June 2011 Issue - Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District

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J–D Journal
by the Jamesville-DeWitt School District for its residents
Volume 14, No. 3 June 2011
END-OF-YEAR EDITION
Facilities projects at
all district buildings
get the green light
from New York State
In
This
Issue:
After months of
waiting, we nally received
approval from
the State Education
Department on May
27 th so we can proceed
with the capital
project approved by
the voters in October.
Part, or all, of the
roof will be replaced
at all of our buildings,
including the bus garage.
That work will
be completed during
this summer and fall at
the three elementary
buildings. Because of
the late approval from
Albany, the work at
the middle and high
schools will take two
construction seasons,
this summer/fall and
next summer. Because
of roof work, there will
be no public use of our
buildings this summer
except gym facilities
at the high school.
Site work is also
taking place at Jamesville
Elementary, Moses
DeWitt, the middle
school, high school,
and the bus garage.
The work at the schools
will begin this summer
and be completed in
the fall. Jamesville
Elementary is having a
complete reconstruction
of the parking lot
and bus loop. Moses
DeWitt will have some
sidewalk, entranceway,
and parking lot
repair, as well as resealing
the tennis courts.
The middle school will
have part of the driveway
reconstructed and
the basketball/tennis
courts resealed.
The high school is
also having signicant
work done. The long
promised bleacher replacement
at the major
athletic eld will nally
take place. The bleachers
will be removed this
summer. Bleachers are
custom-ordered so they
will not be delivered
until long after school
starts and the fall
athletic season begins.
We will publicize the
schedule and location
for the fall sports impacted
by this as soon
as arrangements are
nalized.
The entrance driveway
and student parking
lots will also be
reconstructed.
This summer and fall
will be challenging at
all of our buildings as
we work through the
accommodations that
will be necessary. The
schedule is absolutely
weather dependent,
so we will make every
effort to keep you
informed when any
changes must be made.
We appreciate your
support to maintain our
facilities and your patience
as we complete
the work.
CNY Art Guild winner
“Aussie,” by Sally Zheng
page 4
’Tis Spring Concert season
-- with strings attached
page 5
Middle School mathletes
earn #1 ranking in region
page 5
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On
Board
The Board
Virginia Murphy,
President
5230 Leverett Lane
Fayetteville, NY 13066
446-1724
Dennis E. Resetarits, M.D.,
Vice President
6935 Kassonta Drive
Jamesville, NY 13078
492-5777
Deborah Borenstein
5079 Peck Hill Road
Jamesville, NY 13078
445-2114
Julie Comanici
27 Ely Drive
Fayetteville, NY 13066
446-5460
Jack McLoughlin
215 Haddoneld Drive
DeWitt, NY 13214
446-6026
Mark Schulman
5056 Yellow Wood Pkwy.
Jamesville, NY 13078
446-5056
Thomas C. Taylor
115 Woodberry Lane
Fayetteville, NY 13066
449-9470
Jill Walsh
6727 Serah Lane
Jamesville, NY 13078
498-4996
Samuel C. Young
206 Neweld Road
DeWitt, NY 13214
449-0113
Meetings
The Board of Education
meets every rst and third
Monday of the month at 7
p.m. during the school year.
For this summer’s meetings,
see the dates above.
The Board welcomes your
participation and comments
throughout the year.
Write the Board
District Ofce
P.O. Box 606
Edinger Drive
DeWitt, NY 13214
Phone: 445-8304
Fax: 445-8477
Web Site
jamesvilledewitt.org
Board member Borenstein
honored for service to J-D
Get on board:
Attend a Board of Education meeting this summer
• July 11 - Reorganization Meeting
• August 29 - Regular Meeting
In early June, Laurie Menkin,
from the Central New York
School Boards Association,
publicly thanked Deborah
Borenstein for her leadership
and service to the J-D
community as a School
Board member. Deborah is
completing her second term,
having served six years as
an active and committed
board member, always
putting the needs of children
rst. She will be deeply
missed.
...from page 5
More student achievement news from the Middle School
The student council and OCRRA co-sponsored the
J-DMS Earth Day cleanup. The student council,
which was joined by other students, worked
together after school on Friday, April 29 th to ll
over ten bags of garbage. Meanwhile, in a similar
act of eco-stewardship, our fth-grade students and
staff partnered with the Town of DeWitt Advisory
Conservation Commission to celebrate Arbor Day.
Students learned about the trees that were planted
and about conservation and importance of trees. They
also read poems. The Town of DeWitt donated two
white oak trees to culminate and commemorate the
event.
Notes from the LOTE program
Our students and teachers
work hard in Languages
Other Than English (LOTE).
After only ve months
of French study, 6 th grade
French students took the
National French Contest and
these students are recognized
for nishing in the top
50 th percentile of the 1,455
students who took the contest
nationwide: Christopher
Blust, Olivia Byrnes, Sarah
Carlsen, Lizzie O’Brien, Akbar
Qahar, Julia Walsh and
Ben Wormuth. Also, two students
placed in the top 10 in
Central New York: Michaela
LeBlond placed 10 th in the
nation, and Saed Saymeh
placed 9 th in the nation.
Several of our 7 th grade
students ranked in the top
10 of Central New York.
Some 5,318 students across
the nation took this exam.
Mackenzie Maxam ranked 9 th ;
Matt O’Connor ranked 8 th ;
Amanda Henderson ranked
6 th ; Reed Jaworski ranked 5 th ;
Maddy VanHusen ranked 4 th;
Rebecca Shen and Ana Suarez
ranked 3 rd ; and Kate Norton
ranked 2 nd .
The test taken by 8 th
graders was taken by over
18,000 students across
the nation, which makes
these results even more
impressive: Elizabeth Di-
Gennaro ranked 7 th in
Central New York; Marion
Maxwell ranked 5 th in CNY
and 10 th in the nation; and
Tal Frieden ranked 1 st in
CNY and 5 th in the nation.
Of students studying
Chinese, the Phillip A.
Fulvi Love of Language
Award from New York State
Association of Foreign
Language Teachers went
to Amanda Mikesell. In addition,
the Phillip A. Fulvi
Merit Certicate from New
York State Association of
Foreign Language Teachers
went to Allison Hohreiter.
The Excellent Pioneer of
Chinese Language Award
went to Julie Harrison,
Emily Hildreth, Allison
Hohreiter, Amanda Mikesell
and Erika Siegel.
Finally, our students
scored very well on the
National Spanish Exam,
which is given voluntarily
every year by over 3,500
teachers in the U.S.

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From the
Superintendent
Celebrating student successes,
and support from community,
in spite of ongoing fiscal crises
Page 3
Alice Kendrick
By Alice Kendrick,
District Superintendent
We have much to
celebrate at Jamesville-DeWitt.
The
months of May and
June are particularly
exciting because
there is so
much demonstration
and celebration of
student success in
many venues at all
three levels, elementary,
middle,
and high school.
Some of these are
highlighted in this
newsletter. These
celebrations are
particularly meaningful
this year. I
say that because the
board of education
and administration,
in consultation with
the community, put a
great deal of thought
and effort into developing
a budget
in extremely challenging
scal times,
that would allow for
the continuation of
the comprehensive
programs so critical
to the success
of our students. I
would like to take
this opportunity to
thank you for your
ongoing support of
the children in this
community. The
vote on the district
budget for 2011-
12 was overwhelmingly
positive, with
over 77% afrmative
votes. Your support
is instrumental to
our children’s success.
Developing a
budget that supports
their educational
needs will continue
to be a signicant
challenge as all indicators
point to a continuing
decrease in
revenue available to
schools and no relief
from our legislature
from some of the
onerous mandates
that increase the
cost of education
in New York State
without adding signicant
value. The
board of education
and district administration
will continue
to work diligently
and scally conservatively,
to balance
educational need
and stewardship.
I am pleased to
report our progress
on the district goals
identied for 2010-
11. As we review test
data over time, we
continue to make
progress toward our
goal of improving the
performance of our
student sub-groups
where a gap exists
between their performance
and the
performance of the
general population.
Our graduation rate
continues to be one
of the highest in the
area. Teachers at all
levels have engaged
in careful review of
various sources of
data about their
students and their
program to better
understand what
actions need to
be taken to support
the learning
success of every
student. Our emphasis
on literacy
and study skills
is also making an
observable difference
in student
performance in all
disciplines.
We recognize
that none of this
work would be possible
without a
community who
understands the
importance of educating
every child.
Thank you again
for your ongoing
support and commitment
to J-D
Schools. We hope
you are as proud
of the students and
their accomplishments
as we are.
We look forward to
another great year
in 2011-2012.
Covering the
Curriculum
High School, French teacher receive national awards
Jamesville-DeWitt is
one of only nine area high
schools recently named as
one of the 1,900 best high
schools across the country
in The Washington Post’s
first nationwide High
School Challenge.
Since 1998, The Post’s
Jay Mathews has ranked
(usually for Newsweek
magazine) the 27,000
public high schools across
the United States using
the Challenge Index, his
measure of how effectively
a school prepares
its students for college.
J-DHS has been a perennial
staple of those rankings.
Mathews’ formula is
simple: Divide the number
of Advanced Placement,
International Baccalaureate
or other college-level
tests a school gave in 2010
by the number of graduating
seniors.
Meanwhile, Madame
Solace Amankwah, who
Amankwah
teaches French levels 2,
3 and 5 at J-DHS, was
recently awarded an AATF
(American Association
of Teachers of French)
summer scholarship sponsored
by the U.S. French
Embassy.
Mme. Amankwah will be
involved in a two-week
« Stage Pédagogique » at
the Institut International
d’Etudes Françaises at
the University of Strasbourg
in France. In Strasbourg,
Mme. Amankwah
will be immersed in the
French language and the
unique culture of the
Alsace-Lorraine region
of France. She is very
excited to have been
chosen, and looks forward
to her trip, which
will take place in August.

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At the
High School
Students in the Wood
Manufacturing class for
the spring of 2011 were
part of the unique handson
and very real-world
learning opportunity of
running a student company.
Students worked hard
to manufacture products,
and their end-of-year
sale generated a prot
for the student company.
This resulted in a $225
donation to the Ronald
McDonald House on behalf
of the 2011 J-DHS Wood
Manufacturing Club. The
donation is in memory of
Rick Casey, a class of 2011
classmate who passed
away of cancer in 2005.
The Ronald McDonald
House was also the recipient
of a $1,000 donation
from a School Store run
Four students of the
RamPage staff won
awards at the 2011 High
School Press Day sponsored
by The Post-Standard.
Out of hundreds of
story and photo entries
Wood-class pupils practice
the business of learning
by the J-DHS Corporate
Communication class.
The Wood Manufacturing
class was run as
a small business. Their
work ranged from planning
— they decided to
make beaded jewelry and
bat houses — to purchasing
equipment and supplies,
making the nished
products, marketing the
products, deducting sales
tax, calculating a prot
and performing a detailed
reection of their experiences.
Along the way, class
members, led by teacher
Larry Vielhauer, also
manufactured 20 pens for
the Freedom Pen Project.
These pens will be mailed
to military service men
and women overseas.
Student writers recognized
from school newspapers
throughout Central New
York, J-D students won
awards in 3 of the 11 contest
categories, including
one 1 st place Gold. Specically,
J-D students won:
The Wood Manufacturing
class this spring ran a small
business that made, among
other things, bat houses, like
the one seen at left. The business
made a prot, and donated
$225 to Ronald McDonald
House. The students pictured
above just graduated, but in
2009 were featured in a Penn
State Industries magazine cover
story about their work.
1 st Place Gold for Column
– Chris Yu; 2 nd Place Silver
for Editorial Cartoon – Dan
Schoeneck; 2 nd Place Silver
for Sports Story – Nick Firman
and Ryan Byrnes.
Meanwhile, two J-DHS
seniors, Joe Hall and
Kaitlyn Murphy, were winners
of the 2011 Young
Playwrights Festival,
sponsored by Syracuse
Stage. The winners’
works received staged
readings there May 9.
Junior Brianna Suslovic
was named a semi-
nalist in the contest.
French students achieve excellence on national exam
Students who excelled on the National French Exam
include (left to right) Caterina Bormioli, Chris Yu, David
Zhang, Hadjer Sahraoui and Allison Semmel.
Five J-DHS French students received a 10 or higher national ranking in Le
Grand Concours, or the National French Contest (among 54,000 candidates at the
high school level). Twelve French students were ranked in the top 10 in the
Central New York region (among 454 candidates in CNY at the high school level).
Le Grand Concours is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of
French. It is a competitive exam that tests students' knowledge of French in the
categories of listening comprehension, reading and grammar. This is the 17 th year
of enrollment with over 125,000 students participating in the 2011 contest over all
levels.
The following JDHS students received top rankings:
CNY National
Student Level Rank Rank
Allison Semmel 2 10 15
Elena Marchetti-Bowick 3 10 12
Hadjer Sahraoui 4 1 9
Lydia Nevin 4 2 10
Julia Colares 4 6 14
Erik Davis 4 9 17
Alexander Lesser 4 10 18
Mary Pinkes 5 2 7
Caterina Bormioli 5 3 9
Christopher Yu 5 3 9
David Zhang 5 10 16
Senior work recognized by
Central New York Art Guild
The annual High
School Senior Show &
Competition is sponsored
by the Central
New York Art Guild and
hosted at the Edgewood
Gallery, 216 Tecumseh
Road in Syracuse.
Schools may submit
three senior two-dimensional
pieces and
one three-dimensional
piece.
Jamesville-DeWitt
seniors received recognition
for three pieces
and they were on exhibition
at the Edgewood
Gallery through the
month of April. Sally
Zheng’s oil on canvas
entitled “Aussie” (see
page 1) received Second
Place ($100); Ali Berson’s
drawing entitled
“Dance” (top right)
received an Honorable
Mention ($25);
and Zachary Kaufman’s
ceramic entitled “Raku
Vase” (bottom right)
received a Commercial
Art Supply Award ($25).

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At the
Middle School
At
Jamesville
The J-DMS mathletes
who participate in the New
York Mathematics League
Contest are asked to solve
30 problems, in as many
minutes. The top scorers
at the 6 th grade level
are: Ishan Gajra, Jacob
Harron, William Havens,
Anthony Impellizzeri,
Michaela LeBlond, Henry
Middleton, Rajat Sharma,
and Julia Walsh. The top
scorers at the 7 th grade
level are: Cayla Dedrick,
Reed Jaworski, Tyler Lux,
Matthew O’Connor, and
James Pieri. The top
scorers at the 8 th grade
level are: Elise Catania,
Brian Cieplicki, Will Cote,
Marion Maxwell, Andrew
Math Team success adds up
McVearry, Tiernan Quinn,
Urmi Roy, and Jacob
Saletsky. The schools in
the state are grouped by
region. In an eight-county
region, J-DMS placed rst
in that region in grades 6,
7, and 8.
Meanwhile, at a recent
awards dinner sponsored
by the Onondaga County
Mathematics Teachers’
Association, a number
of J-DMS students were
recognized. The OCMTA
Math Contest award winners
were: 2 nd place – Matt
O’Connor, and 3 rd place –
Reed Jaworski.
The OCMTA organizes
three math competitions
throughout the school
Reed Jaworski is among
the top scorers from J-DMS
on the New York Mathematics
League Contest.
year for seventh and
eighth graders. Students
solve problems and individual
and team scores
accumulate over the three
meets.
This year 20 schools
participated in the
competitions. The
J-DMS Math Team
is coached by math
teacher, Mrs. Gangemi.
The members of
Math Team are Tiernan
Quinn, Matt O’Connor,
Marion Maxwell, Cortney
Vaughan, and Urmi
Roy.
The J-D team of
students placed 1 st
overall in the county.
For individual performance
2 nd place
went to Matt O’Connor
and a tie for 3 rd place
went to Tiernan Quinn
and Marion Maxwell.
The Skype is no limit for virtual visits with authors
Mr. Starowicz’s sixthgrade
language arts students
used Skype to visit
with author Kate Messner.
When the students learned
that Ms. Messner was unable
to travel to school,
they turned to technology
to bridge the distance. To
prepare for their virtual
visit, students listened
(read aloud) to The Brilliant
Fall of Gianna Z.
This Kate Messner novel
is about the adventure
of a middle school girl
trying to complete a leaf
research project so she
can secure her spot on the
cross-country team participating
in Sectionals.
Because Ms. Messner is
a middle school teacher,
the 20-minute Skype visit
occurred at the end of the
school day. Many students
asked questions about the
plot of the story.
As the school year
was closing, this class
was scheduled to have
another virtual visit,
this time with Kathryn
Erskine, author of Mockingbird.
Mockingbird is
a story about a young
girl with Asperger’s Syndrome,
who is trying to
deal with her brother’s
death.
‘Where is the pool?’ Fifth-grade ‘greeters’ point the way
In late May, fourth-graders from Jamesville, Tecumseh and Moses
DeWitt came to the middle school for the much-anticipated 4 th
Grade Tour Night. And who better to show them around the middle
school than our own 5 th grade students? There were many stops
on the tour including the library, gym, computer lab, fth-grade
classrooms and of course, the pool! After being at the middle school
for the whole year, the 5 th grade tour guides really demonstrated
their knowledge about what the middle school has to offer,
answered all kinds of questions, and really made an effort to help
our future 5 th graders feel comfortable with their transition to the
middle school. Nice job! For more Middle School news, see page 2.
Performance-based education wraps up year in style
Performances enhanced the learning experiences of Jamesville
Elementary students this spring. Back in the fall many fourthgraders
elected to learn how to read and play a musical
instrument. During the annual Spring Concert – during which
the band, strings, and chorus performed – the children amazed
the audience with their musical expertise. Meanwhile, our
kindergartners took to the stage to reminisce and celebrate their
year. After learning about Japan, our rst-graders presented a
fact-lled show about Japan. Second-graders helped us to learn
about all 50 U.S. states. Finally, our third-graders learned about
caring for the environment, cleaned up the area around the school
for Earth Day, and performed “The Great Kapok Tree.”

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At
Moses DeWitt
First Earth Day Fun Fair a blast
On April 29, Moses DeWitt hosted its rst
annual Earth Day Fun Fair. Our students had an
opportunity to learn more about taking care of
our environment through recycling, gardening,
composting, and understanding the impact we
each have on the Earth. We had visitors from
OCCRA, SU’s Save the Rain Project, and Energy
Smart Communities. The Earth Day Fun Fair was
followed by a special schoolwide assembly by the
Hill Brothers titled “Mama Earth.” Moses DeWitt
students and staff had a great time singing along
with the Hill Brothers.
From sea to shining sea:
Class helps California third-graders
collect letters from students in all 50 states
Students in Ms. Alex Bowe’s third-grade
class were asked to participate in the “Great
American Mail Race.” The purpose of the
race was to collect letters from classrooms in
each of the 50 states. Students at Oak Grove
Elementary School in Aliso Viejo, Calif.,
contacted Ms. Bowe’s class and asked them to
send a letter from New York. Ms. Bowe’s class
obliged and sent a letter back to Ms. Laroche
and her students. At left is a picture of Ms.
Bowe’s class with their letter.
At
Tecumseh
Spring brings things to celebrate,
from a visiting author to digging for
diamonds to the rising class of 2024
Tedd Arnold, author and illustrator,
visited Tecumseh, Jamesville, and Moses
DeWitt schools this spring. He was
a BIG hit with kids as he described
how he gets ideas for books. He
demonstrated his illustrating skills and
walked students through the process of
writing, editing and publishing a book.
The students were enthralled!
Our fourth-grade students recently had a
wonderful time searching for treasures at the
Herkimer Diamond Mines. No one seemed
to strike it rich, but it was a great learning
experience.
Kindergarten bus roundup was a great success at Tecumseh
this year. Thank you to the parent volunteers who helped
orient our class of 2024 to the world of transportation.

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V A R S I T Y S P O R T S R O U N D U P
A n n u a l b o o s t e r s b a n q u e t
honors seniors, sports teams
Here are the major
awards given at the Jamesville-DeWitt
All Sports
Booster Club Senior Athlete
Awards Banquet on
June 12:
United States Marine
Corps Distinguished Athlete
Award
The United States Marine
Corps Distinguished
Athlete Award is given to
two varsity athletes as
chosen by the coaching
staff. The winners are athletes
who are exemplary
citizens and role models
for younger students, and
exhibit the personal traits
of courage, poise, selfcondence,
and leadership.
This year’s winners
are: Alex Hatem and Kara
Capstraw.
United States Army
Reserve National Scholar
Athlete Award
The United States Army
Reserve National Scholar
Athlete Awards are given
to the male and female
varsity athletes who best
exemplify achievement in
athletics as well as academics
and are chosen by
the J-D coaching staff. This
year’s winners are: Davi
Sacco and Emily Nuss.
The United States Air
Force Scholar/Athlete of
the Year Award
…is given to a male and
female senior athlete that
excelled in both academics
and athletics and are selected
by the J-D coaching
staff. This year’s winners
are: Steve Aziz and Kelsey
Cook.
Section 3 Scholar Athletes
Each year Section 3 of
the New York State Public
High School Athletic Association
puts on a dinner
in early June to honor two
students from each of the
103 schools in Central New
York. J-D’s representatives
were the male and female
athletes with the highest
grade-point average who
have lettered in at least
two sports. This year’s J-D
representatives at the dinner
were: Davi Sacco and
Rebecca Bergman.
Jamesv ille-DeWitt
Youth Athletic Association
Senior Scholarships
Each year the JDYAA
runs numerous instructional
programs for the youth
of our community. These
programs are designed to
provide instruction in the
basic skills and strategies
At the Senior Athlete Awards Banquet, Alex Hatem (top, second from right) and Kara Capstraw (below,
with her parents) won the United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award. Emily Nuss (below,
with soccer coach Hayley Nies) received the U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award.
And Nick Firman (top, third from left) won one of three Bobby Gillson Memorial Scholarships. Also
pictured above are coach Jamie Archer and other members of the lacrosse team (one of two State Champions
recognized): Matt Kopp (far left), Tim Edwards (second from left) and Dan DiStefano (far right).
of a number of activities, and
emphasize good sportsmanship
with value on teamwork,
loyalty to school, family,
and friends, courage, and
respect for authority. The
JDYAA Senior Leadership
Awards are given along with
two $150 scholarships to two
seniors who best exemplify
those traits. This year’s winners
are: Nick Firman and
Kara Capstraw.
John Welch Memorial
Award
This has been given since
the 1970s to the outstanding
senior football player
in honor of John Welch, an
ex-J-D player and member
of the Jamesville-DeWitt
Athletics Hall of Fame, who
died in a car accident. This
year’s winner was Ahkeen
Williams.
The Alex Poulos Memorial
Award
This is given each year to
an Outstanding Candidate
chosen by the Boys Varsity
Soccer program. Alex was a
very popular J-D athlete who
passed just a few years ago
from an illness. This year’s
Alex Poulos Memorial Award
winner was Tyler Kallquist
and Matt Schappert.
Scott Dubnoff Memorial
Scholarship
Just a few years ago J-D
Baseball Player Scott Dubnoff
died in a tragic car accident.
The family has established
a foundation that will
fund the yearly Scott Dubnoff
Scholarship given by Coach
Dera to a player that best
represents all the outstanding
qualities that Scott had.
He will be presented with a
$100 check. The winner is:
Mason Schoeneck
Bobby Gillson Memorial
Scholarship
Tom and Mary Ann Gillson
established the fund to
award three $1,000 scholarships
yearly. At the request
of Tom and Mary Ann the
scholarships are given to one
senior football player, one
senior ice hockey player and
one senior lacrosse player
in memory of their late son
Bobby who also died in a
tragic car accident. Each
year the recipients of these
scholarships are chosen by
the Head Coaches of those
three sports. The winners
are the athletes on those
teams that best exemplify
the traits that Bobby Gillson
was known for: “consistently
proven that they are the
most coachable players, consistently
giving 200% effort
in their respective sport.”
This year’s winners are: For
Football – Tyler Lerman;
For Ice Hockey – Nick Firman;
For Lacrosse – Russell
Runions.
NYSPHSAA Sportsmanship
Awards
After state tournament
play in each sport the
NYSPHSAA awards sportsmanship
awards. This year
as a result of their play in
the state basketball tournament,
Josh Stone and
Demetrius Mitchell were
awarded the NYSPHSAA
Sportsmanship Award,
and for his play in the Boys
Lacrosse State Championship,
the Sportsmanship
winner was Peter Goss.
NYSPHSAA Scholar
Athlete Team Awards
One of our goals this
year was to achieve
a school of distinction
award, which would mean
every varsity team was
a NYSPHSAA Scholarathlete
team. We did not
meet this goal, but we
did set a new standard
for J-D. We had 22 teams
qualify as NYSPHSAA
scholar athlete teams –
the most ever. The prior
record was 21teams. This
means every team made
it except for one!
OHSL Champions (15)
Boys Golf, Girls Cross
Country, Boys Cross Country,
Girls Swimming and
Diving, Boys Soccer
, Girls Soccer, Boys Basketball,
Indoor Track and
Field, Boys Swimming
and Diving, Softball, Boys
Track and Field, Girls
Track and Field, Girls Lacrosse,
Boys Lacrosse and
Boys Tennis.
Section 3 Champions
(8)
Girls Track and Field,
Boys Lacrosse, Girls Cross
Country, Gymnastics,
Boys Soccer, Girls
Soccer, Boys Basketball
and Indoor Track and
Field.
Regional Champions
(3)
Boys Soccer, Boys Basketball
and Boys Lacrosse.
New York State Champions
(2)
Boys Basketball and
Boys Lacrosse.
Senior Sportsmanship
Awards
Each year the players
on each varsity team vote
on one candidate from
their team, and each
coach also designates one
player from their team
for the J-D All Sports
Booster Club Sportsmanship
Awards. This years
Booster Club Sportsmanship
Scholarships go to:
Rebecca Doss, Gillian
McGann, Noah Kaplan,
Daniel Driscoll.

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Sports
Shorts
Spring sports Scholar Athletes named
Congratulations to the
Jamesville-DeWitt High
School spring varsity sports
teams that qualied for
the New York State Public
High School Athletic Association’s
Scholar Athlete
Team Award. To qualify, a
team’s GPA must be above
90 for a specic number of
indivduals based on total
roster. The following athletes
earned grades that
helped qualify their team
for this award:
Boys Track & Field
Saadat Badruddin,
Aaron Chen, Brendan
Coli, Austin Davis, Daniel
Driscoll, Samuel Dye, Alexander
Gugger, Nicholas
Harron, Tom Hays, William
Hohreiter, Conor Kissane,
Brendan McNamara, Connor
Netti, Eric Nuss, Matthew
Parker, Ryan Pike,
Charles Scheftic, Andrew
Scibilia, Paul Stathis,
William Sterriker, Nathan
Sturgeon, Zane Suttmore,
Austin Tousaw, John Trendowski,
August Weinstein
and Samuel Wormuth.
Boys Lacrosse
Steven Aziz, Deke
Burns, Justin Diamond,
David DiStefano, Daniel
DiStefano, Jeffrey Edwards,
Tim Edwards, Jordan
Evans, Jesse Evensky,
Scott Firman, Nicholas Firman,
Robert Klink, Jacob
LaRussa, David Sacco and
Henry Wilson.
Tennis
Jack Alexander, Abraham
Davis, Erik Davis,
Noah Kaplan, Alex Katsarsky,
Andrew Lee, James
Quartier, David Rapp-
Kirshner, David Zhang and
Allan Zhou.
Softball
Alexis Cantor, Tessa
Devereaux, Madeline Devereaux,
Meghan Engstrom,
Rachel Honis, Kerri
Keeler, Lexi Lerman, Jessica
Sgromo, Avery Share,
Ashley Thompson and Mary
Young.
Girls Lacrosse
Natalie Antosh, Lauren
Beville, Caitlin Cariseo,
Kayleigh Cavanaugh,
Katherine Coughlin,
Taryn Dausman, Alexandra
Loewy, Sonia Narsipur,
Maire Prosak, Lauren
Swan, Veronica Wheelock
and Sarah Wood.
Girls Track
Charlene Adame, Megan
Bishop, Amber Blom,
Mackenzie Brayman, Megan
Clark, Taylor Cook,
Taylor-Rae Danforth, Holly
Deng, Sara Grifths, Laura
Haarer, Jesenia Haynes,
Gisselle Haynes, Yasmina
The State Championshipwinning
Varsity Boys
Lacrosse team was one of
seven spring sports teams
to qualify for the Scholar
Athlete Team Award,
honoring excellence in the
classroom as well as on
the playing eld. These
young men earned high
academic marks on the
way to nishing with
a 22-0 record. See more
lacrosse photos below.
Huckins, McKenzie Kallquist,
Amanda Lee, Hannae
Lee, Sophia Maloff,
Erin Mulvey, Victoria Nandal,
Noelle Novakowski,
Tania Nsouli, Kathleen
Pieri, Elizabeth Pieri,
Katherine Pinkes, Mary
Pinkes, Hadjer Sahraoui,
Allison Semmel, Hannah
Ste, Shelby Weinstein,
Laura Wengert, Christina
White and Tessa Yu.
Girls Golf
Jane Brown, Hali
Greenhouse, Alanna
Jones, Simranjit Kaur,
Sarah Phillips, Valerie
Purcell and Victoria
Roney.
Two straight State Championships -- so far!
On June 11, the Varsity Boys Lacrosse
team defeated Garden City 8-7 in overtime,
winning a second straight Class B State
Championship. The win capped a 22-0
season, which, incredibly, followed last year’s
22-0 season. These photos capture some of
the drama of this year’s final game.
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Joe DeChick, Editor
Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District
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