NSJH Community Builders Club Lives up to Its Mission:
Some dedicated members of North Syracuse Junior High School's Community Builder's Club were at Lakeshore Road Elementary School on October 29th for the school's Trunk or Treat event. Members toughed it out with the sporadic rain and made sure all the trick or treaters would have a great time! Students that helped were: Madeleine Frisch, Angel Cuencas, Ethan Meives, Sydney Rapp, Cassandra Luce and Charlie Daniels .
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Project Connect Brings Students and Schools Together:
During the month of October, in recognition of National Bullying Prevention Month, schools in the North Syracuse Central School District participated in Project Connect. The project is designed to bring awareness to how every person has the ability to make a difference in our District by making our buildings more welcoming and accepting. Participation in the process is simple - students simply write a message of kindness on a strip of construction paper and the strips are then taped or stapled together to result in one long, connected chain that visually represents the power of uniting for a common cause.
The chains will be collected from schools and will be gathered together and displayed at the Jerome F. Melvin Administrative Office Building during the month of November. Kristen ...
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District Looking for Input in Strategic Planning Process:
The North Syracuse Central School District is beginning the process of developing a strategic plan to guide our decisions and resources over the next several years. One of our first steps is to survey our staff, students, parents and community in order to determine our core beliefs and values as a District. The survey will be open until 5 p.m. on Friday, November 12.
NSCSD community members are invited to watch a brief introductory video message from Superintendent Bowles by going to https://youtu.be/K6Qq2F58-WU . The survey can be accessed online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YMXV573 through November 12, 2021.
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NSCSD Musicians Invited to All-State:
Three Cicero-North Syracuse High School musicians have been selected as participants and/or alternates for the 2021 New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) All-State Performing Ensembles. The conference and final concerts, which will be held in Rochester at the Convention Center and Eastman Theater, will take place from December 2-5, 2021. Thousands of students auditioned for this honor last spring at solo and ensemble festivals throughout the State. The students performed a level 6 solo and were evaluated by a NYSSMA adjudicator.
C-NS Senior Mikey Mousaw was selected to BOTH All-State Chorus and Vocal Jazz. He will be representing our District in the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, which only choses 16 students from across the state. Mikey is one of 4 tenors that were ...
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C-NS Career Center Helps Students Explore Options for College and Career:
On Friday, October 22, Erin Deaver, the Career Education Coordinator for Cicero-North Syracuse High School’s Career Center brought 27 C-NS seniors to a special open house at Onondaga Community College. As part of her work in the Career Center, Deaver regularly works with students to help them develop their plans for their future after high school. The Career Center is designed to allow students to explore career interests and consider options including military and trades in addition to college and career. Students can spend time building their resumes and learning workforce preparation skills as well as getting financial aid and scholarship assistance.
The October 22 visit to OCC provided the seniors with a glimpse of on campus life and allowed ...
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NYSED Digital Equity Survey:
Beginning November 1, parents and guardians in the North Syracuse Central School District will be asked to fill out a student digital equity survey when logging into SchoolTool. Parents/guardians will be asked to complete one survey for each child prior to Nov. 19.
The survey is mandated by the New York State Education Department (NYSED), who will use the information collected to promote educational equality concerning digital access.
To access the Digital Access Survey in SchoolTool, select your child and click on the User Defined Tab. From the drop-down menu, select "Digital Access Survey" and click the add icon (green plus sign), answer the 9 questions displayed, then click the Save icon (green disk).
NYSED states, “Identifying student ...
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Nationwide Service Disruptions Impacting School Meals:
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we are seeing nationwide disruptions to manufacturing, supply and distribution channels. You may have experienced this yourself when you’ve tried to order something online or buy something in the store and what you’re looking for isn’t available right now.
What does the shortage mean for school meals? In short, it means that we’re having trouble getting certain foods and supplies. Your student(s) may notice that we’re serving different items than we’ve served in the past or different items than were listed on the menu.
School districts across the country are experiencing these shortages and unfortunately, we cannot control the problem. We are doing our best every day to come up with solutions to ...
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North Syracuse Junior High School Fashion Students’ Designs Hit the Runway:
Students in Nita Bellucci’s Fashion in Our Lives classes at North Syracuse Junior High School are taking their classroom lessons to the next level and bringing learning to life with a “Project Runway” contest at their school.
Project Runway, a popular reality tv show focused on fashion, pits contestants against each other as they strive to create top clothing designs while restricted by time, materials and theme.
As part of the curriculum for the Fashion in Our Lives course, students spend time exploring clothing styles, designers and trends and investigate influencing factors. As students develop their knowledge of fashion, they learn how to bring their ideas to life by constructing their own textile projects.
For her Project Runway contest, ...
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Several Teams of C-NS Students Participate in "Out of the Darkness" Walk:
On Saturday, October 9, a number of high school students created teams and participated in the Syracuse Out of the Darkness Walk to raise funds for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Three of those students, Genevieve Costigan, Maddy Gessini, and Emma Miller, work hard all year on the walk committee to plan and implement it each year. These students all became involved after losing a friend or struggling through their own mental health issues.
Genevieve Costigan started a team for CNS Chorus and had more than 15 members participate including chorus director, Danielle Rausa and orchestra director John Harnois. These students sang along to music played by our DJ and 4 D productions and entertained many while there. They have worked hard ...
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Allen Road Elementary Students Celebrate Community Connections:
Visitors to Allen Road Elementary School now have a special view of their school community thanks to a school-wide collaborative art project led by Megan Paye. Megan is an art teacher at both Allen Road Elementary and Gillette Road Middle School. As an art teacher, she recently worked with Allen Road students around the concept of being a part of a community. The students gave examples of different communities they belong to (sports teams, North Syracuse and churches) and how it feels to be part of those communities.
Megan discussed the project and said, “The conversations led to students sharing that it feels good seeing friends they've made on the bus in the hallways, at lunch, or seeing people from school at the grocery store. ...
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Structured for Success! Capital Project Vote on December 8:
Voters will be asked to approve the December 8 bond vote with no tax increase for $64.96 million of facility improvements
October 5, 2021 - At its meeting on October 4, the North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a December 8 public referendum on $64.95 million worth of construction upgrades to Cicero-North Syracuse High School and Cicero, Lakeshore Road, and Smith Road elementary schools.
The project will be paid for through a combination of New York State education building aid and on-hand reserve funds. As a result, there is no projected ...
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Smith Road Elementary School Kicks-Off the Year with Character Education Assembly:
Students and staff at Smith Road Elementary School were excited to kick off their Character Education campaign this past week during the school’s first full assembly in almost two years! To bring students together safely, an outdoor gathering was help on Wednesday, Sept. 29, which turned out to be a beautiful, sunny, fall day.
Five 4 th grade student leaders directed the assembly along with Principal Lyndsey Maloney and Music Teacher Rebecca Hall. The student leaders, who were chosen for that role because they had all demonstrated positive character traits, had the job of teaching other students about those traits:
Responsibility
Honesty
Character
Respect
The student leaders discussed what each trait meant to them ...
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Smith Road Students Participate in #WhatLiftsYou Global Campaign:
Elementary art students at Smith Road Elementary School recently learned about the work of illustrator and artist Kelsey Montague. Montague is the founder of the #WhatLiftsYou global campaign and an artist known for creating large scale, interactive street murals around the world in which people step into the work and become a living work of art.
After learning about the atist, students in Carolyn Mowers' art classes took time to create their own works of art to participate in the campaign as a school community. Mowers said, "My students each completed a feather for the wings using the Elements of Art: Line, Shape and Color to complete the collaboration mural." Once the creation had been prepared and was in place in the ...
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Nominations Being Accepted for Wall of Distinction - November 19 Deadline:
The North Syracuse Central School District is currently accepting nominations for their Wall of Distinction’s class of 2021. Nomination forms are available online by clicking here or by calling the office of Christopher R. Leahey, Ed.D., North Syracuse Central School District Associate Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, at (315) 218-2148. In order for candidates to be considered for the class of 2021, nomination forms must be submitted by Friday, November 19, 2021 . The ceremony honoring the selected candidates will be held on Friday, February 11, 2022.
The North Syracuse Central School District Wall of Distinction was created in 1990 for the purpose of recognizing and honoring graduates of North Syracuse High School, Cicero High School or Cicero-North Syracuse High School. ...
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COVID Resources:
The District has a summary of COVID resources for the 2021-2022 school year. Click here to be taken to the COVID resources website .
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Initial Plan for American Rescue Funding:
The North Syracuse Central School District has been the recipient of Federal and State Education Stabilization Funds. The New York State Education Department uses the process of Coordinated Monitoring to review local educational agencies (LEAs) for compliance with programmatic and fiscal requirements under the Elementary and Secondary School ...
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NSCSD Now Hiring!:
There are many job opportunities available in the North Syracuse Central School District. Click here to visit our Human Resources website and learn more.
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Gillette Road Middle School Teacher Teams-up With Former Student For Tandem Race:
Eileen Gleason, a 6 th grade English Language Arts and Social Studies teacher, has taught students at Gillette Road Middle School for almost three decades. During her time at the middle school, she has worked with hundreds of students both in her classroom and through her work with student council and other extra-curricular activities.
Every day, Gleason finds value in her work with young people but has a special appreciation when she makes a true connection with a student. Two years ago, Ms. Gleason worked with a special needs student, Enrique Gonzalez, who has been in a wheelchair for his entire life. After sharing a story about running, a special hobby of hers, Ms. Gleason and Enrique connected about the experience of being a runner.
Gleason ...
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C-NS Kicks-Off Suicide Prevention Month Activities:
On Friday, September 10, in honor of “World Suicide Prevention Day,” students and staff at Cicero-North Syracuse High School kicked off a month-long campaign to raise awareness about the topic. The mental health team at C-NS used the day to bring attention to the issue by engaging students in activities to educate and promote suicide prevention as well as overall mental wellness.
Kristen Stanton is the District-wide School-Based Mental Health and Wellness Coordinator for the North Syracuse Central School District. As such, she is instrumental in the District’s mental wellness promotion and she helped plan events at C-NS for their World Suicide Prevention Day.
Throughout the school day, students had opportunities to learn about ...
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