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Parent, Teacher, Student Organization Fund Raiser Planned

The Arkport PTSO will be hosting an "Applebee's Flapjack Fundraiser" on March 3, 2012 from 8:00 am through 10:00 am at the Hornell Applebee's Neighborhood Grill.  The cost will be $5.00 per person.

To purchase tickets, please see any Arkport  PTSO member or send money and order in sealed envelope to the Attendance Office at the school.

Please help support the work of the PTSO as they work to support and celebrate student learning at school.  Hope to see you all there on March 3rd!

If you would like further information or would like to volunteer for future activities, please contact Vicki Fucci at turnervf@hotmail.com

Winter Fun!

Even when mother nature does not provide the snow for an igloo, students in Mrs. Herman's class get to enjoy the magic of a winter project!

Mrs. Herman with the help from community member Dan Canfield, used 220 gallon milk jugs and lots of hot glue to build the students a fun area to work on their reading and speech skills! (As you can tell from the students faces!  Left to right:  AJ, Meghan and Victoria.)

Cheering for Academic Achievement!

Members of the Arkport Junior Varsity and Varsity cheerleading squads, under the direction of Mrs. Connie Karr, recently recognized fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade honor and high-roll students during half-time of a recent basketball game.  Certificates of achievement were presented to each student. Congratulations to the students for their academic achievements!

The cheer squads also worked with over 60 youth cheerleaders from grades kindergarten to sixth grade and presented a routine between games. It was a great performance and we saw lots of potential for our future squads!  Good job ladies!

Special thanks of the Arkport Cheerleaders and Mrs. Karr for all their hard work in recognizing the youth at Arkport Central School.

Late Start Schedule Change Postponed

Dear Parents and School Community:

After much thought and conversation with teachers, parents and community members,  I did not recommend to the Board that we change our late arrival schedule-- in other words, changing to weekly late arrivals on Mondays will not happen this academic year;  I am hopeful we will be better prepared for this in the fall.

The feedback from the community was greatly appreciated and I would like to thank everyone who took the time to call me, submit responses to our survey, or stopped in to see me.  There were many questions raised by parents on potential imacts of the change which will be addressed in the future.

Another reason for not altering our school schedule at this point in the year is that recent completed benchmark assessments show very encouraging trends in student achievement.  We believe this trend is the direct result of this year's implementation of a remediation period into our schedule, increased professional development within school, and on-going parental support.

As we move forward we will continue to target professional development with our in-house curriculum specialist to work with key grade level teachers as we continue to work to implement intervention strategies in order to meet our immediate student needs; I am confident this will keep us moving in the right direction.

Thank you all for your on-going efforts to support the changes to our learning culture here at school.  As with any change, it is not only difficult but slow-- I believe that even with these obstacles, we will continue to move forward to improve our student achievement!

As we begin planning next year's calendar, we will likely look at implementing late starts again.  As this planning progresses we will do our best to keep everyone informed of our decisions to help with your individual planning.

Sincerely yours,  Glenn Niles, Superintendent of Schools