may 2013 District News Review

EAST aurora union free school district

The 2013 Post Prom celebration was held at the high school fol-lowing prom on May 10, going late into Saturday morning with close to 300 juniors and seniors in attendance. The night included games, movies, infl atable obstacle courses, food, refreshments, Dippin’ Dots, a hypnotist show, and over $2000 worth of prizes.

Very special thanks to the parents who helped chaperone, set up, clean up, or supervise: Beverly Gallagher, Kim and Rick Phil-lips, Dana Moeller, Rick and Paula Hanes-Stetter, Tammy DeFries, Kynia Zee, Anne Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bateman, Mr. and Mrs. DuBois, Kelly O’Connor, Terri Ohlweiler, Sarah Fuller, Kathyann Lorka, and Steve Zagrobelny. A special thank you to the teachers, administrators, and East Aurora staff who chaperoned: Jennifer Marshall, Ron VanOstrand, Nancy Bauchat, Catherine Nicastro, Nick Campoli, Bill Roberts, Dr. Hoagland, Offi cer Ferrara, and Mike Schillace. Also, many thanks also to all of the families and businesses who made the event possible with donated prizes, food, or funds (random order): Karen Desantis, Heather Nemec, the Border family, Dave and Mary Hensen, Kellee Ruhl, Lisa Schifferle, Susan Benz, Mark and Cathy Melas, Jill Tieborfranz, Amy and Stephen Harts, Mary Schuetz, Kelly O’Connor, Dawn Troidl, Dana Moeller, Kynia Zee, Mary Ptak, Carol Falkowski, Kristen Braun, Kim and Rick Phillips, Sarah Fuller, Larry Leman, Marian and Joseph Bauer, Judy Kawal-

erski, the Freiss family, Joanne Middagh, Rose Porter, Cheryl DiSarno, Mary Ann Huber, Kathy Wilson, the DuBois fam-ily, Terri Ohl-weiler, Anne Rogers, Mary Kay LaForce, Margie Jawor-ski, Rick and Paula Hanes-Stetter, Tammy DeFries, Theresa Rice, Rosemary Roetzer, Beverly Gallagher, Kathy Wilson, William Fred-erick, Kelly McNeight, Beth Ann Treharne, Amy Burzynski, Anita Conron, Paul Blowers, Webster Szanyi LLP, Heather Braun Buc-cieri D.D.S., M.S., Heidi Arts and Alka Moudgil and the EA Faculty Association, EAHS Adventure Club, Becky Bailey and the East Au-rora Schools Civil Service Union, Kraus Home Improvement LLC, the East Aurora Lions Club, Elm Street Bakery, Independent Nurs-ing Care, Aurora Dental Care, the Bank of Holland, 3rd Rock LLC, Prima Oliva, East Aurora Entertainment, Bob-O-Link Golf Club, the Coca Cola Bottling Co. of Buffalo, the Dog Bar, Vidler’s, the American Legion Post # 362, the Old Orchard, Firefl y Cupcakes, the Boys and Girls Club of East Aurora, Bar Bill, Tony Rome’s, Del Aureo’s, 97 Rock (Cumulus Radio), Kidzplay Pig Belly Entertain-ment, John and Mary’s, Pasquale’s, Sammy’s Car Wash, EA Police Quaker Club, Cool Smiles by Dr. Deluke, Mainly Hair, the Aurora Theatre, the Aurora Ice Assoc., Warning Electrical Services, Fowler and Volker Village Professional Offi ces, Seneca Animal Hospital, Larwood Pharmacy, the Print Store in East Aurora, Eros Day Spa, the Vacuum Store, Zinck’s Fabrics, the Amish Furniture Store, and Brothers. ~ Brian Serwicki

The Middle School Talent Show took place on May 23 at the EAHS auditorium, with twenty-one contestants representing grades 5-8. Profi ts from ticket sales went toward the Buf-falo Zoo’s planned 1.5-acre Arctic Edge exhibit that will eventually be home to polar bear cub Luna and other Arctic wildlife, Winners included: fi rst place - Maddie Oh-weiler (6th grade) self-choreographed dance to “Never Ever Getting Back Together” by Taylor Swift; second place: Katie Maraszek (8th grade) sang and accompanied herself on electric guitar to “Keep Holding On” by Avril Lavigne; third place: Katherine Markello (6th grade) tap danced to “Some Nights” by Fun; fourth place: Mike Vanner (5th grade) Speed Cup Stacking; Arendt/Terhune Awards ~ Tara Porter (8th Grade) playing violin piece “Vale Decem” from Doctor Who, and Tegan Stoddart (8th Grade) singing “Need You Now” by Plumb. Mr. Terhune and Mrs. Arendt were the Talent Show coordinators

Barnes and Noble Booksellers held a “My Favorite Teacher” essay contest. Eighth grader Tegan Stoddard wrote the winning essay about English/Language Arts teacher Mr. Terhune (center). A rep-resentative from Barnes and Noble arrived to commend Tegan and her teacher, awarding each a plaque and a prize bag full of Barnes and Noble goodies, with Superintendent Russ (left) and Principal Mambretti looking on.

“My Favorite Teacher”

Students in Mrs. Burke’s International Studies class attended a per-formance of “American Buffalo” at Irish Classical Theater on May 8, sponsored by the High School PTO.

Congratulations to the EAHS Jazz Ensemble, who earned second place

at the Springville Pageant of Bands on May 18. Mrs.

O’Connor directs the ensemble.

On the morning of May 16, eighth grade students toured American Legion Post 362 in East Aurora, with Legion members supplying articfacts, stories and expertise to enrich the students’ understanding of American military history and the American Le-gion. The event was followed by speakers from the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo

Photos clockwise from top: (1 and 2) Students lis-ten as a veteran discusses the Post and its history. The grounds of the Post include various military vehicles, including a F84 Jet from the Korean War, displayed in the background.

Holocaust Center speakers Mr. and Mrs. Lewin pre-sented information regarding their experiences as Jews living in Nazi Germany, and their lives after they fl ed to other countries. (4 and 5) Mrs. Misenheimer, a Persian Gulf War veteran, par-ticipated in the day’s activities, discussing her experiences as a member of the military. Students were able to try on a gas mask displayed for the stu-dents inside the Legion, and were given the opportunity to harn-dle various military equipment throughout thier visit.

The event was coordinated by members of the Legion, including EAUFSD teacher aide and veteran Jim Suttel, and Mrs. Kelly Siebold.

Eighth graders visit Post 362

Congratulations to the EAMS Orchestra and Choral groups for their excellent performances on May 31 at

the Darien Lake Music Festival!Ms. Nanna directs the orchestras and Mr. Blackwell directs the choral groups

7/8 Orchestra won fi rst place in their division and received a

grand champion trophy for overall high score

5/6 Orchestra won fi rst place in their division

5/6 Chorus won fi rst place in their division

and

7/8 Chorus won sixth place with an excellent

score of 95

On May 18, the East Aurora Science Club and Technology Department participated in the regional Junior Solar Sprint (JSS) competition. Twenty solar cars from fi ve regional schools took part in the event at the Buffalo Museum of Science. East Aurora Middle School eighth graders Ja-cob Ellis, Russell Payne, Sam Chassy, and Alec Vaccare built cars for this year’s event. Their cars reached the second round of competition, and Jacob Ellis’ “The Little Car That Could” won overall best car designed. Junior Solar Sprint is a design and engineering challenge in which students create model solar electric racecars. Stu-dents fi fth through eighth grade compete for design, innovation, technical merit, engineering, and speed awards at a net-work of area events around the Northeast. Through JSS, students develop teamwork and problem solving abilities, investigate environmental issues, gain hands-on engineering skills, and use principals of science and math to get the fastest ,most interesting, and best crafted vehicle possible.

Junior Solar Sprint competition

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Michael Lorka has been selected as a recipient of an Erie County Association of Educational Offi ce Professional’s scholarship. This is a $500 award, which he received at a dinner on May 14, 2013 at the Diamond Hawk Golf Course in Cheektowaga, NY.

Catherine Nicastro, EAHS Latin teacher, has received the 2013 Pedagogy Award from the American Philological Association. This award, worth $1000, allows Catherine to participate in the Vergil-ian Society summer tour entitled, “The Italy of Caesar and Vergil: A Workshop for Teachers.”

Ten EAHS seniors were recognized Thursday evening, May 2 by the Chamber of Commerce, including: Joanna Cranwell, Em-ily Crow, Kayla Cunningham, Lucas Dana, Elisabeth Engle, Dan Leman, Michael Lorka, Emily Nason, Hillary Nason, and Matthew Nason. In addition, Joanne Ryan was named the Educator of the Year for 2013.

EAMS hosted their 25th annual Senior Citizens in Our School Day on Wednesday, May 15. The entertainment began at 8:45 AM with lovely piano music during breakfast, played by Paul Blackwell. Tal-ent show contestants and music students also performed during this event.

Many staff members got involved in recent community benefi t events, with par-ticipants in Kids Day paper sales (left)and Corporate Chal-lenge (below)

The public is welcome to attend the Grade 4 Make-A-Wish Annual Carnival on June 14, 12:30 - 2:30 PM on the Parkdale campus.

Mrs. Dutton and Mr. Padmanabha served as advisors for students competing from EAMS.

In April, East Aurora High school hosted the 13th Annual Doubles Badminton Tournament, with over 150 students, teachers, alumni and parents participating in seven hours of badminton competi-tion. Organizers Christina and Gary Schutrum were grateful to the East Aurora High School PTO, Tops of East Aurora and Del Aureo’s Pizza for keeping contestants well fed and hydrated. Champions were awarded with medals and boxes of Wheaties.

Category winners included: Men’s A - Danny and Robby Coulter Men’s B - Colin Denfrund and Peter Morgan Women’s A - Marissa Malik and Karin Sunquist Women’s B - Ellen Horbachewski and Maddie Kelchlin Mixed- Student / Student - Alana Danieu and Carl Davidson Mixed Student / Adult - Ian Allen and Mrs. Christina Schutrum (at left)

13th Annual Badminton Tournament

Outstanding!Four artists were honored at the May 21 Board of Education meeting as their work was selected for the permanent Superintendent’s Art Collection, in-cluding Lydia Kegler, Joanna Cranwell, Grace Per-kins and Sam Franz.

Below, National Junior Honor Society inductees at Middle School on May 9 included (random order) Benjamin Lindberg, Lucas McClaren, Bryce Schiltz, Daniel Vasbinder, Emmalee Lowe, Taylor Lynch, Riley Jeffe, Victoria Prusak, Sarah Irons, Mack-enna Mercurio, Kelsy Voss, Tanner Newell, Patrick Philips, Natan Hawayek, Jack Bean, Dominic San-tasiero, Elizabeth Fee, Celia Phillips, Caelan Ka-vcic, Louise Misiti, Brooke Moeller, Grace Mooney, Mary Dunbar, Shelby MacSwan, Randi Brod, Grace Del Vecchio, Madeline Nemec, Ronnie Young-man, Emily Volker, Phoebe Stucke, Emma Poturalski, Emily Lewandowski, Gretchen Riemer, Helena Schmitt, Caitlin Hochwald, Paris Green, Han-nah Gonsiorek, Erin Grundtisch, Molly McLaughlin, Emma Brinker, Emma Oar and Emma McNallie.

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association, Inc. believes that the athletic participa-tion of students enhances their academic performances. Varsity teams who earn a 90.0% or higher average during their sport season qualify for the NYSPHSAA award. The following EAHS spring sport teams have earned this award:

Boys’ Lacrosse 90.584%Nicholas BaaseSamuel BorderJoshua ClancyMichael FranzMaxwell HeimburgBrandon HudsonKenneth JonesMichael LorkaCameron RadziwonEric WarnerBradley Wier

Girls’ Lacrosse 91.127%Madelyn AtendidoKelly HayesMadeline KelchlinShannon KellerClaudia MoellerNicolette MorganSydnie O’ConnellEmily SzopinskiEmily TierneyStephanie VailSamantha Youngman

Softball 90.380%Kristen DanzerKyla DunningMolly FerrisAlexandra FontaneseMichelle GrostefonBryanna HerrCaroline HorvatitsKaitlin KinsellaGabriella SadekMikayla ThompsonKarleigh Volk

Boys’ Tennis 92.004Jacob EllisRobert HasselbackJohn Hasselback IIIJason HochwaldJack McClarenGabriel MontoneAustin ParrNathaniel StollAlexander Wilson

Boys’ Track 95.909Read BohananEdward CrowMichael DurantDavid EganNicola GneccoCorey HensenJustin HewittCharles McLaughlinMatthew McLaughlinBradley MenteckiJamison MercurioTerrence MurrayMatthew NasonArnold O’ConnorSean PhillipsTanner ReeseAndrew SantulliChase SzafnickiKenneth VasbinderWilliam Zink

Girls’ Track 96.278%Megan BaritotShelby ClappAnne ConronEileen ConverseFiona DanieuGrace DeSantisMackenzie DonahueCaroline DudleyEmily DziulkoGwyneth FrederickGwendolyn HaffendenLia Hanes-StetterHannah HitchcockHolly JacksonEmily JaworskiGabrielle KandeferVictoria KlimowiczCiera KnolleMolly McLaughlinMarta McLaughlinLeah MiddaghGenevieve MorrisseyMadeline MurrayLillian NaughtonElizabeth O’BrienMorgan PalmerColleen PowersHannah RiceIsabella RitchieAbigail RitzMadeline ScheerAlicia SkowronskiSidney SpaschakSophie StumpfVictoria VanceMarguerite WebsterHannah Weppner

This is a publica on of the Offi ce of Community Rela ons; contact kward@eastauroraschools.

Community Education for summer will feature Morning Pilates on the Lawn, with the return of one of our favorite teachers, Cheri Wenner. Cheri will lead an early morning group near the Community Garden on the Parkdale campus, starting at 6:45 on Mondays and Fridays during July and August. Jane Schmitt’s morning yoga also will move outdoors in the summer months to take advantage of beautiful WNY mornings near the Parkdale Community Garden. Indoors, Cheri Wenner also will teach Stronger Bodies, Stronger Bones at the beautiful air conditioned studio at EA Fitness in the village. Tai Chi, Aquacise and our regular aerobics classes will con-

Summer for adults: Pilates and Yoga in the great outdoors...

tinue as well, leaving affordable fi tness within everyone’s reach. High school students may register before June 24 for driver education, which will begin July 8 and conclude before the start of fall sports in August. Finally, in September we will introduce two classes in partnership with EZ Mandarin of WNY to offer Chinese Club for students K – 5, and Chinese Tea Workshop for adults. Register online at our webstore, or by mail or in person at the offi ce at 430 Main Street in East Aurora. A course catalog is online at www.eastauroraschools.org/adulteducation, or call 687-2311 for more information.