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Prospect Elementary School is accepting applications for the 2012-2013 Universal Pre-K Program. The program is open to all district residents’ children who will be four years old on or before Dec. 1st. If there are more students than spaces available, acceptance will be on a lottery system. Morning classes run from 8:55-11:15 with breakfast available. Afternoon classes run from 12:30-3:15 with lunch available. Free and reduced-price lunches are available to eligible students. Contact the Prospect Office between 8:00-3:30 M-F or stop in to pick-up an application. If you have any questions, please call Prospect School at 945-5170.

UPK Applications for 2012-2013 School Year:

Volume 19, Issue No. 2March 2012

The Salamanca High School Drama Club, under the direc-tion of Jonathan R. Wilder, has been avidly rehearsing for their upcoming musical, Little Shop of Horrors, which will be presented on Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sala-manca High School auditorium. One of the longest running off-Broadway shows of all time, Little Shop of Horrors remains widely well-known. A memo-rable score by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman is reminiscent of early 1960s rock, doo wop, and Motown. The highly suc-cessful 1986 film version starred Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene, with unforgettable appearances by Steve Martin, James Belushi, John Candy, and Bill Murray. The musical went to Broadway in 2003 and earned a number of awards and nominations. The plot focuses on Sey-mour Krelbourn (Dustan Whit-comb), an orphan brought up by a florist, Mr. Mushnik (Jonathan Brooks). Seymour works in the Mushnik’s Flower Shop, a failing business on Skid Row, alongside a young woman named Audrey (Markie Mohr), Seymour’s se-

cret love. Seymour discovers an exotic plant, the Audrey II (voiced by director Jonathan Wilder) saving Mushnik’s shop from imminent despair. A series of jumbled events make Seymour increasingly famous and reveal Audrey II to be a demanding and dangerous carnivore! Other students who will perform include: Austin Hill, Jill Magara, Leah Swick, Allissa Breazeale, Colleen McClure, Therese Friedhaber, Courtney Yehl, Tristyn Carpenter, Kaitlynn Miller, Mike Coolidge, Dominik Rettberg, Zach Harvey, Hannah Shurilla, Haleigh Siebert. Stu-dents who will assist in production are Nathan Abrams, Derek Dux, Jessica Kurtis, Taylor Golisano, Kashauna Learn, and Hannah Dry. Joining director/conductor Mr. Wilder on the production team are vocal director Mr. Jona-than Brooks, choreographer Mrs. Becky Nannen, producer Mrs. Melissa Chadwick, and accom-panist Mr. Mark Lungerhausen. Tickets are $6 each and are available from any cast member or may be purchased at the door. Mark your calendars and be sure not to miss this fabulous show!

Man Eating Plant Makes a Delectable Musical

Salamanca District Newsletter - March 2012 2

About 5 years ago, I attended an international conference in Toronto, Canada on the growing influence of technology. The keynote speaker was a highly respected author and educator by the name of Alan November. At the time, he described a sce-nario where our technological applications would grow and double every 36 months.

Fast forward to today, and the acceleration of technology and the acquisition of information doubles every 12 to 15 months. This has a real and practical implication for the Salamanca City Central School District. We have an urgent need to get more technology into the hands of our staff and students. We need to be prepared to have the infrastructure and supports in place to handle online assessments (required in NYS for the 2014-15 school year). We need to revisit our 2007 mindset of thinking computers are stationary tools.

Mobile, accessible, instant, fast, graphical and useful is what and how we need to utilize technology in today’s global classroom to prepare students for college and careers in the 21st Century. We are fast approaching an era where devices are up-graded annually. Yet as adults, we are not that far removed from rotary dial phones! The dawn of BYOD (bring your own device) is here and school districts across the country are embracing this concept not just because it makes sense, but because it is more economical for schools, creates ownership of the device in the eyes, minds and hearts of students and, perhaps most importantly, this is how children of this century learn, think, act and do! Providing access, creates opportunity.

As an extension of the 2005 Capital Project, we will infuse nearly $1,000,000 worth of unencumbered funds to support a district-wide technology upgrade with no cost to the community. In the coming weeks, the District will select a technology device for mobile carts for each grade level (K-10) and select a device for individual units for juniors, seniors and staff. Our criteria will be simple: portability, access, speed, efficiency and ease of interface. This is an exciting time to be in Salamanca and this technology initiative fits into our strategic plan to utilize the technology available to improve student achievement and learning.

Sincerely,

Robert. J. BreidensteinSuperintendent

Superintendent’s Message:March Events:Feb. 27- March 2:

Read Across America/ Dr. Seuss Week at

Prospect and Seneca Schools

Feb. 27- March 2: Middle School Spirit Week

March 2 & 3: Musical “Little Shop of

Horrors”, HS auditorium 7:30 p.m. $6

March 3: Five Hour Pre-License Course, HS Room 89, $20

March 3: Odyssey of the Mind Regional Competition at

Allegany/Limestone MS/HS

March 6: Mandatory Parent/Student Meeting for 8th grade

Washington, D.C. trip. 6 p.m. MS Cafeteria

March 9 & 10: Senior High All-County

at Catt/LV

March 13: First Grade Musical, HS auditorium, 7 p.m.

March 13: BOE Meeting, 6:30 p.m. LGI

March 21-23: 8th Grade Washington, D.C. trip

March 26-April 6: Spring Break

March 27: BOE Meeting, 6:30 p.m. LGI

SAVE THE DATE:

HS Drama Club Musical:Little Shop of Horrors

March 2 & 3

Our classroom is located in the Salamanca Middle School and we have been busy preparing for the downhill journey to the end of the year. On every Day 6 our class goes swimming for part of our students’ therapy and exercise. We learned to kayak with a few students that have special needs. They enjoy learning new things and took to kayaking naturally. The students have learned to make fruit cheesecake turnovers. They sold them to the staff to help pay for future field trips. We had a great response, making 31 turnovers, and hope to make them again soon. Our class participated in “Your Own Holiday,” a national event. Some of the holidays that were created by the class: National Egg Day, National Ms. Osgood Day, National Baconator Day, National Hannah Montana Day, National No School Day (where you sleep all day), and National Wrestling Day. We have three young men graduating this spring. They are: Jeffrey Felt Jr., Vincent Moore, and Jacob Eichinger. They are preparing to enter the work force in their life skills class by learning how to fill out a job application, simple cooking tasks, shopping for groceries, and other necessary skills for successful independence.

Special Ed Classroom Update

3“A Community Connected Through Education”

PBIS: Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports “If a student can’t read, we teach them how. If a student misbehaves, we punish them. We need to teach them how…” – Anonymous

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports is a process for creat-ing a safer and more effective school. The PBIS system strives to create a positive classroom, school, and community climate. It is a research based, data-driven model that works with all students including those with chal-lenging behavior problems. The Salamanca City School District is currently working on becoming a PBIS district. The elementary buildings have been implementing this behavior system for several years, while the High School is in the first year of the program, and is having great success. Our Middle School is also in the process of revamping their PBIS system and adding new incentives for students.

The key to this program is using prevention strategies that help to minimize the need for discipline. Some of these strategies include using a ticket reward system to praise students for positive behaviors and creating a school store for students to redeem their tickets for prizes. Other strategies that buildings will be using include: small skill-based groups that focus on a specific area of misbehavior, giving students a Check-In-Check-Out card where teachers can give short, immediate feedback to students about their behavior, and creating a home-school connection. When a student’s behavior does not improve with one of these strategies, a more intense and individualized strategy will be used. This is considered a three tier system of supports. Students move up and down the tiers depending on the inten-sity of their behaviors and how their behaviors improve through teaching, reinforcement, and home connection strategies.

The following are some key points about what PBIS is and what it is not:

If you have further questions, please contact:Kourtney Troutman, MA, CAS Ashly Warner, MS, CASSchool Psychologist School Psychologist(716) 945-5142 (ext: 4050) (716) 945-2400 (ext: 4048)Prospect and Seneca Elementary MS/HS, Alternative Ed

What PBIS is… •Athreetiersystemwithinwhichinterventionsareused. •Explicitteachingofbehaviorforstudentsandstaff,withoutassuming

thattheyalreadyknowthis. •Reinforcingdoingtherightthingafterithasalreadybeendone. •Tried,testedandresearchedbased. •SupportedbytheNewYorkStateEducationDepartment.

What PBIS is NOT… •Onlytickets. •Allrewardsandnoconsequences. •Justfor“littlekids.” •Bribingkidstodotherightthing. •Justafadthatwillbegoneafternextyear.

The Psychologist’s Corner What Is PBIS?

High School Students of the Month are nominated by faculty and staff and are selected using the following criteria: improve-ment or good grades; charac-ter; community service; school leadership; accomplishments: academic, athletic, or com-munity; attendance; attitudes toward others / learning.

December:Grade 9: Bryant Johnson

and Leaudra SarverGrade 10: Matt CrandallGrade 11: McKayla SlugaGrade 12: Jessica Kurtis

January:Grade 9: Camille Emborsky

and Sabrina DeBoyGrade 10: Courtney Yehl

Grade 1: Courtney OwensGrade 12: Holly Turano

Student MakingA Difference:

Dustan Whitcomb

Empire Girls’ State Representative:

Shae SmithAlternate: Kalee DuPont

High SchoolStudents

of the Month:

Alt Ed Studentsof the Month:

New York State ELA Testing grades 3-8 April 17-19

JANUARY: Audi John

Zach Harrington


Junior PaleontologistsDig For Chips

During the month of January, Mrs. Busack from the BOCES Environmental Education Department visited each second grade classroom and brought a cartful of remarkable artifacts. A couple of the items that she brought were chocolate chip cook-ies and toothpicks. So what is so astonishing about cook-ies and toothpicks? They were used by the children to simulate their own archeologi-cal dig. The students pretended they were junior paleontologists digging for fossils (the chocolate chips) in stone and dirt (the cookie). They carefully extracted the “fos-sils” from the “dirt” with their toothpick tool. Once their archeological dig was complete, they explored ancient artifacts of all kinds – choosing from a wide assortment of items from shark teeth to petrified wood to squid. The students were then able to create their own fossils with Mrs. Busack’s fossil replicas. Each child took home their own fossil - an “impressionable” artifact to share with their family!

This Panda came to Salamanca via facebook and his message is so charming that he has been adopted by staff and students with posters beginning to appear everywhere. Other websites have featured Panda and his message: notoracisim.net, twitpic.com, topsynews.com. At Salamanca, Panda • Has a wall dedicated to him in the High School Library… be sure to check him out, • Has started a mini movement of some type… students are asking “What’s with the Panda posters, they are EVERYWHERE!” • He is creating a stir in the Middle School Library… getting students to agree with him, • He is lounging in front of the Science cupboards getting students to agree with him that racism is stupid… • And some have heard he has been seen hanging with Chuck Norris! Where’s your Panda?

All Panda...All the Time

Adapted Physical Education (APE) is specially designed instruction in physical education intended to address the unique needs of students while offering them the opportunity to learn many new lifetime physical activity skills, like kayaking. Salamanca’s high school PE department has all of the kayaking gear needed to properly learn this type of boating. Kayaking has many excellent physical and health benefits: toning and strengthening the upper body and core muscles, improving range of motion and flexibility, increasing balance awareness, and also reducing stress and promoting re-laxation. You can see how enjoyable and relaxing it is from Ashley Strawder’s big smile!

APE Students Learn Kayaking


SCCSD band and chorus students from both the High School and Middle School participated in the Cattaraugus County Music Teachers’ Association Solo Festival on January 28, 2012 at Allegany- Limestone High School. Solos were performed in front of judges who evaluated the students on a variety of criteria, everything from tone, pitch, and technical proficiency to musical expression. The music is categorized by levels of difficulty from 1-6 (I-VI), level VI being the most difficult. Congratulations to these students for taking on the challenge of developing their chosen music and performing it alone in front of judges.

MS/HS Band & Chorus Members Go Solo

Band Student Gr. Instrument Solo Level

TylerMartin 11 Flute VICourtneyYehl 10 Clarinet IVAlyssaWilliams 9 Clarinet IVHollyTurano 12 AltoSaxopohone VJessicaFish 10 AltoSaxopohone IVAllyssaCoustenis 9 AltoSaxopohone IVKisunPeters 12 TenorSaxophone IVAustinHill 10 BaritoneSax IVHannahDry 9 Trumpet IVHannahShurilla 10 FrenchHorn VDerekDux 10 FrenchHorn VKashaunaLearn 9 Trombone IVMcKayklaSluga 11 BaritoneHorn VIHarleyKettle 11 Tuba IVJaysenBias 12 Tuba VIAbbiMagara 8 Timpani IVEmmaBocharski 8 Clarinet IVAndieHill 8 Clarinet IIIJennaPierce 7 Clarinet IIRyanneYehl 8 Flute IIIMaddyTurano 8 Flute IIIBaileyDineen 7 Flute IIIBriannaMarsh 7 Flute IIAprilKlusek 7 BaritoneHorn IIMeaganMartin 7 FrenchHorn IIIJennaBall 8 Trumpet IIIKaylaKovacs 7 Trumpet IIIColterOldshield 8 AltoSaxophone IIITaylorBrown 7 AltoSaxophone III

Chorus Student Gr. Song Solo Level

AiyannaGolisano 6 CaroMioBen IVSerenaScott 6 Favoritethings IIKaylaOakes 6 Favoritethings IIRochellBish 6 Favoritethings IIKendalleFisher 6 Favoritethings IIJadeGreen 6 GettingtoKnowyou III

KaylaKovacs 7 HowCouldIEverKnow IV

AprilKlusek 7 Myship IVBriannaMarsh 7 Onmyown IVLaurenHarvey 7 OnMyOwn IVAndeePierce 7 SomeoneLikeYou IVAsiaQuigley 7 SomeoneLikeYou IVAllyssaHarrisson 8 CaroMioBen IVRebeccaDulanski 8 ComeSweetDeath II

NickFrench 8 IfEverIWouldLeaveYou V

MattFuller 8 OntheStreetWhereYouLive IV

KashaunaLearn 9 Onmyown IVAllissaBreazeale 9 PanisAngelicus IVColleenMcClure 10 BlackSwan VIRachelDulanski 10 ManyMoonsAgo V

MarkieMohr 10 IfEverIWouldLeaveYou V

ThereaseFriedhaber 11 DaddysSon VIJillMagara 11 ODivineRedeemer VIBrianOnuffer 12 MakeThemHearyou. VIKisunPeters 12 Maria VIKaseySteckman 12 AveMaria VI

DISTRICT CALENDAR CHANGES: The District 2011-2012 calendar was amended on September 27, 2011, by the Board of Education. The months of February, March and April are involved. The changes are as follows: February 21, 2012 will no longer be a day off for students. It will be a regular day of student/STA staff attendance. March 26, 2012-April 6, 2012 will be the Spring Recess dates where student/STA staff are not in attendance. April 9, 2012 will become a Superintendent’s Conference Day with no student attendance. April 10, 2012-April 13, 2012 will be regular days of student/STA staff in attendance.


Nation dedicates $1 million in resources to combat drugs locally... ALLEGANY TERRITO-RY, Salamanca, NY- January 30, 2012 - Seneca Nation of Indians officials held a cer-emonial signing today with the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office and local schools to join forces to fight drugs. President Robert Odawi Porter officially announced the $1 million in Seneca Nation funding that will help bolster efforts between law enforcement and the Salamanca and Gowanda School districts to prevent drug use and abuse. The resources will provide for additional staff including the funding for four Deputy Sheriff positions in Cattaraugus County and school resource officer posi-tions in both the Salamanca and Gowanda Schools. The contract with the Sheriff’s office will also include costs for vehicles and equipment in addition to funding the positions. President Porter empha-sized the unique opportunity to join forces with the schools and outside agencies to battle back against the rising tide of drug problems. “We share a common problem and also a shared desire to, if not rid, then dramatically reduce the incidences of drug-related crimes. We share a com-mon purpose to eradicate the tragic effects drugs are having far too often on our youth popu-lation,” said President Porter. “With these additional forces in the school and in the Sheriff’s office, I believe together we can begin to make a collective difference in our communities.” Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb was pres-ent to sign the memorandum of understanding with the Seneca

Seneca Nation Signs Agreements with Law Enforcement andSchools for Drug Prevention and Interdiction Efforts

Nation which provides for the expanded staff and resources. “As the Sheriff of Cattaraugus County, I am extremely grate-ful and thankful to the Seneca Nation of Indians for this gen-erous opportunity,” said Sheriff Whitcomb. “I look forward to capitalizing on this endeavor to work collectively with the Seneca Nation of Indians, school systems, and community part-nerships to specifically enhance the common goals of safety and education, of not just the residents and students in the Salamanca and Gowanda com-munities, but to all the people of Cattaraugus County.” Seneca Nation Councilor Don John, a former Deputy Sheriff himself, has been in-strumental in working with the Cattaraugus County Sher-iff’s Office to identify the best ways in which to address the growing drug problems both in and around the Seneca Nation territories of Cattaraugus and Allegany. “The Seneca Nation

realized that we needed to be more responsive to the rising incidences of drug and alcohol related problems. We knew we needed to do more to reach kids in schools and address the crime. The funding of these positions will be an important first step in tackling the drug problem, but clearly at the Nation we must also begin to develop our own programs and strengthen our services and educational efforts to make a lasting impact.” Salamanca City Central School District Superintendent Robert J. Breidenstein wel-comed the important resources for the school resource officer position. “The district is thrilled to be one of the beneficiaries of the Seneca Nation of Indians commitment to support the needs of the community, spe-cifically Salamanca City Central School District students, to combat the growing influence of drug and alcohol addiction. We welcome this partnership with the Nation and the Sheriff’s

Department and look forward to years of productive cooperation to reduce the devastating effects of substance abuse.” A recent rise in prescription drug and alcohol incidences prompted Seneca Nation com-munity members to launch a grassroots effort last year to generate greater awareness about the long-term effects and consequences stemming from substance abuse. Concerned Nation members helped to cata-lyze a serious discussion about the drug problems and have made various recommendations to the Council and administra-tion to better address the issues. Shown above: (L to R) Councilor Don John, Catt. Co. Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb, SNI President Robert Porter, Coun-cilor Arlene Bova, Salamanca Superintendent Robert Breiden-stein, Salamanca School Board Vice President Theresa Ray, Gowanda School Superinten-dent Charles Rinaldi.

March 26-April 6: Spring Break


Haleigh Siebert

Alissa WilliamsLeaudra Sarver*Shelby Stephan*

Mckenzie WhitmoreBryant JohnsonAndrew Crandall

Katie ChamberlainSabrina Deboy

Paige PapaKashauna Learn

Top Ten High School Students: 2nd Marking Period (*Denotes Tie)

Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11

Sally Sports UpdateBowling Season Wraps Up

ABOVE Girls going on to Sectionals: Front: Twyla Capron. Back L to R: Carly Tucker, Brina Butler, Seneca Hofbauer, Court-ney James, Tiffany Nary BELOW Boys going on to Sectionals: Front: Parker Butler. Back L to R: Matt James, Bryant Johnson, Brent Bergstrom, Nolan Edwards, Dylan Hackett

The Boys Bowling team fell one game short of their quest for first place. The team swept four games from West Valley on Feb-ruary 4, but Allegany-Limestone also won all four of their games against Ellicottville. “The game we lost to Cattaraugus-Little Val-ley two weeks ago cost us a first place tie. It was a tough lesson to learn. We will have to wait and see next year if we learned anything from this. Allegany-Limestone has won 11 straight titles, but they are also graduating 3 seniors, as well,” states Coach Jankowski. The Lady Warriors got off to a slow start and lost the first game to West Valley. The girls stepped it up the second game and never looked back. “After we won the second game we were down 13 pins on total. I told the girls we need to win this game by 14 and get some help in the Allegany-Limestone vs Ellicottville Match,” stated Coach Jankowski. “We won the third game by 121 pins, which gave us total. Allegany-Limestone and Ellicottville were still bowling in a close match. They ended up splitting the match 2 games apiece, and we jumped over Allegany-Limestone into second place as Ellicottville fell into fourth place. It all worked out just as we planned it,” adds the smiling Jankowski. Dylan Hackett was a First Team League All-Star, and Bryant Johnson and Brent Bergstrom were recognized as Second Team League All-Stars. Seventh grader Tiffany Nary won the League Sportsman Award. She is the first seventh grader to win this award. Courtney James was a First Team All-Star for the girls, while Carly Tucker was a Second Team All-Star.

Honor Games vs West Valley Boys: Nolan Edwards 183 Bryant Johnson 224, 512 Parker Butler 179 Girls: Tiffany Nary 167, 152, 454 Courtney James 180, 169, 456 Seneca Hofbauer 143

Benjamin HaasJessica PiscitelliJackie Bennett

Kasey SteckmanQuinn DePonceau

Samantha DryRyann HoardWilliam MohrBrina Butler

Jessica Kurtis

Grade 12Alicia Meek

Bryan HarrisonMatthew Crandall

Courtney YehlPaul Luce

Alex Salter Haylei John

Joseph HinmanDerek Dux

Leeora Capron

Kyler WhitcombMcKayla SlugaShaelyn Smith

Nicholas WalkerMarisa HuffmanKalyssa TomeTyler MartinJill Magara

Kaylei DuPontSeneca Hofbauer


How do you feel about being interviewed? Mrs. Middaugh’s BEEP students, although they were a bit nervous, took the interview time as an opportunity to showcase the BEEP portfolios that they had spent four months developing. Most of the BEEP interviews were approximately 20 to 25 minutes in length, similar to a real job interview. During the interview, students were asked questions which they needed to answer using their portfolios. The portfolio is a compilation of the student’s best work from high school; extensive career research; letters of recommendation; a resume; their grades; technological experience; community, volunteer and extracurricular work. It is a portfolio that the students can take to college interviews or to job interviews. Thank you to the professionals who took time out of their busy schedules to interview the BEEP students: Bob Crandall of RWC Photography, Bill Smith and Christine Bell of the Seneca-Allegany Casino, and Katie DiDonato of Holiday Valley. Pictured above: Katie DiDonato (L) interviews BEEP student Samantha Dry.

BEEP Interviews

The Salamanca chapter of the Rotary Club is sponsoring a pro-gram to recognize senior students who are exemplary in the following areas: service to school and/or community; academics; citizenship in school and out; and extracurricular activities in school and/or the community. Each month during the coming school year, a student will be chosen by vote of the faculty to be the Rotary Club Senior Student of the Month. A celebratory breakfast is then hosted by the school with the student, their parents, teachers, principal, guidance counselor, and members of the Rotary Club to review their accomplishments. The student is then presented with a plaque and a $100 savings bond, which are donated by local business and community organizations. It is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the efforts, successes, and contributions of our young people.

November Rotary ClubStudent of the Month

The Rotary Club Senior Student of the Month for February is Holly Turano. She is the daughter of Anthony and Sharon Turano. Her bond is provided by Stanley Bishop. Holly is currently ranked 19th in her class with a grade point aver-age of 86.44.

Holly Turano:Career Interest Area: Physical Therapy

Plans After Graduation: Daemen College orSUNY Canton to play hockey and study Physical Therapy

Colleges of Interest: Daemen College, SUNY Canton

Special Interests and Abilities: Bi-lingual, good listener and works well with others

School Activities: Tennis, Track (Captain), Ice Hockey, Drama Club, Volleyball, Equestrian, Model UN (president), Band (1st Chair)

Special Honors or Awards: Spanish Honor Society (Secretary), Girls Empire State, High Honor Roll, equestrian show ribbons and Coach’s Award for track

Work Experience: Flavor Haus and Holimont

Volunteer Activities: Church group, Youth Court, ACDC and raised money for speech problems

Who/What Has Been Your Inspiration: I am inspired by many things, but the top two would be my parents. They both volunteer a lot. They both elaborate to my sister and I the importance of being helpful to your community. I can remember at an early age volunteering with them.

The juniors in the Criminal Justice class at the BOCES Ellicot-tville Career and Technical Center go through six weeks of training to learn about various aspects of patrol including: blood alcohol content, absorption, probable cause and officer safety. The students train with duty belts which are fully equipped with handcuffs, flashlights and a training sidearm. The patrol unit culminates with a simulated DWI field sobriety check and felony stop utilizing a Village of Portville patrol car. Seen here is Criminal Justice junior, SCCSD student Dustin Lewis, performing a variety of field sobriety checks.

Criminal Justice Training


Quinn Deponceau: February Bus/Mrktg Student of the Month The February Business/Mar-keting Student of the Month is a unique young man who values education and thirsts for knowl-edge. He settles for nothing less than perfection in his work for his Business/Marketing classes. This Business/Marketing Student for February is Quinn DePon-ceau. Quinn has taken a bevy of business classes which include: Keyboarding, B.E.E.P., Entre-preneurship, Financial Planning,

Career Planning, Accounting, MOUS I (JCCCS1560), Pro-gramming I and Programming II. Quinn is a member of the Business/Marketing Honor So-ciety, Science Honor Society, and Math Honor Society. He has been a member of DECA for the last two years. Quinn has been involved in the STEP program, and he represents our school at the Annual Math competi-tion. He also is the treasurer for

the Anyone Can Demonstrate Change Club. Quinn absolutely loves Japanese culture and anything about Japan. He hopes to some day visit Japan. His future plans are to attend the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. His ultimate goal is to open a business using computer technology and modeling to de-sign new technology, make video games, and solve social prob-lems. Congratulations Quinn!

In January, business stu-dents were given the opportuni-ty to job shadow. For the BEEP students who are preparing a portfolio, the job shadowing is a mandated part of the course. Job shadowing is extremely ben-eficial to students. They spend

Business Students Get to Job Shadow For A Day

2 hours or more shadowing a person who is in the career field that the student is interested in pursuing. By spending time with a job shadowing host, students gain valuable insight into the career and learn whether the ca-reer is a good fit for them or not.

Sometimes the spark the student had for the career becomes ignited into a flame and they become more excited and more passionate about going into the field they shadowed. These ex-periences help students not only decide which career field they

are interested in, but also what high school courses they should be taking to help prepare them for college or vocational school. The Business Department would like to say thank you to the job shadowing hosts who were gracious enough to let our students spend time with them: Olean General Hospital, Haskell Valley Vet Clinic, Dr. Thandela, St. Bonaventure, The Martz Ob-servatory, Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, Cattaraugus County Sheriff ’s Department, RWC Photography, The Dudley, Han-non Engineering, Dr. Kothari, O’Rourke Funeral Home, and several Salamanca City Central School employees - Scott Col-lins, Kourtney Troutman, Ashly Warner, Amy Kellogg, and Mary Kay Oyler. Seen here is Olean Gen-eral Hospital’s Suzanne Gaughn (center) and SHS students who job shadowed.

Savannah WujastykAshley SiperekMarissa BoothMcKenzie Rider*Sophie McKenzie*

Top Ten Middle School Students: 2nd Marking Period *Denotes tie

Madison JaspersenNicholas RickettsCaryn MillerTomara Bowen- CollatetaDessa Dowdy

Kayla KovacsLauren HarveyApril Klusek*Brianna Marsh*Tiffany Nary

Courtney SherwoodTatum WhiteNathan MorrisAndee PierceHunter Skye

Andie HillGabrielle ReederSamantha RayAndrea Hibbler JosephJillian Lamberson

Colter OldshieldEmma Bocharski*Lucas Zurat*Jenna Ball*Nathan Abrams**Kayla Jackson**

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8


Top high school math stu-dents were invited to the Ameri-can Math Contest at Houghton College accompanied by their teachers Miss Singer and Mrs. Wardner. This math competition is designed to challenge the best and the brightest students the nation has to offer. In addition to completing the contest exam, students also attended exciting activities located all around the campus: group problem solving, computer science and biological problems, physics experiments, logic puzzles, as well as a campus tour. The field trip not only gave the students a chance to challenge their minds, it also gave them a glimpse into college life. For one day they got to experience the demands and freedom of a col-lege campus and college classes. The results from this com-petitive exam will be posted in four weeks. In the meantime,

Mathmatical Minds

Miss Singer and Mrs. Wardner would like to congratulate these students on their professional be-havior and mathematical talent. They agreed, “It was a pleasure taking them to this competition.” The students that partici-pated were: Amanda Weaver,

Josh Forthman, Alyssa Cous-tenis, Kashauna Learn, Paige Papa, Leaudra Sarver, Bryant Johnson, Alex Salter, Alissa Wil-liams, Haleigh Siebert, Mckenzie Whitmore, Jill Magara, Allison Revetti, Kyler Whitcomb, Bryan Harrison, Leeora Capron, Austin

Hill, Alicia Meek , Courtney Yehl, Mackenzie Tucker, Der-ek Dux, Mike Morris, Angela Swartzmiller, Dakota Menoff, Sam Case, Jaysen Bias, Quinn DePonceau, Kisun Peters, Lind-say Forthman, Kam Dry.

At Salamanca High School we are proud to say that we cur-rently offer our students three Career & Technical Education (CTE) strands. The CTEs are in MOUS, Accounting, and CAD. Mary Elizabeth Koch, Director of Curriculum and Planning, and the Business Department are currently working on another CTE strand in Entrepreneurship. Constance H. Spohn, Lead Technical Assistance Center Specialist from the Career and Technical Education Technical Assistance Center provided these impressive findings about CTE courses and their impact on student performance: • Students have a decreased risk of dropping out of high school as they add CTE courses

Students Find Success Through Career and Technical Educationto their curriculum, up to a point at which they are taking one CTE course for every two academic courses. (Plank, et al. “Dropping Out of High School and the Place of Career and Technical Education.” National Research Center for Career and Technical education, 2005) • CTSO activities positively affect students’ academic en-gagement; and the stronger the students’ involvement, the better the results. (ACTE. Career and Technical Education’s Role in Dropout prevention, no date) • CTE has a positive impact on student achievement and tran-sitions. The programs help stu-dents find their passion, bolster their confidence and empower them to succeed. (NASDCTEc.

2010. Reflect, Transform, Lead: A New Vision of CTE) • Since the majority of careers require a postsecondary credential, high-quality CTE programs incorporate rigorous academic and technical stan-dards as well as critical work-place skills such as problem solving, communication and teamwork, to ensure career and college success for its students.” (NASDCTEc, 2010, p.1) • Students enrolled in CTE experience career pathways through job shadowing, intern-ships and relationships with employers. These experiences help students find what they like to do and what their pas-sions are. Tangible connections to career areas bring purpose to

students’ learning and intention-ality to their plans for the future. ( NASDCTEc, 2010, Up to the Challenge: The Role of Career and Technical Education and 21st Century Skills in College and Career Readiness) • The average high school graduation rate for students concentrating in CTE programs is 90.18 percent compared to an average national freshman graduation rate of 74.9 percent. (U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Carl D. Perkins Ca-reer and Technical Education Act of 2006, Report to Congress on State Performance, Program Year 2007-2008)

New York State Math Testing grades 3-8 April 25-27


Second Quarter: MS Honor Roll

HIGH HONOR ROLLGrade 6:Marissa BoothElliot BowenTomara Bowen-CollatetaDessa DowdyKendelle FisherEmily GriffinRobert HoagMaria HowardMadison JaspersenEmily KoniakSophie McKenzieCaryn MillerMichelle PierceAmy ReynoldsNicholas RickettsMcKenzie RiderBailey RottenbergerSarah SawickiMarijayne SchwartzBriana SherwoodBraden SiebertAshley SiperekAllysen SteckmanSavannah Wujastyk

Grade 7:Parker ButlerMark CobanSophia ColleyCierra GrayMadelyn HaleyBrynn HarringtonMadalyn HarringtonLauren HarveyEmma IsaacKylie JaspersenApril KlusekKayla Kovacs

Kristopher KranockJay MagaraBrianna MarshMeagan MartinMickenzie McAuleyNathan MorrisTiffany NaryAndee PierceJenna PierceCourtney SherwoodHunter SkyeStephenie SmithThomas SouthwickTatum WhiteGrade 8:Nathan AbramsJenna BallRaven BennettEmma BocharskiAlexandra CaputiSiana FernandezAlyssa FornessJack HaleyTara HaltermanPatrick HathawayKristen HawajAndrea Hibbler JosephAndie HillKristen ImhoffKayla JacksonJillian LambersonTadora LoganAbbigail MagaraTodd MooreColter OldshieldKyler PrintupCole QuigleySamantha RayCreedence RedeyeGabrielle Reeder

Tate ReynoldsBradley Stahlman Jr.Jules SteckmanMadelynn TuranoNickalas VaughnIsmail WilliamsRyanne YehlLucas Zurat

HONOR ROLLGrade 6:Alexis BarrettTaye BeelesRochelle BishHannah BlackAnna Marie CollingwoodZachary DonerShanna EvanockBrittney GonzalezJade GreenAriel HarderKwanita JimersonJada JimersonLeland JohnKimberlie KennedySummer KettleEva MarksAutumn MaybeeDrewellen MillerWayne MooneyKayla OakesSerena ScottJeremiah ShoupAudriana TaylorJordyn WheelerKeion Whitcomb

Grade 7: Mark CanellaMichael Collins

Mr. Laurence D. Whitcomb, Principal, has announced that the following students in grade 6, 7, and 8 have been named to the honor roll for the 2010-2011 Marking Period 1 at Salamanca Middle School. Students named to the high honor roll maintained an average of 90 or above; those on the honor roll have averaged 85 or above.

7th and 8th grade band and 6th grade chorus students partici-pated in the Elementary/Junior High All-County Band and Chorus concerts at Randolph school February 11. These students represented Salamanca, along with the “best of the best” in the county. The band students that attended were: Emma Bocharski (clari-net), Andie Hill (clarinet), Ryanne Yehl (flute), Colter Oldshield (alto saxophone), Jenna Ball (trumpet), Abbi Magara (timpani), Meagan Martin (French horn), April Klusek (baritone horn). The 6th grade chorus students that attended were: Kendelle Fisher, Aiyanna Golisano, Jade Green, Maria Howard, Abraham John, Kimberlie Kennedy, Kayla Oakes, Michelle Pierce, Serena Scott. (Left) All County band students L to R: Meagan Martin, Colter Oldshield, Ryanne Yehl, Andie Hill, Jenna Ball, April Klusek, Emma Bocharski, Abbi Magara.

Best of the Best Attend All-County

Jacob DeKayBailey DineenJustice DonerAshley DrainAlexander EdstromMarvin HubbardLauren HuntSarina JadlowskiOrianna JimersonDerek McClureKierra MillerRyan MinnerBrennen NoletDarcey RedeyeAshlee SchumanSarah Strawder

Grade 8:Rebecca DulanskiKyler EdwardsCrystal FeneranJennah FisherNicholas FrenchMichelle FriedhaberBrianna GonzalezMaria GrimesAndrew HowardCali JamesHoya’daiwat JohnJordan JohnsonDerek MagieraChasitiy ManningAlexander MoonRamsey NelsonAlexis RothDylan SchwartzJoshua SpruceAmber TaylorBryce Williams


Hunter Skye Receives Congressional Congratulations! Earlier this school year, Congressman Tom Reed, of the 29th District, informed Sala-manca Middle School Social Studies teacher, Mrs. Lacey Pihlblad, of a Congressional Longhouse competition. The contest recognizes the rich his-tory of Native Americans and the important cultural heritage of our region.

Mrs. Pihlblad submitted several of her seventh grade students’ Longhouse projects to the office of Congressman Tom Reed in Olean, New York. Many different Longhouse projects were submitted from a variety of school districts in New York State. Once assem-bled, a panel of judges evalu-ated and rated the Longhouses

based on creativity, authentic-ity, and the amount of detail in each project. Special congratulations go out to Salamanca student Hunt-er Skye who was named the Congressional Grand Cham-pion. His Longhouse will be displayed in the United States House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Three other

Salamanca seventh grade stu-dents were finalists as well: Jenna Pierce, Nathan Morris, and Dylan Harris. All four stu-dents received personal letters of congratulations from Con-gressman Reed. The Salamanca City Central School District joins him in congratulating these talented students on their fine work.


Middle School Students Get Multiple Lessons About Bullying Salamanca Middle School Guidance Counselor Mrs. To-nia Francis has been working with students and staff to help address the issue of bullying and on January 11, 2012 she ar-ranged for a presentation on the subject for students in grades 6, 7, 8, and 9. The presenter was Sean Obergfell, a Police Officer in Allegany, New York. He has been a public speaker for about 15 years, and in the last ten years this has included speaking to youth. His first youth program, given to health and homeroom classes, was called “Character Plus” and dealt with building strong character. The program he presented in Salamanca is called “Passion 4 Action.” Students from Pioneer Central assisted Mr. Obergfell in his presentation. Working with Salamanca Middle School students they acted out a dra-matization of bullying onstage. The skit showed a young girl being bullied and exposed to different issues such as greed, drugs, alcohol, abuse, depres-sion, and suicide. The students placed signs labeled with these issues around the girl’s neck, weighing her down as she gave in to peers and bullies that forced these choices on her. Then a group of students, acting as bystanders, gathered around and took the signs off of her, to demonstrate that bystanders can make a difference. After the students’ pre-sentation, Mr. Obergfell spoke to the students about bullying. His message to students is that they can make a difference by getting involved - standing by and standing up for victims. He encourages students to get involved and become a part of Passion 4 Action. Passion 4 Action is an organization that takes a stand against bullying. Students were given cards in

homeroom the next day en-couraging them to sign up for Passion 4 Action if they would like to do something about bul-lying. Mr. Obergfell came back to meet with students interested in taking action against bullying later in January. The following Salamanca students helped with the pre-sentation during the assembly: Nate Abrams, Emma Bochar-ski, Elliot Bowen, Anna Marie Collingwood, Dakota Ercolani, Nick French, Aiyana Golisano, Taylor Golisano, Cierra Gray, Alyssa Harrison, Andrea Hib-bler Joseph, Andie Hill, Jay Magara, Meagan Martin, Caryn Miller, Nathan Morris, Darcey Redeye, Mckenzie Rider, Hunter Skye, Stephanie Smith.

RESPONDING TO BULLIES: A few weeks after the mid-dle school assembly on bullying the speaker, Mr. Obergfell, came back to SCCSD to talk with students interested in becoming more proactive against bullying by forming a Passion 4 Action group. About 20 students came to hear him. He talked to them about the steps they need to take to combat bullying.

1st He told them they had to LOOK FOR IT. Meaning, they have to look for bullying which occurs in a variety of ways. * • Cyber Bullying is the repeated use of information technology, including e-mail, instant messaging, blogs, chat rooms, pagers, cell phones, and gaming to deliberately harass, threaten or intimidate others. • Emotional Bullying is when a person is made to feel isolated and ridiculed largely through means such as shouting, mocking or ignoring. • Physical Bullying could involve kicking, hitting, biting,

pinching, pulling hair, spitting, tripping, threats of physical harm, or stealing or destroying possessions, including books, clothing or lunch money. • Racist Bullying is any hostile or offensive action against people because of their skin color, cultural or religious background or ethnic origin. • Sexual Bullying involves unwanted physical contact or sexually abusive or inappropri-ate comments. • Verbal Bullying includes name-calling, continual mock-ing, and laughing at the victim’s expense. • Gossip Bullying occurs when the bully’s main purpose is to destroy someone’s reputa-tion by spreading rumors about the individual whether or not it is true.

After finding bullying, Mr. Obergfell said the 2nd step is to help STOP IT. Some strategies to use are being assertive, telling the bully to “stop it”. Or, if they see someone being bullied, they could walk up and just stand next to the victim and rally sup-port from other bystanders.

3rd is to REPORT BULLY-ING. If students see someone being bullied it is okay to tell a trusted adult. Mr. Obergfell told the students they need to be bold and have courage to help stop bullying. Ms. Bonafede, a middle school Guidance Coun-selor, has offered continued sup-port to the students by following up with them to discuss if they have seen bullying, what they have done, and if they are not sure what to do she can offer some suggestions. *Detailed descriptions of bullying are from a presentation by Melanie Witkowski called “Bullying: STOP the “Imbal-ance of Power” Get Involved.”

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Late in January, six Sala-manca students presented a short inspirational skit from young

people’s perspective as part of the opening for a conference or-ganized by Southern Tier Child

Advocacy Center*. The skit was similar to one performed for all Salamanca District staff at the

start of the school year. The event was designed to educate school personnel on the effect of childhood trauma and the impact this can have on the learning process. A large crowd from both Allegany and Cattaraugus counties were present and our students performed very well. The presentation was written by students from the Strategic Planning committee and the Alternative Education program. *The Mission of the South-ern Tier Child Advocacy Center is to provide a coordinated, multi-disciplinary approach to child victims of sexual and physical abuse (http://www.sthcs.org/sthcs/). Pictured Left: Salamanca students Lto R: Austin Hill, Du-stan Whitcomb, Markie Mohr, Colleen McClure, Kam Dry and Jill Magara

Six Students Provide Inspiration at Local Conference

Date Change: First Grade Musical is on Tuesday, March 13, at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium.

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