April 2012 District News Review.indd - East Aurora Union Free School

Fifth graders from Mrs. Krull’s and Mrs.
Guerra’s class practiced their reading
skills at home in April, later celebrating their
achievements during a weekly “Read and
Feed” lunch group.
April 2012
District News Review
EAST aurora union free school district
Jungle Book performed at Parkdale Elementary
Congratulations to the second grade cast and crew of “The Jungle Book,” performed the last week of
March at Parkdale Elementary.
As the story goes, deep in the heart of the Jungle, Mowgli the Man-cub is raised by wolves. When Shere
Khan the tiger decides that Mowgli is no longer welcome in the Jungle, other animals help come to his aid
and teach him new life lessons. With new and larger threats looming from other Jungle creatures, Mowgli
is aided aby a girl named Shanti, who guides him to live in the Man village, but he will always consider the
Jungle his home.
The production was directed by Mrs. Dietsch, Miss Denny, and Mrs. Edholm. Photo/ Mr. Dietsch.
Lunch with Newbery Award books at Middle School
The students are especially grateful to the
EAMS PTO for their mini-grant purchase of
recent Newbery Award winning books.
Photo/M. Guerra
Best wishes to
forty members of
the Middle School
Marching Band
who will perform
in the Kentucky
Derby Festival
Pegasus Parade on May 3 in Louisville,
Kentucky, stepping off at 5:00
PM.
Under the direction of Melissa
Denny, the students will play Louie,
Louie, and will be one of the few
Middle School bands participating.
While on the trip, band members
also will visit Churchill Downs, the
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory,
the Great Lawn Waterfront, the Glassworks
Museum and enjoy a walking
tour of downtown Louisville. The band
will leave East Aurora on May 2 and
return on May 5.

Memorial lacrosse game on April 21 raises
$200.00 for Upstate NY Transplant Services
Fourth annual game is a
tribute to Mike “Schafe”
Schaffer; players raise
awareness for organ
and tissue donation
On Saturday, April 21,
the EAHS girls lacrosse
team held their fourth
annual “Donate Life”
memorial game in honor
of former EA Booster
president Mike Schafer,
who passed away unexpectedly
fi ve years ago.
With team members
wearing the Donate
Life campaign’s bright
green jerseys, the game
culminated Donate Life
month, when players
collected loose change
in exchange for a UN-
YTS bracelet.
(Top left) Mike Schaffer’s
daughter Jenn
Schafer attended the
game and received fl owers from the team in honor of her father.
Photos/C. Schutrum
Earth Day observed in activities
Students from the East Aurora Middle School Explorers
Club teamed worked with Mr. Doug Wicks
and the Buildings and Grounds Department to help
weed fl ower beds at the Middle School. This Earth
Day activity showed that team work helps make the
East Aurora Middle School the best it can be. The Explorers
Club is co-advised by Mrs. Barron/Mrs. Bilson and Mrs.
Krull, who noted that students left feeling great pride with
their accomplishment as well as with their school.
At the High School, DECA sponsored “Go Green Week”
April 23-27, including a different “go green” activity/tip
every day to be more mindful of the environment. Activities
included: Monday - Recycle Mania - making sure that
papers and plastics are being recycled; Tuesday - Turn off
the lights day - make sure to turn lights off when leaving a
room, and if possible, pull the shades up and teach without
the lights on to save energy; Wednesday - Use the whiteboard/
chalkboard to save energy; Thursday - Carpool/Ride your bike
Eric Carle Activity Day at Parkdale
The books of Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The
Very Busy Spider among others) inspired Miss Jenner’s kindergarten
students in a variety of activities.
Station 1- Students built a caterpillar with sight words (to revisit
and review sight words);
Station 2- At the snack station, students
could create edible spiders and caterpillars
to go along with the Eric Carle’s
books; and,
Station 3- Creative Writing allowed
students to create a book title for the
next Eric Carle book. The trick was that
the title had to have the same beginning
sound in each word. For ex: The Mushy
Mushroom or The Lazy Lion.
to school day; Friday: Wear “Go green” t-shirts and drink out of
reusable water bottles.

Mrs. Davis reported an amazing accomplishment of her fourth
grade class in a Hearts for the Homeless campaign during April.
Her students collected 1,845 items to donate to the Buffalo thrift
shop and soup kitchen. Said Mrs. Davis, “What started out as a
Personal scrapbook creation with Mrs. Pohle
Hobbies and Careers Day is an annual event at Middle School organized
by Ms. Arts to allow students to explore areas of interest
under the tutelage of experts in the fi eld. There was a wide variety
of topics for students to choose among in topics, including science
and nature, the arts, design, engineering, technology, aviation and
physical education.
(Right) Scottish Highland games with Mr. Palmer
Hearts for the Homeless
Sixth Grade Hobbies and Careers Day
small project grew into a wonderful class campaign and a mountain
of clothes and other items in the back of our classroom! I am
so proud of how hard they worked to collect so many textiles for
people in need.”
(Left) Winners in the weight-bearing
engineering workshop with Mr.
Farleo.
Above, Ms. Ward and Yoda, a
great horned owl, represented
Hawk Creek Wildlife.

Mr. Serwicki’s students from East Aurora Middle School and High
School took part in the 2012 National Latin Exam, administered
internationally across the fi fty states and thirteen countries. The
exam is sponsored by the American Classical League and the
National Junior Classical League.
The following East Aurora students were honored for their
achievement during the exam:
Seventh grade:
• Benjamin Bachman (special ribbon for a nearly fl awless
exam), Maisy Webster, Julia DiFilippo and Tegan Stoddart
Health News
2012 National Latin Exam results
Level I (eighth grade and high school):
• (Silver medal maxima cum laude) Jon Javor, Jamison Mercurio
Zachary Warning and Christopher Klocke (silver medal
maxima cum laude);
• (Magna cum laude) Avryn Bonus, Maria Seeber, Nicola
Gnecco and Trent Stellrecht;
Level II
• (Silver medal maxima cum laude) Elizabeth Jones and Fiona
Nocera
Level III/IV Prose
• Marta McLaughlin (magna cum laude)
Level III/IV Poetry
• Edward Crow (silver medal maxima cum laude)
• Chase Szafnicki (magna cum laude)
• Daniel Leman (cum laude)
The East Aurora Staff Wellness Team recently coordinated
“Spring Into Wellness” Campaign. Activities
included Zumba, Indian Folk Dance, Hockey for
Hope, Yoga, Volleyball, Boot Camp, Step classes and
seminars on Relaxation techniques and How to Spring
Clean Your Diet. The seminars were sponsored by Blue
Cross/Blue Shield, and led by members of our staff.
The East Aurora Wellness Team promotes healthy
lifestyles and coordinates programs on comprehensive
wellness issues.
Future events of the Wellness Team will include
National Walk at Lunch Day, Walking Works Challenge,
a Perennial Plant Swap and the Corporate Challenge.
The team is led by Lisa Brown and Leslie Jones.
NOTE: Nurse Aungst asks parents to note the dates of fall sport physicals: May 14, 18, 21 and 25; and June 1, 4 and 8 (if
needed.) Please also note that although there is no school on May 21 due to a conference day, exams will be at Middle
School only, between the hours of 8:15 and 11:15 AM. Appointments are encouraged; call the High School Health Offi ce at
687-2550, or the Middle School Health Offi ce at 687-2450.

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Six EAHS students will attend the DECA International Career and Development Conference in Salt Lake City April 30 –
May 1. Alexandra Fontanese, Melissa Goggins, Michael Lorka, Kyle O’Brien, Karleigh Volk and Caroline Zink qualifi ed for
this international competition based on their presentations at the New York State conference.
Scholar/Athletes
Congratulations to our spring
EAHS Varsity Scholar/Athlete
teams (earning 90.0% or higher
average during their sport season):
Girls’ Lacrosse ~ 92.885%
Madelyn Atendido
Leah Bellus
Hanna Cimperman
Eileen Converse
Katherine Daminski
Kelly Hayes
Kaley LaForce
Mackenzie Linn
Claudia Moeller
Morgan Ott
Kathleen Ramsey
Katherine Rowe
Emily Szopinski
Jennifer Zacchigna
Softball ~ 91.303%
Alexandra Burzynski
Taylor Cole
Kristen Danzer
Marissa Dunning
Jenna Ergort
Melissa Goggins
Michelle Grostefon
Kaitlin Kinsella
Rebecca Nolan
Jessica Vaccare
Karleigh Volk
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Maya Lucyshyn, Casey McLaren and Katherine Mentecki, Class of 2013, scored 200 or higher on the 2011 Preliminary
SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying test and met the requirements to enter the 2013 National Merit Scholarship
Program. Each of these students is among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants of some 1.5 million program entrants.
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Girls’ Track ~ 96.453%
Paige Anderson
Sarah Anstett
Megan Baritot
Iona Campbell
Shelby Clapp
Rachel Cocca
Fiona Danieu
Emily Dziulko
Gwyneth Frederick
Gwen Haffenden
Hannah Hitchcock
Briana Hoerner
Holly Jackson
Rachel Kamienowski
Ann Kelly
Ciera Knolle
Marta McLaughlin
Rachel Mills
Paschasia Modrzynski
Genevieve Morrissey
Alexis Mucci
Madeline Murray
Hillary Nason
Emily Nason
Emily Neu
Elizabeth O’Brien
Lauren O’Connor
Colleen Powers
Hannah Rice
Victoria Vance
Marquerite Webster
Hannah Weppner
Alisha West
Rebekah Zee
Cassandra Zimmerman
Boys’ Tennis ~ 91.781%
Daniel Arendt
Julian deBoer
Deniz Guven
Charles Hoffman
Gregory Lowe
Samuel Rogers
Christopher Stoll
Alexander Wilson
Peter Zittel
Boys’ Track ~ 95.117%
Thomas Bertoldini
Read Bohanan
Robert Coulter
Edward Crow
James Czora
David Egan
Joshua Harts
Corey Hensen
Justin Hewitt
Christopher Klocke
Matthew McLaughlin
Matthew Nason
Brian Norman
Eric O’Connor
Sawyer Oubre
Sean Phillips
Tanner Reese
Andrew Santulli
Kenny Vasbinder
Penn Watson
Stephen Watson
William Zink
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Upcoming public events...
May 2 Board of Education Meeting - 7:00 PM in the Middle School Library
May 8 PTO/Joint Meeting - Middle School at 6:30 PM
May 15 Annual Budget Vote & Board of Education Election - Middle School Cafeteria, 7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Board of Education Meeting - Middle School Library at 7:00 PM
May 16 Middle School Orchestra & Chorus Spring Concert – High School, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
May 17 Grade 2 Spring Concert at Parkdale Elementary at 9:30 AM
May 29 7:00 PM Spring Concert – Middle School Band at the High School
May 30 Spring Concert - High School at 7:00 PM
Miss Jenner’s
Parkdale Elementary
students
have been
working on the
concept of
symmetry, so
the class
decided to
welcome
spring by
making
symmetrical
spring
bunnies.
May 31 Kindergarten Spring Concert at Parkdale Elementary at 9:30 AM and 1:30 PM
District Art Show & Tech Fair at the High School at 6:00 PM
Also... support our teams with attendance at any game or meet! Daily game schedules at
www.eastauroraschools.org/athletics. Click on “Today’s events” under the Quick Links column. Spring
sports include JV and Varsity Baseball, Girls and Boys JV and Varsity Lacrosse, Track and Field, JV and
Varsity Softball and Boys’ Tennis.
This is a publica� on of the Offi ce of Community Rela� ons; contact kward@eastauroraschools.