Fredonia Middle School

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

Come join our team! We are currently seeking a School Psychologist, Teacher Aides, and substitutes. Click here to apply: https://www.fredonia.wnyric.org/page/human-resources-home

Middle School students from Miss Hockwater's and Mrs. Greenough's English classes faced off in a "You Laugh, You Lose" Dad Joke Tournament last week as part of their Humor unit. What a fun way to bring a lesson to life!

We're back with another Weekly Update from the District Office. This week we thank Draejen Hicks for his guest spot in our video! We're covering some Thanksgiving activities, a fun, collaborative catapult project, and highlighting our school food pantry. Check it out! https://www.smore.com/dgb4w

The Fredonia Board of Education will hold a regular meeting Tuesday, November 29, at 6:00 PM in the High School Library. Visit our website for the agenda: https://www.fredonia.wnyric.org/documents/district/board-of-education/2022-2023-board-agendas/11-29-22-regular-meeting/394793 Please also note: the Board of Education Audit Committee will hold a meeting Monday, November 28 at 4:00 PM in the HS Library.

Happy Thanksgiving from FCSD! 🦃 Pictured are our Unified "Friendsgiving" activities as well as members of our NHS and Interact Club decorating cookies with residents of the WCA Home. We wish everyone a happy, healthy celebration!