NSCSD Once Again Celebrates Students In-Person at First Public Presentation in More Than a Year:
As part of their regular Board of Education meeting on May 17, 2021, the North Syracuse Central School District held its first public student recognition presentation in more than a year. The occasion proudly honored the 17 Cicero-North Syracuse High School students who met the rigorous requirements necessary to earn Seals of Biliteracy on their 2021 high school diplomas.
The New York State Seal of Biliteracy recognizes high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in one or more languages, in addition to English. To qualify for the designation, students must meet rigorous requirements and this year, because of the pandemic, the process added an additional level of challenge.
David Lunden, who oversees ...
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North Syracuse Early Education Program celebrates community’s support for inclusive playground:
On Saturday, May 15, the North Syracuse Early Education Program (NSEEP) celebrated a vision realized with a grand opening ceremony for the school’s new inclusive playground. The celebration was the result of many years of fundraising, hard work and community support.
The North Syracuse Early Education Program serves disabled and non-disabled students in an inclusive setting. Many disabled students receive special therapies through multi-disciplinary teams. The addition of an inclusive playground, with features such as wide wheelchair-accessible ramps, a poured smooth rubber surface and a communication board, allows more students to participate in learning opportunities through play.
Cheri Rotelli, a physical therapist at NSEEP and the coordinator of the playground project, ...
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Thank You! NSCSD Voters Approve District's Budget Proposal:
North Syracuse Central School District voters have agreed to the District’s proposed 2021-2022 school year budget with a 72 percent approval. A total of 1,488 votes were cast, with the final tally being 1,063 yes votes and 407 no votes on the $180,258,175 proposal. A bus proposition for $1,709,850 also passed with 1,076 yes votes and 392 no votes for a 73 percent approval. Additionally, the Salina Free Library proposition for $480,181 passed with 41 yes votes and 14 no votes.
Voters elected the following three candidates to the North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education for (three-year) terms beginning July 1, 2021:
Paul Farfaglia (1,077 votes)
Mark Thorne (1,036 votes)
Beth Kramer, Ed.D. (1,018 votes)
Additionally, Xavier Moody-Wusik ...
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W3B CNS Vocal Jazz Ensemble Returns to the Stage:
On Sunday, May 16, student members of the W3B CNS Vocal Jazz Ensemble, made a return to the stage (after a hiatus of 15 months due to COVID) at a beautiful outdoor concert. The group was invited to perform at Immanuel Lutheran Church for a celebration of their Pastor’s retirement. In the past, the Vocal Jazz has performed many times for their senior citizen luncheon and was honored to be asked to return. It was a beautiful day for an outdoor concert!
The group will be travelling to North Syracuse Junior High School to perform on Friday, May 21 and will also be participating in the CNY Interscholastic Jazz Festival on May 23 at 2:30 p.m. and giving a concert at Town of Clay Park on Wetzel Road on June 10 at 6:00 with the CNS ...
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School Nurses are Essential for Overcoming COVID:
Because this past week was Appreciation Week for Teachers, School Nurses and Transportation, the District would like to highlight people in each of these areas. If you haven’t already, please take time to consider what these employees have done for others this past year and offer your thanks!
In a typical school year, the 27 school nurses (both LPNs and RNs) working in the North Syracuse Central School District’s public and parochial schools are quite busy attending to the health needs of their schools’ populations. In a pandemic school year, their work days are a blur of constant motion that extends into the evening and weekend hours.
NSCSD School Nurses and Athletic Trainers spent hours providing COVID testing for student ...
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Transportation Department Keeps Things Moving Through Pandemic:
Because this past week was Appreciation Week for Teachers, School Nurses and Transportation, the District would like to highlight people in each of these areas. If you haven’t already, please take time to consider what these employees have done for others this past year and offer your thanks!
Shannon Owens is a bus dispatcher with the NSCSD Transportation Department and has worked in the transportation industry for the past 20 years. Shannon is one of only four dispatchers managing the District’s fleet of 145 vehicles and 175 drivers and attendants. While Shannon was individually nominated for Shining Star recognition, she and the District’s Transportation Director, Matthew Conti, want to credit the TEAM at transportation for keeping things rolling smoothly this year. ...
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Community Input Needed as District Explores Full-Day UPK:
May, 2021: New York State recently announced a new investment in state-administered Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) programs. UPK refers to state government-funded preschool programs that are free for those who attend them. The UPK expansion funding is limited to full-day slots for four year old students. School districts will be required to submit an application and proposed budget to NYS shortly to qualify for expanded funding.
To help the North Syracuse Central School District submit a realistic application and budget, we need to determine the interest of our residents for full-day UPK. If you, or someone you know living within the North Syracuse Central School District limits, is interested in UPK, please click here to complete a brief survey. The survey ...
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Thank You NSCSD Teachers!:
It is National Teacher Appreciation Week and we want to show our teachers what a difference they’ve made to your children.
Please consider taking a moment to thank your child’s teachers. The past year has been hard on all of us but we have rallied as a community. Without a doubt, our teachers have been critical in getting us through some tough times. Our teachers have adjusted to the many obstacles presented over the past year and have continued to educate our students and shape their success.
You can share your positive comments for a teacher that has made a difference to your child or family over the past year. We will be compiling the comments and sharing them with our teachers in a video at the end of the school year. If you’d ...
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Substitute Employment Opportunities:
The North Syracuse Central School District is hiring! We have a variety of substitute positions open NOW and welcome applications! We're hiring sub custodial workers, bus drivers and bus attendants and well as food service workers and more. Apply online at https://olasjobs.org/NorthSyracuseCSD . Thank you!
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Mask Requirement Continues at Athletic Events:
The following message from the North Syracuse Central School District Athletic Department is being shared with NSCSD Families and Staff:
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued updated guidance on April 27, specific to mask wearing recommendations for fully vaccinated individuals. While the guidance allows for some lessened requirements, the CDC still recommends that fully vaccinated people wear a mask when attending sporting events or in crowded spaces. The North Syracuse Central School District continues to require spectators at NSCSD events to wear masks. Spectators refusing to wear masks will not be given access to athletic events.
Our goal as an athletic department has not changed. We must remain diligent in our efforts to lower the county-wide transmission rate. ...
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Recovering From COVID - NSCSD Carefully Targets Funds in Budget Proposal:
Over the course of the 2020-2021 school year, school nurses have been working to ensure the safety of all NSCSD students and staff and to prevent the spread of illness. Nursing and health office staff have worked tirelessly to care for sick students and staff, assist with contact tracing, administer COVID testing within buildings and for student athletes, and serve as a resource for students staff and families. The NSCSD 2021-2022 budget proposal includes the addition of a District Nurse Supervisor and plans to continue COVID testing and begin in-District vaccination.
On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, the North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education adopted a $180,258,175 million ...
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May Is Mental Health Month:
The North Syracuse Central School District celebrating National Mental Health Awareness Month! The pandemic has taught us many things - chief among them is that our mental well being really matters. We are proud to observe the importance of mental health as well as to acknowledge the tremendous work in mental health done by the district mental health staff as well as our community mental health providers. The NSCSD is providing calendars of activities for families to use to make meaningful connections with their children. Click here to download the calendar for K-6 students or click here to download the calendar for grade 7-12 students .
Why is there a mental health month?
The commemoration of May as mental health month started ...
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Stories Come to Life During Cicero Elementary School's PARP Celebration:
Students at Cicero Elementary School were among the thousands of elementary students across the country to celebrate PARP, or “Pick a Reading Partner” throughout the month of March. PARP is a New York State PTA (Parent Teacher Association) program that asks a partner (parent, grandparent, babysitter, older sibling, cousin, friend, etc.) to read with a child for at least 20 minutes daily, stressing the fact that reading can be fun as well as informative.
Each year, schools throughout the NSCSD come up with creative themes for PARP month and devise fun ways to participate. This year, because of COVID-19 restrictions, the staff of Cicero Elementary School created the theme of “Even Apart, We READ Together!” and set a school-wide goal ...
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District Will Reallocate Food Service Resources with Expanded In-Person Instruction:
As students in the North Syracuse Central School District return to school for additional in-person instruction on a staggered schedule this month, the District will reallocate its food service resources to meet the changing needs. Families of students continuing to learn remotely will still be able to pick up meals in the morning or afternoon (each Monday through Wednesday) depending on their preference. Additionally, families can take meals for up to five days at a time.
With Grade K-4 students returning 5-days/week on April 12, and grade 5-12 students returning 4-days/week on April 19, the NSCSD’s new schedule for meal pickup (as of April 12) for remote students will be:
Monday – Evening pickup (4:30 to 5:45 p.m.) at Cicero-North Syracuse High School (6002 ...
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Roxboro Road Middle School Students and Staff Support St. Baldrick's:
As part of their Kindness Month Campaign, students and staff at Roxboro Road Middle School used their final school day of the month to celebrate with a shave!
Throughout the month, Team RRMS raised money for St. Baldrick's and the fight against pediatric cancer. More than $2,000 was raised and the students and staff marked the accomplishment by shaving their heads in front of the school's morning announcement cameras. RRMS participants and top fundraisers included:
Ian Muller ($882.10)
Ben Watkins ($512.26)
Jayden Leihs ($141.98)
Donovan Manley
Mike Thompson
Pete Cole
Pictured from left to right in the "Before" photo: Pete Cole, Donovan Manley, Ben ...
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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Expanded In-Person Instruction:
On March 4, Onondaga County and the Onondaga County Commissioner of Health issued a policy proposal to increase school participation to five days/week in Onondaga County . In anticipation of such news, the North Syracuse Central School District had surveyed families to gauge our family's level of comfort sending students to school if social distancing guidelines were ultimately reduced. The great majority of our families (over 90% of current Hybrid students’ families and 71% of families overall) indicated they would feel comfortable sending students for additional in-person learning.
In his March 12 letter to families , Superintendent of Schools Daniel D. Bowles announced the District's plans to implement ...
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March is Kindness Month at Roxboro Road Middle School:
Students and staff at Roxboro Road Middle School are doing their best to turn the Month of March into a big celebration of kindness! Melissa Potratz, a 7th grade teacher at Rox recently reached out and shared the school's " Kindness Calendar " on behalf of herself, Chris Chirinos and the school's Student Council and Positivity Project.
Throughout the month, the school community is invited to take part in the many themed days such as the Ice Cream Social (distance) which is pictured, Lucky Charm and Rainbow Days. Event organizers are also hoping to wrap the entire building with a kindness chain, made of links added each time someone performs an act of kindness. Great job Roxboro Road Middle School and keep up the kindness! Mr. Chirinos is pictured below with ...
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As County Relaxes Social Distancing Guidelines, District Plans to Offer Additional In-Person Instruction:
On March 4, Onondaga County and the Onondaga County Commissioner of Health issued a policy proposal to increase school participation to five days/week in Onondaga County . The policy proposal was updated on March 16 and details continue to be finalized. In anticipation of such news, the North Syracuse Central School District had surveyed families to gauge our family's level of comfort sending students to school if social distancing guidelines were ultimately reduced. The great majority of our families (over 90% of current Hybrid students’ families and 71% of families overall) indicated they would feel comfortable sending students for additional in-person learning.
In his March 12 letter to families , Superintendent of Schools Daniel D. Bowles announced the District's ...
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District Asking K-4 Families to Respond to Return to In-Person Learning Survey by March 12:
On Thursday, March 4, 2021 our County Executive and County Commissioner of Health announced new guidance for schools. These guidelines include reducing social distancing from 6 feet to 3 feet, polycarbonate "plexiglass" barriers for all students and a continued mask mandate for students and staff. The reduction of social distancing guidelines will likely allow the NSCSD to expand our "in-person" instruction for K-4 students.
We are working through the many logistics and challenges associated with returning more students to our schools. These include staffing adjustments, rewriting master schedules, increased furniture needs, rerouting bus runs, updating safety protocols, preparing for increased student drop-off, etc. We anticipate being ...
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