How cool is this? Members of our High School Youth Empowerment Club recently made a Take What You Need Wall in one of our hallways!
The idea, said club member Alanna Pellicane, is to spread positivity to anyone who might need it.
“There are cards with different positive and inspiring messages on them,” Alanna explained, “ and students can take the one that applies to them. Students can then put them in their phone, lockers or chromebooks and have a positive message to glance at throughout the day whenever they need to.”
(Photos courtesy of Alanna Pellicane)
Our fourth graders have been working hard researching national parks and weather phenomena as part of their most recent units in social studies and science.
Students then drew on both areas of knowledge to create a weather report for their chosen park and, in collaboration with Genesee Valley BOCES, recorded that report using a camera and greennscreen.
Students presented their recorded reports during our Fourth Grade Family Night earlier this month - it was a huge success!
Students walked away with research and presentation skills after completing both units.
Way to go, fourth graders!
(Photos courtesy of Katie Kennedy)
Family ID will be open on Friday, March 15 at 6 AM to sign your student athlete up for all modified spring sports. Students must have an updated physical on file with the nurse to participate. The first day of practice will start on Monday, April 15. Students are encouraged to communicate with their coach on the practice site.
Our Strategic Planning Committee assembled in the High School Library today for a workshop facilitated by Michael Cornell.
Cornell, superintendent of the Hamburg Central School District, is also a consultant who specializes in helping districts navigate the strategic planning process.
Our committee, which includes administrators, teachers, staff, Board of Education members, students and parents, is working to create a strategic plan for Attica Central Schools.
Once complete, this plan will function as a comprehensive roadmap that outlines our vision, mission, core values and actions for the coming years and help us navigate the evolving landscape of education while remaining committed to our aspirations for the District.
We had a great turnout at our union trades career fair earlier this week in the High School Library.
More than 40 students came out to hear from local construction workers, bricklayers, electricians and other skilled tradespeople about how they got into their profession, the types of work they usually do and some of the benefits of union membership like higher wages, regular raises, comprehensive health insurance coverage and pensions.
(Photos courtesy of Erica Frongetta)
Attica Superintendent Dr. Kiel Illg traveled to Albany yesterday along with Pembroke Superintendent Matt Calderon, Pavilion Superintendent Kate Hoffman, Letchworth Superintendent Todd Cambell, Elba Superintendent Gretchen Rosales and Wyoming Superintendent Emily Herman to meet with lawmakers and continue his advocacy efforts for equitable school funding.
If Governor Kathy Hochul’s executive budget proposal becomes law, Attica Central Schools alone would lose about $540,000 of foundation aid funding for the 2024-2025 school year.
While in Albany, Illg met our local state representatives, Sen. George Borrello and Assemblymembers David DiPietro and Steven Hawley, as well as Sen. Shelley Mayer of Westchester County, who chairs the State Senate’s Committee on Education, and staff member from Assemblymember Michael Benedetto’s office. Benedetto, who represents parts of The Bronx, chairs the Committee on Education in the State Assembly.
It’s National Read Across America Week and this year, Attica Elementary School is doing something a little different.
Inspired by the hit, Fox reality show, “The Masked Singer,” we’ve decided to stage “The Masked Reader” as a way of getting our kiddos excited about reading!
For the next four days, we’ll be sharing a video of one of our Masked Readers reading a book aloud. These readers could be ANYONE - a teacher, a staff member, a coach - with a connection to our school!
Students will watch these videos in class and then, during our monthly assembly Friday morning, will have a chance to guess readers’ identities before they reveal themselves!
We hope you’ll follow along with us this week and please feel free to share your guesses with us online!
Our first Masked Reader video drops this afternoon, so keep your eyes peeled!
Each year, the Arts Council for Wyoming County hosts an All High School Art show during Art in our Schools Month.
This is a highly selective show as only 10 students are selected from each Wyoming County High School, so to be chosen is a big deal.
Major congratulations are therefore in order to Attica Central Schools’ own Isabel Lahti, Alyssa Elmore, Ethan Tober, Evenecel Carrion, Brooke Laird, Corrin Orlowski, Emily Martino, Olivia Koch, Carson Kilian, and Evelyn Walthew for being selected by Ms. Laura Steves this year’s show!
The show opened today and runs through March 30 at the WYCO Arts Council Gallery, 31 South Main St., Perry. The gallery is open Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A show reception will be held Friday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Pictured are submissions by Brooke Laird, Emily Martino, Evelyn Walthew and Isabel Lahti.
Shout out to sophomore Vanessa Schlau and senior Clayton Bezon, our Physical Education Students of the Month for January!
PLEASE SHARE: We’re hiring for multiple positions here at Attica Central Schools.
Visit the ‘Open Positions’ section of our website at the link below and consider becoming part of our Blue Devils family!
Link: https://www.atticacsd.org/page/open-positions
We’ve got new Total Body Workout dates for the month of March.
These classes are FREE and open to ALL staff and community members. Please see the attached form for available sessions.
Use the link below to sign up or send an email to Laura O’Donnell at lodonnell@atticacsd.org.
Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP9qPY-6TqTjRC0e9fPjxjG3J_3kqZNLjAw7UtmWuiXiSiJA/viewform
The Attica Elementary Olympics are in full swing down on Prospect Street!
Elementary school teachers and staff came up with the idea of doing an olympics competition as a way to get our students excited about engaging in positive behaviors.
We have four teams competing. Each team consists of one kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade classroom.
Team earns medals for completing an act that aligns with a positive character trait for that month. At the end of the school year, the team with the most medals will be declared the winner!
For our February character trait, kindness, the Red Team, which consists of Mrs. Hertel’s, Mrs. Fagan’s, Mrs. Calkins’, Miss Kocher’s, and Mrs. Kennedy’s classes, showed kindness by visiting other classrooms to share kind words and compliments.
Members of the Red Team practiced how to “fill someone else’s bucket” to put a smile on a friend’s face!
Red Team members then saw that acts of kindness and this feeling of happiness “fill our own buckets” too!
Great job, Red Team, on earning another medal for being kind!
(Photos courtesy of Lauren Kocher)
PLEASE SHARE: According to New York State law, local public school districts are obligated to provide transportation for their resident children to non-public schools, within the conditions specified by law.
If you desire public school transportation for the 2024-2025 school year, a written request must be provided to our district no later than April 1, 2024.
The distance between home and school may not exceed 19.5 miles.
Please address your request to: Attica Central Schools, District Office-Transportation Request, 3338 East Main Street, Attica, NY 14011.
Allison Platten will lead three Barre Above classes in the High School Cafeteria, 3338 East Main Street Rd., Attica, in the month of March.
Barre Above is a full body, low-impact workout, with emphasis on the lower body and core. It’s a fusion of ballet, pilates, yoga and strength training designed for a wide range of fitness levels, ages and bodies.
Classes are scheduled for March 12, 19 and 26 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
These classes are free for Attica staff and community members. You must be 18 years old to register. A yoga mat is suggested.
Sign up at the link below.
Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLTCDPJsb_ay-Bo3J9zICIBZUtJudajoXm28gShqInu0PdfQ/viewform
Our fourth graders have been learning about the weather in science class and, before Winter Recess, applied their knowledge while undertaking an “Cloud in a Bottle” investigation in our elementary school’s multipurpose room.
Our fourth graders did a great job and got some hands-on experience using different science tools.
This is the first of two Science Investigations that they will complete this year!
(Photos courtesy of Katie Kennedy)
A belated congratulations to our Scholastic Bowl team, which captured the Scholastic Bowl Title last month!
The Blue Devils were the underdogs in the finals, taking on the top two seeds, Pembroke and Oakfield-Alabama.
But when the buzzer rang, it was Attica on top with 230 points to Pembroke’s 220 and Oakfield-Alabama’s 200l
Competing in the finals for Attica were juniors Emily Peters and Julia Wise and freshmen Noah Robinson and Michael Minter.
Other team members this season were Kate Metzger, Kim Piorun, Sam Dunlap, Boden Spink and Blake Donohue. The head coach was Jocelyn Pierce.
(Photos courtesy of Lyndsay Herkimer)
Our High School Drama Club’s production of “Arsenic and Old Lace” debuts tonight - Friday. March 1 - at 7 p.m. in our Performing Arts Center, 3338 East Main Street Rd., Attica.
Other performances are Saturday, March 2 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 3 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $5 at the door.
Come out tonight and support our students!
Mark your calendars, Blue Devils.
March 8 at 6 p.m. in our auditorium.
We’ll see you there!
Allison Platten will lead three Barre Above classes in the High School Cafeteria, 3338 East Main Street Rd., Attica, in the month of March.
Barre Above is a full body, low-impact workout, with emphasis on the lower body and core. It’s a fusion of ballet, pilates, yoga and strength training designed for a wide range of fitness levels, ages and bodies.
Classes are scheduled for March 12, 19 and 26 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
These classes are free for Attica staff and community members. You must be 18 years old to register. A yoga mat is suggested.
Sign up at the link below.
Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLTCDPJsb_ay-Bo3J9zICIBZUtJudajoXm28gShqInu0PdfQ/viewform
Your Blue Devils will compete Sunday, Feb. 18, in the Section V Class A3 Indoor Track & Field Championships at Nazareth University, 4245 East Ave., Rochester.
Events are slated to begin at 5:30 p.m.
Tickets are $7.30 and can be purchased online through GoFan at the link below.
Link: https://gofan.co/event/1292524?schoolId=NYSPHSAAV&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rst&referrer_name=activity_scheduler&utm_campaign=rst_schedule_page
