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Congratulations to West Genesee High School senior Coralista Ruge for earning a National Scholastic Art gold medal and also the National Scholastic Art Herblock Award for her Editorial Cartoon, “Model Digest”. Underwritten by The Herb Block Foundation, The Herblock Award for Editorial Cartoon offers $1,000 scholarships for three students whose visual art offers commentary or criticism on …
Last week, March 5-11, West Genesee students celebrated National Foreign Language Week. At the high school they held their annual National Foreign Language Week Poster Contest based on this year’s theme: Boost Your Brain With Languages- poster contest. The winning posters were created by Sophia Artymovych, Olivia Wake, and Zoe Maupin. There are many benefits …
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Message from the Superintendent as Published in e-Newsletters: March 17 Edition: Choosing Topics Dear West Genesee Families, Topics Recently, a student asked me how I decide on the topics I include in the e-Newsletter. My first reaction was one of gratitude. I certainly hope it didn’t seem to appear as a shock or surprise, but …
The Zone Optimist Oratorical Contest was held on March 9, 2023 with the theme of “Discovering the Optimism within Me”. The first place winner is West Genesee High School senior Lia Rice. She now advances to the District level competition as does a student from Cicero-North Syracuse School District to be held in April in Albany. …
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This Camillus Optimists Essay Contest was held in February with the topic of “Who is an Everyday Hero that Brings Out the Optimism in You?” The winners from West Genesee High School were: First place-Sydney Buckhout Second place-Logan Battaglia Third place-Marissa Walker Fourth place-Calina Olson Fifth place-Claire Griffin Congratulations to all!
On March 3, 2023 West Genesee High School hosted this year’s state competition for the Academic Decathlon. The five competing teams were West Genesee, Westhill, Jamesville-DeWitt, Tully, and Cazenovia. Westhill placed first and will go on to compete at the Nationals in Texas. West Genesee placed second (with a total of 26 medals), and Cazenovia …
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Kindergarten Registration for the 2023-2024 school year will opened on December 14 and is extended to April 14, 2023. Watch for registration information on the Central Registration webpage. If you have any questions, email the Central Registrar at centralregistrar@westgenesee.org, or call Central Registration at (315) 487-4683. When registering, parents should be prepared to upload the …
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Requests for school district transportation to non-public (private or parochial) schools for the 2023-2024 school year must be filed at the West Genesee Central School District Transportation Center by Saturday, April 1. Applications must state the name, address, telephone number, date of birth and grade of the student for whom the request is being submitted, …
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On March 2, 27 West Genesee Middle School students displayed 18 Science Fair projects that covered multiple areas of science and engineering. Everyone of the projects involved hours of work that involved the learning skills of questioning, research, making observations, taking chances and persevering through difficult challenges. At the conclusion of the science fair three …
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On March 1, 2023, Stacey Eger-Converse was appointed by the Board of Education to the position of Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction starting on July 1, 2023. She will fill the position left vacant by Brian Kesel’s retirement later this year after his many years of service at West Genesee. Eger-Converse is currently the …
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