Southern Cayuga High School
2384 Route 34B -- Aurora, NY 13026
Phone: 315.364.7111 -- Fax: 315.364.8207  

Mr. Luke A. Carnicelli, Principal
CarnicelliL@southerncayuga.org  

SCHS Mission Statement: The Mission of Southern Cayuga High School is to create an environment that is conducive to personal and academic excellence. This will be accomplished by creating a school community that embodies the principles of being: Safe, Respectful, Responsible, and Kind.

SCHS Daily Annoucements Show (click here) 

SCHS Daily Newsletter (click here)
        

Principal's Message 

November 2009 - Hello and welcome to the SCHS website! Please click on the above link for our daily announcements. The link will be updated daily.

I would like to take this opportunity to update you on various activities ongoing at SCHS. On 10/1, the SCHS Parent Advisory Council met and discussed the following items:

Home-school communication: This year we will continue with Website updates, SCHS newsletters in each report card (see below as well), PAC meetings (next meeting is on 12/17). Another way we will communicate to parents and the community is through our broadcast journalism course offered at SCHS. We will post our morning announcements show as well as a daily newsletter each day (top of the page). The show will contain segments on school announcements, weather, sports, and current events. 

2010-2011 Course Offerings: We are starting to construct our courses for next school year. One large change will be in the offering of college level courses. We will be moving most of our college offerings to SUPA (Syracuse University Project Advance). In my research I am finding that there are a wide-range of courses available through SU at a fraction of the normal cost. Also, SUPA courses transfer extremely well to other colleges/universities. I will outline the courses that will be offered in the 2010-2011 course selection guide in our next newsletter.

SCHS Long-Range Educational Plan: A group representing the HS met early in October to set measurement areas for the High School, grades 9-12. The group also set priority areas to increase our performance in all the measurement areas above from 2009-2012. Please click here to view the entire document. Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me .

To assist with school-home communication, I will continue to offer parents/guardians SCHS updates via the SCHS e-mail distribution list as well as the SCHS Parent Advisory Council (PAC). Meeting times for the 2009-2010 school year are listed below.

All my best to students and familes on a successful 2009-2010!

As always, if there is anything I can answer or assist with, please do not hesitate to call or email me at 364-7111 x2104 or CarnicelliL@southerncayuga.org .

Sincerely,
Luke A. Carnicelli
SCHS Principal   

  OTHER INFORMATION:

• Please click here for the 2nd 2009-2010 SCHS newsletter.
  Please click here for the 1st 2009-2010 SCHS newsletter.
• Long-range academic/facilities planning: Information can be found via the following links:
  SCCS long-range academic planning
  SCCS long-range facilities planning
• HS Parent Advisory meetings will be held during the 2009-2010 school year. The meetings are scheduled for the following dates (please click on the date for the agenda): 10/1/09 , 12/17/09, 2/25/10, 5/20/10 . All meetings will be held in the guidance office from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Agendas for each meeting are sent via email.
  If you are interested in becoming part of this group or would like to receive the agendas, please email me at CarnicelliL@southerncayuga.org

Southern Cayuga High School does not restrict students on the basis of race/ethnicity, religion, physical handicap subject to medical eligibility, or gender.