- Once
again, Irondequoit High School (IHS) has been named to Newsweek
magazine’s list of America’s Best High Schools. At number 269,
IHS ranks in the top 1% of the 27,000 schools surveyed. IHS has been
on the list every year that it has been published and our
participation in the Advanced Placement program continues to grow.
More importantly, more than 70% of our students consistently score
3, 4 or 5 on AP exams, making them eligible for college credit.
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- Iroquois Middle
School students participated in the Darien
Lake Music Festival on May 22 and earned the following awards:
-Sixth grade students
Emalee Fortunato and Hannah O'Neil received recognition as Outstanding
Soloists
-The
Iroquois 5/6 Chorus won first place in their division and a rating of
"Gold with Distinction."
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- West Irondequoit students won new bicycle
helmets in the 2010 Wheel Sport Safety Awareness Coloring Contest.
Our winners were:
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Brookview
Natalie Plunkett
Irena
Stefankiv
Sulli
Costantino
Listwood
Jenna Hewitt
Lily
Cunningham
Claire
Steckley
Caroline
Walters
Eliza
Myers
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Seneca Bryn Straub
Jenna Villani
David Alkaher
Cassandra Rose
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- George Theoharis, author of The School
Leaders Our Children Deserve, visited classrooms at Rogers Middle
School and Dake Junior High
School in May.
Accompanied by
Polly Patti, Assistant Superintendent from BOCES I, the visitation
highlighted our inclusive and dynamic approach to teaching all students.
Our visitors were able to see firsthand the professional culture which
embraces diverse learners, as well as witness the success of students who
have complex needs. Dr. Theoharis commented that he consults and
travels extensively, and noted the special culture and feeling of the
classrooms, the success of the students, and the positive energy which
faculty lends to the buildings.
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- IHS junior Jonathan Joy,
has been selected for the Eastman Kodak High School Co-op
program for 2010-2011. He will be working in a chemical engineering
lab testing ink jet inks for future consumer printers. Jonathan
begins right after July 4th and has the opportunity to work full
time during the summer. He will also work Monday-Friday from 1-5
p.m. throughout his senior year.
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- On May 22, 2010, members of the IHS
Philharmonic and Symphonic Orchestras traveled to Hershey, PA
for a music festival. The students received the highest
score in their division with a rating of "superior."
Their trophy is currently on display in the main office at the high
school.
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- Eight spring sports teams have qualified
for the Scholar/Athlete Team Award in West
Irondequoit. The teams and the qualifying players are:
Boys Varsity Baseball - Zachary Estes, Casey Kelly,
Daniel Kelly, Michael Moroni, Allen Porter, Matthew Ramsey
Boys Varsity Lacrosse - Henry Burton, Ian Brooks, Eric
Fischer, Erik Kleehammer, Maxim Kostyk, Gunnar Miller, Emory Poccia,
Mackenzie Romal, Alexander Torpey, Colby Wehner, Matthew Wolfe
Girls Varsity Lacrosse - Elena Fischer, Ashley Harris,
Jessica Lindsey, Denay O’Connor, Lisa Rogers, Teigan Ruster, Caitlin
White
Boys Varsity Tennis - Dennis Allen, Max Blaise, Joseph
Connolly, Robert Dowd, Timothy Ferriter, Ryan Fox, Tanisorn
Janvuttarunggul, Eric Phommanirat, Jacob Zarzycki
Boys Varsity Track - Eric Bigenwald, Robert Bretz,
Ryan Cribbin, Taylor Diem, James Dorren, Nicholas Koss, Zachary Muzdakis,
Matthew Tucker
Girls Varsity Track - Taylor Croccetti, Mary Cushman,
Danielle Greenaway, Maryanne Greenaway, Joanna Heath, Taylor Melidona,
Madeleine Muzdakis, Lianna Raspudic, Sarah Rocco, Georgia Tuttle
Girls Varsity Softball - Shannon Bamann, Emily Farr,
Colleen Kolb, Kelsey O’Brien, Rebecca Sadler
Boys Varsity Golf - Daniel Buerkle, Kevin Connelly,
Jakob Graff, Michael Ward
The following
students received the Scholar/Athlete Award for earning the highest
academic average on their teams:
Varsity Baseball - Daniel Kelly
Varsity Golf – Daniel Buerkle
Boys Lacrosse - Eric Fischer
Girls Lacrosse - Teigan Ruster
Varsity Softball - Emily Farr
Varsity Tennis - Tanisorn Janvuttarunggul
Varsity Boys Track - Eric Bigenwald
Varsity Girls Track - Madeleine Muzdakis
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- The Irondequoit High
School Amnesty International Club raised over $400 for Pennies
for Peace at Arts Fest. Club members (Anne Ritz,
Samantha MacDonald, Emma Colley, Brittany Donofrio, Paige Smith,
Trevor Bradshaw, Jackie Baker, Tyler Poquette, Annie Burkovich, Ms.
Mohr & Ms. Scherer) sold daisies to raise awareness and
funds for their cause. They would like to thank everyone who
contributed, especially:
-WIRQ for raising over $115 with T-shirt sales
-Lauren Mueller for donating $75 from her henna table
-Justin Owen for donating $40 in cookie profits
-Kelsey Corbishley for donating $15 from her balloon animal earnings
Amnesty Internationals grand total donation to
‘Pennies for Peace’ was $727.95!
Almost
$330 was collected in small coins demonstrating that even the smallest
things, when used in force, can promote change. The organization uses
donations to build schools in remote parts of Afghanistan
and Pakistan.
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- Also at Arts Fest 2010, Tri-M Music Honor
Society sponsored a table where students could write "Thank
You" notes to veterans who are alumni of IHS, staff at IHS
and to family members. Students wrote over 100 letters that
were mailed to the veterans.
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- All 150 students enrolled in the Career
& Financial Management classes participated in the Financial Literacy
Certification program managed by the nonprofit organization
Working In Support of Education (http://www.moneypower.org/wise/withframes.jsp).
Each year, the New
York Financial Literacy Coalition gives a Financial Literacy
Certification Test to high school students at participating member
schools and those who pass the test are awarded a Financial Literacy
Certificate indicating that he/she has met New York State Standards based
on the Economics, the Enterprise
System, and Finance curriculum.
Below are the
results of the Pre-Test (what students knew about financial literacy
before the course began) taken in February and Post-Test (what they knew
at the end of the course):
150 IHS Students
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Pre-Test
7% passed (65+)
0% mastery (85+)
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Post-Test
98% passed (65+)
59% mastery (85+)
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- The
Eastern
Monroe Career Center
at BOCES 1 has announced the
National Technical Honor Society 2009-2010. Irondequoit High
School students include:
Benjamin Alexander - Criminal Justice
Victoria Andrews - Cosmetology
Krista Boucher - Cosmetology
Sarah Bugner - New Vision Medical Careers
Lindsay
Chinelli - Lindsay Culinary Arts
Nicole Guida - Early Childhood Education
LeAnna LaRosa - Cosmetology
Cameron Mabb - Criminal Justice
Marissa Majchrzak-Boyce -
Criminal Justice
Noelle Menezes - Cosmetology
Elizabeth
Nettles - New Vision Medical Careers
Brandon Perkins - Carpentry
Chelsea Rogers - Culinary Arts
Peter Schum - New Vision Medical Careers
Jessica Tambe - New Vision Medical Careers
Paige Zorij - New Vision Medical Careers
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- IHS senior Cito (Chris)
Culver was picked in the first round of the draft to play for the Yankees
baseball organization.
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- Students
in the E-Commerce Applications business class at IHS earned the Rookie
Site of the Year award from ScoresUp.com. The class built a
Web site, ITownConnect, to sell apparel and to share news about
IHS. Students mastered fundamental concepts of doing business,
marketing, and entrepreneurship on the Internet as they developed an
e-business plan and built and managed a live Web site with the
objectives of attracting as many visitors and generating as much
revenue as possible. “Their itownconnect.com Web site started strong
with great research, brainstorming and planning and kept getting
stronger, thanks to outstanding dedication and execution.”
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- IHS
business teacher Lou DiCesare was recognized by Drexel University
when he received the Harold W. Pote “Behind
Every Graduate” Award. Recipients of the award are nominated by Drexel seniors
who recall the high school teacher who inspired them to pursue a
college education, seek a new perspective on learning or pursue a
particular major or career. In her nomination letter Abby Dineen IHS
’06, wrote, “For the first time in high school, I was fully engaged
in class. I loved going to my business education classes - I
gave up lunch periods and study halls just so I could take
more. I showed up early to school just to lead DECA meetings,
and stayed late to practice for the LifeSmarts competition. I
was pushed to reach a higher level of success in an entirely new
field.”
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· At the Athletic
Awards reception on June 8, Chris Culver (basketball and baseball) and
Mary Cushman (volleyball and track) were named Athletes of the Year.
The “Maynard Hall Award” recognizes seniors for effort, desire,
attitude and sportsmanship. This year’s recipients are: Richard
Looby and Mary Cushman.
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· Working with
sculpture artists Mark and Diane Wiesbeck, IHS students created Student
Body, a piece now on permanent display in the IHS library. Our
students created the individual and unique ribs of the piece. It was
assembled at Arts Fest to form one unified structure. A video of the
unveiling will be available on our Web site soon.
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- The IHS Jazz Ensemble
performed at the Xerox Rochester
International Jazz Festival on June 14.
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- Dake Art
Club 2009-2010 members designed and collaboratively painted two
murals that will be donated to Golisano Children’s Hospital
and hung in a recreation room and a treatment room. The artists are:
Jenna Dombroski, Kim Jebbett, Sarah Buckley, Mandy Freese, Mandy
Lessard, Rachel Christianson, Michael
Borg, Erica Nicholson, Madi Russel and Joanna Klemenz.
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