👏 Before we head into summer, is there someone at your child’s school you would like to thank?
Here is your chance! The Tuxedo PTO is leading a district wide T.E.A.C.H. initiative to help create awareness about the amazing staff in our district, and we want to help spread the word.
Thank You
Educators
Administrators
Coaches
Helpers
The PTO wants families of the district to email them any experiences with staff members that have helped, supported and cared for your child throughout the school year. Email the Tuxedo PTO expressing your thanks to an educator, administrator, coach or staff member of the District: TuxedoPTO@gmail.com
A simple note goes a long way to show the Tuxedo UFSD Faculty and Staff how much the community appreciates all that they do.
#teachinitiative #thankyou
🎓The 2023 College & Career-Bound Senior Series continues with Frank DeGennaro! The George F. Baker High School senior will be studying Architecture when he begins at Orange County Community College - SUNY Orange in the Fall! Good luck Frankie!
🎓 Welcome to the 2023 College & Career-Bound Senior Series! There are just 15 week days left until the George F. Baker High School class of 2023 graduates. Over the course of those 15 days, we will highlight to the 15 graduates receiving their diploma on June 22.
Today we start with Kaitlyn Kroeber. In the fall, Kaitlyn will be attending Ramapo College of New Jersey, where she will study marketing. Good luck Kaitlyn and congratulations on becoming a Ramapo College Roadrunner!
On Thursday, June 1, the District will be upgrading the payment platform used to purchase food at George Grant Mason Elementary and George F. Baker High School.
This will be a seamless transition for students and their families. All existing account balances, positive and negative, will automatically be transferred to the new platform.
The current system, EZ School Apps, will be shut down on Tuesday, May 30 to allow for existing payments to process before the switch to Linq Connect. Students can only use existing balances, cash or check to purchase food on May 30 and May 31. Online payments will be once again available on June 1.
See the linq at the top of our homepage for detailed instructions on how to register your online account with Linq Connect.
The Linq platform is an exciting, and important, upgrade for our District. Beginning next school year, the nutrition and allergy information for every meal served at GGM and GFB will be made available for families to view. The transition of payment is the first step in providing better technology for our students and families.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact MaryAnne Metzak at maryanne.metzak@tuxedoschools.org
Thank You
Heading into the holiday weekend, students in the George Grant Mason Elementary second grade class impressed family, friends, faculty and staff with poetry.
Ms. Blume welcomed everyone into the classroom for a poetry reading, which allowed her young poets to showcase their poetry books and read a work or two aloud.
April was National Poetry Month, and Blume used it as an opportunity to get her students to think like poets and see the world in a whole new way.
#poetry #poet #poets #poem #poems
Check out this artricle from the Tri-State Lookout about last month's volunteer service learning event.
https://jessica50f.substack.com/p/service-as-national-security-strategy
Alumni news alert! Check out what George F. Baker HS Graduate (Class of '15) is up to at SUNY New Paltz.
Jenna Corti showcases scholarship at the 2023 Student Research Symposium
SUNY New Paltz student Jenna Corti of Greenwood Lk, NY is presenting at the 29th annual Student Research Symposium. The Symposium is an annual showcase of original scholarship conducted across the disciplines at New Paltz, sponsored by the Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities (RSCA) Program. The mission of the RSCA Program is to encourage and support student-faculty collaboration in the active participation of scholarly and artistic activities that generate new knowledge or works.
(Article Courtesy of SUNY New Paltz)
Principal Abigail Louissaint was back on the job this morning. The first order of business? To review budget projections with Superintendent White. And while the second grader was pleased with what she saw, it was the kit-kat at the end of the visit which left her with that #FridayFeeling Thanks Abigail!
🐶 Bart, Eddie, Rooney, Jim and the rest of the pets at the Middletown NY Humane Society are about to get a fresh shipment of food, treats and toys, thanks to the efforts of our George F. Baker High School Students.
🐱 Members of the NHS/NJHS, Interact Club and Student Council led a district wide collection drive to benefit the no-kill, privately run, supporter funded animal shelter. Yesterday, students gathered in Ms. Jones’ classroom to box up the items before they are shipped off to Middletown.
🐦 If you are interested in adopting a pet, check out their website (middletownhumanesociety.com) or Facebook page (they even have birds and hamsters)!
The school budget and board of election vote will take place on May 16. Please mark your calendar for the Budget Hearing being held on Wednesday, May 3 at 7 PM in the George Grant Mason Elementary Multipurpose Room. (Notice Below) The event is open to the public.
The school budget and board of election vote will take place on May 16. Please mark your calendar for the Budget hearing being held on Wednesday, May 3 at 7 PM in the George Grant Mason Elementary Multipurpose Room. The event is open to the public. To review the BOE approved budget, please click the banner on the top of our homepage.
Spring has sprung across Tuxedo thanks to our George F Baker High School and George Grant Mason Elementary artists. Art teacher Mark Stankiewicz and three students added a bit of color and fun across town, painting windows up and down Route 17, between GGM and Hunan Gardens. Take a look, and don’t forget to visit these businesses and thank them for their support!
Please see the updated meeting announcement for the Regular Board of Education Meeting on 4/20/2023. https://5il.co/1su1r
Please use the following link to see the meeting notice, the link to the live-stream and the pathway to access the agenda for the Regular Meeting of the Tuxedo UFSD Board of Education on April 20, 2023: https://5il.co/1sopt
Please see the UPDATED meeting notice for the Special BOE Meeting on Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Please use the following link to view the Special Meeting of the Tuxedo UFSD Board of Education on 4/12/2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMIF22fUf1w
The “First Cut Film Festival” takes place Tuesday, April 18 at George F. Baker High School, featuring work from students in the drama and video production clubs.
This year, students from North Rockland, Suffern, and Monroe-Woodbury will also be participating. You will see short films, movie, trailers, commercials, animations, and more from the students on this night.
VIP Tickets:
Cost: $25
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Doors: 5:30 PM
VIP Admission includes red carpet walk, professional photo & video, poster signings and special seating.
General Admission:
Cost: $10
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Doors: 6:30 PM
For More Information, email Clayton.Chan@Tuxedoschools.org
Please see the meeting notice for the Special BOE Meeting on Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Order your George Grant Mason Elementary Yearbook! The order form can be found in here: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1293/tufsd/2904469/Social_Media_Flyer.jpg
aging Principal Givens... George Grant Mason Elementary Fifth Grader Thatcher Givens traded in his book bag for a briefcase this morning and began his role as school principal.
Givens got the job after collecting the most minutes read during last month’s “Pick a Reading Partner (PARP) contest.” Since he was only signed to a one day contract, Mr. Givens didn’t waste anytime getting to work. Joined by Principal Emeritus Ms. Terlecky, Givens began the day by greeting students, faculty and administration. At 8:38 AM, before entering the Pre-K classroom, Principal Givens remarked, “This has already been an exciting day!”
But don’t be fooled, Givens eight long hours as Principal weren’t just filled with pleasantries and networking, there was important work to be done. During a mid-morning stop at George F. Baker High School, he sat down with Superintendent White to review the Elementary School’s budget ahead of tonight’s Board of Education Budget Work Session meeting. He also met with his colleague Principal Reese before making a quick stop at Ms. Castellanos’ classroom to visit his older brother and ensure Bromley was hard at work in Spanish class.
After a storied career at George Grant Mason Elementary, Principal Givens starts his retirement tomorrow. He will spend his golden years in fifth grade before making the move up north to sixth grade.
Welcome, thank you, congratulations, good bye and good luck Thatcher!
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