Rush-Henrietta Central School District Henry V. Burger Junior High School 639 Erie Station Road West Henrietta, NY 14586

Important Contact Information

Mr. Lane, Principal 359-5308

Mrs. Alley, Assistant Principal 359-5314

Mr. Nuñez, Assistant Principal 359-5309

Attendance Line 359-5301

Main Office 359-5300

Health Office 359-5313

Counseling Center 359-5320

Burger Parent Group 444-0055 or rveneziano@gmail.com

District Administration 359-5000

Please call the attendance line when your child will be absent or late to school.

For daily announcements and activity updates, please visit our Burger community website at

wwww.rhnet.org/burger.

Upcoming Events

March 9 Parent Group Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

March 13 Roller Skating Party (All Grades) 7 p.m. – Large Gym

March 19 - First Day of Spring!

Burger Junior High School

2020 Newsletter

March always feels like the light at the end of the long winter tunnel. Winter is almost over and spring is on the way. I think we are all happy to see the change of seasons. It will be a busy month for us at Burger, too. The Parent Group is sponsoring the second annual Roller Skating Party on March 13, from 7 - 9 p.m. It was a big success last year, and we hope even more students come out for it this year. Tickets to skate are $5 and will need to be purchased in school prior to the event. Because the event is in the gymnasium, we will have to cap the number of tickets sold.

On March 24 - 26, our students in grades 7 and 8 will take the New York State English Language Arts Assessments. In recent years, some parents have made the decision to have their students refuse to take the NYS assessments. However, with each passing year, fewer and fewer parents are taking this route. This is my plea - to please have your students sit for the NYS assessments this year. It is expected that all students who attend public schools take the exams. The exam data is not used to evaluate teachers or schools; what the data does do for us is let us know if our students are growing academically and if our curriculum and pedagogy is helping all students learn. Assessments are an important part of our students’ lives and will become essential to them once they take Earth Science and other courses required for high school graduation. This year opt-in for the NYS assessments.

Again, this year students at Burger will be participating in Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for the ELA assessment only. Like it or not, Computer-Based Testing will be an important part of our students’ educational program in the future. Many of the NYS Regents exams have already gone to the CBT model and the ACT and SAT tests have also gone to computer-based models as well. This will be the wave of the future for students in the 21st century, so we are happy to support their success in this area.

Congratulations to the cast and crew of Shrek Jr. The show was a rousing success. Never have I seen a group of students enjoy working together so much as the group did this year. As an educator, it always feels good to see our students love what they do and shine while they do it!

If you should have any questions about the upcoming NYS assessments or anything else related to Burger, please don't hesitate to contact me at glane@rhnet.org. Thank you for your support.

Take care,

Greg Lane Principal

Burger Team of Professionals Principal Greg Lane glane@rhnet.org Assistant Principal Alicia Alley aalley@rhnet.org Assistant Principal James Nuñez jnunez@rhnet.org Counselors Mike Neary, Grade 7 mneary@rhnet.org

Lisa Hawkes, Grade 8 lhawkes@rhnet.org Chad Weisensel, Grade 9 cweisensel@rhnet.org

School Nurse Sonia Witzel switzel@rhnet.org School Psychologist Julie Sullivan jsullivan@rhnet.org Social Workers Tricia Kilbourn tkilbourn@rhnet.org

Sharon Maysick smaysick@rhnet.org

ELA Marice Bennett (ELA 7) – mbennett@rhnet.org

Rachel Fisken (ELA 8)- rfisken@rhnet.org Doug Forken (ELA 9) – dforken@rhnet.org Sarah Lesser (ELA 9) – slesser@rhnet.og

Gina Petschke (ELA 8) – gpetschke@rhnet.org Jessica Prinzing (ELA 7) – jprinzing@rhnet.org

MATH Kathaleen Bitter (Algebra/Math 8) – kbitter@rhnet.org

Michael Burke (AIS/Algebra/Geometry) – mburke@rhnet.org Kevin Coe (Math 7) – kcoe@rhnet.org Jake Falci (Algebra) – jfalci@rhnet.org

Betsy Spanagel (AIS) – bspanagel@rhnet.org Karyn Stockmaster (Math 7) – kstockmaster@rhnet.org

Gretchen Traugott (High School Prep/Math 8) – gtraugott@rhnet.org Mary Woodfield (AIS) – mwoodfield@rhnet.org

SCIENCE Stacy Bement (Science 7) – sbement@rhnet.org

Keith Butler (Earth Science) – kbutler@rhnet.org Monica Carmichael (Prin. of Bio. Med./Biology) – mcarmichael@rhnet.org

Michelle Curtin (Biology) – mcurtin@rhnet.org Christian Dietz (Biology) – cdietz@rhnet.org Terri Miron (Science 7) – tmiron@rhnet.org

Christopher White (Earth Science) – cwhite@rhnet.org

SOCIAL STUDIES Dave Baumgartner (Social Studies 8) – dbaumgartner@rhnet.org

Suzanne Blue (Social Studies 7) – sblue@rhnet.org Aria Goodberlet (Social Studies 8) – agoodberlet@rhnet.org

Elizabeth Loftus (Global/World History Pre-AP) – eloftus@rhnet.org Michael Patterson (Global) – mpatterson@rhnet.org Jenaye Tyno (Social Studies 7) – jtyno@rhnet.org

Art JoLyn Donlon – jkdonlon@rhnet.org Julie Flisnik – jflisnik@rhnet.org John Newman – jnewman@rhnet.org Peter Remenicky – premenicky@rhnet.org

Business Jon DelVecchio – jdelvecchio@rhnet.org John Socha – jsocha@rhnet.org

Cafeteria Maureen Giroux – mgiroux@rhnet.org

Custodian Tom DeMersman – tdemersman@rhnet.org

ELA Coach Ivan Spanagel – ispanagel@rhnet.org

ELL Leda Gibbs – lgibbs@rhnet.org Judy Hager – jhager@rhnet.org

Health Christopher McDonald – cmcdonald@rhnet.org Jodi McNamara – jmcnamara@rhnet.org

Home & Careers Peg Gardner – pgardner@rhnet.org Heather McAllister – hmcallister@rhnet.org

Library Laura Reed – lreed@rhnet.org

Life Skills Kelly Flaitz – kflaitz@rhnet.org Jennifer Markham – jmarkham@rhnet.org

Literacy Specialists Jennifer Bosco – jbosco@rhnet.org Amy Warner – awarner@rhnet.org Nancy Yochum – nyochum@rhnet.org

LOTE Holly Carges – Spanish – hgiacalone@rhnet.org Kristen Guthrie – Spanish – kguthrie@rhnet.org Colleen Jones-Bingham – ASL – cjonesbingham@rhnet.org Thomas Ohl – ASL – tohl@rhnet.org Elizabeth Snyder – German – esnyder@rhnet.org Nicole Sprague – French – nsprague@rhnet.org

Math Coach Kim Glanton – kglanton@rhnet.org.

Music Geoff Jones – Instrumental – gjones@rhnet.org Emily Klempka – Vocal – eklempka@rhnet.org Kate Rolland – Instrumental – krolland@rhnet.org Lauren Rubin – Instrumental– lrubin@rhnet.org Allison Smith – Vocal – adainssmith@rhnet.org

Occupational Therapy Megan Cornman − mcornman@rhnet.org

Physical Education Jeffrey Hydock – jhydock@rhnet.org Kim Swaisgood – kswaisgood@rhnet.org Larry Swan – lswan@rhnet.org

Special Education Megan Anthony – manthony@rhnet.org Jillian Charcholla – jcharcholla@rhnet.org Michael Hohman – mhohman@rhnet.org Crystal Laughlin – claughlin@rhnet.org Natalie Matteson – nmatteson@rhnet.org Amanda Richards − arichards@rhnet.org

Speech Caitlin Magiera – cmagiera@rhnet.org Heather Trinchini – htrinchini@rhnet.org

Technology Will Davis – wdavis@rhnet.org Steve Jones – sjones@rhnet.org Charlie Meyer – cmeyer@rhnet.org

Encore Teachers

Burger 8th Grade Washington, D.C. 2020 Trip

Important Trip Information & Dates

Tuesday, May 19 – Thursday, May 21, 2020 Cost of Trip approximately $500. Students will need to bring $40

(approximately) for two lunches & one dinner.

Ways to offset payments for your student’s trip: Burger offers a candy bar fundraiser to offset the cost of the trip starting in 7th grade. Candy sales started September 19. Sales will be ongoing throughout the year. First Choice Tour Company is offering a credit card option. Payments towards the trip can be accepted with weekly/monthly installments.

September 30, 2019: 8th grade Washington, D.C. trip informational mailing.

November 1, 2019: $100 deposit, registration & optional trip insurance due.

December: Look for registered student mailing.

February 7, 2020: Final payment and forms due to AP Office.

March 27, 2020: Medications form due to AP Office (for prescription & OTC).

April 24, 2020: Last day for any medications turned into Health Office.

May 5, 2020, 6:30 p.m.: Mandatory parent/guardian & student meeting.

If you have any questions regarding Burger’s fundraiser or D.C. trip, contact Mrs. Acresti @ 359-5310 or email eacresti@rhnet.org

(Make checks payable to Burger Junior High School)

We cordially invite you to a parent/guardian information meeting! The Office of Special Education welcomes you - please join us!

• WHAT: Special Education Informational Meeting• WHEN: Monday, March 2, 2020• TIME: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.• WHERE: Transportation and Operations

1133 Lehigh Station Road, Henrietta, NY 14467

Presentation Agenda Introductions Extended School Year (ESY) How do we prepare our students to transition to the

next grade and/or building? Special Education Updates Graduation Pathways

Jessica Bailey Jennifer Cardinale David Patt Director of Special Education Coordinator of Special Education Coordinator of Special Education

Music News Upcoming Events

Tri-M will celebrate "Music in Our Schools Month" by collecting donations for Golisano Children's Hospital –

see link below and attached flyer.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SerSIhpORVEInIUbyxOaVqEc3HpSKX54AZkDmWGQeBg/edit?usp=sharing

District Band Festival Date: Thursday, April 2

Time: 7 p.m. Location: High School Gym

Golisano Children’s Hospital Fundraiser

Sponsored by Burger Junior Tri-M Music Honor Society

What: Wish List Items for Golisano Children’s Hospital

When: Accepting donations until the end of March

Where: Bring Items from the list below to the Band Room.

* NEW ITEMS/ORIGINAL PACKAGING ONLY *

Algebra: Aaron Blancaflor, Ethan Miner, Samir Samal

Art: Allison Burdett, Gregory Martin

ASL: Rebecca Kench, Tracy Son

Applied Music: Ryan LaBombard

Applied Technology: Alex Johnson

Band: Isabella Papapietro, Arjun Singh

Chorus: Sarah Baker, Zyon Johnson, Elayna Kolmetz, Joshua Lureman

Computer Applications: Jonathan Kachala

Collaborative Design: Isabelle Colosimo

Earth Science: Jason Buonaugurio, Chloe Colosimo Jade Harding

ELA: Lorenzo Pavia-Vicente, Jonas Smith, Victor Wong

Entrepreneurship: William Hager

French: Jason Hessam, Daylin Martone, Angelina Tsyapura

General Music: Mousam Acharya, Zayyan Ahmed

Geometry: Jayden McGhee

German: Julia Carter, Will Hager, Arielle Misra, Katelyn Ryan, Leina Saysamone

Global History: Joshua Lureman

High School Prep Math: Shyasia Bradley

Life Skills: Ronan Wallace

Life Skills Music: Jacob Pollak

Math: Ava Bistrovich, Megan Burdett, Isaiah Gulley, Tara Mangan, Anna Martini, Emily Meuanchanh, Neylah Ortiz, Juelz Tisdale, Myles Watts

Math AIS: Isaiah Lehmann, Zachary Stoddard

Music In Our Digital Lives: Shyasia Bradley, Quentin Grimes

Orchestra: Elizabeth Gleghorn, Chelsea Maynard, Tanya Tinawong

Physical Education: Mikayla Schojan, Shayna Uhl

Production Systems: Jayden McGhee

Reading: Jeremy Farley, Addison Hobbs

Science: Daniel Borrelli, Michael Calogero, Isabella Campini, Elizabeth Gleghorn, Mary Guaman Caguana, Zoey Mattice,

Colbi Meisenzahl, John Pampoukidis, Dontez Yeager

Social Studies: Gadeer Al-Abdely, Karina Chernavin, Tyler Pellegrin, Nathan Rogowski, Kayla Towner

Spanish: Wyza Jane Acha, Kaylee Duda, Eliza Gardner, Kiara Hartel, Sofie Kiselgof, Danielle Raymond, Ayaan Tariq, Ru’Kya Wright

Technology: Jaxstin Bingham

World History: Natalie Veneziano

Burger Q2 High Honor Roll

Grade 9

Samuel Adamson, Ryan Au, Tyler Bernarduci, Ellyse Burroughs, Mario Cassella, Kelly Chen, Jason Dang, Akosua Essah, Victoria Feng, Angela Giorgione, Gabrielle Hobbs, Kaden Johnson, Rebecca Kench, Rebekah Klossner, Miah Lathrop, Jason Lin, Chloe Reukauf, Elyssa Rheinwald, Gabrielle Richards, Valerie Rock, Katelyn Ryan, Hasan Sarfaraz, Parker Schoenl, Rylee Scott, Cooper Sennett, Tracy Son, Lucas Spurling, Ina Udyak, Natalie Veneziano

Grade 8

Megan Alexander, George Anagnostakos, Sarah Baker, Aaron Joseph Blancaflor, David Brown, Massimo Cassella, Isabelle Colosimo, Ella Forty, Eliza Gardner, Mathew Gross, William Hager, Alexander Johnson, Mallory Johnson, Mileena Khamvilay, Cassandra Kreie, Madeline Lewis, Gregory Martin, Emily Monclus, Carla Ngo, Stephanie Oshiotse, Evan Peters, Haley Putnam, Victoria Rowlands, Samir Samal, Alexia Savage, Hayden Schultz, Jonas Smith, Zachary Sparro, Tanya Tinawong, Bridelle Toumani Ganzeu, Keegan Waldo, Brian Whitehouse

Grade 7

Zayyan Ahmed, Ameer Al Mirza, Makala Anderson, Hasan Armstrong, Brendan Baer, Parker Baldwin, Dylan Bartoo, Taylee Bernarduci, Marisa Bianchi, Ava Bistrovich, Veronica Brace, Catrena Brown, Michael Calogero, Chelsea Schuyler Calunod, Ayla Campini, Isabella Campini, Helena Cao, Julia Carter, Sofia Casaverde, Aditi Chauhan, Kaleb Condello, Mason Davey, Spencer Dinsmore, Faith Doumnande', Kaylee Duda, Andrew Duemmel, Ashley Dutt, Mia Favalo, Annaelizabeth Galitsky, Elizabeth Gleghorn, Kiara Hartel, Bayley Herman, Kali Hooks, Hannah Iamaio, Kahlea Johnson, Simrit Kaur, Sofie Kiselgof, Gretchen Klossner, Elayna Kolmetz, Kevin Kwok, Adriana Laveck, Kasey Lynch, Anna Martini, Zoey Mattice, Layla Mclean, Katelyn Militello, Arielle Misra, Sydney Orr, Mckenna Priset, Danielle Raymond, Nicholas Rinaldi, Liam Ronan, Savannah Russell, Saraby Satheeshkumar, Briea Schlindwein, Daniel Schmitz III, Mikayla Schojan, Gavin Taylor, Arina Thapa, Kayla Towner, Micchelle Tran, Tyler Trent, Wilhelm Wandersleben, Victor Wong, Jacob Wood, Morgan Wysocarski

Burger Q2 Honor Roll

Grade 9

Sabreen Abid, Wyza Jane Acha, Mariah Augustin, Robert Bauman, Cora Bazinet, Kenneth Bird Jr., Hassan Bodlah, Jaydin Brown, Shawn Buick, Allison Burdett, Jayden Carroll, Emily Cosgrove, Eva Didomenico, Laura Donlon, Rowan Giardina, Evan Gienau, Cameron Gleason, Prachi Gupta, Ava Hathaway, Riley Heckman, Alexander Herrera, Jason Hessam, Meghan Hicks, Makai Hillmon, Riley Holahan, Jonathan Kachala, Jordan Kujawski, Jonathan Lanos, Madison Magyar, Emma Martin, Chelsea Maynard, Somkith Muneath, Narthani Nava Nathan, Carlos Pavia-Vicente, Colby Robinson, Julia Rodibaugh, Liliya Samuel, Tehreem Shah, Sukhraj Singh, Samantha Sleve, Natalie Smith, Lauren Spock, Ayaan Tariq, Kyle Vanauker, Samantha Williams, Natalie Wood, Ru'Kya Wright-Brown, Samuel Yacob

Grade 8

Alyssa Ademovic, Gadeer Al-Abdely, Ny'Ashia Boxx, Jason Buonaugurio, Megan Burdett, Xander Burress, Aryanna Chandler, Chloe Colosimo, Ada Cote', Landon Difabio, Michael Flannery III, Jacob Foltz, Ava Fox, Isabella Goff, Quentin Grimes, Jade Harding, Susan Hill, Hayden Hobbs, Justin Hogancamp, Payton Hunt, Hubert Jiang, Gavin Joanette, Issa Khalid, Navraj Khosa, Nathaniel Klubek, Madison Lawton, Mckenzie Lawton, Bobby Lin, Evangeline Lyman, A'Mere Mclean, Binyam Mekonen, Nathan Metzger, Isabella Molyneux, Akbar Naveed, Travis Ngo, William Ni, Aydrien O'Meally, Angelia Oechsle, Emma Olsen, Isabella Papapietro, Karisa Petramalo, Subash Rai, Lauren Reitschky, Ashlyn Roberts, Catrina Rowe, Prashant Sapkota, Leina Saysamone, Alex Schulenberg, Morgan Sizer, Khalia Stockton, Alyssa Strong, Berken Subasi, Jessica Sweet, Bethlehem Teshome, Parker Thilavanh, Varinia Turner, Shayna Uhl, Tamera Witcher, Ashley Wood, Shijun Wu, Abdullah Zaman

Grade 7

Morgan Adams, Haseeb Arshad, Dakota Battisti, Jaxstin Bingham, Joseph Bird, Brayden Bochetto, Cloey Borden, Alexander Braidotti, Emma Bumbarger, Callen Burroughs, Lauren Cassidy, Paige Cenzi, Karina Chernavin, Charles Cole Iv, Alexander Cosgrove, Simone Cravatta, Eva Daniel, Taj Dhillon, Miriam Doumnande', Emily Edick, Abigail Edwards, Kiev Elzey, Cole Flannery, Soliana Gebru, Ethan Genthner, Liam Gilroy, Melat Girma, Reagan Gregory, Tyler Grunder, Mary Guaman Caguana, Gracie Gurnett, Aiden Hall, Kadyn Hartel, Kaylee Hartman, Tori Jewell, Aanchal Kaur, Galen Keene-Cronise, Jackson Koppers, Lillian Lapiana, Samuel Lewis, Jamison Mancari, Alishia Marah, Aidan Martin, Devin Mcghee, Cailee Metchick, Parker Monette, Keryne Nguyen, Nicholas Nguyen, Tiana Phouangphanh, Ryan Prusak, Elle Reeves, Emma Rodgers, Dylan Savage, Haseeb Shah, Anthony Silva Martin, Chloe Smith, Lukian Spencer, Christopher Suh, Valentina Swanton, Grishma Timsina, Jovin Toumani-Ngomsi, Kaylee Trager, Lucas Trupiano, Mckenna Uhl, Derek Vanauker, Zander Worden, Danica Young

Burger Q2 Honorable Mention

Grade 9

Hamza Abdul Wali, Gagan Baniya, Lok Bista, Charizma Bowden, Serena Brown, Naka Brueckl, Matthew Cholach, Max Conge, Corrine Coryell, Kaitlin Cowie, Eric Davis Jr, Mustafa Ekiz, Elaine Fenuku, Brooke Frost, Heiwot Girma, Aidan Gleason, Avish Gurung, Niroj Gurung, Asia Hoang, Hayden Iamaio, Monisha Kafley, Francesca Kita, Caleb Koehler, Ainsley Korndoerfer, Megan Link, Jaime Longobardi, Kevin Lynch, Cloie Marcano-Shelhart, Jayden Mcghee, Ethan Miner, Marianna Moore, Austin Neu, Connor Newberry, Obianuju Nnamonah, Bhavin Patel, Zachary Pizzillo, Aidan Pullyblank, Uthshap Rai, Madelyn Riley, Nicolas Riveros Rodriguez, Avery Roberts, Tyler Stenzel, Sean Thody, Nacaria Thompson, Josie-Lynn Underwood, Jessica Wagner, Zyah Williams, Chanele Kennie Wu

Grade 8

Jordan Abrey, Duha Al-Ghazi, Geremy Barnwell, Mariam Barry, Madison Bartoo, Nathan Blair, Joseph Cassata, Caleb Clark, Andrew Cook, Justin Duemmel, Leila Dumas, Jax Dunn, Jeremiah Evans, Mark Farley, Mackensie Gilbert, Jacob Hamson, Mena Hanna, Elijah Hunt, Leo Jenerious, Anna Kelly, Cristian Kuhn, Connor Maguda, Robert Mahar, Christian Montaque, Gabriel Ndunda Jr., Shayna Patel, Elena Rodic, Yadielys Santiago Martinez, Aidan Sarmiento, Mohamed Sulieman, Wyatt Sypnier, Rodney Tull, Tran Huy Hoang Vu, Jani Washington, Daniel Wheeler II, Mason Wright

Grade 7

Maram Almohammed, Ola Alridha, Luke Athoe, Diego Bills, Gabriel Bills, Yusuf Bodlah, Daniel Borrelli, Cameron Cottone, Karlie Craft, Danielle Garrett, Natalie Hayes, Aqib Jamal, Zyon Johnson, Jayden Josef, James Kilonzo, Xai Kongmany-Wagoner, Tyler Korndoerfer, Gabrielle Lanos, Amarianna Ledesmas, Matthew Lewis, Maria Marquez, Neylah Ortiz, John Pampoukidis, Tyler Pellegrin, Jaida Piljay, Joshua Seebold, Arjun Singh, Allyson Spettigue, Benjamin Timm, Ryan Vacanti, Finn Walker, Myles Watts

Burger Middle School Parent note for:

Bus Pass (Please have student bring this note to the Main Office during homebase or lunch)

Student Name: __________________________GRADE_____

Date: ___/___/2020 BUS #__________

Address where Student will be going: __________________________________

Student going home with: ________________________________________ Student name

Parent’s signature:_________________________

Contact phone number: (__ __ __) __ __ __ - __ __ __ __

A parent note and signature are mandatory for a student to receive a bus pass.

Burger Middle School Parent note for: Early Dismissal

(Please have student bring this note to the Main Office during home base.)

Student Name: __________________________GRADE_____

Date: ___/___/2020

Student will be picked up at: ________ a.m. ________ p.m.

Student will be picked up by: ___________________________

Reason for early dismissal: __________________________________

A parent note and signature are mandatory for a student to receive a bus pass.

Burger Middle School Parent note for:

Bus Pass (Please have student bring this note to the Main Office during homebase or lunch)

Student Name: __________________________GRADE_____

Date: ___/___/2020 BUS #__________

Address where Student will be going: __________________________________

Student going home with: ________________________________________ Student name

Parent’s signature:_________________________

Contact phone number: (__ __ __) __ __ __ - __ __ __ __

A parent note and signature are mandatory for a student to receive a bus pass.

Burger Middle School Parent note for: Early Dismissal

(Please have student bring this note to the Main Office during home base.)

Student Name: __________________________GRADE_____

Date: ___/___/2020

Student will be picked up at: ________ a.m. ________ p.m.

Student will be picked up by: ___________________________

Reason for early dismissal: __________________________________

A parent note and signature are mandatory for a student to receive a bus pass.