Last week was National School Counseling Week, and we are so proud and happy to have such wonderful, hardworking counselors within our district! Thank you for all that you do!
On February 20th, the Mount Markham High School HUB will offer extended hours from 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm for a food giveaway! If you have any questions, please call Linda at (315) 985 - 0859 for English, or Jackie at (315) 982-2520 for Spanish.
Students in Ms. Robinson's Earth Science classes have been learning about rocks and minerals over the last few weeks. To learn about how the arrangement of atoms affects the properties of minerals, students used marshmallows and toothpicks to make three common mineral structures out of the same "elements": tetrahedron, hexagonal and cubic. After allowing them time to harden, students tested their structures' strength by stacking textbooks on them. The tetrahedron won in both classes, holding a maximum of 31 textbooks in each class!
Several of our high school students were selected by staff members for consistently exhibiting the character trait of "commitment" throughout January. Our award recipients include: Alicia Chianta, Abbie Ainslie, Cassandra Siega, Mackenzie Roth, Jacob Donley, Lydia Bowee, Abbie Trevor, Brandon Knisely and Robert Entwistle. Great work!
On Wednesday and Thursday, 9th and 10th grade students, along with some staff members, were able to attend a Point Break workshop at Leonardsville School, thanks to the support of the Mount Markham CSD Foundation. During the workshop, students were able to discover that they have more in common with each other than they may have thought. To learn more about Point Break, please visit www.PointBreakOnline.com.
Yesterday, the Connected Community Schools HUB at Mount Markham High School held a food giveaway for our students and their families. Connected Community Schools was joined by Cornell Cooperative Extension Herkimer County and Herkimer County Public Health.
On Wednesday, some of the Mount Markham High School Science Elective classes took a field trip to the New York Energy Zone, powered by the New York Power Authority. Students were split into teams and had to work together to solve various energy-related tasks, such as building light bulbs, "flying" drones through a location with downed power lines, generating a microgrid and sorting renewable versus nonrenewable energy sources. It was a great learning experience!
Last Saturday, the Mount Markham High School Senior Class held its annual semi-formal Winter Ball, and our students had a marvelous time! Thank you to our chaperones for helping out and making sure this was a safe - and fun - event for our students.
For the month of December, Mount Markham High School focused on the trait of "generosity." These students were selected by our staff for displaying generosity. Congratulations to Brad Smith, Anel Kajtazovic, Claire Reed, Adam Louis, Joanna Owen, Landenn Sofrann and Gabe Coffin!
Mount Markham Connected Community Schools is holding a winter craft event at the West Winfield Library on Saturday, January 14!
Mount Markham CSD is pleased to announce that the All-School Musical (grades 7-12) is returning this spring! Under the direction of Ms. Ellen Campion, Ms. Carolyn Goodfellow and Ms. Carrie Nelson, the students will be presenting Frozen Jr. on Thursday, March 30th, Friday, March 31st and Saturday, April 1st. We can't wait to see you there!
Happy New Year! We hope that 2023 is a wonderful year for you and your family!
Knowing that the needs of our students and their families may still be present over the break, we want to make sure that our community knows that, while the school is closed, Connected Community Schools is still working and able to connect with families to meet their needs. Each building will have a site coordinator on-site over the break. Site coordinators are not working on 12/23, 12/26 and 1/2. On-call CCS staff will be available 24/7.
Last week, Mount Markham High School art students attended a workshop day at Mohawk Valley Community College. They took a "Digital Sculpture" workshop in the morning and participated in a "Painting with Light Photography" workshop in the afternoon. Our students had a great time!
Members of the Mount Markham High School SADD wrapped over $500 of Christmas presents to donate to the Gram Lorraine Christmas Clothing Program. Once all the presents were wrapped, the students delivered them to the elementary school and the coordinator, Mrs. Winkler.
Check out some of our students' awesome artwork at Mount Markham High School!
On Tuesday, Mount Markham High School students experienced a mock road course where students utilized a pedal kart and steering wheel while wearing fatal vision goggles. The goggles simulated being under the influence of alcohol or marijuana. Students learned about the effects these drugs can have on vision, coordination and reaction time. There were also floor mats depicting a neighborhood, a sidewalk or a living room, and students were asked to navigate through the mats while wearing the goggles. They were also asked to complete simple tasks such as picking items up and avoiding obstacles.
SADD would like to thank Heather Maley, Prevention Services Coordinator for Catholic Charities/Prevention Council of Herkimer County, for bringing this experience to our students!
Mount Markham High School faculty, staff and students collected 50 pounds of items to be distributed to deployed soldiers and sailors overseas during the holiday months! Along with the items, $125 was collected to help with mailing costs.
Students in Mrs. Brower's Science Fiction class and Ms. Robinson's Astronomy class have been engaging in cross-curricular collaboration over the last few weeks. They started with the Eduprotocol Smart Start of Cardboard Boats, a variation of the Cardboard Arcade Smart Start. This allowed them to start working on their communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills. On Friday, the two classes went to Beyond Reality where they were able to put these skills into action through one of two adventures, either a science-fiction themed adventure or a space station themed adventure. These two classes will continue their cross-curricular collaboration as the year progresses. Thank you to Beyond Reality for welcoming our students and allowing them to collaborate with topics that relate to these classes!
REMINDER:
Don't miss out on Mount Markham High School Drama Club's performance of "The Play That Goes Wrong" this Friday and Saturday!
