Gananda Blue Panther Gazette
Weekly Newsletter of Gananda Central School District
January 4, 2021


Parent Commitment Survey for 2nd Half of School Year
We have been diligently working on our plans for the second half of the school year based on your feedback from our previous parent survey. We are finalizing the plans this week and will have the commitment survey emailed out to you at the end of this week. Stay tuned for further instruction coming soon!
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Registration Now Open for the Gananda Spelling Bee
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Reminder
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Updated Chart: Can My Child Go To School Today?

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#Unity Our GMS students collected over 300 items to donate to Mac's Pizza Shack's canned food and coat drive. THANK YOU to all who participated!! The grade level with the most donations by the end of the week was the 8th graders, who have earned free ice cream at lunch. | #Driven Congratulations to Natalie on being named the Wayne County Girls Soccer Player of the Year, along with being recognized as first-team all-state 2020!!! We are #GanandaProud of you Natalie!! | #Outstanding Way to go Emily for donating over 16" of her hair to Locks of Love! Emily said that she has been growing her hair since she was a little girl because she wanted to be like Rapunzel. She has always wanted to donate it and thought this was a perfect time! |
#Unity
#Driven

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Missing Watching School Sports? You can watch our varsity swim team's meets virtually!
Tuesday 1/5 vs Pal Mac at Home starting at 5:00 pm
Youtube Live Link
Gananda Swimming and Diving Home Meets
Thursday 1/7 @ Midlakes starting at 4:30 pm
Facebook Live
Midlakes Swimming and Diving Home Meets
Tuesday 1/12 @ Naples starting at 5:00 pm
No streaming site yet.
Tuesday 1/19 vs. Marcus Whitman starting at 5:00 pm
Youtube Live Link
Gananda Swimming and Diving Home Meets
Class D Sectionals - Dates/Sites/Times TBD
For all Meets - Dates and times subject to change. Best way to double check is Gananda athletic page with sport schedules at bottom left side of page.
Roster:
7th Grade: Peyton Conner 8th Grade: Cohen Kelley 9th Grade: Mason Briner, Tanner Phillips, Noah Van Scoy 10th Grade: Joey Acroraci
11th Grade: Conner Burns, Nathan Clarcq, CJ Springer 12th Grade: Atari Kunzer-Cruz, Joe Leyva
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Helpful Documents
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Richard Mann Elementary PBIS Staff Member of the Week
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Ski and Snowboard Club
Sign-Ups are still open for Ski & Snowboard Club at Bristol Mountain. Students in grades 6-12 are eligible to participate and you do not have to have any prior experience! Ski Club dates are in January and there are different options for dates this year.
All Information is available on Parent Square. If you have any questions, please email Ms. Smith, the club advisor, at alsmith@gananda.org
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Ski and Snowboard Club
Sign-Ups are still open for Ski & Snowboard Club at Bristol Mountain. Students in grades 6-12 are eligible to participate and you do not have to have any prior experience! Ski Club dates are in January and there are different options for dates this year.
All Information is available on Parent Square. If you have any questions, please email Ms. Smith, the club advisor, at alsmith@gananda.org
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Gananda Dollars for Scholars News and Events
GDFS is Looking for Volunteers
There are so many good reasons to volunteer. Contact GDFScholars@gananda.org if you are interested to learn more!
Order from AmazonSmile! Designate Gananda Dollars for Scholars as your charity of choice at no cost to you. Amazon will donate .5% of your purchase. Over $800 has been raised to date! Sign up today!
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!
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