Roxboro Road Elementary Builds Community with “International” Help:
Students at Roxboro Road Elementary School have had a “international” visitor to their school this year as an “Aussie” has come to call. The guest, Sydney, is a 16 year-old Australian Shepard. Sydney’s human, Natalie Walters, is the school’s new Restorative Practices Specialist. Sydney has been joining Natalie at the school some Friday mornings.
Natalie Walters began her new career in the North Syracuse Central School District this year as one of two Restorative Practices Specialists (RPS) to join the District. Both RPS staff work out of the schools on the Roxboro Road Campus and are part of the District’s targeted efforts to address social emotional needs.
Lisa Goldberg, the NSCSD’s ...
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Cicero Elementary Swishes the Competition in Elementary Shootout:
Each year, elementary schools in the North Syracuse Central School District compete with each other in basketball shootout events at Cicero-North Syracuse High School. The competition pits teams of elementary students against each other during halftime of separate C-NS Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball games. This year’s girls’ shootout event was held on Tuesday, February 1 and the winning team was from Cicero Elementary School. The boys’ shootout was held on Tuesday, February 8 and once again, the winning team was from Cicero Elementary School!
Congratulations to our Cicero El Boys & Girls!
Cicero Elementary Girls Team: Sarah Bacon, Madelyn Zawadzki, Tahlia Jones, Alana VanCamp, Audrianna Wahrendorf-Breman, Brynn Weckesser, and team ...
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3rd Grade Students Have “Magnetic” Science Lesson:
Students in Rachel Green’s third grade class at Roxboro Road Elementary School recently completed a hands-on, two-part lesson about electromagnetic energy. In the first part, students worked in teams to design a magnetic trash-sorting tool. The tool is a model of a device that could be used to separate steel from classroom trash. Students were provided with a set of specific criteria for success and design constrains.
In the second part of this lesson, students worked in teams to build their model trash-sorting devices. Each group evaluated the success of their model by counting how many steel objects were moved and how many other objects were moved to the recycling container. They considered which parts of their design were successful and identified ...
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Mental Health Professionals Help Students Explore Overall Wellness:
Kristen Stanton is the District-wide School-Based Mental Health and Wellness Coordinator for the North Syracuse Central School District. Along with a team of mental health professionals throughout the District, Kristen has been working to provide wellness activities for all students.
For the month of January, the team set a theme of “Pathway to Wellness” which explores the six areas of wellness: environmental, emotional, intellectual, physical, social and spiritual. Kristen said, “Sometimes when people think of wellness, they think only of physical health but overall wellness is so much more.” A Wheel of Wellness helps student see the six different areas of wellness.
For the “Pathway to Wellness” ...
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Wall of Distinction Ceremony Rescheduled for May 13:
The North Syracuse Central School District has scheduled a revised date for its 2022 Wall of Distinction Induction ceremony. The ceremony will now take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 13 at Cicero-North Syracuse High School. This year’s inductees will be announced after March 1. For additional information about the Wall of Distinction, please contact Christopher R. Leahey, Ed.D., Associate Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, North Syracuse Central School District at 315/218-2148.
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Technology Education Students Learn Robotics:
Students in Lynn Zajac’s 7 th Grade Technology Education classes at Roxboro Road Middle School have four major projects during their half-year course at the school. Technology Education courses have long been known for providing students the opportunity to BUILD things. For their current assignment though, students in Lynn’s class are being graded on how well they DEMOLISH structures.
Lynn’s students are working on the second part of a unit on robotics, their final one in their Technology Education course. During part one of the robotics unit, students did in fact work in pairs to build something – their own robot vehicles. That was last week’s lesson. This week, the students are tasked with programming their robots to ...
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More Than 100 CNS Students Receive Northstar PRIDE Awards:
On Tuesday, January 18, more than 100 Cicero-North Syracuse High School students were recognized with Northstar PRIDE awards. Students are selected for recognition by teachers when they model the school’s five core values: Personal Responsibility, Respect, Integrity, Discipline and Engagement. Students can be recognized in more than one category and many of the January students were selected in multiple areas.
January’s Northstar PRIDE award recipients are Tyler Abdo, Alexander Abourouaine, Jayden Addison, Rocco Albanese, Carter Alberici, Hala Aldwas, Dominic Ancillotti, Gabriella Ancona, Landon Archer, Jonathan Artz, Izabella Ashby, Katelynn Aviles, Ahmad Baqaakhail, Gabriella Behrer, Luke Belanger, Nick Bisessi, Patrick Bombard, Jaden ...
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CNS Vocal Jazz Ensemble Gives Holiday Performance:
During the holidays, The Cicero-North Syracuse High School Vocal Jazz ensemble performed at The Fireside Inn for “Making Spirits Bright” to benefit the Rescue Mission of CNY and the Salvation Army. This is the second year the Vocal Jazz has been asked to participate.
The fundraiser started as an idea that musician Letizia Pinkel had to bring musicians and community members together for a good cause. The Christmas party featured many of Central New York’s most notable musicians and all of the proceeds went to The Rescue Mission just in time for the Holidays.
The event was free but all those attending were asked to bring a donation of comfort and joy. Some items that the Rescue Mission collected were mittens, hats, socks and ...
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Roxboro Road Elementary Alumni Give Back to Community they Love:
Jessica Nabewaniec , a Family Engagement Specialist for the NSCSD at Roxboro Road Elementary School , shared photos of the school's hat and mitten hand-out for students. Jessica shares that Dominick and Daniel Ciciarelli , alumni of Roxboro Road Elementary School, generously donated hundreds of hats and mittens for students at the school.
Daniel Ciciarelli is pictured as he prepares to drop off the donations at Roxboro Road Elementary School. Daniel is a 2011 graduate of C-NS and was the first graduate of the District to receive three Career and Technical Education (CTE) Endorsements on his high school diploma. Daniel feels that his education in the NSCSD prepared him well for a successful career. Daniel now serves as 3rd Ward Councilor ...
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North Syracuse Junior High School Presents “Godspell” on January 28 and 29:
The NJSHS Drama Club production of “Godspell” will take place this weekend:
Friday, January 28 at 7:00
Saturday, January 29 at 7:00
Performances held in the NJSHS Auditorium, doors open at 6:30
Tickets: sold during lunches at NSJHS every day until 1/28. Checks may be made out to NSJHS Drama Club
General Admission: (available in advance or at the door, same prices)
$6 Students/Senior Citizens
$8 Adults
Reserved seat tickets: Must be ordered by Thursday 1/20
$10, all ages
Seats will be marked with your name
Available in advance only , contact John Halpin directly at jhalpin@nscsd.org for ...
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Board of Education Approves Revised Calendar:
The North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education approved a revised 2021-2022 academic calendar at their January 3 meeting. The revised calendar, which is available by clicking here, includes the following revisions:
January 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2022 are no longer Regents Exam dates. These dates are now normal instructional days for C-NS High School.
April 6, 2022 will now be a half-day for all Pre-K – 12 students
May 20, 2022 will now be a half-day instead of May 13, 2022 for all Pre-K – 12 students
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Teacher and Teaching Assistant Unions Join Forces to Spread Holiday Joy:
For more than 20 years, staff in the North Syracuse Central School District have worked hard to ensure that all families in the District have food on hand to get them through the holiday recess. In 1999, the Teaching Assistant Unit had a food drive and put together eight food baskets for students’ families. Since that time, the community’s need has increased but fortunately, so has the District’s generosity and staff willingness to help.
Mindy Bristol is President of The North Syracuse Teaching Assistant Association (NSTAA) for the NSCSD and has been involved with the food drive since it began. Mindy has watched the need grow from just eight baskets that first year to overflowing bags for 152 families this year.
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CNS High School’s Team of Theater Directors Honored as ‘Champions of Change’ by New York State School Boards Association:
On Monday, December 6, the Cicero-North Syracuse High School (CNS) theater team of creative directors involved with the ‘Cicero Area Student Theater’ (CAST) program and the high school’s production of an original musical in the midst of a pandemic, was honored by the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) as Champions of Change . NYSSBA’s honor, which is officially called the ‘Champions of Change for Kids Recognition Program’, celebrates programs that optimize existing resources to address issues of equity, demonstrate strong student academic performance, and introduce unique learning environments that are cutting-edge and future oriented. The recognition is unsolicited and is presented to just a few select districts ...
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Voters Approve Structured for Success! Capital Project:
North Syracuse Central School District voters have approved the three separate propositions that make up the Structured for Success initiative.
Proposition #1 includes renovations to C-NS High School, Lakeshore Road Elementary, Cicero Elementary and Smith Road Elementary. The $64.96 million project will not increase taxes for District residents. Decades-old learning spaces and systems that are long past their useful life will be renovated or upgraded. Proposition #1 was approved (89% support) with 1,279 yes votes and 157 no votes.
“We are incredibly pleased that voters recognize the value of this cost-effective project and the meaningful impacts it will have on our programs and for the community at large,” said Superintendent Dan Bowles. “It is essential ...
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CNS Aviation and Aerospace Students Explore Opportunities at C&S Companies:
On Friday, December 3, the Cicero-North Syracuse High School Career Center and Technology Department teamed up to bring the school’s Aviation and Aerospace class to a local engineering firm to learn directly from experts in the field. The group of about 20 C-NS students traveled to C & S Companies, an engineering, architecture, planning, environmental, and construction services organization. While at C & S Companies, students had the opportunity to hear from speakers about aviation planning, aviation engineering and drone technology and were even paid a visit from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Aviation and Aerospace course is a new elective for students at CNS created due to forecasts calling for a dramatic increase in the demand ...
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Allen Road Elementary School Students Make Thanksgiving Bags for Rescue Mission:
Throughout the month of November, students at Allen Road Elementary School have been involved in a school-wide project for a great cause. Students used some class time to decorate more than 100 brown paper bags, which will now be given to the Rescue Mission. On Thanksgiving morning, the bags will be filled by Rescue Mission volunteers and then delivered by volunteer drivers. The bags are provided to community members in need including homeless, homebound, disabled and elderly who don’t have the money to afford a meal or don’t have family to eat with on the holiday.
Each package includes a warm thanksgiving meal (turkey, potatoes, veggies, stuffing), a piece of pie, some candy, and nice notes/kind words from project donors. Many students ...
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CNS Principal's Cabinet Honored with "Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy" Award:
On Monday, November 15, The Cicero-North Syracuse High School Principal's Cabinet was honored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Central New York Chapter with the organization's "Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy" Award.
The CNS Principal's Cabinet, led by teacher Melissa Palmisano (pictured left), is made up of 30-40 students recommended for the group because of their leadership skills. During the school year, the group meets with CNS Executive Principal Jamie Sullivan (pictured right) and the school administrative team on a regular basis to discuss how they can work together to best benefit the greater school community.
For several years, the Principal’s Cabinet has supported ...
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District Partnerships Raise Money for Paige's Pajamarama:
November, 2021
For the second consecutive year, the North Syracuse and Liverpool school districts renewed their friendly battle to be named top supporter of Paige’s Butterfly Run, Inc. and Paige’s Pajamarama.
Paige’s Pajamarama is a charity event allowing students to wear their pajamas to school when making a donation to Paige's Butterfly Run, Inc., an organization which supports children with pediatric cancer at Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital.
In 2019, C-NS students challenged Liverpool High School students to raise more money for Paige’s Pajamarama by creating a challenge video, which went viral. While the 2019 challenge was initially only for the high schools, involvement grew and the ...
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