District Newsletter

Winter 2018

“Learning with Passion, Innovation and Leadership”

State Park Outing Savors Fleeting Warm Weather The second graders enjoyed a beautiful day outside at Allegany State Park. Students were able to go on short hikes along the Red House Lake path, explore the creek, play field games, check out the animal museum, as well as spend time with their friends on the brand new playground. Many memories were made by all! RCS Phone Directory School Closings and Delays MAIN NUMBERS 7-12 Building...... 358-6161 Focused on Student Safety Pre-K to 6 Building...... 358-3985 By Kaine Kelly, Superintendent Bus Garage/Transportation...358-7019 It is difficult to believe that the leaves are already changing and winter sports seasons Facilities...... 358-7076 are gearing up for another year. Just yesterday I heard the sound of basketballs bouncing in the gym after school. This means that soon it will be that time of year again when OFFICE NUMBERS inclement weather sometimes makes it necessary for us to cancel or delay school or 7-12 Building: school-related events. As you all know, winter in Western New York is unpredictable and along with that Superintendent’s Office...... 358-7005 unpredictability come challenges for those of us who are out on the roads. As with Business Office...... 358-7006 any decision, student safety is our top priority thus, we always try to err on the side H.S. Principal’s Office...... 358-7007 of caution. When the temperatures drop and the snow accumulates, driving can be Guidance Office...... 358-7008 dangerous. When the conditions rise to an unsafe level then we must close the school system for the day. Athletic Director's Office...... 358-4247 Other times, a two-hour delay will be used to ensure the safe transportation of Nurse’s Office...... 358-7012 students to school in the morning due to unsafe road conditions, visibility, cold, or Cafeteria Office...... 358-7014 other factors. It may also be used if the building is unable to be opened in time due to weather, power failure, or other factors. It buys us extra time to safely open the school Pre-K to 6 Building: and transport students. In the event of a two-hour delay, attendance will be taken at 9:55 AM for all students and the school day will start in the middle of 3rd period for the High Elem. Principal’s Office...... 358-7030 School. Committee on Special Ed...... 358-7034 If visibility, road conditions, and/or frigid temperatures dictate a school closing or Nurse’s Office...... 358-7036 delay this information will be communicated to you in various formats. You should receive an automated call from our School Messenger announcement system. As with To report an absence: Please call any technology based communications, there is always a chance for error so, in addition to School Messenger the message will also be posted on our school home page at: www. the nurse by 9 a.m. if your child will randolphcsd.org or on our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/randolphcsd. be absent or tardy. You also may fax Every attempt will be made to make this decision as early as possible thus allowing the nurse at 358-7013 (high school) or our families enough time to make arrangements. However, due to the unpredictable 358-7035 (elementary). and often rapidly changing nature of our winter weather, there are times that last minute decisions will need to be made. We thank you in advance for your patience and "Randolph Central School cooperation in these instances. District is committed to assure School closing and delay information is broadcast on the following local stations: equal opportunity for all persons Jamestown Radio Time Warner Cable Other Radio regardless of age, race, creed, WJTN – 1240 AM Buffalo TV WHDL- 1450 AM Olean color, national origin, sexual WWSE – 93.3 FM WGRZ Channel 2 WPIG – 95.7 FM Olean WQFX – 103.1 FM WIVB Channel 4 WGGO–1590 AM Salamanca orientation, military status, sex, WHUG – 101.9 FM WKBW Channel 7 WQRT - 98.3 FM Salamanca disability, or marital status." WKSN – 1340 AM YNN Channel 9 WTSS – 102.5 FM Buffalo KISS - 106.9 FM WBEN – 930 AM Buffalo Check out the school's website at: WKSE – 98.5 FM Buffalo www.randolphcsd.org WGR – 550 AM Buffalo Become a fan on Facebook Here’s hoping for a mild winter!

Page 2 Winter 2018 Kari Barmore Patrick Bouge Carly Dalton Dennis Lerow Goldie Madison Elementary Teacher School Psychology Intern Elementary Teacher Bus Driver Teacher Aide

Welcome to Our New NYS School BMI Survey Explained RCS Employees! As part of a required school health examination, a student is weighed and his/her height is mea- sured. These numbers are used to figure out the student’s body mass index or “BMI”. The BMI helps the doctor or nurse know if the student’s weight is in a healthy range or is too high or too low. Recent changes to the New York State Education Law require that BMI and weight status group be included as part of the student’s school health examination. Ran- dolph Central School District was selected to take part in a survey by the New York State Department of David Meabon Brianna Nelson Phil O’Brien Health. We will be reporting to New Cleaner School Psychology Intern Grounds Helper York State Department of Health information about our students’ weight status groups. Only sum- mary information is sent. No names and no information about individual students are sent. However, you may choose to have your child’s information ex- cluded from this survey report. The information sent to the New York State Department of Health will help health officials develop programs that make it easier for children to be healthier. If you do not wish to have your child’s weight status group information included as part of the Health Department’s survey this Sarah Olson Carli Wright Justina Young year, please contact the health office Elementary Teacher School Media Specialist, Elementary Teacher at 358-7036. High School

Winter 2018 Page 3 Out &About with FBLA By Donna Meyer Members of the FBLA club attended their Fall District Meeting on Oct. 18 at Falconer HS. Mem- bers attended various workshops, listened to a guest speaker from the local South- ern Chautauqua Tier Credit Union, and par- Abby John placing the flattened dough into the pasta cutter. ticipated in the Battle of the Chapters—tak- ing 3rd place. Aspen Students Make Hawkins was inter- viewed and elected Pasta in Foods into the District 13 & Cultures Class officer position as Treasurer. Sudents in Mrs. Meyer’s Foods and Looking ahead, Culture class, with instruction from Guid- FBLA will be collect- ance counselor Toni Indriolo, learned to make pasta from scratch. They also made ing pull-tabs again their sauce from scratch and then enjoyed during December and the fruits of their labor later in the week. A January. Attending the FBLA District Meeting were: presentation on Italy was given earlier in We will also be Lorelle Schmeltz, Aspen Hawkins, Megan Lindquist, the week and the students learned a couple hosting a Middle Jileena Stearns, Haley Romanosky, Tayla Keyes, Italian card games. Alana Chadwick, Hannah Leccearrdone, Mrs. D. School dance on Nov. Meyer, Aubrey Hogan, Willow Rader, Alexis Knuth 17 from 7-10 pm. and Haven Sevenish.

Pictured are: Jacob Theirfeldt, Falconer, State Vice President; Emily Johnson, Falconer, District Secretary; Aspen Hawkins, Randolph, District Treasurer; and Zach Kianos, Falconer, District Historian. Arielle Haas-Magara getting her hands into the mix.

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uidance eminders Calendar ProjectG KNOW – From Dec. 10-14, R November 21-23 Thanksgiving Recess our 7th graders will be participating in 29 Elem. Chorus Concert, 7pm Project KNOW, which is committed to the 30 PTA Son/Father event, prevention of teen pregnancy and covers 6:30-8pm the following topics: Elementary Musical, 7pm • Self Esteem • Assertiveness December • Decision Making 1 Elementary Musical, 3pm Art Guild Holiday Craft Show, • Family Communication High School. • Understanding Human Growth 4 FBLA American Red Cross This program is family oriented and Blood Drive stresses that the parents and other caring org. The guidance link provides quick 5 BOE Meeting 6pm adults be the primary source of informa- and easy ways for students and parents to 6 Band Concert, 7pm tion. This program helps set up the lines access important dates and deadlines and 10-14 Project Know, 7th grade of communication between parents and help register for SATs, ACTs, Financial 13 Winter Chorus Concert, children. Aid, Selective Service, etc. There are Gr. 7-12, 7pm PTA Mtg. 7:30pm many Web links that connect you di- 14 Pajama Day – Elem. Eighth Grade Parents’ Night – Par- rectly to your destination. In addition to 21 Emergency Drill, early th ents and their 8 grade students are invited registering for these services, there is also dismissal to a discussion of high school courses and information on college open house dates, 22-31 Winter Recess – NO SCHOOL graduation requirements students must career and financial aid nights at local col- meet in order to graduate. The event will leges, Regents exam schedules and numer- January be held Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. in the high school ous links to scholarship sites. Don’t worry 1 Winter Recess – NO SCHOOL auditorium. A questions and answer sec- about trying to find all these different Web 9 BOE Meeting 6pm 10 PTA Mtg. 7:30pm tion will be held regarding these require- sites on your own, just go to the guidance 11 Cards Against Cancer ments with refreshments to follow. page and click on the links provided! 18 PTA Son/Mother Game Night, If you are unable to attend this meet- 6:30-8pm ing, please call the office at 358-7011 to Financial Aid – Parents/guardians and 21 NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther schedule an appointment. students are asked to please be sure to King Day fill out the Free Application for Financial 22-25 Regents Exams ASVAB – The Armed Services Student Aid (FAFSA) form, which was 24 ASVAB Test 25 End of 2nd Quarter Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) will available starting October 1. There are NO SCHOOL – Staff Dev. Day be given to interested juniors on Thursday, worksheets available online that can help 25-26 CCMTA Solo Festival, Jan. 24, at 8 a.m. you get prepared to submit your applica- Limestone CSD tion. You must apply online at www.fafsa. 30 Project Know, Gr. 5 Parent Check Out the Guidance Web Site – ed.gov. The FAFSA application is FREE. Orientation, 6pm The guidance office Website is located on If you go to a Website that charges a fee, Report cards mailed H.S./ the school Web page at www.randolphcsd. do not use that Website and do not pay! Distributed Elementary

February 2 PTA Daughter/Father Dance Community Thanksgiving FBLA Spring District Meeting nd @ RCS Planned for November 22 4-7 Gr. 5 Project Know 5 Gr. 5 Project Know Parent/ The annual Community Thanksgiving Day dinner is set for November 22nd from noon Child Night to 1 pm at the Randolph Fire Hall for all area citizens and visitors. Drivers are available FBLA Blood Drive for transportation or take-out delivery. 6 BOE Mtg. 6pm Participants are asked to call Rosemary Gillen (358-2304), Louise Boutwell (358- 7 PTA Mtg. 7:30pm 4848) or Shirley Towers (358-6811) ASAP. Please provide: Name, phone, number of 18-22 NO SCHOOL – Mid-Winter adults and ages of children in the reservation, and address for delivery or transportation. Recess To volunteer at the dinner, please call the numbers above.

Winter 2018 Page 5 RCS Celebrates Homecoming with Week Full of Activities

Randolph Central School had a busy week for Homecoming this year. Student Council decided to bring back the Powder Puff football game on Sunday to kick off the week. The RCS Junior and Senior girls along with their coach Brent Brown took on the Freshmen and Sophomore girls who were coached by Nate Armella. The officials were; JV football Coach JJ Peterson and Varsity Assistant coach Jeff Pagett. All of the girls played a great game. They were tough, had fun and provided a lot of entertain- ment for the very large crowd in attendance. The Randolph raider Peewee Cheerleaders performed at halftime. The senior class had a full concession stand and did a great deal of business during the evening. As soon as the game was over the lights were shut down and the sky was lit up with an amazing fireworks display. The entire event was planned and paid for by the Randolph Student Council. The week continued on Tuesday with spirit week dress up days; class color day, duo

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day, decades day and Red & White Day. During halftime of the anyone from having a great time! During halftime of the football homecoming football game Friday night, Ryder Smith and Kam- game the Raider cheerleaders performed once again and the Home- eron Luce were crowned the 2018 Spirit King & Queen. coming Court was announced. This year’s Homecoming Court Friday afternoon the entire RCS high school student body and was Freshmen; Garrett Luce and Caliana Wheeler, Sophomores; staff assembled in the gym for the annual pep assembly. The pep Ethan Shields and Lavani Johnson and Juniors Caleb Steward and band welcoming students into the gym, then the varsity cheerlead- Jillian Stahley. The senior attendants for Homecoming King; Deter ers took over with the class cheers followed by the announcement Miinte, Mason Pagett, Spencer Sample and Hayden Congdon and of the 2018 Homecoming Court and recognition of all fall varsity Queen; Corin Carpenter, Nikole Lockwood, Arielle Haas-Magara sports teams. The pep assembly ended with a dodgeball tourna- and Madison Farnham. King and Queen were voted on by the stu- ment, which had a team from each class as well as the staff. The dent body and crowned at the Homecoming dance Saturday night. evening ended with the Fall Festival, which had to be moved into Mason Pagett and Corin Carpenter were crowned the 2018 Home- the elementary gym due to inclement weather, but that did not deter coming King & Queen.

Winter 2018 Page 7 Keeping Up With FFA

The Randolph FFA team of Katelyn Storer, Ryder Smith, Kyle Senn and Riley Palmer (not shown) were third place overall at the All Around Farmer contest Forty-three FFA members and animal Science students participated in the Alfred at the Cattaraugus County Fair. They Ag Skills contest held at Alfred State College. 7th place team was : Tra' Bargy, Daylon are shown with contest sponsor Charles Booth and Travis Wright. Ninth place team was Tallon Delahoy, Evan Liskow and Troy Boser. Katelyn was also 8th overall. The Wright. Evan Liskow was 7th overall, Daylon Booth was 13th and Tra' Bargy was 20th contest consists of total scores in agrono- out of 200 contestants. my and dairy and livestock judging.

The Randolph FFA took 1st place team at the NYS FFA welding contest Shown from left to right: Evan Liskow was 3rd overall; Tallon Dela- hoy was 5th and Tra' Bargy was 13th.

Members of the Randolph FFA helped out at the FFA ice cream booth at Erie County Fair, serving up ice cream and milk to fairgoers.

The team of Ella Conley, Amber Belz and Brynn Pagett was 9th overall in the Vet Tech con- test out of 20 teams.

Page 8 Winter 2018 Riley Palmer takes part in the flag lowering ceremony at Oswegatchie En- vironmental and Leadership Camp in the Adirondacks. Riley also completed the ropes course as well as leadership and sci- ence activities at the five-day camp.

Eight members of the Randolph FFA took part in the summer Alfred Dairy judging tour. Members placed 5th overall, and the junior 4-H team placed 3rd. Kendalle Booth was 4th overall.

Eight members of the Randolph FFA took part in chapter officer leadership training at Cornell University (no photo available). They participated in workshops on prepar- ing them to be better officer and chapter members. Taking part were Bryce Harvey, Dylan Muntz, Megan Steward, Allison Finch, Evan Liskow, Ryder SMith, Natalie Philp and Harper Smith. FFA members Evan Liskow and Amber Belz are shown with the state FFA sentinel at the meet the state officers get together at Wendel's Maple and More.

The Randolph FFA team of Kyra Pence, Kendalle Booth, Harper Smith, and Haleigh Smith were 1st place overall at the All Around Farmer contest at the Catta- raugus County Fair. Contest sponsor was Charles Boser. Shown are the Randolph FFA seniors that competed at Alfred Ag Skills Individually, Kendalle was also 2nd overall and Haleigh contest with their adviser Mrs. Pat Walker. was 4th overall. The contest consists of total scores in agronomy and dairy and livestock judging.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared the week of October 22nd to be School Board Recognition Week

Please join us in commending our RCS board members for their dedicated service to the children of New York State: David Adams - 12 years Daniel Jackson - 8 years Randolph Lions Club Louise Boutwell - 38 years Julie Milliman - 11 years Michael Evans - 15 years Brandon Walters - 1st year Assists Children Janet Huntington - 9 years With Vision Problems Our Board devotes many hours to public education and continually strives for improvement, quality, and progress in education. Please join us in saying Children around the world are affected “Thank You” to David, Louise, Michael, Janet, Dan, Julie and Brandon for vol- by a range of eye diseases and condi- unteering their time for the benefit of our children. tions, impacting their abilities to learn and socialize when left unaddressed. As they grow, poor vision may impact their The remaining school board meetings for the 2018-19 school year are (at ability to gain employment. If your child 6 p.m., unless otherwise noted): is affected and you need assistance, please • December 5, 2018 contact the Randolph Lions Club liaison, • January 9, 2019 Rosemary Gillen, at 358-2304. • February 6, 2019 • March 6, 2019 Changes to District • April 3, 2019 Newsletter Mailing List • May 14, 2019 - Public Budget Hearing For school district residents who don't • May 21, 2019 - Annual have a Randolph address, if you no longer wish to have the newsletters mailed to Budget & Board Vote you, please call the district office (358- • June 5, 2019 7005) to be removed from the mailing list.

Early Dismissal Central Register Listed for Reporting Reminder Child Abuse and Mistreatment Commissioner's regulations specifically require that the public telephone number for reporting be posted: 1-800-342-3720. Friday, The Statewide Central Register operates a 24/7, toll-free hotline for mandated report- st ers at: 1-800-635-1522. December 21 To access the website please go to: http://ocfs.ny.gov/services/details. asp?county=Cattaraugus Elementary 11:20 a.m. Los reglamentos del Comisionado requieren especificamente que el número de telé- fono público para reportar el abuso infantil sea publicado: 1-800-342-3720. El Registro Central del Estado opera una línea telefónica gratuita para los reporteros High School obligados al: 1-800-635-1522. 11:30 a.m. Para acceder al sitio web, vaya a: Http://ocfs.ny.gov/services/details. aspcountry=Cattaraugus

Page 10 Winter 2018 Winter 2018 Page 11 RANDOLPH CENTRAL SCHOOL 18 Main Street NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION Randolph, New York 14772 U.S. POSTAGE PAID www.randolphcsd.org PERMIT # 10 RANDOLPH, NY 14772 BOARD OF EDUCATION David Adams Louise Boutwell ECRWSS Michael Evans Janet Huntington OR CURRENT RESIDENT Daniel Jackson, President Julie Milliman, Vice President Brandon Walters POSTAL PATRON LOCAL ADMINISTRATION Kaine Kelly, Superintendent of Schools Charles Shevlin, School Business Executive Jason Halpainy, 7-12 Principal Kristy Carlson, PreK-6 Principal Kourtney Almeida, Pupil Services Coordinator Michael Cipolla, Director of Operations and Instruction Maureen Pitts, District Clerk

RCS Now Hiring Substitute Teachers and Teacher Aides Have you ever considered being a substitute teacher or aide? On a daily basis, we use the ser- vices of substitute teachers and aides. RCS is experiencing a substitute shortage. This is a vital service that you could provide to your district. If you are available during the day and would like to earn some extra money please consider subbing. Substitute applications can be found at www.randolphcsd.org or by Writing Contest Winners contacting: Maureen Pitts Randolph Central School took 2nd place at the 2018 Cattaraugus/Allegany Princi- (716) 358-7005 pals’ Association Writing Contest. Elisabeth Root, Brynn Pagett, Kaylyn Chadwick and [email protected] Chase Smallbook were members of the winning team. Brynn also won an individual award and cash prize for her essay.

Alma Mater Here’s a song we raise to Randolph Central School. In our hearts our loyalty for her will rule. May her fame for long survive, We are here to keep alive, The spirit of the school we love, To her we’ll be true! Red and white, Red and white. White for purity. Red for courage strong, Red and white, Red and white. We will always love and cherish long. So, let our voices ring, Ring loud and clear! With deep affection, And recollection, of Randolph Central School. Long may her colors wave, High on the hill. We’re singing your praises, Randolph Central School! RAH!!!!!!!!!!!