Poet Katharyn Howd Machan Visits the High School

Today, Dryden High School welcomed local poet Katharyn Howd Machan. As our HS Visiting poet, she conducted poetry workshops with several HS ELA classes and later gave a poetry reading in the library media center.
This event was part of our Poetry at Dryden MS/HS 2006 program with grant funding from the Dryden Youth Opportunity Fund, Poets & Writers, the Dryden Teachers Center, and Lori Harris, friend of Mrs. Cunningham.

HS Students Slam Poetry in the LMC Coffeehouse

This evening, Mr. Dutcher turned the school library into the library media center coffeehouse and hosted a poetry slam for high school students. The theme for this slam was ‘What I Learned in School.’ Ten high school students, after practicing with their teachers before today, performed their poetry at our slam to an audience of over 40 individuals. Mr. McWain, a high school earth science teacher, warmed up the audience and scored thee negative infinities and a six. Found in the audience were other high school students, parents, teachers, community members, and members of the local press. Twinkies, a box of mac and cheese, and other prizes were awarded to our student poets. Everyone had fun experiencing poetry.
This event was part of our Poetry at Dryden MS/HS 2006 program with grant funding from the Dryden Youth Opportunity Fund, the Dryden Teachers Center, and Lori Harris, friend of Mrs. Cunningham.

Ancient Greeks Invade MS Social Studies Classes

Today, middle school students in Mrs. Finnerty’s and Mrs. Lawson’s Social Studies classes began units on the ancient Greeks. A book truck the size of Mount Olympus was sent to their classrooms.

Mr. Ruso's HS ELA Students Study the Environment

Today, Mr. Ruso's high school English Language Arts students came to the library to learn how to use SIRS Knowledge Source to find periodical articles about environmental issues. Students later used these articles to write persuasive essays for class.

Poetry Books Sent to Middle School

Mrs. Caputo's middle school English Language Arts classes began their poetry unit today and a really big book truck full of poetry was sent to their class.

HS Students Celebrate Foreign Language Week

Arraigned by HS French teacher Ms. LeMoine and library media specialist Mr. Dutcher, foreign language and social studies classes heard presentations from several of our foreign exchange students. Pictures, posters, music, and dancing were enjoyed by all.

Mrs. Grace's Creative Writing Students Study Poetry

Another book truck headed out of the library today. This time full of poetry books to Mrs. Grace's Creative Writing class.

HS Social Studies Students Study Human Rights Violations

In early March, Ms. Yaskulski's and Mr. Deemer's students studied human rights violations since World War II. More books sent out of the library to meet the educational needs of the teachers and students in the building.

HS and MS Students Study the 1920's

For the next two weeks, two differernt social studies classes are studying the 1920's. Ms. White's MS students were sent a book truck and Mrs. Spitzer's HS students worked in the library. In addition to the books in our collection, books were borrowed from the Tompkins County Public Library and through interlibrary loan.