6th Grade Rewards - Salamanca City School

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Salamanca Welcomes New Staff MembersA Sally High welcome to Mrs. Ashley Malpiedi, the BOCES counselor for several BOCES high schoolclassrooms: Mrs. Sandy Scharf’s 12:1:1 class, Mrs. Anne Comstock’s Inclusion students, and Ms. MaureenYoung’s 8:1:1 class. Ashley graduated from the University of Buffalo and received her master’sin school counseling from St. Bonaventure University. This is her first year as a school counselor andshe has found SCCSD to be very welcoming. She enjoys everything about being a school counselor,particularly working as a team with the students, teachers, etc. to help the students achieve their goals.In her free time, she likes to read, exercise and garden in the summer. Have a great year Mrs. Malpiedi!New Employees in the MiddleSchool Buildinggained from each position helped to build a strong foundation formy career in the 6-1-1 classroom. “ Mrs. Reynolds thoroughly enjoysworking with the students. Her reward is seeing the students’successes as well as seeing them learn from their struggles. Outsideof school, Mrs. Reynolds enjoys traveling to the Adirondacks andspending time with her family, especially her granddaughter.Ms. Sarah Widmer, the Social Worker for both room 217and 224, received her BA in psychology from Hilbert College, herFamily Credential from Cornell University and her Master’s ofEducation in School Counseling from St. Bonaventure University.She began counseling work at the Community Action Organizationand has been counseling in education for three years. Ms.Room 217: (L-R) Mrs. Danielle Miller and Ms. Alicia LongWidmer enjoys working with children because they have suchTwo new BOCES special education classrooms are in the a unique perspective on life and the future. She finds education“middle hall” of the middle school. These classrooms have teachers,aides, counselors and a social worker who teach all subjects interests outside of school include snowboarding, playing outsiderewarding because one can make a difference in other’s lives. Her(except Home & Careers) to their students from various school with her puggle dog (pug and beagle mix), reading, eating at newdistricts; providing a vital service to these students and their restaurants, camping, traveling, shopping for shoes and spendingfamilies. As this new group of BOCES staff members spoke of time with family and friends.their work, they all said how much they enjoy working with the Two individuals also working in these classrooms are not newstudents; each one repeating the phrases “there is never a dull moment,”“there is always something new to learn every day,” and has been assigned to SCCSD for 15 years and now works withto Salamanca. Miss Michelle Moore, a BOCES Teacher Aide“the reward is seeing the students reach their potential.” Another students in Ms. Stornes room. Michelle enjoys seeing the studentscommon denominator is that they all love the outdoors.succeed, knowing she has played a part in their growth. Mr. JohnIn room 217, students are taught by Mrs. Danielle Miller. Dedrick is the 6:1:1 Counselor in Mrs. Miller’s room. He has beenShe attended SUNY Fredonia for her teaching degree and has been a counselor for 24 years, 18 years working for BOCES specialteaching for four years. After school, she likes being outdoors – education programs and assigned to Salamanca for 12 years.skiing in the winter and gardening in the spring and summer. Mrs. Welcome to these newcomers at SCCSD. Your associates,Miller’s teacher aide, Ms. Alicia Long, is also a skier, and has a John and Michelle, have a wealth of experience to help you. Havedegree from JCC. She is continuing her education this semester a great year!taking courses online at Grand Canyon University. This is her firstjob as a teacher aide, having begun this past November.In room 224, Ms. Kathleen Stornes is the teacher. She hasbeen working in education for 34 years - at the Gustavus AdolphusLearning Center, Chautauqua Lake, Dunkirk and Clymer CentralSchools. She has a number of degrees: an Associate in Arts fromJCC, a BS in Education as a Physical Education major from SUNYCortland, and a Master’s of Science and School Administrationfrom Niagara University. Ms. Stornes’ entire teaching career hasbeen in the field of special education and has given her many rewardingand fun experiences. As she puts it, “Overall, I enjoy thevariety in what I do and the challenges of working with differentstudents.” Ms. Stornes outside interests include skiing, playinggolf, bicycling, doing things around the house, and volunteering.Mrs. Tamara Reynolds is the 6:1:1 Counselor in room 224and has several degrees: an AAS in Human Services from JCC, aBS in Community Health from SUNY Empire State College, andan MSED in school counseling from St. Bonaventure University.She has been working in education for 15 years at various gradelevels (K, MS, HS) as School a teacher aide, Will teacher Be Closed assistant, January attendance 17th Room for Martin 224: (L-R) Luther Ms. Sarah King Widmer, Jr. Day. Ms. Kathleen Stornes,teacher, coach and counselor. As she said, “The rich experiences Iand Mrs. Tamara Reynolds2Salamanca District Newsletter - February 2011
Great Season Lady Warriors!7th Grade Art andArt EnrichmentThe Girls Modified Basketball team finished theirseason on December 18th with a 28-12 win over NorthCollins. Members of the team are: Jordan Askey,Emma Bocharski, Alyssa Coustenis, Hannah Dry, CamilleEmborsky, Siana Fernandez, Andie Hill, AllysonHoney, Cali James, Kashauna Learn, Ashley Miller,Paige Papa, Haleigh Siebert, Madelynn Turano,McKenzie Whitmore, and Ryanne Yehl. Their overallrecord was 6-2. Great season, ladies!Seventh grade art students have been developingsketching skills through a variety of techniques. Emphasisis on realism and shading with hand/eye coordinationand proportioning for overall development.Sixth through eighth grade art technique developmentprovides students the skills to develop their own individualstyles. Students pictured are demonstratingskills through art enrichment. Their high participationscores and demonstrated character traits gave themthe opportunity to do an independent study in acryliccolor mixing and painting techniques.January Business/Marketing Student of the Month Brendan JohnBrendan John has beenselected as the JanuaryBusiness/Marketing Studentof the Month due tohis determination, academicknowledge andpersistence, which makeBrendan exceptional. Hehas been specifically chosenbecause he is someoneyou will always findworking very hard andmaturely focusing on hisimmediate future. In additionto the persistenceand hard work that he exemplifies, Brendan helps those aroundhim whenever he is able. It is second nature for him to offer hisknowledge and assistance to others. Just as important is his abilityto work and learn on his own.Brendan has taken all the programming classes that Salamancahas to offer and he took it upon himself to ask to get anotherProgramming III (JAVA) course started so that he could learn itbefore he went to college. In addition to this, Brendan had notbeen able to get into the computer course that offers training for allof Microsoft Certifications. He has taken it upon himself to comein during lunch or other times during his school day to train onMicrosoft Certification simulation programs and to prepare for thereal tests. To date he has been able to take and pass the I CriticalCertification and Microsoft Word 2007, and he is now training forthe rest of Office 2007 MCAS Certifications.The business courses Brendan has taken include: Keyboarding,Programming I, Programming II, independent study JAVA,Career Planning, and Financial Management. Brendan has excelledscholastically and he has been on the high honor roll for hisentire school career. He has been nominated and selected to be inthe National Honor Society (Treasurer), Science Honor Society,French Honor Society, and Math Honor Society (President). Hehas been chosen Rotary Club Student of the Month for October2010. He has been one of the key players on the Salamanca VarsityTennis Team for five years and was nominated by his teamto be the Captain.He is a very active, conscientious and giving person who theBusiness Department would nominate, recommend and suggestfor any character award or scholarship. His involvement in thearts while he has been in high school is immense as he has been animportant part of the Drama Club and other auditorium productionsas head technician for light and sound during the past four years.He has also been involved in band for Salamanca High SchoolMarching Band for the past six years and has been handpickedto attend Solofest three times in his high school career as well asbeing asked to attend All-County for band for two years.As you can tell, Brendan is a very eclectic person who is successfulat everything he attempts through hard work, persistenceand determination. In addition to his successes in academics, sportsand in the arts, Brendan has maintained a part-time job to helppay for his personal expenses and to prepare for college. Brendanplans to attend the Rochester Institute of Technology to pursue acareer in Computer Programming. Congratulations, Brendan.“A Community Connected Through Education”3
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