Description: Students had to use their ability to find double negative errors to crack five vaults. If they were successful, not only had they proven themselves knowledgeable about double negatives, they had proven themselves to be worthy of the "loot" in the final vault...the prize vault. Take a look and see what went down.
Event: 2009 Battle of the Teams
Location: Upper Gymnasium Date: 01/30/09
Description: Each year, all four junior high teams come together and compete in the annual Battle of the Teams. Various activities take place that pit each team against one another in a friendly competition. All activities stress the importance of togetherness/unity, and as a result, the event brings the entire junior high together.
Event: Global Warming Initiative
Location:CortlandCommunity & Albany, NY Date: 2007-2008
Description:In 2006, students and teachers at Cortland Junior High created the Global Warming Club to help bring awareness to the community about the seriousness of global warming. With a great sense of pride, we would like to share the fact that this club has taken first place for two straight years. Take a look at the 2007-2008 Global Warming Initiative year-in-review slideshow.
Event: 2008 Varsity Girls Soccer Tribute
Location: Taking down foes all over NYS Date: August-November 2008
Description: In 2008, the girls had an amazing season. This marathon of a season culminated with six playoff games, a Class A Regional Championship, a Section III Class A Championship, and a spot in the Class A State Semifinals.
Location: Mr. Aspinwall's Room Date: December 2008
Description:In early December, Mr. Aspinwall led a demonstration with liquid nitrogen for all classes. In front of the classroom, students did a series of experiments involving liquid nitrogen, which came in at a more-than-cool -196° Celsius. This gave students a hands-on experience with liquid nitrogen, and allowed them to have fun in the process as they shattered racket balls, froze carnations, and experimented with super conductivity, along with other engaging demonstrations.
Event: Batter Up! 2008 Midseason Review
Location: Mr. Winchell's Room Date: September-December 2008
Description: A look at some of the action from the first half of the 2008-2009 regular season, as the Great Green Grand-Slammin' Gators, the lone undefeated team in the league, find themselves as the #1 team.
Event: 2008 Guitar Hero Tournament
Location: LGI Date: December 2008
Description:In the month of December, many Team 4 students were found battling it out in a Guitar Hero Tournament to see who was the true master of the stringed beast. A creation of Mr. Beach, the tournament was for students who were deemed “worthy” of the privilege. Only those who were “caught up” with all schoolwork and had proven themselves with their behavior were eligible.
Event: GWAC Decorates 1890 House Tree
Location: CJH & 1890 House Date: December 2008
Description:In the month of December, teachers and students of the Global Warming Awareness Club (GWAC) helped decorate a tree at the 1890 House Museum. But this was not your typical trimming of a tree. Instead, the GWAC used homemade ornaments made out of household objects as their main article of decoration.
Description:On January 14, 2009, Mr. Aspinwall used a Reuben Fire Tube. How does it work? Well, this tube is filled with gas and has holes. When you light it, it is accompanied by a beat from some music. You hook it up and the flame jumps when it hits the energy of the music.
Event:Invertebrate Project
Location: Mr. Tasselmyer's Room Date: February 2009
Description:In late February, Mr. Tasselmyer, the Team Two science teacher, asked kids to turn in their unique and tasty projects. Tasty, you ask? Yes, this project was an invertebrate project and kids had to choose five out of eight possible assignments to turn in, one of which was the option to make a model of an invertebrate in the form of a tasty treat.
Event: 1920's Social Studies Project
Location: CJSHS Auditorium Date: March 2009
Description:In early March, Team Four eighth grade students were given a task by their social studies teacher, Mr. Robert Gambitta, and his student teacher, Mr. Walter Kirschler. Students were assigned a famous person from the 1920’s and their task was to research this person and do a biography on the person’s life and their way to fame. The students researched the person in the library for a week and had the weekend to plan what they were going to do. Then, in the auditorium, students dressed up as the people whom became famous in the 1920’s and gave presentations to their class about their famous person.
Event:Technology Project
Location: JH Technology Class Date: March 2009
Description:In early March, seventh grade students of Team One and Team Two were assigned a project in technology class that asked them to pick important technological inventions throughout our vast history. After students chose an invention, they had to gather important research while in the LMC. After the research had been gathered, they had to make a model, sketch, picture, or diagram that represented the invention. To culminate the project, students had to present their projects in front of the class.
Description:How many digits of pi can you name? That is one of the questions posed by the junior high math teachers on March 13, 2009, as the math department celebrated pi day a day early, due to the fact that pi day landed on a Saturday this year. Students and teachers had pie and other activities for their festive celebration. Some of the activities included the singing of “Happy Birthday” to good old pi, and the singing of another pi day song. Also, in Mr. Camillo’s and Mrs. Henry’s seventh grade classes, there was a contest to see who could memorize the most digits of pi.
Event:2009 Coffeehouse
Location: Winch's Coffeehouse (Mr. Winchell's Room) Date: April 2009
Description:Team One students had a poetry party in Mr. Winchell’s room. Actually, it was officially called a Poetry Jam Session at Winch’s Coffeehouse. Coffeehouse followed a long poetry unit in Winchell’s class, during which students are asked to write numerous poems. Of the many poems, students were asked to pick the one they wanted to read, dramatically, to those in attendance at Winch’s Coffeehouse. Along with the poem, students are asked to draw a literal depiction of the figurative language used in the poem. For example, the student was a car would be drawn as half student, half car. This artistic slant added to the festivities, as the drawing was scanned by Winchell and then displayed on the big screen (via the computer/projector) right alongside the poet as he or she read.
Event:Junior High Musical Location: Auditorium
Date: March 2009
Description:Seventh and eighth grade theater club members preformed in this year’s junior high musical, The Little Luncheonette of Terror, by Bill Francoeur and lyrics by Tim Kelly. Set in the 1950's the show is a comic spoof on the well-known Broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors. It’s a musical about an eighteen-year-old named Pete who owns a luncheonette. One day, Mongo, a creature from the center of the earth, arrives and throws shock into many people. Mongo is good at first, but then he turns evil, and it goes from bad to worse when he turns all of Pete’s friends into teenage zombies. So, as one could surmise, Pete must save the day before it’s too late. This unique and fun story allows the performers the chance to explore their creative and imaginative sides, while the theatergoers have the chance to take in the audio-visual extravaganza on the stage.
Event: 2009 Batter Up! Tournament
Location: LGI Date: 05/22/09
Description:Mr. Winchell developed the Batter Up program years ago and uses it to review all year long in his classroom. Held at the end of the year, this tournament allows each team to face off with opponents from all class periods, and also involves all Team One subjects (science, social studies, English, math, and technology). Each question is presented with a baseball-themed background and sound effect (charge, chicken dance, YMCA song, etc.). Students are also given a tournament program, created by Winchell, that contains team information and other interesting facts about the current season, and about past Batter Up history as well. Finally, after nine grueling games, a champion is crowned. In 2009, it was the Supersonic Slithering Snakes, the #8 seed (out of 10) in the tournament.
Location: Cortland Elementary Schools Date: May 2009
Description: The Global Warming Awareness Club was interested in the idea of informing the elementary students in the Cortland City School District about global warming and what people can do to prevent it. GWAC members performed a skit called “I C Green” that taught students about the various causes of global warming, and gave them some simple things they can do to prevent global warming. The GWAC went to all of the elementary schools in the area, except for Barry and Parker. The members had to create the skit with the objective in mind that the students needed to be educated and entertained in the process. Afterwards, the elementary students asked many questions which the GWAC members were able to answer.
Event:GWAC Earth Week Location:Cortland County
Date: May 2009 Description:The Global Warming Awareness Club (GWAC) had a jammed-packed Earth Week, filled with charitable tasks to help the community, educational tasks to help enlighten others about global warming, and a fun trip to a baseball game to cap it all off. The club started things off by helping to clean up and fill the Lime Hollow Nature Center. Trees were planted, weeds were pulled, and the center was given a kempt appearance with the help of the GWAC. Earth Week also saw the GWAC decorate portions of the school to help get the message out there that YOU can help this planet. The club also had a booth in the cafeteria during lunch periods and handed out items to students to help spread the message.
Event: Science Incentive with Mr. Aspinwall: Soaking the Teacher
Location: Mr. Aspinwall's Room Date: May 2009
Description:Incentives help motivate people to do things. And so is the case for students. With this in mind, Mr. Aspinwall told his students that if the majority of the class had a high grade (90 or higher) on the 2009 Science State Exam, they could put him in the emergency shower in his room and soak him for a whopping five seconds. Now that’s an incentive! Though Mr. Aspinwall was soaked in only three out of five class periods, they caught it on video to show to the whole junior high.
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