Below is a list of dates for the remaining PTA Meetings for this school year. All PTA Meetings are held at 7pm in the Secondary Media Center. We'd love to have you come to discuss upcoming PTA sponsored events and fundraisers, new ideas, or ask any questions you may have.

Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

We are pleased to offer the Gertrude Hawk Chocolate fundraiser again this year! Sale proceeds will benefit future PTA events and projects, such as the Ice Cream Social, Elementary Author Visit, Senior Scholarships, and much more! We need your participation to reach our goal!

To participate, you can return the paper order form (with payment) or order online.

You can order online at gertrudehawkfundraising.com. Our group code is 703301. Once you create an account and log in, you can click on "Sponsor Me Email" to send an email out to select friends, co-workers, and family with a direct link so that your child gets credit for the sale.

How do web orders get delivered?

1. Web orders placed by Monday, March 4 by parents and the community can be delivered with the main school order with free shipping.
2. Out of town friends and family can choose to send their orders directly to their home (standard shipping fees apply). With this option, orders can be placed now through April 14.

Every student that sells at least 1 item will receive a prize! Levels are based on total sales. If you submit a brochure order and also sell online, your child's name must match exactly to earn his/her prize.

The order deadline is Monday, March 4! Estimated order pickup is the week of April 1st!

The Clinton Central School PTA is proud to sponsor The Brain Show Educational Assembly for all elementary school students on March 28! The Brain Show has been seen by hundreds of thousands of people throughout the United States. The assembly will be a highly educational and interactive game show, offering authentic fun and the excitement of a real live TV game show, including colorful podiums with computerized lights and sounds!

The CCS PTA Farm to School Committee, working with OHM BOCES Food Service and the Mohawk Valley Farm to School Initiative, has launched a new Harvest of the Month sampling program. Harvest of the Month is a Farm to School initiative that promotes a seasonal, locally grown item each month. A day or two before the Harvest of the Month is listed on the menu each month, the elementary school kitchen staff will prepare a batch of the menu item for volunteers to serve samples to students in the cafeteria. The idea is to encourage the students to try something new and maybe even choose it for lunch later in the week. Below is our sample schedule:

Menu Item	Sample Date	Date Listed on Menu
Honey Carrot Bar	March 26	March 28
Black Bean and Corn Salsa	April 23	April 25
Cheesy Kale Bake	May 21	May 23
Cucumber Yogurt Dip	June 4	June 6

If you would like to join the Farm to School committee, please email us at farmtoschool@ccspta.info You can also help by encouraging your child to try the samples offered! Thank you for your support!

The honored Students of the Month exhibit excellence in academics, citizenship, and the core values of Clinton Middle School. Each student selected exemplifies a specific character trait that supports our positive school community.

The character trait for the month of January was sponsored by the Clinton Middle School Student Council. Perseverance is working hard to finish what you start. A person who displays perseverance is goal directed despite challenges and difficulties.

At each school board meeting, CCS Superintendent Dr. Stephen Grimm presents "Bright Spots", highlighting activites at each of the schools and important information throughout the district. Below are the Bright Spots slides for February. The public is welcome to attend school board meetings to learn more.

** Click here to view the full agenda from the 2/26/19 Board Meeting, along with additional annotations.

Recently the General Chemistry class went curling at the Utica Curling Club. They enjoyed the sport and learned so much about the chemistry of the ice and the physics involved in curling. Many volunteers curlers came out to instruct us including retired Media Center Specialist, Mrs. Linda Chesebro. It was a terrific field trip!

This school year, CCS is participating in the Positivity Project. A different character trait or topic is highlighted and discussed at school each week. This week's character trait is "Enthusiasm". According to the Positivity Project's Weekly Roundup:

Enthusiasm is the ability to bring life and excitement to different situations. It often leads to a higher level of involvement and engagement both for individuals and for groups. Those who demonstrate zest and enthusiasm bring an energy and level of intensity to individual and group work.

People with enthusiasm and zest are happy, but this strength goes beyond happiness or pleasure. It is an activated positive energy, and associated with self-realization and autonomy. Enthusiasm is a strength that has strong connotations with both physical and mental vitality and well-being. It can be fortified through diet, exercise, mindset, and social connection.

Visit The Positivity Project's website to learn more and to sign up for the weekly newsletter.

Clinton Central School District Kindergarten Registration is scheduled for the week of March 4th in the Elementary School Office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (the child does not need to be present). You may also go to the CCS website, ccs.edu, for a copy of the registration packet, which will be available in early March. Children need to be five years old on or before December 1, 2019 to be eligible to start Kindergarten in the fall. Immunizations need to be updated before entry in the fall and an original birth certificate must be presented at the time of registration. Incoming Kindergarten Parent Information Night will be April 25th 6:30pm to 8:30pm in the Elementary School Cafeteria.

Clinton will be hosting our Tri-Band Festival this year on Tuesday, March 19 and Wednesday, March 20. The school calendar is marked incorrectly. Please make a note of this so that your child will be able to attend the night of their concert. The middle school Concert Band will perform at 7pm on Tuesday, March 19. The high school Symphonic Band will perform at 7pm on Wednesday, March 20.

Students will be excused from some classes during the day of their festival to rehearse with guest conductors in preparation for that evening's performance.

The high school's LEAP Club (Leaders in Environmental Awareness and Protection) is proud to announce a new recycling initiative for personal hygiene/beauty products and packaging. For each item that that we recycle, we will earn money towards a charity that digs wells for communities in developing nations. If everyone in our district contributes 20 items, the profits will provide 200 people with a year's worth of clean drinking water. Place your used products and empty containers in the collection boxes in the high school office, middle school office, and elementary school hallway (beside the boxtop collection box) to alleviate thirst and keep these items out of our landfill!

Accepted Used Items

• Toothbrushes
• Toothpaste tubes and caps
• Floss containers
• Deodorant containers and caps
• Hair product tubes and caps
• Soap/lotion/shampoo dispensers
• Hair spray triggers
• Chapstick/lipstick tubes and caps
• Bar-soap wrappers
• Make-up tubes (mascara, concealer, etc.)
• Make-up cases (eyeshadow, bronzer, powder, etc.)
• Foundation packaging
• Make-up pencils

Thank you for your participation!

Below you will find the dates of several upcoming school spirit days at Clinton Elementary:

• Friday, March 1 - Dr. Seuss Day - Wear anything that reminds you of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters
• Thursday, March 14 - Lucky Day - Go green or wear a rainbow!
• Tuesday, April 2 - Autism Awareness Day - Light up the world with blue!
• Thursday, April 11 - Clinton Warrior Day - Wear school colors
• Friday, April 26 - Earth Day/Arbor Day - Wear green or animal print

Click here for the full list of spirit days for this school year.

** Mrs. Hall is still looking for more pet pictures for "Lucky Day" (wear green) and "Dr Seuss Day" (wear anything that reminds you of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters). You can email them to her at lhall@ccs.edu.

2018 - 2019 Clinton Elementary School Yearbook

Hockeyville USA special section this year!

The 2018 - 2019 Clinton Elementary School yearbook is on sale now! Hurry, don't delay, order today! We only have a select number of books to sell. Reserve your copy online at jostensyearbooks.com Prices start at $25.

We are looking for Hockeyville USA pictures from April 2018 to the time of the big game. Email yearbook@ccspta.info

From the CCS Athletic Office:

We are in need of a Modified Baseball Coach for the spring sports season. If you would like to apply, or know someone who would, please contact Michael King at 315-557-2231.

** Registration is rescheduled for Thursday, February 28 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.

Spring Break

April 15-19, 2019

8:30-3:45
Cost: $160 per student member / $180 non-member

The offerings will be divided to accommodate elementary students, junior high students and high school students with appropriately themed art and movement activities for each group. There will be two sessions each day for each group so that they have different activities and a different teacher from the morning session to the afternoon session. Students please bring sack lunches. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

The Hamilton College Department of Dance and Movement Studies will present its annual Spring Dance Concert on Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and Performing Arts on the Hamilton campus. The performance will feature Hamilton student dancers and choreography by Hamilton faculty Elaine Heekin, Sandra Stanton-Cotter, Bruce Walczyk, Paris Wilcox, in addition to guest choreographer John Castagna.

John Castagna, a resident choreographer of The Ballet Collective in Los Angeles, Calif., joins Hamilton College for another year of new contemporary ballet. Castagna’s piece AGE of ANXIETY will be set to excerpts from Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2.

Catacombs, a piece choreographed by Professor Elaine Heekin set to The Gusla Male Choir (Old Bulgarian and Russian Orthodox chants).

Sandra Stanton-Cotter is a lecturer in dance and movement studies at Hamilton. She will present First and Last Night set by Allegretto and Vivace, Chamber music of Bernard Herrmann and Jerome Moross.

“Open House at the Stickland Academy of Filipino Martial Arts” choreographed by Professor Bruce Walczyk is presented in a “lecture/demonstration” format utilizing set patterns and structured improvisation. The use of fire hardened rattan sticks such as olisi, bangkaw, olisi palad, serrada olisi and yantok along with Richard Lloyd on percussion help to create the soundscore for this piece that blends the visual and sound output of various rompido, abaniko, sinawali and sumbrada patterns.

Hamilton alumnus Paris Wilcox is a lecturer in dance and movement studies at Hamilton. He will present Bach Be Brevis, which will include Hamilton students, Jackson Bedford, Haley Raphael and Marjorie Wang.

Tickets for this event are $5 for adults/ $3 for senior citizens and students. For more information call: (315) 859-4331 or visit: www.hamilton.edu/performingarts.

Have a pizza and help a student go to college! Every Wednesday during the winter months, when you purchase a pizza from Alteri’s Restaurant in Clinton (dine in or take out), $2 of the price will go to Clinton Dollars for Scholars to support a scholarship to honor Mr. and Mrs. Alteri. The local chapter matches up to $500 to make this a $1,000 scholarship. For more information, go to http://clinton.dollarsforscholars.org.

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