Andover Central School District

🎄❄️ Good morning, everyone! ☃️✨

Please take a moment to rise and do the pledge.

Today is Friday, December 5, 2025, and we're on A Schedule.

📸 Picture retake day is coming up on Monday, December 8th, so practice those smiles! Picture Retakes are ONLY for those who missed the first picture day or want a redo. Get ready to flash those pearly whites! 😁

🎶 The Elementary Winter Concert will warm the auditorium on December 9th at 6:30 PM, and the Jr/Sr High Winter Concert will jingle on December 11th at 6:30 PM. Festive attire is encouraged! Break out those reindeer sweaters and snowflake ties! 🎤🎺

🎅 December Character Recognition theme is “Safe Sanctuary.” Recognitions are due to Karen Odom by December 15th. Join Mrs. Claus for a magical reading session on December 22nd for grades K-6, and enjoy a Hot Cocoa Bar for grades 7-12! 🍫☕

🦌 The "7 Days of Holiday Spirit" kicks off on December 15th, culminating in the annual holiday color wars volleyball on December 23rd. Don your holiday colors and let the games begin! 🏐🎨

🎨 Check out the Elementary School Art Show in the Mezzanine/Atrium at the Quick Center for the Arts through January 5th.

📚 The 2025-2026 Yearbook is on sale for $45.00! Order at yearbookforever.com or see Mrs. Jacobs or Ms. Mowrer. Capture those memories! 🎉

🏀 Practices for today: 

• Boys and Girls Modified Basketball: 4:00-5:30 PM in Andover. 
• Cheer: 5:30-7:30 in Whitesville. The bus leaves at 5:00 PM.

The Girls and Boys Varsity Basketball teams play in a tournament this weekend at Genesee Valley. The girls play at 6:00 PM against Campbell-Savona, and the boys play at 7:30 PM against Arkport-Canaseraga. The bus leaves at 4:30 PM.

🍕 Today for lunch: French Bread Pizza with Green Beans. Yum!

🎉 Happy Weekend Birthday to: Mr. Jarrod Shafer 🎂

✏️ Daily Journal Idea: Write a story about a family of penguins you met while taking a winter walk. 🐧❄️

😂 Joke of the Day: Why did the biologist stop feeding the dolphins? She didn’t see the porpoise in it!

🏟️ Random Fact of the Day: The largest football stadium of a US university belongs to the University of Michigan. It can hold 102,501 people!

🚴 Thought of the Day: “Life is like riding a bicycle. You don’t fall off unless you stop pedaling.” – Claude Pepper

Have a frosty fabulous day, everyone! 🎅🎉