January - Thousand Islands Central School

HIGH SCHOOL
January 2016
Thousand Islands CSD-Home of the Vikings
7 News Arts All-Star
Senior, Aleigha Ely, was named 7 News Arts All-Star in December. The Thousand Islands senior, a visual artist, has an unusual
plan for after graduation.
She says she is going to West Virginia to pursue a career in tattooing and make-up artist. Aleigha says she constantly checks out
other artists' work and uses it as inspiration to push herself to be
better. Aleigha has received honors for her art work throughout her
high school career. The full interview can be viewed on
www.wwnytv.com , Features, Arts All- Star. Aleigha’s work is
showcased throughout this newsletter.
Thank You!
To all those individuals that supported the bell-ringers this past holiday
season in Clayton or Cape Vincent, we say thank you. We appreciate
your support in both the Christmas parades and local supermarkets. We
had an incredibly successful season in the Clayton-Cape Vincent area
and with your help we were able to collect over $2100 for needy families
in our community. A special thank you to all the volunteer bell-ringers
from the high school student body, MS Junior National Honor Society,
Cape Vincent Lions Club and Cape Elementary PTO.
We appreciate your generosity during the holiday season and hope that
you may be able to assist again next year. Thank you!
In This Issue
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Arts All Star
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Salvation Army
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College Access Grant
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Guidance
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Join the Shift
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Committees
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Sources of Strength
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Guest Speaker
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SADD
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Student Volunteers
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AP Exams
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Scholarship List
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Student Council
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College Acceptances
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English News
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Portfolio Information
Night
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Music News
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Science Olympiad
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Whiz Quiz
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FASFA
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Clayton Opera House
Join the Shift
Working on college application essays.
College Access Grant
On Friday, December 4th, graduate assistants, Kathryn Kozak and Brianna
Schaar, from Syracuse University traveled to Thousand Islands High
School. They conducted one on one consultations with seniors throughout the day. Students were able to fine-tune their college application
essays. Ms. Kozak and Ms. Schaar were able to meet individually with 9
seniors throughout the day. This opportunity was made possible by the
College Access Challenge Grant through Syracuse University and Jefferson
Lewis BOCES.
Guidance
January regents and midterm exams are scheduled for the week of
uary 25, 2016. The schedule will be posted on our website:
www.1000islandsschools.org.
Jan-
For the past three months our
students (SADD, Student Council, Art Club, and many others)
have been trying to win our
school money in a teen safe
driving contest, the Join the
Shift contest
(www.jointheshift.org), sponsored by Erie Insurance. This
year, Thousand Islands High
School had two students receive individual prizes in the
contest, Michael Campany and
Shelby Brass. Thank you to all
of the students who participated and all the staff and parents
who supported our efforts!
We were not a top finisher this year but we
will continue to raise
funds so that we will be
able to provide Driver
Education scholarships,
educational programs
and the annual Lock-in!
Students will receive results of their PSAT scores via e-mail on January 7th.
Mrs. Nevala will also visit English 11 classrooms to help students interrupt their results from the new PSAT. Your son/daughter will receive information on how to access online college planning tools. The PSAT determines which academic skills are healthy and strong, and which skills
need to be learned or practiced for the SAT and ACT. The score report
gives helpful hints on how a student can improve and enhance those academic and test-taking skills. Juniors should plan on taking the SAT and the
ACT at least one time before the end of their junior year.
The second marking period concludes on January 29, 2016. Grades are
due to the Guidance office on Tuesday, February 2, 2016. Report cards
will be mailed home at the end of that week.
Art by Aleigha Ely
Positive Message
Sub Committee
The Positive Messages group
will be kicking off a "Get to
Know You" campaign in January. Peer Leaders will be
passing out treats to students who approach them
and ask questions about
Sources of Strength. This is
an informational campaign
aimed at informing and contributing a positive influence
into the student body and
school community as to the
Sources of Strength program.
Spirit Sub
Committee
The Sources of Strength
Spirit Committee is making
plans for Spirit Day on Friday, February 12th. There
will be a number of cooperative and fun activities scheduled to showcase school
spirit!
Social Media Sub
Committee
Sources of Strength
Team leaders and peer mentors continue to work on providing students and
faculty with support and encouragement! Members have received t-shirts and
are working in their sub committees. The “post-it” committee has been spreading messages of strength and caring throughout the school and community during the weeks leading up to the holidays!
Guest Speaker
On Friday, December 11th Robert Killmer, a 2011 TI graduate, presented to Mr. Putnam's Global 10 and AP World History classes at Thousand
Islands High School. Mr. Killmer recently graduated from Tel Aviv University in Israel with a Master’s degree in Security and Diplomacy. He
shared his experiences living and studying in Israel. He shared his pictures that he has taken during his time there including pictures of the
Wailing Wall, the wall along the Gaza strip and the demilitarized zone
along the Syrian border. He also showed the diverse geography of this
interesting country from the desert to the coast lands. Students had
many questions and were surprised to hear how comfortable and safe
Mr. Killmer felt living in Israel despite the external and terrorist
threats. He also shared many fun facts about Israeli pop culture (i.e.,
basketball is the national sport, the Dead Sea is so dense with salt that
people can float on the water, almost everyone speaks English). It was
a great opportunity to hear about the successes of one of our graduates
and hear a personal perspective about current world events.
The Sources of Strength Social Media group is working
on a commercial contest for
WWNY TV 7. The contest
focuses on how students
handle stress. The winning
group gets their commercial
on air.
Presentation Sub
Committee
The Sources of Strength
Presentation Committee is
working on a presentation
about getting through tough
times that will be presented
to HS Health classes in midJanuary.
Robert Kilmer, 2011 TI Graduate
AP Exams
Prior to the break, SADD members sold “Candy Cane Grams”
to deliver holiday messages to friends and to raise money for
the organization!
AP Exams will take place the first
week of May. Students will have
received n class the 2015-2016 AP
Bulletin for Students and Parents.
Please review this with your student and contact the Guidance
office if you have any questions.
Information concerning the cost of
exams, dates of exams, etc. is included. A letter will be sent home
to all AP students in February with
specific information.
Students volunteer during the Holiday Season
Student volunteers assisted with a number of activities this holiday season.
The following students assisted Thousand Islands Young Leader Organization (TIYLO) with their annual Masquerade Ball, Delaney Aubertine,
Abby Bashaw, Caden Babcock, Rylee Babcock, Mickey Melfi, Schuyler
Withington and Dylan Woodward. On Saturday, December 5th, Delaney
Aubertine, Caden Babcock, Shelby Brass, Aiden Crimmins, Sawyer
Dinzler, Grace Knapp, Mickey Melfi and Kristen Solar volunteered at the
Clayton Opera House to help with Santa Central. It was an excellent opportunity for students to give back to their community! Thank you.
Current Scholarship List:
New York Credit Union Association
1/15/2016
Empire State Potato Growers, Inc.
1/15/2016
Americu Credit Union
2/01/2016
AXA Achievement (State and National)
2/01/2016
American Legion Scholarship(s) – various
2/01/2016
NYWEA Scholarships (Environmental Science)
2/10/2016
National Co-op Scholarship
2/15/2016
Gerard J. Buckenmeyer FASNY
3/15/2016
Irish Goes Green
3/30/2016
Alpha Delta Kappa
3/31/2016
Art by Aleigha Ely
The Angel Tree provided gifts for 59 families
this holiday season. In
addition to coordinating donations, student council members
wrapped and organized
all the gifts!
Student Council Members
Abby Duffy, Amity Schoff, Ashlee Bourquin, McKay Fulmer, Paul Stewart, Schuyler
Withington, Haliee Thomas, Nicole Farmer, Patrick Knapp, Shelby Brass, Grace Knapp,
Beth Locke, Sabrina Burns, Madison Calhoun. Missing from photo: Skyler Stewart,
Devin Hartwell and Logan Beerman
Student Council
Student council members were busy over the holiday season! Students
celebrated the holidays with their White Elephant party and have been
collecting Angel Tree gifts for families in our community!
Alumni Back to School was held the day before break. Recent graduates
returned to the high school to share their college experiences with seniors and juniors. Topics covered included the application process, picking your school, roommates, college professors, and much more!
College Acceptances
The following seniors have received their college acceptances!
Congratulations! Don’t forget to bring in your letters so we can
post them on the bulletin board.
Eva Angus – SUNY Jefferson, Clinton Community College
Ashlee Bourquin – Bethany College, Wilson College, Delaware
Valley University, Alfred University, Murray State University,
Lebanon Valley College, Russell Sage College, Misericordia
Univesity, Saint Francis University, SUNY Oneonta
Ashley Byers – Nazareth College
Abigail Duffy—Nazareth College
Paige Durdon—Jefferson Community College
Nicole Farmer – Jefferson Community College
Emily Fearnside – Elmira College
Tyler Gilfus – Syracuse University, St. Lawrence University
Gabriella Grant – SUNY Adirondack
Austin Marshall – The Ohio State University
Katherine Pritt – SUNY Canton
Alleigh Robbins – SUNY Jefferson
McKenna Schnauber – The College at Brockport, Middle Tennesee
State University
Taylor Typhair – Delhi State University
Miranda White – SUNY Jefferson
Schuyler Withington—LeMoyne College, St. Lawrence University
Aaron Zehr – Newbury College
Art by Aleigha Ely
ENGLISH
All English 11 students will be taking the New York State English Language Arts Regents exam in
January as their midterm exam. The exam is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, January 26th from
12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. This will provide students with two opportunities to take the exam (they will
also take the exam in June as a final exam grade), hopefully decreasing stress during June testing and
allowing students to not only pass the exam before leaving 11th grade, but to have the opportunity to
potentially increase their score in June. For any questions, please contact Mrs. Varga at [email protected] or Mrs. Nevala at [email protected].
Senior Portfolio Information Night
There will be an informational meeting at 6:15 on January 13, 2016 in the library for ANY 9th -12th
grade families who are interested in learning more about the senior year Commencement Standard
Assessment (the Senior Portfolio). Topics will include: the Thousand Island Graduate Descriptors
and the CAS requirements and deadlines. Please email Mrs. Balk with any questions:
[email protected]
On Saturday January
30th, the HS Science
Olympiad team will be
participating in the regional competition at Clarkson
University. The team has
been preparing for a
number of exciting events
from “Air Trajectory” to
“Wright Stuff.” Students
are researching a variety
of topics including Anatomy & Physiology, Fossils,
Hydrology, Invasive Species and Dynamic Planet.
Team members are also
designing bridges, airplanes, time pieces, electric vehicles, windmills,
protein models, video
games and air powered
launchers. It is an exciting time for the HS Science Olympiad team.
Select Vocal Ensemble Performance in Cape Vincent
Music Department News…January
It’s been a very busy holiday season for the music department. Congratulations to all performance ensembles for a superb performance on our
December 10th program.
The cast list for our spring musical, Moby Dick, has been posted. Congratulations to all! Please be sure to pick up a copy of the script, music,
CD and rehearsal schedule from Mrs. Wiley. We are looking forward to
another successful performance by our high school and middle school
performers. Look for details in February and March newsletters.
SAVE THE DATE: 18th Annual Dessert Theater and Silent Auction,
Wednesday, February 10th 2016!!! This year’s theme: Love Throughout the Decades.
With the holiday season behind us, we have officially begun our Dessert
Theater season. Each year the Select Vocal Ensemble presents a Dessert Theater and Silent Auction in February. Tickets are now on sale.
Look for a member of the ensemble or reserve tickets now for this much
anticipated annual event!
Congratulations to the following high school students who will be participating in the JLCMTA Winter Bi-County Chorus: Elizabeth Locke and
McKenna Schnauber. These students will join other middle school band
students to represent our school in the high school choral division for this
festival to be held on January 29th & 30thth at Lowville Academy. Students will leave TI early on Friday morning to participate, so they will be
missing school on that day. Bus transportation will be provided for both
days. A bus schedule and other details will follow.
Art by Aleigha Ely
Whiz Quiz International Champions: Thousand Islands High School
For the first time in over thirty years, the Whiz Quiz team from Thousand Islands High School won
both the 2015 National championships and the 2015 International championships in the WPBS
Whiz Quiz Tournament. Out of the teams they faced, Nathan Lingenfelter, Michael Campany, Daniel Grant and Skyler Garding bested them all to bring back the trophies to Thousand Islands School
District. Other team members that contributed to the group’s success include: Aaron Richardson,
Sara Lantier, Bradley Balk, and Patrick Knapp. Congratulations to the entire team for a record
breaking season!
Advisor Melissa Balk and the students will accept the trophies at the presentation ceremony held in
April 2016 in Watertown to celebrate this accomplishment. If you want to view the matches, please
feel free to visit the website: http://watch.wpbstv.org/program/whiz-quiz-us-matches.
Clayton Opera House
PO Box 123
Clayton, NY 13624
Clayton Opera House Performance Program Cover Contest Release Form 2016
I give my child ___________________________________ permission to participate in
the Clayton Opera House Performance Program cover contest. I also understand and
give permission for my child(s) name and art to be used if chosen for the Performance
Program for 2016. There will be three finalists chosen for the contest. Each person’s art
will be voted on and a final winner will be chosen.
Please sign and date below and return this paper with your child’s submission. If you
have any questions you can contact Julie Garnsey at 315-686-1037 ext. 10.
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