PLEASE SHARE: The Attica Central School District has scheduled a public hearing to share an update on the use of funding awarded to the district through the American Rescue Plan and discuss the conclusion of the funding.
The public hearing is Jan. 29, 2024 at 5 p.m. in the Middle-High School Cafeteria, 3338 East Main Street Rd., Attica.
A hearty (and admittedly, late) congratulations to our fall scholar athlete teams!
• Boys Soccer
• Girls Soccer
• Volleyball
• Girls Cross Country
In order to qualify as a scholar athlete team, 75 percent of a team’s members must maintain a GPA of at least 90 percent.
Shout out to juniors Catharine Struzik and Brady Eickhoff, our physical education students of the month for December!
Catharine and Brady were selected for displaying positive behavior during physical education classes, showing a desire to learn new skills and putting forward their best effort 100 percent of the time.
They were presented with certificates (and Dunkin’ Donuts gift cards) in recognition of their selection.
Congratulations!
BLAST FROM THE PAST: Members of our Future Farmers of America chapter were sifting through some records down at Prospect Elementary recently when they stumbled upon an old book, “The Growing of America: 200 Years of U.S. Agriculture.”
Published in 1975, the book’s dedication page listed Attica’s chapter members, officers and advisors and also noted the exact year - 1939 - that our chapter was first chartered! This information had been lost to memory as our district’s FFA chapter was rechartered in 2017.
Our FFA is always looking to improve its archive and is asking any former Attica FFA members or family members that may have memorabilia from 1939 through the 1950s to reach out to Chapter Historian Olivia Bernacki at 24obernacki@students.atticacsd.org.
As always, you can keep up to date with all the goings on of our FFA chapter by visiting its website at the link below.
Link: https://sites.google.com/atticacsd.org/atticaffa/home?authuser=0
All afterschool activities have been canceled today, Tuesday, January 9th, due to the anticipated inclement weather.
After their home meet against Harley-Allendale Columbia last night, our senior swim team members were recognized for their hard work and dedication to the Blue Devils swim program!
Shout out to our swimming seniors - Joaren Anetrini, Matthew Kingswell, Joe Parkhurst, Pedro Romano Atensia, Joe Tarapacki, Samantha Alfiero, Leah Ford, Booke Luck, Kathryn Metzger and Claire Zehler.
Thanks for always putting your best stroke forward!
(Photos courtesy of Julie Daley)
Any guesses who our 5th and 6th graders will be rooting for Sunday?
Kicking off the new year with our first New York Thursday of 2024!
A statewide initiative, New York Thursdays highlights New York-grown and produced food items during school meals once per week. It’s intended to maximize the amount of locally produced food students have access to at school while, at the same time, saving the district money in the form of increased state aid reimbursements.
Today’s New York Thursday offerings include a hot dog on a bun from Wardynski’s Meats in Buffalo and NY-grown carrots, apples and milk.
Check out the accompanying image to see what else is on the menu for this month!
The 10 (!!!) seniors on our varsity swim team will be recognized tonight after their home meet against Harley-Allendale Columbia.
We’d love to pack the stands and give our seniors the send-off their years of hard work and dedication deserves!
Tonight’s meet starts at 5:30 p.m. with the recognition ceremony to immediately follow.
Come out and support our seniors!
(Photo courtesy of Attica Central Booster Club)
We’ve got four Total Body Workout sessions scheduled for the month of January.
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/1FAIpQLSerEZbePByRJ_X6J33P861dFovN4taAXeaMhyof9A-E8F9Sww/viewform
Boys modified basketball starts tomorrow after school 3:30-5:15 in the middle school gym. Your child must be signed up on Family ID with an up to date physical on file with the nurse. Contact Tracie Cooley tcooley@atticacsd.org with questions.
Happy New Year, Blue Devils!
Merry Christmas, from our Blue Devils family to yours!
We stopped by Sara Lewinski’s art class this past week to check out students’ Christmas tree mosaics.
We think they all turned out great, but our favorite may just have been the one decorated in “garlic” instead of “garland.”
Almost forgot to share these photos from our Best Buddies’ holiday get together earlier this month!
Buddies got together in the High School Library Dec. 14 to decorate graham cracker houses and make Christmas ornaments before wrapping things up with some hot chocolate (topped with whipped cream, of course) and other yummy treats!
Our third grade classes and Mrs. Gephart’s class went room to room yesterday to learn all about how the holidays are celebrated in other countries.
Fun AND informative!
(Photos courtesy of Alyssa Allein)
Your Mighty Marching Blue Devils took to the hallways yesterday to spread a bit of holiday cheer among students and staff. Shout out to Becky Gouinlock for the photos and footage at the link below!
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGOxcHZvf84
Shout out to seniors Clayton Bezon and Ethan Meyer, who defeated Julie Pawlak and Rachel Rickettson earlier today to win our high school badminton tournament!
WINTER RECESS COUNTDOWN: That’s it, Blue Devils. You’ve done it. There’s nothing left to count down. Winter Recess is here!
To help finish out our countdown, we turn to junior Marley Weber to read “The Christmas Owl,” by Ellen Kalish and Gideon Sterer, with illustrations by Ramona Kaulitzki.
We hope you enjoy Marley’s read aloud at the link below and have a fantastic break - we’ll see you in the new year!
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbUZkIXo9b8
Our food service staff just can’t be stopped!
Earlier this month, middle and high school students headed to the cafeteria to try out our new self-service smoothie bar.
Three Blendtec blenders form the backbone of this new station, which will also feature a rotating selection of fruits, yogurts, vegetables, leafy greens and juices.
The idea was to get students familiar with how the blenders work, allow them to try out different smoothie combinations before the station debuts during regular lunch times some time in January and for our food service staff to collect student feedback on the new offering.
Why wasn’t this a thing when we were in school?!
(Photos courtesy of Alicia Spoth)
