Hancock Central School District

MORNING PROGRAM Thank you all for stopping by Morning Program earlier today. We celebrated one birthday this week, happy birthday to Bentley Wignall! Thank you to Mrs. Hull and Sander for leading an informative program for our students, as they learned that today is election day. We also talked about next week’s Morning Program, where our boys and girls will have a special presentation for all our veterans in celebration of Veterans Day. We hope to see you next week!

D-H VOLLEYBALL SECTIONALS THURSDAY Good luck to our D-H Eagles Volleyball team as they take on Delhi in the Section IV Class D semi-final this Thursday! Match time will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, November 7th, at Candor High School. Ticket Information is listed below. Direct link for Digital Tickets: https://gofan.co/event/2133793?schoolId=NYSPHSAAIV Gate for spectators opens at 2:30 pm. Admission: $6.25 General Admission through Gofan Digital Ticketing $8.00 General Admission Cash @ Gate Children 10 and under are admitted free Section IV Passes & NYSPHSAA Passes accepted The winner will move on to the Sectional Championship, which takes place Sunday, November 10th, at 1:00 p.m. at Tioga Central School. Good luck, Eagles! #DHNation

D-H VOLLEYBALL SECTIONALS TOMORROW Good luck to our D-H Eagles Volleyball team as they take on Delhi in the Section IV Class D semi-final tomorrow! Match time will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 7th, at Candor High School. Ticket Information is listed below. Direct link for Digital Tickets: https://gofan.co/event/2133793?schoolId=NYSPHSAAIV Gate for spectators opens at 2:30 pm. Admission: $6.25 General Admission through Gofan Digital Ticketing $8.00 General Admission Cash @ Gate Children 10 and under are admitted free Section IV Passes & NYSPHSAA Passes accepted The winner will move on to the Sectional Championship, which takes place Sunday, November 10th, at 1:00 p.m. at Tioga Central School. Good luck, Eagles! #DHNation

D-H FOOTBALL WINS ON SENIOR RECOGNITION The DH Eagles varsity football team closed out their regular season with a bang last night, scoring 37 unanswered 2nd half points to beat Newark Valley, 51-13. The Eagles defense proved very stiff and difficult for the Cardinals to crack and forced many 4th downs. On a night when the Eagles honored 9 seniors, the Eagles accrued nearly 500 yards of total offense. Blake Fortunato led the way with 111 yards and 3 TD's on the ground, while fellow senior Lucas Barnes also added 106 yards. Noah Bass had 67 yards (1TD), Brody Matthews had 5 yards and Marco Avila had 11. In the air, the combination of Fortunato and Matthews tallied 186 yards in the air, completing TD's to Senior Tyler Persbacker (37 yards), Micah Simmons (40 yards) and Conor Mills (73 yards). Senior AJ Gonzales, Barnes, Bass, and Greyson Thomas all secured target(s) as well. The linemen, not the stat accruing type who were also honored include Ryan Stoss, Jacob Davis, Evan Baudendistel, and Ryan Smith, as well as Leo Lo. The Eagles closed out the regular season scoring more points than any team in section IV, averaging over 47 points per game. The boys will travel to Susquehanna Valley on Saturday at either 12 or 3 PM to face Delaware Academy, the winner of Division VI. In the other contest, Tioga (Division VII winner) will face SVEC, who placed second in Division VI. The winners will advance to the sectional finals. Senior Recognition: AJ Gonzales, Blake Fortunato, Lucas Barnes, Leo Lo, Tyler Persbacker, Jacob Davis, Evan Baudendistel, Ryan Smith, Ryan Stoss Congratulations to you all!! #DHNation

D-H FOOTBALL SR. RECOGNITION TONIGHT IN HANCOCK Join us tonight as our 7-1 Deposit-Hancock Eagles football team finish out their regular season against Newark Valley! Kick-off is set for 7:00 p.m. under the lights at HCS, with senior recognition beforehand at approximately 6:30 p.m. Even with their stellar record, this is a big game for sectional playoff implications. If we win, we are in, let’s go Eagles!! #DHNation

FIELD HOCKEY SECTIONAL FINALS TOMORROW Good luck to our Deposit-Hancock Eagles field hockey team as they play in the Sectional Championship tomorrow afternoon! #2 seed, D-H, will take on the #1 seed, Whitney Point, this Saturday for the Section IV Class C Championship. Game time will be at 4:00 p.m., at Whitney Point High School You may purchase digital tickets at the link below: https://gofan.co/event/2070005?schoolId=NYSPHSAAIV Digital Tickets are $6.25 each General Admission Cash Tickets are $8.00 each General Admission Children 10 and under are free Section IV Passes & NYSPHSAA Passes are accepted There is a map attached of Whitney Point HS, with designated parking areas listed for the game. Additionally, you may watch a live stream of the contest at: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/ There is a monthly fee involved with the NFHS network if you wish to view the stream. Best of luck to you all!! #DHNation

A WONDERFUL HALLOWEEN It was a beautiful and festive Halloween, yesterday! We want to thank everyone who participated, watched the parades, gave out candy, dressed in costume and made it a wonderful day for our boys and girls!! We also want to thank the weather!! 😊 🧡☀ We hope you enjoy some more Halloween pictures throughout the day, as well as from last night’s parade & trunk-or-treat. Happy Halloween!! 🎃 #WeAreHCS

NHS INDUCTIONS THIS WEDNESDAY Please join us Wednesday, November 6th as we honor our HCS students to be inducted into the National Honor Society! The induction ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the middle-high school auditorium. Congratulations to the following students on being selected for the National Honor Society: Stevie Woodmansee, Olivia Esolen, Gwyneth Nebzydoski, Autumn Dohanic, Patrick Esolen and Isaiah Graham. Well done, you all should be very proud of this wonderful achievement! #WeAreHCS

ELEMENTARY PARADE & MIDDLE SCHOOL PARTY It was a BEAUTIFUL afternoon for our elementary students to show off their costumes, while our middle schoolers had some fun in the gym! Find some pictures of our costume-filled boys and girls below! We hope everyone is having a good Halloween so far, stay safe trick-or-treating tonight. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! #WeAreHCS

NY THURSDAYS Thank you to our food service staff for another excellent 'NY Thursdays' lunch, Halloween style!

UPK-K Students Visit Middle-High School We got to see our UPK and Kindergarten students in full costume this morning as they stopped in the middle-high school for some trick-or-treating! You all looked AMAZING in your costumes, we will see you later! Happy Halloween!!

PUMPKIN MATH Ms. Milk’s second graders have been working hard with pumpkin math this week! The students had a great time taking many different measurements of their pumpkins. Once they measured their pumpkins stem, circumference, weight, and counted ridges and seeds, they were able to carve their pumpkins! What a great Halloween activity, Happy Halloween everyone!

Happy Halloween from the Plane Bus!! Thank you, Mrs. Wormuth, for sending in the picture this morning. We will be posting more Halloween pictures throughout the day! #WeAreHCS #HappyHalloween

BANANA PHONES IN ELEMENTARY Thank you to Mrs. D’Elia for sending in pictures of our Elementary students at lunch! Several of them decided to utilize their banana phones today!! 😊 😂

NY THURSDAYS TOMORROW We are set for another ‘NY Thursdays’ lunch on Halloween tomorrow! On the menu is chicken mac & cheese, bread stick, steamed broccoli, apple slices and milk. Thank you to our food service staff and the food distributors listed below! -Morning Star Poultry (Fort Plan, NY) -Great Lakes Cheese (Adams, NY) -Catskill Cattle Company (Deposit, NY) -Ginsberg’s Foods (Hudson, NY) We always look forward to NY Thursdays, thank you for a healthy, fresh meal!! #WeAreHCS

FIELD HOCKEY WINS SECTIONAL SEMI-FINAL Congratulations to our D-H Eagles Field Hockey team on their 6-2 sectional semi-final victory over Marathon yesterday! For the Eagles, Sarah Gross scored 3 goals and tallied 1 assist. Goals were also scored by Nora Bartholomew, Leah Braun and Aubrey Smith. Amanda Ray added 3 assists in the contest. Overall, it was an excellent team showing as D-H gets ready for the Sectional Finals on Saturday! #2-seeded Deposit-Hancock will take on the #1 seed, Whitney Point, this Saturday for the Section IV Class C Championship. Game time will be at 4:00 p.m., at Whitney Point High School You may purchase digital tickets at the link below: https://gofan.co/event/2070005?schoolId=NYSPHSAAIV Digital Tickets are $6.25 each General Admission Cash Tickets are $8.00 each General Admission Children 10 and under are free Section IV Passes & NYSPHSAA Passes are accepted Good luck and let’s go Eagles!! #DHNation

BIRTHDAYS, GOLD SLIP WINNERS AT MORNING PROGRAM At yesterday’s Morning Program, we spoke with the students about Halloween safety, in preparation for some trick or treating tomorrow evening! We also celebrated two birthdays and had two gold slip winners choose their prizes! Happiest of birthdays go out to Harper Bartholomew and Jaxson Tomlin, we hope you each have the best day!! Our student of the week, Noah Drake, selected this week’s gold slip winner, Jade Morgan. She is pictured with Emalinne Davis, who was absent when she was selected as gold slip winner last time. Congratulations to you both, keep on getting those gold slips in, boys and girls!! 😊 #WeAreHCS

STUDENT OF THE WEEK Congratulations to this week’s student of the week at Hancock Elementary, Noah Drake!! Noah was chosen by Mrs. Robinson because he comes to school every day with a positive attitude, ready to learn. Mrs. Robinson noted that Noah is a hard worker in the classroom and follows instruction very well. Excellent work and congratulations, Noah! #WeAreHCS

MRS. ASQUITH READS WITH UPK STUDENTS We want to thank Mrs. Asquith for stopping in and reading to our UPK students earlier today! ‘There’s a Ghost In This House’, by Oliver Jeffers, was read aloud to our boys and girls, with a discussion about the story afterwards. After they talked about the story, the students participated in a short experiment. The boys and girls designed mini ghosts, which were put into a solution of vinegar and baking soda. Our UPK kiddos got to observe the ghosts rising and sinking above and below the surface several times, mimicking the ghosts in the story. Great work, students!

HALLOWEEN SAFETY TIPS 🎃👻 Halloween is almost here in Hancock! Join us on Thursday, October 31, 2024, for a fun-filled evening. The Halloween Parade kicks off at 5:00 p.m., with lineup starting at 4:45 p.m. in front of the Middle-High School building. Following the parade, head over to the Elementary School parking lot for Trunk or Treat, sponsored by The Hancock Community Education Foundation! 🛡️ Here are some safety tips to keep in mind: • Stay visible with reflective gear or flashlights. • Always travel in groups or with an adult. • Check your treats before enjoying them. • Use sidewalks and crosswalks to stay safe. For more safety tips, safekids.org has some excellent information at the website below. https://www.safekids.org/tip/halloween-safety-tips Let’s make this Halloween safe and fun for all! 🎃 #WeAreHCS #TrunkOrTreat