Attica’s and Alexander’s varsity softball teams are teaming up for a 2nd Annual Softball Palooza Community Game!
This is a great way for the Attica and Alexander teams and communities to come together, have some fun and support our softball programs!
Palooza activities start Saturday, June 8 at 3 p.m. with the Community Softball Game set to begin at 5 p.m.
To register for the community game, applicants must be 18 years old and an alumni, resident or staff member of the Attica or Alexander school districts. Attica residents must play on the Attica team while Alexander residents must play on the Alexander team.
There is a $25 fee to register for the community game. The deadline to register is May 15.
To register for the Attica team, send the information listed below in an email to Attica Softball Head Coach Lauren Kocher at lkocher@atticacsd.org.
To register for the Alexander team, send the information listed below in an email to Alexander Softball Head Coach John Goodenbury at john.goodenbury@gmail.com.
Registrants will be advised of payment options after emailing their information.
Registration information*
• Name
• Email
• Phone number
• Shirt size
*Please note in your email whether you’re a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, whether you have any veterans in your family and how many will be attending the game.
FUTURE VIKING: This afternoon, Attica senior Joe Parkhurst signed his national letter of intent to attend Cleveland State University where he’ll compete in the Horizon League as a member of the university’s Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Team.
A member of Attica’s varsity swim team since he was in 8th grade, Joe ends his high school swim career as the most accomplished swimmer Attica has ever seen.
He holds all or part of every school swim record except the 200- and 500-yard freestyle or, as Joe likes to call them, “those stupid long-distance ones.”
This past season, Joe scored the most points in dual meets of any swimmer in any class in Section V and capped his career with a third place finish in the 50-yard freestyle and a 4th place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke at the New York State Swimming Championships in Ithaca.
Congratulations, Joe, on this important and impressive step.
We can’t wait to see what you do at the next level!
PLEASE SHARE: Attica’s Future Farmers of America chapter is hosting a workshop on berry growing Wednesday, May 15 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in our Performing Arts Center, 3338 East Main Street Rd., Attica.
The workshop will be led by Don Gasiewicz, a natural resources and horticulture program manager with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wyoming County.
The workshop is free, though attendees are asked to register ahead of time.
Use the link below to register or contact Gasiewicz directly at (585) 786-2251 or drg35@cornell.edu.
Link: https://pub.cce.cornell.edu/event_registration/main/events_landing.cfm?event=BerryGrowerUpdate2024_256
Mamma mia - we almost forgot to share these from students’ trip to Shea’s Performing Arts Center earlier this month!
A group of 50 junior and senior high chorus students and teachers headed to downtown Buffalo April 9 to catch a performance of the National Tour of the hit, Broadway musical and major motion picture, “Mamma Mia!”
Shout out to Mr. Austin Matson for the photos!
A reminder to all our students, staff and families - last year, our district began a partnership with Care Solace, a free, anonymous and confidential mental health care coordination service that connects people in need of mental health services with available providers in their area.
Attica students, staff and their family members can contact Care Solace 24/7 at 888-515-0595 to find providers in their area. You can also use our district’s custom webpage at the link below to search out providers online.
“Mental health is health, so anything we can do to create a supportive environment for those in need of mental health care is worth doing,” said Superintendent Dr. Kiel Illg. “I encourage anyone who feels they could benefit from speaking with a mental health care professional to take advantage of this free service.”
Link: https://caresolace.com/site/atticacsd
The Attica Middle School Compact Team will be hosting a Chicken BBQ fundraiser on Tuesday, May 21 - the same day as our school budget and capital project votes and Board of Education elections!
Dinners are $13 and include chicken, potatoes, corn and a roll. Pickup is from 4 to 7 p.m. in the high school parking lot, near the tennis courts.
Please pre-order your dinner(s) at the link below or by scanning the QR code in the informational flier.
We hope to see you on the 21st!
Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyG6UVm1IJPAr8i4iXxXAGMRa4fduj-1nUCHvjwpHbBwmu7g/viewform
Attica Elementary’s theme for April is teamwork!
Earlier this month, we spotted AIS Math Teacher Mrs. Tambe working with Mrs. Janes’ kindergarteners on a pattern block picture challenge.
Mrs. Janes’ kindergarteners did a great job working together to complete the challenge!
(Photos courtesy of Sherry Bennett and Ann Tambe)
Mark your calendars, juniors and seniors, because prom tickets go on sale in less than ONE MONTH.
PLEASE SHARE: We are hiring for a variety of fall and winter coaching positions for the coming 2024-25 school year.
Letters of interest and resumes can be sent to Human Resources Clerk Casey Marcy at 3338 E. Main Street Rd., Attica, NY 14011 or via email at cmarcy@atticacsd.org.
Hey elementary school parents - if you were wondering why your kiddo was craving eggs when they got home today, here’s why!
Mrs. Elizabeth Winters’, Mrs. Laura O’Donnell’s and Mrs. Michelle Pitkin's high school science students headed down to Prospect Elementary this morning for STEM Day!
Elementary schoolers broke into small groups of three and, with the help of their assigned high schoolers, used plastic cups, tape, cotton balls, straws, string, saran wrap and tissues to design and create devices to keep an egg intact when dropped from a height of 6 feet.
Students tested their initial designs using golf balls then made improvements before testing them again with eggs.
At the end of the activity, after each group had a chance to test their designs, students came together to reflect on which design elements had worked well to protect their eggs and which hadn’t.
All in, we had 45 high schoolers help about 400 elementary schoolers engage in this activity in 20 different classrooms!
A huge thank you to the Driesel family and Kreher Family Farms for their generous donation of eggs!
Our students may have cracked one or two but you know what they say - you can’t engage in an iterative design process to develop an impact-absorbing delivery system for calcium carbonate-based ovoids without breaking a few eggs!
TONIGHT: Superintendent Dr. Kiel Illg and representatives from Gordon Jones Architects and Buffalo Construction Consultants will give a presentation on and take questions about our proposed capital project.
The presentation begins at 5:30 p.m. in our Performing Arts Center, 3338 East Main Street Rd., Attica.
For more information about our proposed capital project, visit our website at the link below.
We hope to see you tonight!
Link: https://www.atticacsd.org/page/capital
Remember earlier this week when we told you about the Cow for Now program?
Well today, Mrs. Baker's kindergarten class was able to try making butter as part of the program.
Our kiddos were excited to learn the process behind butter-making and were REALLY excited when they got to try the butter they’d just made spread on some crackers!
Last week, our first grade team hosted a family paint night for their students and families!
Elementary School Art Teacher Sara Lewinski walked students and family members through the painting, which showed a pair of ladybugs in the grass, on a step-by-step basis.
“I do paint nights with adults and kids on my own time throughout the year and after the last one I did with a group of doctors Sherry Bennett, our elementary school principal, asked if I'd be willing to do it at the school with our first graders,” said Lewinski. “Sherry really wanted to get the parents into the school more since COVID kept the community out of the building for so long, so this was a way to offer something fun for families to do together here in school.”
We had about 70 people attend and everyone had a great time!
A huge thank you to Lewinski, Bennett, our entire first grade team and everyone who attended - we had so much fun!
(Photos courtesy of Sherry Bennett and Sara Lewinsk)
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For our latest taste test last Friday, students sampled homemade zucchini bread, courtesy of our food service staff. Yum!
(Photos courtesy of Alicia Spoth)
Shout out to Attica’s own Joe Parkhurst, who was named the News 8/Primetime 585 Small Schools Elite Award winner in boys swimming last night!
Joe scored more points at meets than any other Section V swimmer this season and capped his senior year with a third place finish in the 50 free and 4th place finish in the 100 breaststroke at states.
Check out Joe’s segment in last night’s livestreamed awards ceremony at the link below.
Congrats, Joe!
Link: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sports/high-school-sports/news8-primetime585-elite-awards/news-8-primetime-585-elite-awards-boys-swimming/
Only two more New York Thursdays before May arrives - don’t miss ‘em!
DON’T FORGET: Superintendent Dr. Kiel Illg and Assistant Superintendent of Business & Operations Meaghan Matuszak will give a presentation on our proposed capital project TONIGHT - Tuesday, April 16 - at the Bennington Fire Department, 1353 Clinton St., Attica.
The presentation begins at 6 p.m. There will be an opportunity for questions after the presentation.
For more information about our proposed capital project, visit our website at the link below.
Link: https://www.atticacsd.org/page/capital
Our 6th graders took in a special, virtual demonstration yesterday afternoon courtesy of Leanne Reynolds, an educator with King Arthur Baking Company’s Bake for Good program.
Bake for Good is King Arthur Baking Company’s outreach program for students in grades 4 through 12. Students learn the math and science of making bread from scratch and, with supplies from King Arthur, bake a bread recipe at home!
Reynolds led a demonstration for our sixth graders, showing them every step in the bread-making process. Then, students made themselves a bread-baking kit using all the supplies King Arthur had donated.
Each student received a 2-lb bag of all-purpose flour, a 2-lb bag of whole wheat flour, a packet of yeast, a bench scraper, a recipe booklet and a canvas tote bag for them to carry it all home with.
The recipe Reynolds made during the demo that students also received in their recipe booklets makes two loaves of bread - one for students to keep and one for them to share with someone else in need or as an act of kindness. Such is the guiding principle of King Arthur’s Bake for Good program, which seeks to create positive change in the world by helping ensure everyone has enough to eat
A huge thank you to King Arthur Baking Company for bringing the Bake for Good program to Attica Middle School and for their generous donation of baking supplies!
Our Future Farmers of America chapter recently collected about 42 lbs worth of aluminum can tabs as part of a drive to benefit Ronald McDonald House!
It takes about 1,128 tabs to equal one pound, which means our FFA members collected about 47,000 cans’ worth of tabs!
The FFA plans on donating the tabs to American Legion Six Star Post in Strykersville in memory of Bill Reuman, a U.S. Army veteran and American Legion member who died in a car crash last May.
“He was a big supporter of collecting the tabs,” said High School Counseling Secretary Cheryl Conrad, Reuman’s stepdaughter. “Tonight I will be taking the tabs to my mom, Cindy Roth, who will donate the tabs to The American Legion Six Star Post in honor of Bill. Thank you to everyone who donated tabs and thank you to Michelle Barber and the Attica FFA!”
The Ronald McDonald House will sell the aluminum tabs to its recycling partners to help fund its mission of helping care for sick and injured children and their families.
(Photo courtesy of Attica FFA)
