Attica Central School District

Three of our students recently made a HUGE donation to Gateway Home, a hospice facility in Attica. Lillian Gromek, Nolan Rzepka and Bryne Wolcott - all sophomores at Attica High School - set up bins at J Dubs in Alexander, Attica Pharmacy, Tops Market and Five Star Bank to collect items on Gateway Home’s Amazon wish list. On Monday, they dropped off all the items they’d collected at Gateway. Items collected outside J Dubs alone were enough to fill an entire car! A huge thank you to J Dubs, Attica Pharmacy, Tops Market and Attica Five Star Bank and a job well done to Lillian, Nolan and Bryne - Attica’s lucky to have you! (Photo courtesy of Sue Herman)

Members of our boys and girls swim teams held their annual banquet last night. Joe Parkhurst and Libby Kibler were named most outstanding performers of the year while Ethan Houghton and Cassidy Shafer were winners of the coaches’ award. Coaches gifted seniors with a framed photograph of them competing this past season while the five swimmers who broke records - Joe Parkhurst, Sam Dunlap, Matthew Kingswell, Ethan Houghton and Libby Kibler - received t-shirts identifying them as an “Attica Record Breaker.” (Photos courtesy of Marybeth Kibler)

Our Winter Newsletter is LIVE on our website! Check it out at the link below to read all about the great things our students, staff and alumni are doing or look for your copy in this weekend’s edition of the Attica Penny Saver. Link: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2319/ACSD/2866817/March_2023_Attica_Newsletter1_r4_FINAL.pdf

Attica’s National Honor Society Chapter welcomed 19 new members during an induction ceremony last night in our Performing Arts Center. Chapter officers Erika Conrad (president), Libby Kibler (vice president), Ethan Harmon (treasurer) and Skylar Savage (secretary) spoke on the four National Honor Society pillars - character, scholarship, leadership and service - before new members were welcomed into the chapter and administered their oath. Sophomores, juniors and seniors are invited to apply for membership in the society if they’ve achieved a cumulative grade point average of 90 percent at the close of the second quarter prior to the invitation period. Invited students then sit for an interview with the chapter’s five-member faculty advisory committee, which ultimately votes on what new members to accept. Students inducted into the district’s NHS chapter were Samantha Alfiero, Zoey Berggren, Morgan Bunk, Rebekah Clark, Katherine Ewert, Lillian Gromek, Emily Harmon, Kara Hassenfratz, Madelyn King, Savanna Messe, Mia Mondano, Bailey Nixon, Emily Peters, Catharine Struzik, Amelia Spampata, Robyn Szuniewicz, Paige Warwick, Julia Wise and Brynne Wolcott. Congratulations to our newest National Honor Society members! (Selected photos courtesy of Matt Struzik)

Today, School Resource Officer Deputy Sam West led our fifth grade students in a lesson on CPR. West covered how to assess a scene, the best ways to check for breathing and a heartbeat, how to use an AED and proper CPR technique. Above all, West stressed the importance of calling 911 as soon as possible and continuing to give aid until help arrives. We obviously hope this is a skill our students never have to put to use but we’re grateful to Deputy West for sharing his expertise!

Don’t miss our annual Choral Pops Concert tonight at 7 p.m. in the Middle School Auditorium! The concert will include performances by the following ensembles: • The Sunshine Singers (3rd/4th grade after school group) • 5th/6th Grade Chorus • 7th/8th Grade Chorus • High School Chorus If you can’t make it in person, the concert will be livestreamed on the Attica Stream Team Facebook page linked below. Link: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070534411251

The teachers go 2-1 on the day, topping the Student Government Volleyball Tournament girls champions, I ♥ Milk and our students’ co-ed team and falling to the tournament champion boys team, Miller Time.

Attica Central School District has begun the hiring process for its next elementary school principal. Applications are due by April 10, 2023. The district expects to appoint a candidate in May with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2023. Click on the link below to learn more. Link: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2319/ACSD/2861012/Attica_ES_Principal.pdf

High school counselors Erica Frongetta and Elise Meyer took 50 sophomores and juniors to the National College Fair at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center Monday. The fair offered our students a chance to speak with representatives of and learn more about 184 colleges and universities from across the country and around the world. It’s never too early to start thinking about what comes after high school and this was a great learning experience for our students! (Photo courtesy of Erica Frongetta)

I ♥ Milk and Miller Time were the top finishing teams at our annual Student Government Volleyball Tournament this past Saturday and are slated to take on our all-star faculty team later this morning. The die is cast. The stage is set. It all comes down to this. Will youth win out? Will experience reign supreme? We can’t wait to find out!

Mrs. Amanda Vilagy’s kindergarten class had some good clean fun during WIN math today, using shaving cream to help practice their addition skills! The WIN Math Program, short for 'What I Need' in Math, is a new initiative this year at Attica Elementary designed to combat student learning loss as a result of the pandemic. Learn more about the program at the link below. (Photos courtesy of Sherry Bennett) Link: https://www.atticacsd.org/article/897526

Fourth graders attended a concert by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and stopped at the Memorial Art Gallery to take in some of its exhibits during a field trip yesterday. The theme of the concert was orchestra dances, so all the RPO’s selections were pieces of dance music throughout history and from all around the world. Attica students made up a small portion of the nearly 2,000 students who traveled from the greater Rochester area to see this special educational performance. Nothing brings people together like music! At the Memorial Art Gallery, students had the amazing opportunity to see how art has influenced society and culture throughout history and all around the world. Students got to see hieroglyphics from ancient Egypt, beautifully crafted pieces of armor from the Medieval Era and abstract art by living artists. Many thanks to the Eastman Theater, RPO and MAG for hosting us - our students had a blast! (Photos courtesy of Austin Matson, Sara Lewinski and Jill Farrell)

How fun is this?! During a recent reading lesson, Mrs. Kristin Janes’ kindergarteners performed “surgery” on some ailing words. Students fixed their “patients” with missing vowels and beginning and ending sounds and tapped out syllables on their stethoscopes. (Photos courtesy of Kristin Janes)

Shout out to Nathan Sponagule, who was named the Western New York Tech Academy’s student of the month! The WNY Tech Academy is a program of Genesee Valley BOCES that allows students to earn an associate’s degree in applied sciences through Genesee Community College while attending high school. A junior at Attica High School, Nathan plans to pursue a career as a solar panel technician and looks forward to studying at GCC next year!

Last week was Reading Week at Attica Elementary School and to mark the occasion, students in Miss Lauren Kocher’s third grade class headed down to Mrs. Dylah Fagan’s classroom for a bit of ‘Read with a Buddy’ time! Thanks to Mrs. Fagan for sharing these photos - we love to see students practicing their literacy skills together!

FARM TO SCHOOL: Our most recent taste-testing event was made possible by New York Chips, a family-owned business based in Gainesville that started out in 1943 as an 80-acre dairy farm and is now a major supplier of potatoes and producers of potato chips in North America. New York Chips donated several of their chip varieties and our elementary, middle and high school students enjoyed trying them all - including the company’s signature Spiedie Chip, which captures the classic chicken barbecue flavor found in Spiedie sauce. A huge thank you to New York Chips for your generous donation! (Photos courtesy of Alicia Spoth)

Sophomore Jacob Behrend and freshman Julie Pawlak are our physical education students of the month for February! To be named a physical education student of the month, students must: • Exhibit positive behavior during physical education class • Show a desire to learn new motor skills and skill development • Be willing to demonstrate a particular skills and help other students • Consistently exhibit character traits that are covered by our district’s character education program • Display their best effort all of the time • Demonstrate sportsmanship and discourage any form of bullying Jacob and Julie were presented with certificates (and Dunkin’ Donuts gift cards) in recognition of their selection. Congratulations, you two!

On behalf of the national initiative to help shed light on spectator behavior towards referees, Section V would like everyone to watch the video they created. It is time for spectators to take a backseat and let the officials officiate. https://youtu.be/02HEpCG1r4k

A reminder that all of the district plans related to CARES, CRRSA, and ARP funding can be found at https://www.atticacsd.org/documents/cares%2Fcrrsa%2Farp-funding-plans/227929. if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out via email at commsurvey@atticacsd.org. Hard copies of the documents are available as well. If you would like one, please contact the main office of any building. Thank you for your ongoing involvement and support!

Attention district families, 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 2023-2024 school year, a written request must be provided to us no later than April 1, 2023. 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.