Sidney Jr/Sr High

Good luck to the Sidney CSD trap team! Qualifiers will be competing this weekend in Michigan at the USA High School Clay Target League National Championship!

The event runs Friday-Sunday!

Good luck!

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Toward the end of the school year, earth science students had the chance to go on a field trip to Taughannock Falls State Park in Trumansburg. During the trip, hiked the gorge and made several stops to study the geology and natural history of the area.

The gorge offered a way for students to apply and review geology concepts that were taught in the classroom, while also enjoying the day in the Finger Lakes region.

The hike ended at the base of Taughannock Falls, where students observed the 215-foot-high waterfall. Taughannock is the tallest single-drop waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains.

See more photos on our Facebook page!

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For a group of Sidney CSD students, this past spring break featured the trip of a lifetime as they traveled and learned about Costa Rica.

The students had many experiences as they traveled throughout the country along with Sidney CSD Spanish teacher and chaperone Mary Rajner-Morris.

Activities included the following:

- Pineapple tour
- Coffee tour
- Chocolate tour (learned how they grow, process of picking etc., as well as sampling)
- Zip-lining over the canopy of the rain forest
- Hiked up and down the more than 500 steps at La Fortuna Waterfall
- Hiked Santa Helena Cloud Forest and Manuel Antonio State Park
- White-water rafting
- Swimming in the naturally heated volcano springs
- Kayaked around Arenal Volcano
- Took a tram ride over a rain forest
- A cultural dance night with audience participation (a few Sidney students took part)
- Eating authentic casada food, including fruits like guayabana and cas, and fresh native pineapple
- Saw the flora and fauna of Costa Rica, including sloths, howler monkeys, bloue morpho butterflies, toucans, iguanas, scarlet macaws, snakes, and crocodiles

The culturally enriched trip included authentic food, dance, wildlife, and the opportunities to use the language, currency, and shop where natives shop.

For more photos, please visit our Facebook page!

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For those interested in playing JV or varsity volleyball this fall, there are still some open gym times! Please see the attached for the dates!

The first date is July 17!

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REMINDER: The new website and mobile app has our daily breakfast and lunch menus in a different spot.

For a reminder of summer meal information, please see the attached flier. Meals will be served at the elementary school from July 7-July 31, and at the Jr/Sr HS from August 4-20. Breakfast and lunch is served each day Monday-Thursday. Meals are free for children aged 18 and under.

To access the daily menu:

On the website: You can access is from the district, or any school page. Choose the "explore" menu and at the top there is a link for dining. Click on that and you can access the menus. A drop-down menu will let you access different weeks etc.

You can access it on the mobile app by clicking the three lines in the top left corner from any of the school pages, and click on dining. The daily menu, too, will be on the main page of each building.

You can find the app at:

Download for Android https://aptg.co/v6tQKn
Download for iPhone https://aptg.co/nQ_L8T

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Toward the end of the school year, representatives from Sidney Federal Credit Union helped put on a real-world event for seniors.

The event centered on seniors having to react to real-world events to understand budgets. With a chosen career and salary, students had to go to different tables and understand different variables of what happens with their money, as well as what kind of bills and expenses they can expect.

The end result was showing the students that they often will have to make tough decisions and understand the big difference between wants and needs.

Thank you to SFCU for continuing to partner with the Sidney Central School District to help prepare students for their futures!

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Senior members of the National Honor Society received their graduation regalia ahead of the ceremonies and had one final photo as a group! Congratulations to all of them!

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REMINDER: Bassett's school-base health centers are open during the summer. Remember that your child can visit any SBHC.

The SBHC hours in Sidney is from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 1-August 21. You can see the attached for all other SBHC hours. All are closed on July 4.

Congratulations to the Class of 2025! What a great morning to celebrate graduation! Best of luck to the class as they take their next steps in life! See more photos on our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/SidneyCentralSchools/posts/pfbid0PG1n3tnz31BE2Sqm7W2Rx6MBPK9fymfsWGi8Bf3tVSBpVjYcYJRUuA5zfnMwiiFQl. #SidneyPRIDE #SidneySabers #SidneyCSD

The Class of 2025 donated the remaining amount of its class funds to the Delaware Valley Humane Society. Class officers delivered a check Friday to DVHS Director Erin Insinga. Pictured are: Front (from left): India Insinga (secretary) and Camille Bagley (treasurer). Back (from left): Senior class advisor Scott Hertzog, Carson Strauss (president), Maya Paul (liaison), Isabella West (vice president), and DVHS Director Erin Insinga. #SidneyPRIDE #SidneySabers #SidneyCSD

The eighth-grade team (Mrs. Stento, Ms. Harclerode, Ms. Howard, and Mr. Sims) were trained in Project-Based Learning this year. Students recently had the culmination of a project, which was a social studies/ELA project about people who are making “good trouble.” Students researched a topic of their choice and created a pop-up museum exhibit. And thanks to a wonderful day of weather, they were able to utilize one of Sidney’s new outdoor learning spaces for the museum. All eighth-grade students were able to visit the exhibits and ask questions. Other projects this year included a Spanish/ELA project, as well as a math/social studies project. Great job! #SidneyPRIDE #SidneySabers #SidneyCSD

Congratulations to Bri Taylor, who will play basketball at SUNY Broome next year! #SidneyPRIDE #SidneySabers #SidneyCSD

Congratulations to junior Michael Morrissey, who won the Class C state championship in the discus this past weekend at the NYSPHSAA Track and Field Championship. He captured the championship with a personal best throw of 158 feet, 9 inches. He also placed second in the shot put, again with a personal best 53 feet, 7.5 inches. Morrissey’s state title is Sidney’s first state championship in track and field since 2009. The Sabers had some other outstanding performances at the state meet. Dejah Taylor place third in the 400 with a school record 56.97 seconds. She also placed third in the 200 in 25.60. Alex Neubert placed fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 37-1.5. She was also chosen as the Section Four Class C Girls Sportsmanship recipient. Finally, the girls 4x100 relay team, featuring Taylor, Neubert, Brooke Grow, and Nayla Miley, placed sixth. Some outstanding performances by Sidney athletes! Great job!

Sidney CSD took part this past weekend in the Association of Chenango Area Music Teachers (ACAMT) all-county festival at Greene. Sidney students took part in the select choir, elementary chorus, senior band, and junior band. After practicing with other area schools, the groups then put on a wonderful concert! Excellent job! #SidneyPRIDE #SidneySabers #SidneyCSD

The Sidney Jr/Sr high school jazz band recently received gold ratings at both the Fonda-Fultonville and Oneida Jazz Festivals. Both judges at Fonda-Fultonville gave Sidney a score of 100. At both festivals, the students also experienced a short clinic with one of the judges after the performance. Great job! #SidneyPRIDE #SidneySabers #SidneyCSD

Congratulations to Sidney CSD senior India Insinga, who signed her letter of intent on Wednesday to play field hockey at Utica University this fall! #SidneyPRIDE #SidneySabers #SidneyCSD

Congratulations to the Jr/Sr HS students of the month for February! #SidneyPRIDE #SidneySabers #SidneyCSD

Sidney Central School District students competed at the Southern Tier Regional Science Olympiad competition in Ithaca in February. Twenty-two Sidney students competed on two teams. The following students medaled at the event: • Write it, do it (second place): Lukas Goodspeed and Tanner Alger • Write it, do it (third place): Carson Strauss and Connor van der Sommen • Bungee Drop (fourth place): Lukas Goodspeed and Shannon Crowley • Chemistry Lab (fourth place): Alexandra Neubert and Aidan Moodley • Disease Detectives (fourth place): Abigail Boyce and Cooper Casey • Tower Building (fourth place): Ryan Chen and Muhammad Bhatti • Microbe Mission (sixth place): Tanner Alger and Aidan Moodley Great job! #SidneyPRIDE #SidneySabers #SidneyCSD

The Sidney CSD spring trap team will hold an interest meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 12 in the high school cafeteria. This meeting is for new and returning members. The agenda for the meeting includes going over signing up for 2025, the schedule, the state and national tournaments, and fundraising. Please contact Randy Newell at 607-267-3132 with any questions.