Sixth grade students in Mrs. Glowny, Mr. Crowley, and Mrs. Marzolf’s class took advantage of this morning’s beautiful fall weather to dive into some exciting science, creating pumpkin volcanoes, making hypotheses and observing chemical reactions right before their eyes!
Mrs. Marzolf also brought in caterpillars for students to raise as monarch butterflies. Along the way, they learned about the butterfly life cycle and today had the special experience of releasing two butterflies into nature.
(Photos courtesy of Ryanne Glowny)
Mrs. Marzolf also brought in caterpillars for students to raise as monarch butterflies. Along the way, they learned about the butterfly life cycle and today had the special experience of releasing two butterflies into nature.
(Photos courtesy of Ryanne Glowny)
Mark your calendars, Attica Elementary, because your amazing kitchen crew is back at it and this time, they’re bringing the flavors of the fall season with a new taste test just for you!
On Friday, Sept. 26, students will get the chance to sample a BRAND NEW apple smoothie recipe during lunch!
Made with fresh, New York apples, a touch of honey, orange juice and creamy yogurt, we’ve got a feeling these smoothies are going to be a HIT with our kiddos!
Will this delicious blend earn a spot on our special Friday breakfast menu?
We need your feedback! Encourage your students to give it a try and help us decide.
Let’s make healthy and tasty choices together!
On Friday, Sept. 26, students will get the chance to sample a BRAND NEW apple smoothie recipe during lunch!
Made with fresh, New York apples, a touch of honey, orange juice and creamy yogurt, we’ve got a feeling these smoothies are going to be a HIT with our kiddos!
Will this delicious blend earn a spot on our special Friday breakfast menu?
We need your feedback! Encourage your students to give it a try and help us decide.
Let’s make healthy and tasty choices together!
Last school year, Jill Pierce and her students played a huge role in keeping our Mobile Farm Stand fully stocked — and this year, they’ve taken on a new role as our garden harvest crew!
These dedicated students are out in our high tunnel and garden spaces, harvesting fresh produce to keep both our middle and high schools supplied with fresh, seasonal vegetables.
After each harvest, Pierce’s students:
• Share a daily harvest report with our family and consumer science (FACS) program;
• Wash and prep the produce;
• Deliver it for classroom use; and
• Pass along any extras to our amazing food service team!
Thanks to their hard work, yesterday’s cafeteria offerings included:
• Coleslaw made with homegrown cabbage, and
• Tomato-cucumber salad featuring freshly picked produce.
And they didn’t stop there—while our animal science students were off on a field trip, this crew stepped in to take care of chicken chores too!
These students’ helpful hands and huge hearts make this hands-on learning experience impactful for everyone involved.
Good things continue to GROW at Attica!
These dedicated students are out in our high tunnel and garden spaces, harvesting fresh produce to keep both our middle and high schools supplied with fresh, seasonal vegetables.
After each harvest, Pierce’s students:
• Share a daily harvest report with our family and consumer science (FACS) program;
• Wash and prep the produce;
• Deliver it for classroom use; and
• Pass along any extras to our amazing food service team!
Thanks to their hard work, yesterday’s cafeteria offerings included:
• Coleslaw made with homegrown cabbage, and
• Tomato-cucumber salad featuring freshly picked produce.
And they didn’t stop there—while our animal science students were off on a field trip, this crew stepped in to take care of chicken chores too!
These students’ helpful hands and huge hearts make this hands-on learning experience impactful for everyone involved.
Good things continue to GROW at Attica!
During lunches yesterday, our middle and high school students had the chance to sample delicious New York apple cider from Red Jacket Orchards — and it was a HUGE hit!
Our cider-loving crew got to taste:
• Traditional Apple Cider
• Strawberry Cider
• Grape Cider
• Raspberry Cider
Over 500 samples were served, and our students couldn’t get enough!
A little about our friends at Red Jacket Orchards:
Located in the heart of the Finger Lakes, Red Jacket is a family-owned orchard that’s been growing fruit and pressing fresh juice for over 65 years. Their ciders are cold-pressed, never from concentrate, and made with 100% New York State fruit — no added sugars or preservatives, just pure, delicious flavor!
We had just a little bit left over, and we’re excited to see what our creative food and consumer science program will do with it. They always turn seasonal ingredients into something special!
What better way to kick off the fall season than with a tall, cool glass of cider?
A HUGE thank you to Red Jacket Orchards for the awesome samples — we can’t wait to enjoy more of your incredible products!
Our cider-loving crew got to taste:
• Traditional Apple Cider
• Strawberry Cider
• Grape Cider
• Raspberry Cider
Over 500 samples were served, and our students couldn’t get enough!
A little about our friends at Red Jacket Orchards:
Located in the heart of the Finger Lakes, Red Jacket is a family-owned orchard that’s been growing fruit and pressing fresh juice for over 65 years. Their ciders are cold-pressed, never from concentrate, and made with 100% New York State fruit — no added sugars or preservatives, just pure, delicious flavor!
We had just a little bit left over, and we’re excited to see what our creative food and consumer science program will do with it. They always turn seasonal ingredients into something special!
What better way to kick off the fall season than with a tall, cool glass of cider?
A HUGE thank you to Red Jacket Orchards for the awesome samples — we can’t wait to enjoy more of your incredible products!
During the first few days of school, Mrs. Audra Landis’s kindergarteners have been working on earning school supply badges by mastering the use of common school supplies like playdoh, scissors, glue, dice, markers, pencils and crayons.
“Students worked on activities such as using scissors to cut lines, rolling dice to find and color matching numbers, ripping paper to glue and create an apple, rolling play doh into different shapes, and so much more,” explained Landis. “Each time students earned a badge, they were so excited to add it to their own school supply badge certificate. They were proud to earn their last badge this week and can't wait to show their families!”
“Students worked on activities such as using scissors to cut lines, rolling dice to find and color matching numbers, ripping paper to glue and create an apple, rolling play doh into different shapes, and so much more,” explained Landis. “Each time students earned a badge, they were so excited to add it to their own school supply badge certificate. They were proud to earn their last badge this week and can't wait to show their families!”
Big day for Mrs. Sarah Stenson and her STEAM students down at Attica Elementary last Friday as the first of the Monarch butterflies they’ve been studying emerged from its cocoon - check it out over on our YouTube channel at the link below!
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q224StQVS6g
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q224StQVS6g
Red alert, Blue Devils - the Scholastic Book Fair has touched down in Attica!
The Book Fair will be set up in our Middle School Library all of next week and will even be open for our Middle School Open House on Thursday, Sept. 18.
While our open house is from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Library Media Specialist Stacey Donahue will have the book fair up and running from 5:45 to 7:15 p.m. Thursday evening, so make sure you stop down to say hello!
We spied some of our middle schoolers getting a sneak peak at some of the fair’s offerings last week.
The Book Fair will be set up in our Middle School Library all of next week and will even be open for our Middle School Open House on Thursday, Sept. 18.
While our open house is from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Library Media Specialist Stacey Donahue will have the book fair up and running from 5:45 to 7:15 p.m. Thursday evening, so make sure you stop down to say hello!
We spied some of our middle schoolers getting a sneak peak at some of the fair’s offerings last week.
Last week, Mrs. Brittny Vigneri and Ms. Lauren Kocher's 3rd grade classes at Attica Elementary hosted their very own book tasting!
“We find that oftentimes our kiddos may not be sure of the many different genres there are or what kinds of books they enjoy reading,” said Vigneri. “Third grade is the year where reading really takes off and turns from those short beginning readers into novel reading. This book-tasting event was all about exploring that!”
In their classes, Vigneri’s and Kocher’s students:
• Took a reading survey;
• Explored a variety of genres the world of reading offers;
• Got a feel for what kinds of stories they’re interested in and enjoy reading; and
• Enjoyed some shared treats and chocolate milk!
We love seeing our younger students exploring the wonderful world of reading - here’s to hopefully sparking a larger interest in reading and pushing our kiddos to keep exploring!
“We find that oftentimes our kiddos may not be sure of the many different genres there are or what kinds of books they enjoy reading,” said Vigneri. “Third grade is the year where reading really takes off and turns from those short beginning readers into novel reading. This book-tasting event was all about exploring that!”
In their classes, Vigneri’s and Kocher’s students:
• Took a reading survey;
• Explored a variety of genres the world of reading offers;
• Got a feel for what kinds of stories they’re interested in and enjoy reading; and
• Enjoyed some shared treats and chocolate milk!
We love seeing our younger students exploring the wonderful world of reading - here’s to hopefully sparking a larger interest in reading and pushing our kiddos to keep exploring!
Good afternoon,
Due to a problem with a vendor's software, the attendance messages were sent out very late today. The issue has been resolved and we anticipate that the messages will be going out on time on Monday. Thank you and have a great weekend!
Due to a problem with a vendor's software, the attendance messages were sent out very late today. The issue has been resolved and we anticipate that the messages will be going out on time on Monday. Thank you and have a great weekend!
We spotted Laura O’Donnell’s physics students learning about distance and displacement this afternoon in our high school lobby with the help of some Hot Wheels tracks and cars.
Distance is just that - a measure of the length of a path traveled by an object, regardless of direction.
Displacement, on the other hand, is a measure of an object’s change in position from a fixed point of origin.
Think about walking the perimeter of a square with 10-meter sides. By the time you’d walked each of the square’s four sides and ended up at the point you started from, you’d have traveled a distance of 40 meters, yet your deviation would be 0.
O’Donnell had her students construct short Hot Wheels tracks and push their cars back and forth along them, measuring the distance the cars traveled after each push.
Then, after several back and forths, students determined their cars’ displacement relative to their starting location and compared it to the total distance the cars traveled.
Distance is just that - a measure of the length of a path traveled by an object, regardless of direction.
Displacement, on the other hand, is a measure of an object’s change in position from a fixed point of origin.
Think about walking the perimeter of a square with 10-meter sides. By the time you’d walked each of the square’s four sides and ended up at the point you started from, you’d have traveled a distance of 40 meters, yet your deviation would be 0.
O’Donnell had her students construct short Hot Wheels tracks and push their cars back and forth along them, measuring the distance the cars traveled after each push.
Then, after several back and forths, students determined their cars’ displacement relative to their starting location and compared it to the total distance the cars traveled.
Never forget.
Turns out, tennis courts aren’t JUST for tennis!
We spied a couple of Caleb Sabatino’s and Janet Koepsell’s high school physical education classes out playing nitro ball (think volleyball, just with a lower net and the ball’s allowed to bounce).
Glad to see our Blue Devils taking advantage of this beautiful, fall weather!
First fire drill of the school year is in the books.
Practice makes perfect and when it comes to our students’ safety, perfection is the only thing we’ll accept!
Practice makes perfect and when it comes to our students’ safety, perfection is the only thing we’ll accept!
Lots of fun events coming up at Stevens Memorial Community Library over the next couple of months!
From storytimes to movie nights and from and from candy taste testing to bag charm making, new Library Director Palmer Perkins has planned something for everyone!
We encourage our students, staff and families to check out the library’s fall newsletter below for more information about upcoming events and to stop in at 146 Main St., Monday through Saturday, to see what the library has to offer - you’ll be glad you did!
From storytimes to movie nights and from and from candy taste testing to bag charm making, new Library Director Palmer Perkins has planned something for everyone!
We encourage our students, staff and families to check out the library’s fall newsletter below for more information about upcoming events and to stop in at 146 Main St., Monday through Saturday, to see what the library has to offer - you’ll be glad you did!
We’re thrilled to announce that Attica High School has been named a high-ranking school by U.S. News & World Report in its annual Best High Schools list!
This prestigious honor places Attica among the best schools not only in New York State, but across the country.
U.S. News’s rankings consider factors such as subject proficiency, advanced placement scores and graduation rates. Attica earned a score of 82.58.
This speaks not only to the excellence of our faculty and staff, but the hard work of our students and the dedication of our families.
Congratulations, Attica High School!
This prestigious honor places Attica among the best schools not only in New York State, but across the country.
U.S. News’s rankings consider factors such as subject proficiency, advanced placement scores and graduation rates. Attica earned a score of 82.58.
This speaks not only to the excellence of our faculty and staff, but the hard work of our students and the dedication of our families.
Congratulations, Attica High School!
There’s still time to purchase a ticket to the FFA’s annual chicken BBQ dinner next Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in our high school bus loop.
Tickets are $15 and are pre-sale ONLY, so purchase yours from any of our FFA members today!
Tickets are $15 and are pre-sale ONLY, so purchase yours from any of our FFA members today!
1 day down, 185(ish) to go!
Don’t worry, Blue Devils - the time’s going to fly by.
Trust us!
Don’t worry, Blue Devils - the time’s going to fly by.
Trust us!
Members of our Class of 2026 showed off their painted parking spots this morning during our annual Senior Sunrise celebration.
Luckily, our own in-house drone pilot, Mr. John Versage, was in attendance to grab a few shots - pretty cool!
Luckily, our own in-house drone pilot, Mr. John Versage, was in attendance to grab a few shots - pretty cool!
Give it up for Mr. Dustin Gardner, one of our high school counselors, who was voted best mental health professional in the Genesee-Livingston-Orleans-Wyoming county region in The Daily News/Livingston County News’s recent ‘GLOW Best of the Best’ guide!
Gardner started with us last year and has been working hard in service of our students ever since.
Congratulations!
Gardner started with us last year and has been working hard in service of our students ever since.
Congratulations!
We are SO. BACK.
Hard to overstate how EXCITED we were to welcome students back to school after 2 long months away.
A school just isn’t a school without the hustle and bustle of students having fun and learning together.
We’ve got a feeling the 2025-26 school year has big things in store for our students so stay tuned.
Welcome back, Blue Devils!
More photos over on our Facebook page at the link below.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=100057106403663&set=a.1292867805960087
Hard to overstate how EXCITED we were to welcome students back to school after 2 long months away.
A school just isn’t a school without the hustle and bustle of students having fun and learning together.
We’ve got a feeling the 2025-26 school year has big things in store for our students so stay tuned.
Welcome back, Blue Devils!
More photos over on our Facebook page at the link below.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=100057106403663&set=a.1292867805960087
