CSS Newsletter
April 11, 2019
Produced by the CCS PTA
Submissions for the CCS Newsletter are due by 3 PM on Mondays prior.
Email to: news@ccspta.info
Email to: news@ccspta.info
There will be one last opportunity to pick up your Gertrude Hawk candy order before spring break! This final pickup will be today (Thursday, April 11) from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at the theater box office. Please email us at ccsnypta@gmail.com with any questions. Thanks for participating in this sale!
The meeting minutes for our April PTA Meeting are available to download here. The principals from all three schools in the district attended and gave updates on school news. We also talked about the openings on the CCS PTA Board for next school year. If you think you might be interested in joining the PTA Board or if you have any questions, please reach out to the nominating committee via the PTA email - ccsnypta@gmail.com.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Black Bean and Corn Salsa | April 30 | April 30 |
| 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!
Kindergarteners explored black beans using all 5 senses during this week's mystery box lesson. All of them reached in to feel and describe the bean, then sniffed, licked and almost everyone chose to taste it!
A deliberate focus on being present is so important today due to the increasing number of distractions vying for our time and attention. Phone calls, text messages, emails, social media notifications all have the formidable capacity to pull us away from the present moment and what's most important – our relationships with other people. How dangerous is this to our well-being and the fabric of our society? Very.
Just like plants need sunlight to grow, our relationships need attention. The research is crystal clear, relationships are the cornerstone of health, happiness, and resilience. And, if we don't give our attention to the people we're building relationships with – whether family members, close friends, or even distant colleagues – we can't build those relationships.
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My name is Celso Vasquez. I am a Junior at Clinton High School. I was a student in Guatemala until I was 13 years old. Many of the children in Guatemala lack equipment to play soccer and resort to playing with grocery bags rolled into a ball.
For a class project I would like to send these unfortunate children used soccer equipment that your children have outgrown. There is a drop off box located at Access Federal Credit Union in Clinton, NY and at the Clinton Elementary School and High School.
Collection will be starting on March 1st lasting through April 30th.
Items should fit students ages 6 - 11.
Nominating petitions for any CCS district resident wishing to run for a seat on the Board of Education are now available in the Superintendent's Office. Petitions must be filed by 5:00 pm on April 22nd.
The qualifications for a member of the Board of Education are that the individual:
Below you will find the dates of several upcoming school spirit days at Clinton Elementary:
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.
CPV Rescue and Sanctuary is a cat and kitten rescue on 86 Meadow Street in Clinton, NY. We will be having a monthly coloring contest open from ages 0-12. There is a contest fee of $1 that will be donated to the rescue to help kitties in your area. There will be 3 winners each month. One from age 0-7, the second from age 8-12 and an honorable mention. The winners will be chosen by our Facebook friends each month. The winning pictures will hang in a special frame for the following month at the rescue! The winners will also be able to pick a prize from our prize bag! To be eligible, your page must be turned into the rescue before April 30th. So get coloring!!!
Hamilton College Performing Arts concludes its spring series with the original opera Pushed Aside: Reclaiming Gage on Saturday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.
Commissioned and produced by the Society for New Music, Pushed Aside is the story of Matilda Joslyn Gage, the lesser known third member of the triumvirate of early women suffragists, the other two being Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This opera tells how they came together in the early 1850’s, then had their great split in 1890, resulting in Gage being “pushed aside” and right out of the history books. Along the way, we also discover how Matilda fought for others who had been pushed aside including African-Americans and Native Americans, and how she came to believe that all freedom struggles are equal and interconnected.
This production is a fully-staged opera with projections. Hamilton faculty Heather Buchman conducts the chamber orchestra and interim choir director Danan Tsan plays the lead role of Matilda Joslyn Gage.
Richard Fields, education director for the Society for New Music writes, “Matilda Joslyn Gage was a visionary of women’s rights and human liberation, who – with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony -- wrote the arguments for, inspired the passions, and organized the political action of the 19th century women’s suffrage movement in the United States. This opera tells the story of a woman of courage and integrity publicly defying 19th century laws that forced complicity with slavery and denied women their autonomy and liberty – including the right to vote. This is also the story of a remarkable corner of the world, now known as Central New York that became a fount of free thought and radical activism for social justice.”
Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for senior citizens and $5 for students. For more information, call the box office at (315) 859-4331 or visit hamilton.edu/performingarts.
The Hamilton College Theatre Department announces the Spring Theater Production of West Side Story, based on a conception of Jerome Robbins, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
The classic American musical receives an update with the Theatre Department’s production. Set in 2018 Bronx, New York, five months after hurricane Maria, this timeless musical tells a story of love, of otherness and street gangs. Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer directs the play, and a live orchestra conducted by Heather Buchman accompanies the performance.
Performances will run Friday and Saturday, April 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, April 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, April 27, at 2 p.m. All performances take place in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center on the Hamilton College Campus.
West Side Story features a cast of 28 Hamilton students. Designers Sara Walsh, Jeff Larson, Ntokozo Kunene and Derek Van Heel create the play’s setting and vision.
Tickets for the performance are $10 for the public, $6 for seniors/campus community and $4 for students. Seating is limited and reservations are strongly encouraged. For tickets or more information, call the Theatre Box Office at 315-859-4969.
West Side Story is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. MTIShows.com
Spring is here and it is finally that time of year for your chance to win a choice of a brand-new Ferris IS600Z riding mower or $3,000 cash prize!
Raffle tickets are $20 each and only 700 are sold. Tickets are available for sale at Clinton Tractor, Alteri’s Restaurant and Clinton Agway, or from any Clinton Dollars for Scholars Board members until the drawing.
We will also be holding some additional community sales for tickets Saturday, April 6 at Cliff’s Market, from 10 am until 2 pm, located on the corner of Routes 5 and 233 in Kirkland and Saturday, April 13 at ACCESS Federal Credit Union in Clinton from 9 am until 12 noon.
All proceeds from the raffle sale stay local and go towards supporting scholarships for graduating Clinton Central School students.
Raffle drawing will be held Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Clinton Tractor’s Open House at 1pm. Ticket holders do not need to be present to win.
For more information, visit http://clinton.dollarsforscholars.org
The Hamilton College and Community Masterworks Chorale and the Hamilton College Choir with Symphoria will perform on Tuesday, April 30 at 7:30 pm in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts on the campus of Hamilton College.
The concert will include three pieces by Ralph Vaughan Williams with text by Walt Whitman to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Whitman’s birth. The selections are the fourth movement of the Sea Symphony, also called The Explorers, Dona Nobis Pacem, and Toward the Unknown Region. The soloists for this performance are Julia Ebmer, soprano, and David Kolb, baritone. G. Roberts Kolb will conduct The Explorers and Dona Nobis Pacem. Danan Tsan will conduct Toward the Unknown.
Tickets for this performance are $10 for adults and $8 for senior citizens and students. It is free for Hamilton College students. For more information call the box office at 315-859-4331 or visit hamilton.edu/performingarts.
