Gananda Blue Panther Gazette


No Classes on Friday Reminder - There will be no school for students on Friday, October 11 and Monday, October 14. The 11th is a staff professional development day and the 14th is Columbus Day. Enjoy your long weekend!	Can Drive this Saturday Save the date and save your cans! The Gananda Girls Soccer program will be holding a can drive on October 12. Please help support our Gananda Girls Soccer program by leaving your empty cans and bottles in bags by 9 am on your doorstep or driveway. The soccer athletes will be around to collect them. You can also drop your cans off at the elementary school from 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Thank you for helping to keep the soccer program strong!	Your PTO Calendar Now Available We are excited to announce the creation of a Gananda PTO 2019-2020 Calendar. The calendars contain district news along with student artwork. The calendars are $5.00 each and can be ordered by emailing the Gananda PTO or messaging them on the Gananda PTO Facebook Page. 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 2019-2020 school year.

No Classes on Friday

Reminder - There will be no school for students on Friday, October 11 and Monday, October 14. The 11th is a staff professional development day and the 14th is Columbus Day. Enjoy your long weekend!

Can Drive this Saturday

Save the date and save your cans! The Gananda Girls Soccer program will be holding a can drive on October 12.

Please help support our Gananda Girls Soccer program by leaving your empty cans and bottles in bags by 9 am on your doorstep or driveway. The soccer athletes will be around to collect them. You can also drop your cans off at the elementary school from 9:00 am-12:00 pm.

Thank you for helping to keep the soccer program strong!

Your PTO Calendar Now Available

We are excited to announce the creation of a Gananda PTO 2019-2020 Calendar. The calendars contain district news along with student artwork.

The calendars are $5.00 each and can be ordered by emailing the Gananda PTO or messaging them on the Gananda PTO Facebook Page.

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 2019-2020 school year.

Save the Date

The annual Gananda K-12 Science Fair will take place on Wednesday, January 29, 2020. Experiment, explore, and fulfill your curiosity! Registration forms, important deadlines, and other information will be posted to the Gananda Science Fair webpage in the coming months. Questions can be directed to ScienceFair@gananda.org.

I heard....is it true?

Gananda Central School District recognizes the importance of communication with parents, community members, students and staff. While every effort is made to ensure that accurate information is shared, it is not uncommon for rumors or myths to be circulating throughout the community. As such, we have started a page on our website entitled, "Fact Checker Page." This page is dedicated to providing accurate information about GCSD. If you see or hear information about GCSD that you believe is inaccurate you can have it fact checked! Please send your contact information, the facts you would like checked, and where you found the information to Shannon Bergstresser, Public Relations Specialist, at: Sbergstresser@gananda.org. The first fact check: The turf field cannot be used for JV or Varsity Football Games. Is it true? Check out the answer on the Fact Checker Page!


#Outstand-ing Congratulations to Reese Davis, Colleen Ginsberg and Chloe Hetherly for being awarded winners of the Mission Catastrophe writing contest! Their work will be published in a Young Writers Anthology.	#Practicing Self Control Congratulations to our September Proud Panther award recipients, 6th grade Arianna Rodriguez, 7th grade Ella Lathrop and 8th grade Derek Morabito. These students were chosen by their teachers for demonstrating the 'P" in PROUD (Practicing self-control).	#Unity Last Saturday, in the spirit of Homecoming week, the Gananda Alumni Association hosted girls volleyball, coed basketball, and coed soccer alumni games. Thanks to all of the volunteer referees and coaches, along with the great support from fans in the stands! Special thanks go out to our returning alumni. We enjoyed watching you all play again!

#Outstand-ing

Congratulations to Reese Davis, Colleen Ginsberg and Chloe Hetherly for being awarded winners of the Mission

Catastrophe writing contest! Their work will be published in a Young Writers Anthology.

#Practicing Self Control

Congratulations to our September Proud Panther award recipients, 6th grade Arianna Rodriguez, 7th grade Ella Lathrop and 8th grade Derek Morabito. These students were chosen by their teachers for demonstrating the 'P" in PROUD (Practicing self-control).

#Unity

Last Saturday, in the spirit of Homecoming week, the Gananda Alumni Association hosted girls volleyball, coed basketball, and coed soccer alumni games. Thanks to all of the volunteer referees and coaches, along with the great support from fans in the stands! Special thanks go out to our returning alumni. We enjoyed watching you all play again!

Makeup Picture Day

Monday, November 4 is makeup picture day at the middle school. If you haven't gotten your photo taken or need to have it retaken, be sure to get it done this day.

High School Open House

Ruben A. Cirillo High School will host a fall Open House on Thursday, October 10th from 7:00-8:30 p.m. Please take this opportunity to meet your student’s teachers and tour the high school.

Please remember that the purpose of Open House is to provide you with an overview of the courses your student has. Any further information or detail about a class can be obtained by contacting the teacher at a later date.

Please visit the Open House page for more information.

French Students Are Coming!

Gananda French and Spanish students will be hosting 15 French students from our sister city Rennes, France beginning Friday, October 11. Exchange students will be staying with their host families until Monday, October 21. During their stay, French students will go on various field trips including a trip to Watkins Glen, Niagara Falls, downtown Rochester and Ganondagan. Typically our students treat the exchange students sporting events around the area, which the French love because it is unlike anything they have in France. They also enjoy the haunted hayrides and corn maze, which is also very American. We share this exchange with the Honeoye CSD and will attend a dance in Honeoye the Saturday before they leave to go home. This will be the third time that we hosted a group from France and it will be the fourth time we go to France in the spring. This is always such a wonderful learning experience for everyone involved and our students are really excited for the French to get here!

Makeup Picture Day

Monday, October 21 is makeup picture day at the high school. If you haven't gotten your photo taken or need to have it retaken, be sure to get it done this day.

Yearbooks are On Sale Now!

Keep your high school memories forever and order a yearbook today! Yearbooks are available to purchase online at Josten's website. The cost of the yearbook is $50.

Concession Volunteers Needed!

Gananda Sports Boosters is looking for high school students to volunteer at the concession stands during games this year. Volunteer hours would count as standard volunteer hours and are not included in the GDFS hours. Students would be working with an adult at the concessions at all times. Various opportunities are available so those interested are encouraged to contact the Gananda Sports Boosters directly at: sportsboosters@gananda.org.

Did you know that you can start gathering volunteer hours as soon as you leave 8th grade? Just download a volunteer log from the Gananda Dollars for Scholars webpage, and start recording your high school volunteer experience!

Amazon Smiles

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.

Fall United Way Campaigns Area Wide

Did you know that you can designate Gananda Dollars for Scholars on your annual United Way Pledge form? Just write in the code#3323 on your form and your pledge will come to GDFS! Don't forget also to check and see if your employer supports Matching Donations. Many area employers do. Thanks for considering to support GDFS!

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Gananda Blue Panther Gazette

Weekly Newsletter of Gananda Central School District

Gananda Blue Panther Gazette

Weekly Newsletter of Gananda Central School District

October 9, 2019

No Classes on Friday

Can Drive this Saturday

Your PTO Calendar Now Available

No Classes on Friday

Can Drive this Saturday

Your PTO Calendar Now Available

Reminder: All Chromebooks need to be fully charged when brought into school each day.

Save the Date

I heard....is it true?

#Outstand-ing

#Practicing Self Control

#Unity

#Outstand-ing

#Practicing Self Control

#Unity

With swimming starting - it's good to know the difference....

Helpful Documents

Makeup Picture Day

High School Open House

FLCC's Work Based Learning Program

French Students Are Coming!

Makeup Picture Day

Yearbooks are On Sale Now!

Concession Volunteers Needed!

Gananda Dollars for Scholars News and Events

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