This week's newsletter includes kudos to our December students of the month, a great feature on PTECH student Tyler Mathews, music and art accolades, and more! Have a great weekend, Billies!
https://www.smore.com/bp041x-weekly-update
The Tri-M Music Honor Society is partnering with one of Western New York's most valuable resources for families facing the financial and emotional burden of a pediatric cancer diagnosis. We are looking to our Fredonia community to consider donating and help raise money for this cause!
Many of you may have heard of P.U.N.T. through the strong partnership and involvement of Buffalo Bills player, Dawson Knox. You can read more about the at the PUNT website - click here.
We are asking our FCSD community to consider donating to P.U.N.T in one of two ways! ALL funds will be directly donated to PUNT in an effort to help support families in the Western New York Region.
1.) Please visit our PUNT/Tri-M Donation Website; https://give.classy.org/FMD-GivesBack
2.) Purchase a PUNT wristband for $5. Please complete this brief Google Order Form by February 15th: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexpHjHRUrzy1HKQCp819Ua_-XTBsm-JToRDFYG3uvlu-jqNw/viewform.
We are accepting cash and/or checks made payable to PUNT Pediatric Cancer Collaborative. A money envelope can be found in each main office.
Come join our team! Current openings:
Special Education Teacher
JV Baseball Coach
Substitute Teachers/Aides
Clerical Substitutes
More info on our Human Resources page: https://www.fredonia.wnyric.org/page/human-resources-home
Hey ey ey ey! It's GAME DAY! Fredonia loves the Bills! 🫶
The Fredonia Board of Education will hold a regular meeting Tuesday, January 24, at 6:00 PM in the High School Library. Visit our website for the agenda.
Meet Rudy, another proud member of our growing therapy dog family! 🐶
Rudy was adopted by the Gugino family, and his humans attend our middle school. He is a two year old Labradoodle trained by Kaleigh Bell from Shaylah's Canine Commands in Forestville. Rudy comes from a long line of therapy dogs. His mother is a therapy dog at a middle school in Ohio!
Therapy dogs have been proven to benefit both students and adults on multiple levels, including being helpful in terms of mental health support and reducing anxiety.
When not working in the District, Rudy enjoys meeting new friends, swimming, watching squirrels, and TIMBITS! His most favorite thing to do is watch for his humans to come home on the school bus.
We can’t wait to welcome Rudy who will be joining our third and fourth grade classes for periodic visits. We communicated with our students and families before moving forward with this initiative. We appreciate everyone involved for their support as we continue with our ongoing efforts to create a welcoming and supportive environment within our schools.
Keep your eyes out for more fun features on our newest canine member of the #fredoniafamily!
We're back with another update from the District Office. This week we feature our history-making girls wrestling team, the Peaceful Bus project, well wishes to Damar Hamlin, and the introduction of our second therapy dog, Rudy. Woof woof! 🐾
https://www.smore.com/e125n
Congratulations to this year's Fall All WNY Senior Scholar Athlete winners and honorable mentions!
All WNY Senior Scholar Athlete Winners:
Greta Frerichs Girls Swimming
Claire Marshall Girls Soccer
All WNY Senior Scholar Athlete Honorable Mention:
Calder Annear Boys Soccer
Rylee Beers Girls Soccer
Emerson Bramer Girls Swimming
Matthew Brown Boys Cross Country
Lauren Cerrie Girls Soccer
Micah Davis Football
Sarah Davis Girls Soccer
Gigi Ferro Girls Soccer
Clayton Frazier Boys Cross Country
Annie Gondek Girls Soccer
Molly Greenough Girls Swimming
Gianna Gullo Girls Tennis
Zachary Hall Boys Soccer
Arianna Huber Girls Soccer
Giacinte Laurito Girls Cross Country
Adam Lesch Boys Cross Country
Angelina May Girls Swimming
Lucy Prevet Girls Tennis
Abby Roth Girls Swimming
Josephine Tomaszewski Girls Soccer
Jenna Truby Girls Swimming
Jayden Yerico Boys Soccer
A message from Dr. Zilliox:
Hello Fredonia Families,
Please see the message below that we shared with our students today. We ask that you reinforce and support this message for all of our athletic events, but especially in relation to rivalry games.
Thanks to all those who will be attending our basketball games this week vs. Dunkirk and Southwestern. We appreciate your support of our teams, but please keep the following in mind:
Cheer for our team, not against our opponent.
Keep the language clean with no swearing.
Be respectful of the officials.
Be respectful of their fans and parents.
Represent our school positively.
Do not engage in negative social media dialogue with opposing teams and fans.
Best of luck to all players and coaches. Go Billies!
Stay classy Fredonia!
Dr. Zilliox
bzilliox@fcsd.wnyric.org
The Fredonia Board of Education will hold a regular meeting Tuesday, January 10, at 6:00 PM in the High School Library. Visit our website for the agenda.
Happy Three Kings Day to our #fredoniafamily!
For Hispanics, Three Kings’ Day is the culmination of the holiday season, the day when additional gifts are exchanged and big family celebrations take place. Children write letters in advance to the Three Kings, telling them how good they were during the year and asking for gifts. On the Night of Kings (January 5th), children place their shoes outside their bedrooms so that the Three Kings will leave presents in them.
To learn more about Three Kings Day, click below:
https://coolassociatesllc.com/three-kings-day-hispanic-holiday/
https://kidsclubspanishschool.com/learn-about-three-kings-day-in-hispanic-countries/
Happy New Year! Let's be our best 'Billies in 2023! 🎆
Our Art Honor Society is prepping for an exciting new project...stay tuned! 😲
🌟 Merry Christmas to our #fredoniafamily! 🎄
Judith Przybyla, School Counselor, presented to Maggie Snyder's PreK class this week about the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. They learned about traditional items such as the menorah, latkes and dreidels. Happy Hanukkah to all of our #fredoniafamily who celebrate!
Congrats to our students on another great issue of the Spectator! Check out the full issue here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=FredoniaCentral&set=a.874442710624194
The District Office is proud to share our latest issue of the Fredonia Forum, a print newsletter published to take a deeper dive into some of the exciting things happening in our district. Households in the district will receive their copy in the mail sometime next week!
You can view the full newsletter here: https://www.fredonia.wnyric.org/page/district-newsletter
Fun fact: our newsletter is copy edited by students from Dr. Gerber's WRTG-354 class at Fredonia. This has been a great partnership to ensure our newsletter is the best it can be when we publish. Huge thank you goes out to our Print Shop as well for making this vision come to life!
We're back with another weekly update from the District Office. This week, we are highlighting some holiday celebrations, congratulating our PTECH student of the month, sharing a great video on the Polar Plunge, and much more. Enjoy the rest of the week!
https://www.smore.com/dsmaq
The Fredonia Board of Education will hold a regular meeting Tuesday, December 13, at 6:00 PM in the High School Library. Visit our website for the agenda.
Please also note: the BOE Policy Committee will hold a meeting Wednesday, December 14 at 4:30 PM in the HS Library.
Thanks to WDOE Radio for featuring our therapy dog Yost and owner Tim Wright on WDOE's "Viewpoint" program. They chat about Yost's adoption, the process he went through to become a therapy dog, and how he's helping students at Fredonia.
Check out the interview here: https://chautauquatoday.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=25&id=344769#.Y4jzrHbMKUk
