Attica Central School District

Members of Attica’s agricultural issues team from left Larissa Hyman, Ellie Gominiak, Ruby Baratta, Logan Lyons, Juliana Keicher, Olivia Bernacki and Brooke Luck took fourth at at the District 9 Leadership Development Event last month and qualified for FFA’s sub-states competition March 19.

Attica FFA members qualify for sub-states competition

March 7, 2022

Members of Attica’s Future Farmers of America chapter put up strong showings at the FFA’s District 9 Leadership Development Event last month, with several qualifying for the sub-s...

Robert Sotir, field organizer from the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local No. 3 New York, talks to Attica students during the district’s March 3 job fair.

At job fair, Attica students explore careers in trades with union reps

March 4, 2022

Representatives from seven local trade unions attended a job fair in the high school library yesterday. Representatives presented Attica students with information about their spec...

Members of Attica’s National Junior Society chapter pose for a photo in front of the Seabees Memorial near the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery during a service trip in December.

Wreaths Across America: Honor society members honor those who made 'ultimate sacrifice'

February 28, 2022

A trip to Arlington Cemetery in our nation’s capital to lay wreaths on the graves of soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country proved a powerful and movin...

March 2 blood drive open to teachers, staff and students

February 3, 2022

Attica’s Connect Life Club is hosting a blood drive next month. The drive is scheduled for Wednesday, March 2 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m, in the high school’s auxiliary gymnasium. It...

Open Position for Superintendent of Schools

February 3, 2022

The Attica Central School District is seeking a Superintendent of Schools. Applications are due by March 1, 2022. Please see the application and brochure below. Please return c...

Pre-K registration now open for Attica families

February 1, 2022

Pre-kindergarten registration for the 2022-23 school year is now open to Attica families. If your child will be four years old by Dec. 1, 2022, he or she is eligible for our fr...

Mrs. Erin Holt put photographs of four people up on her Smartboard Thursday morning and challenged her middle school ELA students to identify who were the Nazis and who were the Jews. The exercise served as an object lesson in the difficulty of identifying evil.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Attica chooses to never forget

January 28, 2022

Thursday was Holocaust Remembrance Day and students in the middle and high school participated in lessons aimed at ensuring we never forget the systematic mass murder of millions ...

Seeing the toll the pandemic was taking on her classmates, an Attica senior decided to write 98 personalized letters filled with words of encouragement and happy memories for each and every member of the class of 2022. Each letter included the introduction shown above.

98 letters: Anonymous senior pens words of kindness to entire class of 2022

January 27, 2022

It’s been a tough few years for the class of 2022 and understandably so. The last completely, COVID-free school year came in 2019, when the now-seniors were freshmen. In 2020, ...

Junior Mia Ficarella, left, and Sophomore Cole Harding, right, were named Physical Education Students of the Month for December.

New ‘Student of the Month’ program recognizes excellence in physical education

January 10, 2022

A new program at Attica High School recognizes student excellence in physical education classes. The Physical Education Student of the Month program is the brainchild of Mrs Lisa ...

The district has purchased new treadmills, ellipticals, AMT (adaptive motion trainer) machines and even a stair-stepper for its fitness center since it was last open to the public in March 2020. The cardio area, pictured above, was also given a fresh coat of paint and has been jazzed up with new motivational signage on the walls.

Fitness center reopens to the public

January 7, 2022

After being closed to members of the public for nearly two years because of the coronavirus pandemic, the high school fitness center reopened to the Attica community Jan. 3. “W...

Students in Mrs. Amanda Datzler’s sixth grade class pet Godiva, an eight-month-old dairy goat Attica alumni Alyssa Wright brought in from her family’s Falling-Leaves Farm in Varysburg Tuesday to educate students about the ins and outs of goat care and her family business.

Meet and greet: Attica alum gives ag students crash course in goat care

January 7, 2022

Students in Mrs. Michelle Barber’s agriculture classes couldn’t stop kidding around with a pair of special visitors Tuesday, just not in the way you think. Attica alumni Alyss...

Attica athletes compete over winter break

January 4, 2022

Many students may have been kicking back and relaxing over winter break but there was no rest for Attica student athletes, many of whom competed this past week. Below is a rou...

Fifth graders in the Attica Middle Schools graduated from the district’s new DARE program Tuesday after 10 weeks of instruction from Wyoming County Sheriff’s Deputy Sam West.

Attica fifth graders are newest DARE graduates

December 22, 2021

Fifth graders in the Attica Middle School graduated from the district’s new DARE program Tuesday after 10 weeks of instruction from Wyoming County Sheriff’s Deputy Sam West, who a...

Attica alumni talked to current Attica students about the good, bad and ugly of college life Tuesday during the district’s fourth annual College Survival Seminar. Alumni talked to students about some of the challenges that can come with picking classes, making new friends, balancing schoolwork and living with roommates.

College survival seminar: Attica alumni give students straight talk on post-high school life

December 22, 2021

Attica alumni returned to their alma mater Tuesday for the fourth annual College Survival Seminar, organized by Elise Meyer, a high school guidance counselor, and Mrs. Melissa Gir...

Resources for talking to your children about violence

December 17, 2021

In response to the recent TikTok trend and other talk of school violence, Attica Central Schools wants to share some helpful resources from the National Association of School Psyc...

Wyoming County Sheriff’s deputies Nick Wright, left, and Sam West, who also serves as the school resource officer at Attica Central School District, lead a meeting of the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office’s Explorer Post at the end of November.

Learning the ropes: Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office’s explorer post offers real-world experience to those considering career in law enforcement

December 15, 2021

Sam West was a green 20-something when he joined the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office in 1998. Back then, West said he lacked the people skills that, today, allow him to leave the ...

Students at Attica Elementary School shopped for affordable Christmas gifts for members of their family Tuesday at Santa’s Workshop, an annual event sponsored by the Attica Elementary Parent Teacher Group. Items were capped at a maximum price of $5.

Holiday tradition: After pandemic cancellation, ‘Santa’s Workshop’ returns to Attica elementary

December 14, 2021

An Attica tradition, cancelled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, was back in all of its holiday cheer-spreading glory Tuesday at the Attica Elementary School. Spon...

FFA members helping make the season bright

December 13, 2021

Members of Attica Middle School’s Future Farmers of America chapter traveled to the Community Action for Wyoming County’s Cornerstone Building in Perry Monday morning to help make...

Brenda Good brings 18 years of experience to her new role as Attica’s committee on special education director. Her first day was Nov. 15.

Committee on special education director brings passion to new role

December 10, 2021

As the district’s new committee on special education director, Brenda Good is responsible for ensuring each of the more than 200 Attica students with special needs are receiving t...

Digital Equity Survey

December 3, 2021

Parents should look for the letter and the survey to be coming home with all students beginning Monday, December 6th. Please have it returned by Friday, December 10th. The lett...