On April 19, the Mount Markham seventh grade visited Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown for an interactive program to help students understand the importance of good health. The program is an annual trip that continues to evolve and grow. This year’s program was led, in part, by students from Cooperstown and Edmeston High Schools. Our students had a great time and learned a lot. Thank you to Bassett Medical Center for supporting education and good health with such a fantastic program.
Congratulations to Robin Tabor for receiving a Staff Shout-Out! We appreciate your willingness to go above and beyond.
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! We are proud to have so many dedicated, hardworking teachers throughout the district.
Congratulations to Kay Manley and Cheryl Palmer for receiving a Staff Shout-Out! We appreciate everything you do to promote a positive culture in our school.
Recently, our middle school students participated in a Krispy Kreme fundraiser to raise money for their "house" as part of the Mount Markham Middle School PBIS House System. Our top sellers were Ace Greene, Sam Casale, Ayden Dye, Maveryck Lincourt, Samantha Massey, Kaydence Chase, Jayce Kiefer and Briana Fuller. Thank you to all of our students who participated!
Congratulations to Nathan Pcola for receiving Player of the Week for 4/22 - 4/26! Great work!
On Friday, April 26, Arbor Day was celebrated at the high school by planting two sugar maples! The planting of the trees was made possible through a grant from the Urban Forestry Tree Council. Students in various agriculture classes had the opportunity throughout the week to prepare the site for planting with equipment donated by Clinton Tractor. Terry Hawkridge of Rustic Pines and the Urban Forestry Tree Council delivered the trees on Wednesday. Mr. Hawkridge and Jessica Pyrda of Oneida County Soil and Water assisted students with the planting of the trees. On Friday, under the guidance of Terry Hawkridge, Jessica Pyrda and Dan Welc of NYS DEC, students from the elementary school and the West Winfield Garden Club helped to mulch the trees.
At Mount Markham High School, the character trait for March was "perseverance." Congratulations to Dezirae Schlapfer, Kyra Treen, Kate McKenzie, Samantha Burton, Jacob Kiefer, Madison Riddell, Tyler McNair, Leandra Plows and Blake Scherer for receiving the character trait award for March!
On April 11, 17 Mount Markham High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society! We are so proud of all that these students have accomplished.
CONSTRUCTION UPDATES!
Check out the latest progress made on Mount Markham CSD's Capital Project!
Congratulations to Camryn Donley for receiving Player of the Week for 4/15 - 4/19! Awesome job!
On Monday, April 22, Mrs. Raymond, Mrs. Martin and 18 students from Intro to Agriculture, Forestry, & Natural Resources and Environmental Science classes and the Envirothon team participated in Earth Day! Students worked with Oneida County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Town of Bridgewater to do a Stream Clean-Up in Bridgwater. Students walked a stream from behind the Bridgewater Fire House, all the way down the stream to behind Patty's Pub. While walking, students picked up any trash and debris in the stream that was causing flooding. Materials removed included tires, plastic, cans and metal scraps all within the stream and along the bank. Students then learned all about what the plan is to be able to relocate the stream to help prevent additional flooding to landowners. The goal for this project is to hopefully start this coming summer. Students also had the opportunity to meet Mary Pratt, our Oneida County Legislator, who was there showing her support for this project as well.
Yesterday, our students showed appreciation for our bus drivers by greeting them with signs expressing their gratitude! Our students had a great time celebrating our drivers, and our drivers appreciated the kindness of our students and teachers.
Congratulations to Sarah Robinson, Amanda Kane, Angela Martin, Ellen Campion, Catherine Gates, Alex Gates, Steven Gates, Eric Bugbee and Dan Mosny for receiving a Staff Shout-Out! Thank you for all your hard work in putting together an amazing experience for our students.
We’re pleased to recognize the five members of the Mount Markham Speech & Debate Team who competed in the NYS Forensics League Championship Tournament at the Bronx High School of Science. The team is coached by Suzanne Culver and Alaina Brower throughout the year to prepare for virtual, pre-recorded, and in-person competitions that develop their speaking and acting skills. These five team members qualified to compete at the NY State Championship Tournament. Representing Mount Markham this year are freshman Kihana Eccleston, juniors Nick Thomas and Skylar McConnell, and seniors Hayley Lee and Lana Mahar. A shout-out to Nick for finishing 1 point out of the semi-final round in an unbreakable 3-way tie for 11th place.
As part of the trip to the state championship tournament, the team also visited the American Museum of Natural History and Central Park in Manhattan.
This same group will represent Mount Markham and the Albany Diocese at the National Catholic Forensic League’s Grand National Tournament in Chicago over Memorial Day Weekend. We wish them the best of luck!
Students involved in Drama Club, Speech & Debate, Band, Chorus and the musical attended a performance of the musical “Come From Away" at the Stanley Theatre recently. Based on the real events following the September 11th attacks, the musical takes a glimpse into the lives of the people of Gander in Newfoundland, Canada accommodating 7,000 passengers stranded when US airspace was shut down.
Thank you to Arts In Education for their support in bringing theater to our students.
Students in Ms. Robinson's Astronomy class have been working on coding drones to simulate missions from the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. Students created two different missions, one easy and one more difficult, that students in Mrs. Stone's fourth-grade class had to code with the help of some of our friends in the Astronomy class! Students had a great time coding the missions, learning a little bit about Mars, and were super excited to see the drones take off and do some cool tricks (including some flips, which Ingenuity didn't do)! Thank you to Mrs. Bock for her help with this project and Mrs. Blackwell for helping us bring this to some of our elementary students!
Mount Markham Middle School did its own (Exercise) March Madness this year, which ran a bit long because of Spring Break. Students and staff got to vote on their favorite exercise every round. We started with 64 exercises, but there can only be one winner.
Our winning exercise was Jumping Jacks!
Congratulations to Joe D'Apice and Victor Zampetti for receiving a Staff Shout-Out! Thank you for continuously supporting new and exciting opportunities for our students.
Recently, Mount Markham Class of 1974 alumnus, James Ciccone, donated copies of two books he authored and co-authored, "The Horse" and "Lawless: New Stories of the American West," to Mount Markham High School. We are thankful for the donation and the example he has set for our students. Both of these books are available for purchase on Amazon.com.
