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Marcellian featured in Jostens Look Book 2023: The Marcellian has earned another national honor.   Marcellus High School’s yearbook has been recognized for excellence and featured in the Jostens  Look Book 2023,  celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and inclusivity .  The Jostens  Look Book  is a collection of outstanding yearbooks and their creative themes, cool covers, beautiful designs, relevant coverage of school events, meaningful storytelling, and stunning photography.   Along with design excellence, the annually published  Look Book  honors the work of the students who create the yearbook over the course of 6-12 months. Through it, they chronicle the experiences, stories, and achievements most relevant to students and that academic year.   The ... Drivers Needed for Crystal Ball Cruise: Drivers are needed for the 2023 Crystal Ball Cruise. This is a unique tradition for car enthusiasts to show off their vehicles and to safely transport our students to their Senior Ball and After the Ball Party. More information can be found below!     Francesconi Signs Commitment Letter: Another senior in the Marcellus Central School District signed a commitment letter to play college athletics Thursday. John Francesconi has agreed to play baseball at Gettysburg College after graduation. Gettysburg College is a private liberal arts college in Pennsylvania. The Bullets compete in the Centennial Conference. New Digital Newsletters Available for March: The Marcellus Central School District has released its new Digital Newsletters for March 2023. There is a different digital newsletter for each of the three schools. The digital newsletters contain highlights from the last month with links to the district's social media channels to see more!   District Seeks Feedback on Superintendent Search: As you know, the Marcellus BOE is undertaking a search to find our next superintendent of schools. To help inform the Board’s decision, we are encouraging all staff, students, parents/guardians, and interested community members to fill out a survey. This data, along with upcoming focus groups, will provide valuable data and insight for the BOE to consider as we work through this hiring process. The link for the survey can be found here.     Sevey Selected as New High School Principal: Michelle Brantner, the Superintendent of Schools for the Marcellus Central School Distirct, is proud to introduce Brian Sevey, who has been selected as the new high school principal. Sevey is the current assistant principal at Driver Middle School. Over the summer he will take over for John Durkee, who is retiring at the end of the school year. Learn more about Sevey in the video below.   DMS Students to Perform Musical: Students from Driver Middle School Drama Club will be performing Dear Edwina JR. during the first weekend of February. The first showing is Friday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m., with shows to follow at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4. Dear Edwina JR. is a heartwarming musical about the joys of growing up, from the creators of Junie B. Jones, The Musical. Written in a “show-within-a-show” format, Dear Edwina JR. is the perfect “girl power” musical for a new generation. Dear Edwina JR. follows the adventures of plucky advice-giver-extraordinaire, Edwina Spoonapple, as she directs the neighborhood kids in a series of buoyant production numbers for the latest edition of her weekly "Advice-a-Palooza.” Edwina and her friends share wisdom ... Digital Newsletters Available for February: The Marcellus Central School District has released its new Digital Newsletters for February. There is a different digital newsletter for each of the three schools. The digital newsletters contain highlights from the last month with links to the district's social media channels to see more!   New Digital Newsletters Available: The Marcellus Central School District has released its new Digital Newsletters for January. There is a different digital newsletter for each of the three schools. The digital newsletters contain highlights from the last month with links to the district's social media channels to see more!   December Digital Newsletters Available: The Marcellus Central School District has released its new Digital Newsletters for December. There is a different digital newsletter for each of the three schools. The digital newsletters contain highlights from the last month with links to the district's social media channels to see more!   Snyder Signs Letter of Intent to Play Baseball at Adelphi: Marcellus senior Ethan Snyder signed a national letter of intent to play baseball at Adelphi University. Snyder is planning to study pre-med in order to become an orthopedic surgeon. Adelphi is a Division II school in Garden City, NY that competes in the Northeast-10 Conference.   New Digital Newsletters Available: The Marcellus Central School District has released its new Digital Newsletters for November. There is a different digital newsletter for each of the three schools. The digital newsletters contain highlights from the last month with links to the district's social media channels to see more!   New Digital Newsletters Available: New Digital Newsletters for November: Feedback Wanted on New Website: The Marcellus Central School District is in the process of revamping its website. We are looking for input from parents, students, staff and community members. We ask that everyone fill out the short survey, which can be found here .     Mrs. Brantner Gives District Update: Superintendent Michelle Brantner gives an update on what's going on in the district. The topics include upcoming construction projects, a possible new Ag building, the search for a new principal at the high school after Mr. Durkee retires, a new district website, and much more.   Senior Named Commended Student: A Marcellus Central School District senior has been named a Commended Student in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. Lukas Grieb earned the honor, and received a certificate from Principal John Durkee this week. “I’m very excited and proud,” Grieb said. “It’s a nice recognition.” About 34,000 students nationwide are recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2023 competition by taking the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). “We’re so proud of Lukas,” Durkee said. “Lukas’ hard work and dedication to his studies has led to this achievement. I have no doubts Lukas has a ... Results for the Budget Vote and Board of Education Election: The Marcellus Central School District's $38.97 million budget passed by a 504-201 vote Tuesday. The budget calls for a 1.3 percent increase in spending over 2021-22 and carries a 1.89 percent tax levy increase. Three new members were elected to the Board of Education. Erica Poquadeck led the way with 443 votes, Kathryn Branson Dennis had 427 votes, and Joshua Matousek received 375 votes. Elizabeth Swenson had 351, while Karen Van Wyk had 169 votes. Voters also passed the second proposition on the ballot, which was to purchase two 66-passenger buses and one 30-passenger school bus with a wheelchair lift. The final tally was 508-194. The third proposition for the library levy passed 510-197. Six More Student-Athletes Sign College Commitment Letters: Six more senior student-athletes in the Marcellus Central School District signed commitment letters to play sports at the collegiate level, John White signed a national letter of intent to play golf at Mercyhurst University. Emma MacLachlan has committed to play softball at St. John Fisher College, while Katie MacLachlan will play basketball at Nazareth College. Sara Mielnicki has committed to play soccer at SUNY Brockport, Aubrey Fraher will play softball at Onondaga Community College, and Liam Goldsworthy signed to play football at SUNY Brockport.   Joe White - Mercyhurst Golf   Katie MacLachlan - Nazareth Basketball Emma MacLachlan - St. John Fisher Softball Liam Goldsworthy - Brockport Football ... DMS Students Take Top 2 Spots in Top Cut Beef Competition: Students at C.S. Driver Middle School in Marcellus took first and second place in the Fifth Annual Top Cut Beef Contest held recently. FACS teacher Elizabeth Milliken’s students won first place with the “Oh My Gosh, Goulash!” recipe in the middle school division, while “Crunchy Dorito Wrap” came in close behind in the competition, which is a program through New York Agriculture in the Classroom and the New York Beef Council. The first place team was made up of Caiden McLymond, Sophie Mondello, Molly Moses and Keelyn Martin, while Saria Matthews, Leah Wood, Sophia Pilon and Maddy Foy were on the second place team. More than 60 classrooms competed to develop a beef recipe of their choice which could be served in their school cafeteria, and ...

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