Gananda Blue Panther Gazette
Weekly Newsletter of Gananda Central School District
Boys Soccer Can DriveSave the Date! The Gananda Blue Panthers Boys Soccer Annual Can Drive will take place on Saturday February 9th. Please help support our Gananda Boys Soccer program by leaving your empty cans and bottles in bags by 9am on your doorstep, our soccer athletes will be around to collect them. Proceeds help support the Gananda Boys Modified, JV, and Varsity Soccer programs. Thank you for helping us keep the soccer program strong! | Annual Gananda k-12 Science Fair The Annual Gananda K-12 Science Fair is set for Wednesday, January 30, 2019. The community is invited to come and check out the students creative experiments. The fair will be held in the Richard Mann Elementary gymnasium from 6:00-8:00pm. Questions can be directed to ScienceFair@gananda.org. | Gananda Spelling Bee to be held February 7, 2019 Registration is now open for the annual Gananda Spelling Bee taking place on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at Ruben A. Cirillo High School beginning at 6pm. All Gananda students in fourth through eighth grade are eligible to participate in the spelling contest and can pick up their registration form in their school's main office. Gananda's spelling champion and runner-up (2nd place finisher) will move on to compete in the Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES Regional Spelling Bee competition to be held on Saturday, March 23 at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY. |
Boys Soccer Can Drive
Save the Date! The Gananda Blue Panthers Boys Soccer Annual Can Drive will take place on Saturday February 9th.
Please help support our Gananda Boys Soccer program by leaving your empty cans and bottles in bags by 9am on your doorstep, our soccer athletes will be around to collect them. Proceeds help support the Gananda Boys Modified, JV, and Varsity Soccer programs. Thank you for helping us keep the soccer program strong!
Annual Gananda k-12 Science Fair
Gananda Spelling Bee to be held February 7, 2019
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Strategic Plan Surveys Coming Soon!
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Grab a Middle School Yearbook!
Keep your middle school memories forever
and order a yearbook today!
To order your 2018-2019 Gananda Middle School yearbook:
Click the green “Order a Yearbook” button
Enter the Yearbook ID code: 12624419
Enter your information and select your yearbook package
Contact Mrs. Mereness or Mrs. Campbell with questions
Yearbook packages start at $21.60
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Order Your PTO Calendar Now Available
We are excited to announce the creation of a Gananda PTO 2019 Calendar. Student artwork was submitted by the art teachers at
each of our three buildings, and one winning piece was voted on to represent each of the different grade levels.
The calendars are $10.00 each and can be ordered by downloading the order form.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the calendars will be donated to the art department in each of our three buildings to help supplement their materials & supplies budget for the 2018-2019 school year.
Please visit the PTO webpage for more information.

Letter Day Schedule Change for Ruben A. Cirillo High School
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Starting January 2019 the elementary bus loop will be unavailable for student pick up or drop off
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Gananda PTO Meeting
The meeting will be located at the middle school cafeteria from 7:00pm-8:00pm..
Discussions will include fundraisers and volunteer/committee opportunities.
All interested parents, administrators, faculty, and staff are welcome.
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Successful Substitute Teacher & Tutor Training
Can You See Yourself working with students? We Can! Substitute Teachers and other substitute staff as well as one-on-one Tutors are needed throughout Ontario, Wayne, Seneca and Yates Counties. As a sub or tutor, you choose the districts and grade levels you prefer.
The W-FL BOCES Substitute Registry and Home Tutoring Service offers training to perspective substitutes and/or tutors (it is possible to do both) who wish to work within our four-county region. (Substitutes are hired directly by the school district, therefore the qualifications and application process for that district must be followed. However, Tutors are hired by W-FL BOCES and are assigned by the Tutoring Office.)
Visit the Gananda website for more information on this free training.
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It's Flu Season
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Community Open Forum February 4!
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Support for Mr. Flansburg
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Gananda Education Foundation Seeking New Members
January 29, 2019
February 12, 2019
March 12, 2019
April 9, 2019
May 14, 2019
June 18, 2019
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Gananda Dollars for Scholars News
It's a new shopping season! Did you know that you can help GDFS by shopping online? If you use Amazon, you can help raise money for scholarships! Simply start off by going to AmazonSmile, and select Scholarship America, Gananda Dollars for Scholars as the organization you want to support. From then on, you just go to AmazonSmile to shop and you have access to the same site as Amazon or Amazon Prime. That's it! About 0.5% of your purchase before tax will be donated to GDFS.
Gananda Dollars for Scholars, Rewarding Achievement, Supporting Potential
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What is the difference between ADD and ADHD... ADHD includes the symptom of physical hyperactivity or excessive restlessness–that's the “H”. In ADD, the symptom of hyperactivity is absent. People with ADD can be calm and serene, not in the least hyperactive or disruptive.
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Helpful Documents

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#Outstanding Congratulations to high school senior William Jobe on his Robert Heischman Award from RIT's College of Art and Design! Jobe won the award for his submission entitled "The Hypochondriac" which was an encaustic acrylic painting on wood. | #Driven A big shoutout to our maintenance crew who came in over the weekend and cleared the snow from exterior doors and parking lots! Your hard work to make the schools safe for our students and staff is greatly appreciated! | #Unity To brighten the day for our local veterans, Gananda Middle School students recently got together to make Valentine's Day cards as part of the Valentines for Veterans program. The program encourages the community to recognize veterans throughout the year.The cards will be delivered to the Canandaigua VA Medical Center in time for Valentine's Day on February 14. |
#Outstanding
#Driven
#Unity
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