Last Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:16:51 PM
St. JOHNSVILLE — A good carpenter can take raw materials and turn them into gold.
So said St. Johnsville Jr./Sr. High School Technology Teacher Dave Talaba as he prepared for the upcoming Carpenter Olympics from June 11-12 at the school.
The carpentry-related competition features a series of events where students (about 15 in grades 9-12) compile points in effort to win the golden hammer award. Talaba’s classes put on an event every other year.
Talaba said the competition not only pi ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:15:11 PM
Locals receive degrees from HCCC
HERKIMER — Several local residents are candidates for associate degrees and certificates this year at Herkimer County Community College. There are 660 candidates for the associate degree and 67 candidates for certificates.
Canajoharie
James A. Starke Jr., Seth R. Waite.
Fort Plain
Diane E. DiLeo, Nathaniel J. Faraci, Samantha C. Hysack, Christopher J. Kazilas, Carissa S. Martin, Camryn A. Owens, Adriana M. Schuyler, Stephanie Eileen Searles, Ashley J. Smi ...
Last Updated: Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:38:50 AM
St. Johnsville Junior/Senior High School
ST. JOHNSVILLE — The St. Johnsville Junior and Senior High School announces that the following students have been named to the honor roll for the 2011-2012 school year:
Principal’s List
Grade 12 — Benjamin Bergen, Emily Chrisman, Amber DeGroat, Shelby Doyle, Charles Nugent, Sarah Sammons, Brittany Van Avery.
Grade 11 — Meghan Clarke, Samantha Cleveland, Mackenzie Ferguson, Justin Graepel, Alex Hart, Tyler Smith, Andrew Wheelock.
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Last Updated: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:35:39 AM
Oppenheim-Ephratah Central School
ST. JOHNSVILLE — Oppenheim-Ephratah Central School District has released the names of its top performing students for the district’s third-quarter marking period.
High Honor Roll
Maintaining an average of 90-100
Grade 4 — Von Baker, Anna Bowers, Dylan Corapi, Karli Miller.
Grade 5 — Gabriel Brown, Paige Crum, Hannah Getman, Faith McFarland.
Grade 6 — Sarah Carl, Hanna Chorlton, Dakota Corapi, Jeremiah DeNinno, Patience Harlow, Ky ...
Last Updated: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:32:35 AM
FORT PLAIN — Vicki Crompton didn’t come to Fort Plain Jr./Sr. High School on Wednesday, April 25, to lecture the students. She said she wasn’t there to prove a point or share shreds of data.
She simply stated she came for one reason: to share a story.
About 25 years ago, her 15-year-old daughter, Jenny, was murdered by her abusive 18-year-old boyfriend, who is now serving life in prison without the possibility of parole. Since then, Vicki has been has traveled the country in an ...
Last Updated: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:30:02 AM
ST. JOHNSVILLE — The Oppenheim-Ephratah Parents as Reading Partners organization encouraged student reading this year with a theme of “reading rocks.”
It turns out the students “rock” as well.
For winning a “reading rocks” door-decorating contest, teacher Jean VanValkenburgh’s first-grade class recently was able to take the stage at a Parents as Reading Partners event.
The students wore sunglasses and held inflatable guitars as they assisted local ...
Last Updated: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:27:44 AM
ST. JOHNSVILLE — Oppenheim-Ephratah students recently entered the Odyssey of the Mind and left with two third-place trophies.
The school district sent five teams to Odyssey of the Mind Region 21 competition on March 10 in Gloversville. Division 1 teams are for third-, fourth- and fifth-graders, and Division 2 teams are for sixth, seventh- and eighth-graders, said Darle Smith, a third-grade teacher.
“Students on all of the teams represented their teams and their school very well at th ...
Last Updated: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:23:44 AM
CANAJOHARIE — When East Hill Elementary School fifth grader Abigale Hoslop used to help her mother babysit a young boy, she remembers that he often had trouble opening the refrigerator. That inspired Abigale to invent the “RCFO,” or “remote-control fridge opener,” which was one of the inventions chosen to be a semifinalist at the Capital District Invention Convention at the Schenectady Museum.
Abigale and her classmates Caitlin Montayne and Alexander Sydow were amon ...
Last Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012 9:07:08 AM
D.H. Robbins Elementary School
ST. JOHNSVILLE — The D.H. Robbins Elementary School announces its third quarter honor roll for 2011-2012 school year.
Gold Star
(89.5 or above)
Grade 3 — Sebastian Arndt, Zachary Blowers, Avery Cheyne, Connor Clark, Adam Crosier, Austin Cruze, Jacob Dixon, Sydney Eggleston, Zoe Grenert, Asa Handy, Travis LaFountain, Armand Root, Sierra Smith, Johann Walther.
Grade 4 — Reese Battisti, Ashley Hopson, Isabella Masi, William Schoff.
Grade 5 &mdas ...
Last Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012 9:03:46 AM
Junior/Senior High School Principal Deborah Larrabee has announced March students of the month for grades 7-12. Students were nominated for this honor by teachers or other staff and selected by a vote of a committee of teachers. Senior Bianca Mabbett, daughter of Mrs. Luciana Egan. Her activities include cheerleading and peer mentoring. Junior Losonya Hecht, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hecht. Her activities include cheerleading and harmony. Sophomore Jesse Tomlinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ja ...
Last Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2012 8:50:16 AM
Oppenheim-Ephratah Central School District recognized its April Hawk Award winners at its monthly ceremony on Tuesday, April 3. Students receiving Hawk Awards for demonstrating outstanding character were: Corey Fierro, Ashley Chapman, Teresa Krutz, Destany VanBuren, Patience Harlow, Faith McFarland, Adam Schuyler, Kendiee Oare, Robert Brelinsky, Abigail Brent, Cameron Jackson, Baylee Wood, Gauge Moore, Colten Christensen, Nicholas Schuyler, Tahliah Lettow, Tahirah Lettow, Collin Canary and Kayde ...
Last Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2012 8:46:31 AM
CANAJOHARIE — The fifth grade class at East Hill Elementary School, Canajoharie, recently visited the Fenimore Art Museum Native American gallery, the Mohawk barkhouse and Seneca log house in Cooperstown.
While in Cooperstown, the students wove their own baskets with the help of the museum staff. Lisa Trahan, the mother of fifth-grade student Emma Trahan, was among the museum workers guiding the children through the basket-making process.
After a walk along the banks of Otsego Lake, the s ...
Last Updated: Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:42:41 AM
ST. JOHNSVILLE — The Oppenheim-Ephratah Scholastic Book Fair will help students take a field trip to a bookstore, where they will be able to pick out new books for the school library.
The book fair launched for the year on Thursday, March 15, at the annual OETA Games, and it also had extended hours on Friday, March 23, in coordination with the Parents as Reading Partners Pajama Read.
On Monday, March 26, the book fair wrapped up with a public sale.
Students in the Oppenheim-Ephratah Librar ...
Last Updated: Thursday, April 05, 2012 10:06:00 AM
By LINDA KELLETT
C-S-E News Staff
FORT PLAIN — Swapping seats, stands, and musicians during the Fort Plain Central School Music Department’s annual ExtravaBandza concert held the week before last may have involved a little orchestration, but the results were well worth the wait as over 125 students in four different musical groups presented top-notch performances in the junior/senior high school auditorium.
Band Director Pete DiBiase noted that the March 21 concert involved present ...
Last Updated: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:58:52 AM
By JOSHUA THOMAS
C-S-E Editor
CANAJOHARIE — A fundraising event for the Canajoharie High School Band, in the planning stages since January, took place on Tuesday evening at Dome49, Fort Plain. The band is getting an early jump on raising money for an anticipated 2013 trip to the Music in the Parks event, expected to take place in Virginia Beach.
“We wanted to get fundraising started early, and that would defer costs for the children to go,” said event Co-Chair Diane Boslet, ex ...
Last Updated: Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:08:55 AM
ST. JOHNSVILLE — St. Johnsville CSD Deputy Superintendent Laura Campione recently sent letters to about 130 colleges around the state asking them to send a school pennant so the district could display it in the high school cafeteria. Why?
Because Campione and district leaders are trying to promote higher education within the district community and feel that the pennants will help foster more of an interest. In the past few years, approximately 60 percent of the student population has been ...
Last Updated: Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:03:21 AM
CANAJOHARIE — Winslow Homer. The Arkell Arts Museum. The talented chorus students at Canajoharie High School. The mural at the local post office dubbed “Invention of a Paper Bag in Canajoharie” by Anatol Shulkin.
All are parts of the artistic history of Canajoharie, and all are now part of the mural currently being created at Canajoharie Middle School by Art Teacher Michelle Egelston, her seventh and eight grade students, and visiting mural artist David Fichter. It is the seven ...
Last Updated: Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:01:59 AM
ST. JOHNSVILLE — Not every project the students at St. Johnsville Jr./Sr. High School work on is for a grade. As part of the district’s enrichment program, some students at the school have begun painting a three-story mural with an underwater theme.
For students with an average of 85 or better (who don’t need extra help), the district offers programs in various areas from community service to painting. During the latest project, Art Teacher Sara Thibodeau and about 10 freshman ...
Last Updated: Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:36:23 AM
By LINDA KELLETT
C-S-E News Staff
FORT PLAIN — Tasked with implementing a co-teaching model as a way of providing services to special education students in a regular classroom setting, Fort Plain seventh grade teachers Tuesday night told school board members how their initial frustration and difficulty adapting to an unfamiliar team-teaching method gave way to innovation and success.
Reporting on their progress in the inaugural year of the program was Special Education Teacher Lynette Pal ...
Last Updated: Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:27:40 AM
CANAJOHARIE — To get more of a hands-on feel for a unit on the Industrial Revolution, the fifth grade students at East Hill Elementary School are weaving on simple cardboard looms. The activity is part of a project-based learning unit taught by Diane Gutowski, Joe DiVisconti and Kathleen Dopp.
Gutowski said the students are studying about child labor during the 1800s in North America and comparing it to current child labor practices in South America. As part of the unit, the teachers charg ...
Last Updated: Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:04:15 AM
Oppenheim-Ephratah senior students recently raffled off a fire pit to help raise money for a senior class “cruise to nowhere.” The cruise will be on Friday, April 27, through Sunday, April 29, on the Norwegian Cruise Line leaving out of New York City. Oppenheim resident Marie Takacs won the raffle for the fire pit. Students will be on the cruise ship for the length of the trip on the Atlantic Ocean. The senior class advisers for the trip are Anna O’Connell and Dan Hart. RIGHT: ...
Last Updated: Thursday, March 08, 2012 7:27:21 AM
ST. JOHNSVILLE — Oppenheim-Ephratah students used Leap Day to jump into fundraising efforts for the 2012 America’s Greatest Heart Run & Walk. Students in pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade at the Oppenheim-Ephratah Central School District were asked to donate 25 cents each in order to participate in Leaping for a Healthy Heart Day on Wednesday, February 29. The children participated in events such as jump-roping and hopping through hula hoops in the school gym.
“We wanted ...
Last Updated: Thursday, March 08, 2012 7:23:29 AM
Oppenheim-Ephratah Central School District recognized its March Hawk Award winners at its monthly ceremony on Friday, March 2. Students receiving Hawk Awards for demonstrating outstanding character were: Courtney Crozier, Kelsey Bombard, Nickolas Pabis, Courtney Hart, Robert Madsen, Mckenzie Lynch, Chantel Scanlon, Jeffrey Baker, Lily Corlew, Alyssa Hart, Kyleigh Hayner, Jazmin Mumford, Cameron Battisti, Chad Gallt, Natalie Johnson, John Monk, Kyle Hall, Cayden Shaut, Arianna George, Johnathan S ...
Last Updated: Thursday, March 01, 2012 7:23:17 AM
CANAJOHARIE — East Hill Elementary School fifth graders in Joan Kolodziej’s class recently worked on Chinese Tangram puzzles.
These puzzles, which aid in developing spatial pattern recognition, have been puzzling students for thousands of years.
The history of their origin, which differs according to the source you consult, was likely somewhere in Asia a long time ago.
Using assorted computer articles and their math text, the students used the seven individual “tan” piec ...
Last Updated: Thursday, March 01, 2012 7:21:05 AM
ST. JOHNSVILLE — Nine students in fourth-grade through sixth-grade at the Oppenheim-Ephratah Central School District are preparing to compete in this year’s Drug Quiz Show.
Oppenheim-Ephratah students will compete against other Fulton County school districts during the Wednesday, March 28, event in Johnstown.
Students will be answering questions about types of drugs, the effects of drugs on the body and potential outcomes of drug abuse. There also will be questions related to bullyin ...
