Happening on October 4-5:
West Genesee District Council welcome families in need to visit the High Schoo cafeteria 1 on Saturday, November 2 from 10 AM to 2 PM to pick out winter wear for their families. Please enter door 16 and turn left to find cafeteria one.
WIN Time at CMS Celebrates a New Author....Our Own Teacher
On Friday, October 18, 2024, during WIN time, CMS 7th grade math teacher and newly published children's author Kristin Duschen presented her book to students. She read the story and explained the writing process, which took several years from start to finish. "My Magic Balloon" was released this summer and the idea for the story came to her in a dream.
Her creative and beautiful tale reminds us to use our imagination and believe that anything is possible. Students had an opportunity to ask questions and check out one of her books from the CMS Library.
NOTE: WIN stands for "What I Need Now" and it's a time of day when students can meet with teachers to get help or make up assignments. They also offer enrichment activities to students during this time; which includes a lot of fun stuff in the library including Mindfulness Mondays and DONUT Stop Reading Fridays when kids read books, share what they read, and get a donut to eat before class.
West Genesee PTA/PTO District Council Coat Exchange
The District Council is sponsoring a coat drive thru October 31, 2024. Place your clean, gently used winter coats, snow pants, gloves, hats and boots in the blue bins at your student's school.
On November 2, 2024, 10am - 2pm, The District Council invites West Genesee families in need to “shop” for coats and winter accessories for the whole family at no cost. Collected winter coats, snow pants, gloves, hats and boots sizes infant to adult will be available on a first come first serve basis. Please e-mail westgennydistrictcouncil@gmail.com with questions.
The West Genesee Varsity and JV Winterguards are having an informational meeting on Monday 11/4 at 6 PM(WGHS in the LGI).
Winterguard is open to students in 5th-12th grade. If you can't make the meeting but would like more information, contact kmoser-vogler@westgenesee.org or ltrivison@westgenesee.org.
This week is National School Lunch Week! It is a time to thank and celebrate our School Lunch program and especially the Food Service Works!! Thank you for all that you do for our kids!
Congratulations to the following teachers who were told today by Supt. Bills that they are the Camillus Optimist Joseph A. Witowski Outstanding Teacher Award recipients this year and will be honored at a dinner later this month:
Greg Borsz (WGHS); Tanja Cosentino (CMS); Melanie Callahan (WGIS); and Kathleen Kolb (Split Rock Elementary School)!
So great to highlight our wonderful teachers for the amazing work they do every day!
Happening at West Genesee October 8-9:
Rosh Hashanah begins this evening and is celebrated through Friday, October 4. Known as Jewish New Year, it marks the start of the Jewish High Holy Days. Happy #RoshHashanah to all who celebrate! Shana Tova!
We are celebrating our principals in October for #NationalPrincipalsMonth! WGCSD Principals, thank you for all the amazing work you do for our students and staff!! #WildcatPride #thankaprincipalmonth #thankaprincipaltoday #ThankAPrincipal
West Genesee PTA/PTO District Council is Hosting a Coat Drive!
The District Council is having a coat drive the month of October. On November 2, 2024 there will be a "shopping" event for West Genesee families who need winter gear.
Mark Your Calendars! WINTER 2024 – 2025 Sports Start Dates
Modified 7/8/9 Girls Volleyball- 11/4/24 (Winter 1)
Modified 7/8/9 Boys Basketball- 11/4/24 (Winter 1)
JV & Varsity Winter Sports- 11/18/24
Modified: Boys 7/8 Swimming, Girls 7/8/9 Basketball, 7/8 Wrestling, 7/8 Boys Volleyball. - 1/21/25 (Winter 2)
A parent/guardian can register by clicking on this link: https://students.arbitersports.com/organizations/west-genesee-central-school-district
Sign-ups on ArbiterSports are 30 days prior to the start date.
Happening at West Genesee on September 24-25:
Welcome Back to School!!
If you have some first-day photos of your own children that you would like to share with us for our District publications, please email them to publications@westgenesee.org! Thank you and have an awesome day!! 💙💛🐾 #FirstDayofSchool #WildcatPride
Need your Lunch Pin?
You can find your child(ren)s lunch pin only on the Schooltool full site. This information cannot be found on the Schooltool App.
1. Select your child
2. Click user defined tab
3. Select "Lunch Pin" from the drop down
We are looking forward to the first day of school tomorrow, Wednesday, September 4.
Let's keep our children safe!
Watch for buses starting this week in ALL area communities! When you see flashing lights, please STOP for buses in both directions. Watch your speed in school zones too! And plan on a little more time to get where you need to go in case you encounter a bus on its route. Help us get the word out!
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Thank you to the West Genesee PTA/PTO District Council and our generous community for their contributions to the 2024 School Supply Drive. Those donations helped provide school supplies to over 145 West Genesee students.
A special thank you to their partners, Fairmount Fire Department for their donation of over 60 backpacks, Walmart Supercenter in Camillus and the Camillus, Geddes, Solvay Rotary Club for donating supplies.
The District Council is committed to supporting any student in need of supplies. Parents, guardians, and teachers can contact them for assistance (all requests are confidential) at westgennydistrictcouncil@gmail.com.
Happening at West Genesee on Tuesday, August 27:
On Wednesday, August 21, 2024 you will receive an email from DoNotReplySchoolTool@westgenesee.org. This message will give parents, guardians and caregivers access to Schooltool our student management system (SMS). If you do not receive this email by August 22, 2024, please email your child(ren)s building and they will activate your account. Please be looking for future communication to help with how to access information in Schooltool.
*East Hill: easthill@westgenesee.org
*Split Rock: splitrock@westgenesee.org
*Stonehedge: stonehedgeoffice@westgenesee.org
*Onondaga Road:ononroad@westgenesee.org
*West Genesee Intermediate: wgis@westgenesee.org
*Camillus Middle: cms@westgenesee.org
*West Genesee High School: wg@westgenesee.org
Here is a great video from ParentSquare to help you with the basics of navigating the ParentSquare app! (About 15 minutes long, but well worth the time…)
Note: please pay special attention to messaging and posts. A few other features such as forms, permission slips and sign-ups will be coming after our initial launch.
https://vimeo.com/678443118/eef27f8b26