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FRANKLINVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL

January/February 2012

FOCUS

Please Note:School will be closedon January 16th for

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Happy New Year to Families and Friends!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends. I wish you all health and happiness for the 2012 New Year as well! Just a reminder, my door is always open should you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me!

EmErgEncy School cloSing rEmindEr... Winter is here and as such, it may at times be necessary to cancel, delay or have an early release from school. These decisions are not easy, and are made with great care to keep our students safe when the weather is poor. I have had a number of calls with ques-tions about school closings and early release times so let me share with you the procedures I use in making these difficult decisions. First, I am in contact with Mr. Don Cooper, our very competent District’s Director of

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Winter Weather:Dressing Warm& Staying Safe

By Thomas K. Kopp It would certainly appear that winter weather is once again upon us. I’d like to encourage all students to dress appropriately for the inclement conditions by making sure they have a coat, hat, and foot wear. I’d like to also remind students that making and throwing snowballs while on school property is first, an infraction of the District’s Code of Conduct and more importantly, a health and safety concern. It may seem fun to hit someone with a snowball, but potentially serious in-jury can be incurred. Please leave the snow onthe ground. Thank you.

Auditorium Grand Opening: (L to R) Marty Brisky, BOE president; Rick Wright, BOE Vice President; Rick Chapman, BOE Member; Tim Bigham, BOE Member; Sue Ciesla, BOE Member; Michelle Spasiano, Superintendent; Bob Breton, Mayor; Paul Hedin, Habiterra; Bob Nordin, Habiterra and Jack McCray, Habiterra.

By Michelle A. Spasiano, Superintendent

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SupErintEndEnt michEllE A. SpASiAno con’t...Transportation, early in the morning whenever there is any concern about the weather. He has already driven around the community by about 5:15 a.m. prior to our first phone call. Mr. Cooper is also in contact with the transportation supervisors of the towns that comprise our District, as well as the Cattaraugus County DPW and New York State DOT. Local, state and national weather stations are also monitored to gather the information necessary to make such decisions.

In the event that we do have to cancel or delay school, the decision will be made prior to 6:00 a.m. You should soon thereafter be contacted by our Global Connect system, and will receive the appropriate message. Please be sure to notify us if you change your phone numbers so we’re sure to reach you! Listed below are the radio and television stations that will also be contacted: WKBW (Channel 7), WGRZ (Channel 2), WIVB (Channel 4), YNN (Cable Channel 9), WBEN (AM 930), WHDL (AM 450), WPIG (FM 95.7), WYRK (FM 106.5), WJYE (FM 96.1), WECK (AM 1230), WMNS (AM 1360), and WMXO (FM 101.5). Again, our goal is always to keep our students safety at the forefront of all decisions made!

cApitAl projEct updAtE... The end is near! Recently, the lower level of the auditorium was turned over to us, just in time for our first, wonderful musical, White Christmas. With our Board of Education, and architects from Habiterra present, we had our grand opening prior to the production. Our new agriculture classrooms and greenhouse, second floor classrooms, library and computer lab are nearly complete. We hope that by the spring, the last of the little projects will be finished, and of course our spring sports teams look forward to using the new fields behind the elementary school. If you have not attended an event and would like a tour of our new auditorium and classrooms, just give me a call and I am sure we can arrange a visit.

The deadline for transportation requests to non-public schools is April 1, 2012. Parents are reminded that written transportation requests for non-public schools must be received by April 1, 2012 to be eligible for the 2012-2013 school year. Send requests to: Michelle A. Spasiano, Superintendent Franklinville Central School 31 North Main Street Franklinville, NY 14737

Transportation Requests

Additional information on the STAR Program can be found at the following website: www.nystax.gov.

In December 2001, a law re-garding the administration of the STAR Program took effect. The law (Chapter 233 and 555 of the Laws of 2001) allows a taxpayer who is eligible for the Enhanced STAR exemption to designate an adult third party to receive an annual notice from the school regarding the filing deadline for the Enhanced STAR exemption application. A taxpayer request for third party notification must be submitted to the school district no later than 60 days before the first taxable status date to which it is to apply (which would be July 1). Should you elect to have a Third Party Notice sent, please contact the Business Office (676-8005) and an application form will be sent to you. Please complete the form and return by May 1 to: Franklinville Central School 31 North Main St. Franklinville, NY 14737 ATTN: Tax Collector

STAR Program:Third Party Notification

Pre-K 2012-2013 ParentInformational Meeting Parents of children who will be age four on or before December 1, 2012 are invited to attend an informational meeting March 1, 2012 in the Elementary Library at 6:30 pm. The Pre-K staff will have a short presentation. Applications will be available for the 12-13 school year. Please bring a copy or the original of their birth certifi-cate and social security card.

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focuS on tEn BroEck AcAdEmy...By Thomas Kopp, Principal

Literacy Is Lifelong Did you know that research has demon-strated and duplicated time and again, that reading with and to your children and dis-cussing what you’ve read, is an immensely important activity, one that helps promote family closeness, while at the same time, helps young people with their literacy skills? We tend to think that this activity only ap-plies to our younger children. I know I did with my first two who are now out of the house. Their mother or I read to them through about the end of the fourth grade and then we basically quit because at that point they could now say the majority of the words in the books they were reading. We no longer saw the need to engage with them in the reading task, for we assumed that they had now made the leap to the “reading to learn stage” rather than still being in the “learning to read stage.” The two phrases in quotation marks use the same words, but in a different order and, consequently; the message is very different. I assumed that once my children were able to read each word on a page they were no longer dependent readers, but were now independent readers and, therefore, didn’t need my help with or the modeling of the task of comprehending what they were decoding. Nothing could have been further from the truth. My children still needed skill devel-opment in such reading tasks as inferring, comparing and contrasting, rereading, mak-ing predictions, activating prior knowledge, understanding cause and effect, building vocabulary and so on. In fact, depending on the content of the reading material with which we are engaged, we can all find our-selves as dependent readers. For example, if I were to attempt to read an article from a medical journal, one that was written for medical professionals, I would very likely not be able to comprehend much of what the article was trying to say. The same is true for young people when they try to read a variety of materials. To make a long story shorter, the more you read with and to your child and discuss what you are reading, even through high school (that may seem weird unless you’ve established the practice early in life), the better chance they have of becoming an independent reader who thinks deeply and critically about not only what they have read, but also a person who has the ability

to think deeply and critically about issues that surround us in everyday life. Literacy is an aid in the acquisition of knowledge and in developing the capacity to control the decisions we make that direct our life, rather than have circumstances in life control us.

Official Auditorium Opening The auditorium officially opened its doors to the public on November 11th, with a ceremony hosted by the Board of Educa-tion. Following the opening ceremony, the music department put on the production of the musical “White Christmas”. The show was a great success with many in attendance. The next performance to take place in the new venue was the elementary Christmas concert that took place on December 7th fol-lowed by the high school Christmas concert on December 14th. Also, as you see in the picture above, some of the lights from the old auditorium have been hung in the foyer. If you haven’t had a chance to see and sit for a performance in our new auditorium, you are really missing an exceptional experience and I would encourage you to come visit us.

Who Works With Our Kids In this issue of the FOCUS we will feature the teachers from the math depart-ment and the support staff from the guidance office that help our faculty provide the high quality and caring education to your child. The math department has four teach-ers who continuously dedicate themselves to improving within their field so that they can provide your child with the best possible education available. Mr. Jordan teaches all seventh grade students, two classes of algebra and he also coaches the modified wrestlers. He has worked for the district for thirteen years. Mr. Jordan and his wife Jessica have one daughter. Mrs. Haskins teaches all of our eighth graders, three algebra classes and is an advisor for the

math club. She has worked for the district for fourteen years. She and her husband Mark have one son. Mr. Shenk is a 1997 graduate of Ten Broeck Academy and has been a teacher within the district for the past eleven years. He teaches algebra II/trigonometry, pre-calculus, and AP calculus. He has temporarily retired from coaching to concentrate on raising his three young sons with his wife Beth when not at school. Mrs. Cashing is currently working in her second year as the teacher in charge of the Alternative Learning Center (ALC). The ALC is a place where students who have either fallen behind in their studies for any number of reasons or are struggling with some element within a subject can go and work in a small group with a certified teacher to catch up. Mrs. Cashing lives with her husband Jason in Franklinville. Finally, Mrs. Pollard is our longest tenured teacher in the math department with thirty years. She has helped many students succeed in various mathematic subjects during her time at TBA and is currently teaching geometry. She and her husband Jack have lived in the community during all those years and their two children are graduates of TBA/FCS.

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Math Department: (Back Row, L to R) Megan Cashing, Rhonda Pollard and Jill Haskins. (Front Row, L to R) Scott Shenk and Ryan Jordan.

The guidance office is also an indis-pensible arm of the whole body that makes up the education at Franklinville. We have three individuals in this office who help manage, problem solve issues, keep track of and watch over students as they support our teaching staff. Mrs. Irwin is our guidance secretary and has worked for the district in

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Greetings fromthe Guidance Office...By Cindi A. Rhodes, School Counselor

Dates to Remember: • January 4, 2012: 10th grade trip to BOCES (1/2 day field trip) • January 10, 2012: Financial Aid Night at JCC (Olean) Cutco Theater @ 6:30 PM • Jan. 24th-27th 2012: Regents Week • March 28, 2012: Penn York College Night @ SBU 6:30-8:30 • April 4, 2012: Buffalo National Col-lege Fair – all Juniors, all day field trip, (free) • ACT test dates: (register at www.actstudent.org) February 11, 2012, April 14, 2012 and June 9, 2012 • SAT test dates: (register at www.collegeboard.com) January 28, 2012, March 10, 2012, May 5, 2012 and June 2, 2012 (Fee waiver forms are available for qualified students. Please come to the guid-ance office to inquire)

SENIORS: Just a reminder that as part of graduation requirements, all seniors will need to complete senior proficiencies (list was given out shortly after returning from Christmas break), activity sheets, consent to release records, and letters of recom-mendations. Get your information into the guidance office as soon as possible so you do not lose out on scholarship opportunities! Scholarships can be found on our school website under Services/Guidance and Coun-seling/post secondary scholarships. This site should be checked regularly! Hard copy forms of scholarship applications can also be found in the guidance office.

Thank you to Mrs. Wendy Flemming from St. Bonaventure University who came out on November 16th and conducted a Financial Aid session for our seniors and their parents. This year’s group of attend-ees was very small and Wendy did a great job for us. There is another area Financial Aid meeting scheduled at JCC (Cutco Theater) in Olean at 6:30 PM on Tuesday January 10, 2012 for any who missed our own Financial Aid night.

The 10th graders completed the AS-VAB in November and we had a wonderful turnout with only one student not attending. In December, MEPS sent a representative to

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this capacity for three years now. She treats our kids like she does her own. You won’t find a more caring individual. She and her husband Robert have two sons who attend FCS. Mrs. Lembicz is our school’s data specialist and has worked in that role for the past three years. She keeps track of every-thing and does a phenomenal job. If I need to know anything concerning a student’s achievement, she is the person who always has the answer. She currently has a son and a daughter who attend Franklinville. Our guidance counselor for the last two years has been Ms. Cindi Rhoades. Ms. Rhoades is tasked with getting to know your child well and in this she does a great job. She counsels your child through the difficult process of charting his or her path through high school. She helps them through tough social and emotional issues. She takes the time to listen to you and your child’s hopes and dreams for the future so that your child will be college or career ready when they graduate. Ms. Rhoades has three of her own children, but has as an extended family, all of your children as well. I hope that this feature section will, in a small way, help you to get to know the people who work with and care about your child a little bit better.

Parent Conferences Now that our first Flex day for parent/teacher conferences is over, I’d like your input as to how you thought it went. While the high school saw more parents attend-ing conferences than in recent memory, for which we are grateful, there are several pos-sible factors for this increase. We’d like to know if changing our teachers’ availability by flexing their hours better accommodated your schedule, thus making it easier for you to meet with and discuss your child’s suc-cess in school. We’d also be interested in any other ideas you may have for making

Guidance Office: (L to R) Annette Lembicz, Taffy Irwin and Cindi Rhoades.

these parent/teacher days more powerful and productive as we work together for your child’s benefit. Please call, write or come in and see me if you have ideas or comments. Thank you.

Library Learning Center The District has created learning center hours with the central concept being to pro-vide your child with more access to learning through technology. As our world continues to advance on the technology front, more and more learning opportunities will be available that can only be accessed through technology. In order to better equip our students with the 21st century knowledge and skills necessary for them to be successful in a global community, Franklinville Central School is offering access to computers so that students may, for example, work on homework, research information for proj-ects, or take on-line courses (if qualified). Students already have their own personal identification and account at school and the District wants to help them take advantage of the technology at their disposal, as often as possible. Of course, these opportunities are to be utilized to promote active student engagement in the learning process and the District’s acceptable use policy regarding technology use is in effect. Learning center hours are scheduled for every Monday through Thursday from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. and from 3:10 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. With morning hours, the parent must provide transportation, while the Dis-trict will provide a 4:30 late bus for any who requires it. Students who stay after school must have written permission from their parent and must sign up for the late bus if they intend to utilize district transportation. The learning center is located in the high school library. If you have any questions, please call 676-8025.

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Franklinville FFA UpdateBy Thomas Kopp The Franklinville FFA has been busy so far this year. We had a good summer at the land lab where we sold 385 dozen ears of corn and donated over 42 dozen to the cafeteria for lunches. Between sum-mer and winter squash we sold 60 squash and gave another 20 to the cafeteria. This year’s pumpkin crop was the best with 148 pumpkins being sold and over 15 donated to different organizations. Lastly, we raised watermelon and cantaloupe that members enjoyed and were given to the school caf-eteria for meals. We would to thank Mr. Leonard Kaluzny for his donation of seed, equipment and time. Next summer, we plan to expand production and continue to improve things at the land lab. This year’s officers are president Whitney Farrand, vice president Johanna

focuS on tEn BroEck AcAdEmy...work with the results and help our students with more career exploration.

Career Horizon’s: Once again we took our 10th Graders to JCC in Olean for their annual Career Horizon’s Day. Forty-one of our 10th graders participated in this wonderful opportunity. We spent our time discussing and learning about the skills businesses are looking for, college and career readiness training, and meeting with individuals from many different occupa-tions. As always, it was a lot of fun.

In December, Debbie King from the Ellicottville BOCES center came in to give a presentation to our 10th graders. On January 4th students will be heading over to look at the different career programs that they have to offer. Students will get a chance to see the programs in action, which will help them make a more informed decision about their scheduling needs for their last two years of school.

As a reminder to all, I will be meeting with each student to discuss scheduling needs. Parents are welcome to attend this meeting, but it is not required. During these meetings, we discuss the student’s interests (which often change year to year), develop or modify their four year plan, discuss classes they would like to take if it fits into their schedules, and any other concerns they or I have. A printout of their choices will be sent home for parental approval. If parents have concerns or comments beforehand or afterwards, please let me know. A letter will be sent home in advance of the student’s meeting. Comments on choices or concerns can be added to this letter and sent back to the guidance office.

I will begin meeting with each grade level for other career/college exploration education purposes. We will be using the Guidance Direct program which can be found on our website. All students have (or will have) an account that they and their parents can access. More information will be coming home with each student after they have had their sessions, however; if you have any questions regarding this program, please feel free to contact me.

Parents, I’d like to remind you that Regents Week is January 24th-27th. Let-ters were sent out at the end of December for those students that need to retake a Regents

Exam. Due to changes with the State of New York, we have to order our regents exams well ahead of time. If your child did not receive a letter and would like to retake an exam (for a higher grade) or you think your child needs to retake an exam and didn’t receive a letter, please call and let me know.

The Drug Quiz Show is underway. A group of students in grades 9-12 have been coaching a group of students in grades 6-8 to get ready for the annual Drug Quiz Show Competition. Starting competitions will be with Olean and Portville and will begin in February. Ms. Marlee Jones (Guidance Counselor intern) states “We have been training our minds with healthy knowledge and are ready for the challenge!”

I want to wish everyone a very Happy Holiday Season! As always, if you have any comments, questions, and/or concerns, please feel free to contact our office at 676-8025! My email is crhoades@frkl.wnyric.org.

Farrand, treasurer Mike Lembicz, secre-tary Derek Knight, reporter Robert Irwin and sentinel Brennan Johnson. Members include Shawn Chase, Brandon Richards, Matt Wilber, Travis Krotje, Rachael Pat-terson, Anthony Belscher, Adam Rix, Dylan Howard, Carl Ratzel, Justin Wilber, Nick Winters, Phil Lewis, Ben Hazelett, Audrylynn Shaw, Dorothy Shaw, Patrick Defoe, Josh Fuller, Dennis Schuyler, Dominic Zuppelli, Devon Sweet, Patrick Callahan, Patrick Chase, Lance Easton, Austin Feldman, Jordyn Riethmiller, Kelsie Riethmiller, Josiah Farrand, Seth Farrand, Kayla Cole, and Codey Amrhein. We just finished up our fruit sale and look forward to our cheese sale in February. 14 members will also travel to Syracuse at the end of January for the 212/360 FFA leadership conference.

Please Note:School will be closedFebruary 20th-24thfor Winter Break!

ATTENTION ALL7TH-12TH GRADERS!!!Starting Jan. 9, 2012

we will be runningGrab and Go Breakfasts

at our new concession stand instead of in the cafeteria! We will have a variety of

new menu items in awhole new atmosphere!Get geared up for some healthy breakfast options

and be able toGrab it and Go, or dineat our new Bistro tables!We look forward to seeing you then!

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SPORTSVarsity Boys’ Basketball By: Coach Allan Dunlap The Boys’ Varsity Basketball team cur-rently has a record of 3 wins and 0 losses. Our first win came against West Valley. Collin Seamans led the Panthers with 29 points, with 27 of those points coming from 9 three pointers. Jake Reynolds grabbed 21 rebounds and recorded 22 points, while Tom Olver dished out 11 assists. Our second win came against North Collins, and once again we were led by Jake Reynolds and Collin Seamans who combined for 40 of the Panthers 59 points. Joel Hyman contributed with 12 points and 8 rebounds. Our third game was played against Cattaraugus Little-Valley who had beaten us six times in a row. Jake Reynolds had a career night scoring 23 points and grabbing 21 rebounds to lead us to our third victory. Players on our team include: Sopho-mores: Collin Seamans, Jamie Greiner Juniors: Justin Hatch, Derek Knight, Aaron Rozeski, Ethan Shea, Josh Blundon and Trent Dingman Seniors and Captains: Jake Reynolds, Tom Olver and Joel Hyman. It has certainly been an exciting start to our season. We hope that everyone in the community will come out and support our team. They are an exciting group to watch as we work well as a team and pull for each other unconditionally.

Varsity Girls’ Basketball By: Coach Cornell At this early point in the season, the Varsity Girls’ Basketball team has a record of 1 win and 1 loss. Our season opened on Nov. 29th with a loss to West Valley in a hard-fought

game. Vanessa Pfeiffer led the team with 11 points and Anna O’Neal added 7 points and 8 rebounds. Our second game was a victory over Cattaraugus/Little Valley. Shelby Reynolds led the scoring attack with 12 points, while Vanessa Pfeiffer added 10 points and Linnea Pollock dished out 9 assists. With the loss of 6 seniors to graduation, our team is quite young and inexperienced at the Varsity level. We have a challenging league schedule (CCAA Div. III) in front of us, as well as non-league games with West Valley, Cattaraugus-Little Valley and at the Portville Christmas Tournament. We are developing together as a team and would ap-preciate your support throughout the winter season. Here is the 2011-2012 Varsity ros-ter: (Seniors) Brittney Oyler, Anna Ciesla, Amanda Long and Kayla Clark, (Juniors) Jill Phillips and Jen Blum, (Sophomores) Linnea Pollock and Ashley Leederman, (Freshmen) Vanessa Pfeiffer and Anna O’Neal and 8th Grader Shelby Reynolds.

JV Girls’ Basketball By: Coach Cornell The JV team has also opened its season with a record of 1-1. 15 young ladies are work-ing hard to develop their skills. The JV team is young as well, with only three returning play-ers from last year and 12 new players moving up from the modified level. JV games typically start at 6:00 pm with the Varsity game to fol-low. Here is the 2011-2012 Junior Varsity roster: (Sophomores) Meghan McKune and Carli Lembicz, (Freshmen) Mikayla Owens, Tierney McMurray, Cheyenne Staufenberger, Megan VanArsdale, Kelsey Brown, Kaye Vandenberg, Lydia Roth, Tessa Palix, Kirsten Bowser, Kara Conroy, Chelsea Wolfer, and Emily Johnson and 8th Grader Jenna Hicks.

WrestlingBy: Coach Scott Palmatier Franklinville’s varsity wrestling team has high expectations this season. Our first match was a convincing 72 to 12 win over Salamanca. We are returning all but one wrestler (Nick Lambert lost to graduation) from last year’s team that finished the season with 13 wins and 4 losses, while placing 2nd in Section 6 Class D. Like the past few years, our number of wrestlers is very good. We currently have 28 wrestlers on JV and Varsity, which is more than any other school in the area of similar size. Leadership dur-ing the season will come from a combina-tion of wrestlers who have contributed in the past. These include Seniors Michael Lembicz, Brock Riethmiller, Julian Ruibal, Jeff Schley, and Josh McKune: Juniors Eric Michaelis, Carl Ratzel, Dean Cole, Pat De-foe, David and Devin Wesolek, Brandon and Nicholas Winter: Sophomores Matt Bacher and Alex Mahnk. Our team is committed to carrying on the strong tradition of wrestling here at Franklinville. We are very thankful for those who have contributed to this tradi-tion including former coaches, wrestlers, and community members that support our program. We look forward to seeing you at one of our dual meets or two tournaments that we host in January. Please come out and support our wres-tlers and all our athletes here at TBA. It takes hard work, commitment, discipline, and courage to do what they are doing. At a time when participation in sports is declin-ing, they are choosing to be active and com-mitted to something that I believe is special. The benefits they receive and lessons they learn will help them throughout their entire life. Thank you again for your support and hope to see you soon.

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It’s Time To Cheer • By: Tiffany Smith, Cheerleading Advisor For the past couple of years, the winter cheerleading squad has been a combined unit that cheers at the boys’ wrestling and boys’ and girls’ basketball home events. This year, Mrs. Tiffany Smith is the squad’s new coach. The girls are very excited to show off what they have learned, and to lead our spectators as we all positively participate in rooting for our athletes. So come visit either a wrestling match or a boys’ or girls’ varsity basketball game to support both the boys’ and the girls’ and the varsity winter cheerleaders. Cheerleaders include: Hannah Paduano, Whitney Farrand, Cassidy Goodemote, Kayla Cole, Katrina Geleta, Hayley Scott, Isabel Palix, Alicia DeFoe, Alexandra Mersmann.

By: Jessie Jordan, HS Coordinator and Cindy Knuth, Elementary School Coordinator On Saturday, October 15th, fifty-three students, parents, and teachers represent-ing Franklinville Central School participated in the 39th Annual Canter for Cancer in Arcade. Due to the treacherous weather and high wind warnings the 10K walk became much shorter, but the spirit of the walkers soared! Many wore special shirts and carried signs in memory of loved ones. This year twenty-eight 4th-6th graders, 12 high school students, and 13 teachers and parents raised a grand total of $5,036! Kaila Dick (grade 5), Ally Haskell (grade 6), and DJ Pfeiffer (grade 7) were the top fund raisers and were honored at an Awards Dinner on November 20th at the Byrncliff Resort and Conference Center. DJ Pfeiffer was also honored as the 4th highest student fund raiser overall for the second year in a row, out of six school districts. This was the third year Franklinville students have been included in the Canter for Cancer. We look forward to helping the American Cancer Society again in 2012. Pictured above (L to R): DJ Pfeiffer, Ally Haskell and Kaila Dick.

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Student Council UpdateBy: Mrs. Huntington Recently, the Student Council held a “Shut In”. Most members stayed at the school from 6 p.m. Friday night to 8 a.m Saturday morning so they could talk, bond, brainstorm and plan for ways to improve school spirit and morale here at Ten Broeck Academy. Students also played games like Capture the Flag, Hide and Go Seek, Pac Man and Soccer, as well as creating other inventive ways to entertain themselves. Some people crashed and got a couple hours of sleep before rolling out for doughnuts and OJ the next morning, but four of the kids made it through the whole night awake. They were tired, but we got so much done! Every class had representatives present for the Shut In and most of them decided to try to pep up the school with some color on the walls and doors. Many doors were decorated by “Peter Panther” in the holiday spirit and each class chose their own way to celebrate the season in bright and colorful ways. The 7th grade chose to write a letter to Santa, letting him know how well they were doing in the big school and asking him for gifts, not for themselves, but rather, for the general uplifting of spirits for others. The 8th grade created a gift and will add tags stating what they would like to give to the world. The 10th grade added a starry night, the 11th grade created icicles and the 12th grade will be handing out coloring sheets to decorate student lockers. Those present discussed their annual Faculty and Staff Appreciation Breakfast that will be held on the last day of Decem-ber before break. This year that falls on December 22nd. All faculty and staff were encouraged to come and fill up on hot bacon and sausage, as well as French Toast, OJ, coffee and oranges. The kids sang Christ-mas carols to entertain which helped create a festive atmosphere as well. Breakfast was served in the high school cafeteria beginning at 7a.m. and ended at 8:00 a.m. Other ideas to encourage school spirit were discussed, but the students wanted to keep some of them a secret so be on the look out for more good things to come from this creative bunch of kids. Members of Student Council include: Karla Carson, Katrina Olasin, Gary Bays, Mike Fagan, Brandi Hebdon, Autumn Fish-er, Forest Swaciak, Tyler Bellamo, David Wesolek, Tessa Palix, Dustin Warner, Lydia Roth, Megan VanArsdale, Kevin Bigham, Cassidy Langdon, EmmaLea Michael, DJ Pfeiffer, Raine Pfeiffer and Maria Frascella. Their advisor is Mrs. Huntington.

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By: Mrs. Sharon Danna, School Psychologist The clubs are up and running on both sides of the street. Back in the Fall, a representa-tive from the Rachel’s Challenge Foundation in Littleton, Colorado, presented an assembly to our students in 6th – 12th grade. As a result of that assembly, our students have formed clubs called Friends of Rachel and continued to work toward changing the climate at both the high school and elementary school. Their goal is to encourage more acts of kindness toward each other and prevent bullying by not ignoring when they see a student being teased anymore. Since the assembly, the club members have reported several incidents of students stepping in when they see the beginning of a conflict. Simply by students sticking up for less assertive students, conflicts have been avoided. Students have also focused on seeking out students in the lunchroom who have always sat by themselves and invit-ing them to join their lunch group. This has been an exciting change in the lunchroom. Mrs. Ward has also been instrumental in communicating when she sees incidents in the lunchroom and they are addressed. By having more eyes and ears aware of bullying and willing to do something about it we change the climate of the school. Specific activities that students have started include making a “Chain Reaction of Kindness” that they hope to circle around the entire first floor of the high school. For Hal-loween, students initiated a “Dead Day” that represents all of the teenagers lost to drunk driving and substance abuse. Additionally, students are “adopting a family” for Christmas and working at the Salvation Army bucket in front of the Fresh Market in Franklinville. Both clubs meet one time per month to brainstorm ideas for ways to meet the four goals of Rachel’s Challenge.

They are: 1. Look for the Best in Others 2. Dream Big 3. Choose Positive Influences 4. Speak with Kindness 5. Start your own Chain Reaction

All students are invited to join the Rachel’s Challenge Clubs. At the high school, they can contact Mrs. Danna and at the elementary school they can contact Mrs. Klice. Please talk to your child about Rachel’s Challenge and how they can help make positive changes in their school.

Rachel’s Challenge UpdateAstronaut Shares Experience Mrs. Jordan and Mrs. Olrogg, two of Franklinville’s highly qualified science teach-ers, had the pleasure of listening to Scott Parazynski, a former NASA astronaut, speak in November. Mr. Parazynski has spent more than 8 weeks in space, time which included his participation in several space walks. Mr. Parazynski is a strong advocate for “The Challenger Learning Center Program,” a program that helps students learn about space, communications and technology and in which many Franklinville students have had an op-portunity to participate.

Above (L to R): Mrs. Olrogg, Scott Parazynski and Mrs. Jordan.

In memory of Ruth D. WeigelGiven by the Weigel family

In memory of Evelyn LaPlacaGiven by the FCS Teachers Association

In memory of Ruth D. Weigel and Ida Friedrichs

Given by the families

In Loving memory of Erik PetersonGiven by the family

Reference BooksGiven by Doug and Dottie Brown

In Loving memory of John and Virginia Viglietta

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1st Quarter High School Honor and Merit RollHonor RollGrade 7Bowser, AleyshaBrennan, JohnBushnell, ElizabethChase, MichaelConroy, HaydenCudney, CodyDallas, JaredDefoe, AliciaFarrand, SethFrascella, KatherineFrascella, MariaGreen, JaredGrossman, BaileyHayden, MelissaIsaman, WilliamJackson, AndrewKelley, BrendonKellogg, CourtneyLynch, OliviaMichaelis, KateMiller, KurtPalmatier, CalebPfeiffer, DonaldPfeiffer, RainePhetteplace, KassidyPollock, JacobSexton, MicahWise, MorganWise, NicoleWright, CarolynYates, ElizabethYocum, Heidi

Grade 8Bays, WilliamBielecki, DawsonBurrell, PaigeCaradori, GraceEvans, JosephFarrand, JosiahFish, AustinGood, JaredHicks, JennaLangdon, CassidyMichael, Emma LeaMilks, JordanReynolds, ShelbyRiethmiller, KelsieRuhland, ArielleSchwedt, WilliamVincent, ParkerWakelee, Nicole

Weaver, ZacharyWright, Matthew

Grade 9Brown, KelseyErickson, BenjaminFreer, RebeccaHansen, JosephHyman, KatelynJohnson, EmilyMcCabe, BridgetMiller, ConnieOwens, MikaylaPfeiffer, NoahPfeiffer, VanessaRose, JustinSkinner, ShelbySwanick, BlairVanArsdale, MeganVandenberg, KayeWise, EricaWolfer, ChelseaWright, Cheyenne

Grade 10Bacher, MatthewBellomo, TylerBergevin, AllyssaEllis, AlexisFarrand, JohannaGreen, LucasGust, ReeseHebdon, SarahHoliday, DrewHood, ShelbyKopp, PeterKreamer, ColtonLeederman, AshleyLembicz, CarliMcKune, MeghanMultari, MikailaPalix, IsabelPollock, LinneaScott, DerekSeamans, CollinShaw, DorothySwaciak, ForestThompson, MarkVincent, Austin

Grade 11Blum, JenniferBlundon, JoshuaCiesla, Allyson

Cole, DeanDingman, TrentFarrand, WhitneyFisher, AutumnFuller, JillianGoodemote, CassidyJern, SaraKnight, DerekMacDonald, AlexandriaMcCabe, EmilyPhillips, JillianRatzel, CarlRiley, ConnorRix, AdamSanfilippo, EmilySlocum, TristanStark, KieraWinter, BrandonWinter, NicholasZuppelli, Joseph

Grade 12Ballard, DakotaBays, GaryBenjamin, MelissaBielecki, ZacharyBrowne, AngelicaCarson, KarlaCiesla, AnnaFagan, MichaelHatch, SethHood, BrianaHyman, JoelIrwin, RobertJacobs, KristinaKrotje, TravisLembicz, MichaelLong, AmandaOlasin, KatarinaRiethmiller, JordynShaw, AudrylynnSkinner, SavannahVanderLaske, SamanthaWarner, Brittney

Merit RollGrade 7Cole, AustinEngels, DerekFeldman, SethFiske, Courtneay KayForward, MacKayla

Frank, MichaelHebdon, JeffreyKemp, JonathanKnight, TimothyMcMurray, ZakaryMerritt, AlexisMersmann, AlexandraPipien-Wascak, AngelPotts, Lydia

Grade 8Crooks, ZacharyKays, MadisonMahnk, JacobOliver, JustinPanzarella, CourtneyRacine, JaymiSchneggenburger, JessicaVroman, Damon

Grade 9Abbott, HillaryBlecha, BryceBowser, KirstenCole, KaylaConroy, KaraEvans, AmberFeldman, AustinHazelett, BenjaminKozak, BrendanMcMurray, TierneyO’Neal, AnnaPalix, TessaRoth, LydiaStaufenberger, CheyenneSylka, AnthonyWesolowski, JacobWilley, JohnZuppelli, Dominic

Grade 10Amrhein-Wesolek, DavidAnders, SamanthaClear, TrevorFinch, JaredKinney, ColleenKushner-Greiner, JamieMerkle, RebeccaPlaisted, SamuelSchadt, StevenScott, HayleySlocum, Sabrina

White, Beth

Grade 11Bigham, ChristianBreman, FeleciaBryant, NathanialChiarilli, DanyelleCzerminski, JasonGalbo, AmandaHansen, StephenHatch, JustinLaahs, RickiMartin, Rebecca-JeanRozeski, AaronRuhland, AmberSchneggenburger, AudreyTerwilliger, Nicholas

Grade 12Baldwin, MarkBlaney, MariahChase, ShawnClark, KaylaDinkins, JaredFranclemont, ChristianHalbert, AngelaJansen, BaileyKopp, DonaldOlver, ThomasOyler, BrittneyPaduano, HannahReynolds, JacobRichards, BrandonRiethmiller, BrockSeamans, AllysonWilber, MatthewWoodin, Paxton

GreatJob!

10 Franklinville Central School District Newsletter

This year, the district has started a college Forensics class through Syracuse Uni-versity. The students who take this class will receive four college credits from Syracuse University that will transfer as a chemistry elective. Syracuse calls these courses offered in high school their project advance classes or (SUPA). On October 25, 2011 the forensics class was visited by Dr. Ann Bunch, who is a forensics anthropologist and teaches classes at SUNY Brockport in the criminal justice department. She brought in model skulls that the students were able to study and identify by age, gender, and race. This was an awesome experience for the group. In January, the students will be taking a field trip to tour the NYS Crime Lab in Olean. Pictured(LtoR):Mrs.Schifley,StephenHansen,AnnaCiesla, KristinaJacobs,Savannah Skinner, Seth Hatch, Gary Bays, Katarina Olasin, Dr. Bunch and Karla Carson.

CSI: Franklinville...Students Taking Forensics Class

By Rose Mikolajczyk The sixth graders here at Franklinville Elementary are excited to announce that they recently started a “Friends of Rachel Club.” This club, which already has about 30 mem-bers, works together to spread kindness and caring to those around them. Our goal is to teach the students about the importance of understanding and compassion, while allowing them to come up with ways to accomplish this on their own. This month the club came together to ring the bell for the Salvation Army at Fresh Mart. We collected money in the kettle for families right here in Franklinville. They also designed signs with positive words of encouragement to display in the elementary hallways, as a reminder for all students to treat others with respect and fairness. At each meeting the students make cards to show appreciation or share a kind word, and then send the cards to different groups of people. In the next few weeks, they will be establishing a “High Five Hallway” in the foyer each morning, as a way to greet the rest of the students in the building. Together the club is hoping to start a Chain Reaction of acting as positive role models for those around us.

Sixth Graders Accept Rachel’s Challenge

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Emergency or Weather Related School Closings:

By:OfficerPhilTrembley

SNOWMOBILES RULES...Operator Age:• Anyone who is at least 18 years old may operate a snowmobile in New York State• Youths between the ages of 10 and 18 may operate a snowmobile without adult supervi-sion if they have completed a snowmobile safety training course recognized by the State of New York*.

Equipment:• Anyone operating or riding on a snowmo-bile in New York State must wear an ap-proved safety helmet, except when operating on property owned by the operator.• Snowmobile must be equipped with a head-light (white or amber) and a taillight (red).• All snowmobiles operated on any part of a roadway or shoulder of a highway in New York State must be covered by minimum liability insurance.

It is unlawful to operate a snowmobile:• without lights and other equipment• on railroad tracks• on private property without the consent of the owner• towing a sleigh or toboggan, except with a rigid tow bar

• Contact a local snowmobile club or law enforcement agency to inquire about local course availability. If there are no courses in your area, contact OPRHP in Albany for more information. For additional informa-tion on the web, visit – http://nysparks.state.ny.us/snow/gen info.asp

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ElEmEntAry principAl’S cornErBy Mrs. Jennifer Cappelletti, Elementary Principal

Music In Our School I believe that music enriches our lives. I want to give a tremendous thank you to Mr. Ossont and Mrs. Burch not only for prepar-ing our students for the Holiday Concert, but for the daily work that they do with our students. This year seventy-eight percent of our 5th and 6th grade students CHOSE to be involved in band and/or chorus. This happens because the teachers make it both fun and worthwhile. Watching their pride as they performed at the concert shows me that they are gaining from the experience. During the in-school concert for the students, Mr. Ossont invites staff members to play with the band. It is nice for our students to see that the staff enjoyed music when they were in school as well. Thanks to Mrs. Haskell, Mrs. Mercier, Mrs. Mest, Mrs. Enser, Mrs. Shoemaker, Mrs. Burch, Mr. Waldron, Mr. Karl, Mrs. Seamans, and Mrs. Trowbridge for their participation.

A Change to MoreThoughtful Lessons As you may already know, our district is participating in a powerful professional development this year called Thoughtful Ed. A majority of the elemen-tary teachers attended a three-day training this summer and all teachers are having the opportunity to meet with our trainer a couple more times during the school year. In addition, teachers are working together to further their understanding of the strat-egies that have been presented to them. When I go into classrooms, I can already see a change in not only how the teachers are teaching, but more importantly, how our students are learning. The students are becoming more involved in their own learning and thinking. Our teach-ers, who have always had good teaching strategies, are learning to enhance those strategies, as well as trying new ones. An example of this is CODE which is used to help strengthen vocabulary. If you want to see an example of this learning, ask one of Mrs. Ossont’s kindergarteners the meaning of the words habitat, envi-ronment, survive, change, relationship, or hibernate.

Kindergartenersshow off their newvocabulary words!

Lost Items Don’t Find Their Own Way Home... Our Lost and Found Box is full of sweatshirts, jackets, and a variety of other clothing items. I know that you would be disappointed to find that something you purchased for your child sits dormant in a box. If your child is missing something, please encourage them to check the box or feel free to call the office to have us check for the item with your child. It would be extremely helpful if you put your child’s name inside their jackets and sweatshirts. Because they take these items off during the school day, it is easy for them to get left behind.

Another Successful PTO Fundraiser! The PTO would like to thank the community for their successful fall fundraiser. The students sold candles and a variety of other items from Celebrating Home. We greatly appreciate the community members that supported this sale. A portion of the proceeds go to the Annual Family Fun Picnic. The PTO awarded prizes to the top sellers at each grade level. The winners were Isabella Wilson, Makayla Goodhand, John Drayer, Lillian Hansen, Ayana Metcalf, Jared Torpey, Tawnie Bowers, Tyler Oakes, and Dan Everett.

12 Franklinville Central School District Newsletter

1st Quarter Elementary Honor and Merit RollHonor RollGrade 4Balcom, Laurrel Bowers, Tawnie Briggs, Daniel Burrell, Abigail Cassidy, Courtney Farrington, Aeden Farrington, Kaylie Feldman, Jenessia Fountain, Caitlin Freeman, Nicolas Gadomski, Anthony Haskell, Danielle Hayden, Lucas Hood, Sadie Irwin, Hunter Ives, Hannah Kelley, Brett Kidd, Kayleen Kinney, David Klink, Matthew Learn, Tyler Little, Abigail Lockhart, Emily Mancuso, Alexis Martin, McKenzie McCoy, Abigail Metcalf, Adrienne

Palmatier, Nolan Papke, Grace Ralston, Cierra Roblee, Karlie Schwedt, Hanna-Maria Showers, Angela Sieczkarski, Alleia Smith, Olivia Stroh, Tea Swanick, Tayne Torpey, Jacob Wolfer, Zachary Zuech, Sydney

Grade 5Dick, Kaila Dieffenbach, Andrew Farrington, Gage Folts, Tyler Frazier, Jace Geleta, Justin Lewis, David Liu, Steven Mayes, Cammie Rose Metcalf, Conner Mooney, Benjamin Oakes, Tyler Osborne Jr, George Papke, Luke

Peters, Jacob Pfeiffer, Seth Pockey, Averey Pollock, Jackson Rimbey, Donald Standish, Daniel Steiner, Megan Szymanski, Renee Weller, Dakota Wolfer, Arianna Wozniak, Madison

Grade 6Wright, Sara Blecha, Brock Brown, Shannon Burrell, Conner Burton, Dylan Bushnell, Jack Erickson, Samuel Haskell, Allyson Holiday, Mable Kellogg, Samuel Kopp, Isaac Kottwitz, Brandon Liu, William Lynch, Sophia Magee, Kaitlynn Oliver, Chardonay

Olson, Dakota O’Neal, Amy Owens, Elizabeth Pepper, D’Artagnan Pepper, Matthew Skinner, Sabrina Smith, Jada Sparceno, Brittney Torpey, Alivia Willey, Kathryn Zuech, Averi

Merit RollGrade 4Barber, Sabin Baumgart, Mikayla Brown, Luke Burrell, Zachery Clear, Tyler Freer, Jacob Giambra, Michael Hudzinski, Christian Knobloch, Tegen Lawton, Cleon Mersmann, Devin Neamon, Devin Sortor, Nathaniel Welch, McKenzie

Grade 5Brown, Vencot Deckman, Destiney Holiday, Malakhai Hyman, Cody Jennings, Kathleen Kanoski, Travis Kidd, Aurther Kraft, Kara Loomis, Jasmine Panzarella, Anthony Panzarella, Michael

Grade 6Balcom, TaylorBaumgart, AshleeBecker, HeatherCook, ZacharyEverett, DanielFish, Jacob Goodell, Kaylum Langdon, Derek Leederman, Kiara Mapes, Brett Mattern, Sarah Mohr, Jared Neamon, Jacob Vroman, Devon

Students in Ms. Cole’s and Mrs. Shoemaker’s class enjoyed having a pet parade complete with “pet/people biscuits” and triangle shaped egg salad sandwiches just as described in their books, “Because of Winn-Dixie” and “Owls in the Family!” Cleon brought in his real live pets of a different color (chameleons) to make their “pet parade” even more colorful. The students practiced Thoughtful Education strategies such as Mind’s Eye, Three Way Association and Collaborative Summaries during their book studies. The students also created ornaments displaying their accomplishments in contrast to one of the character’s special tree.

Pet Parade Comes Alive For These Students

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wintEr wEAthEr mEAnS cold & flu SEASon... by Roxanne Wall, Rn, FCS nuRSe

Healthy Habits to Stay Well• Avoid close contact• Keep sick children home• Cover mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth• Wash hands often, for twenty seconds with warm water and soap.• Do not share personal items – toothbrush, comb, hair brush; do

not eat or drink from others’ plates, glasses or silverware.• Keep immunizations up to date• Get your flu shot

Hmmm...That’s Very Interesting...• Antibiotics cannot treat a cold or flu virus.• The flu is the most infectious disease in the world.• Germs can survive for up to three hours outside the nasal passage.• A sneeze travels over 100 miles per hour.

Communicable Disease Guidelines, When To Keep Your Child Home From School

• Fever - 100 degrees and over. Temperature should remain nor-mal (98.6) for 24 hours (without fever reducing medicine) before returning to school.

• Sore Throat – Especially if associated with fever/swollen glands/headache and recent exposure to strep.

• Strep-Throat – Student may return to school 24 hours after treat-ment (antibiotic therapy) started. Change your child’s toothbrush also to prevent re-infection.

• Vomiting and Diarrhea – if it is associated or attributed to an infectious cause, child may return 24 hours after last episode, without the use of medications.

• Cough – Keep child home ONLY if it is a persistent and produc-tive cough, especially associated with lethargy and fever.

• Eye Drainage – Child should stay home if eyes are crusted/dif-ficult to open, red, watery, itchy, also if he or she was exposed to pink eye. These are common signs of pink eye/conjunctivitis, please take your child to your source of medical care for a diagno-sis. Child may return to school 24 hours after start of treatment.

• Lice –Child may return to school after treatment, contact nurse’s office so we can check them back into class.

• Impetigo – Student may return 24 hours after treatment started, and there are no lesions draining.

• Rash – Do not send your child with rashes not associated with heat, or allergic reactions. An undiagnosed rash will prompt a phone call for a parent to pick up the child and seek medical attention for a diagnosis and a note assuring us it is not a contagious rash.

* The most important thing you can do to prevent illness is for you and your child to wash your hands often – warm water and soap at least 20 seconds.**

• Remember to keep the school updated with new phone num-bers and emergency contacts.

• Any questions, please call Roxanne Wall R.N. (716) 676-8002 at the Franklinville Elementary School.

Symptoms Cold FluFever Rare, if present it

is less than 100.5Usually present in 80% of all cases, and is greater than 100.5

Cough A hacking (mucous producing) cough, usually present

A dry non-productive cough

Aches Slight aches and pains may be present

Severe body aches are very common with flu

Stuffy Nose Very common with cold

Uncommon

Nasal Mucous

May cause lots of clear, light yellow or green mucous

Causes only slight runny nose, if any at all

Chills Uncommon Approximately 60% of people who have flu experience chills

Tiredness Fairly mild Moderate to severeSneezing Common UncommonHeadache Fairly uncommon Present in

approximately 80% of all flu cases

Sudden symptoms

Tends to develop over a few days

Flu has a rapid onset. It hits hard and includes sudden symptoms like high fever, aches, and pains.

Sore Throat Common May be present with flu, but not as common as with cold

Chest discomfort

Mild to moderate Often severe with flu

Vomiting and diarrhea

Never Rarely, and if present are mild and not the predominant symptoms

do you hAvE A cold or thE flu?

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Franklinville High School / Franklinville Elementary School31 North Main Street / 32 North Main StreetFranklinville, NY 14737

Administration:Michelle A. Spasiano, SuperintendentThomas K. Kopp, High School PrincipalJennifer O. Cappelletti, Elementary School PrincipalJessica Schirrmacher-Smith, Director of Special EducationDanieleVecchio,BusinessOfficialDiane C. Soulvie, Executive Assistant

Board of Education:Martin Brisky, PresidentRichard Wright, Vice-PresidentTimothy BighamRichard ChapmanSue Ciesla

Clerk of the Board:Diane Soulvie

mAking A tASty diffErEncE!

To help with a fundraiser for the Arcade Lion’s Club, the Culinary Arts class at the Ellicottville Career and Technical Center BOCES had an opportunity to make a positive difference in their community and showcase their expertise and talents. As part of the benefit they made an assortment of pies, carrot cake and New York style caramel cheese cake. Pictured (L to R): Tim Hoffman, West Valley and Brandon Rich-ards, Franklinville

A Special Holiday Thanks! We were lucky enough to enjoy festive Christmas wreaths over the holidays. Thanks to donations by Mrs. Spasiano and Diane Soulvie we enjoyed a wreath over the en-trance of the high school. And thanks to Elton Greenhouse for the wreath grac-ing the gym lobby in the high school. We appreciate your generosity and holiday spirit!

Once again, thanks to the generosity of local businesses and community members, a very happy holiday was helped along by Christmas Spirit. Over 100 local children received gifts to brighten their Christmas. We also extend our thanks to those who have contributed to the food drives in the high school and elementary school. Again, all donations are helping local families. The committee is, as always, grateful to the community for their help in making sure that those who might have been struggling this Christmas, had something under the tree. Even in difficult economic times, Franklinville School District residents again have demonstrated their willingness to help each other when the need is there. Hats off to all, and thank you.

Christmas Spirit 2011

School District Tax Code Number: CSD - 205 The New York State resident income tax returns (IT-200 and IT-201) require you to enter the name and code number of the public school district where you were a resident as of December 31 for the tax year 2011. The school district name and code for entry on state income tax forms are: Franklinville CSD - 205.