Before winter break High School Social Studies teacher Andy Collins and his classes went on some incredible field trips!
His US History juniors went to Seneca Falls to the women's rights national history museum, where the park rangers were able to give us a history of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention that the students have been learning about in class. Students were able to look around the chapel where the convention was held and then go to the visitors center and get a tour of the museum and learn more about US Women's history and the men and women who attended the convention in 1848.
Meanwhile, his Participation in Government seniors were tasked with picking a local issue in their community and thinking of ways to solve it. But instead, these seniors decided they wanted to take action! They identified food insecurity as their focus issue and decided they were going to gather food donations and turn them into meal bags that people could grab to make meals. They did all the organizing and leg work to bring boxes to local businesses and our own school, make the posters, contacting local organizations and businesses for donations, and then collecting the donations and organizing the donations into bags. We then brought the donations to the Ovid Federated Church to their food pantry.
Behind those efforts, South Seneca Girls Varsity Volleyball Head Coach Laura Wyckoff was recently named Coach of the Year by the Finger Lakes Times. We recently caught up with Coach Wyckoff about what the recognition meant to her.
Here is that conversation: https://www.southseneca.org/article/2585306
Both One Act Plays will be performed on stage in a Holiday Play Double Feature at the South Seneca High School Auditorium in Ovid, NY, on Friday, December 5th @ 7:30pm; Saturday, December 6th @ 7:30pm and Sunday, December 7th @ 2:00pm.
Tickets may be purchased at the door with cash and an e-pay option via our Zeffy pay link. Prices are $6 for general admission and $5 for students and senior citizens.
Scrooged Up!
Imagine a production of A Christmas Carol that goes horribly wrong! The Hillsdale Community Theater wants to produce "A Christmas Carol," but they don't have enough actors to play the extraordinarily large number of parts. So their undaunted director, being resourceful (if not totally realistic), has triple and quadruple-cast the roles. And since everyone in sight has been recruited, the cast also fills in as costumers, stagehands and technicians. The impossibility of this situation brings tensions to a comical head as the final rehearsal invites one calamity after another. "Scrooged Up!" provides a Dickens of a time for everyone!
A Fairy Tale Christmas:
Holiday cheer is driving Queen Malvinia crazy! The former evil stepmother of Snow White’s story is now somewhat reformed, and rules over the kingdom of Happily Ever After. But ever since all the traditional fairy tale characters began getting along, demand for the Queen’s various potions on her website have fallen off drastically. So she’s thought of a new way to boost sales. With the help of Cinderella’s stepsisters, and Wolfgang Amadeus Toothful, alias the Big, Bad Wolf, she throws a Christmas Eve party. Though the Three Little Pigs try to keep the mood happy by singing carols and telling corny jokes, the Queen’s poisoned mistletoe makes everyone angry at each other. Soon everyone will want her nasty spells and wicked charms. The kingdom will turn into Happily Never After! Jack, the Giant Killer, is really a computer nerd and he uses his talents to alert Fairy Godmama, who shows up in the nick of time!
Both One Act Plays will be performed on stage in a Holiday Play Double Feature at the South Seneca High School Auditorium in Ovid, NY, on Friday, December 5th @ 7:30pm; Saturday, December 6th @ 7:30pm and Sunday, December 7th @ 2:00pm.
Tickets may be purchased at the door with cash and an e-pay option via our Zeffy pay link. Prices are $6 for general admission and $5 for students and senior citizens.
The Casts include:
Julia Albro
Isabella Banfield
Mya Carroll
Kailey Dobbie
Cora Hoagland
Savannah Hovencamp
Sophia Jennings
Brooke Jennings
Jackson Jennings
Jasmine Mandigo
Leigha McGuire
Makaila McLaughlin
Elana Michael
Auburn Mitchell
Maddie Oliver
Nadja Paparone
Isaac Reygers
Darlene Swank
Sophie Wright
Join us Wednesday, November 19 for on-site interviews at the South Seneca MS/HS from 11:30-5 PM and at the Elementary School from 12:30-5PM.
Interviews will be given on the spot for substitute teachers, teaching assistants, teacher aides, nurses, clerical, mechanics, cleaners, bus drivers, and service helpers for both buildings.
Read more about it here: https://www.southseneca.org/article/2545293
The theme this year was to choose a character from your favorite story and paint it on a pumpkin.
A HUGE thank you to The Pumpkin Stand 7844 Rt 414, Ovid, NY, which has donated to our Library Media Club for 12 years now! They are a wonderful family who supports our school community in so many ways! #foreverfalcons
Anyone interested in applying for one of the following Girls Basketball Coaching positions may do so by sending a letter of interest by email to Shelley Reynolds @ sreynolds@southseneca.org by November 7, 2025
