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Meet our latest addition to the therapy dog family - Millie! Millie is a labradoodle from Cherry Creek, NY, and her owner is Kayla Sullivan, a Speech Pathologist here at FCSD. She has had Millie since she was 8 weeks old, and she has grown up an avid Bills fan! When not helping our students and staff, Millie enjoys taking long walks through the village of Fredonia. She loves watching birds and squirrels, car rides to Frosty Treat, swimming in Grandma & Grandpa’s pool, and “helping” Kayla garden by digging in the mud. Millie trained to be a therapy dog with Kaleigh Olson of Shaylah’s Canine Commands in Forestville. She has her basic obedience certificate, passed her American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen test, and completed all the requirements to acquire her Therapy Dog Certification. She will spend time in our first and second grade classrooms. Welcome, Millie!

Happy Valentine's Day from FCSD...enjoy a little something sweet today! 💖

The Fredonia Central School District Board of Education will hold a regular meeting Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 6:00 PM in the High School Library. An agenda can be found on our website.

We look forward to another exciting week of sports! We appreciate everyone making the trip and supporting 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 our players and coaches. Go Billies! Please contact me directly if you have any questions or concerns. Stay classy Fredonia! Dr. Zilliox bzilliox@fcsd.wnyric.org

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Come join our team! Current openings: Special Education teacher Food Service (4 hrs/day) Substitutes in all areas Click here to learn more: https://www.fredonia.wnyric.org/page/human-resources-home

Come join our team! Current openings: Special Education teacher Food Service (4 hrs/day) Substitutes in all areas

The Fredonia Central School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting Monday, January 30, 2023 at 4:00 PM in the High School Library. An agenda can be found on our website.

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

Mrs. Maternowski's kindergarten class shows support for Damar Hamlin's recovery by making and sending cards to the Buffalo Bills!

Mrs Smith’s and Mrs Foley’s Class getting letters ready to send to the Bills.

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.