March 2025 Knightly News is here!
We are proud to announce the York High School Class of 2025 Top Ten Seniors!
Read this story on the front page of the March 2025 Knightly News and the next 19 pages of great stories about our students and staff.
https://tinyurl.com/bdd9yv7t
If you did NOT receive your copy of the Knightly News in your mail, please contact Sarah Santora at ssantora@yorkcsd.org or call 585-243-1730 ext. 2112.
Mrs. Penny Liptak's Accelerated Science students will attest that Science is fun!
Students in her class demonstrated their knowledge of cell mitosis in a very creative way.
The project included making note cards of facts about cell mitosis. Then, the fun part! Students used playdough to create a model cell. The students added additional pieces of clay to the cell model to demonstrate chromosome changes.
Lastly, the cell changes were documented using a stop motion video app. The resulting video produced a great visual for understanding the process of cell mitosis.
The students worked in teams to complete the project.
Happening this Friday night - BINGO Fun Night at York Middle-High School!
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the Middle-High School Cafeteria
$5 per student. Pizza and refreshments for sale.
The York HS STEAM Club needs your gently worn shoes!!
The STEAM Club is collecting new, used, and gently worn shoes, sneakers, any style of footwear, for their fundraiser. Your shoes will receive a second life and be distributed throughout the world to those in need.
Community members may drop off their shoe donation at the main entrance with Mrs. Dubielle. A STEAM Club member will collect them.
Spring is the perfect time to clean out those closets! Thank you YCS community!
9 York Odyssey of the Mind Teams Advancing to the NYS Competition!
Eleven Odyssey of the Mind teams competed at the regional level on Saturday, March 22, 2025. Nine of our teams will advance to the NYS Odyssey of the Mind Competition on April 5 at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse.
A shout out to our youngest OMers, our two primary teams, who presented their solutions to a panel. Primary teams are not judged and scored.
Altogether, YCS had 13 teams in the regional competition and we couldn't be more proud of their performances!
Our OM teams have invested countless hours of preparation for the competition. Congratulations to all the students and their coaches.
Div. 1 Vehicle -1st place (Advancing to States)
Div. 1 Classics - 3rd place
Div. 1 Structure (Balsa)- 1st place (Advancing to States)
Div. 1 Performance - 2nd place
Div. 2 Technical - 1st place (Advancing to States)
Div. 2 Classics - 2nd place (Advancing to States)
Div. 2 Structure (Balsa)- 1st place (Advancing to States)
Div. 2 Performance - 1st place (Advancing to States)
Div. 3 Classics - 1st place (Advancing to States)
Div. 3 Structure (Balsa)- 1st place (Advancing to States)
Div. 3 Performance - 1st place (Advancing to States)
The 2025 Elementary School Yearbook is now on sale!
$15 per copy
The YCS code is 91600G
https://inter-state.com/YearbookEntry/91600G
Order information is also on the school website https://www.yorkcsd.org/article/2097374
The York CSD Board of Education approved the 2025-2026 Instructional Calendar.
This calendar, as well as the 12-month District Calendar, which shows recesses, holidays, concerts, and other school activities monthly, can be viewed and downloaded on our school website and the York CSD mobile app.
https://www.yorkcsd.org/page/calendar-of-events
Today our Knights will compete at the Regional Odyssey of the Mind competition at Mount Morris CSD.
Good luck OMer's!
Congratulations to the York Golden Knights Winter Scholar Athlete Teams!
Varsity Boys Basketball - 91%
Varsity Girls Basketball - 96%
Varsity Girls Indoor Track - 97%
Varsity Boys/Girls Swim - 93%
Mrs. Trish Pangrazio's seventh grade science students dissected frogs to gain a better understanding of the anatomy.
Students worked in groups with their first step being to expose the cavity of the frog. Using dissection tools and with Mrs. Pangrazio's guidance, the students located and remove the liver, gallbladder, stomach, large and small intestines, heart, lungs, and kidneys.
Dissection labs are a way for students to get a thorough understanding of an animal's organs and systems, and how they work.
And that's a wrap on the High School Pageturners season of competitions.
ELA Teacher Miss Emma Durfee is the advisor to the Pageturners team of Flora Helton, Natasha Hart, Sylvia Llop, Chloe Sunday, Lorenza Dimartino, Henry Scott, Ethan Metz, Gwen Metz, and Evan Reimer.
York finished in fifth place and we look forward to these students returning to Pageturners next year!
Mrs. Julie Savage's students were given an assignment to create a game of strategy that can be played by children and their families.
The students worked in groups and then demonstrated their game using their classmates as players. They had to write a narrative that included what age groups the game is suitable for, clear directions, and the objective to win the game.
Mrs. Savage was impressed with the creativity and variety of the games. Looks like these students will never run out of fun ideas to pass their time!
Friday, March 21, 2025, is World Down Syndrome Day!
Since that is our Superintendent's Conference Day, we are asking our students and staff to wear their brightest, most colorful, unique, and spunky socks to school on Thursday, March 20 in celebration of people with Down Syndrome and the many ways they make our world brighter!
The annual CO2 car races took place and the entries were some of the best ever!
Students designed their own unique designs with a focus on creativity and speed!
The CO2 races give the students an idea of how their design will perform on Wednesday at Genesee Community College Tech Wars.
Congratulations to all of the students who entered cars - the unique variety and speed of the cars was impressive. And good luck to our students who are competing at Tech Wars tomorrow.
Friday's race results!
Jon Bush 1st in speed and fastest reaction time
Paytinn Cloy 2nd in speed
Faith Layland 3rd in speed
Mary Harwood 4th in speed
Avanda Coffey 5th in speed
Unique and Creative Designs
Faith Layland
Charlie Schneider
Carson Metz
Brison Watt
Robbie Andino
Top O' the Morning to Ya!
After swimming in PE class, Fifth graders celebrated St. Patrick's Day with an ice cream sundae topped with green sprinkles and a shiny green leprechaun drink!
York High School students traveled to Genesee Community College today to participate in GLOW With Your Hands: Healthcare.
Over 600 students from the GLOW region (Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, and Wyoming Counties), explored careers and spoke with representatives from hospitals and health systems; professionals in nursing, mental health, social services, and emergency responders.
YCS School-to-Work Coordinator Mr. Bill Mackenzie accompanied the students to GCC and said the career fair connected them with a wide-variety of healthcare career representatives who engaged the students in hands-on activities.
GLOW With Your Hands is sponsored by area business and education groups.
We love to recognize our young Knights for doing the right thing at school.
You are great examples of the Golden Knights Way!
REMINDER:
Friday, March 21 , 2025, is a Superintendent's Conference Day.
No school for students.
Staff reports.
We love to recognize our young Knights for doing the right thing at school.
You are great examples of the Golden Knights Way!
Congratulations Golden Knights!
2025 LCAA Girls Basketball All -Stars!
Senior Rylee Cuozzo, Junior Tessa Rodwell, and Sophomore Brianna Parsons.
Girls Basketball Exceptional Seniors!
Isabel Laney
Rylee Cuozzo
The LCAA Girls Senior Select Game will be held Friday, March 21 at Letchworth High School; 6 p.m.
2025 LCAA Boys Basketball All-Stars!
Senior Liam Ezard and Junior Parker Bonefede
Boys Basketball Exceptional Senior!
Liam Ezard
The LCAA Boys Senior Select Game will be held Friday, March 21 at Letchworth High School, 7:15 p.m.
