Sidney High School

Welcome to Sidney Central High School
Home of the Warriors

Mr. Eben Bullock High School Principal

The Sidney High School is such a vibrant and exciting place to be! It is my pleasure to be the Principal in a building full of dedicated faculty and staff and great students. Our teachers engage students in lessons which focus on the NYS Learning Standards. We are always working on our goals to improve student achievement and to build stronger connections with students and parents. This year in the High School we are all focusing on the character trait of respect. Respect for ourselves and for others. We encourage our students to make choices that support rather than demean and choices that contribute to our high school and our community in positive ways.

As the Principal, I try to guide students through their adolescent years by showing them respect, listening to them, and by modeling appropriate behaviors for them. I feel I can be much more successful as a principal by getting to know our students and their parents. I welcome and encourage parent involvement in our school because I believe that the school and parent need to team together to guide and encourage our students to do the best they can each day. We work hard to prepare our students for the future.

Sidney Central School District HS Building Goals and Strategies

2008-2009

District Goal #1 – Improve academic performance

Objective 1: Encourage students to take more rigorous courses.

Strategies	December 2008	March 2009	June 2009
Work on a weighted score policy to be in place for the 2009/2010 school year.	Guidance counselors will work with the principal to propose a weighted score policy to the HS SDM team at our Feb. 9^th meeting.	We will propose our weighted score policy to the BOE for approval. Students will be aware of the policy when developing their schedules for the 2009/2010 school year.
Look at offering more rigorous courses to our students beginning in the 2010/2011 school year	Ongoing discussions to explore course interests and possibilities.	Ongoing discussions and research.	Ongoing discussions and research.

Objective 2: Encourage better attendance of our students.

Strategies	December 2008	March 2009	June 2009
Propose attendance policy changes to the District SDM Team and the BOE.	Review the current policy and make changes as needed.	Review the current policy and make changes as needed.	Propose attendance policy changes to the District SDM Team and the BOE.

District Goal #2 – Building stronger connections

Objective 1: Simplify the ways in which parents can obtain information about the High School.

Strategies	December 2008	March 2009	June 2009
Use our webpage to report HS SDM information to the public.		Mrs. Coryat, as the HS SDM facilitator, will share the minutes of our meetings with Mr. Hansen who updates the HS webpage.
Change the scope of open house so that more information can be provided to parents in one evening.		Discussions and planning for next years evening.	Discussions and planning for next years open house.

Objective 2: Encourage students to give back to their community through community service.

Strategies	December 2008	March 2009	June 2009
Involve students in community service projects before they graduate from Sidney High School.

NYSSMA MAJORS

OnTuesday, May 11^th, the Sidney High School Concert Band performed at the NYSSMA Major Organization Festival. NYSSMA is set up on a six level rating system, with the most demanding music literature listed as a six. Sidney performed yesterday as a level five.

For performing at a very high degree of proficiency, with minimal lapses in musicality, Sidney was awarded an overall rating of silver. Congratulations! This is especially significant this year, since we achieved this level of excellence with a smaller ensemble than is normally required when taking on a program as demanding as level five.

Great work everyone! You school and community are proud of your accomplishment. Keep up the great work!

ALL STAR JAZZ FESTIVAL

On Saturday, March 7^th, six students from Sidney HS will join students from five other area high schools, as part of the 5^th Annual Catskill All-Star Jazz Festival. This is a select festival, and represents some of the finest jazz musicians from a five county region. Sidney students this year include Megan Gray (Tenor Saxophone), Kevin Davie (Baritone Saxophone), Zach Smith (Trumpet), Jeff Olson (Trombone), Chris Bartolillo (Bass), and Taylor Lissandrello (Drums).

The concert will take place on March 7^th at 2:00 pm, in the Sidney High School auditorium. Admission is free, so bring along a friend, and enjoy the awesome sounds of the 5^th Annual Catskill All-Star Jazz Festival!

SIDNEY STAGE BAND

The Sidney Stage Band will be competing in two regional festivals in the upcoming weeks.

On Thursday, February 12^th, they have been invited to participate in the Fonda-Fultonville Jazz Festival. There, they will be participating for honors, along with several jazz ensembles from the upstate and capital regions of New York.

On Friday, March 13^th, the Sidney Stage Band will be competing in the 22^nd annual Oneida Jazz Festival. There, they will perform for a panel of distinguished judges, as will other bands from across the state!

If you’re in the vicinity of either area on those dates, please feel free to contact band director Gregg Norris, and he can give you directions on how you can come and support us.

2008-2009 Officers for National Honor Society

President-Stephanie Meno
Vice President-Chelsea Pixley
Treasurer-Kimberly Young
Secretary-Carole Silvernail

Sidney High School Announces Third Quarter Superintendent List, High Honor and Honor Roll

Academic After School Program Offered

Our after school program will be offered two days a week. It will run from 3:10-4:10 pm on Tuesday for English and Social Studies support and on Thursday for Science and Math support. The after school program will be held in the high school library. There will be a 4:15 bus on Tuesday and Thursday for students participating in the program.
If you are interested in having your child participate you will need to have a conversation with them and have them sign up in the library. If a teacher is recommending that your child participate they will contact you to inform you of their request.

Parent Site for Internet safety concerns

www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline

Warning for Parents: Choking Game/Elevator Game

Children across the country are dying from the "game" being played by increasingly more children and teens. Please discuss this with your children. For more information go to www.deadlygameschildrenplay.com

Start and Dismissal
School Starts              7:57
School Dismissed       2:58
Period Schedule
Period One                  7:57-8:42
Period Two                  8:46-9:29
Period Three               9:33-10:16
Period Four                 10:20-11:03
Period Five                  11:07-11:50
Period Six                    11:54-12:37
Period Seven               12:41-1:24
Period Eight                 1:28-2:11
Period Nine                  2:15-2:58

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Welcome to Sidney Central High School Home of the Warriors

Welcome to Sidney Central High School
Home of the Warriors