2009 North Syracuse Teacher of the Year - Phil Cleary

The North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education has named Phil Cleary (pictured white shirt, second from right) as the district’s Teacher of the Year for 2009. Phil is a Special Education Teacher for the Early Education Program at Main Street School. Phil will move onto the statewide program for Teacher of the Year, sponsored by the New York State Education Department. Congratulations Phil and Best of luck! Other finalists in the 2009 Teacher of the Year competition were: Michelle DeGennaro, Third Grade Teacher at Roxboro Road Elementary School; Karen Seamans, Music Teacher at Cicero Elementary School; and the team of Melissa Giddings and Stephanie Trubia, Speech/Language Therapists at Lakeshore Road Elementary School. Congratulations to all finalists!

Congratulations Cicero-North Syracuse High School Class of 2009!

On Friday evening, June 26th, Superintendent Jerome F. Melvin addressed the students, teachers, families and friends of the Cicero-North Syracuse Class of 2009 with the following message: Good Evening: Members of the Class of 2009, loving and supportive parents, and your very good friends. Pat Carbone, President of the Board of Education, sends his very best wishes to you. Due to a family commitment in North Carolina, Pat cannot be with us this evening. I read an article a few weeks ago that has relevance for all of us, but especially for the graduates. The authors asked what was so unique about the following inventions/innovations: · The electric razor · The car radio · The supermarket · The chocolate chip cookie · The Laundromat · The game of Monopoly · Xerography which eventually became Xerox The answer was that all of those inventions and innovations were created during the Great Depression of the 1930s when so many Americans were jobless and homeless. As you learned in your American History class, it was a desperate time with the unemployment rates reaching 24.9 percent in 1933. But despite the economic gloom of the 1930s, adverse times created just the right environment to promote creativity and innovation for many Americans. In comparison to those Americans, you have more formal schooling on average and you live in a world of sophisticated technology, way beyond your great grandparents wildest imagination. I believe that out of adversity comes toughness and the ability to cope with whatever comes your way. These are difficult and challenging times economically, but remember the success of those who came before you and how they prospered and survived despite difficult odds. I challenge you to imitate them and to fully utilize those God given talents each and every one of you possess. Congratulations on your achievements this evening. And God Speed to all of you. Thank you.

C-NS Seniors Christina Champagne & Shelby Hadden Named To The Post-Standard's 2009 Teens of Achievement

Two Seniors from the Class of 2009 were honored by the Syracuse Post Standard by being named to the 2009 Teens of Achievement. Shelby Hadden and Christina Champagne were recognized for their individual academic performance and service to the school and community. To read the entire Post Standard article click on the related link below.

C-NS MEDICAL JOB SHADOW STUDENTS PROVIDE TALENT FOR NYS HEALTH DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY DRILL AT COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL

Thanks to a core of 20 C-NS students who have utilized the Career Center to explore careers in the medical field, the emergency preparedness drill recently held at Community General Hospital by the NYS Department of Health had talent galore. A simulated explosion at a band concert found all 20 accident victims needing emergency medical care. They were dressed in moulage (painted with wounds, broken bones, etc.) to look like accident victims. As accident victims they were triaged by emergency room nurses based on patient profile cards indicating the injuries from minor to severe (asthma attack to loss of consciousness.) According to C-NS career education teacher/coordinator Ms. Ellie Peavey, all 20 students either completed the 2007-08 or will be completing the 2008-09 Extended Medical Job Shadow Program. This year’s summer program begins on July 7 and is housed at the Syracuse VA Medical Center. Ms. Peavey coordinated her students’ participation with Mrs. Joanne C. Ancone, RN, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Representative III, Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness Program, NYS Dept of Health Central NY Regional Office in Syracuse.

Group Photo Front Row L to R: Kevin Bane, C-NS Sophomore; Sarah Bergstresser, C-NS Senior. Middle Row L to R: Chelsea Davidson, Lauren Nickels, C-NS Sophomores; Gina Sacket, C-NS Senior; Casshandrala Colin, Steph Fahrbach, C-NS Juniors; Anesha Hall, C-NS Sophomore. Back Row L to R: Stacey Markel, Julie Heinz, C-NS Juniors; Jen Corapi, Cora Lovetere, C-NS Sophomore; Lindsay Flanagan, C-NS Junior; Dylan Bitz, Alexis Donohue, C-NS Sophomores;