
We are almost one week away from opening night of "James & the Giant Peach"!
Curtain times for Friday and Saturday evenings are at 7:30 PM. Sunday is 2 PM. Tickets at the door for $10 ($9 for students and senior citizens).
https://www.southseneca.org/article/1497249

For our High Schoolers, Falcon Day meant al field trip to Roseland Bowl. Students were able to do bowling, laser tag, bumper cars, and play in the arcade. There are worst ways to spend a rainy day if you ask us! #foreverfalcons

It was a fun Wednesday and Falcon Day at the HS/MS and Elementary School as our MS BRAVES worked with their middle school peers for the first time, while our elementary students lucked out with a Sweets + Treats visit from the Sheriff's Department! #foreverfalcons

Students in the TC3 Painting I class were recently able to work with South Seneca alumni and professional plein air painter, Kari Ganoung-Ruiz.
Kari shared her knowledge of notan, plein air, and acrylic painting techniques. Kari showcased some of her tangible and digital works, offered demonstrations and feedback to students, and spoke of her love for painting.
Students learned about using a viewfinder to capture a quality composition, structures of shadows to create eye movement in a painting, and how to create a unique underpainting and still life. At the end of the presentation, students walked away with more knowledge and loved the presentation.
If you are interested in seeing some of Kari's works, please visit her website at http://www.kariganoungruiz.com/





The Teach Peace painting is complete in our MS/HS Library Media Center! This has been a 3 year process led by Ms. Copp in Art Club. The main painters have been: Kyra Kennedy, Aven Bower, Kara Siurano, and recent grad, Luke Thompson. We are grateful they have shared their artistic talents with us!


What an incredible opportunity and experience for these Falcon high schoolers! #foreverfalcons
https://www.southseneca.org/article/1486268

You can help support our baseball team this month by buying a sub from the Big M during the month of March. They will donate a $1 to the baseball team for every sub they sell in the month of March. #foreverfalcons


Students in MakerSpace did weekly timed challenges and Alex Quagliata, a high school student, volunteered to help middle schoolers learn to use the 3D printers in new ways!





Exciting day in the classroom as our 5th graders dive into a science experiment! 🔍 After the lab, they channeled their creativity into art by sculpting with clay - talk about hands-on learning experiences! 🎨 🌟 #ArtEducation #FutureScientists





The Governor’s initial proposal showed a $1.5 million (16%) reduction for South Seneca, all at once, for the 2024-25 fiscal year. This is not final. Now is the time to let your representatives know your concerns ASAP. #foreverfalcons


Each year one of our talented Art students is selected to create the cover of our Course Guidebook. This year that honor went to Aven Bower who did a beautiful job!



As part of our work with students and the vast changes in education technology, our school has begun work with and AI(Artificial Intelligence) committee to explore tools for school. Today two AI committee members, Ms. Clearman and Mr. Collins, planned a teacher PD session around two possible AI tools for schools. We will continue to work with the committee, area BOCES and data privacy officers in our region to safely explore and vet the new possibilities in AI.


The Scholastic Bookfair is returning to the Middle High school library! From March 18th-22nd students will be able to purchase books to add to their at-home libraries. This year students are encouraged to use the e-wallet features so that they don't have to keep track of cash at school. Please check out the Scholastic Homepage linked here for more details: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/home.html



We hope everyone has a great week off! #foreverfalcons


Families-
I'm reaching out to inform you that we successfully conducted our third lockdown drill of the school year. The drill was conducted in collaboration with law enforcement agencies connected with our school. As always, support team members visited classes to check-in on students, reiterate this was a drill and thank them for their patience. Thank you again for your continued support!

Today is National School Resource Officer Day, and here at South Seneca Central School District, we have two of the BEST. Everyone show some love for School Resource Officers Tiffany Nolan and Zach Nelson!! #foreverfalcons





Our Yorkers Club is headed off to their adventures to Italy! We hope they have the best time and are eager to hear about their travels when they return!

Congrats to these Middle School Falcons! #foreverfalcons


We hope everyone in the South Seneca Central School District community has a great Valentine's Day! #foreverfalcons

Representatives from New Visions came to recruit for their programs yesterday. Traditionally, New Visions only came to speak with the 11th graders, but this year they invited our 9th and 10th graders to hear about the programs. New Visions is a one year, pre-college program geared towards highly motivated seniors. New for the 2024-2025 school year, they will be offering an Exercise Science & Human Performance program which will take place on the Ithaca College campus. This is in addition to their already established Engineering, Life Sciences & Medical Sciences programs.



