The LINK March 2013 - Albion Central School District

4 ALBION CENTRAL SCHOOL --- Achievement, Character, and Success for Life!High School Musical Theater StudentsCreate Original ProductionAlbion Cheerleaders Place 2nd in Competition!Students in Mr. Simboli’s Introduction to Musical Theater class performed their originalproduction of “Melissa Parkington’s Beautiful Hair” based on a book by author Pat Brisson.The class wrote the script and musical score for the show as part of a service-learningproject. They designed their own set, costumes and performed this production to conveyan important message to the younger students.The story is about a young girl who is known for her beautiful hair, but feels that shehas more to offer people than just her beautiful hair. She makes a list of all the things thatshe could be famous for besides her hair and sets out to make a new name for herself. Shebegins by doing nice things for people and ends up being known for her BEAUTIFUL HEART!At the conclusion of the story, she ends up cutting her beautiful hair and donating it to Locksfor Love. For one of the students in the theater class, Tina Gers, this story really hit home.Tina has donated her hair to Locks for Love and enjoyed donating it so much, that shecontributed three times. In addition to Tina, students participating in the production wereRachel Corke, Samantha Dumont, Rebecca Flanagan, Jordan Grimble, Michael Karcz, RobertKlatt, Cassandra Langdon, Alyssa Lawrence, Ashley Leslie, Kendra Morrison, ZechariahSimpson, Nicholas Tolle, Kyle Worgo and Dakota Zimmer.Currently, in the elementary school students are participating in a service-learningproject to collect pet supplies for Community Action to distribute to elderly pet owners whomay need assistance in caring for their animals. In March, the Elementary School StudentLeadership Council will participate in their annual Pennies for Patients collection to supportthe Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. Last year the Elementary School collection resulted in adonation of $3,332.44 to the Society.Front row- Adryan Cheeseboro, Autumn Zona, Andrea Coccitti, Trisha Brooks, Courtney Depoty,Mahogany Taylor. 2nd Row- Haley Wegman, Carley Adamo, Taylor Mager, Nicole Entz, GabrielleVagg, Kassandra Martinez, Madeline Gibbs, Wynter Dumont, Janie Schutz, Ally Page.3rd row- Mariah Pepe, Kourtni Mietlicki, Karisa Stark, Brooke-Lyn Webster, Makaila Albanese,Jenna Raglan, Natalia Norton, Samantha Gramlich, Elizabeth Banty.The Albion Varsity Cheerleading squad competed in the Greater Rochester Cheer andDance Championships at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester on Jan. 26, 2013. The squadfinished 2nd in the Intermediate division. They have competed in the Intermediate Divisionsince 2011, each year placing higher than the year before. Prior to 2011, they competed inthe Novice Division, which they won from 2008 - 2011. Congratulations Cheerleaders!Elks Club Donates Dictionaries toElementary School Students“Reading Is Magic” Kicks Off The (PARP)Parents As Reading Partners ProgramPictured above are Elks Lodge #1006 members Mr. Champeney and Mr. Ames.For the last several years, the Albion Elks Lodge #1006 has distributed dictionariesto the third-grade students in Albion, Medina, Lyndonville, and Kendall school districts.Third graders eagerly waited as representatives talked to them about why the Elksclub members decided to participate in the national Dictionary Project program. TheDictionary Project’s goal is to assist all students in completing their school year as goodwriters, active readers and creative thinkers by supplying them with their own dictionary.The program targets third graders because it is at this level that students make thetransition between learning to read and reading to learn.The Elks Club members believe that reading and literacy are important to the futureof each and every student. Elks representative, Mr. Ames said, “The lodge members areproud to have supported the project and plan on continuing it.” The Lodge distributesapproximately 500 books annually.Albion Service-Learning Class Pitches In toHelp Local AgenciesThe Albion Elementary School PTA is excited to offer the Parents as Reading Partners(PARP) program again this year. PARP encourages families to read together for at least 15minutes per day, 4 days a week. PTA representative Kathy Harling said, “One of the goalsof the program is to instill a lifelong love of reading, while strengthening the connectionbetween home and school. We would like to show students that reading can be both fun andinformative. With this in mind, the PTA has chosen ‘Reading is Magic’ as this year’s theme.”The PARP program will kick off on Mon., March 11, with a building-wide assemblyfeaturing WKBW meteorologist Mike Randall with his “Reading is Magic” program featuringmagic, ventriloquism and audience participation. On the day of the assembly, students willreceive a packet of information explaining the program as well as a contract that must besigned by both the student and the parent/guardian. Together they will fill out a calendardocumenting when they read. The PARP program will end on Wed., March 27, and studentswill turn in the completed calendar. During the three-week program, guest readers will readto students in classrooms throughout the building.Albion Middle School seventh graders (l-r) Samantha Hollenbeck, Samantha Champeney,and Engracia Perez prepare a mailing for the Arc of Orleans County as part of a servicelearningclass project. Among other things, students in the service-learning classes learnabout local agencies and provide support when they can.The LINK March 2013