Hancock Elementary School

WORLD SMILE DAY Thank you to Mrs. Prescott for sending in a picture of her smiling 4th graders for World Smile Day! Looking good, boys and girls!!

🍂 Our UPK and Kindergarten Students are Learning and Having Fun! 🍂 This week, our youngest learners at Hancock Central School enjoyed reading The Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming! 📚🍁 The story sparked discussions about the changing seasons and the wonders of fall. 🍂🍃 After story time, the students got creative and made their very own edible fall trees! 🌳✨ Using snacks like pretzels and cereal for colorful candy leaves, they built tasty representations of autumn trees. 🍏🍬 It was a delightful combination of reading, creativity, and a little bit of snacking! 😋 Way to go, boys and girls!! #WeAreHCS #HandsOnLearning

FIELD HOCKEY PICKS UP BIG WIN Congratulations to our D-H Eagles field hockey team on defeating Afton-Harpursville yesterday afternoon by a score of a 2-1! After trailing 1-0 early on, the D-H Eagles scored two goals in the second half of the game to pick up the win in a tight contest! Goals were scored by Amanda Ray and Leah Braun for D-H. Nora Bartholomew picked up an assist and Kadyn Appley had 4 saves. The victory puts D-H in great shape with a 9-2 overall record on the season. They have another tough match-up on Monday, as they take on Vestal. Game time is at 4:30 p.m. in Deposit. Excellent work! #DHNation

CUSTODIAL APPRECIATION DAY Today is Custodial Appreciation Day (also known as National Custodial Worker’s Recognition Day) – we would like to thank our excellent custodial & grounds staff for their hard work and dedication to keep our school clean, safe and inviting. We appreciate all that you do! HCS Custodial staff includes Ed Mitchell, Joe O’Brien, Shaun Gotthardt, Shaun Shannon, Anthony Miller, Greg Gill, Jason Mead and Jodi Newman. #WeAreHCS

UPK LEARN ABOUT LIFE-CYCLES Our UPK students have been working hard, learning about life cycles! Last week, they learned about the life cycle of a butterfly, making butterfly snacks afterwards. This week, they learned about the life cycle of an apple and created apple sauce. Excellent work, boys and girls!

FIRST GRADE READING CHALLENGE Our first-grade students have enjoyed participating in Ms. Williams’ reading challenge, using flashlights to read books inside of the forts they built. They had a great time participating; it looks like a lot of fun! Thank you to Mrs. Vasconi-Smith for sending in some pictures!

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK, BIRTHDAYS AND GOLD SLIPS We would like to congratulate Emma Ruiz and Arabella McGraw on being selected as students of the week for last week and this week! We also would like to congratulate Ezra Berlingeri and Rowan Conklin as gold slip winners for the last 2 weeks! Finally, we celebrated several birthdays at the last two Morning Programs. Happiest of birthdays go out to Paeton Dunlap, Jacob Bogart, Ezra Berlingeri, Sara Saul, Mia Cotza, Arabella McGraw, Rowan Conklin, Kylie Crandall, Luke Wormuth, Karliyah St. Hubert and Jace Carmody! We hope to see you at Morning Program next Tuesday! #WeAreHCS

SCOUTS AT MORNING PROGRAM We would like to give a big thank you to John Harniman for stopping by today’s Morning Program to talk to our students about joining Cub Scouts! Mr. Harniman spoke about different activities that take place during scouts, which include camping, fishing, boating and archery. Scout sign-ups will take place tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Hancock for any student in grades K-5 that may be interested. Thank you for stopping by!! #WeAreHCS

EAGLES WIN ON HOMECOMING Congratulations to our D-H Eagles Football team on their 49-0 win over the Dryden Lions on Friday! The offense was firing on all cylinders early, scoring on each of their drives in the first half to lead 36-0. Defensively, they made all the necessary stops, prohibiting Dryden from putting points on the board. This win moves Deposit-Hancock to 4-0 on the season, earning them a #12 ranking for Class D in New York State! We also had an excellent turn out for the homecoming parade before the game, thank you to everyone that made an appearance!! #DHNation

HOMECOMING QUEEN CROWNED Congratulations to Natalie Woodmansee on being selected as the Homecoming Queen at Friday night’s football game! We would like to congratulate the following girls on being nominated for queen as well! The homecoming queen nominations included Emmalee Watson, Sarah Gross and Makenzie Allen. Congratulations also to the D-H Eagles Football team on their homecoming night victory over Dryden, 49-0! #DHNation

OCTOBER BREAKFAST-LUNCH MENUS Our breakfast and lunch menus for October are pictured below for you to view, thank you to our Food Service staff for providing healthy and tasty meals for our students!

Homecoming Prince, Princess & King Crowned We want to congratulate the following students on being selected for Homecoming Prince, Princess and King! Prince - Carter Wormuth Princess - Maddy Gustin King - Conner Mack Congratulations to all of our nominees! Prince: Carter Wormuth, Landyn Robinson, Trenten Gill, Gavyn Westbrook, John D'Elia Princess: Ariana Blakeslee, Maddy Gustin, Arianna Hunt, Emma Tice, Lacey White King: Arik Biedermann, Leo Lo, Conner Mack, Tyler Persbacker Queen: Natalie Woodmansee, Emmalee Watson, Sarah Gross, Makenzie Allen The homecoming queen will be selected during halftime at tonight's Football game. There will be a parade beforehand, at 5:30 p..m., with kickoff at 7:00 p.m. Let's go, Eagles!! #DHNation #WeAreHCS

IN THE SPIRIT! It has been a busy homecoming week here at HCS, our students have done a wonderful job showing their school spirit!! We look forward to seeing you all at tonight’s Homecoming Parade (5:30 p.m.) and the Homecoming game (7:00 p.m.). Let’s go, Eagles!! #DHNation

NY THURSDAYS We had another successful NY Thursday’s lunch yesterday afternoon! The roast beef & cheese melts, as well as the salt potatoes, were a big hit with our students. “This was the best meal I’ve had at school” was stated by SEVERAL students when asked! Thank you to all our food service staff for another healthy and tasty meal!

NATIONAL PANCAKE DAY Thank you to Mrs. D’Elia for sending in some Elementary breakfast pictures on National Pancake Day! Those pancakes are looking good!!

NY THURSDAYS THIS WEEK We are holding another ‘NY Thursdays’ lunch tomorrow, September 26th, here at HCS! On the menu is: roast beef and cheddar melt sandwich (Slate Foods- New York, NY & Great Lakes Cheese – Adams, NY), salt potatoes (Morning Star Poultry - Fort Plain, NY), buffalo roasted cauliflower (Catskill Cattle Company – Deposit, NY), an apple (Behlog Son & Produce – Conklin, NY) and milk. Last week’s NY Thursday meal was excellent, tomorrow’s menu looks just as tasty! Thank you to our food service staff and the local vendors that make NY Thursday’s a possibility!! #WeAreHCS

HOMECOMING NOMINEES We would like to highlight our Prince & Princess and King & Queen homecoming nominees here at HCS! The nominees will be voted on by the student body this week, with the Prince, Princess and King chosen at Friday’s pep-rally. The Queen will be selected at half time during Friday night’s homecoming game against Dryden. Good luck to all of you!! King Nominees: Conner Mack, Leo Lo, Tyler Persbacker, Arik Biedermann Queen Nominees: Natalie Woodmansee, Emmalee Watson, Sarah Gross, Makenzie Allen Prince Nominees: Carter Wormuth, John D’Elia, Gavyn Westbrook, Landyn Robinson, Trenten Gill Princess Nominees: Ariana Blakeslee, Arianna Hunt, Lacey White, Maddy Gustin, Emma Tice (absent from picture)

FIELD HOCKEY WINS ON SENIOR NIGHT We want to congratulate our D-H Eagles Field Hockey team on their 7-1 victory over Maine Endwell last week for senior recognition! A pair of goals were each scored by Nora Bartholomew, Sarah Gross and Amanda Ray on the evening. Leah Braun had 3 assists, Averie Lester had an assist and Aubrey Smith added 1 goal and an assist. The win puts the Eagles at a 4-1 record so far on the year, great work! Thank you to Danielle Gross for capturing pictures of our seniors: Addison Makowski, Sarah Gross, Leah Wist, Amanda Ray and Darby deGraw! Field Hockey is back in action tonight as they play in Honesdale. Good luck to you all!!

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US We would like to thank everyone that stopped by our curriculum night/college and career night yesterday evening! It was wonderful to see our students with their families, as we all had an opportunity to speak & touch base with each other. We also would like to thank The Hancock Community Education Foundation, as well as all the Colleges and Businesses in attendance that made a very successful College & Career night! Congratulations to Jordan Decker, grade 11, and Jakob Payne, grade 12, on each winning a $500 scholarship! #WeAreHCS

NY THURSDAYS Today we held our first ‘NY Thursdays’ lunch for our students! We caught a few pics of our boys and girls enjoying their lunch, with the consensus being that the Mexican street corn was REAL good!! Thank you to our food service staff for providing a tasty and healthy lunch for all our students! #WeAreHCS