Appointing a Board of Education Replacement:
The Skaneateles Central School District’s Board of Education is moving forward with the process to appoint a replacement for Gary Gerst, who resigned from his Board of Education seat on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. When a Board member resigns before the end of his or her term, the Board may appoint an interim successor who will serve until the next school district election the following May. The person appointed to replace him will serve until that time and may choose to run for a full three-year term in the May 2022 school budget vote and board election.
If interested in being considered to serve in this capacity, please review the process, requirements and application for interested individuals by clicking here! For questions or information concerning the vacated Board ...
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Board of Education Meeting Update- August 17, 2021:
Dear Skaneateles families,
We wanted to share a brief reminder that our August 17th BOE meeting will be held this evening at 7:00 at our District Offices.
Given the high rate of COVID-19 transmission in Onondaga County, masks will be required this evening for all attendees . In an effort to improve the quality of our live streamed meetings and recordings we are changing the format used for viewing. For your convenience, the meeting tonight can be viewed using the following link. https://youtu.be/3lFs6136xwk
Thank you,
Eric Knuth
Superintendent of Schools
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Return to School Community Forum to be Held Tuesday, August 24:
Dear Skaneateles Family,
On Tuesday, August 24th from 6:00-7:30 at the Waterman Elementary School Auditorium, we will be holding a return to school community forum. With so many questions and conflicting messages once again impacting the start of school this year we wanted to take the opportunity to hear from the community in an effort to answer your questions and share information prior to our return to in person instruction in September. Please take a few minutes over the next several days to share any questions or concerns you may have so we can address these at our community forum.
Please use this link to submit your questions.
https://forms.gle/8ZvuzsUSwtH2ucwV7
The deadline for submissions is Friday 8/20 at 12:00
Stronger together, ...
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Skaneateles High School Recognized as a NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete School of Excellence:
Skaneateles High School was recently recognized as a New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Scholar-Athlete School of Excellence. To earn the excellence award, 75 percent of a school’s varsity teams must qualify and receive the scholar-athlete team award.
A total of 124 schools earned the School of Excellence Award for the 2020-2021 year. For more information on the Scholar-Athlete awards, visit the NYSPHSAA website.
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Federal Funding Plan:
Information on the Skaneateles Central School District Federal Funding Plan can be found off of the District Office page, or here.
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2021 Commencement Scholarships and Awards:
2021 Commencement Scholarships and Awards
In the fall of the junior year, students take the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Over 1.6 million students took the 2019 Test. From the 50,000 high scorers nationwide, about 16,000 will be named National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists, representing the top scorers in each state, and the other 34,000 students will be commended for their performance on the PSAT/NMSQT. I am pleased to announce that Benjamin Wells is one of these students receiving such recognition as a National Merit Commended Student.
In early September some high scorers were notified that they had qualified as Semifinalists. To be considered for a National Merit Scholarship, Semifinalists must advance to Finalist standing ...
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Congratulations to the Class of 2021!:
Skaneateles High School recently held its 71st Annual Commencement at Clift Park. It was a beautiful day to celebrate our graduates!
Photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YM35xVvC96_KizZQCG4IYC1mqtUrbJ9B
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Have A Great Summer!:
We hope everyone has a great summer! Check out this video of the last day of school: https://www.facebook.com/Skaneateles.Schools/posts/2848610138782468
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Seven Students Earn Seal of Biliteracy:
Seven Skaneateles High School students recently earned a Seal of Biliteracy. In order to achieve this, students had to present on either their project, essay or portfolio to demonstrate their proficiency in the target language (Latin, French or Spanish). The students' work and presentation had to demonstrate the four language modalities: reading, writing, listening and speaking.
The students who earned this special distinction are:
· Emily Parks (Latin)
· Jack Lovier (Latin)
· Hope Cross-Jaya (French)
· Minne Carroll (French)
· Joe ...
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Seniors Earn Honors Cords:
Congratulations to our seniors who have earned their honors cords, which they will wear at Commencement!
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2021 Honors Convocation:
We were thrilled to hold our annual Honors Convocation in person! Masks were briefly removed as students walked up to receive their awards for photos. Check out the photo gallery from the evening here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=Skaneateles.Schools&set=a.2836570659986416
Award winners are listed below. Congratulations to all of these outstanding students!
National Merit Commended Student: Benjamin Wells
National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists: Liliana Arias and Matheu Campbell
Scholarship for Academic Excellence: Matheu Campbell, Frank DeRosalia, Kevin Guo, Tynan Jones and Benjamin Wells
The Senior Distinction Award in Art: Sophia Wingfield
The Senior Distinction Award in Band: Sophia Cattalani
The ...
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Seniors Receive Graduation Cords at Honors Breakfast:
Seniors recently received their cords for graduating with honors, and graduating with honors with distinction at a special breakfast and ceremony. Check out more photos on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Skaneateles.Schools/posts/2835700113406804
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Eight Seniors Slated to Play Division III Sports Next Year:
Congratulations to the following seniors who will play a Division III sport next year!
Ken Byrne- Football at MIT
Campbell Torrey- Hockey at Arcadia University
Gavin Cheney- Lacrosse at Clarkson University
Ashley Drotar- Swimming at SUNY Geneseo
Joe Norris- Cross Country at Emerson College
Josh Reed- Cross Country/Track and Field at SUNY Plattsburgh
Will Swarts- Cross Country/Track and Field at Alfred State
Logan Miller- Soccer at John Carroll University
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