Red Ribbon Week
Save the Date!
All Modified Basketball Players need to have their Sports Interval forms turned in to Mrs. Odell to practice on Monday!
The week of October 16-20 is “School Board Recognition Week.” This week has been designated to commend school board members for their dedicated service to all the children of New York State. DCS will be recognizing the board with tokens of appreciation at the October 24th board meeting. Please join us in honoring and showing our appreciation to Brian LaTourette, Rich Bell, Gary Champlin, Jeremy Jenkusky and Sherry Becker!
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Tomorrows NY Thursday menu details :)
The Boys and Girls Modified games in Stamford have been cancelled. No Practice either.
ATTN: PARENTS OF SENIORS
There will be a Financial Aid information night on November 2nd at 6pm here at Downsville Central School.
UPDATE ABOUT FINANCIAL AID THIS YEAR!
Launch of the 2024–25 FAFSA® Form
There are major changes and improvements coming to the 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form. As a result, the new form will be available in December 2023.
The launch date will apply only for the 2024–25 FAFSA form.
The changes to the FAFSA form for the 2024–25 aid year include:
-expanded eligibility for federal student aid and a more streamlined application process.
On Thursday, medical students from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine hosted a Community Flu Clinic at DCS. Second-year students Cassandra Orr (DCS Class of 2014) and Melanie Horn travelled from LECOM’s Elmira campus to administer flu vaccines to DCS staff, students and community members.
Students will be dismissing early today. Walkers will need to be picked up at 2:15 at the front door of the bus garage. Mrs. Odell will be there to release your child. All bus riders will depart around 2:20, after walkers have been dismissed. Please plan for your child to arrive home approximately 15-20 minutes earlier than usual. In addition, this will be a test of our all-call system. As many of you are fully aware, Tuesday evening we had multiple, late night phone calls that went out due to a glitch in our system. We apologize for those late-night calls. They have assured us the issue has been resolved and it will not happen again. We greatly appreciate your understanding with that!
Early Dismissal Drill TODAY - Dismissal at 2:15pm
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Tomorrow Friday, October 13th, DCS will hold its annual early release drill. Once again, this year it will be coupled with an evacuation drill. The details are as follows:
At 2:00 pm, students will evacuate the building and proceed to the bus loop for attendance.
After attendance is taken, students will move to the bus garage to shelter in place.
At 2:15, walkers may be picked up by parents/guardians at the front door of the bus garage. Mrs. Odell will be there with students to release them.
After all walkers have been dismissed, bus riding students along with self-transport students, will depart directly from the bus garage.
Students may return to campus for normal after school activities (sports practice).
An all-call will take place the morning of October 13th to remind parents of the drill and to test the all-call system. If you do not receive a call that day, please contact the principal’s office at 607-363-2111.
Boys Varsity Soccer plays South Kortright on Saturday October 14th at 10:15 for the league championship. General admission is for $5.00 for all including Senior Citizens 65 and older. Students under 10 years old are free. A send-off being planned. Once details are finalized, they will be posted.
Mark your calendar! Early dismissal drill THIS FRIDAY (October 13th). Dismissal at 2:15pm
Columbus Day - No School
Health Careers Open House
College Open Houses
No School - Staff Development Day
There will be no school for students tomorrow, 10/6 and Monday 10/9. Have a great weekend!
This year's Reading theme will be Medieval Times. The students had a kick off today with William the Crusader. He joined our PreK-6 classes to talk about the importance of reading. Students will have the opportunity to read this year and then be knighted when they have reached a goal. Each month classes will be in a jousting tournament to see who can read the most! At the end of the month the winner will be given a flag for their knight to hold and bragging rights of what they have accomplished.
