We will continue to accept non-perishable food donations for our annual Thanksgiving Dinner Program through this Thursday, November 9th. This program provides eligible families of the Mount Morris Central School District groceries for Thanksgiving dinner. There are donation boxes set up around the school for student and staff donations and community members may drop off donations in our Visitor Entrance. Items most needed are: gravy, instant mashed potatoes, stuffing, canned fruits, canned vegetables, cranberry sauce and instant pudding. If you have questions about the program, please reach out to your child(ren)’s teacher. Thank you for your support!
Our Elementary Scholastic Book Fair is taking place beginning on Monday, November 13th and running through November 21st! All students will have an opportunity to visit the fair during school hours. The fair will also be open to families during Grandparents and Special Persons Day on Tuesday, November 21st. Click on the following link to preview books that will be at the fair and explore even more available to purchase online: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/mountmorriselemschool. For every item sold, MMCSD receives 25% of the proceeds, which will go to benefit our Student Council!
Congratulations to our October Junior High and Senior High Student of the Month PRIDE Award Winners!
Congratulations to our October Elementary School PRIDE Award winners! Our PRIDE word for November is Dependable.
We hope you enjoy our slideshow from Halloween. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Elementary parade. We had a really great day!
https://www.facebook.com/MountMorrisCentralSchool/videos/975536156872937
Congratulations to our LCAA Soccer All-Stars, Adriana Mann for Varsity Girls Soccer and Matt Bacon and Chase Young for Varsity Boys Soccer. Congratulations to our Varsity Boys Soccer Exceptional Seniors, Mason Santini and Chase Young. The Exceptional Senior Soccer Game will take place this Saturday, November 4th, at Geneseo High School at 12:00pm. There is a $5.00 admissions fee per person.
Mr. King’s students participated in a fun Egg vs Gravity activity! Students were challenged to design a device that would safely deliver an egg to the ground from a 20' drop. The device itself could not exceed 12 square inches and each student had to provide instructions on a regular size sheet of paper that would allow a third party to easily load the device.
The Lift Project initiative will continue to run through December 1st, allowing enough time to watch, read or listen to each Lift Project lesson (15-minutes each). The Lift Project is a fun and engaging virtual program that brings together proven strategies from the fields of Neuroscience, Lifestyle Medicine, and Positive Psychology. Facilitated by award-winning educator and well-being expert, Dr. Darren Morton; The Lift Project explores 7 well-being-enhancing topics that are designed to lift your mood and life. This comprehensive well-being adventure is available to you, members of your family, and anyone in your personal or professional community at no cost ($149 value). Click on the following link to register and receive immediate access to all 7 lessons: https://theliftproject.global/lift/registerflashp/
Students from Miss White’s second grade class are excited to share a special message with all of you. We hope you enjoy their performance as much as we did! Click on the following link to watch the video: https://www.facebook.com/MountMorrisCentralSchool/videos/722641569208906
The Mount Morris PTSA will be hosting Trunk-or-Treat this Friday, October 27th from 6:00-7:00pm in the MMCSD front parking lot. This is a fun trick-or-treating event for the whole family, featuring cool car trunks. We will see you there!
Second grade students had a lot of fun painting pumpkins today!
Avery Privitera and Lillian Mallaber each received a MMCSD sportsmanship t-shirt for consistently displaying exceptional sportsmanship during practice and at our athletic events! “Avery and Lilly are great team players. They show up to every practice and game ready to play and work hard. They are always positive and encourage their teammates. They have been a great asset to our team this year,” said Coach Swede. If you see Avery or Lilly, be sure to congratulate them on this great accomplishment!
National Red Ribbon Week takes place each year from October 23rd through October 31st. This year’s Red Ribbon Week Theme is “Be Kind to Your Mind. Live Drug Free.” Next week, MMCSD will celebrate being drug free with a different dress-up them each day. Monday’s theme is Celebrate your Dreams! (wear pajamas). Click on the image to see a different theme for each day. Red Ribbon Week is a drug prevention program that educates our students about the dangers associated with drug use and encourages a drug-free lifestyle! You too can pledge to be drug free by clicking on the following link: http://redribbon.org/pledge/.
Our boys varsity soccer team (11th seed) played and won their first sectional match of the season in a battle against GV/Belfast (6th seed)! The game extended through two overtimes and concluded with a PK shootout, wining the shootout 4-3. Mason Santini, Owen Yencer, Cooper Davis and Robbie Lonsberry each scored a goal. Goalkeeper Aidan Stanley had an astounding night with 10 saves plus 3 additional saves in the PK shootout. Congratulations, Blue Devils! The team will now play in a sectional game vs Northstar on Friday, October 20th at 3:30pm at Grace and Truth Sports Park (373 North Greece Rd. Hilton, NY 14468). The cost per game, per person, is $7.30 for tickets purchased online or $8.00 cash at the event. Click on the following link to purchase tickets: https://gofan.co/event/1117780?schoolId=NYSPHSAAV
Our varsity boys soccer team will play Genesee Valley/Belfast tomorrow, Tuesday, October 17th at 6:30pm at Belfast Central School in a sectional game. The address is 1 King Street, Belfast NY (Upper field). Our varsity girls soccer team will play in a sectional game, home vs Notre Dame of Batavia, this Wednesday, October 18th at 3:00pm on our Upper Varsity Field. The cost per game, per person, is $7.30 for tickets purchased online or $8.00 cash at the event. Click on the following links to purchase tickets.
Varsity boys sectional tickets: https://gofan.co/event/1117750?schoolId=NYSPHSAAV.
Varsity girls sectional tickets: https://gofan.co/event/1117847?schoolId=NYSPHSAAV.
Good luck to both our varsity teams!
Among the 30+ extracurricular student activities offered at MMCSD, we are excited to tell you about our newly added Mountain Biking (MTB) Club! With over 15 years’ experience racing mountain bikes, leading clubs & teams, coordinating events and working at a bike shop, English teacher and coach, Anthony Sylor not only proposed the concept of this club, he is also the advisor for it. At the start of this school year, we were able to purchase six mountain bikes. The club rides 2 to 3 days a week outside of regular school hours and interested JH/SH students can sign up in Mr. Sylor’s class room. We have sign-ups for each ride so that students can rotate taking turns because the club has proven to be very popular. “Some of the benefits for participants is improved mental and physical health. Riding 7.5 - 10 miles at a time is great exercise and builds confidence. Students also get to see nature in our community in a way they can’t otherwise. The bikes and helmets we purchased are of exceptional quality and all the students really enjoy the experience,” said Mr. Sylor. Within just one mile of the school, we have access to 70 miles of the Greenway trail and 25 miles of the Finger Lakes trail. This 25-mile section of the Finger Lakes trail is the only section of roughly 500 miles that mountain biking is allowed on and our high-quality mountain bikes are great for riding the difficult single-track terrain that this trail offers. The club also uses Al Lorenz Park, typically on a weekend where Mr. Sylor will set up a skills course. The mountain bikes have also been used to help cross train with some of our varsity teams such as our Varsity XC Team. We hope to grow the club over time and include more students.
Congratulations to our varsity girls soccer team on their win over RAC, 12-0! The team
finished the season 6-7-3, locking in a home game for sectionals. Abby Provo recorded her 4th shutout of the year; Adriana Mann scored 2 goals; Shayla Brown, Addyson Barnhardt, Shaniese Brown and Kaitlyn Petti each scored a goal and had an assist; Morgan Luick, Natalie Gaby, Gabrielle Pagano, Holly Lin, Sarina Johnson and Addy Dipasquale each scored a goal. “The girls are playing really well at the end of the season and are looking to carry this momentum into sectionals,” said Coach James.
Mount Morris Elementary was excited to welcome back the REV Theatre Company! Fourth grade students went on a wild adventure with the REV’s world-premiere adaptation of the classic science fiction Jules Verne novel “Journey to the Center of the Earth”. Each student received an official notebook for the journey and along the way, they helped break codes, explore the depths, and used their imagination to travel to the center of the earth.
Congratulation to our Athletes of the Week, Addison Coniglio and Jacob Zangerle! Addison has been a great team player. She is able to play multiple positions during our games and has been a successful part of our team both on defense and offense. She started out this season being a key player on defense and has now been playing offense the last two games, scoring her first goal of the season in our game against Letchworth,” said Coach Swede. “This is Jake's first year playing modified soccer and he has shown great improvement throughout the season. The boys won a game against Perry this week, 4-2 and Jake led the team in scoring with 3 goals,” said Coach Mann.
Attention class of 2024! Seniors can apply to SUNY Schools for FREE from Oct 16th through Oct 29th. Please see Ms. Atwell if you have questions or need help applying.
