Winter Concert

Congratulations to our 4th Grade Choir and our 5th and 6th grade choir for a very pleasant and fun concert on Wednesday, January 25th.  Our students did an awesome job.  Each group sang separately and then sang a song together. They were prepared and poised with big smiles on their faces!  The audience gave a standing ovation in recognition of their hard work.  Special congratulations to Rachel Tanguay who created a powerful power point show in remembrance of The Oklahoma City bombing to accompany one of their songs.  It was a very impressive slide show that she created all on her own initiative. 

Students Make Desserts in Art Class

7th graders created appealing desserts from clay in art class.  Popular desserts include: ice cream, cannolis, brownies, pies, cakes, cookies and many more options are on display in the hallway.  Complimenting the clay work are drawings of similar desserts!  The display might make one hungry for something sweet while walking by!  Nice work students!

 

Silver Key Winner at DMS!

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The Awards have an impressive legacy dating back to 1923 and a noteworthy roster of past winners including Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford and Joyce Carol Oates.

The Awards are an important opportunity for students to be recognized for their creative talents.

Driver Middle School celebrates Paige Manahan for winning a Silver key for her drawing "The Hip Bone". Silver Key winners will receive a certificate and a pin recognizing their accompliment from the Scholastic Arts Competition.

 

WCNY records the ceremony for later broadcast.  This year the air date is March 25th at 6pm on WCNY 24.1.

 

Congratulations Paige!

 

 

5th Grader Moves on in Regional Spelling Bee

Congratulations to Jeffrey Shi, DMS School Spelling Bee Champion!  Jeffrey moved on in the Spelling Bee to compete in the Regional Written Spelling Bee a week ago at Onondaga Community College.  The spelling bee is sponsored by the Syracuse Post Standard and WCNY Television.  The next round of the Bee is an oral, televised round.  Jeffrey will be one of 37 contestants in this round.  You can watch Jeffrey compete on WCNY at 2 p.m. on February 4th.  Congratulations Jeffrey and good luck!!

DMS Drama Production a Huge Success

  

Congratulations to the cast and crew of the DMS Drama Club on a stellar performance of Katastrophe Kate! The club performed two evening shows over the weekend. Under the direction of Ryann Riefler, students told the tale of a chef named Katherine who created a chili worthy of taking on the road to Texas. Katherine had to mix in with the outlaws as she took on the persona of Katastrophe Kate. The chili cook off between her recioe and that of Jose Habenero proved to create an even better chili when the two wre combined. All this happened while Sherrif Sam got up the nerve to ask Miss Lucille to marry him! It was a fun performance full of son, dance and humor. Way to go DMS and Mrs. Riefler!

A Charitable Project from Driver Middle School Art Students

The grace, peace, and softness of a butterfly that people feel when they see one, helps us realize why the "butterfly" is the symbol for the not for profit organization "The Hope for the Bereaved" of CNY. This year, as in the past years, DMS art students were involved in helping to raise money for the charity. Students created beautiful butterfly watercolor paintings and ornaments. The paintings were reproduced and made into cards, and the ornaments adorned a Christmas tree that were sold at a fund raising dinner and auction event at the Oncenter on November 18th. Students involved in this endeavor were Mrs. Femano's 7th grade art classes and the following students from Mrs. Ferrara's 6th grade classes: 

Abigail Delaney, Emma Alexander, Mackenzie Libera, Rachel Randall, Alessa Dixe, Briyana VanHelsdingen, Samantha DiMarco, Kayla Fogg, Caleb Wetherall, Nicholas Femano, Dan Posecznick, Steven Baunee, Lauren Lundrigan

DMS 7/8 Choir and Select Choir Perform

The DMS 7/8 Choirs put on a beautiful winter concert last week.  Under the direction of Kristin Peenstra, students performed Do You Hear What I Hear? 100 Years (with accompanist Brian Ackles, Sean King and Neil Minet), Walking in the Air, Winter Medley, Lift Them Up! A Festive Fa La La, Come Celebrate this Festive Day and How Fair A Rose?  As a special treat, they also sang What A Wonderful World while a slide show of student quotes and selected pictures scrolled.  Great job to all our choir students!