Few shots from Thursday morning’s Veterans Day Assembly down at Attica Elementary.
More over on our Facebook page at the link below.
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More over on our Facebook page at the link below.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=100057106403663&set=a.1349119937001540
On Wednesday, sophomores visited Batavia to explore the programs offered at Genesee Valley BOCES’ Career and Technical Education Center. During the visit, students had the opportunity to talk with instructors and current BOCES students about the variety of courses available and how these programs can support their future goals - whether that’s college or entering the workforce. BOCES provides nearly 20 different areas of study, ranging from building trades and animal science to culinary arts, cosmetology, and criminal justice.
(Photos courtesy of Dustin Gardner and Erica Frongetta)
(Photos courtesy of Dustin Gardner and Erica Frongetta)
Shout out to our elementary school students of the month for October!
These students displayed individuality, our character trait for October, showed that it’s OK to be special and unique and demonstrated the power of celebrating themselves and others for who they are.
Our October students of the month were recognized at our monthly assembly Thursday in the multipurpose room were:
• Pre-kindergarten: Kasia Ratajczak and Emory Mest (not pictured)
• Kindergarten: Preslee Brown
• 1st Grade: Jason Harloff
• 2nd Grade: William Fuest
• 3rd Grade: Samantha Anderson and Miles Edwards
• 4th Grade: Gertrude Macho
Congratulations!
These students displayed individuality, our character trait for October, showed that it’s OK to be special and unique and demonstrated the power of celebrating themselves and others for who they are.
Our October students of the month were recognized at our monthly assembly Thursday in the multipurpose room were:
• Pre-kindergarten: Kasia Ratajczak and Emory Mest (not pictured)
• Kindergarten: Preslee Brown
• 1st Grade: Jason Harloff
• 2nd Grade: William Fuest
• 3rd Grade: Samantha Anderson and Miles Edwards
• 4th Grade: Gertrude Macho
Congratulations!
PLEASE SHARE: Many thanks to ARC GLOW for this list of food resources and pantries across the Genesee-Livingston-Orleans-Wyoming county region.
Our annual Attica Spiritwear sale is LIVE!
Sponsored by the Middle School Compact Team, this sale helps fund activities for our students during the 2025-26 school year.
Place your orders at the link below by Dec. 1 for guaranteed delivery by Dec. 17.
Link: https://attcompact25.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Sponsored by the Middle School Compact Team, this sale helps fund activities for our students during the 2025-26 school year.
Place your orders at the link below by Dec. 1 for guaranteed delivery by Dec. 17.
Link: https://attcompact25.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Our latest Fresh Connections Club meeting was a farm-to-fork success!
At the meeting, club members:
• Visited the school garden to harvest cherry tomatoes and carrots.
• Baked carrot cake muffins with our freshly picked produce.
• Cooked up chicken and biscuits using one of our very own farm-fresh chickens and garden veggies.
• Practiced teamwork, kitchen safety, and lots of measuring, mixing and tasting!
The smell of warm muffins and savory chicken filled the kitchen and our club members left proud, and full, knowing they helped grow and cook the meal themselves!
Next up? A Nov. 10 meeting where club members will welcome a guest chef and tackle shrimp Alfredo!
At the meeting, club members:
• Visited the school garden to harvest cherry tomatoes and carrots.
• Baked carrot cake muffins with our freshly picked produce.
• Cooked up chicken and biscuits using one of our very own farm-fresh chickens and garden veggies.
• Practiced teamwork, kitchen safety, and lots of measuring, mixing and tasting!
The smell of warm muffins and savory chicken filled the kitchen and our club members left proud, and full, knowing they helped grow and cook the meal themselves!
Next up? A Nov. 10 meeting where club members will welcome a guest chef and tackle shrimp Alfredo!
In light of the ongoing closure of the federal government and the uncertainty of future SNAP funding, we’re sharing this list of upcoming harvest/Thanksgiving dinners in Wyoming County.
• Nov. 7: 6 p.m. Harvest Dinner at LaGrange Baptist Church, 7092 LaGrange Rd., Pavilion. Free meal for Veterans. Call (585) 237-3680 to RSVP.
• Nov. 9: 6 p.m. Community Harvest Dinner by Family Life Church at the Warsaw Moose Lodge, 13 Frank St., Warsaw. No reservation necessary.
• Nov. 15: 1 p.m. Thanksgiving Dinner at Silver Springs United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., Silver Springs. For more information, call (585) 493-5546.
• Nov. 16: 11:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Community Meal at United Church of Warsaw, 22 S. Main St., Warsaw. Call (585) 786-3868 for more information.
• Nov. 27: 12 -5 p.m. Annual Thanksgiving Dinner at the Perry Vet’s Club, 64 Lake St., Perry. Free for all veterans, non-veterans $8 donation requested.
• Nov. 27: Bountiful Blessings Free Thanksgiving Dinner by Wolf Creek Deli in Castile for area families and individuals in need. Call Kevin at (585) 493-2300 to reserve meal count and pick-up time
For veterans who may be experiencing food insecurity, Wyoming County Veterans Services at 36 Center St. in Warsaw has a refrigerator and freezer on site with changing availability of fresh vegetables and ground venison.
Heavy Evy’s Grab and Go on Main Street in Castile allows Veterans Services to utilize their freezer and has ground venison and ready-made soups and meals available as well. Let Heavy Evy’s employees know that you are a veteran and you would like to use the food bank when you go in.
In October, our students attended Alfred State College’s Ag Skills Day, a hands-on event that let them explore a wide range of agricultural and technical careers!
Students had the opportunity to participate in activities such as:
• Rabbit Production Demonstration
• Skid Steer Obstacle Course
• Welding and Heavy Equipment Operation
• Bricklaying and Electrical Wiring Contests
• Equine Care and Grooming
• Dairy Judging and AI Demonstration
• Culinary and Pie/Cake Bake-Off
• Archery and Ax Throwing Contests
• Forensic Science, Suturing, and X-Ray Activities
• Robotics, Surveying, HVAC, and more!
This event gave our students a chance to discover new skills, connect with industry professionals, and see firsthand the wide variety of opportunities within agriculture and technical education.
A huge thank you to Alfred State College for hosting such an engaging and educational day!
(Photos courtesy of Alyssa Wright)
Students had the opportunity to participate in activities such as:
• Rabbit Production Demonstration
• Skid Steer Obstacle Course
• Welding and Heavy Equipment Operation
• Bricklaying and Electrical Wiring Contests
• Equine Care and Grooming
• Dairy Judging and AI Demonstration
• Culinary and Pie/Cake Bake-Off
• Archery and Ax Throwing Contests
• Forensic Science, Suturing, and X-Ray Activities
• Robotics, Surveying, HVAC, and more!
This event gave our students a chance to discover new skills, connect with industry professionals, and see firsthand the wide variety of opportunities within agriculture and technical education.
A huge thank you to Alfred State College for hosting such an engaging and educational day!
(Photos courtesy of Alyssa Wright)
Nothing spooky here, just a WHOLE LOT of smiles, creativity and Halloween fun at Attica Elementary’s annual Costume Parade last week!
We couldn’t be more impressed by our kiddos’ spirit and imagination.
After our kiddos showed off their Halloween costumes at Friday's assembly, it was time for our teachers and staff to shine in our group costume contest!
We left it to our students to decide on the winners with the volume of their cheers.
More photos and video highlights at the links below!
Senior costume parade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTgLgfpBoKs
Elementary school student costume parade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDiWB0yk67k&t=1s
Teacher costume contest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPMoZdQGIkY
Facebook photo album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=100057106403663&set=a.1346401283940072
We couldn’t be more impressed by our kiddos’ spirit and imagination.
After our kiddos showed off their Halloween costumes at Friday's assembly, it was time for our teachers and staff to shine in our group costume contest!
We left it to our students to decide on the winners with the volume of their cheers.
More photos and video highlights at the links below!
Senior costume parade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTgLgfpBoKs
Elementary school student costume parade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDiWB0yk67k&t=1s
Teacher costume contest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPMoZdQGIkY
Facebook photo album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=100057106403663&set=a.1346401283940072
Members of our Fresh Connections Club were back at it this week, harvesting beets, carrots, peppers and squash from our school gardens.
Students washed, chopped, boiled and canned their way through all the fresh produce. They even pressed their own fresh Concord grape juice!
There was plenty of laughter over the wildly shaped carrots and lots of pride seeing fresh produce turned into beautiful canned goods.
Next up? Chicken and biscuits on Nov. 4. We can’t wait!
More photos over on our Facebook page at the link below.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=100057106403663&set=a.1343759967537537
Students washed, chopped, boiled and canned their way through all the fresh produce. They even pressed their own fresh Concord grape juice!
There was plenty of laughter over the wildly shaped carrots and lots of pride seeing fresh produce turned into beautiful canned goods.
Next up? Chicken and biscuits on Nov. 4. We can’t wait!
More photos over on our Facebook page at the link below.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=100057106403663&set=a.1343759967537537
Yesterday, our middle and high school students tried a brand-new menu item - cheese calzones served with homemade marinara sauce made using campus-grown tomatoes, lovingly harvested and prepared by Mrs. Becky Spahar’s family and consumer sciences classes!
These calzones were a hit with our students, which is all to the good as they’ll be popping up again on our menu on Nov. 17!
We’re so proud of our students and cafeteria staff for bringing fresh, local ingredients to life right here in our cafeteria.
(Photos courtesy of Laura Breuckman)
These calzones were a hit with our students, which is all to the good as they’ll be popping up again on our menu on Nov. 17!
We’re so proud of our students and cafeteria staff for bringing fresh, local ingredients to life right here in our cafeteria.
(Photos courtesy of Laura Breuckman)
Over the past month, visitors to our High School Library cast their ‘This or That’ votes for painting a pumpkin or mod podging a pumpkin.
When all the ballots had been tallied, painting had won out, so students stopped by throughout the day on Halloween to paint a pumpkin of their own!
Many thanks to Meyer Farms for donating 50 pumpkins for our students to paint - we appreciate you!
(Photos courtesy of Kelly Gersitz)
When all the ballots had been tallied, painting had won out, so students stopped by throughout the day on Halloween to paint a pumpkin of their own!
Many thanks to Meyer Farms for donating 50 pumpkins for our students to paint - we appreciate you!
(Photos courtesy of Kelly Gersitz)
Shout out to our High School Costume Contest winners!
(Photos courtesy of Dustin Gardner)
(Photos courtesy of Dustin Gardner)
Our third graders down at Attica Elementary were asked to participate as judges in the Attica Action Committee’s annual Scarecrows in Attica Contest this year!
The votes of students in Ms. Lauren Kocher’s, Mrs. Brittny Vigneri’s, Mrs. Susie Baker’s, Mrs. Cheryl Allein’s and Mrs. Lindsey Gephart’s third grade classes will be tallied in the contest’s ‘Kids’ Choice’ category.
The winner will receive a $50 Gift Card to an Attica area business of their choice courtesy of Harding’s Furniture Flooring and Mattress!
A special thanks to Ms. Lauren Kocher for helping make it happen!
Which scarecrow do you think our kiddos voted for? Let us know in the comments below!
And don’t forget to head on over to the Scarecrows in Attica Contest Facebook page at the link below to vote for your favorite scarecrows!
Winners in all the contest categories will be announced Nov. 2.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/ScarecrowsInAttica
(Photos courtesy of Lauren Kocher and Susie Baker)
The votes of students in Ms. Lauren Kocher’s, Mrs. Brittny Vigneri’s, Mrs. Susie Baker’s, Mrs. Cheryl Allein’s and Mrs. Lindsey Gephart’s third grade classes will be tallied in the contest’s ‘Kids’ Choice’ category.
The winner will receive a $50 Gift Card to an Attica area business of their choice courtesy of Harding’s Furniture Flooring and Mattress!
A special thanks to Ms. Lauren Kocher for helping make it happen!
Which scarecrow do you think our kiddos voted for? Let us know in the comments below!
And don’t forget to head on over to the Scarecrows in Attica Contest Facebook page at the link below to vote for your favorite scarecrows!
Winners in all the contest categories will be announced Nov. 2.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/ScarecrowsInAttica
(Photos courtesy of Lauren Kocher and Susie Baker)
Our Best Buddies chapter got together last week down at Attica Elementary for their annual Halloween hangout!
Lots of spooky, fall fun in the multipurpose room - many thanks to all our student volunteers and participants for making this a great time for everyone involved!
More photos over on our Facebook page at the link below.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=100057106403663&set=a.1342080501038817
(Photos courtesy of Joy Stoldt and Laura O’Donnell)
Lots of spooky, fall fun in the multipurpose room - many thanks to all our student volunteers and participants for making this a great time for everyone involved!
More photos over on our Facebook page at the link below.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=100057106403663&set=a.1342080501038817
(Photos courtesy of Joy Stoldt and Laura O’Donnell)
Fresh Connections Club members dived into all things corn at a recent meeting.
Members made cornbread, corn dip and popcorn using kernels straight from the cob.
It was a great meeting as students practiced teamwork by husking, prepping and cleaning up together, even preserving part of our harvest by freezing corn for future use.
We’re proud of our students for trying new tools, new foods and new skills!
Members made cornbread, corn dip and popcorn using kernels straight from the cob.
It was a great meeting as students practiced teamwork by husking, prepping and cleaning up together, even preserving part of our harvest by freezing corn for future use.
We’re proud of our students for trying new tools, new foods and new skills!
Many thanks to Cornell Cooperative Extension for organizing our FFA members’ field trip to Whispering Brook Farms last week!
Our Attica FFA maple team headed to Gainesville to learn more about maple tubing methods and, hopefully, expand the number of trees they tap on our campus.
“We came home with many great ideas and an excited group of FFA students,” said Advisor Alyssa Wright.
(Photos courtesy of Alyssa Wright)
Our Attica FFA maple team headed to Gainesville to learn more about maple tubing methods and, hopefully, expand the number of trees they tap on our campus.
“We came home with many great ideas and an excited group of FFA students,” said Advisor Alyssa Wright.
(Photos courtesy of Alyssa Wright)
Mrs. Kristin Janes’ kindergarteners and Mrs. Jessica Edwards fourth graders buddied up earlier this week for a Halloween craft - making ghost rockets!
First, the buddies decorated some old film canisters (remember those?) to make them look like ghosts. Then, they filled the canisters with water and placed them on the sidewalk outside.
The final step? Adding an alka-seltzer tablet to each canister, closing the lids and waiting for the chemical reaction inside to propel the rockets into the air!
The buddies had an absolute BLAST - check it out in the video linked below!
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJbr-wpOTF4
First, the buddies decorated some old film canisters (remember those?) to make them look like ghosts. Then, they filled the canisters with water and placed them on the sidewalk outside.
The final step? Adding an alka-seltzer tablet to each canister, closing the lids and waiting for the chemical reaction inside to propel the rockets into the air!
The buddies had an absolute BLAST - check it out in the video linked below!
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJbr-wpOTF4
Our 6th graders had a great time yesterday at Beaver Meadow Nature Center in North Java.
Students learned how to bird watch, recognize furs and skulls of various animals and build shelters in the woods.
They even got to meet Zelda, Beaver Meadow’s resident screech owl, and learn about her incredible sense of sight, how she blends in with her environment and how she survives in the wild.
Thanks for having us, Beaver Meadow!
(Photos courtesy of Tina Jordan and Allison Cali)
Students learned how to bird watch, recognize furs and skulls of various animals and build shelters in the woods.
They even got to meet Zelda, Beaver Meadow’s resident screech owl, and learn about her incredible sense of sight, how she blends in with her environment and how she survives in the wild.
Thanks for having us, Beaver Meadow!
(Photos courtesy of Tina Jordan and Allison Cali)
PLEASE SHARE: For a limited time only, the Attica FFA will be restocking our Mobile Farm Stand with fresh, locally grown apples! Stop by and grab some Macoun, Cortland, Fuji or Honeycrisp apples while supplies last.
Your support helps our FFA members continue learning through hands-on agricultural experiences and community projects.
The suggested donation is $5 for 10 apples - stop by and pick some up today!
Your support helps our FFA members continue learning through hands-on agricultural experiences and community projects.
The suggested donation is $5 for 10 apples - stop by and pick some up today!
