s Day mugs for the VA Hospital and we assisted the Rotary club in setting up for their antique show.

In March, the Interact Club will be volun-teering in the soup kitchen at Community Mis-sions and we will also be volunteering at the Ro-tary Club Trivia Night. Later on in the year we plan on volunteering at the Senior Citizen Break-fast and walking in the Community Missions “Feet or Famine Walk”. By: Theresa Kenney

Senior High School Interact Club Busy Volunteering


Pictured above left to right: Nikki Kwiatkowski and Ava Asklar

Sixth grade students at ETMS recently completed research projects related to inventions and discoveries throughout history. Students became involved immediately by choosing a topic of high interest and developing thoughtful questions to research. The students practiced their research and note-making skills as they gathered information from library books, online encyclopedias, and through web searches using our classroom netbooks. The students continued working through the writing process as they drafted their articles, conferenced with group members and teachers to revise their work, and then edited and published their final drafts. In addition to their written pieces, students created artistic displays to highlight the research topic. Replicas, artifacts, and informative slide shows enhanced each group’s project. Parents and school staff were invited to view their hard work during a “History Museum.” Visitors had the opportu-nity to ask each display's creators questions about their research. Students showed pride in their work and appreciated the many compliments they received.

Sixth Grade Inventions and Discoveries throughout History Museum

Pictured above left to right: Andrew Augugliaro, Jeffrey Braham, and Tyler VeRost

Many students at Colonial Village use a wonderful xtramath.org to practice math fact fluency. Students can practice addition, sub-traction, multiplication, and division with xtra-math.org. Students begin at mastering facts within three seconds, and then progress to two seconds and finally to 1.5 seconds.

One student who has excelled with this program is Gavin Yates, a third grade student in Ms. Marsh’s class. Gavin is a wonderful math student. Just weeks into using xtramath.org, he had moved onto three-second multipli-cation. By December, he had finished all facts in two second or less! Currently, Gavin has completed addition, subtraction, and multipli-cation in 1.5 seconds and is working diligently to soon complete division! Way to go Gavin, CV is extremely proud of you!

XTRAMATH.ORG


Colonial Village

Elementary Celebrates DARE Program

Graduation ******************************************

Students from Colonial Village El-ementary School celebrated their gradu-ation from the DARE program. The DARE program is sponsored and presented by the Niagara County Sheriff’s Department. Offi-cers met with students over a 9 week period and provided instruction. Students learned about good decision making that can be used for every situation. They learned how to respond to bullying and peer pressure by play-acting real life situation. The students were instructed in the perils of drug and to-bacco use as well. To graduate, students created a personal essay that expressed what DARE taught them.

Picture to the right-(shown left to right):

Hailey Hill, Adiranna Wilson, Destiny Proefrock, Chasity Cook, Jazlyn Parks, Jordan Rowland, Gianna Love

Picture to the left-(shown left to right):

Joseph Gresock, Christopher Reynolds, Ryan Milleville, Austin Mojeski, Tyler Seiwell, (back) Olen Gaygen

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Ms. Gonzalez’s Class with Deputy Richards, Lead Deputy, (on left) and Deputy Smith (on right)

ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY HELPS OUT FURRY FRIENDS AT BUFFALO HUMANE

Students at Niagara Wheatfield’s Errick Road Elementary School decided to help out the furry friends at Buffalo Humane. Buffalo Humane is a no kill animal rescue organization that relies on donations to help with the animals’ welfare. Each class took part in the fundraiser and col-lected items that are needed such as dog and cat food, litter, cleaning supplies, pet toys, blankets, paper towels, etc. “Our students organized it and we are so proud of them. We collected over 500 items,” said School Counselor Liz Antonelli. “The class that brought in the most items was Mrs. Jen-nifer Wido’s and they won an ice cream party.”

PHOTO CAPTION: Mrs. Wido’s class with their donations. First Row: Danny Sorge, Madison Sesnie, Evan Helfrich, Lily Adamshick, Gabriella Fletcher, Second Row: Ali Sorge, Anthony Cianciosa, Shan-non Snowberger, Katie Bergstrom Back row - Delaney Wegrzyn, Jenna Augugliaro, Lily Conroy, Han-nah Sherman, Keira Wierzbowski, Olivia McDonald.


Pictured above- Jayme Sears-Winker

Pictured above- Harley Printup

Students in Ms. Culligan’s Art Classes Make Pictures of Corn for the Thanksgiving Holiday

Pictured above- Aiyana Printup

Pictured above- left to right: 1st graders: Aiden Phillips (spiked blue hair), Sean Huggins, Keeydon Patterson, Cameron Chew, Haylie Hill, Carlyle Fauzey & Savino Geracci

Students in Ms. Culligan’s art classes made pictures of corn for the Thanksgiving holiday. The students focused on texture and overlapping tech-niques, discussed primary and secondary colors, and practiced their drawing and gluing skills.

A veteran or soldier’s day was made a little bit brighter during several occasions, thanks to Mrs. Jones’ seventh grade Writing Skillfully students. The students had a taste of writing for the real world when they created cards and wrote notes that were sent to veterans for Veteran’s Day, deployed sol-diers during the holidays, and local and deployed soldiers for Valentine’s Day. Mrs. Jones teamed up with Mrs. Farnham, also at Edward Town Middle School, who had connections with an organization that sent care packages to deployed soldiers and held events for local veterans. The Veteran’s Day cards went to the Tuscarora Nation, Town of Niagara Veterans after the Veteran’s Day ceremony, and the Am-vets of Town of Niagara. After the Veteran’s Day cer-emony, veterans walked to a luncheon passing cards of thanks and gratitude for their service, which were hung on the walls. During the holidays, cards that had words of encouragement and a funny joke to bright-en the soldiers’ day were attached to care packages sent to Camp Leatherneck in the Helmand Province of Southwestern Afghanistan. Most recently, students sent Valentine’s Day cards to local soldiers and de-ployed soldiers in Afghanistan, again using humor and words of thanks. “It is important for students to write for a real audience,” Mrs. Jones explains. “It motivates students to know that a person besides their teacher will be reading their words. Students often take their work more seriously, writing several drafts before they are satisfied that they have communicated effectively and that there are no errors in spelling and punctuation.” Words are powerful, and using them to show appreciation to soldiers, past and present, is certainly as real as it can get.

Edward Town Middle School’s Seventh Grade Writing Skillfully Students

Students from West Street’s first grade team reached out to our local Meals On Wheels this past Valentine’s Day. As part of a commu-nity service project, first graders made special Valentines for the more than 60 deserving cli-ents here in our community. Students wrote a special “Roses are red . . . poem for each cli-ent, packed a treat bag, and rolled them up in a magazine. They were then wrapped in wrap-ping paper that the children had decorated, and tied off to look like a big piece of candy. A big thank you to our generous families for donat-ing magazines, chocolates, and candy to help make this project possible. Miss Lori from Meals On Wheels was grateful and thrilled to receive these special gifts for her clients. She

explained to the children that many of the people they deliver meals to rarely get out anymore and love to hear from children. We were all glad to help make Valentine’s Day a little “sweeter” for everyone!!!!

West Street First Graders LOVE Meals On Wheels

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