Dr. Kanas' Newsletter
November 8, 2019
NYSED Wants Your Feedback
The New York State Education Department has released a draft of the New York State K-12 Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards. This draft is open for stakeholder feedback. The draft standards were developed and reviewed by committees consisting of educators, parents, curriculum specialists, school administrators, and college professors. NYSED is accepting feedback on the draft standards through November 15th. We invite our community members to review the draft standards and provide feedback on this site: http://www.nysed.gov/curriculum-instruction/computer-science-and-digital-fluency-review. Thank you!
Sleep Solutions Workshop - Helping Your Child be their Best Self!
Does your child have difficulty falling asleep alone? Do they sleep in their own bed all night? Does your child wake up irritable? If you have answered yes to any of these questions then join us for an evening that will help you enhance the quality of your child's sleep making them fully rested and allowing them to be their best self! All parents/guardians are welcome ages K-12 (w/ a focus will be on children ages 4-14) on this Wednesday, November 13th at 7:00 PM in North Side Auditorium. Amy Kaye, the evening’s presenter, is an expert in the area of sleep training and will help you say goodbye to sleepless nights!
Technology & Innovation Parent Camp 2019 - Learn Like your Children Do!
We are excited to host our 2nd Annual Technology and Innovation Parent Camp this Thursday, November 14th from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM at The Wheatley School. The evening will begin with a brief welcome in Room 450 followed by two 40-minute breakout sessions. In an EdCamp format, there will be a selection of topics from which you can choose. As part of this Parent Camp, we invite you to lead a session as well. If you have experience in the technology and innovation field, have a question or concern that you want input from other parents on, or simply want to lead a conversation on your passion, join us in presenting! In EdCamp fashion, there will be opportunities to add your name and topic to the presentation board the night of Parent Camp. The board will be open at 6:30 PM for added sessions. Please note that the sessions will be hands-on and will prompt you to engage in activities similar to what your children experience in school.
Remember to bring a device with you (laptop, Chromebook, iPad) and access to a Google account since many of our tools use the Google platform. As expected, apps in the Google suite will be highlighted.
We hope to see you there and please complete the Google Form to RSVP so we can properly prepare for this innovative night of learning (URL is case sensitive): http://bit.ly/2LYK1Bw.
A Sneak Preview of EWSD’s STEAM Fair 2020… A Magical Twist - January 30th, 2020 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
This year we are excited to announce that we are combining two of our most popular events, Bookies & Cookies with the STEAM Fair!
What will that look like you might ask? It will be our annual STEAM Fair with a Harry Potter theme incorporated into many of the sessions as we are combining forces with our talented library media specialists. We may even have live owls!
Please save the date, January 30th, 2020 for our STEAM Fair with a magical twist and take note that the December 17th Bookies & Cookies event, which is on the printed calendar, is canceled.
The Evolution of PPS
Thank you to our Director of Pupil Personnel Services, Dr. Lynn Mazza, and our Assistant Director of Pupil Personnel Services, Thomas Sposato, and to our instructional staff who presented PPS Service and Programs - The Evolution of PPS at Wednesday’s Board of Education Work Session. The presentation provided a holistic view of the articulated changes in PPS over recent years specifically designed to support our students in the most effective manner. While you may have experienced some new program changes for your own child, viewing the powerpoint can help you see where the changes fit into the continuum of program development K-12. Wednesday's presentation is interesting for all to know, whether or not your child specifically receives PPS services.
Congratulations
Wheatley Announces 143 Advanced Placement Scholars
One hundred forty-three students (143) at The Wheatley School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams.
The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the nearly 2.8 million high school students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.
Of this year’s award recipients at Wheatley, seventy-two (72) earned them as juniors (designated with *) and fourteen (14) earned them as sophomores (designated with **). These members of the Class of 2020 and 2021 have more time during which to complete college-level work and possibly earn another AP Scholar Award Recognition.
At Wheatley, twenty-one (21) students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. The students who earned this distinction are: Rahul Ajmera*, Manav Bansal**, Antony Deluxe, Farah Hasan, Sahil Jain*, Cecilia Jozef, Amanda Kim, Karen Li*, Mahesh Pitchayan, Pricilla Prasad, Madison Ramos*, Jacob Ribotsky, Samantha Rothstein, Jamie Ryan, John Scudero, Vedant Singh, Trenton Wong*, Kenton Wu, Alia Yamin*, Camellia Ye and Brandon Zhu.
Seventy-nine (79) students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are: Rahul Ajmera*, Dina Aldad, Karan Amin, Kavina Amin*, Kaya Amin*, Sarah Amselem, Alex ArbitalJacoby*, Zachary Azevedo*, Manav Bansal**, Ethan Bao*, Brandon Behar*, Alyssa Belle*, Emma Blennau*, Emily Blumberg*, Padraig Brady*, Julia Braito, Jessica Calabrese*, Maggie Caroddo*, Brooke Christman, Eric Chu*, Matthew Cornacchia*, Peter Cuomo*, Antony Deluxe, Lauren Druz, Norah Gidanian*, Anthony Giunta, Sofia Greenfield, Brittney Guerra, Andrew Gullotta, Farah Hasan, Sarah Hassan**, Hitangee Jain**, Sahil Jain*, Viraj Jayam**, Ansh Jhaveri*, Cecilia Jozef, Megan Kaye*, Sanjana Khana*, Amanda Kim, Jason Koty*, Theodore Koutsoftas*, Eliana Li*, James Li*, Karen Li*, Ethan Moreh, Ari Ostad*, Karthik Pitchayan*, Mahesh Pitchayan, Natalia Potrapeluk*, Pricilla Prasad, Madison Ramos*, Orell Rayhan*, Avinash Reddy**, Brenden Resnick*, Jacob Ribotsky, Samantha Rothstein, Jamie Ryan, John Scudero, Dean Sheinman*, Manan Shukla, Vedant Singh, Andrew Sivin, Danielle Smichok, Rebecca Sparacio*, Caleb Varghese, Ashley Vincenzo*, Dustin Wong, Trenton Wong*, Erin Wu*, Kenton Wu, Emily Yagoda*, Alia Yamin*, Camellia Ye, Aaron Zachariah* Rebecca Zeltsman*, Allison Zheng*, Brenda Zhong*, Sharon Zhong* and Brandon Zhu.
Twenty-two (22) students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are: Paige Barrett, Robert Boubour*, William Cafarelli, Anya Chabria**, Megan Chau, Sarah Chimerine, Maxwell Davidoff*, Anthony DiFiore, April Garnock*, Charlotte Goldbaum, Emily Gothelf*, Rachel Lee*, Kristen Leong, Rayhan Meghji**, Yusuf Meghji, Amanda Molstad, Olalekan Oshodi, Brooke Rubenstein*, Brooke Schwartz, Michelle Smichok, John Tretolo and Lucy Zha**.
Forty-two (42) students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are: Khavi Ahmed, Alison Amarain*, Isabel Avila*, Lucy Brancaccio, Nicole Buchheim, Aidan Cozzolino*, Julia Dioguardi, Jenna Fey*, Jesse Futerman, Derek Gilbert*, Katharine Gold*, Sean Gray, Saad Haroon**, Ubaidullah Hassan**, Alex Horowitz*, Aarushi Jain**, Tiffany Jiao, Ivan Jing*, Claudia Katsale, Jacob Kaufman*, Pukhraj Kaur**, Allison Keller*, Diana Kokotos, Hema Kumar*, Eva LaMonica, Victor Li**, Fernando Macedo, Victoria Mora*, Vana Nath-Mahadeo*, Ilana Nimkoff*, Jessica Nussdorf, Ciara O’Brien, Alexander Pannullo, Steven Popovitz, Hailey Ramalhete, Avani Ramnarayan, Diya Shah*, Neil Shah**, Amanda Ustick*, Aidan Wong*, Mara Zuckerman and Danyal Zulfiqar*.
Twelve students (12) earned the prestigious AP Capstone Diploma by completing the AP Seminar and AP Research courses and passing four additional AP examinations. These AP Capstone Diploma students are: Rahul Ajmera*, Zachary Azevedo*, Maggie Caroddo*, Sanjana Khana*, Ilana Nimkoff*, Brenden Resnick*, Brooke Schwartz, Dean Sheinman*, Ashley Vincenzo*, Rebecca Zeltsman*, Brenda Zhong* and Danyal Zulfiqar*.
Congratulations to all of The Wheatley School students for this outstanding achievement!
Amin Sisters Make Wheatley Tennis History
Wheatley seniors, sisters and tennis doubles partners, Kaya and Kavina Amin, took 2nd Place at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Girls Tennis Tournament this past weekend in Latham, NY. The girls won all doubles matches on Saturday and Sunday before their championship match on Monday morning. Although they lost the championship, 5-7 and 4-6, to the number 1 seed Hewlett high school, the girls both received All-County and All-State recognition as well as being named the second best doubles team in New York State. With this feat, they made Wheatley history by becoming the first doubles team to compete in the NYS Doubles Championship match. Congratulations to this dynamic duo and to Coach Lim on a great season!
The story does not end there. Kaya and Kavina Amin will continue their journey by participating in the NYS Federation Girls Tennis Championship this Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 9:00 AM at Sportime Randall's Island, NY. They will be the only doubles team representing the NYSPHSAA! The semifinal match is against the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) team and if our dynamic duo advance, they will play the winners of the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) and the Asia International Schools Athletics Association (AISAA) matches. Best of luck girls!
Girls Varsity Volleyball Heading to County Championship
The varsity girls volleyball team defeated Island Trees in the Nassau County Class B Girls Volleyball Semifinals last night in 3 sets (25-11, 25-22, 25-15). With the win, the girls advance to the Nassau County Class B Girls Volleyball Championship match on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 5:00 PM at LIU Post against Seaford. Click here for discounted online ticketing.
Dr. Gately Receives Recognition Award
Congratulations to Dr. Danielle Gately, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction and Personnel, who will be recognized at Molloy College tomorrow, Saturday, November 9th, during their For Us By Us Conference sponsored by the Division of Education and the Office of Alumni Relations. Dr. Gately will receive this year’s Educator of Excellence Award. The award is given to an outstanding alumnus of the Division of Education who embodies the four Pillars of the Molloy Mission: study, spirituality, service and community, through leadership in her career as well as through service to Molloy and the greater community. Congratulations Dr. Gately!
FamilyID - Winter Sports Registration Reminder
FamilyID registration for all winter sports will remain open until November 18th. Please create an account and register your son/daughter for their winter sports.
As always, if you have any questions feel free to contact our Athletic Director, Michael Scaturro, at scaturrom@ewsdmail.org or 333-7037.
Next Week’s Happenings
Saturday, November 9, 2019
7:00 PM - Wheatley Theatre Production Clue - Wheatley Auditorium
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Wheatley Peru Exchange Trip (November 10th - 18th)
Monday, November 11, 2019
SCHOOLS CLOSED - Veterans Day
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
7:00 PM - Wheatley Fall Sports Awards
North Side Photo Retake
Varsity Wrestling Begins
Modified Winter I Sports Season Begins (Grades 7-8)
Wheatley/Willets Road Beginning of Second Marking Period
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
7:00 PM - Guidance Parent Workshop “Series” - Sleep Solutions - North Side Auditorium
7:00 PM - Joint Financial Advisory Committee & Capital Facilities Advisory Committee Meeting - Wheatley Room 450
Thursday, November 14, 2019
7:30 AM - BOE Special Meeting and Executive Session - Wheatley Board Room
10:00 AM - SEPC Meeting - Wheatley Room 450
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Technology and Innovation Parent Camp - The Wheatley School
Friday, November 15, 2019
Wheatley PTO Bake Sale
Enjoy the nice long weekend and thank you to every service person on this upcoming Veterans Day!
As always, please email me at kanase@ewsdmail.org or call me at 333-3758 with any questions, suggestions and/or any topics you would like to see in this newsletter.
Best Regards,
Elaine Kanas, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
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