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! | Family Fun Night Come support the 5th graders with a night of family fun on Friday, January 18th from 6-8 PM at Richard Mann Elementary. There will be carnival games, raffle items, 50/50, pizza, drinks and more! | Gananda Spelling Bee set for 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!
Family Fun Night
Gananda Spelling Bee set for 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.

Starting January 2019 the elementary bus loop will be unavailable for student pick up or drop off
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Procedure for Dismissal Changes
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Elementary New Attendance Line
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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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Registration is now open for the Annual K-12 Science Fair!
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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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This is the time of year for viral illnesses so take time to review with your child the importance of good handwashing, coughing into bend of arm, no sharing utensils or drinks, and most importantly if you have a fever stay home and rest!
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Helpful Documents

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#Driven Congratulations to Gananda's Math League Team for placing first place at the Geneva meet last week! | #Unity Last Saturday the Gananda Alumni Association hosted a men's basketball alumni game. The crowd cheered on the eighteen alumni who returned to play in the game. Thanks to volunteer referees Bill Heumann and Rick Wadsworth, and coaches Jeff Thomson and Bob Caulkins! | #Outstanding Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Swim Team on their win over Midlakes 96-70. Neko Ferrara came in first in Diving, Max Curtis won the 100 Freestyle, Ben Rath took first in the 200 Individual Medley and first in the 100 Breast Stroke, Ben Westfall placed first in the 500 Freestyle and Westfall, Rath, Craag, and Curtis were the winners of the Medley Relay. What a great night for our boys! |
#Driven
#Unity
#Outstanding
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