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Gananda Central School District communicates information through a variety of ways to ensure our parents and community are informed. As a reminder, if you are not receiving phone calls, emails, or text messages from the district and you would like to, please contact the public relations office directly at GanandaPR@gananda.org. The contact information that we have on file in the parent portal is what we use to contact you, so if it isn't up to date, you may not receive our communications. You can also receive information on our Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/GanandaSchools and/or our Twitter handle at: @WeAreGananda.

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Homecoming week is October 1 - 5! Show your school pride by participating in our School Spirit Days:

Please remember dress codes will remain in effect during Spirit Week.

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The Road to 2020 Capital Improvement Project is well underway. Below is a list of the current progress for this week:

Track: Earlier this week, a second coat of sealant was put down on the newly installed track, which is giving the track a beautiful blue color to showcase our Blue Panther Pride. There are still steps to be completed before the track will be open to the community, so please continue to stay off of the track until further notice. At this point, we do not have a date for lining the track, but will advise once that has been set. Again, it is imperative that no one goes on the track until further notice. We will alert the community when it is safe to use both the track and field.

Turf Field: We are providing access to the turf field for our student varsity athletes only. This is to allow our athletes practice time for their season. We will be adding netting soon in hopes of allowing our soccer team to play a few homes games this season. We are also working to schedule practices for our varsity football team and youth football programs. As a reminder, the turf field is not open to the community at this time. This means no member of the community should be on the field or walking their dogs around the field at this time. A grand opening will be announced in the future.

Pool: We are pleased to announce we have found a temporary solution to allow our senior varsity swimmers to host a senior night at the Richard Mann Elementary pool. We will share that date in the near future. We will also be allowing the GRATS to begin practicing in the pool soon. As a reminder, the pool locker room construction has been stalled due to a broken pipeline that needs to be repaired. Our goal is to get the pipeline repaired during Columbus Day weekend, October 6-8, 2018. Once the pipeline has been repaired, construction can resume and we can make progress to our December completion goal. We will keep you informed as more information becomes available.

4th and 5th Grade Wing: The computer lab in the 4th and 5th grade wing at the elementary school is delayed due to material installation challenges. Special materials are used in the computer labs to help keep the hardware cool and functioning at its highest level. The materials to be installed require a low humidity level, and unfortunately, the humidity level at this time has been uncooperative. We are waiting for a finalized completion date and will share as soon as it becomes available.

Middle School Locker Rooms: The Middle School Locker rooms are on target to be complete by Friday, October 19. Our construction crew is working hard to complete the final phases of construction.

While some of phase 1 is still being completed, phase 2 is on target. As with any construction project, there are always delays and unforeseeable challenges. We are frustrated with the impact some of these delays are creating for our students and staff, however, our number one priority is their safety. We want to ensure that these projects are completed correctly to provide a safe environment for our current students and the future ones to come.

Please visit the Gananda Website to view upcoming construction projects.

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Did you know that you can find your child's daily assignments online? Log in to Schoology for your all-access parent pass. If you haven't already signed in, your instructions are below.

To access your parent account:

1. Go to www.schoology.com and select “Log In” in the top right hand corner. (Do not
select “Sign Up”
2. Select “Forgot your password”
3. Please enter the email address you have provided to us for contact
a. Check your email. You will receive an email at that address with the subject line: ”How to
Change Your Schoology Password”
b. Use the link provided in the email to setup your Schoology password. Click Submit to save your information
c. You can now login from the Schoology.com Log In button. If the system does not
recognize your email address, it will display a red “ Please enter a valid email address
message.” In this case, please contact your child’s school to change or correct your email
address in our system. Once the email address is corrected, it will take up to 24 hours for you to be able to login with the correct email address. After your email address is updated, now you will need to create and confirm your password by following the steps 1-3 above

For more information visit the Gananda Website.

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