Letchworth High School, Gainesville

Letchworth High School encompasses grades 9-12. A students must complete 18 1/2 units of credit, plus physical education (2 units) for a total of 20 1/2 units to graduate form Letchworth Central School. The requirements for all pupils are divided into four groups: Group 1 includes required courses] ; Group 2, the major sequences; Group 3, electives; and Group 4, Regents Competency Tests.

More information about requirements can be obtained from the guidance office. Teachers and their respective courses can be found on the departments page.

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Staff at Letchworth High School by department:

Math:Jeff HopkinsLinda OmlandAileen WhitneyTheresa Wood

Science:Peter BubScott SmilinichThomas RycroftGardner LowMegan Spielberger

Social Studies:Julie PerneskyWilliam PriceDarla LonsberryStephen Hadley

English:Paul WakemanMaria BaldassarreJohn MertsockMatthew Stroud

Foreign Language:Cindy FeroletoKristina SchunkAnn Marie CryeLauren Hurlburt

Library Media Center:Brian MayerArtCindy JohnsonLynn LaGrou

Physical Education:Marie KuipersSusan MurphyMiss TadaroAdam HigginsChad Wittenrich

Business:
Francine ValentinoSarah Burrows

Music:
Jennifer MarkertJohn NovakEd VanZandt

Agriculture:Laura DeBadtsJeffery Perry

Special Ed:Ernest LawrenceJames KornCarol DobsonDavid Dunbar

Technology:Jason SmithDouglas Miller

Home Economics:Jane EliaszNancy Morningstar

Letchworth library

The mission of the Letchworth Central Middle and High School Library Media Program is to “ensure that students and staff are effective and discriminating life-long users of information.”1 Effective use of information requires access to information in traditional, up-to-date, and future methods of technologies. It is essential that the school library media program be integrated into the existing curriculum of every classroom, since “no one part of the system can achieve satisfactory results without the cooperation of other parts of the whole.”2

Teachers and library media specialists must plan, work and teach together to see that students become independent and confident users of information.

1. Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs (ALA, 1998).

2. NYS Library Media and Information Skills Syllabus: Grades 7-12

New York State Regents Exams

Scale: % passing

Mathematics A: 94% (2004) 82% (2003) 64% (2002)The state average for Mathematics A was 81% in 2004.

Mathematics B: 64% (2004) Data not available for this school (2003) Data not available for this school (2002)The state average for Mathematics B was 76% in 2004.

Sequential Mathematics, Course III: Data not available for this school (2004) 86% (2003) 85% (2002)The state average for Sequential Mathematics, Course III was 50% in 2004.

English: 91% (2004) 84% (2003) 88% (2002)The state average for English was 80% in 2004.

Source: NYSED, 2003-2004

About the Tests

The New York State Regents examinations are subject-based tests, administered to students in grades 9 through 12. Students must take five tests in the following subject areas in order to graduate: English language arts, mathematics, global history and geography, US history and government, and one science - living environment, chemistry, earth science or physics. Only the results for English and math are displayed on GreatSchools.net profiles. Scores of 65 and above are passing; scores of 55 and above earn credit toward a local diploma (with the approval of the local board of education). The goal is for all students to pass the tests. More about the tests

Teachers

Teacher Education LevelsSource: NYSED, 2004-2005 This School State Average Bachelor's degree 24% 20% Master's degree 76% 79% Doctorate degree 0% <1%

More about teacher education levelsTeacher ExperienceSource: NYSED, 2004-2005 This School State Average Average years teaching total 13 14 Average years teaching in district 11 11 First-year teachers 3% 5%

More about teacher experienceStudent-Teacher RatioSource: NYSED, 2004-2005 This School State Average Students per teacher 12 14

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Student Ethnicity Source: NYSED, 2004-2005 Ethnicity This School State Average White, non-Hispanic 99% 53% Asian/Pacific Islander <1% 7% American Indian <1% <1%

More about student ethnicityAttendanceSource: NYSED, 2004-2005 This School State Average Attendance rate 94% 93%

More about attendanceStudent SubgroupsSource: NYSED, 2004-2005 This School State Average Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program 24% 28% IEP students 17% 13% Migrant students 0% <1% Limited English proficient 0% 7%

Advanced Studies Outstanding Scholars Awards Ceremony Held Wednesday, May 18th at 7:00 p.m. May 17, 2005

Genesee Community College, Batavia, NY - The 7th annual Outstanding Scholars Award Ceremony for Genesee Community College's Advanced Studies program will be held Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in the Stuart Steiner Theater at Genesee's Batavia Campus.

Sixty students hailing from high schools throughout ten counties in Western New York (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Steuben, Wyoming) have been nominated as semifinalists for Outstanding Scholars (see list below) for their exceptional achievement in the Advanced Studies programs. The 26 finalists, who are selected by a Genesee Community College committee of academic professionals, will be announced at Wednesday evening's ceremony.

Letchworth in the news

The Advanced Studies program allows high school students the opportunity to earn college credit from Genesee Community College while attending class within their high school. All Advanced Studies courses, including classes English, foreign languages, math, science, and social sciences, are approved by Genesee's Academic Senate and the State University of New York (SUNY). The courses are taught by high school teachers who are approved Genesee adjunct faculty. Among the benefits of the Advanced Studies programs: - Students are challenged and motivated by the rigors of college level coursework during their high school junior and senior years. - Students are able to avoid repeating some freshman year college courses, thereby obtaining a head start on their college careers. - Students have the opportunity to experience some of the requirements and options of college life including class selection, registration and utilizing college facilities. - Students pay a lower tuition rate than for traditional Genesee Community College courses.

The Outstanding Scholars Awards Ceremony will include opening remarks by Terry Reding, Genesee Advanced Studies Specialist; recognition of the semifinalists by Ed Levinstein, Genesee Advanced Studies Specialist; and presentation of the finalists by Dr. Claudia H. Moore, Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs. Closing remarks will be made by Kathy Lopes, Acting Dean of Advanced Studies.

The following list includes the semifinalists who were nominated by their own high school teachers. The Outstanding Scholars finalists will be announced at Wednesday's ceremony.

English: Jessica Albright Lima Christian Natalie Almeter Attica High School Kylie Armstrong Albion High School Jessica Cocco Notre Dame Timothy Cox Perry High School Kelly Dagan Pavilion High School Aeriel Donovan Keshequa High School Cheryl Doody Batavia High School Danette Flint Alexander High School Torissa Hoffman Wayland-Cohocton High School William Hull Belfast High School Malory Lansberry Kendall High School Stacy Lowden Letchworth High School.

Foreign Language: Sara Basher Geneseo High School Amanda Carmichael LeRoy High School Timothy Cox Perry High School Daniel Fili Warsaw High School Daniel Muffoletto Alden High School Lindsay Schroeder Batavia High School Sarah Vetrano Livonia High School.

Mathematics: Cameron Fraser Pioneer High School Thomas Horn Livonia High School Cassandra Kellogg York High School Nicole Kingsley Pavilion High School Stacy Lowden Letchworth High School Michael Mahoney Attica High School Kristy Martin Lima Christian Academy Kaitlyn Mix Warsaw High School David Pagel Batavia High School Ryan Shelc Perry High School Stacey Tesch Caledonia-Mumford High School Andrea Zeh Keshequa High School.

Science: Heather Baird Geneseo High School Nicholas Battista Alden High School Jason Bocko York High School Courtney Callanan Caledonia-Mumford High School Timothy Cox Perry High School Rebecca Hojnacki Attica High School Amanda Marzell Notre Dame High School Jessica Perkins Warsaw High School Jay Ring LeRoy High School Kayleen Sagola Pavilion High School Morgan Sanford Keshequa High School Malorie Scroger Oakfield-Alabama High School Danielle Snell Medina High School Stephen Tarbell Letchworth High School.

Social Sciences: Jennifer Coleman Newfane High School Alyssa Crofts Batavia High School Kelly Dagan Pavilion High School Daisy DuBois Caledonia-Mumford High School Rachael Fillion Lima Christian Academy John David Genereux York High School Rebecca Haydanek Wayland-Cohocton High School Christopher Lonnen Albion High School Joshua Marcello Northstar Christian Academy Talisa Marchese Notre Dame High School Jacqueline Murphy Warsaw High School Timothy Scott Dansville High School Stephen Tarbell II Letchworth High School Sarah Vetrano Livonia High School.