GCCSD News and Updates - Nov. 2023
🧀Say cheese, Stars!
Armstrong Stars have a picture-perfect picture day in the library. Picture Day makeups will be on Dec. 8.
🤩 ¡Aventuras Españolas!
The Paul Road Panthers enjoy an after-school Spanish class. Learn about more opportunities through Continuing Education at gateschili.org/ContinuingEd.
🥁Drumroll please!
That’s a wrap for seniors in the GCHS Marching Band. They enjoyed their last performance on the turf at the Oct. 20 football game against East Irondequoit.
🎤Ready to rock
Musicians in the middle school chorus are getting ready for their winter concert on Dec. 12 in the GCPAC.
📕Tackling tales at Brasser
GC varsity football players traded touchdowns for tales as they read to FB’s kindergarteners.
⚱️Clay creators at Disney
Fifth grade continues to build their sculpting skills as they work with clay in art class.
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth at just the right moment. The last total solar eclipse was visible in Rochester on Jan. 24, 1925. Pictured here is a photo of man observing the Rochester eclipse in 1925. It's not a phone he's holding up; it's a piece of film (Source: Library of Congress, 1925)!
How old would you be if you were alive during the last visible total solar eclipse in Rochester?
- A person would have to be at least 105 years old to possibly remember the eclipse.
- Most people don’t have memories earlier than age 3-5.
- If you were born in 1925, you would be 99 years old today and have no memory of the event because you would have been a baby!
The GCMS Outdoor Club was selected by the Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC) to serve as Community Eclipse Ambassadors ahead of the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse in Rochester. Each month, a section of this newsletter will be dedicated to sharing student-curated resources, interesting facts, information and/or activities about eclipses.
Be sure to stop by their table at Fall Family Fest on Thursday, Nov. 9 at the Spartan Field House or visit them during their Eclipse Fair on Wednesday, Dec. 6 at Gates Chili Middle School.
In 2020, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) began requiring public schools to provide information on student and teacher access to devices and the internet. Similar to previous surveys, this questionnaire asks about students' access to devices and the internet and is required to be submitted for each school-aged child.
We ask that families please complete this annual survey in the SchoolTool Parent Portal by Friday, Nov. 17.
- For SchoolTool mobile app users: after signing into the app, you will be prompted to complete the survey for each of your students before accessing the Parent Portal.
- For non-mobile app users: after signing into the SchoolTool Parent Portal, navigate to the “User Defined” tab to complete the survey.
Please review this brief instructional video for details on where to find the survey and how to complete it. Families must answer each question and save their responses. If you need technical assistance, please contact our help desk at support@gateschili.org or 585-340-5522.
Thank you in advance for responding to the NYSED Digital Equity Survey.
Schools across the country and here in our community are experiencing milk supply chain challenges related to packaging issues. There is an unexpected shortage of the half pint paper cartons used for milk.
What does that mean for Gates Chili students?
Right now, nothing. However, we anticipate this shortage could begin impacting us soon. When that happens, instead of milk being available in small cartons, it will poured from larger containers and distributed to students.
The Gates Chili School Nutrition team is dedicated to providing healthy and delicious meals that include milk every day. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding during this time.
It’s almost time for the Fall Family Fest! Please join us at the event on Thursday, Nov. 9 from 5-7 p.m. in the Spartan Field House at Gates Chili High School, 1 Spartan Way.
This event, focused on harvesting health and wellness in our community, will feature fun games, live performances by students, staff and community members, flu vaccines, a passport fair, our annual Spartan Way Coat Drive and more!
If you’re still interested in donating, you can drop off new or gently used coats, hats and mittens until Tuesday, Nov. 7, only at these locations:
- Gates Chili Administration Building
- Gates Chili Transportation and Facilities Center
- Gates Chili High School
- Gates Chili Middle School
- Imagination Childcare Academy
- Florence Brasser Elementary School
- Neil Armstrong Elementary School
- Paul Road Elementary School
- Walt Disney Elementary School
- Gates YMCA Elmgrove
- Chili Public Library
Hope to see you next Thursday, Nov. 9!
Follow @GatesChiliInfo on social media this month to learn about Native American and Indigenous connections in and around Rochester.
- Nov. 1: MS Picture Day Makeup
- Nov. 1: Native American Heritage Month Begins
- Nov. 2: HS Fall Choral Concert, 7 p.m., GCPAC
- Nov. 3: MS Gr. 6 Social, 7-8:30 p.m., MS
- Nov. 5: Daylight saving time ends (set clocks back one hour)
- Nov. 8: HS Financial Aid Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., HS Library Mezzanine
- Nov. 9: Fall Family Fest, 5-7 p.m., Spartan Field House
- Nov. 10: Veterans Day (Observance)
- Nov. 12: Diwali begins
- Nov. 14: BOE Meeting, 6:30 p.m., GCPLC
- Nov. 15: FB Picture Day Makeup
- Nov. 15: PR Picture Day Makeup
- Nov. 15: HS FAFSA Night, 5:30-7 p.m., HS Library
- Nov. 16: MS Musical, 7 p.m., GCPAC
- Nov. 17: MS Musical, 7 p.m., GPAC
- Nov. 17: GC Pride Day
- Nov. 21: HS Skilled Trades Day, HS Career Center
- Nov. 22-24: Thanksgiving Recess - District Closed
- Nov. 28: BOE Meeting, 6:30 p.m. GCPLC
- Nov. 30: HS National Honor Society Ceremony, 6:30-8:30 p.m., GCPAC
- Job ID 948: Science Teacher - General Science
- Job ID 951: English Teacher - LTS
- Job ID 950: School Aide - Attendance
- Job ID 703: Technology Teacher
- Job ID 928: School Psychologist
- Job ID 904: Cleaner
- Job ID 789: Lifeguard
- Job ID 728: Hall Monitor/Cafeteria Monitor (Part-time)
- Job ID 905: Bus Attendant - 2023/24 School Year
- Job ID 906: Bus Driver - 2023/24 School Year
- Job ID 903: Teacher Aide - School Aide
- Job ID 750: Bus Attendant
- Job ID 723: Substitute Support Staff
- Job ID 724: Substitute Teacher*
- Job ID 871: Building Substitute Teacher (2023-24 school year)
*The Gates Chili Board of Education recently approved new,
increased rates for instructional substitutes. Click here for details.
The Gates Chili Central School District is dedicated to fostering curiosity, growth, and diversity within our school community. The district celebrates and embraces differences and strives to dismantle exclusion, bias, racism, and prejudice of all forms.