November 2009

After the Wrecking Ball

November 20, 2009

By Liam M. Down comes the wrecking ball!…Now that the obstacles of a budget shortfall have been overcome and all the asbestos in the old building have been safely removed, some real work on the new Lourdes Clinic has begun. On October 20, the citizens of Hancock took their last look at the Wheeler and [...]

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A Fomal Setting

November 20, 2009

By Matt V. All Sunday Morning Talbot House was in the middle school preparing for their much anticipated formal dinner. Everyone in the family was involved with putting the event together. Kids were either cooking the food or decorating the lower level where the dinner took place. Jan Cheripko and Dawne Possemato, Talbot House’s Family [...]

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Talbot House Update

November 19, 2009

By Brendan O. “Trees are the Earth’s endless struggle to speak to the ever listening Heaven.” These are the words of Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel Prize-winning Hindu writer and poet, and they inspired a few students from Talbot House to spend a Saturday afternoon at the Family Foundation School planting a tree near the chapel. [...]

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Lake House Update

November 18, 2009

By Erika C. Lake House took first place in the House Competition back in July. On October 18, they claimed their prize with a trip to Watkins Glen State Park. Lake House brainstormed for weeks about a suitable destination for the trip, and after careful consideration Watkins Glen State Park was chosen. The beautiful park [...]

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Drug Awareness Week Outreach

November 18, 2009

By Erika C. and Ross A. As part of drug awareness week, Jaime Weener, a social worker at Youngsville School/ Sullivan County BOCES alternative school, contacted FFS admissions director, Jeff Brain, about having students from FFS share their experience, strength and hope at his school. Brain agreed ,and on October 30th Marc S, Ross A, [...]

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Challenges for Dairy Farmers

November 17, 2009

By Sarah B. The economy is suffering. Healthcare plans fill the news. In the midst of this, the struggles of dairy farmers are pushed off to the side. What the country does not realize, though, is how much the troubled situation of the farmers effects everyone else. Dairy farmers around the country are struggling to [...]

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Journalism and Yearbook Merge

November 17, 2009

By Pat C. After last June’s graduation, more than 50 students left the school. Since that time, the Family Foundation School has lacked the adequate number of students to produce a yearbook in the required time period. Ann Kozak, yearbook advisor, recognized this problem and asked for help. In response, Mike Argiros, president of FFS, [...]

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Student of the Month

November 17, 2009

By Brendan O. The students and staff of the Family Foundation School have chosen Sean C. as the October Student of the Month. “I wasn’t expecting it,” said Sean C. about the award. “It feels good, and I must be doing something right,” he added. Drinking, doing drugs, being aggressive with his parents and partying [...]

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Visit to Museum of Jewish Heritage

November 16, 2009

By Ben B. A group of Jewish students from the Family Foundation School visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City on Monday, October 26. Rabbi Michele Medwin orchestrated the trip as a way of teaching the students about their heritage and what it means to be Jewish. It was a day of [...]

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BBC at the Family Foundation School

November 16, 2009

By Josh W. and Gabe L. Last summer Polly Greetham of the BBC contacted Jeff Brain, Vice-President for Admissions about filming at The Family Foundation School. Greetham had received multiple recommendations from psychologists and mental health professionals about how FFS deals with students diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ADHD. Brain presented the idea of the [...]

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