Whitesville Central School

🍂🎃🍂 Whitesville's Spooky Littles (and Scary Bigs!) were on the prowl today in anticipation for their spooktacular tricks or treats tomorrow night! 🪄🍬✨️

Andover's 1st grade joined our Outdoor Education for cider making today!

Thank you, Mosaic Community Dental, for taking such good care of our students' teeth! They did dental screenings for each registered child and cleanings, sealants and x-rays for those who needed them. They also sent each child home with a new toothbrush, paste, timer and sticker! Letters to the parents will be going home today with the results of the screenings. Mosaic hopes to be back in the spring!

2nd Grade made homemade apple sauce today! From the looks on these faces it was a big success! 🍎😋

Our first graders have been busy becoming little scientists! 🔬🐾 They've been learning about offspring and trait variation and explored how baby animals inherit traits from their parents, but don’t always look exactly alike! Our young scientists had so much fun thinking like real scientists as they observed different animal traits and predicted what animal babies might look like by finding for patterns! 🐣🐶

🔢✨ Our 1st graders have been working hard this week learning their doubles facts! ✨🔢 They've been practicing, building their math skills, and learning strategies to become more confident mathematicians! 🧠➕ Keep up the great work, first graders! You’re doing amazing things!

PreK is the ultimate time to explore, wonder, and grow!

Mosaic Health Community Dentistry will be coming to Whitesville Central School to do dental exams, cleanings, xrays and screenings on registered students on October 26 and October 27. If you are interested in having your child see the dental hygienist, you can still register online until October 23! Register at : https://mosaichealth.org/community-dentistry-online-registration/

💯 Our PreK and Kindergarten classes sure got a lesson on colors during this spirit week! Look at them rocking their neons and "blurple"! 💛💙💜💙🧡

🏡 Our very own Miss Sandy had a special visit this week! The Prek, Kindergarten and 1st grade music classes took a nature walk up town to wish her well! Get back on your feet soon, Miss Sandy! These Blue Jays miss you! 🫶

This week our 4th graders took a unique voyage to the center of the earth with the REV Theater Production Crew! They became great explorers, learning about cave acoustics, navigational tools, underground seas and so much more with this skit!

Reminder that the next Regular Board of Education meeting will be held Tuesday, October 13th at 6:30 pm in the High School Library.

Direct link to meeting dates:
https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3246/Wcsd/000bc275-00bb-4040-9504-f22040a4716d/BOE-2026-27-Tentative-Mtg-Dates.pdf?disposition=inline

Direct link to meeting agendas:
https://www.whitesvillesd.org/documents/board-of-education/public-board-meeting-documents/353815

All of this information can be found on the WCS Board of Education page: https://www.whitesvillesd.org/page/board-of-education

Fire prevention week. We will be practicing safety drills throughout the week.

✨️🔬Check it out! Alfred University is getting ready for a Night of Science & Arts!🔬✨️ ⚙️Thursday, Oct. 22 from 5-8 PM At Alfred University, McMahon Engineering Building and Harder Hall Lobby 🔎 How does NoSA work? NoSA is a one-night, completely free event held by Alfred University’s science, engineering, and art faculty and students. Families of all ages are invited to arrive on campus anytime starting at 5pm where they can walk around McMahon and Harder Hall to watch live demos. 👨‍🔬⏱️Each demo is about 5-10 minutes. It is expected to take about 1.5 hours to see all demos. Families are invited to have dinner at Ade Dining Hall for a buffet style dinner at any point in the night. We are running a special discounted rate of $12, and $5 for kids 12 years and under. 🚘 Parking Information: All faculty, staff, and student parking lots will be open to the public for this event. We will have volunteers help direct traffic and parking as you enter downtown Alfred. Students will also be driving golf carts to help carry families to demo locations and the dining hall. 🙋‍♀️For any questions, email Dr. Rebecca Welch at WelchR@alfred.edu

🍁 Stay Healthy This Fall and Winter 🍁 Allegany County Department of Health is coming to the Whitesville Fire Hall on Tuesday, October 13, from 2:00-5:00 pm to give flu shots. A flu shot helps protect not only you, but also babies, older adults, and others who may be more vulnerable to serious illness. Bring your ID and your insurance card. Registration is preferred but walk-ins are accepted. Register here: https://form.jotform.com/262315108844152. Together, we can help reduce the impact of flu in our community!

The Kindergarten music class spent time learning that they can act out stories through music and dramatic expression! Here, they are acting out the story "Andy Pandy", popping up and down and in and out, as the story’s song unfolds. They used their chairs as the “toy box” in the story.

Third grade has moved into the rhythm portion of their first unit! They got creative as they composed their own rhythms using sidewalk chalk, incorporating the notes and rests they have been studying. After completing their rhythms, each student clapped their composition to hear how it sounded and to bring their creation to life!

Let's send off our Andover-Whitesville teams with some SCHOOL SPIRIT! See the attached flyer for spirit week events here at WCS next week! Parents, please note that we have a slightly different schedule than Andover's Spirit Days due to our Picture Day being on Monday!

This week our 3-4th grade scientists inventing “Bobby” (the paperclip) droppers to see if they can get him to fall safely. They practiced failing and learning from mistakes to make their invention even better!

Don't forget to turn in paperwork if you want to have your child get a dental exam and cleaning right here at Whitesville Central School! Mosaic Community Dental would like to visit the school this fall, but we need enough students signed up. We want to keep our students' smiles healthy! Here is the link to sign up on line: https://mosaichealth.org/community-dentistry-online-registration