Book fair in the Middle/High School Library through Friday. Come check it out!
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Today was "Fitness Friday" and the last day of our March Madness Student Wellness Spirit Week! Today we celebrated moving our bodies and being active by dressing up like our favorite sport or team. We learned that exercise can help our bodies get stronger, help us feel calmer if we are upset, and help us learn to work together with others to achieve something, like when your in PE or on a sports team.
We ended the day with the 5th grade students and staff working together on their teams during the student/staff basketball game. (More pics of the game and halftime show coming early next week!)
It was an amazing week with awesome participation! Thank you Elementary families for helping your kiddos get in the spirit each day and all those who made this week, and especially today possible-- 4th and 5th grade Student Wellness Committee Members, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Neville, and Mrs. Lutter
Public Notice March 31: A student in the Middle-High School made a statement in class that they “would like to blow up this school.” After consulting with this student and collaborating with law enforcement, it was determined the statement was made without real intent and poses no imminent threat. As always, we encourage parents to be speaking to your children about using this type of language at school. Whether a student means it as a threat or not, the district must treat the words seriously, and bring law enforcement personnel into processing statements that threaten harm. Especially this week as we read about widespread false alarm messages across the state targeting schools, it is more important than ever to discourage these kinds of threats.
For the first time since 2019, we were able to have our annual Middle/High School Pops Concert. This one was purely (Disney) MAGIC! What a show! #foreverfalcons
Thursday was "Relaxation Day" at the elementary and we celebrated in our pajamas and comfy clothes. Relaxation is really important for our Mental Health. Students learned that relaxation means doing certain things to help ourselves feel more calm. Some of those things might be listening to music or finding a quiet space to rest, coloring or reading a book, taking a walk or taking some deep breaths, or maybe getting in pj’s or comfy clothes and watching a movie or playing a game. We can do these things when we feel like we need to calm our bodies or minds down, or we can do them to help prevent ourselves from feeling that way.
Being in pajamas, they also reviewed how important it is to get enough sleep. Sometimes doing something to relax before bed like reading a book can help us fall asleep easier.
Is there anything better than book fair week??
Visit this website for more information:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/southsenecamiddlehigh.com
Today was "Falcons are a family day” at the Elementary with our wellness focus being on emotional health. Students were reminded that one of the best things we can do when we are feeling big emotions is to talk to a trusted adult. Trusted adults can be grown ups in our lives outside of school like our family, and grown ups inside of school like our teachers. Many students dressed up like their favorite one today!
Sometimes at school it can feel like a BIG family because there are so many people who care — teachers, aides, assistants, friends, counselors, the principal, the school police officer, the nurse, the cafeteria staff, the office staff, the custodial staff, the tech staff, the maintenance staff, and the bus drivers. Everywhere you go, there is somebody doing something to help take care of one another.
Today students got a chance to send a thank you message to some of these members of their Falcon family and show off their black and gold Falcon pride! 🖤💛
More fun from the Mad Science Extended Day program! The kids just love building things.
The remaining dress up days for the Elementary Spirt Week are:
Today’s wellness theme at the Elementary was about social health with "dress like your friends day." Social health is about the relationships we have and how we interact with, and get along with one another. Being connected to others is important for our overall health. Today we thought about how we feel when we spend time with our friends. Some kids said they are thankful for their friends because they make them laugh, or smile, because they are kind, or they are always there for them. These things make us feel good AND these connections can actually make us healthier!
The Theatre Association of NYS (TANYS) recently recognized the South Seneca Falcon Players production of “Letters to Daddy” with the following awards:
- Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Acting to the Cast
- Meritorious Achievement in Choreography to Chad Eastman
- Meritorious Achievement in Direction to Tina Bauder
Congrats to everyone! Well deserved! #foreverfalcons
Read more about these achievements here:
https://www.southseneca.org/article/1053754
Student Wellness Spirit Week kicked off at the Elementary today with "dress the color of your favorite fruit or vegetable" and students were proud to share how their outfits represented them. At lunch they had a special treat as they were joined by Cornell Cooperative Extension for fruit and vegetable samples. A BIG thank you to Seneca County CCE!
On March 23, 2023, 20 students from South Seneca High School were trained as peer leaders as part of the national Sources of Strength program.
Sources of Strength is a peer leadership program where peer leaders and adult advisors are trained to design and share Hope, Help, and Strength-based messages with other youth in the community. The program aims to prevent suicide, bullying, and substance use by promoting help seeking behaviors and developing relationships with trusted adults.
Trainees played games, created art, had a catered lunch from Luna Inspired Street Food, and discussed their strengths with each other and adult advisors. They used the Wheel of Strengths to brainstorm ways to bring this information back to their school-community to show other students that reliance on each other and our strengths will make us all stronger.
Peer leader Abby Sherry stated: “I am excited about this program for our school. I think this has some real opportunity to do some good!”
Another peer leader, Chloe Scott, added: “This is different from any other peer program we have had. I remember peer mediation in elementary school. The Sources of Strength training was fun, the food was fantastic, and I am really excited to be able to help out my school!”
Adult advisor Brooke Habberfield, stated during the group photo: “This is an important moment everyone - we are making history here at South Seneca!”
The peers leaders and adult advisors of the South Seneca Sources of Strength team are: Brooke Butler, Jacob Borst, Lucy Campbell, Mrs. Chalifoux, Ms. Copp, Ruth Dendis, AJ Denmark, Hannah Drexler, Joza Drexler, Doug Edmonds, Alysa Elder, Christian Everhart, Ms. Habberfield, Ms. Hallock, Mrs. Harter, Mrs. Kostolecki, Marigold McCabe-Angell, Brian Porter, Vyvynn Powell, Mr. Robertson, Mrs. Rundell, Chloe Scott, Abby Sherry, Luke Thompson, Hunter Travers, Mrs. Vogel, Audrey Ward, Nik Wheeler, and Carleigh Woodworth.
Hey everyone,
This is Adam Rundell reaching out to alert you to the Extended Day packets that went home with students over the weekend or will go home in tonight's folders. These are for the final session that will begin as soon as we return from Spring Break. If you want your child(ren) to attend the final session, please be sure to turn in the permission forms by this Thursday, so we can best prepare.
Thank you and have a great day!
Congratulations to Senior, Sophie Wesselhoff, for being awarded a National Silver Medal for her photo, Provincetown Pier, at the National Scholastic Art Awards!
There were over 280,000 submissions at the national level of the awards, and less than 1% of submissions received a medal.
Sophie will be attending the Rochester Institute of Technology at the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences in the fall, where she will continue her artistic journey through her lens.
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A big congrats to Paul and Blake! #foreverfalcons
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