Addison School District Newsletter Superintendent, Mrs. Stiker 607-359-2244 Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Mr. DioGuardi 607-359-2090 School Business Official, Mr. Perry 607-359-2245

Addison Senior High School Principal, Mr. Howe 607-359-2241 Addison Middle School Principal, Mrs. Loomis 607-359-2261 Tuscarora and Valley Elementary Schools Principal, Mrs. Flint 607-359-2261 www.addisoncsd.org School Year 2009-2010 Issue 14 Page 1 of 4 December 4, 2009

Valley Elementary October Student of the Month

Helen Belemonti is a wonderful role model for the third grade. She is always on task, willing to participate and help others. She enjoys jumping on the trampo- line with her brother when not doing her school work. She is the daughter of Genna Pendergrass and Dan Katherine Morris Alexander. Star Student for 8th grade

Addison High School October Students of the Month

Marcus Vandusen 9th grade

Justin Tompkins 10th grade

Alicia Taylor 11th grade

Marissa Eccleston 12th grade School Year 2009-2010 Issue 14 Page 2 of 4 December 4, 2009

News from Valley Newspaper Club

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The annual Valley School Thanksgiving Feast was held on Thursday, November 19, 2009. Four Safety Patrol members greeted the guests in the lobby, while the Student Council officers set the tables in the dining room. They put beautiful, sparkling cen- terpieces on the tables. The centerpieces were made by the Head Start and Pre-K4 students. There were also two colorful folding paper turkeys for the guest table. Thank you to Mrs. Illig. The students in Pre-K4 wore turkey head- bands! The second grade and first grade students made their own fancy placemats, the kindergarteners dressed like pilgrims wearing hats, bonnets and collars. The entire third grade class served the students, staff and guests. Each of the third grade students wore colorful and interesting aprons. The food was tasty: turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, stuffing, applesauce, corn bread, and rolls. For dessert we ate pumpkin pudding with whipped cream and vanilla wafers. Everybody drank pink lemonade! Some of the guests were Mrs. Stiker, Mrs. Flint, Mr. Cunningham, Mrs. Wilkinson, and Mr. Johnson. We had many other people who also work for the school district sitting at the guest table, too.

The Little Old Lady That Wasn’t Afraid of Anything, it is a title to a very amusing book, but Ms. Cathy Matthews, classroom assistant, made a few changes and turned it into a play. The four characters in the play were portrayed by 5th grade students. The students performed the play for 3rd and 4th grade classes and everyone loved it. Great job everyone! Kateyln Loucks - The Little Old Lady Tristan Bettinger – The pumpkin head Nathan Landry – The shirt, tall hat and white gloves

EMERGENCY CLOSING NOTIFICATION - Clip and Save

There may be unexpected times when school must be canceled or delayed due to inclement weather or other emergencies. Notice of closings or de- lays may be found at the following locations:

Web Site: www.addisoncsd.org

TV and Radio Stations:

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WETM TV, WTTX Elmira 14901 Channel 18 WENY TV Horseheads Channel 36 News 10 Now - TV Central/No. NY Corning Time Warner Cable Ch 20 WSKG-FM Binghamton/Hornell 91.1 / 88.7 WCLI / WCBA, & WENY Corning 1450 AM / 98.7 FM / 1350 AM 92.7 FM / 1230 AM WVIN Bath 14810 98.3 FM / 1380 AM WPGI / WWLZ. WNKI Elmira 100.9 FM / 820 AM WINK 106 WLVY, WELM, WEHH, WOKN Elmira 94.3 FM / 95.5 FM 1410 AM / 1600 AM WHGL Troy, PA 16947 100.3 FM WHHO AM & FM Hornell 14843 1320 AM / 105.3 FM WLEA Hornell 1480 AM / 92.1 FM WHAM TV & Radio outlets Rochester 14604 1180 AM / 1280 AM 100.5 FM / 106.7 FM / 102 FM / 95.1 FM 107.3 FM WBBF95 AM, WBEE 92 FM Rochester 14604 1180 AM 92 FM WXXI Rochester 14601 91.5 FM / 1370 AM School Year 2009-2010 Issue 14 Page 3 of 4 December 4, 2009 School Year 2009-2010 Issue 14 Page 4 of 4 December 4, 2009

Up-coming Valley PTA is sponsoring a Tupperware BINGO party Holiday Concerts! on Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 11am-1pm at the Leland Flint Community Center. Choral Concert We are raising money to purchase a slide for our playground. for grades 3,4,5 & 6 will be Everyone from the community is welcome to come. December 10th at 7:00pm There will be prizes and giveaways.

Band Concert Take these everyday steps to protect your health: Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash for grades 4,5 & 6 will be after you use it. th December 16 at 7:00pm Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way. Band Concert Try to avoid close contact with sick people. for grades 7-12 will be Stay home if you are sick until at least 24 hours after you no longer have a fever (100°F or 37.8°C) December 18th at 7:00pm or signs of a fever.

The Tuscarora Bands would like to invite you to their winter concert on Addison Sports Schedule Wednesday, December 16th at 7:00PM December 7th -12th in the HS auditorium. Our instrumental students in grades 4-6 have worked very hard Tuesday December 8th and will be performing a variety of songs to celebrate this holiday Boys’ JV & Varsity Basketball @ Hammondsport 5:45 Wrestling Home Wellsville 6:15 season. We hope to see you there. Swimming Home Cuba-Rushford 6:00

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE JENNIE MOSE FAMILY Wednesday December 9th RESOURCE CENTER? Girls’ JV & Varsity Basketball Home Hammondsport 5:45 7 Cleveland Dr., Addison, NY 14801 359-3839 Thursday December 10th [email protected] Wrestling @ Campbell-Savona 6:15 Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Swimming Home Alfred-Almond 5:30 Center- Drop in and Play Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Friday December 11th Boys’ JV & Varsity Basketball Home Jasper-Troupsburg 5:45 Girls’ JV & Varsity Basketball @ Jasper-Troupsburg 5:45

JOIN US AT THE JENNIE MOSE FRC FOR SOME Saturday December 12th MUSIC MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY DATES: Modified Boys’ Basketball Home Jasper-Troupsburg 9:00 th Dec. 4, 11, 18 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Modified Girls’ @ Jasper-Troupsburg 9:00

The Annual Hat and Mitten Drive by the Addison School USA-Red Cross Club will be held this year from District Events December 1st to December 15th. They will be collecting new or gently used winter hats, gloves, Date Event mittens, and scarves. You can help families in our Dec 8th 6:00 pm Public Hearing community stay warm this winter by sending in 6:30 pm Board of Education Business items with your son/daughter to their home- Meeting at the High School rooms between December 1st to 15th. Dec 10th 7:00 pm Elementary Choral Concert Thank you for your support. (grades 3-6) Dec 16th Library Club Santa Hour The Jennie Mose Family Resource Center has installed a clothing drop off shed at the Addison First Baptist Church as a fundraiser and service to the community. On Wednesday, Dec 16th 7:00 pm Elementary Band Concert November 4, St. Pauly Textile installed one of their clothing collection sheds (pictured below) at the church (grades 4-6) for the community to use as a drop off for clothing. The clothing will be distributed all over the United States Dec 16th Noon—8 pm in the high school gym vote and World to those who can use it. The Resource Center will in turn receive $40 for every 1,000 pounds of on purchase of properties clothing that is donated. This program keeps clothing out of the landfill, helps out those in need and helps Dec 16h Library Club Santa Story Hour out the Resource Center with funding. St. Pauly is a local family owned, Western New York Based Com- pany and is a member of the Better Business Bureau. St. Pauly collects useable clothing, shoes, sneakers, Dec 16th 7:00 pm Elementary Band Concert for belts, purses, linens, blankets and drapes. In 2008 alone, more than 38 million garments were distributed to grades 4-6 an estimated 3.5 million people through the St. Pauly Program. St. Pauly is family run and operated. It was Dec 18th 8:00 am Valley School Holiday Bazaar founded by Joe DeGeorge and Paul Callarame fourteen years ago. Joe’s children, Joey, Ben and Ted now Dec 18th 7:00 pm Middle and High School Band run the company with Joe. St. Pauly currently Concert grades 7-12 has 236 clothing drop off sheds all over Western and Central NY. They have never had anyone Dec 21st Winter Begins ask to remove a shed. They have sheds in Dec 23rd Noon—Valley School Holiday Program Corning, Bath, Canisteo and Lindley. For the Dec 24th—January 1st complete list of sheds and more information No School for Students Holiday Recess about St. Pauly, visit http://www.St-Pauly.com For further, local information please call the January The first day of school in the year 2010 Jennie Mose Family Resource Center at (607) 4th 359-3839. January 7:00 pm Tuscarora PTA Meeting Address of drop off location: 14 Baldwin Ave, 4th Addison, NY January 6:00 pm Valley PTA Meeting 5th