Long
Lake Central School announces Valedictorian and Salutatorian Awards
We are pleased to announce that the
recipients of this year’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian awards are Nicole
Andrews and Heather Black
Nicole is valedictorian with a current
average of 94.83. She plans on attending
SUNY Potsdam to pursue a degree in Secondary Education Science. Nicole has received previous awards including
membership in National Honor Society, the Kodak Young Leaders Award, the
Presidential Award for Educational Excellence, the Augsbury/North
Country Scholarship, the Clarkson University Leadership Award, the Frederick
Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award in Humanities and Social Sciences and the
Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award.
Her extracurricular activities have included band, choir, school drama
productions and student council. She has
played varsity soccer, basketball, baseball and softball and has been the
basketball team captain for two years.
Nicole has worked at the local Boy Scout Camp for the last four years
and has been a member of the Venture Scouts throughout high school. Nicole is the daughter of Gregory and Dawn
Andrews of Long Lake, New York.
Heather is salutatorian with a
current average of 92.42. She plans on
attending the American University of Paris to pursue a degree in international
business. Heather increased her course
load this year to graduate early. As a
sophomore, she moved to France for three months last spring to complete an
intensive language study program. Heather
has received the Kodak Young Leaders Award, the Presidential Award for
Educational Excellence, the US Achievement Academy Award and the Vance Ketcham Memorial Patriotic Essay Award. Her extracurricular activities have included
varsity soccer, student council officer, prom and spirit committees, school and
community drama productions, student representative to the school district
planning committee and the Russell Sage Writing Conference. Heather has been the scorekeeper for the Boys
Modified and Varsity basketball teams for the last five years and has
volunteered as an assistant for Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Heather is the daughter of Michael and Cindy
Black of Long Lake, New York.
Congratulations
to both students! Their school community
is very proud of their accomplishments.
LIBRARY NEWS
By
Sharon Waagner
PARP:
Our 2006 Parents As Reading
Partners program concluded on May 15
with our our annual ice cream social. All students in
K-6 who participated in this year’s PARP program were invited to the cafeteria
for ice cream sundaes as well as special awards and recognitions for their
reading accomplishments. Each child also
received a book selected especially for him or her as a gift from the
Elementary Library.
Congratulations to all of our participants
as well as the parents who have reinforced our student reading objectives.
Pre-Kindergarten:
Each year, when the annual Preschool
Screening takes place, we are pleased that we are able to introduce our
Elementary Library to parents and prospective students. As a special incentive and to encourage
sharing reading time, we also present each child with a new book. This year’s selection was a sing-along book,
If You’re Happy And You Know It! A fun
song…and a fun read!
New Books:
While the
year is winding down, we have recently added several valuable series to our
Elementary Library. The Start-up
Religion series introduces the different religions practiced around the world
and includes Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh. Another series, One
World, is geared for introducing the similarities and differences of cultures
around the world including country and city life, clothing, and daily life. The
primary boys and girls as well enjoy the new Big Machines series which features
books on bulldozers, tractors, diggers, trucks and more. We learn about
puppies, kittens, ducklings and many other baby animals in the Baby Animals
series. Finally, the Arts Alive series explains sculpture, still life,
self-portraits, and textiles in a simplified manner.
We purchased these books following a
preview period provided by the vendor with classroom teachers given the
opportunity to review many series. We
then purchased the sets that best meshed with our curriculum.
Summer
Reading:
The following are a few ideas that
may help you extend the reading habit during July and August.
Don’t forget to pack a few books if
you are headed out on a vacation, to the beach or even for a rainy day picnic
in the living room. The town library has
an excellent collection of children’s books as well as other books for all
ages. Try to steer everyone away from the video collection and take out a few
books. Take a few minutes with
preschoolers and have them tell you the story in the book. Point out the differences in illustrator
styles. Have them play library. Create a
story with your child and have him or her help you illustrate it. When you are
in the car, have them try to read signs they see along the way – stop, deer,
Mobil, Stewarts, slow, school bus stop, etc.
LONG LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT DRAFT BOARD MEETING MINUTES, April 10, 2006 regular meeting
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Approval
of the March 9th and March 29th 2006 meeting minutes.
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The annual BOCES budget vote and
BOCES board of education member election to take place on April 24, 2006,
a regular Board of Education meeting is set for May 9, 2006 at 6:30 p.m. in
the cafeteria followed by the Annual Budget Hearing in the gymnasium at 7:30
p.m.. The annual budget vote and Board
of Education election is set for May 16, 2006 between 2 and 8 p.m. in the
cafeteria.
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The
Board recognized Mr. Brian Farr for his many years of dedicated service.
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Bernier,
Carr and Associates handed out a summary of the Technology project bid results,
with recommendations.
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Approval
of March, 2006 Treasurer’s Reports.
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Approval
of Warrants 18 & 19.
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Approval
of the 2006-2007 total budget of $3,831,090 for presentation to the voters.
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Approval
of the proposed Repair Reserve Fund Resolution.
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Approval
of AXA as a TSA (403b plan) vendor for district employees.
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The
Superintendent will set a meeting to finalize Senior trip/Fundraising policies.
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40+
students/adults will attend the St. Lawrence University trip.
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Approval
of the Technology room upgrade project and alternate bid #3
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Approval
of Bernier, Carr & Assoc. to initiate the Technology Room Upgrade Project
contracts on our behalf.
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Approval
of the 2006-2007 BOCES Services as
listed.
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Approval
of Jim Waters as unpaid baseball assistant.
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Approval
of the 2006-2007 school calendar as presented.
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Approval
of the following days off in lieu of unused snow days: Monday, April 24,
Friday, May 26, and Friday, June 23, 2006.
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Approval
of proposed CSE Recommendations.
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Approval
of the replacement of the totaled 2002, 28 passenger bus.
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A
combined prom will take place this year at the Copperfield Inn. The School will provide a van or bus for
students who want or need transportation.
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Mr.
Crampton will be discussing the 2006 yearbook production status with the
seniors.
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Ms.
Vickie Plumley expressed interest in filling the BOCES Board seat left vacant
by the resignation of Brian Farr.
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Mr.
Crampton is working with the PTSA to set up a Kindergarten and 8th
grade recognition.
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Approval
of arrangements to be made with Ms. Wynde Kate Keough for adult education
classes this spring.
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Approval
between LLCS and Mrs. Krista Sparks, to extend her probationary period to
August 31, 2007.
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Approval
of position changes, effective July 1, 2006: Abolish 10 month kitchen helper
and 12 month cleaner/cashier, Create a 12 month kitchen helper/cleaner position
and a 12 month cleaner/bus driver position.
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Special
Board of Education meeting on May 1, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. to enter Executive
Session to discuss the Superintendent’s evaluation.
LONG LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT DRAFT BOARD MEETING MINUTES, April 24, 2006 special meeting
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Approval
of the tentative administrative budget for the Board of Cooperative Educational
Services of the Sole Supervisory District of Franklin, Essex and Hamilton
Counties for the school year 2006-07
-Continued-
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Approval
for the Board to cast votes for Ms. Paula Niles, Mr. William McConvey, and Mr.
William Madden, III, as members of the Franklin-Essex-Hamilton Board of
Cooperative Educational Services.
LONG LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT DRAFT BOARD MEETING MINUTES, May 1, 2006 special meeting
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Items
to be discussed in Executive Session: Superintendent’s Evaluation.
LONG LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT DRAFT BOARD MEETING MINUTES, May 9, 2006 regular meeting
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Approval
of the April 10th, April 24th, and May 1, 2006 meeting minutes.
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Next
meeting date is June 7, 2006 @ 7 p.m. in the cafeteria.
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Approval
of the April, 2006 Treasurer’s Reports.
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Approval
of Warrants #20 and 21.
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Board
of Education Candidates are Michelle Hamdan running
for the 5 year term; Hillarie Logan-Dechene running
for the remaining unexpired term of Brian Farr.
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The
Semi-Annual Asbestos Surveillance report was reviewed.
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The
Arts in Education program is preparing a wall mural, directed by artist Lori
Lawrence.
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There
will be Summer Curriculum Writing done by a few teachers.
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If there
is enough interest Mr. Crampton is pursuing a Summer
School Session for which transportation will not be provided.
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Approval
of the Education of Homeless Children Policy.
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Approval
of changing the 12 month cleaner/bus driver position to a 12 month custodian/bus
driver position.
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Approval
of an overnight trip to the state Envirothon
competition in Oswego this May.
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The
new Bus # 24 is here & operating.
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Several
policies were reviewed and will be re-visited again at the next board meeting.
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The
2006 Yearbook has been mailed to the publisher.
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A
meeting to discuss the future of Senior Trips still needs to be rescheduled.
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The
Board accepts with regrets the resignation of Karin Cook effective July 1,
2006.
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Approval
of the 2006-2007 payroll recommendations for substitutes.
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Appointment
of Mr. Jerry Flanagan to a 10 week summer cleaner position.
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Appointment
of Mrs. Stacey Howe to the kitchen helper/cleaner
position beginning June 19, 2006.
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Approval
to increase the Speech Pathologist position held by Betsy Comeau,
from .331 full-time to a .50 full time position effective with the 2006-2007
school year.
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Approval
that the Employment Agreement for the Superintendent, approved on April 14,
2005 is hereby extended for one year from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
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Approval
of Vickie Plumley the Board Vice-President to execute
the extended contract with the Superintendent.
LONG LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT DRAFT BOARD MEETING MINUTES, May 9, 2006 Annual Budget Hearing
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The Vice
President called the meeting to order then turned it over to Superintendent
Kevin Crampton who reviewed the 2006-2007 budget
using the School budget brochure. All
areas of expenses were discussed, as well as the proposed capital project, and
proposed reserve funds. Mr. Crampton also noted he had received word from Senator Betty
Little’s office stating that we should receive the
480(a) forest tax exemption small government assistance. This will help reduce our projected tax rate.
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A
session of questions and answers then took place.
Complete Board meeting minutes are
available for review in the business office during normal business hours.
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES
Sophomore
ANDREW SNIDE and Senior CALEB AUSTIN are the new members of National Honor
Society at Long Lake Central School.
They will join David Andrews, Alexandria Holton,
Leah Lamos, Chelsey
Wallace, Nicole Andrews and Brooke Armstrong as members of this Society. Please
congratulate these students on their achievement.
SLU
Adventure
On
Saturday, April 29th, 2006, 43 students, parents and faculty boarded
a bus for a day of fun and adventure at Saint Lawrence University. For the
fourth year in a row we have been able to take advantage of SLU’s
generosity and explore their new state of the art athletic facilities.
When
we arrived, most of the older students and several adults for that matter
clamored to the awesome indoor climbing wall that can accommodate up to 5
climbers at a time. SLU offered climbing shoes and climbing/belay instruction
to anyone wanting to enhance their skills. The climbing exploits of Mr. Geiger,
Mr. Sandiford, Ms. Waters and David Andrews are
available for all to see on the school web site.
SLU’s facility provided many other
opportunities for athletic pursuit such as tennis, basketball, soccer, badminton,
ultimate Frisbee and swimming. The
heated pool was a very popular destination with a diving section and a lap pool
that provided fun and entertainment for participants and chaperones alike. The
gymnasium gave Hannah Lamos, David Andrews, Ms. Germain and Mr. Pine a chance to hone their basketball
skills. The indoor soccer field was open for a wide variety of activities where
a mean game of ultimate Frisbee broke out with 7th, 8th
and 9th grade girls taking on the boys. Ben Austin and Alex Smith
provided spirited competition for two SLU boys in badminton and Ben Black, Alex
Smith, Ben Austin took advantage of the cavernous field house to kick a soccer
ball around. Ms. Hamdan, Ms. Geiger, Ms. Bond, Ms.
Miller and several other students enjoyed playing tennis in the indoor tennis
facility.
Although we usually have access to the
racquetball and squash courts, unfortunately, they were off-limits for us on
this trip.
Our
awesome afternoon was capped off with dinner and an enjoyable ride home. If
anyone would like to see pictures of the trip you can find them on our school website at www.longlakecsd.org
, toggle activities on the left hand margin.
Senior
Class salutes the Community
The Class of 2006 would like to take this
opportunity to thank the Community for all the support you have given us all
our years here at Long Lake Central. You have supported us personally and as a
class and we really appreciate it. As we leave here to go on with our careers
we will remember the support that we had here. Thank you.
April break found three of us on our
senior trip to California. We stayed on Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco and
did day tours from there. We arrived in San Francisco on Saturday the 15th
around 3:45pm and got settled into our hotel. We then
did a walking tour of Fisherman’s Wharf. Sunday we went on a deluxe city tour
of San Francisco visiting Golden Gate Park. Monday was our day to go to
Monterey. We visited the aquarium, saw Cannery Row, stopped at the artichoke
fields and the world’s garlic capital. We traveled down the 17 mile scenic
drive, went past Pebble Beach golf course and went on to Carmel before
returning to San Francisco. On Tuesday we got back on another bus and went to
Yosemite National Park. Wednesday was our free day and we spent that visiting Alcatraz, shopping and then having our big group dinner at
the Hosley boys restaurant called “Sauce”. We all
agreed that the food was awesome (even the calamari)
and the dessert platter was really great. We would definitely recommend this
place to anyone visiting San Francisco! On Thursday we went to Muir Woods and saw the giant redwood trees. We spent time
hiking the trails and enjoying the natural beauty of the area.
On
the way back we stopped briefly in Saucilito and then
headed back to San Francisco to go on the harbor tour that completed our day.
As you can see our days were filled
and the few hours we did have in between things were spent shopping and EATING…Hard
Rock Café, Rain Forest Café, Johnny Rockets, Boudin’s,
the Franciscan and Sauce for dinners, IHOP for breakfasts, and pick-up lunches
along the way. Needless to say we were quite content on that front and got
to try new foods and familiar foods prepared in different ways.
We
were back at the airport in San Francisco at 7:35am
on Friday the 21st to head back to Long Lake. With a 4 ½ hour lay
over in Chicago, a slight delay while they got a different plane due to an
electrical problem on the plane we were supposed to take we got back into
Bradley International in Hartford, Connecticut around 11:35pm
and headed home once again by Limo arriving back at
Long Lake about 3:45am. We were all very tired but agreed
that it had been a great trip. We really had a good time and have many great
memories to share.
We have put together a bulletin
board in the school cafeteria of pictures from our trip and invite you all to
come have a look. Once again, thank you for your support. Without you this trip
would not have been possible.
NEWS FROM THE ART ROOM
Michele Gannon
We have been getting a lot of use
from our beautiful new kiln. Many thanks to all those who agreed that pottery
is indeed an important component to an art program. Some of the projects we
have fired in the kiln are sun clay tiles, fish plaques with name plates by the
kindergarten and first grade, pinch and coil pots, wall sconces, and our tile
mural project that has all students in art k-12, creating a tile that depicts
some aspect of the community of Long Lake. Once all tiles are completed, we
will assemble the tile mural.
Speaking of murals, Lori Lawrence, an artist
and muralist from the Albany area will be creating a painted mural with k-12
students also depicting the history, community, and wildlife of our area. She
will be here for 4 days throughout May as part of the Arts in Education
program.
This years area elementary art show will
again take place at Lake Placid’s Center for the Arts.We have about 15 pieces that will be displayed. The
opening reception will take place May 19 from 4-6 p.m. The show will run from
May 19 to June 3. Hours are Tuesday –Saturday, 1-5. Some of the students’ clay
pieces will be there. Come and see!
Adult Education Wellness Classes
We
have been indeed fortunate to have had Wynde Kate Keough again conduct Wellness Classes as part of the Adult
Education Program here at Long Lake Central School. With the emphasis from the State Department on
Health and Wellness, it is a fine opportunity for our community to have these
sessions close by. One session in May
was on Homeopathy and a second was on the Chinese philosophy of healing with
food. It was evident that all who
attended enjoyed them immensely.
Thank you again, Wynde
Kate. The sessions were delightful; the
hours of preparation were evident.
We learned a lot
and hope you will be able to return to us!
