Monday, January 21, 2019

January 22, 2019

Hi folks,
Thanks for checking our latest High School News. There is always a lot going on in the High School, and we try to keep you informed of important news and activities. Please see the articles below, and if you'd like to see anything in particular, please let me know.
Have a great day!

Tim Houseknecht, Principal




Congratulations to South Seneca All-County Participants!
This year's All-County Choral Festival took place at Groton High School on January 18 and January 19. Participating districts included Dryden, Groton, Ithaca, Lansing, Newfield, South Seneca, and Trumansburg. The students who were selected to attend this year's festival worked with guest conductors during the festival weekend. The High School Guest Conductor was Mr. Adam Good. All of the students presented a concert on the afternoon of January 19 at 2:00 PM.

The following high school students participated in last weekend's concert: Catlin Cornish, Madelyn Houck, Violet Meagher, Olivia Morton, Amanda Richardson, Ellen Appleby, Natalia Anderson, Sarah Corning, Samantha Marion, Emma Seamon, Aden VanCleef, Chamberlain Bauder, and Tom Smalser.



How to Deal with Flu Season at School


"Preventing the flu is a joint effort in schools. Students, parents, and staff need to take the necessary precautions to stop the flu from circulating." Click the link to read a short article about the best way to combat flu during peak season. Small things like getting enough sleep and exercise, avoiding stress, and eating a well-balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables can help students and adults stay healthy to avoid 

NYS Health Department Notice

Please see the document linked in the title for a flu notice from New York.

Click the link above to see testing dates, general directions and BOCES notes for Regents testing January 22 through 25.


Our Library and Media Center Rocks! 

The South Seneca Middle/High School Library is currently receiving hundreds of middle/high school books from Scholastic and Reading Warehouse. They were purchased with a small amount of the Dollar General Donation money we received last year. We wanted to inspire literacy through reading books: physical ones, ebooks and audiobooks. These high interest books are a small gift to every student in our school to help create a mini library in their homes at the perfect time of the year. Students are allowed to chose 2 books each and the books are sectioned off in 2 groups- middle 6-8 and high school 9-12. After students choose the 2 books they are able to order “a book of their choice” to be available in mid February.

You can follow our library on Instagram @ ssmh_library and Twitter @SSMHS_Library to see all of our contests and latest book releases and be in the KNOW.

Thanks to Mrs. Gale for doing such a wonderful job.


Middle/High School Facebook page


If you haven't seen our Facebook page, please check it out here. It's a great source of information where we can post relevant info quickly.  Thanks for taking a look!