Hancock Central School District

FUN FRIDAY Our UPK and Kindergarten students got together for Fun Friday this past week! Their theme was reindeer, so the students made reindeer food for their snack. They also made reindeer food to put out on Christmas Eve for Santa’s reindeer! Excellent work, boys and girls!

MS-HS CONCERT RECORDING Last night's Middle-High School winter concert is now available to view on our HCSD Youtube page at the address below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_0Uwr71NtM Nice work, everyone!

🎶 Bravo to Our Band and Chorus! 🎶 HCS would like to congratulate our talented musicians and vocalists on their outstanding performances at last night’s Winter Concert! ❄️✨ The concert featured beautiful renditions by: 🎵 5th Grade Chorus 🎵 Middle School Band 🎵 Middle School Chorus 🎵 High School Band 🎵 High School Chorus A special thank you to all the students for their hard work, as well as our directors, Choral Director Loa Noyd and Band Director Michael Massaro, for their dedication and guidance in making this event a true celebration of music and the holiday spirit. 🎄💙 #WeAreHCS

🎉 Congratulations to our Middle School Students! 🎉 Hancock Central School would like to proudly recognize the hard work and achievements of our middle school students during yesterday’s Quarter 1 Awards Ceremony! 🏅✨ Congratulations to the following students: MERIT ROLL: Grade 6: Liam Chapman, Christopher Davanzo, Addie Furlong, Sauyer Lobdell, Kemper Possemato, Aurora Ruiz, Elisha Simmons, Chanel Wignall Grade 7: Arissa Crawson, Jada Furlong, Jena Furlong, Sophia Jefferson, Hannah Morgan, Kylan Possemato, Gage Zazeckie Grade 8: Jake D’Elia, Trenten Gill, Nissi Louis, Livian Robinson HONOR ROLL: Grade 5: Earl Miller, Jace Murphy, Kylie Tompkins, Jacob Wormuth Grade 6: Joshua Dunlap, Baylie Ellis, Leon Miller Grade 7: John Blanchard, Bryleigh Drumm, Leah Haase-Thomas, Richard Miller Grade 8: Ariana Blakeslee, John D’Elia, Xavier Esolen, Arianna Hunt, Chase Mack, Landyn Robinson, Emma Tice, Cameron Thomas, Gavyn Westbrook HIGH HONOR ROLL: Grade 5: Maci Berlingeri, Samuel Brigham, Ivan Haskell, Addison Picozzi, Emerson Rinn Grade 6: Harper Dufton, Ava Reynolds Grade 7: Karynn Appley, Liliana Avila, Jayden D’Elia, Owen Drake, Justin He, Preston Johnston, Braidynn Marino, Braylee Marino, Sophia Prescott, Emma Saul, Cooper Wormuth Grade 8: Elaine He, Madilynn Gustin, Adelaide Roenfeldt, Lacey White PERFECT ATTENDANCE: 5th Grade: Ivan Haskell, Addison Picozzi 6th Grade: Harper Dufton, Addie Furlong, Jonghyeok Kim, Ava Reynolds 7th Grade: Madison Bolster, Owen Drake, Justin He, Braidynn Marino, Braylee Marino, Hannah Morgan, Sophia Prescott, Cooper Wormuth, Gage Zazeckie 8th Grade: Trenten Gill, Elaine He, Arianna Hunt, Nicholas Irimescu, Jongryul Kim, Landyn Robinson From academic excellence to outstanding character and effort, our students continue to embody the values of determination and perseverance. We are so proud of all your accomplishments and can’t wait to see what you achieve next! Let’s celebrate their success together. Way to go, students!! #WeAreHCS

GIRLS BASKETBALL WINS OPENER Congratulations to our D-H Eagles Varsity Girls Basketball team on their victory over Franklin last night in the Walton tip-off tournament. It was a tight game throughout, but the Lady Eagles picked up the win with a 42-37 score! Sarah Gross scored 21 points to lead D-H, with Ivy Tice adding 9 points and Autumn Dohanic tallying 6 points. The girls will travel back to Walton tomorrow night, taking on Walton for the tip-off championship. Good luck, ladies! #DHNation

D-H SPORTS LIVE STREAMS Deposit-Hancock is moving to a new live stream platform for our home athletic contests! We will be using HUDL FAN TV from this point forward (this is a free service, no account is required to view contests). Our home athletic contests will NO LONGER be live streamed on the YouTube platform. To watch games, please click on this link: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ny/deposit/organization/61233/deposithancock-high-school The link is also available on our school website, under the ‘Athletics’ tab. We have boys’ basketball games upcoming, with our D-H Boys tip-off tournament scheduled for tomorrow, December 6th and Saturday, December 7th. GO EAGLES!!! #DHNation

MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARDS, MS-HS CONCERT TODAY Just a reminder that we will be holding quarter 1 awards for students in grades 5-8 at approximately 1:50/1:55 p.m. this afternoon. We will also be having our MS-HS Winter concert later this evening at 6:30 p.m. Please join us if you're able to attend, we look forward to seeing you!

BIRTHDAYS, AWARD WINNERS AT MORNING PROGRAM We want to congratulate all our elementary boys and girls for their hard work through the first quarter of the school year! We also celebrated a few birthdays and selected our gold/blue slip winners at yesterday’s program! Happiest of birthdays go out to Emalinne Davis, William Bogart, Leeann Miller, Maverick Lopez and Mrs. Robinson! We hope you all have a wonderful birthday! We also selected two blue slip winners this week, congratulations to Lillie Walker and Cristian Sparacio on being selected! Blue slips are given out to those students who display kindness, respect and good character inside and outside of the classroom. A job well done, keep getting those slips in, boys and girls!

MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS THURSDAY & FRIDAY We would like to invite you to our Middle & High School quarter 1 awards ceremonies tomorrow, December 5th and Friday, December 6th. Awards for grades 5-8 will take place Thursday, with grades 9-12 occurring on Friday. Both ceremonies will begin at approximately 1:50/1:55 p.m., we hope to see you then!

ELEMENTARY AWARDS We would like to thank everyone that showed up to our Quarter 1 elementary awards earlier today, we had a packed house! Congratulations to all our boys and girls for their achievements for the start of the year, they are highlighted below. Job well done, students!! High Honor Roll: Kira Kilian Honor Roll: Mia Cotza, Kyla Blakeslee, Grayson Speer, Cade Thomason, Jo’siyah Wright, Sawyer Dufton, Wyatt Drake, Bentley Wignall, Abigail Davis, Sara Saul, Leeann Miller, Landon Emerich, Rowan Conklin, Neven Brkaric, Dawson Dufton Merit Roll: Liah Chapman, Lillie Walker, Jace Carmody, Onyx Morgan, Harper Bartholomew Perfect Attendance: Ezra Berlingeri, Kyla Blakeslee, William Bogart, Addison Bolster, Tuesday Bond, Luka Brkaric, Stryker Conklin, Noah Drake, Hudson Dufton, Paeton Dunlap, Karissa Mack, Analise Robinson, Emilia Tcimpidis, Selena Tompkins, Edith Vanderwall, Lillie Walker Koalaty Kid Awards: Greatest Improvement: Xavier Adams, Elena Sparacio, Cristian Sparacio, Xander Dufton, Dawson Dufton, Jace Carmody, Khloe Gonyou – Reading Greatest Effort: Kenlie Whitmore, Zayne Walker, Lula Disipio, Cora Thomason, Kira Kilian, Cade Thomason, Alejandro Ruiz – Reading, Jo’siyah Wright – Phys. Ed, Tanner Davis – Phys. Ed Positive Attitude: Ariya Rieman, Noah Drake, Luka Brkaric, Stryker Conklin, Sawyer Dufton, Ella Dufton, Nicholas Picozzi – Math, Zayne Walker – Phys. Ed, Dawson Dufton – Phys. Ed, Lula Disipio – Library, Edith Vanderwall – Library Problem Solver: Isaac Nero, Tanner Davis, Emma Frost, Wyatt Drake, Adrian Bolster, Karissa Mack – Reading Happy Helper: Katrina Siegler, Cristian Sparacio, Kallen Robinson Most Creative in Art: Spencer Zazeckie, Carsyn DaBrescia-McGraw, Zander Wahl, Kinley Drake, Rowan Conklin, Luke Wormuth Most Eager Musician: Kyla Blakeslee, Tanner Davis, Giavanna Perillo, Lincoln Rice, Elena Sparacio Great Singer: Katrina Siegler, Aubree DeFreese-Yager Most Dependable Performer – Music: Wyatt Drake Great Performer – Music: Stryker Conklin, Natalia Tarbox Wonderful Smiling Performer – Music: Madeline Mootz #WeAreHCS

MS-HS CONCERT THIS THURSDAY We would like to invite you to our HCS middle-high school winter concert this Thursday, December 5th! The concert will begin at 6:30 p.m., featuring our wonderful choral and band arrangements. High school students participating in the concert are asked to report before/by 5:45 p.m., while middle school students should report by 6:00 p.m. Doors will open for guest at 6:15 p.m., we hope to see you there!

🌟👏 Congratulations to Our NTHS Inductees! 👏🌟 We are thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of our HCS students and their peers from other districts in DCMO BOCES who were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) before our Thanksgiving break! 🎉 Congratulations to the following HCS students: Ashton Aceves-Amaya, Computer Technology Arik Biedermann, Welding Vanessa Horton, Business Foundations Aidan Norton, Conservation This achievement highlights their dedication to academic excellence, leadership, and technical skills. We're so proud of your hard work and commitment to success! 💙💛 #WeAreHCS #NTHS2024 #FutureLeaders

ELEMENTARY AWARDS TOMORROW Please join us Tuesday, December 3rd as we present our Quarter 1 elementary awards to our students during Morning Program! The award ceremony will start at approximately 8:35 a.m., we look forward to seeing you then!

STUDENT OF THE WEEK, BIRTHDAYS & GOLD SLIPS We highlighted our student of the week, picked a gold slip winner and celebrated several birthdays at Morning Program today! Firstly, congratulations to our student of the week, Sawyer Dufton! Sawyer was chosen by Mrs. Cooper because he is a good friend to his peers and always tries his best in class. Well done, Sawyer! We also selected our gold slip winner, congratulations to Jimi Kilian from Ms. Milk’s class! Finally, we would like to wish a happy birthday’s to Mrs. Karcher, Ariya Rieman, Lyla Hartnett and Mrs. Cooper!! We hope everyone has a safe and festive holiday break; we will see you next week!!

🎭🌟 Bravo, High School Performers! 🌟🎭 This past Saturday, our talented high school students took the stage and delivered an incredible performance of "You Can't Take It with You" by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Their hard work, dedication, and passion truly shined, leaving the audience thoroughly entertained and inspired. 👏👏 A big round of applause to our cast, crew, and everyone involved in bringing this production to life. You made HCS proud! 💙💛 Cast: Penelope Sycamore – Vanessa Horton Essie – Amelia Waldron Rheba – Emmalee Watson Paul Sycamore – Olivia Esolen Ed – Hunter Oddo Donald – Isaiah Graham Martin Vanderhof – Emily Bolster Alice – Emrehe Ellis Henderson - Ashton Aceves-Amaya Tony Kirby – Steven Saul, Jr. Boris Kolenkhov – Liam Kelly Kay Wellington – Madalyn Schmitz Mr. Kirby – Liam Kelly Mrs. Kirby – Grace Evanitsky Olga – Grace Evanitsky G-Man - Ashton Aceves-Amaya Production Team: Director – Loa Noyd Technical Set Director – Kristy White Lighting and Sound – Jason Mead Spotlight – Leigha Mead Printing – BOCES Printshop & Chance Charles Costumes – Jackie Petriella

ELEMENTARY CONCERT VIDEO If you're interested in viewing Thursday night's Elementary concert, it is published on our HCSD Youtube channel at the link below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpiRCcp5p_g

A WONDERFUL ELEMENTARY CONCERT We would like to give a big shout-out to our amazing UPK-4th graders for their fantastic performance at the elementary holiday concert this past Thursday! They delighted the packed house with songs like “I Like Thanksgiving” and “Listen to the Jingles” by Teresa Jennings, as well as “The Big Chill” by Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse. Everyone did a phenomenal job—what an incredible way to celebrate the season!

5TH Graders Think Big at Engineering Day! Thank you to Mrs. Rice for sending in pictures of our 5th graders at Engineering Day last week! Like our 8th grade group the day before, the 5th graders traveled to the BT-BOCES campus, where they participated in a rube Goldberg/group engineering challenge! It looks like you were all working hard and having a good time, excellent work!

The Hancock Central School District is closed today, Friday, November 22.

🎭📚 First-Grade Readers’ Theater 📖✨ Today, Mrs. Vasconi-Smith's first-grade class hosted a Readers’ Theater for their fellow elementary students! Readers' Theater is a fun and interactive way to bring stories to life. Students were split into two groups: ‘The Little Red Hen’ and ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’, where they read aloud from scripts, using expressive voices and gestures to engage their audience—no props or costumes needed! Our first graders did an amazing job reading stories to their peers, spreading joy and fostering a love for reading. Both readers and listeners had a fantastic time! Great job, first graders—you’re inspiring the next generation of storytellers!