Fourth Graders Participate in Videoconference!

Fourth grade students from around the state participated in a videoconference on the Erie Canal to learn about the history of the Erie Canal and its impact on NY State.  Ms. Alexander's 4th grade class was one of the classes who participated in this experience.   

The conference was held in 3 sessions. The first session's goal was to introduce the classes. Ms. Alexander's class created new lyrics to the Erie Canal song and performed it for the other participants (See video- "Alexander Erie Canal Song"). The second conference was titled "Mystery through History" in which students had to solve a mystery related to the canal using knowledge of this era's history. The culminating activity was a class project. Ms. A's class met on a Sunday afternoon at the Camillus Erie Canal Park and filmed information on the history of the park and Sim's Store to answer their essential question "How does the Camillus Erie Canal Park help preserve the history of the canal?" Watch the video, titled "Erie Canal Documentary".  On May 30th, the classes "came together" through our video conferencing equipment to share their final lessons.  Our students did a great job and enjoyed the experience of learning with other students.  Ms. Alexander said:

"We decided to take on this project because we enjoy learning about history and using technology whenever possible.  So....What better way to learn about the Erie Canal than to research, write the script, and film on location for a State-wide Video Conference about the Erie Canal!!"

 

47 Students Inducted into National Junior Honor Society

On May 22nd we inducted 47 new students into the Naional Junior Honory Society.  Students are selected into the society through an application process.  They must demonstrate the qualities of the Honor Society which include Scholarship, Service, Leadership, Citizenship and Character.  Our candidates are the leaders of our school who demonstrated these qualities on a regular basis and are proud to be members of the Society.  Speeches were given by current Honor Society officers:  Maddy Locastro, Jamie McLennan, Shannon White and Emily Buschbacher, as well as other members Kayley Wagner, Mackenzie Proud, Sydney Wentworth, Matthew Bailey and Courtney Sayre.  The 7th and 8th grade Select Choir sang our National Anthem and performed a musical selection for our enjoyment called I Dream A World. Congratulations to all of these students for their hard work, effort and dedication to being leaders in our school and community. Emily Alexander, Robert Beyel, Madeline Bird, Victoria Boos Margaret Brennan, Kevin Brown, Michale Brown, Anna Canny, Madison Conklin, Daniel Cusick, Kayla Drager, Allison Field, Tyler Gerbsch, Taylor Gould, Kira Hawes, Eve Hughes, Nathan Keller, Elizabeth Kelsey-Gossard, Braxton Knapp, William Kisil, Evelyn Leubner, Sydney Lewis, Kern Linder, Brianna Linn, Andrew Marsh, Isabella Matro, Lisa Morocco, Cecil Nelson, Colette Rigas, Shane Rohe, Sarah Rohe, Haley Ruggles, Drake Satter, Ashley Seymour, Michael Spicer, Matthew Strempel, Frankie Szczech, Michaela Tangredri, Ethan Tanguay, Hannah Tarolli, Abigail VanCamp, Grace Vensel, Abigail Vetsch, Caleb Wetherell, Elizabeth White, Tristan Wiley.