Dear Families, I hope all of you had a healthy and restful holiday break. The beginning of 2020 brings an opportunity for a fresh start and the first of many testing periods. The Regents exams will be administered beginning January 21 st and conclude on January 24 th . It is im- portant that our students are in school, on time and well rested to take these exams. The January Regents schedule is attached at the end of this newsletter. January 24 th also marks the end of the second marking period. If your son or daughter is a senior and is struggling academically, please call the guidance office to check on their graduation status. I would like all of our seniors to graduate with their class in June. Sincerely, Doug Duell Principal Warrensburg Jr.—Sr. High School 2020 JanuaryNewsletter Dates To Remember: 1/6: Classes resume 1/10: Registration deadline For 2/8/2020 ACT 1/13: Senior High Band/ Jazz Band/ Junior High Chorus/ Master Singers Concert, 7 pm 1/13: Board of Education Meeting, HS Library 7 pm 1/20: No School Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/21-1/24 Regents Exams 1/24: Superintendent’s Conference Day- No School for Students 2nd quarter ends 1/27: Board of Education Workshop Wrestling News Congratulations to the Warrensburg Wrestling team as they improved to 13-1 for the season and took first place at the Warrensburg Duals! Congratula- tions to Tristen Hitchcock (lower left) for being voted the Most Outstanding Wrestler!
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Dear Families, I hope all of you had a healthy and restful holiday break. The beginning of 2020
brings an opportunity for a fresh start and the first of many testing periods. The Regents exams will be administered beginning January 21st and conclude on January 24th. It is im-portant that our students are in school, on time and well rested to take these exams. The January Regents schedule is attached at the end of this newsletter. January 24th also marks the end of the second marking period. If your son or daughter is a senior and is struggling academically, please call the guidance office to check on their graduation status. I would like all of our seniors to graduate with their class in June. Sincerely, Doug Duell Principal
Warrensburg Jr.—Sr. High School 2020
January Newsletter Dates To Remember:
1/6: Classes resume 1/10: Registration deadline For 2/8/2020 ACT 1/13: Senior High Band/ Jazz Band/ Junior High Chorus/ Master Singers Concert, 7 pm 1/13: Board of Education Meeting, HS Library 7 pm 1/20: No School Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/21-1/24 Regents Exams 1/24: Superintendent’s Conference Day- No School for Students 2nd quarter ends 1/27: Board of Education Workshop
Wrestling News
Congratulations to the Warrensburg Wrestling team as they improved to 13-1 for the season and took first place at the Warrensburg Duals! Congratula-tions to Tristen Hitchcock (lower left) for being voted the Most Outstanding Wrestler!
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January Newsletter
Students of the Quarter is a program designed to recognize students in 7th & 8th grade who consistently demonstrate academic excellence and motivation as well as traits found in our Warrensburg PRIDE program: Participation, Respect, Integrity, Determination, and Excel-lence. Students are nominated by their teachers for each quarter based on these criteria and in an effort to recognize multiple students.
Congratulations to the following students for winning Featured Student Artwork of the Month for December 2019. Each month, High School Art Teacher, Ms. DeKleine, selects two students’ outstanding artwork to display in the high school main office.
December 2019
Michele Gillingham Monochromatic Landscape
12th Grade Painting in Acrylics
Olivia DiShaw Monochromatic Landscape
9th Grade Painting in Acrylics
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WWII CHRISTMAS RADIO SHOW
Congratulations to the Cast and Crew on their recent perfor-mance of WWII Christmas Radio Show! The show ran from December 5-December 7, 2019.
On December 12, 2019, students in Ms. Hill’s Senior High French Classes, Ms. Uhly’s Dance Class and Ms. DeKleine’s Art Club visited NYC. They enjoyed a performance by the largest contemporary circus per-forming producer in the world, Cirque du Soleil. Students enjoyed the group’s first ever show based on the Christmas Classic ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. After the performance, students went to Bryant Park, Manhattan’s Winter Wonderland. Here they explored vendors selling food and arts from around the world and had an opportunity to ice skate and ride the world famous Le Carrousel. For the remainder of the trip, students visited famous locations such as Times Square, Rockefeller Center and the Empire State Building. Students also got a sneak peek of the 2020 numbers that will ring in a brand new decade. They also had an opportunity to write on confetti that will be part of the Times Square Celebration.
NEW YORK CITY TRIP
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From the Athletic Director—Scott Smith On behalf of the entire Athletic Department at Warrensburg High School, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Coaches and athletes are excited to get back to action after the holiday recess. The wrestling team will be participating in the annual Warrensburg Duals on Saturday, January 4th at 9:00 AM. We hope you can join us for a great day of wrestling. The Boys and Girls basketball teams are battling in the Adirondack League for a spot in the 4 team playoff in February to determine a League Champion. The Adirondack Rivermen Ice Hockey team are off to a great start as well. It should be a very exciting winter in Warrensburg. Congratulations to the following Fall Athletic teams that were recently recognized at NYSPHSAA Scholar-athlete teams: Field Hockey, Girls Soccer and Football.
For schedules of games at for our winter teams, please be sure to visit https://www.schedulegalaxy.com/schools/927 This is Warrensburg’s own scheduling page on Schedule Galaxy. All scheduling changes due to weather issues will also be posted here.
Thank you to the French Club for taking time to make Christmas cards in French and sending them to the Ronald McDonald House in Montreal, Quebec! Pictured to the right are 4 of the 33 members of the French Club.
Jr. French Club Members Bridget Anaman Alivia Baker Zailey Baker Noah Brown Cameron Carpenter Andrew Clark Konner Duell Wyatt Hitchcock Evan LaPell Tanner Monroe Paige Morse Zach Olden Clara Peters Nathan Perkins Tyler Powers Bryce Rafferty Abigail Rogers Hope Sherman Josh Tryon Eliana York
Sr. French Club Members Kailey Bacon Morgen Baker Jordan Barker Natalie Bederian Nayana DeAmelia Tristen Hitchcock Sara Langworthy Will Mason Will Olden Jack Putney Karla Sherman Audrey Steves Serena Stewart
Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that the school year is almost half over. Looking forward to 2020… The second quarter ends on January 31st and report cards will be mailed home on Friday, February 7th.
SENIORS: This is such an exciting time for you! College applications have been and continue to be sent, and the anticipation of acceptance letters in the mail is great. Remember to continue to focus on your senior year courses. Colleges require mid-year and final transcripts to show that you’ve completed and passed all of your courses. Many scholarship opportunities have been arriving in the Guidance Office. Please continue to check the Guidance Page on the school’s website on a regular basis for updated information.
JUNIORS: There will be a Representative from the New Visions programs in the areas of Engineering and Health Careers visiting the Guidance Office on January 29th at 11:00am. Interested students can come to the Guidance Office for a pass to attend the meeting. Mrs. Landers will be sending letters home to schedule our junior parent meetings to plan for next year and beyond.
SOPHOMORES: On Tuesday January 21st, we will be taking a field trip to BOCES to visit the CTE programs available. Students have previously signed up to attend (we had to reschedule from December due to weather).
FRESHMEN: Parents please be on the lookout for the 2020-2021 course catalog. Mrs. Mossing will be meeting with students beginning this month. Course selections will be sent home with students after they meet.
7th and 8th GRADE: Reminder! Report cards for the second quarter will be issued on February 7th. If there are any areas of concern, please call the Guidance Office and we can schedule a parent/teacher conference. ** Homework Club continues to run Mondays through Thursdays from 3 pm–4 pm in the library.
Important Dates:
2/6/20 - High School Orientation for 8th grade families
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New York State Regents begin January 21, 2020 and continue through to January 24, 2020. Please be sure your child(ren) know when they need to report for their regents exam. A schedule of re-gents exams is below.
