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PTA/PTO Council Seeking Nominations for Sid Oberacker Award
 The Sweet Home PTA Council’s, Leon “Sid” Oberacker School-Community Service Award is a way of citing those who, with no regard to tangible reward, have made outstanding contributions toward the improvement of the Sweet Home schools and community. Because of their efforts, our schools and community are not only closer, they are better.
This award bears the name of Leon “Sid” Oberacker, the district’s former Superintendent of Educational and Community Services. It is a tribute to his selfless and tireless efforts on behalf of our school and community. These efforts consistently went well beyond the scope and demands of Mr. Oberacker’s job. The award is given each year to honor an outstanding individual that exemplifies his volunteer spirit, and to serve as a cornerstone pronouncement that the Sweet Home School District is a community of people who recognize both the joy and importance of working together for the good of our families and children.
Please assist the PTA Council in honoring an exemplary Sweet Home volunteer that you may know by nominating him or her for the Leon “Sid” Oberacker School and Community Service Award. A nominee may be anyone who has rendered outstanding service to our schools and community. It may be a District employee, a parent, a resident, a business person, a service provider or a student. He or she does not need to be a member of a PTA/PTO to qualify. The award may be given to co-recipients or posthumously if the selection committee so chooses.
Nominations must be made in writing on the application form and received on or before April 10, 2010. Applications are welcome and encouraged from PTA/PTO’s, individuals and/or organizations throughout the Sweet Home community at large and are available in each of the district schools’ main offices.
High School Inducts 60 into National Honor Society
Sweet Home Senior High School is pleased to announce that sixty juniors and seniors have been inducted to the National Honor Society. Inductions took place Wednesday, January 13 in the high school auditorium. In order to be inducted to the National Honor Society, students must maintain an average of 90 percent and demonstrate qualities in scholarship, service, leadership and character.
The 2010 Sweet Home High School National Honor Society inductees are as follows:
Walaa Abdelfadeel, Sarosh Ahmed, Jacob Bluestein, Angelina Bruno, Erica Cowan, Jessica Czladzinski, Matthew Daddario, Kristine Ellworth, Amber Falkner, Steven Fildes, Aaron Foladare, Alex Fu, Eric Fu, Amy Grogan, Hannah Hagen, Tyler Hayes, Jaclyn Healy, Christina Heim, Alexandra Hickey, Sarah Hickey, Alexa Hutchinson, William Hyland IV, Ashley Iuvino, Elizabeth Anne Jasen, Taylor Jones, Kaylee Kaminski, Shaina Kantor, Ryan Kaufman, Kirsten Kibler, Koilubaeva Jamilya, Yekaterina Kukhto, Sarah Lewandowski, Mackenzee Mann, Kailey McDonald, Hannah Mesches, Katelalyn Miller, Katelyn Monda, Gillian Nigro, Ryan O’Connor, Stephanie Ohman, Kaitlynn Olczak, Connor Orrico, Grace Pan, Jennifer Panaro, Michael Pankiewicz, Glenn Papp, Jr., Laura Payne, Emily Plewniak, Joshua Reich, Myriah Ruiz, Thomas
Serba, Keith Sieman, Lydia Sigurdson, Erica Sitek, Thomas Spengler, Jr., Jennifer Strom, Leanne Stuck, Kelsey Stuhler, Sara Willer, Bethany Wolf and Abby Wraight.
Of the inductees, four were seniors and fifty-six were juniors.
STATE CHAMPS!! Varsity Football Successfully Defends State Title
The Sweet Home varsity football team capped off its second straight state championship season by beating Burnt Hills 34-7 Saturday, November 28 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.
The Panthers were led by senior DJ Nettles who had 7 catches for 142 yards and two interceptions on defense and was named the game's MVP. Joining Nettles in the awards circle were senior quarterback Patrick McMahon who was named the game's most valuable offensive back, Steve Spencer named the most valuable defensive lineman and senior Stephan Mendez earned the game's most valuable offensive lineman.
The is the second state title in as many years for Coach John Faller and the varsity football Panthers. The Panthers went 26-0 along the way to capture both state titles. During their entire high school football careers, the graduating seniors of the 2009 State Champion Varsity Football Panthers had a combined record of 49 wins, 0 losses and 1 tie at the modified, freshmen, junior varsity and varsity levels.
Congratulations to all the boys and coaches for another terrific season.
Board of Education Adopts 2009-10 School Tax Rate
At its August 25 voting meeting, the Sweet Home Board of Education set the school tax rate for 2009-10.
The School Board approved a 2009-10 property tax levy of $31,238,934 at the voting meeting. The property tax rate established for homeowners in the Town of Amherst is $11.57 per $1,000 assessed value which represents a yearly tax bill of $783.40 for a home assessed at $100,000 with New York State basic STAR exemption which translates to a tax bill decrease of $116 from the previous year. The non-homestead rate for the Town of Amherst will be $18.32 per $1,000 assessed value for 2009-10.
The property tax rate established for homeowners in the Town of Tonawanda is $23.72 per $1,000 assessed value which represents a yearly tax bill of $783.95 for a home assessed at $48,500 with a New York State basic STAR exemption. The non-homestead rate for the Town of Tonawanda will be $37.76 per $1,000 assessed value for 2009-10.
Both the Town of Amherst and the Town of Tonawanda uses an equalized rate to determine assessments.
District officials attribute the low tax rates to a low budget increase, an increase in the equalization rate to 100% from the previous year for the Town of Amherst, over $1.1 million in additional reserve funds applied to the 2009-10 budget and $1.8 million in federal stimulus funding.
Board of Education Voting Meeting on Time Warner 22
The Sweet Home Board of Education is pleased to announce that its regular monthly voting meeting will air on Time Warner Public Access channel 22 beginning Monday, June 1. The meetings will air every Monday from 8-10pm and Wednesday from 2:30-4:30pm.
The Board of Education meets the second and third Tuesday of every month in the Norman C. Vergils Community Center of Sweet Home High School at 7pm. The public is welcome to attend any Sweet Home Board of Education meeting.
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