Protecting Children and Teens Online/Cell Phone Safety /Consequences
News of Districtwide Interest
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is sponsoring a presentation at St. Agnes School on Monday, March 15 at 7:00 PM. Attendees will learn about: • The risks to children/teens using chat rooms, web browsers, email,cell phones and social networking on the internet... more info

Genesee Valley BOCES Digital Media Festival
News of Districtwide Interest
All ACS students are encouraged to submit their digital media projects to the Fourth Annual Digital Media Festival. If you have done a project that involves computer use then your project may fit into one of the many project categories. Winning an award in this competitive festival would be a... more info

March is Parents As Reading Partners Month
Elementary School
The month of March has been designated as PARP or Parents As Reading Partners month. A special thanks to Mrs. Danielle Read, the PTA coordinator, and Mrs. Holly Mullin for all their hard work in putting together a schedule of events. This year’s theme is, “Share the Positive Power of Reading.” We... more info

Alistair Pauling spaghetti dinner fundraiser-
News of Districtwide Interest
Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser for the Pauling Family March 12, 2010 Alistair Finn Pauling is a 2 1/2 year-old boy with Chronic Granulomatous Disorder. He was diagnosed when he was 6 months old, and has had multiple lengthy hospital stays over the past 2 years. Because of the medications and... more info

Leveled Literacy Intervention Piloted At Avon Primary
Elementary School
Reading specialists, Mrs. Tina Fortune and Mrs. Sandy Kaufmann, have begun piloting LLI or Leveled Literacy Intervention with a select group of first and second graders. LLI has been developed in response to the demands of teachers and administrators for a powerful, scientifically-based early... more info

PBIS Team Plans "Braves Patrol" for March
Elementary School
At a recent PBIS or Braves Team meeting we were thrilled with how well the students have done so far this year. The Office Disciplinary Referral data was astounding! We presently have half the number of referrals this year than we have had in years past at this time, and most importantly we have... more info

Books for Break Program a Hit
Elementary School
The Books for Break program was a smashing success. 23% of the student population took a book home for the winter recess. The students can either return the book to school or keep it. Thank you to all those staff and students that contributed to the book box!

Students to Learn About Puppetry
Elementary School
The Primary School will soon be experiencing an enrichment residency called, The World of Puppetry, will be coming soon on March 17-18 and 22-25, 2010. The residency enrichment is part of the events scheduled for has our Parents As Reading Partners or PARP month. In this residency students will... more info