CSS Newsletter
April 25, 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
Dear Parents,
Each year in celebration of National Teacher Appreciation Week, the Clinton Central School PTA hosts a luncheon to honor and celebrate our teachers, faculty, and staff. Everyone who is employed by the district, from administrators to crossing guards, is invited to attend and the PTA provides a beautifully catered multi-course lunch buffet. It is one of our favorite events of the year and we always look forward to honoring our wonderful school employees on this day.
We are looking for volunteers to make desserts or fruit salads for the event or to help serve lunch. Food would need to be delivered to the Atrium on Thursday, May 9 between 8 am and 10 am since the first group comes for lunch around 10:45. We need volunteers to help serve and prep between 9 am and 3 pm. We are using Perfect Potluck to coordinate volunteers. If you are able to provide dessert or volunteer your time (even a half hour helps) please sign up here.
If you would like more information about this event or if you would like to help out in other ways, please email us at ccsnypta@gmail.com and once again, THANK YOU for your continued support.
Sincerely,
The CCS PTA
DID YOU MISS OUT ON ORDERING KEEPSAKE GIFTS
THAT DISPLAY YOUR CHILD'S ARTWORK?
It's not too late to order. Clinton Elementary School will still benefit from your order. Use the art access code located in your order packet or contact Customer Care at Service@Square1Art.com or 888.332.3294 to receive your access code.You can still order and the school will benefit!
Celebrate upcoming holidays with gifts to will be cherished for years to come.
service@square1art.com 888.332.3294
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!
Twelve MS and HS Technology students recently competed against other area schools in STEM competitions such as: junkyard wars, projectile devices, 3d printing, and CAD. We placed in every event we entered in both the MS and HS division!
Congratulations to the following students:
Eli Davis, Ian Chang, Georgia Deep, Mikhail Karyagin, Abel Widiss, Brianna Howe, Matthew Gromo, Andrew Gadziala, Daniel Seymour, Karina Davis, Nick Gale, Matthew Gadziala
This strength addresses the ability to identify and enjoy that which is admirable in the world. There are three types of goodness in which positive psychology focuses:
Appreciation of beauty can generate awe; appreciation of a skill can generate admiration; and appreciation of moral goodness can generate moral elevation. All of these feelings (awe, admiration, and moral elevation) help us forget ourselves and find increased joy and meaning in the world.
Visit The Positivity Project's website to learn more and to sign up for the weekly newsletter.
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.
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!!!
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.
