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Hello North Syracuse Central School District Parents, Guardians, Teachers and Staff!

Welcome to the month of June and the beginning of our final weeks of the 2020-2021 School Year! It certainly has been a unique one! June is filled with many celebrations and this past week, Cicero-North Syracuse High School held their annual awards ceremony with a virtual presentation on YouTube. If you did not have a chance to view the presentation, you can do so by clicking here.

Next week our seniors will take part in the Graduation Walk - going back to their elementary schools wearing their caps and gowns - and the senior ball. These moments will surely be some of the greatest memories for our students.

As we go through the next few weeks, please take time to enjoy the memories that are being made. If you'd like to share your photos and videos with us, please do so. They can be emailed to our school information officer, Laurie Cook, at lcook@nscsd.org or uploaded to our share website by clicking here.

Sincerely,

Daniel D. Bowles, Superintendent of Schools

As we rapidly approach the end of the school year, we’ll be taking time to feature multiple Shining Stars each week.

For June 4, we are featuring Tammy Guarno, a 4th Grade Teacher at Lakeshore Road Elementary School. Tammy was nominated for Shining Star recognition by Jessica Auyer, the mom of one of Tammy’s students, Lucy Auyer.

Mrs. Auyer wrote earlier this school year saying, “I just wanted to take a moment and shine the spotlight on Mrs. Guarno. We all know that education has not been easy, and mostly all of it is new and scary and different right now. Kids need their teachers, their peers and their experiences that come with school. I worry every day for my own children about what this pandemic might be doing to them. Mrs. Guarno has not skipped a beat. The transition, (on my end as a parent) has been flawless.”

Click here to read more about Tammy Guarno.

We are including last week's Shining Star for a second week due to a technical error that prevented the page from loading properly.

For the week ending May 28, we are featuring Zuriel Dickerson, an eighth-grade student at North Syracuse Junior High School, as Shining Star #2.

Click here to read about Zuriel Dickerson.

Cicero-North Syracuse High School's Class of 2021 is quickly approaching their graduation date of June 25. C-NS has created a newsletter with all things graduation. Click here to access the newsletter.

Congratulations to the Cicero-North Syracuse High School Class of 2021 Business and Marketing Honor Society inductees. The C-NS Business and Marketing Honor Society is sponsored by the Business Teacher’s Association of New York State.

2021 is the 11th year C-NS has participated in the honor society. Overall, 26 CNS students, all seniors at C-NS, qualified for the honor society based on the following criteria: minimum GPA of 88 in Marketing/Business Courses; minimum GPA of 80 overall; completion of at least 2 credits of Business Courses prior to their junior year with plans to complete a third credit during senior year; proof of Character, Leadership, and Service provided in the form of a recommendation letter.

This accomplishment allows students to stand out from a pool of applicants on college and job applications now and into the future. A virtual induction ceremony was held on Tuesday, June 2 to recognize this year’s new members: Austin Alberici, Naseem Ashkar, Ryan Bisnett, Brian Bonin, Kadin Cochran, Jessica Cook, William Darko, Jr., Nolan Firth, Ryan Gray, John Harbaugh, Matthew Klamm, Andrew Luangaphay, Angel Luangaphay, Augustine McElwain, Tyler Murray, Logan Mussi, Allison Newton, Christian O'Brien, Matthew Ragonese, Nikolaus Romano, Olivia Sauta, Fiona Sullivan, Daniel Taladay, Kyle Toms, Damon Villnave Jr. and Christian Whitacre.

Click here to read more online.

With COVID vaccines now available to everyone age 12 or older, the Onondaga County Department of Health is increasing the number of clinics. Any person who wishes to be vaccinated at ANY Onondaga clinic (both first AND second dose) must bring their printed and signed consent form. The required Onondaga County form is available for download by clicking here.

Individuals receiving the vaccine must also fill out the required New York State Department of Health Vaccine Form online at: http://forms.ny.gov/s3/vaccine.

This week, Lakeshore Road Elementary School Principal Tina Chmielewski shared some photos of a pair of special visitors to the school. On Tuesday, June 1, school staff spotted a baby deer camped outside of one of the school's 3rd grade classrooms. After checking the school's camera footage and realizing that the baby had been escorted into the area the night before with the momma deer, they took a quick photo and warned students and teachers to be respectful and stay out of the area. As a precaution, school staff called the Department of Environmental Conservation and were advised to allow the baby to safely wait for the mom to return. Sure enough, momma deer made a return appearance that evening and safely brought her baby home. Thanks so much for sharing the photos and taking care of all Lakeshore Road visitors!

Experience a career filled with great opportunities and exciting growth. The North Syracuse Central School District's Transportation Department is holding a Job Fair on June 5 from 9 am till 12 noon. The event will take place at the Transportation Center located at 5520A East Taft Road in North Syracuse. We will be hiring Sub Drivers and Attendants. Extensive training provided. Come join the winning team, Team North Syracuse. If you can't make it to the Job Fair, apply online at NSCSD.org or call (315) 218-2107.

Did you know that the North Syracuse Central School District's Athletics Department has a weekly email newsletter? If you'd like to subscribe to the newsletter, click here to fill out the necessary form.

The North Syracuse Central School District produces a weekly digital newsletter, "NorthStar Lights," to share important information and good news with NSCSD families and staff. Parents and staff members automatically receive the newsletter through SchoolMessenger.

Grandparents, community members and all friends of the NSCSD are welcome to subscribe by providing an email address by clicking here. Newsletters are emailed each Friday when school is in session. Help us share the good news and the great things happening in the NSCSD!

Because this school year has been so different, it has been challenging to get new photos for our District website at www.nscsd.org and other publications. So...we need your help! We would love to share your photos of at home school environments. If you're willing to share, please send your high quality images using the link below. We'll be using your photos in this newsletter and other publications throughout the school year. Additionally, high resolution, horizontal photos will be considered for the District website. If you'd like to share pictures, please email them to our Communications Officer, Laurie Cook at lcook@nscsd.org or click here to upload them.

We received the pictures above from Lakeshore Road Elementary School this week. Principal Chmielewski shared the pictures and said, "Fourth grade students and staff have been Superheroes all year- today they dressed as their favorite superhero." She also was honored to have been recognized as superhero herself by one LRE student.

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