Announcements for Friday, November 1, 2024

Dear Parents, Guardians and Staff, 

I had the pleasure of attending the New York State Field Band Conference Championships on Sunday at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse. Our Marching Bees had a spectacular performance and placed second in a very competitive National Class. The band earned a score of 95.6, which was the second highest in the entire state. They also received awards for high visual and high overall general effect! I’m so proud of the students' hard work this season. The Marching Bees are traveling to East Rutherford, New Jersey this weekend to compete in the US Bands Open Class National Championships at MetLife Stadium - home of the New York Giants and New York Jets. Go Bees! 

I have a few announcements to share with you today: 

• I hope you had the opportunity to learn more about our multi-year capital improvement project, which will go before voters on December 10, 2024. We solicited the help of our award-winning Baker News students to produce a series of videos to help inform the public about the project. The second video in the series is available now. Watch it here. Visit our capital project webpage to learn more about the project. 

• Calendar reminders: 

  • Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 3rd. Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour.

  • There’s no school for students on Tuesday, November 5th for a Superintendent’s Conference Day.

  • The marking period ends on Friday, November 8th.

  • There is no school for students and district offices are closed on Monday, November 11th for Veterans Day. 
    
    

• Congratulations to the following Durgee Junior High School students who were selected to participate in the Junior High Area All-State Festival happening at Homer High School today and Saturday. This festival consists of 7th to 9th grade students:

  • Chris Aloi

  • Adelaide Atherton  

  • Alexander Atherton  

  • Logan Brown  

  • Chace Brumbaugh

  • Anna Morgan 

  • Tyler Morgan  

  • Alex Natali

  • Bella Tapia
    
    

• We are excited to once again support the Paige's Butterfly Run Organization and their annual Paige's Pajamarama fundraiser event! This year's event will take place on Friday, November 15th. Last year we raised over $7,000. All of these funds go to support local children and their families who are battling cancer. Donations to the Baldwinsville fundraiser can be made online. This is also a friendly competition with our neighboring school districts!
  
  

• Athletic updates:

  • Our Boys Varsity Football team will compete in the Sectional Class AA quarterfinals tonight vs. Liverpool at Liverpool High School Stadium. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. Tickets are available through HomeTown. Liverpool will not be accepting cash at the gate. Credit Card or Apple Pay will be available. The game will be streamed live on Hudl. 

  • Our Girls Varsity Soccer team will compete in the Sectional Class AAA finals at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday vs. Cicero North Syracuse. The game will be played at SUNY Cortland. Tickets are available through HomeTown. 

  • Our Varsity Cheerleaders will compete in Sectionals on Saturday. The competition begins at 9 a.m. and will be held in the Main Gym at Indian River High School. 

  • Our Boys Varsity Soccer team will compete in Sectional Class AAA finals vs. Liverpool at 7:15 p.m. on Monday at Fulton High School Stadium. Tickets are available through HomeTown. 

  • Our Boys Varsity Volleyball team will compete in the Sectional quarterfinals vs Cicero North Syracuse at 6 p.m. on Monday at North Syracuse Junior High School Main gym. 

  • Our Girls Varsity Swim team will compete in Sectionals on Wednesday at Nottingham High School. The competition begins at 8 a.m.

  • Congratulations to our four Girls Varsity Tennis players who competed in the NYSPHSAA Girls Tennis Championships last weekend at the US Open in NYC. Mira Nadzan and Ayla Kalfass played in the singles tournament. Mira made it to the round of 16 and she also received the Sportsmanship Award for our section! Sonia Nadzan and Lainey Nesbitt played in the state tournament in doubles. Great job to everyone. The future is bright!
    
    

Please continue to check ParentSquare, your email and our website at www.bville.org, for important updates. As always, please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have. 

Have a great weekend! Go Bees!

Sincerely,

Dr. Joseph M. DeBarbieri

Superintendent of Schools