Avon Central Schools

Try your hand against other chess players starting Monday 3/4 from 3 - 4PM at the Avon Free Library.

Our cheerleaders will compete tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 17, in the Section V Class D1 Winter Cheerleading Championships at Gates-Chili High School, 1 Spartan Way Rochester. Performances begin at 9 a.m. Avon is slated to go on at 3:50 p.m. The awards ceremony is at 6:45 p.m. (times are approximate) Tickers are $7.30 and can be purchased online through GoFan at the link below. Section V will livestream the event at the link below. There is a fee to access the stream. Tickets link: https://gofan.co/event/1291787?schoolId=NYSPHSAAV&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rst&referrer_name=activity_scheduler&utm_campaign=rst_schedule_page Livestream link: https://vcloud.blueframetech.com/broadcast/ppv/921893

One last shout out from last night’s swim championship. Senior Kaitlyn G. and sophomore Jessie C. both put up times that, had they been competing during girls swim season, would have qualified them for the state championships. Kate took second place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 59.79, faster than the girls’ state qualifying standard of 1:00.02. Jessie took third place in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.30, besting the girls state qualifying standard of 1:00.42 by more than a second. Congrats, ladies!

Head Coach Dan Paganin had a special cheering section last night at the Class D Swimming & Diving Championship! Westley, 8, is a second grader at Avon Elementary School and his little brother, Darwin, 6, is in kindergarten. Both gave dad some encouragement during a break in the action last night!

9 points. After 12 events, dozens of swims and a whole lot of anxiety, that’s what separated your Avon Braves and the Gananda Blue Panthers in last night’s Section V Class D Swimming & Diving Championship at Haverling High School. Thankfully, it was the Braves that came away with the brick, besting Gananda 351 points to 342 to earn their second straight sectional swim title! Like last year, the Braves had no individual champions, instead relying on their depth - including two second place finishes, six third place finishes and three fourth place finishes - to capture the team title. Super proud of these athletes - they swam HARD last night against quality competition and got the job done. Congratulations, Braves, on your BACK TO BACK titles! Full photo album over on our Facebook page at the link below. Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=100064703294390&set=a.786677010165735

Ruben Ornelas, a dancer and choreographer with GLOW Creatives, stopped by the High School yesterday to meet with our Senior Choir about its upcoming performance to celebrate the grand re-opening of the Avon Opera House! “This is a huge deal for the community and for our singers to be a part of,” said Choir Director Kristen Maxfield. “The Opera House has been closed since the late 1960s. The reopening will be the first time anyone has performed in it since then and our Senior Choir will be a part of history for it. It's pretty cool!” Ornelas, who’s coordinating the Opera House’s re-opening ceremony and performances, stopped by to meet our choir members, talk to them about what to expect the day of their performance and to listen to them prepare their songs. “He was very impressed with how they responded in rehearsal and by their vocal abilities,” said Maxfield. The Avon Opera House’s grand re-opening is Saturday, March 2. While exact performance times have not yet been set, our choir should perform at some point between 2 and 4 p.m. Keep an eye out for more information in the near future! (Photos courtesy of Carrie Gruschow)

Tickets are $7.30 and can be purchased online through GoFan at the link below. Section V will livestream the game at the link below. There is a fee to access the stream. Tickets link: https://gofan.co/event/1404597?schoolId=NYSPHSAAV&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rst&referrer_name=activity_scheduler&utm_campaign=rst_schedule_page Livestream link: https://vcloud.blueframetech.com/broadcast/ppv/972594

Avon alumna Sarina McDowell (Class of 2023), a freshman forward at Nazareth University, has been named Empire 8 co-Rookie of the Week! Sarina led the Golden Flyers in the two games last week with a scoring average of 18.5 points per game. She scored 19 points and grabbed six rebounds in the win over Keuka College and then added 18 points and seven rebounds at Houghton. She missed just three shots in the two games as she finished 15-for-18 (.833) from the field and was 7-for-10 from the free throw line. Congrats, Sarina! Read more here: https://nazathletics.com/news/2024/2/12/womens-basketball-mcdowell-named-empire-8-co-rookie-of-the-week.aspx?fbclid=IwAR1aho8S2ANr6B97DV33trd5p7XhqORpp9k2aWDI5G1OTsofLREysJm8ZWs

Yesterday afternoon, we hosted administrators from surrounding districts for a presentation from Dr. Rick Timbs, a retired school superintendent and school finance expert who assists districts with long-term financial planning. The session was aimed at helping schools to plan given COVID relief funds are coming to an end and New York State has proposed significant changes to school aid that, if approved, would negatively impact all schools in our region. At the end of the session, Dr. Timbs briefly addressed the pending state mandate for schools to purchase zero emissions school buses within the next five years. This was a helpful session for Genesee Valley BOCES superintendents and business officials to gain a deeper understanding of the proposed changes to the school funding formula and its impact on short and long-range financial planning.

Our swimmers will compete in the Section V Class C Swimming and Diving Championships tomorrow - Friday, Feb. 16 - at Churchville-Chili High School, 5786 Buffalo Rd., Churchville. Tickets are $7.30 and can be purchased online through GoFan at the link below. Section V will also livestream the championship at the link below. There is a fee to access the stream. Warm-ups start at 4 p.m. with races set to begin at 5:15 p.m. (time is approximate). Tickets link: https://gofan.co/event/1303167?schoolId=NYSPHSAAV Livestream link: https://vcloud.blueframetech.com/broadcast/ppv/921626

Mrs. Emily Schroeder’s freshmen global history students presented the fruits of their international interview projects last week in the High School Library. In addition to learning about foreign nations’ people, culture and history, the purpose of the assignment, said Schroeder, was for students to make personal connections to major events of the 20th century, practice the techniques of conducting personal interviews and collect authentic documents to help them better understand, appreciate and preserve the stories of their interview subjects. We stopped by a few of Schroeder’s classes last week to see what students took away from the project. See what they had to say in the video linked below! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g6apkHG7Yg

Eighth grader James C. punched his ticket to the State Wrestling Championships in Albany later this month after placing 2nd in the Section V State Qualifiers Saturday at SUNY Brockport. James started out the day 2-0 with two technical falls in the quarters and semis to make the Division II 124-lbs finals where he fell via technical fall to 3-time defending Section V Class B1 Champion Chris Noto of Honeoye Falls-Lima. In the consolation finals, James earned the 3-0 decision over Robert Pullen of Waterloo to take 2nd place overall and qualify for the state championships. Congratulations to James and also to Ethan C., Connor D. and Patrick H., who finished their seasons Saturday at SUNY Brockport. (Photo courtesy of Bob Blair via ArmDrag.com)

All four of our divers placed at the Section V Class D Diving Championships Saturday at the Webster Aquatic Center! Leading the way for the Braves was senior Megan M., who took third place in the 11-dive event with 338.60 points. Next for Avon was senior Taylor S., who took 5th with 283.85 points. Molly M. and Izzy C. finished 10th and 11th overall with 264.20 and 263.65 points, respectively. Congrats, divers! (Photo courtesy of Section V)

Our combined Livonia-Geneseo-Avon Lakers indoor track teams competed Saturday at the Rochester Winter Track League Championships at Nazareth University. Our boys put up a bunch of PRs and top 6 finishes en route to a 9th place finish while our girls team scored 83 points and took 2nd overall. “Although we are a merged program, we pull from three small districts which makes this a huge achievement for us,” said Head Coach Jenna Williams. “Last year, the girls team finished second to last in their division with a score of 6 points. To see this kind of growth, passion, dedication, and teamwork on display has been nothing short of remarkable.” Top 6 finishers for the Lakers are listed below: Girls Blair W.: 1st, long jump Emily F.: 1st, pole vault; 5th 600-meter run Poppy T.: 2nd, pole vault Taila B.: 2nd, high jump Greyson H.: 3rd, shot put Isabelle E.: 3rd, weight throw; 6th shot put MacKenzie L.: 4th, shot put; 4th, weight throw Alaina T.: 4th, 3,000-meter run Katie P.: 4th, 1,000-meter run Olivia C.: 5th, 1,500-meter race walk Britney C.: 6th, 55-meter hurdles; 6th, 1,500-meter race walk Emily F., Katie P., Cheyenne S. and Rachael M.: 2nd, 4x400-meter relay Olivia C., Blair W., Ava C. and Taila B.: 4th, 4x200-meter relay Boys Caleb R.: 4th, 1000-meter run Callan R.: 5th, 55-meter hurdles Corey D.: 6th, 3,200-meter run Aiden B., Corey D., Wyatt K. and Andrew M.: 3rd, 4x800-meter relay Callan R., Nick S., Jayden C. and Jake B.: 6th, 4x200-meter relay

Our wrestlers will compete tomorrow - Saturday, Feb. 10 - at the Section V State Qualifiers at SUNY Brockport. Matches begin at 9 a.m. (time is approximate). Finals tickets are $7.30. All-day passes are $13.60. The event will be livestreamed. There is a fee to access the streams. Use the link below to access Section V’s State Qualifiers webpage which includes information about and links to ticketing and livestreaming options. https://sectionv.org/news/2024/2/6/boys-wrestling-ticketing-merchandise-and-broadcast-information-for-state-qualfiers.aspx

Avon divers will compete at the Section V Class D Diving Championships tomorrow - Saturday, Feb. 10 - at the Webster Aquatic Center, 875 Ridge Rd., Webster. Warm-ups begin at 9 a.m. The meet starts at 11:15 a.m. (times are approximate). Tickets are $7.30 and can be purchased online through GoFan at the link below. The event will be livestreamed via Section V at the link below. There is a fee to access the stream. Tickets link: https://gofan.co/event/1295826?schoolId=NYSPHSAAV&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rst&referrer_name=activity_scheduler&utm_campaign=rst_schedule_page Livestream link: https://vcloud.blueframetech.com/broadcast/ppv/921381

For the vast majority of our students, their bus driver is the first person they see on their way into school in the morning and the last person they see on their way home in the afternoon. This morning, we gathered members of our Transportation Department at Peppermints Family Restaurant to thank them for the work they put in each and every day to get our students where they need to go quickly and safely. We appreciate you!

Mark your calendars, Avon. This Friday, Feb. 9, our Middle School Student Council is sponsoring TWO awesome events - one for 5th and 6th graders and one for 7th and 8th graders! First up is the 5th/6th Grade Fun Night from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Middle School Gymnasium. We’ll have pizza, movies, board games and a whole lot more. Then, from 7 to 9 p.m., the gym will transform into the venue for the 7th/8th Grade Dance complete with games, a photo booth and a live DJ! Admission is $6 for each event. Teachers will also be chaperoning both events, so parents don’t need to stay. We hope to see you Friday for our forthcoming, festive functions, which are firmly fated to be fully flush with farcical frivolity!

Over the past few weeks, students in Mr. Mike Dale’s sophomore principles of engineering class have been working to design, build and improve machines as part of their units on gear ratios and fluid dynamics. Working in small groups, Dale’s students created a box-crusher, a forklift, a wrecking ball and a crane using gears, hydraulic and pneumatic systems and a range of out-of-the-box and custom, 3D-printed parts. We stopped by this afternoon to see how they all work - check it out at the link below! Link: https://youtu.be/zFpmkFF6QVQ

Join us in congratulations Avon eighth grader James C., who captured the Section V Class B2 124-lb Wrestling Championship Saturday at East Rochester High School! James pinned his first two opponents inside 2 minutes to make the finals where he earned a 15-0 technical fall victory to claim his first sectional title. In addition to capturing the 124-lb title, James was also named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler for the lightweight divisions. Other top finishers for Avon-Geneseo at sectionals were: • Connor D. (Avon), who took second place at 101 lbs • Ethan C. (Geneseo), who took third at 215 lbs • Brady D. (Avon,) who took sixth at 190 lbs • Patrick H. (Geneseo), who took fifth at 285 lbs James and his fellow, top 5 sectional finishers will compete at the Section V State Qualifiers this Saturday, Feb. 10, at SUNY Brockport. (Photos courtesy of Armdrag.com)