Perry Central School District

Stephanie Czerniak, 4-H community educator from Wyoming County Cornell Cooperative Extension, is visiting fifth grade classes today to teach students about wet felting. The process creates a strangely clean mess, and students are having a blast! Wool is wrapped around a bar of soap and, after adding some water and several minutes of friction, the fibers grow tighter creating a uniquely beautiful material. #PrideInTheHive

We caught Mrs. Schneider's third graders and Ms. Johnson's class playing moneyball with Coach VonGunden and Coach Allen this morning in PE. Depending on what color ball they're using, students earn points for each basket made. The goal is for students to work on their shooting skills. You never know, these might be future members of the PCS 1,000-points clubs! #PrideInTheHive

This morning, the Genesee Valley School Boards Association awarded area school districts with 2024 Excellence in Student Services Awards during a ceremony at Byron-Bergen CSD. Melissa Mehlenbacher, social worker, and Stacee Muolo, behavioral health specialist, were on hand to accept the honor for PCSD. Over the last several years, these two individuals have brought the Youth Mental Health First Aid initiative to PCSD. Nearly all of our faculty/staff and administrators have been trained (and re-certified) to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health challenges or crises in students. Whether it be substance abuse, anxiety, trauma, bullying, etc., our school personnel are trained on how to respond, give reassurance, and encourage appropriate professional help. Thanks to Mrs. Muolo, Mrs. Mehlenbacher, and our entire PCS family for making our students’ mental and emotional health a top priority.

The students in Ms. Reding and Ms. Nichols’ classroom are rockstars! This morning was the very first time operating their coffee cart service and a ton of faculty/staff members and administrators lined up to support this new endeavor. These students not only made all the baked goods, but they’re also excelling at their communication and customer service skills, and managing the money. We’re pretty confident that they’ll have many return customers on Feb. 14! #PrideInTheHive

There's just enough snow for some sledding fun today in PE! #PrideInTheHive

PCS Family Members: All after school activities are cancelled today (January 19, 2024). The YMCA after school program will operate as scheduled. Daryl McLaughlin Superintendent of Schools

We caught Mrs. Smith’s 4th graders during their class meeting this morning. This daily routine creates a safe space for students to share how they’re feeling, if they so choose, or talk about what they did the night before. We love seeing the students connect as a group, be active listeners, and give thoughtful responses. Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Giannetto, Mrs. Church, and Ms. Ferris also join in the conversations. #PrideInTheHive

Ms. Byrne’s students are learning multiplication and division in math and she decided to use a common task – separating class snacks – to help students better understand the relationship between the two operations. #PrideInTheHive

Stephanie Czerniak, a community educator from Wyoming County Cooperative Extension, visited PES today to teach 6th graders how to make a quick 30-minute mozzarella cheese recipe. During the process, students learned that adding rennet helps the milk coagulate to separate the curds from the whey. The citric acid lowers the pH and helps form the cheese. Once finished, students sampled the finished mozzarella. All the ingredients for the cheese were purchased locally, and students received copies of the recipe in case they wanted to make more at home. #PrideInTheHive

Senior Emma Gifford hopes to turn her passion for creating glass artwork into a future career. As one of Mrs. Emerson's independent art students, she created this beautiful series of four glass plates that depict moths. We can't wait to see where her talent takes her! #PrideInTheHive #ClassOf2024

We love this morning’s conversation between Ms. Wilkie, ES/JH Library Media Specialist, and her UPK students. After reading Jan Brett’s “The Three Snow Bears,” students were asked the similarities and differences between that story and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” The conversation quickly turned to lessons shared in both stories, like knowing when to apologize, showing respect to others, and thinking about how our actions affect others. All great lessons for our youngest learners! #PrideInTheHive

Yesterday I was fortunate to start my day observing Mrs. Eberstein's UPK classroom. During morning routine, the students activated their minds and bodies by reciting statements and performing yoga poses. "Today I am a leader. I am choosing to have a great day. I can do hard things. I will be a great friend. I am loved. I am an amazing person. I am special & important." I think this a great way for everyone to start the day. Best students, best teachers, best leaders, best team. Daryl McLaughlin Superintendent of Schools

Today is about getting back into normal routines and reconnecting as a school community. Welcome Back!!! #PrideInTheHive

High School Stand Up members and Ms. Smith wanted to bring some holiday cheer to PHS so they passed out hot cocoa to students and staff during arrival this morning! #PrideInTheHive

What could be more adorable than our UPK students? Our UPK students singing holiday songs in homemade elf hats! Last night our UPK team hosted its annual Christmas Concert for the families of our youngest learners. There was singing, dancing, crafts, cookie decorating....and Santa!!!! #PrideInTheHive

Over the next several days, elementary students will have the opportunity to get their holiday shopping finished at the Busy Bees Holiday Shop. Thank you to Tammy Kelsey and our awesome volunteers for making this happen again this year! #PrideInTheHive

Constructing a house made of frosting and candy might be messy, but we definitely think our kindergartners are up to the job! Students in Mrs. Greenaker’s, Mrs. Ferro’s, Ms. Dominesey’s, and Ms. Warner’s classrooms spent the morning creating these sweet dwellings and are displaying them for all of PES to admire. #PrideInTheHive

Oh no! The notoriously elusive Gingerbread Man got loose in PES. Our UPK classes have been working tirelessly to track him down, but as soon as they find his clues, he’s off to his next hiding place. Students thought for sure they had him cornered in the classrooms, but he jumped out the rescue windows, leaving behind gingerbread crumbs. At least he left students some yummy gingerbread cookies for all the effort they put into chasing him. They enjoyed the sweet treats while trading theories on how the Gingerbread Man got away….again! #PrideInTheHive

Congratulations to senior Bryce Tallman on being awarded a Gold Scholarship by the Rochester Chapter of the National Football Foundation. Bryce was nominated by Coach Justin Mann and was one of 51 nominees from all of Section V. At the 21st Annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet, held last weekend, the Foundation awarded 13 Silver Scholarships and 6 Gold Scholarships. Bryce’s name will be displayed on a plaque at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, as well as on a plaque at the National College Football Hall of Fame. #PrideInTheHive #ClassOf2024

The District recognized one of its family members, Carol Napierala (Speech-Language Pathologist), with a Learning, Leading and Serving Award at last night’s Board meeting. Carol was nominated for the award by one of our parents. Our parent’s comments about Carol: "My daughter with special needs attends classes within your school district program and greatly benefits from all the wonderful CSE team within the Perry school district. Recently my daughter's Speech-Language Pathologist Carol Napierala has gone above and beyond to further [Student's] education and resources available to continue her path to success. Carol has spent countless extra efforts and hours in assisting [Student] and our Family with helping to provide a path to further [Student's] ability to effectively communicate with her teachers, peers, family and people in our community! We can't tell you as parents how grateful and endearing it is to us to see how much time Carol has put into helping us navigate paths and secure a communication device to help [Student] with this, knowing that she did so simply because of how much she cares for her students! For this reason I am asking everyone to join us, [Student's] family in extending our gratitude for all of her support! Thank you Carol for your continued efforts and investments in all your students and for everything you have done to assist us, we appreciate you!" Congratulations Carol!