In accordance with Public Health Law and New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) regulations, all public schools and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) are required to test water outlets for lead. This includes every outlet currently used or that could potentially be used for drinking or cooking.
If lead is detected at levels above 5 parts per billion (ppb), equal to 5 micrograms per liter (µg/L), the NYS DOH requires schools to take immediate action to reduce exposure.
Beginning this week, we will conduct testing throughout our buildings. Any water outlet found to exceed the 5 ppb threshold will be removed from service immediately. We will then begin a remediation process to address and eliminate potential sources of lead. Once remediation is complete, the affected outlets will be retested. Outlets that meet the required standard will be returned to service.
The health and safety of our students, staff, and school community remain our top priority, and we will continue to keep you informed throughout this process.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Nowicki
Director of Facilities
If lead is detected at levels above 5 parts per billion (ppb), equal to 5 micrograms per liter (µg/L), the NYS DOH requires schools to take immediate action to reduce exposure.
Beginning this week, we will conduct testing throughout our buildings. Any water outlet found to exceed the 5 ppb threshold will be removed from service immediately. We will then begin a remediation process to address and eliminate potential sources of lead. Once remediation is complete, the affected outlets will be retested. Outlets that meet the required standard will be returned to service.
The health and safety of our students, staff, and school community remain our top priority, and we will continue to keep you informed throughout this process.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Nowicki
Director of Facilities
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Give it up for Attica’s own Rob Beck, who earned Genesee Region Player of the Week honors last week following his overtime goal against Wheatland-Chili on Sept. 12.
Rob’s score delivered the 1-0 win over the Wildcats and gave the Blue Devils their first win of the season.
Way to go, Rob!
(Photo courtesy of Luke George)
Rob’s score delivered the 1-0 win over the Wildcats and gave the Blue Devils their first win of the season.
Way to go, Rob!
(Photo courtesy of Luke George)
Get excited, Blue Devils, because our high school musical reveal begins this Friday, Sept. 26!
Each week, interested students can gather in the high school lobby at 8:15 a.m. and watch as the posters of potential musicals get taken down.
When there's only one left, students will know which musical our High School Drama Club will be staging at the end of February!
Some of the options include "Legally Blonde,” "The Addams Family,” "Wizard of Oz,” "Footloose” and "Little Women."
Which musical will it end up being? You’ll have to wait until the final reveal on Nov. 5 to find out!
Each week, interested students can gather in the high school lobby at 8:15 a.m. and watch as the posters of potential musicals get taken down.
When there's only one left, students will know which musical our High School Drama Club will be staging at the end of February!
Some of the options include "Legally Blonde,” "The Addams Family,” "Wizard of Oz,” "Footloose” and "Little Women."
Which musical will it end up being? You’ll have to wait until the final reveal on Nov. 5 to find out!
Name that staff member!
Over the past few days, teachers and staff in the high school have been working hard, trying to identify colleagues based on nothing else other than their baby photos.
“It’s been hilarious watching staff members sit there stumped during lunches trying to figure them out,” said Dustin Gardner, a counselor in the high school who organized the contest along with his fellow Spark Squad members.
Guesses are due at the end of school today, so we should know our winner soon - stay tuned!
Over the past few days, teachers and staff in the high school have been working hard, trying to identify colleagues based on nothing else other than their baby photos.
“It’s been hilarious watching staff members sit there stumped during lunches trying to figure them out,” said Dustin Gardner, a counselor in the high school who organized the contest along with his fellow Spark Squad members.
Guesses are due at the end of school today, so we should know our winner soon - stay tuned!
Our fresh connections club is thrilled to be back for another school year!
At their most recent meeting, club members prepared several varieties of salsa, including mild with cucumber, extra spicy, and a sweet-spicy peach salsa.
Students worked collaboratively throughout the meeting, modifying recipes by tasting and adjusting ingredients, sharing ideas and encouraging one another throughout the process.
The peach salsa was a particular crowd favorite, surprising everyone with its bold and fruity flavor.
Can’t wait for our next meeting - stay tuned!
At their most recent meeting, club members prepared several varieties of salsa, including mild with cucumber, extra spicy, and a sweet-spicy peach salsa.
Students worked collaboratively throughout the meeting, modifying recipes by tasting and adjusting ingredients, sharing ideas and encouraging one another throughout the process.
The peach salsa was a particular crowd favorite, surprising everyone with its bold and fruity flavor.
Can’t wait for our next meeting - stay tuned!
Our district’s health and safety committee came together last week for its regularly scheduled meeting.
Representatives from each of our three school buildings, Genesee Valley BOCES, the Attica Parent-Teacher Group, Attica Police Department and Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office, Department of Health and Office of Emergency Services discussed the ongoing implementation of our district’s new safety plan, the state’s new ban on cell phones in schools and the status of the capital improvement project residents approved back in May of 2024.
We take the health and safety of our students and staff seriously and are lucky to live in a community that does the same.
Many thanks to all our committee members for their dedication and service!
Representatives from each of our three school buildings, Genesee Valley BOCES, the Attica Parent-Teacher Group, Attica Police Department and Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office, Department of Health and Office of Emergency Services discussed the ongoing implementation of our district’s new safety plan, the state’s new ban on cell phones in schools and the status of the capital improvement project residents approved back in May of 2024.
We take the health and safety of our students and staff seriously and are lucky to live in a community that does the same.
Many thanks to all our committee members for their dedication and service!
Proud of our middle school students who participated in Project Sticker Shock yesterday!
“Sticker Shock is a national awareness campaign to educate the public and change attitudes about selling and serving alcohol to anyone under 21,” explained Mary Beth Brotherton-Hardie, a counselor in our middle school who accompanied students on a field trip to participate in the campaign. “The project organizes youth to place stickers on beer cases in local stores that carry a warning: ‘Providing alcohol to a person under 21 is a crime.’”
The ultimate goal of Project Sticker Shock, said Brotherton-Hardie, is to bring members of a community together to reduce underage drinking and its related problems.
Attica students traveled to Tops Market, BenGo’s and Dollar General in Attica and Walmart in Warsaw and placed the awareness stickers on dozens of cases of beer and other alcoholic beverages.
“It was a great day with a group of amazing students,” said Brotherton-Hardie.
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!
