By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 26 January 2018 at 9:09 am
Photo by Tom Rivers: The Medina Board of Education last August approved selling Towne Primary School for $900,000 to Rainbow CCX International, a company that provides educational services. The sale is expected to close soon.
MEDINA – The school district is pushing to empty the former Towne Primary School. Right now a small part of the site is used by the PTSA to store food and as a packing location for a weekend backpack program.
The PTSA fills backpacks with food for about 70 children in the school. The students receive the backpacks on Fridays to take home over the weekend.
The district might not have another location to serve as the base for the program.
“Everything seems to be maxed out,” said Mark Kruzynski, the district superintendent.
He addressed the issue during Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting.
The Board approved selling the school on Aug. 15 for $900,000 to Rainbow CCX International, a company that provides educational services. The sale is close to being final. The district’s insurance company wants the district to vacate the building so the new owner can take over the site soon.
Board members want the backpack program to continue, and want to find a spot for it.
“Let’s try because the program is very beneficial to our students,” said board member Renee Paser-Paull.
Provided photo: Lisa Roeseler, a music teacher at Medina since 1986, will retire at the end of this year.
Press Release, Medina Central School
MEDINA – Lisa Roeseler started at her career as a music teacher Towne Primary School in September 1986 and moved to the High School in September 1987. She has been a popular teacher at Medina, with her vocal ensembles performing in the community, especially the annual holiday concert by the A‘Capella Choir at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
Roeseler will retire at the end of this school year. She said there are many highlights in her career, including when her choir twice sang at Kleinhan’s Music Hall in Buffalo. One of those times was working with Grammy and Emmy winning music director and composer John McDaniel.
“He was working as the music director at The Rosie O’Donnell Show and he was the guest conductor with the BPO that year,” she recalled. “He had tears in his eyes because he was so moved by our choir.”
Roeseler also said that her A’Cappella Select Ensemble singing backup for the group Foreigner at Art Park was a big thrill.
“We performed ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ with them,” she said. “That was June of 2012, ten thousand people in the crowd. It was fabulous. It was an awesome experience.”
She also points to her choirs getting A+ ratings at level six at the NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association) competitions.
“I wanted to build the choir back up to where Mr. Connor left it,” she said.
Mr. Connor was her choir teacher when she attended Medina High School.
“I have so many fond memories of being in the choir,” Roeseler said. “He did a lot of great things and taught so many people, myself included. It was a great honor when he attended our St. Mary’s concert right before he passed away. He always supported me in my career.”
Roeseler also said it has been wonderful to work at the district that she graduated from and that her mother and father worked at.
“I am so grateful to Mr. Snyder, the principal at the time, for taking a chance on me,” she said. “I was a trumpet player and intended to be an instrumental band director. He interviewed me and gave me the job as high school choir director. When I began teaching at the high school, there was just one big choir.”
Right away, she split the group into two choirs, just as Mr. Connor had.
“And so, I began with 17 in Mixed Chorus and 43 in A’Cappella,” she said. “The program began to grow throughout my career and A’Cappella now averages 92 to 100 and Mixed Chorus 85 to 90. I am very happy that the Medina community continues to embrace the choirs. I really hope the tradition of the A’Cappella Choir continues after my retirement because that is part of Medina, when I think of it.”
File photo: The A’Cappella Choir, led by Lisa Roeseler, performs a holiday concert at a packed St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
The irony of her career is that she never intended to be a music teacher.
“I started out in music therapy at Slippery Rock,” she said. “My first calling was to be a nurse, but I was afraid of the needles and blood. Then I thought, music therapy is kind of medical. Back in the day, they didn’t really exist though except for jobs out in California. I thought I better find another career and a friend of mine was studying music education at Mansfield University and suggested it to me, so I transferred.”
She said Christmas time is hard for any music teacher, but to her, the Community Christmas Concert at St. Mary’s is too much of a tradition to let go.
“We started out at the Presbyterian Church where Mr. Connor had it, but we simply outgrew that church,” Roeseler said. “I was the organist at St. Mary’s, so I asked the rectory if we could move it there. We’ve held it there ever since. I have been asked why I don’t have this particular concert at the high school. I never wanted to, because it then becomes a high school concert. It is for the community, so I wanted to keep it in the community. It is a lot of stress every year, wondering if the A’Cappella can learn the 14 songs, and if they’re going to be ready for the concert. They always pull through with flying colors! I am fortunate enough that my husband and sons have been so supportive of me through the years. My husband is the founding (and only) member of my booster club. He has been there for me for 27 years to help set up and tear down at every community concert. He has been a saint.”
Looking back, she says she had wished she knew the first few years of teaching were probably her greatest.
“A lot of my students back then are now teachers, like Mrs. Woodruff, Mrs. Jones and Mr. Eick, just to name a few,” she said. “They were my first students. We laughed a lot and it was just a simpler time. I have a lot of great memories, but it is time for me to move on.”
Roeseler said she looks forward to a slower pace in retirement.
“I just want to tend to my lawn and work in our vegetable gardens,” she said. “Maybe take a part-time job at a local store or be a receptionist in a medical office. All I can say is that it has been a wonderful, wonderful career here. I hope whoever takes over continues with our traditions. I think the A’Cappella Choir is one of Medina’s best kept secrets. I get emotional when I look at my choirs and I see the smorgasbord of students from athletes, the highly academic, and the kids who just go home after school and watch TV. It’s a melting pot, but when you get them together for the purpose of expressing themselves through singing, they just shine. When that happens, I feel like I have succeeded.”
Mark Kruzynski, the district superintendent, said that Roeseler is a true treasure for the Medina Central School District.
“One of the highlights every year is watching her choirs perform, both at St. Mary’s and in the school,” he said. “Personally, I am really going to miss working with Lisa. I would like to wish her all of the best for a long and happy retirement. It is going to be impossible to replace her.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 24 January 2018 at 11:04 am
MEDINA – The school district is working to present a budget to the public in May that won’t raise property taxes.
The 2017-18 school budget reduced taxes by 0.22 percent, down from $8,660,915 to $8,641,861. The Medina Board of Education and school administrators are trying to keep the tax levy at $8,641,861 in the 2018-19 budget.
The district has steadily been reducing taxes in recent years. The 2013-14 budget had a $9,135,636 tax levy. Medina has reduced school taxes by $493,775 since then, a 5.4 percent decrease.
The district has already cut more than $600,000 from early budget requests for the next school year. It still has about $385,000 to either cut and find more revenues in order to keep taxes flat.
The district expects the final state budget will help fill the gap. The district also will keep looking for ways to reduce spending, said Marc Graff, director of finance and human resources.
Medina’s total school aid in the governor’s budget is up by $129,429 to $24,585,767, about two thirds of the district’s budget that will be about $37 million in 2018-19.
Mark Kruzynski, the district superintendent, said he expects state legislators will push for more school aid as part of budget negotiations.
Will the extra aid cover the entire $385,000 gap? If it doesn’t, Kruzynski said school officials need to find more reductions in the budget. There is a chance the Legislature could come through with more aid beyond the $385,000. If that happens, Kruzynski said some of the cuts thus far might not have to be made. Some of the reductions identified so far for 2018-19 include an elementary summer school program and not replacing some retiring teachers.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 24 January 2018 at 9:46 am
Photo by Cheryl Wertman: Helmets for the Mustang football team are lined up in the end zone on Sept. 15, when Vets Park hosted its first game after renovations.
MEDINA – The Board of Education said on Tuesday it would welcome football players from Barker to play on Medina’s team.
Medina already has players from Lyndonville. They practice and play their home games in Medina, and wear the Mustang uniforms. That’s how David Sevenski, the board president, wants it to continue with Barker.
“Just so Barker knows they would be Mustangs,” Sevenski said during Tuesday’s board meeting.
The two schools need to iron out an intermunicipal agreement. Barker has proposed paying $400 for each of its players to be on the Medina team. That would help with the cost of uniforms and coaches, said Mark Kruzynski, Medina district superintendent.
The Lyndonville players have fit in well with the Medina program, and have been contributors to the team, Board of Education members said. The Medina helmets include Tiger paw prints on the back to recognize the Lyndonville players.
Sevenski, the Medina board president, didn’t want to alter the Medina uniforms to accommodate the Barker players, citing the cost. Barker could have 8 to 10 players on the Medina team, Kruzynski said.
Medina and Lyndonville also have a shared soccer team. They typically wear Medina uniforms and play in Medina. However, they do wear Lyndonville uniforms for at least one game a year in Lyndonville.
Roy-Hart ended its agreement with Barker after the recent football season. That change will drop Roy-Hart into a lower classification as a C school. Roy-Hart believes it can better compete in the C division, rather than against B-size schools, Medina officials said on Tuesday.
Medina currently is a B school with the Lyndonville students. Medina would continue in the same classification with Barker, Kruzynski said.
Wendi Pencille, a Medina BOE member, said she would like to see Medina make a commitment to Barker for more than a year so the Barker players don’t have to worry about not having a team.
“I’d like to make sure we never pull the rug out on these kids like Roy-Hart did,” Pencille said during the board meeting. “That was grossly unfair.”
Kruzynski said Medina and Barker will work on the details for Barker to play on the Medina team.
Renee Paser-Paull, a Medina board member, said she is concerned about football and other high-impact sports where players can suffer cognitive issues due to concussions and “micro head hits.” She urged the board and school district to be mindful of the emerging research on head injuries in sports.
“The high-impact sports can have an impact on the futures of our kids,” she said.
Photo by Tom Rivers: Diana Fulcomer, a prevention educator with the Genesee/Orleans Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, is pictured with Jason Smith, superintendent of Lyndonville Central School. Fulcomer has been spending at least a day of week at the district this school year.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 15 January 2018 at 10:24 am
‘We’re trying to prevent kids from using the drugs that are killing people.’
Two school districts have increased the presence of prevention educators from the Genesee/Orleans Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. Lyndonville and Medina both have GCASA staff in school buildings at least a day a week this school year. Diana Fulcomer has been working out of Lyndonville and Tracy Zakes has been connecting with Medina students.
“It’s been a great program,” said Jason Smith, superintendent of Lyndonville Central School. “I appreciate the partnership with GCASA.”
Fulcomer and Zakes have age-specific programs, as well as workshops for parents.
The educators teach students about the dangers of addictive substances. Fulcomer in some of her presentations focuses on making healthy choices, which includes getting enough sleep, eating nutritious foods and not spending too much time on social media.
Smith said he supports the expanded message – coping skills and making good choices.
“If the students are having issues with anxiety, we don’t want them turning to substances,” he said.
Lyndonville and Medina are both paying GCASA $3,500 this school year to have a prevention educator work out of the district.
Mark Kruzynski, Medina superintendent, said Zakes spends at least a day a week at the district. She meets with at-risk high schoolers and other students. She starts with students as young as third grade, teaching communication skills to those elementary students and urging them not to express their anger and frustration through violence.
“It’s going very well,” Kruzynski said about the partnership with GCASA. “Not only do we have the opioid epidemic, but kids today are exposed to so many things.”
Zakes some days spends a solid workday in the district, and other days might only be there a short time. Zakes has been a big asset in helping the district educate students about the dangers of drugs, he said.
“We’re trying to prevent kids from using the drugs that are killing people,” Kruzynski said.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 13 January 2018 at 10:23 am
MEDINA – The Orleans Economic Development Agency on Friday approved about $300,000 in incentives to help facilitate an expansion at Takeform Architectural Graphics.
The EDA board of directors also agreed to sell ¾ of an acre of vacant land to Takeform for $7,500. That land is needed for the 15,500-square-foot expansion and for a parking lot with 40 spaces.
Takeform is doing the expansion behind its current building at 11601 Maple Ridge Rd. The company expects to add 50 full-time jobs over the next three years.
The company currently has 150 employees. That is a significant increase from the nine workers when Takeform started in 2003.
The company will add full-time employees in engineering, graphic design, sales, customer service, project management, machining, fabrication, engraving and assembly. Jim Whipple, the EDA chief executive officer, said the positions will pay an average of $43,000 annually.
Takeform designs and manufactures custom signage and graphics. The expansion will provide manufacturing and design space to accommodate a new business line – the design and printing of products such as custom wall coverings and window films.
Takeform is doing a $2.5 million expansion with a new building, equipment and furnishings. It won’t have to pay taxes on the addition the first year, with 10 percent of the taxes added each following year.
That 10-year PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) will save the company $222,735 in taxes over 10 years. Takeform will be paying $182,238 in taxes on the addition over the 10 years, which represents new tax revenues on land that is currently vacant.
The company also was approved for a $68,844 sales tax abatement. Takeform won’t have to pay the 8 percent sales tax on $860,552 in taxable purchases.
It also won’t have to pay the 1 percent mortgage tax on a $2.5 million mortgage, which will save the company $25,000.
Altogether, the EDA incentives add up to $316,579.
The company’s total investment with the expansion, salaries and benefits for the new employees over three years, and new taxes totals $20.2 million. Dividing that by the $316,579 in incentives shows a benefit/cost ratio of 63.7 to 1. That is more than three times the EDA’s target of 20 to 1 in a benefit/cost ratio, Whipple said.
The EDA board on Friday also approved a $120,000 loan to Takeform/Quorum Group from the EDA’s revolving loan fund account. That is to be paid back over five years at 75 percent of the prime interest rate, which would be 3.19 percent based on a 4.25 percent prime rate.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 10 January 2018 at 9:42 am
MEDINA – A Medina company working on an expansion at its manufacturing site on Maple Ridge Road is planning to add 50 workers over five years, said James Whipple, CEO of the Orleans Economic Development Agency.
Takeform Architectural Graphics expects 40 of those new employees to be hired within three years, Whipple said.
The EDA held a public hearing on Tuesday afternoon for incentives offered to Takeform as part of a 15,500-square-foot expansion to an existing 30,000-plus-square-foot building.
Only Whipple and the Orleans Hub editor were at the hearing. Whipple took that as a sign no one opposes the incentives for the project.
Takeform wants the additional space and equipment so the company can grow its business – the design and manufacture of custom signage and graphics and related activities.
The Orleans Economic Development Agency is considering three incentives to help the company with the expansion.
One incentive includes a sales tax exemption, saving Takeform the 8 percent sales tax on up to $1,350,000 for building materials, equipment, machinery, fixtures and furnishings. That exemption would save Takeform up to $108,000.
The EDA also is proposing a mortgage tax exemption for a mortgage up to $2.5 million. Exempting Takeform from the 1 percent mortgage tax will save the company up to $25,000.
The EDA also plans to propose a 10-year tax exemption plan on property taxes for the addition. The company wouldn’t have to pay property taxes the first year for the addition and then would pay 10 percent of the assessed value the second year, with another 10 percent added annually until it’s at full value after a decade. Takeform would continue to pay the full value for the current building during the 10-year plan.
The exemption only includes the addition and includes the taxing jurisdictions of the Village of Medina, Town of Shelby, Medina Central School and Orleans County.
The property tax savings plan will be in more detail Friday when the Orleans EDA board of directors meets at 8 a.m. at 121 North Main St., Albion. The board will vote on the incentives on Friday.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 9 January 2018 at 10:52 am
File photo by Tom Rivers: Medina firefighters were called to help put out a fire on Feb. 4 at 536 Bates Rd., one of 2,802 calls in 2017.
MEDINA – The Medina Fire Department responded to nearly 3,000 calls in 2017. The 2,802 calls was a busy year, the department posted on its Facebook page today.
“We’ll have more numbers up once the annual report gets done but here is one stat that speaks volumes: 34% of the calls overlap each other,” the department posted. “1 out of every 3 calls, we already have one crew out on a run!”
The 2,802 calls is close to the 2,920 in 2016. The record for call volume was 2014 when Medina FD responded to 2,986 calls.
The department will have more personnel to respond to calls this year after being approved on Aug. 31 for a $530,661 federal grant to boost staffing. That grant – Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) – is for over four years and covers a percentage of the salaries and benefits for four new firefighter positions.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 January 2018 at 8:04 am
Photo by Tom Rivers: Firefighters respond to a fire on Jan. 2 at 3402 Bates Rd.
MEDINA – A Medina family with five children is staying in Rochester after a fire on Jan. 2 damaged their home on Bates Road.
The fire started in a wood stove and spread into the rafters. Many of the family belongings were destroyed from water damage to put out the fire, said Amy Monti, a family friend.
A GoFundMe has been established to help the Meacham family, and volunteers are collecting clothing and supplies for the family. The children are ages 6 to 14.
Heather Meecham, the children’s mother, said on GoFundMe she is grateful the family is able to stay together and her husband is recovering after being treated for first- and second-degree burns.
The family also has four dogs and has been able to find people to take care of the dogs on a temporary basis.
“The outpouring of support from everyone no matter in what way is just amazing,” Meacham wrote on GoFundMe. “Thank you everyone from the very bottom of our hearts!! Next is for us to find a home and get ourselves settled and back to routine. Thank you all again so much! This isn’t over, but at least we’ve taken some baby steps to help ease our hearts and peace of mind. Again we are full of gratitude.”
For more information on the GoFundMe and how to assist the family, click here.
File photo by Tom Rivers: Wendy Jacobson, former CEO and president for Orleans Community Health, speaks during a celebration on April 10, 2015 following a series of improvements at the North Wing of Medina Memorial Hospital. Donors contributed $513,000 to upgrade the North Wing for long-term residents.
Press Release, Orleans Community Health/Medina Memorial Hospital
MEDINA – Wendy Jacobson, CEO/President of Orleans Community Health, tendered her resignation to the board of directors on December 1, 2017 with a final work date of December 31, 2017.
Her decision to leave at this time was based on several personal factors and she has been offered other opportunities that will be advantageous to her career. We thank Wendy for her dedication and hard work during the past three years as CEO.
She was instrumental in moving OCH forward in the fast-changing field of healthcare. Some of the accomplishments achieved during her leadership include: establishing OCH as a Critical Access Hospital, implementation of the 340B Drug Savings Program, Revenue Cycle Improvement, Lake Plains Dialysis renovations, ED/Lobby renovations started, Rural Access grant received to purchase new equipment, updated Imaging equipment, recruited Dr. Wolf for Albion, established a strong reciprocal partnership with Baxter, new surgical lights for the OR, updated the café, transitioned to Team Health for our Emergency Room, just to name a few.
We wish her all the best on her future endeavors.
Mark Cye (current OCH chief financial officer) will serve as interim CEO/President.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 28 December 2017 at 9:47 am
Takeform is planning a 15,500-square-foot addition to its Medina manufacturing plant on Maple Ridge Road.
MEDINA – There will be a public hearing on Dec. 9 for proposed incentives to assist with an expansion at Takeform Architectural Graphics at 11601 Maple Ridge Rd.
The company is planning a 15,500-square-foot expansion to an existing 30,000-plus-square-foot building as well as the acquisition and installment of machinery, equipment, fixtures and furnishings.
The additional space and equipment will be used for the design and manufacture of custom signage and graphics and related activities. Village officials say Takeform expects to add 50 jobs over three years as part of its growth.
The Orleans Economic Development Agency is considering three incentives to help the company with the expansion.
One incentive includes a sales tax exemption, saving Takeform the 8 percent sales tax on up to $1,350,000 for building materials, equipment, machinery, fixtures and furnishings. That exemption would save Takeform up to $108,000.
The EDA also is proposing a mortgage tax exemption for a mortgage up to $2.5 million. Exempting Takeform from the 1 percent mortgage tax will save the company up to $25,000.
The EDA also plans to propose a 10-year tax exemption plan on property taxes for the addition. The company wouldn’t have to pay property taxes the first year for the addition and then would pay 10 percent of the assessed value the second year, with another 10 percent added annually until it’s at full value after 10 years. Takeform would continue to pay the full value for the current building during the 10-year plan.
The exemption only includes the addition and includes the taxing jurisdictions of the Village of Medina, Town of Shelby, Medina Central School and Orleans County.
The 3 p.m. hearing on Dec. 9 will be at the Village of Medina Offices, 600 Main St. (Old City Hall).
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 27 December 2017 at 7:46 pm
Photos by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – Colton Smith and his mother Elissa Smith were among the roller skaters during a free skate today at the Orleans County YMCA in Medina.
There were 98 children and 60 adults who skated during the event from 1 to 4 p.m.
The YMCA teamed with the Medina Area Association of the Churches and Orleans United Drug Free Coalition for the free skate, which included use of roller skates.
Staff from GCASA and the Orleans United Drug Free Coalition sort through canned goods. From left include Pat Crowley, program director; Sarah Stendts, program assistant; and Tracy Zakes, prevention educator.
Each child was encouraged to bring a can of food. There were 136 cans donated that will be shared with the food pantries at Calvary Tabernacle Church and St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Medina.
Pat Crowley reads off the name on a ticket for the winner of a prize. Each kid who donated a can of food was entered in a prize giveaway.
Another free skate is expected to be offered over spring break.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 25 December 2017 at 12:53 pm
Filomena’s Favorites takes first in competition
Photos by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – Many of the storefronts in downtown Medina are decorated for Christmas with Santa, snowmen and other holiday decorations on display.
Filomena’s Favorites, pictured at top, on East Center Street was named the winner of the “Holly Jolly Christmas Window Decorating Contest” by the Medina Business Association.
This is also part of Filomena’s Favorites window display.
Here are some of the other windows that were decked out for the holidays.
Vision 2000 Family Hair Center & Sunburst Tanning
English Rose Tea Shoppe
Canalside Tattoo
ATB Staffing
Rosenkrans Gift Shop
Della’s Chocolates
Case-Nic Cookies
Eaton Insurance Agency
A Kut Above Hair Salon
M & M Flooring
Brushstrokes, The Goddess Muse, Herbalty Cottage and West Side Academy
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 25 December 2017 at 12:43 am
Photos by Tom Rivers
MEDINA – One Church made its debut in Medina on Christmas Eve with two services at the former Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Ann Street.
The building has been radically changed in the past three months by One Church as the building transitioned from a Catholic site that had been closed for more than a decade to a Free Methodist congregation.
Brian Hahn, executive pastor for One Church, welcomes people to the second Christmas Eve service that started at 8:30 p.m.
One Church shares the same staff and budget as the Akron Free Methodist Church. That church started in 1863 in Akron and changed its name to One Church as part of its new mission in Medina. The two sites are one, with Medina not a secondary location to Akron, Hahn said.
He praised volunteers for the numerous hours of work in getting the church ready the past three months.
There is a sound and multimedia area in the back of the church where there is also a station with coffee and cookies. The pews at Sacred Heart have been removed and replaced by cushioned chairs.
There is new paint and carpeting. The pulpit area also has a large screen for multimedia presentations. Twice a month the sermon will be streamed in from Akron and shown in Medina. The other weeks in the month, a pastor will deliver the sermon in Medina, and sometimes that will be live-streamed to Akron.
Morgan Wagner is part of the worship band at One Church. They sang, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” “Joy to the World” and “Silent Night”.
Rick Rouse, lead pastor at One Church, delivers the sermon on Christmas Eve. He preached at four services at Akron and then two in Medina on Sunday.
Rouse said the Akron congregation felt a call to start a church in Medina. He has been in the ministry since 1982 and helped with church plants in Webster, Fairport and Amherst. Those new churches were all independent with a separate budget and staff. Medina is different because it s budget and staff are all in the same budget and organization with the Akron congregation.
Rouse said One Church wants to reach out to people “without a church home and who desire a relationship with Jesus Christ.”
One Church will have its grand opening with its first Sunday morning services on Jan. 7 with services at 9:30 and 11 a.m.
The large room that was a fellowship hall in the basement of the building has been divided into four separate classrooms or childcare rooms.
One of the rooms is a nursery for ages 0 to 3 years.
One of the church attendees on Christmas Eve lifted her hand during the music. One Church has an up-tempo band playing contemporary Christian music with some traditional hymns.
MEDINA – Students and staff at the High School have been getting into the holiday spirit with their annual Snowcoming. Working on the scene include at top, Toby Kiebala, left, and Christian Hahn with Sarah Cochrane on the bottom.
The weeklong event is a lot of fun for the students as they engage in traditional winter activities and various theme days. It’s a great way to bond before the winter break.
The following decorate a tree: Alyssa Beyer, teacher Gianna Sargent, Shelby Green, Madison Kenward, Kristi Oliver, Gianna Greco and Lilly Carpenter.
Shelby Green, Kevin Lasky (Assistant Principal) and Dave Sevenski (BOE President) are pictured by the tree which was donated by Sevenski.
