The Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School District has announced the top five academic students in its Class of 2023. GMU’s graduating class is led by Valedictorian Fiona Held and Salutatorian Hannah Bonczkowski. Corbin Demmon, Kali Wilcox and Megan Perrine round out GMU’s top five seniors, who will be formally recognized for their academic excellence during GMU’s Class of 2023 Graduation Ceremony on Friday, June 23.
Madison Couperthwait pitched a no-hitter as Unatego topped a combined squad from Unadilla Valley and Gilbertsville-Mount Upton, 12-0, Friday, May 7, in a Midstate Athletic Conference softball game.
Couperthwait struck out 14 batters in seven innings for the Spartans.
Alexa Lucia and Jenna Faulkner each went 3-for-3 for Unatego, which improved to 2-0 in league and overall.
Hannah Bonczkowski took the loss for UV/GMU.
U 12, UV/GMU 0
UV/GMU 000 000 0 – 0
U …………..350 130 0 – 12
Winning Pitcher: Madison Couperthwait.
Losing Pitcher: Hannah Bonczkowski.
By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
Budget and board of education elections for schools in Otsego County will take place from noon to 9 p.m., Tuesday, May 18. In addition, schools are preparing for a second year of coronavirus-proof graduations.
Here are the details for each of Otsego’s public school districts:
Graduating seniors from any Clark Scholarship-eligible high schools are encouraged to apply for the Cooperstown Art Association’s annual Art Scholarship, for students looking to study art at the college level.
CAA will providing up to $1,400 in awards through this scholarship.
The schools eligible are: Cherry Valley-Springfield, Cooperstown, Edmeston, Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton, Laurens, Milford, Milford BOCES, Morris, Mt. Markham, Owen D. Young, Richfield Springs, Schenevus and Worcester.
Home-schooled students living within those school districts are also eligible for the scholarship.
Applications will be submitted online this year. Students can access the form on the CAA’s website, www.cooperstownart.com.
There is no application fee.
Each student will be asked to provide a portfolio of five pieces that best represent their work and artistic abilities. Images can be uploaded directly in the form. Students will also be asked to upload a document that includes the titles and mediums for each piece entered.
All submissions must be submitted prior to the deadline at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 12.
All portfolios will be juried by a local artist /art professional, to be determined by the CAA.
Funding for this scholarship is provided in part through CAA’s annual Adorn-a-Door Fundraiser and through donations from CAA members and patrons.
Melinda Tyler of Cooperstown was inducted to Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor Society at Cazenovia College in Cazenovia.
Membership requires maintaining a grade point average of 3.0 or above, leadership excellence, participation in service projects, and an annual membership fee. Tyler was one of the inaugural members of the induction class.
Heidi Edmonds of Cooperstown was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest all-discipline collegiate honor society.
Edmonds was initiated at United States Air Force Academy.
Elmira College recently announced its Dean’s List for academic achievement for winter 2021.
The list recognizes full-time undergraduate students who were registered for at least 12 computable credit hours and who earned a term grade point average of 3.6 or higher. Local students recognized include: Hailey Erway of Cherry Valley; Willow Tompkins of Worcester; and Mason Weir of Oneonta.
Thomas Leahy of Otego was one of six students from SUNY Oneonta’s School of Economics and Business who were inducted into Omicron Delta Epsilon, the college’s honorary society in economics for the 2020-21 academic year.
Amethyst Gardner of Oneonta was one of 13 students inducted into SUNY Oneonta’s Edward K. Griesmer chapter of National Residence Hall Honorary.
VIRTUAL BIRD WALK – 9 -10 a.m. Enjoy virtual walk through sights & sounds of the Edith Wharton Estate to discover/identify the different bird calls with the Otsego County Master Gardeners. Visit www.facebook.com/CCEOtsegoMG/ for info.