York Central School Knightly News

We are pleased to share with our staff, students, and community that York High School has been named to the U.S. News & World Report’s Best High Schools, earning a national ranking in the top 40% of high schools.

This ranking is a result of the combined efforts of our outstanding students, staff, parents and community members! Thank you!

York High School ranked #435 among NYS high schools, and #27 among Rochester metro schools, with a 93% graduation rate.

The Board also looks at how prepared high school students are for college. Thirty-nine percent of the York HS students took at least one advanced placement course and exam for potential college credit.

U.S. News & World Report Best High School rankings also looks at data collected from York HS students’ performance on required NYS tests; results as follows:

Math proficiency – 83%

Reading proficiency – 84%

Science proficiency – 67%

Congratulations to our four Odyssey of the Mind teams that are advancing to the Odyssey World Finals Competition, May 21 - 24, 2024, in Ames, Iowa!

Div. I Balsa: Emilee Knapp, Reed Miller, Tate Livermore, Evie Schneider, Bella Watson, Teagen Perkins, Anna Goodell.

Div. II Theater: Emma Schroth, Thomas Vennard, Jaycey Wheaton, Bella Burdick, Pierson Northrop, Payton Laney, Leila Adams.

Div. III Theater: Ava Beardsley, Myra Beardsley, Haley Miller, Ethan Peffers, Meredith Geary, Grace Hopkins, Maggie Reissig.

Div. III Classics: Fiona Grant, Natalie Stringer, Devin Cunningham, Isabella Fischer, Kaylee Reimer, Logan DioGuardi, Josie Hulme.

Congratulations to our Middle School Students of the Quarter!

Sixth Grade: Chainy Figueroa Ortiz, Leila Adams, Matthew Barratt.

Seventh Grade: Robbie Andino, Mary Harwood, Lena Mastowski.

Eighth Grade: Carys Wall, Maggie Dickens, Cara Sunday.

On behalf of the YCS Knights Bites Food Pantry Basketball Fundraiser Committee, we would like to thank everyone in our community for your generous contributions!

CLICK HERE to Request a Food Box from the Knights Bites Food Pantry at York CSD

We are overwhelmed with gratitude for everyone who volunteered for the event including set up, ticket sales, basket donations, playing in the game and much more! A special thank you to Deputy Kane and The Livingston County Sheriff's Department - we could not do any of this without you!

We would also like to acknowledge community members including Molly Cummings from Food Link and True North Farms, Rachael Ellis, Joyce and Audrey Crane for helping to make this fundraiser a success!

A special shout out goes to the YCS custodial staff, who provided any resource needed to ensure the evening went off without a hitch! In addition, our own Kelly Smith, Ann Moore-Jones and Amy Baron worked tirelessly as representatives of Sports Boosters, ran concessions and donated the proceeds to the cause.

Thank you to everyone for your part in helping to support our pantry and most of all our students and families!

Congratulations are in order for six York Middle School students whose poems are winners in the Genesee Valley Peace Poster contest sponsored by SUNY Geneseo English Department. They are students in Miss Kahnis' and Mrs. Dougal's classes.

Congratulations to Brady Conway, Andrew DeRuyter, Jaelyn Kane, Dominic Leone, Luke Myers , and Lucy Steffenhagen.

These students and their parents were invited to a reception on Saturday, April 20, at SUNY Geneseo where they read their poems. Their poems were published in a book by the English department at SUNY Geneseo

Fifth grade students are nearing completion of the 10 lesson D.A.R.E. program, taught by School Resource Deputy Kane. D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education.

In one of the lessons, Deputy Kane presented on the topic of stress. The lesson helped the students examine ways in which their bodies experience stress: Feeling frustrated, perspiring, headache, increased heart rate, fear, etc.

Students engaged in great discussions about their stress experiences such as taking a test, going to a new school, speaking in front of the class, etc. Deputy Kane helped the students identify their stress reactions and then she followed up with an interactive class discussion identifying ways for students to reduce their stress.

For the final activity of the D.A.R.E. lesson the students wrote down the activities that they do enjoy!

From the positive interactions between the students, it is clear that they enjoy their D.A.R.E. lessons!

Deputy Kane has been teaching the D.A.R.E. program to York Elementary students for 12 years.

York High School is proud to announce that nine students received the 2024 Livingston County Teen Recognition Award. The students and their families attended a banquet in their honor on April 24, 2024, at Willow Creek Venue in Lakeville.

Congratulations to York students Rebecca Lee and Hailey Nearhood from the Town of Leicester; and Adeline Ayers, Ava Beardsley, Evan Carroll, Ethan Hall, Justin Kuechler, Tessa Rodwell, and Jacob Smith from the Town of York.

Livingston County’s Board of Supervisors and Youth Board have been recognizing outstanding teens for 29 years. Recipients of this honor are those who have contributed to community and school improvement, demonstrated leadership, or have overcome personal challenges.

Elementary School Art Teacher Mrs. Brandy Lundfelt and her students proudly displayed their artwork on the walls of the Hilfiker Auditorium halls and foyer. The artwork was on display for the month of April for all students, staff and visitors to enjoy.

Middle/High School Art Teacher Mrs. Penny Murray's students' artwork is now on exhibit for the month of May. Be sure to stop by and view the exhibit.

Thank you York Elementary students for sharing your creative works with us!

Several York High School students entered their artwork into the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts Annual Scholastic Arts' Competition, which was on exhibit through May 4, 2024.

Congratulations to Juniors Lalaith Spencer whose painting earned first place and Logan DioGuardi whose traditional photograph earned third place in the competition. Logan also earned Honorable Mention for a traditional photograph that he entered.

Congratulations also to the following students whose artwork received Honorable Mention: Anna Chen, Madalena Balisciano, Isabella Fischer, Ashley Gianforti, Grace Christiano, Jacob Smith, and Sydney Boda.

Students Maggie Reissig, Cecelia Biondo, Lily Dolen, Emily Vattimo, Rebecca Lee, and Lucas DioGuardi also have artwork in the exhibit.

They all are students in Mrs. Penelope Murray and Ms. Kate Andrzejczak’s classes

The Genesee Valley Wind Ensemble and our own York High School Concert Band performed a concert at York's Ivan Hilfiker Auditorium on April 17, 2024. The audience enjoyed an evening of musical entertainment.

York Central School Board of Education

Steven Beardsley, President
Laura Geary, Vice President
Christine Bianchi

Kara Kane

Kirsty Northrop

Marilyn Moore

Kevin Reed

Administration

David Furletti, Superintendent
Heather Kent, Elementary School Interim Principal

Lindsey Peet, Middle/High School Principal
Aubrey Krenzer, Director of Curriculum & Instruction

Megan Logsdon, CSE Chairperson

Paul Liess, Business Administrator