York Middle/High School

Keeping it real with D.A.R.E.! How do you handle stressful situations? Fifth grade students are about half way through the 10 lesson D.A.R.E. program, taught by School Resource Deputy Kane. Today, Deputy Kane presented a lesson on the topic of stress. The lesson helped the students examine ways in which their bodies experience stress: Feeling frustrated, perspiring, headache, increased heart rate, fear, etc. Students engaged in great discussions about their stress experiences such as taking a test, going to a new school, speaking in front of the class, etc. Deputy Kane helped the students identify their stress reactions and then she followed up with an interactive class discussion identifying ways for students to reduce their stress. For the final activity of the D.A.R.E. lesson the students wrote down the activities that they do enjoy! From the positive interactions between the students, it is clear that they enjoy their D.A.R.E. lessons! Deputy Kane has been teaching the D.A.R.E. program to York Elementary students for 12 years.

York Central School District has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education! "This is a wonderful recognition for the York school and the community. We appreciate all of the hard work by our extraordinary music department staff, Mr. Vogel, Miss Aroune, Mrs. Daeffler, and Miss Dessert, and the dedication of our talented students. We are very proud of you all and this accomplishment," said Superintendent of Schools David Furletti. To qualify for the Best Communities for Music Education recognition, York School District provided data about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, and support for the music program and community music-making programs. Our data was verified and reviewed by The Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Research into music education shows that educational/cognitive and social skills of children who make music, all benefit from learning an instrument, reading music and singing. Congratulations York CSD music program!

April 4, 2024 is School Librarian Appreciation Day! Our school librarians Mrs. Feltham and Miss Kolb support our teachers and students by developing materials and activities to support the classroom curriculum. Our librarians are literacy and research specialists in addition to many other hats that they wear, including STEAM instruction. We take this opportunity to publicly thank you Mrs. Feltham and Miss Kolb for all you do for YCS!

On March 24, 2024, the York All Sports Booster Club organized a fun bowling event at Livingston Lanes for students and staff. The Second Annual Peter's Wing Day & Basket Raffle was a huge success. Several teams of students and staff had an enjoyable Sunday at Livingston Lanes, eating the best chicken wings around and bowling. Several local businesses and individuals donated gift baskets, which went home with the lucky ticket holders. Everyone had a great day and the proceeds benefit the York Central School All Sports Booster Club, which in turn supports and celebrates all York athletic teams and the annual All Sports Booster Hall of Fame award.

April 3, 2024 is School Paraprofessional Appreciation Day! York CSD paraprofessionals work hard every day to support our teachers and students in the classroom and beyond. Thank you for all you do. YCSD paraprofessionals are appreciated!

For the last day of the week before spring recess, York Elementary School celebrated our favorite storybook characters that we all know and love. Students and staff were invited to dress up as their favorite storybook character. We had some beloved old favorites and some new characters from our favorite books.

For the month of March, York Elementary School celebrated Read Across America. While reading is always the focus of our instruction, we interspersed many new and fun activities into the month to make reading exciting for every student. Each week in March the students watched a masked reader video. Their job was to guess who the masked reader was. Last Friday at our morning assembly, the masked readers were finally revealed to the students! What a surprise! Thank you to our masked readers Miss Earle, Mr. Dougal, Mrs. Michael, Mr. Dunn, and Mrs. Titus. Thank you to our Elementary School Librarian Mrs. Feltham for creating such a fun activity to support reading. Watch our masked reader videos! https://youtu.be/elRn44bP3a0?si=VG7C0Y_CgGBSFt2k https://youtu.be/GmFu184a6aE?si=Ee4OFp1UYEkaX5H1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWEIk3Yv1vY&t=9s https://youtu.be/VZsUUlrDeeU?si=npSozcr6cO6q5CkW https://youtu.be/lhInkc6DNmg?si=w8GGBF7s0BghKszN

Spring Recess starts now! No school for staff and students March 29 - April 8, 2024. School resumes on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. FYI - Students will be coming home with their solar eclipse safe viewing glasses. Have a nice recess everyone!

What does it matter? Well, it takes up a lot of space! That's what's the matter. Everything around us that has mass and takes up space, has matter. Mrs. Ayers' second graders are learning about matter. In a class demonstration, they learned that even small items like an eraser or a paper clip, have matter. The students made predictions about what would happen if they dropped a small item into a full glass of liquid... do you know the answer? Yes! the liquid may overflow the cup because the item has mass/matter, which takes up space. Great scientific predictions, Mrs. Ayers' class!

How's your knowledge of exponents? Really good if you are a middle school student in Mrs. Steel's math class! Mrs. Steel is teaching her students the algebraic foundations for high school math courses.

CHANGES TO TODAY'S SPORTS GAMES FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 JV Softball and Baseball games are postponed (Date TBD) Varsity Softball game will move to Warsaw CSD, 4:30 p.m. (originally at York CSD)

Six York High School students participated in the Section Five Sportsmanship Summit on March 26, 2024, at SUNY Geneseo. We are proud of our York ambassadors - Mason Parsons, Ryan Brady, Parker Bonefede, Joe Bauer, Tessa Rodwell, and Adeline Ayers. York students joined with others from area schools to spend the day with SUNY Geneseo student-athletes working on leadership and team building activities.

Six York High School students participated in the Section Five Sportsmanship Summit held on March 26,2024, at SUNY Geneseo. We are proud of our York representatives - Mason Parsons, Ryan Brady, Parker Bonefede, Joe Bauer, Tessa Rodwell, and Adeline Ayers. York sportsmanship ambassadors, along with other area school's ambassadors, connected with SUNY Geneseo student -athletes to work on team building and leadership activities.

Congratulations to York Senior Joseph Bauer, who was recognized by Section Five for Outstanding Sportsmanship throughout the 2023-2024 basketball season. York Athletic Director Ed Orman accompanied Joe to the Section Five Sportsmanship Summit at SUNY Geneseo where he was presented with the award.

Kindergarten Information Night - Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Parents/Guardians - Please join us for an Kindergarten information meeting on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 6 p.m. in the Ivan F. Hilfiker Auditorium. This meeting is for parents/guardians of children in the York Central School District, who will be five years old on or before December 1, 2024, and who will be attending kindergarten in the 2024-2025 school year. More details are posted on the school website - click the link below. https://www.yorkcsd.org/article/1522323

York High School students interested in health care fields attended Glow With Your Hands Health Care, a career exploration program held at Genesee Community College. This is the second year of the event. Over 575 students from the GLOW region (Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming Counties) attended the career fair. The students met with a variety of health care professionals representing colleges and various health care specialty areas such as nursing, therapists, and technicians.

Rise and shine Knights! It's a great day to be a York Golden Knight!

Class of 2024 York School Apparel Sale! Online ordering through a local vendor. All proceeds benefit the York High School Class of 2024. Sale is from March 25 - April 8, 2024. Use the link below to order! http://www.companycasuals.com/ycsseniors

The Great North American Total Solar Eclipse is just two weeks away! Are you prepared? Remember - students will be given safe viewing glasses on Thursday. SUNY Geneseo Professor Aaron Steinhauer visited York CSD to speak with students about the total solar eclipse. He presented a lot of good information about the timing of the solar eclipse as well as information on how to safely view the eclipse. Professor Steinhauer created a website that is very informative and includes an interactive map that you can pinpoint where you will be during the eclipse and it will tell you how long the eclipse totality will be. Click the link below to visit his website. https://eclipse.geneseo.edu/ Livingston County also has a great website. Click the link below. https://www.growlivco.com/eclipse

York Golden Knights participated in Genesee Community College's Tech Wars competition on March 21, 2024 at the Batavia Campus. Three York CSD teachers were actively involved in facilitating one or more competition stations at Tech Wars. Thank you to Mr. Mike Barrett, Mr. Peter Apps and Mr. Greg Keenan. Twenty-one Knights designed and built a variety of pieces to compete in catapult, CO2 cars (design & speed), sumo bots and drones. We are proud to announce that York School students were among the top finalists in several categories. Congratulations to: John Ayers - 1st place in catapult Olivia Simmonds - 2nd place in CO2 design Sylvia Llop - 6th place in CO2 speed Mike Dunn - 6th place in CO2 speed Joe Bauer - 4th place in CO2 speed Joe Bauer - 2nd place in sumo bots Kasey Coffey - 3rd place in sumo bots Jake Pangrazio - 4th place sumo bots