Maine-Endwell Central School District

Rocky Salmon, Khloe Macdonald and Sophia Montone finished their first podcast for MM10 yesterday! They came up with the name and topics, created the logo, wrote the script and did most of the editing. They have dedicated their recess time, weekends and evenings to create this! We are so proud of these Spartans! Mrs. Sherwood’s student is a special guest towards the end! https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hGjcc3KLaqZg2ru3ExOJt?si=JpXpQ7p8Si2CJ-AWOB6MyQ&nd=1&dlsi=036c36cadd0e4af3&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1sjuUxmfxw5i6ov9zRQMV9aVYG_9wBc9p1T6SCRreSlhiYgel7SfUz_T4_aem_ATnRLnu-yJEq9ywtaXdXjwH60RovPCmuMJzD17U09w3M-D3lsrJyKLqbCJkVlTR7XwWxzJ-l9QcvnMQBU9LqXEc5

This is a wonderful opportunity for incoming 6th graders to meet the MS music teachers, make new friends and get ready for the new school year!

Maine Memorial welcomed Emily Lis to the 4th and 5th grade morning program to talk about her career path. Emily started out in the medical field and then switched to education after graduating from college. She presented to the students about how it is ok to change your mind about your career path. Sometimes you don’t know what you like until you try it! Thanks for your time, Emily! (And she even got to share her message with her little brother who is a student at MM!).

The weather is getting warmer, and the sun is beginning to shine a little brighter, which means Maine-Endwell's Summer Enrichment Program is just around the corner! This year we will be hosting S.E. July 8 - August 1, 2024, at Homer Brink Elementary. Click the link below to register! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsvLCcuiGc8eqsA4uxM_aZLSlVzJa4QrXu60Ulq-8ZWOzCAw/viewform

Join us in welcoming Jonathan Tilton, PC-LAN Tech, to Maine-Endwell CSD! To get to know him click on https://5il.co/2ijq6

ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS: A team of dedicated staff from each building spent the day in a training titled “Assisting Individuals in Crisis” provided by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc. We are grateful for this opportunity!

We would like to congratulate High School Student, Niko Anastos on reviving the Presidential Scholarship Award from SUNY Delhi

For the second year in a row, M-E middle school enrichment students participated in the Kids Can Build Challenge. They teamed with CHOW and brought a giant-sized gumball machine to life using nonperishable food items. Students brought home the Structural Integrity First Place Award. After using software to design the shape, diameter and height of the structure to determine how many cans would be needed, students shopped at local grocery stores to find the cheapest cans with labels in the colors they needed, while still provided food items that are appealing to families in the southern tier. They used spaghetti, diced tomatoes and tomato paste for the base of the gumball machine, green beans and peas for the metalic coin slot and single serve cereal for the gumballs. The students even built a working lever that dispensed a gumball (cereal container) down a shoot. They were the only group that incorporated a moving part out of the 15 middle and high school teams that competed! Students finished their structure off my attaching LED lights and pool noodles to give it the rounded gumball globe shape. MEMS attended an awards ceremony at the Visions Auditorium to receive their award. Over 2,000 cans were donated to the CHOW pantry to help "POP out Hunger."

The Broome County Sheriff‛s Office is offering the NYSSA Safe Child Program to both MECSD elementary schools. This community service is completely FREE and OPTIONAL. Operation Safe Child was created in the unconscionable event that an Amber Alert must be utilized for a child disappearance. Minutes count to get a photo to police, bus terminals, airports, electronic signs, and cell phones. Deputies will bring their special equipment to Maine Memorial on Wed., May 8th and to Homer Brink on Thurs., May 16th to capture a photograph and index fingerprint of your student. An I.D.card will be created on-site and given to the student to bring home. Go to https://www.me.stier.org/page/school-safety for more information and to fill out the forms. A paper copy will be coming home with your child today.

This coming Monday is MEHS' Prism concert! March 25th at 7:29pm. (Yes, that is the correct time!) You will want to get there early as it’s easily one of the most anticipated concerts of the year. This concert will feature all of the large ensembles of the music department, as well as solos and small ensembles. This concert runs continuously without applause until the combined finale with all band, orchestra and chorus students performing together.

Maine Memorial Kindergarten Orientation is on April 16th, 6:00-7:30pm.

This Thursday, 3/21, is World Down Syndrome Day. Each building is asking students and staff to wear Blue and Gold that day, the colors that represent WDSD. We are also doing a collection for GiGi's Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center, as many of our students attend programs at GiGi's. See flyer below for wish list items to support our friends and classmates at Gigi's Playhouse. Collections of items will be from 3/21-3/28 in the following places: Maine Memorial- Mrs. Patterson's Room Homer Brink- Mrs. Thorner's Room Middle School- Mrs. Erb's room High School- Mrs. Simek in the Counseling Office

The Spartan Theatre Company will present Something Rotten! Performances held at the M-E HS Auditorium. Dates - April 19th & 20th @ 7pm and April 21st at 2pm. Tickets will be sold at the door only. No pre-sale or will call tickets. $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students - cash only please.

Homer Brink Primary Sequence Orientation is April 25th. See flyer for details.

Important Message from Maine-Endwell CSD: The district will have an early-release day on Monday, April 8. The early release is to address potential safety concerns related to the solar eclipse that will be visible in New York State during dismissal times. • The High School and Middle School will be dismissing at 11:30AM • Homer Brink and Maine Memorial will be dismissing at 12:30PM

FIELD TRIP: Students from Homer Brink's HBTV Media Club had the opportunity to tour WSKG Public TV & Radio yesterday! The club, advised by Mr. Norton and Mrs. Norkaitis, learned about how to create a television show, behind the scenes of radio programming and how WSKG's Digital Media Department operates! The station provided pizza and a viewing of one of their shows to end the day!

STEM PATHWAYS EVENT: It's National Engineers Week, and SUNY Broome is marking the occasion by hosting a STEM Pathways Career Exploration Night! Middle school students, along with their parents and teachers, are invited to campus from 5 - 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22. The event will take place in the Applied Technologies Building on the SUNY Broome Community College campus!

100 DROPS OF WATER: Students in Mrs. Kuzel's 1st Grade HB Class worked on an activity today involving 100 Drops of Water! Each table was given an empty cup and another equal in size but filled with water. Students were instructed to take turns with their partners, squeezing out 5 drops of water using the eye dropper. They were to continue doing this until they had 20 groups of 5 tallies, adding up to 100 drops of water. (Currently they are working on a measurement unit making tally's, bar graphs, and pictographs). Then they drew the actual amount of water in the other cup on their paper so they could compare the amounts. Finally, they answered the question below on their paper as to if their prediction was more, less, or equal to the actual amount they squeezed out.

100 DAYS OF SCHOOL: Students at Maine Memorial are celebrating their 100 Days of School today!

100 DAYS OF SCHOOL: Students at Homer Brink are celebrating their 100 Days Of School today!