Notes from the East Hill Principal

This page provides thoughts and commentary from Susan Meskos, the Principal of East Hill Elementary School in the West Genesee Central School District.

The West Genesee PTA/PTO District Council is sponsoring a district-wide celebration of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Students, staff, and families have the opportunity to purchase a t-shirt to be worn as a community on Wildcat Unity Day on Friday, May 20th. Orders can be placed online by April 30th through Syracuse Swag at https://syrswag.com/design/wg-unity/. In the spirit of inclusion, you may also donate a t-shirt to a WG student in need at checkout. Let's celebrate Wildcat strength through our unity! The shirts state love, empathy, compassion, inclusion, justice, and kindness on the front and Wildcat Unity on the back. We hope to grow this event in the coming years so we welcome your feedback for improvement. Flyers will be going home which includes the QR to share your Unity Activities.

Our Grade 3 and Grade 4 students will be participating in the New York State Math assessments on Wednesday, April 27 and Thursday, April 28 as this is a two-day assessment. Please make sure your children have a good breakfast (always) and arrive at school on time.

Make-up tests will be held on the days following the assessment for any student that was absent.

East Hill School Open House will be held on Thursday, May 12. Our PTA Spring Book Fair will be open this evening also. More information regarding times and procedures will be coming out in the following weeks.

Next week's Positivity Project Character Strength focus will be PURPOSE! Click here to
review the character card on purpose for a preview of what our Wildcats will be working through next week!

Have a wonderful week!

Superintendent David C. Bills, along with Assistant Superintendent for Management Services Christine DeMass, will be giving a visual presentation to explain the proposed 2022-2023 school budget on May 4, 2022 during the Budget Public Hearing at 6:00 p.m. in the West Genesee High School Library and via Livestream. The public is invited to attend this presentation.

The Budget Vote will take place on May 17, 2022. Polls will be open from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the West Genesee High School Auditorium Lobby; so please mark your calendars!

Click here to access the budget presentation and supporting documents.

Book Fair-

Save the Date. The book fair is coming May 10-12 for the Spring Buy One Get One Free sale! We are excited to offer family hours to shop the evening of open house. Stay tuned for details.

There is still time to participate in the PTA’s East Hill Fun Hunt!
Grab your paw print and head to all the clue locations, snap a picture then email the PTA to earn a free ice cream from Charlee’s!
Pictures should be emailed to wgehpta@westgenesee.org by 4/30!

West Genesee has a Special Education Parent Teacher Student Association (SEPTSA). SEPTSA was founded in 2009 to promote advocacy and education in the area of special education. We host meetings, events, and speakers throughout the year in an effort to continuously improve the special education experience in our district. SEPTSA membership is open to any student, parent, teacher, administrator, or community member interested in inclusion. More information is available at https://www.westgenesee.org/district-services/parent-resources/septsa/ or email us at wgseptsa18@gmail.com. Please join us!

• To be sure that you are receiving all emails sent from the District/schools/teachers please periodically check your spam/junk/promotions folder for emails with @westgenesee.org, then mark that they are not spam/junk/promotions.
• To be sure that you are receiving text messages this year from WGCSD or your school(s) Text a "Y" or "Yes" to 67587

If you still have questions about receiving emails and/or text from WGCSD please email them to publications@westgenesee.org.

• Wednesday, April 27- Thursday, April 28 - New York State Math Assessments

• Tuesday, May 10- Grade 3 and 4 Concert

• Thursday, May 12- Open House
• Friday, May 20- Wildcat Unity Day

Sincerely,

Susan Meskos