 HIGH SCHOOL INDUCTS 68 INTO NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Sweet Home Senior High School is pleased to announce that seventy-four juniors and seniors have been inducted to the National Honor Society. Inductions took place Tuesday, January 10 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 2012 Sweet Home High School National Honor Society inductees are as follows:
Andrea Abbate, Eman Abdelfadeel, Faizan Ashraf, Sarah Athans, William Attea, Ryan Biggane, Maureen Bruno, Julianne Burke, Michael Butler, Michael Certo, Julia Chmielewski, Alexis Ciehomski, Paige Cirillo, Anne Coughlin, Nicholas Cuomo, Jill Daddario, Jennifer DelSignore, Kelly DiNatale, Breandan Doyle, Kathryn Dziwulski, Jayme Evans, Dexu Fang, Meghan Flynn, Kamrie Gademske, Lisa Gagnon, Megan Gugliuzza, Cian Harrigan, Mary Hejna, Cally Hess, Mackenzie Hoffman, Emily Hornung, Heike Jacob, Taylor Johnson, Abby Kaufman, Caryn Klein, Taylor Knowles, Sarah Knox, Anna Lei, Kennedy Lewandowski, Charles Loweecey, Waleed Malik, Carter Mann, Dru McKissic, Nicholas Meloon, Kyle Merrifield, Connor Miller, Richard Miller, Adam Moran, Jessica Padley, Starr Pane, Lydia Penberthy, Jeffrey Pinto, Richard Plesh,
Amanda Popovich, Michael Prentice, Robert Puchalski, Kathryn Rogemoser, Jessica Ruber, Farah Sahibzada, Chaman Sharma, Cory Shelton, Jaquelyn Stoebe, Christopher Stonish, Ashley Streebel, Monica Thurston, Michael Torrillo, Emma Weber and Julia Wilson.
96 SWEET HOME JUNIORS INDUCTED INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGE HONOR SOCIETIES
Sweet Home High School is pleased to announce that 96 juniors have been inducted into the school’s foreign language honor society. In order to be inducted, students must successfully complete first and second levels of the language which they are studying and maintain an average of 90% or higher in each level.
Induction ceremonies were held November 15 in the Sweet Home High School auditorium. The 2011 inductees into the Sweet Home Foreign Language Honor Society are as follows:
German Honor Society
Ilona Belous, Joshua Burton, Liselette Engler, Stephen Gagnon, Matthew Hudson, Cal Jackson, Sydney Leshney, Eliza Lefebvre, Justin Okun, Anthony Tripoli and Trevor Wilson
French Honor Society
Hafsah Alamgir, Nathan Andriatch, Thomas Bartlett, Caitlyn Biondolillo, Tyler Desiderio, Weyinmi Eremionkhale, Mitchell Ford, Nick Grekulak, Grace Hallgren, Emily Keem, Rachelle Keller, Logan Kingcade, Amanda Lepertine, Kenna Lewis, Rebecca Link, Alex Mogavero, Margaret Moslow, LeAnn Penz, Pedro Pereira, Michaela Phelan-Tiedman, Sarah Phelan-Tiedman, Kayla Plotner, Jamie Polito, James Poreda, Brock Prizel, Seth Rait, Jessica Szabo, Amanda Taylor, Alex Thompson and Madeline Wahl
Spanish Honor Society
Victoria Andler, Farzana Ashrafally, Brianna Athans, Kaylee Barrett, Ryan Bryndle, Michael Butler, Cynthia Buzanski, Jospeh Catuzza, Matthew Ciminella, Shelby Cohan, Nicholas Cuomo, Noah DiPasquale, Angela Disorbo, Marissa Edwards, Dexu Fang, Lacey Gennamore, Jenna Guadagna, Megan Harris, Savannah Hearitt, Matthew Heron, YanYan Hu, Rebecca Jasen, Kaitlyn Johnson, Madison Kather, Katherine Keefe, Lucas Kindron, Peter Knox, Waleed Malik, Nicholas McCuen, Kalie McHenry, Chassity Nemeth, LeAnn Nowasell, Ana Valerie Odom, Jordan Ohman, Angela Pandolfi, Pedro Pereira, Sarah Phelan-Tiedman, Nathan Rarick, Tia Robinson, Jennifer Schwab, Kevin Sheridan, Lindsey Spengler, Alyssa Strom, Jessica Stroupe, Breanna Thaler, Tonya Tucci, Novica Vukovic, Rachael Weissenburg, Emily Wesolowski, Cara Wolcott, Michelle
Woodward, Alexa Zak and Christopher Zon
44 SWEET HOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS & GRADUATES NAMED AP SCHOLARS
In recognition of their exceptional achievement on college-level Advanced Placement Examinations last May, the College Board has named 44 Sweet Home High School students and graduates AP Scholars.
The distinction, which has several levels of achievement based on success on a number of year-long courses and exams taken, was given to only about 18 percent of the more than 1.8 million students who took the AP Examinations nationwide in May 2011.
AP Exams are taken by students each May after completing challenging college-level courses at their high school. They are graded on a 5-point scale with 5 being the highest score. Most of the nation's colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement or both for grades of 3 or higher.
The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. It is comprised of more than 5,700 schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations.
Sweet Home's individual honors:
• Eleven students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. They were Walaa Abdelfadeel, Gabriel Chen, Kristine Ellsworth, Alex Fu, Eric Fu, Amy Grogan, Yekaterina Kukhto, Kaitlynn Olczak, Connor Orrico, Grace Pan and Joshua Reich.
• Ten students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. They were Timothy Anger, Angelina Bruno, Tyler Hayes, Christina Heim, Elizabeth Jasen, Taylor Jones, Kaylee Kaminski, Gillian Nigro, Danica Tibung and Bethany Wolf.
• 23 students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. They were Jesse Alt-Winzig, Danielle Bruch, Joshua Carroll, Laura Ciminelli, Matthew Daddario, Sarah Fiordaliso, Joseph Freiert, Alexandra Hughes, Stephanie Izard, Janelle Johnson, Alyssa Koons, Emily Lambe, Leyla Mamedova, Kristen Milleville, Sarah Phelan-Tiedman, Leonard Ranallo, John Rein, Michele Said, Ryan Scott, Erica Sitek, Joseph Szabo, Taylor Vaughn and Cassie Williams.
District Sets 2011-12 Tax Rates
At its voting meeting August 23, the Sweet Home Board of Education set the school tax rate for 2011-12.
The School Board approved a 2011-12 property tax levy of $36,339,225 at the voting meeting. The property tax rate established for homeowners in the Town of Amherst is $14.28 per $1,000 assessed value which represents a yearly tax bill of $1,285 for a home assessed at $120,000 with New York State basic STAR exemption which translates to a tax bill increase of $92 from the previous year. The non-homestead rate for the Town of Amherst will be $22.10 per $1,000 assessed value for 2011-12.
The property tax rate established for homeowners in the Town of Tonawanda is $30.49 per $1,000 assessed value which represents a yearly tax bill of $1,283 for a home assessed at $56,100 with a New York State basic STAR exemption. The non-homestead rate for the Town of Tonawanda will be $47.24 per $1,000 assessed value for 2011-12. The Town of Tonawanda uses an equalized rate to determine assessments.
The tax rates are different than those projected in the 2011-12 budget adoption process primarily because assumptions about assessments have changed. When district officials crafted the budget in early March indications from both municipalities were that assessments would increase by 1 percent overall. Assessment figures were released to the District in August and total assessments decreased by a half percent.
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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