Category: District News
Harry Hoag students achieve 4th Q Honor Roll and Principal’s List
Harry Hoag School is proud to announce the 2022-23 fourth quarter Honor Roll and Principal’s List. The Honor Roll and Principal’s List recognize outstanding achievement and effort.
Congratulations to the following students:
Honor Roll
Grade 6
Asher Barber
Aiden Cruger
Dillan Harris Jr.
Hailee Moore
Gabriella Peters
Carl Reese III
Dylan Salerno
Issac Tompkins
Grade 5
Angela Abe-Callan
Jaxon Best
Riley Cionek
Christopher Compton Jr.
Ziva Dimon
Olivia Jones
Brian Madden
Isabella Palmeri
Amaya Rivera
Aleeya Rodriguez
Jordan Shutter Jr.
Rosabella Smith
Joseph Sweet II
Kendrik Thackrah
Principal’s List
Grade 6
Laura Atkins
Halleli Brackett
Alyvia Castellano
Alexzandriah Clapper
Lexis Downes
Jessie Fink
Conner Hearn
Alexandra Hinkle
Justin Hisert
Khloe Hisert
McKenna Hisert
Joshua LaQuee
Madden Lathers
Jazmain Leonard
Connor Lochner
Lainie McDuffee
Isabella McGuire
Jack Parkinson
Isaac Passero
Zoe Paul
Mary Pomatto
Braddock Putnam
Karson Rhodes
Trent Richards
Sequoia Robarge
Molly Shults
Jaymes Smith
Anna-Belle Snyder
Gavin Souza
Rylee Stone
Giavanna Suiter
Makenna Sweet
Kinley Trumbull
Kiana Tyler
Jordan Williams II
Grade 5
Fiona Brown
Brantlee Brownell
Alana Candido
Owen Charboneau
Aubree Childs
Milo Clark
Christopher Cook
Sienna Dean
Bently Dodson
Sterling Edick
Arianna Eells
Laura Flynn
Jake Fountain
Raelynn Fournier
Laylah Hardnett
Isabella Hearn
Amarha Herring
McKenzie Jones
Timothy Keane
Piper Kretser
Jacob LaQuee
Claudia Maring
Carl Morrell
Aishwarya Murray
Mara Poultney
Gavin Smith
Noah Smith
Ethan Shostek
Booker Tarica
Maicee Thomas
Adalay Webb
Congratulations FPHS 4th Q Honor Roll and Principal’s List achievers
Fort Plain Jr./Sr. High School is proud to announce that 72 students were named to the Honor Roll and 86 students were named to the Principal’s List for the fourth quarter of the 2022-23 school year.
To achieve Principal’s List, a student must earn an average of 89.445 or higher. To achieve Honor Roll, a student must earn an average between 84.445 and 89.444.
Congratulations to all of the students listed below.
Honor Roll
12th Grade
Jakub Battisti
Alexis Euler
Sadie Kersey
Vivian Nunez
Joseph Pipero Jr.
Mayreni Quiroz-Romero
Raul Rivera III
Corbin Sardina
Aleigha Van Alstine
11th Grade
Carter Baldwin
Karissa Battisti
Ezekiel Brown
Lyrique Busch
Kaeden David
Victoria DuMond-Hall
Courtney Euler
Jordan Hillsgrove
Kierstan Horender
Monika Kulczynski
Alexis Maaser
Michael Palmeri
Gracelynn Rice
Devan Sanders
Zachary Sanders
Sarinda Sardina
Christina Schmidt
Andrew Spicci
Breanna Steinhauer
Delana Tracki
Marissa Wilder
Ian Zuppardi
10th Grade
Dakota Cooper
Kaylie Field
Christian (Charlotte) Krulczyk
Katie LeRoy
Damien Massie
Nevaeh Rivers
Brandon Schuyler
9th Grade
Madison Clayburn
Traeh Compton
Michael Dinehart Jr.
Noah Fonda
Breyanna Gilot
Jordynn Gomez
Isis Hammond
Grace McFee
Kyera Murray
Bradley Rumrill
Morgan Stock
Jayde TenEyck
8th Grade
Teegan Compton
Tyler Cotton
Bryellah D’Arcangelis
Jeremy Gebhardt
Lyllie Handy
Nathalieann Hisert
Kaylee Minckler
Faith Narzymski
Ariana Nemeth
Aidyn Rooney
Xzavier Staples
Jordan Thackrah
7th Grade
Blake Battisti
Logan Carey
David Hillsgrove Jr.
Lincoln Kretser
Paige Lochner
Sophia Mabb
Savannah Maddox
George Mang
Jasmine Rumrill
Camden Smith
Principal’s List
12th Grade
Americus Cotton
Cameron David
Madison Delgado
Andra Fuhs
Iyanna Gilot
Stephen Gray
Ryleigh Hart
Madeline Heroth
Rylee Herron
Ethan Kilmartin
Brianna Krutz
Anthony Paradiso
Kaitlyn Parker
Kristin Sanders
Joseph Stinebrickner III
Natalie Thibodeau
11th Grade
Kelsey Buley
Mason Cook
Jasmine Fonda
Ethan Hubbard
Brady Keane
Sadie Mollel
Matthew Paul
Alex Smith
10th Grade
Nathan Benson
Jordan Brown
Yunus Demir
James Douglas
Cris-John Fuhs
Ashlynn Hart
Vienna Jackson
Payton Landry
Jasmine Lapi
Adriyanna Rouse
Chase Tyler
9th Grade
Ian Burns
Josephia Carcasole
Owen Castellano
Emma Cook
Daniel Euler
Koby Herron
McKenna Karker
Dylan Keane
Macey LeRoy
Constance Narzymski
Taylor Potter
Bailie Richardson
Dawson Tracki
8th Grade
Trinity Belliveau
Jordyn Best
Gamliel Brackett
Kala Clapper
Isabella Fountain
Mason Gray
Jansheen Haider
Hailey Hayes
Levi Hext
Brooke Jones
Jay Kwasny
Allison Lamphere
Lilly Lapi
Madison Lewis
Gavin Massie
Elle Nare
Alexis Palmeri
Zionna Robarge
Kendra Sackett
Larry Sanders III
Silas Smith
Brady Spaulding
Olivia Sweet
Landon VanGorder
Cheyanne Wall
7th Grade
Joseph Barr
Caleigh Bartholomew
Eliyahna Brackett
Dio Callan
Jordan Gallt
Brianne Gallt
Violet Handy
Cristopher Quiroz-Romero
Charlotte Sherwood
Gabreilla Steinhauer
Daija Suits
Dorian Tracki
Evan Weaver
Celebrating the Class of 2023!
On June 24, members of the Fort Plain Jr./Sr. High School Class of 2023 received their diplomas, turned their tassels and walked across the graduation stage to the next exciting chapter in their lives.
We celebrate the Class of 2023 with our graduation photo album, Top 10 Students video, which premiered at graduation and may be viewed below, and Senior Spotlight, which was displayed in the high school lobby, shared with our families, highlighted on morning announcements and shared on social media.
Congratulations to all of our seniors. We’re proud of you, Hilltoppers!
View our graduation photo album on Facebook!
We celebrated our top 10 seniors with a video shown during graduation. View it below.
Congratulations to all of our seniors! Here’s our Senior Spotlight
[Posted 5/22/23; reposted 6/8; updated 6/23 & 6/26/23]
Congratulations to our Class of 2023 Top 10 students
Fort Plain High School has named the top 10 students of the Class of 2023. Congratulations to the seniors posted below.
To learn more about them, visit our Senior Spotlight webpage.
1. Alex Rivkowich, Valedictorian
2. Ethan Kilmartin, Salutatorian
3. Rylee Herron
4. Natalie Thibodeau
5. Anthony Paradiso
6. Stephen Gray
7. Joseph Stinebrickner III
8. Americus Cotton
9. Cameron David
10. Kristin Sanders
View our Top 10 video, first shown during graduation.
[Posted 6/8/23; reposted 6/23/23; updated 6/26/23]
Harnessing solar and wind energy to cook and race
Meagan Heiser’s fourth grade students at Harry Hoag School recently learned about using the sun’s energy by creating a solar oven and using it to roast s’mores.
“We also learned about energy in motion by creating balloon-powered cars and raced them down the hallway,” Heiser said.
Students have been involved in lots of innovative learning projects this year in our schools.
Free summer meals for all students in our community
Free breakfast and lunch will be available for students through age 18 Mondays through Thursdays this summer at Fort Plain schools.
Meals will be available from June 28 through Aug. 10 at Harry Hoag Elementary School, and from July 10 through Aug. 3 at Fort Plain Jr./Sr. High School.
Both sites are open to all area children and teens.
Breakfast will be available at Harry Hoag from 7:45-9:15 a.m., and at FPHS from 7:30-9 a.m.
Lunch will be available at Harry Hoag and FPHS from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Join us for nutritious and free meals. Just stop in!
To view more USDA free summer meal sites, visit
https://www.fns.usda.gov/meals4kids
[posted 6/12/23; reposted 6/23/23]
Digital Fluency students celebrate great gains
Students in Wendy Stokna’s Digital Fluency class at Fort Plain Jr./Sr. High School are celebrating great gains.
Student progress in keyboarding was tracked by looking at the Net Words Per Minute (NWPM) that adjusts speed for accuracy. Collectively the classes started the school year averaging 17 NWPM with a range of 1 to 53 NWPM, and they finished the year averaging 40 NWPM with a range of 21 to 83 NWPM!
“That is an average growth of 23 Net Words Per Minute in one year!” Stokna said. “In each class, students start with a small amount of time using best practices in keyboarding, most importantly trying not to look at their hands and developing muscle memory.
“Just the practice of 10 minutes per class every other day created this amazing result. I want to express to my students how proud I am of their growth of this necessary 21st Century skill!”
6th grade students scope out FPHS
Fort Plain’s 6th grade students enjoyed a preview of their upcoming junior/senior high school days when they toured and explored FPHS on June 14. Their insider’s view came with lunch and a Q&A session with upperclassmen.
Grades 7-9 school counselor Mrs. Kayla Mahoney coordinated the event to support the students’ transition to junior high school in the fall. Grades 10-12 school counselor Elliott Cohen also guided students at the event.
Eleventh grade students volunteered as tour guides and panel participants. Tour stops included each 7th grade core classroom as well as the cafeteria, auditorium, library, gym and various offices in the high school.
“The students also practiced what their lunchtime routine would be like and enjoyed a delicious meal prepared by the high school cafeteria staff,” Mahoney said.
“In the auditorium, students heard from Mr. Bertram, athletic director, about opportunities in athletics at the 7th grade level. Then, they had the opportunity to ask questions about 7th grade and the junior/senior high school to the panel of juniors.”
Welcome to FPHS, rising seventh graders!
Fort Plain grad, published author and microbiologist shares with students
Fort Plain Class of 2011 graduate Chelsea Koch Ross is a microbiologist by day, but at night and in her free time, she writes – and gets published. The author of “Creatures Most Vile,” a novel for young adults, Chelsea recently shared her experiences with fifth and sixth grade students.
Chelsea writes under the pen name Chelsea Lauren. She met with the students at Harry Hoag School to talk about being a writer and having her novel published.
“The students were given the opportunity to ask questions. They were very excited to hear about her book and the experience she had writing it,” said Eileen Kretser, guided reading teaching assistant. “She writes as a hobby, and is a microbiologist with New York State.”
Chelsea has also shared her knowledge and experiences with high school students. Last school year, she visited with English classes at FPHS, including the English 11 Honors class where she once was a student.
After graduating from Fort Plain, Chelsea attended Hartwick College in Oneonta, where she double-majored in biology and chemistry. Chelsea developed her love for writing after taking a college creative writing course.
Fort Plain partners with Montgomery County’s “Pastport” to History program
Fort Plain Central School District is proud to partner with Montgomery County Tourism for the “Pastport” to History program, a fun and engaging way for students and their families to learn and explore our extraordinary past.
“The ‘Pastport’ is a gateway to 17 historic sites, all located right here in our own community and perfect for a family-friendly, fun experience,” said Montgomery County Executive Mattew L. Ossenfort. “Through this special program, every child that brings their ‘Pastport’ to a Mongomery County historic site will receive FREE admission and a special ‘entry stamp.’ Students who collect at least 10 stamps will be entered in a special contest to receive a historic Montgomery County prize pack.”
The “Pastport” will be available in the elementary and high school entrance kiosks, or may be downloaded as a pdf here.
The county historian will be visiting schools next year to hear what students learned while exploring Montgomery County and to talk about the county’s rich history.