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Thursday, May 17

Green Team Event

Turn off TVs & Computers

Friday, May 18

Green Team Event

Green Spirit Day - Wear Your Eco-Friendly Slogan Shirt

YHS Event

YHS Jamnesty

6:30 PM

@LGI

Monday, May 21

Green Team Event

Try to brush your teeth using less water

District Event

Board of Education Meeting

7:00 PM

At the MESMS cafeteria - for the agenda, please visit BoardDocs.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

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News You Can Use

Thanks to Our Community!
Voters Approve 2012-2013 Budget
May 15, 2012

Unofficial Yorktown Central School District Vote Results:

Proposition No. 1:
General Fund Budget

PASSED:
1,120 YES
   502 NO

School Board Trustee reelected:

Jackie Carbone: 1,232

School Board Trustee elected:

Christine Montero: 1,211

Congratulations to Linus Hamann, Miwa Wenzel and Tanvi Tiwari (pictured left to right) who each won a silver medal in their categories at the International Sustainable Project Olympiad (ISWEEP) in Houston, Texas!

From May 3-6, 2012, during the world’s largest international science fair for projects focusing on sustainability, the International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering and Environment) Project Olympiad, (ISWEEEP), three students from Yorktown High School’s science research program won silver medals and scholarships valued at $600.00 each. See Yorktown Patch story! Read more...

Deirdre Amerling Appointed as
Principal of Brookside Elementary School

On Monday, April 23, 2012, Mrs. Deirdre Amerling was appointed as Principal of Brookside Elementary School by the Yorktown Central School District Board of Education. Read more...

YCSD's Green Team Presents:
An Energy Throwdown!

April 23-May 23

Let's reduce our carbon footprint and have fun too! We are holding a district-wide competition to see which building can save the most energy. Please see these links for more information:
Green Team website Guidelines Calendar

Important Announcements

The 2012-2013 YCSD Calendar-at-a-Glance is here! Please follow this link or see the News@YCSD navigation bar for more information.

News from the Superintendent & Board of Education

Click HERE for Budget 2012-2013 website, including videos and presentations.

Click HERE for the 2012-2013 budget newsletter, Yorktown School District News. Please note that the time of the vote is from 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (There was a typo on the last page of the newsletter).

Click HERE for the 2012-2013 Budget Book.

Click HERE for information about effective advocacy, including a sample letter and representatives' contact information.

Board of Education videos, including the latest from May 7, 2012, are here. It is annotated in conjunction with the agenda to make it viewer-friendly.

PLEASE NOTE that Board of Education meeting videos will be exclusively available here on the Web while we are handling technical difficulties and can begin scheduling events again on YEA-TV. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The Board of Education is looking for ideas from community members and businesses to assist the District through corporate sponsorship ie. signs, uniforms, etc.

Please contact Karen Corrado at Kcorrado@yorktown.org with any ideas or suggestions.

Annual Professional Performance Review - adopted August 29, 2011 and revised February 16, 2012.

APPR2.17.pdf

Attention Students!

YHS Ninth Grade Class Book Drive
May 8-18

New or gently used children’s books, particularly for teens and pre-teens, may be dropped off in the box in the YHS lobby, or given to advisors Mrs. Newman or Mr. Carrig. Books will be donated to RecoveRead, an organization which donates books to local hospitals, founded by ninth grade student and class vice president Grace Ring.

For All Students Who Plan to Attend Prom:
Please See the Prom Panel Video
(Click here for full-screen version; this is showing on Cablevision Channel 18 and FIOS Channel 27 at 10 AM and at 10 PM).

Attached please find a letter from Mr. DeGennaro regarding the Senior Prom as well as the Senior Prom Rules and Regulations/Permission Slip.

Prom Letter.docx

PROM RULES AND REGULATIONS 2012.docx

Attached please find the 2012 Guidelines for Graduating Seniors.

GRADGUID2012.docx

Attached please find a letter from Mr. DeGennaro regarding the "Assassination Game."
Assassination 2012.doc

Junior Information Letter
Junior letter.pdf

YHS News

YHS Students Win Honors at Westchester Science and Engineering Fair (WESEF)

On average, approximately half the students who participate win an award; nearly 90% of the Yorktown students who participated won. Eight of the top 16 spots for the International Fairs in May are to our students:

From left to right: David (Linus) Hamann (ISWEEEP), Tanvi Tiwari (ISWEEEP), Kathleen Mavrommatis (ISEF), Laura Anderson (ISEF), Priya Mohindra (ISEF) and Miwa Wenzel (ISWEEP). Not pictured: Frank Cao and Lily Cao (ISEF).

YHS Retirees Profiled in Yorktown Patch
Please read about this year’s departing faculty and administration, their contributions to the district and some farewell thoughts:

Kay Buckley, Supervisor of School Counseling

Gerry Alterbaum, Social Studies teacher

Ursula Goldberg, Business Education teacher

Please refer to Dr. Napolitano's November 2011 letter regarding construction at Yorktown High School.