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NEW ==> The Tentative March 2013 Cabinet Meeting Minutes are Now Online

The tentative March 2013 WGTA Cabinet Meeting Minutes are now online. NOTE: These minutes may be amended at the March WGTA Cabinet Meeting. Please click here to read the latest news from the Cabinet.

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NEW ==> Congratulations Retirees
Thanks to retiree Sue Taber for this information.

Congratulations to all of the West Genesee Personnel that have already or are retiring at the end of the school year:

Patty Connor Trans.
Virginia Cummings EH
Jill Dollison OR
Kevin Donahue WGMS
Jane Evans OR
Linda Galaska EH
Deborah Geiss OR
Linda Ann Greene WGHS
Diane Kianka WGHS
Patricia Larkin WGMS
Kay Merrick WGHS
Maria Morgado ST
Dan Morrissey ST
Robert Mullen Trans
Linda Patterson North OR
Stephanie O'Neill CMS
Karen Pallone WGHS
Patricia Ranieri OR
Donald Rioux Trans
Sally Rozniak OR
Cheryl Shallish EH
Anne Wright SR

There will be more names added after the April Board of Education Meeting.

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WGHS Decathlon Team Places 3rd at State Level

Photo and story from WGCSD Facebook

Congratulations to the Academic Decathlon Team for their 3rd place finish at the New York State's Championship earlier this month.

The team tallied a total of 25 medals. Team members that competed (including all alternates) were Emma Ryan, Megan Petty, Megan Nolan, Melissa Schiff, Callie Campbell, Rachel Gdula, Vadim Shakhov, Tatyana Shakhov, James Hickey, Kablan Kouakou, Nicholas Serrao, Eric Wolfe, Evan Janes-Rouse. Their coach, Scott Duda, is a WGHS Learning Center science teacher, who has been meeting with the team since the fall to prepare for the Decathlon.

decathlon team

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Camillus Optimist Speech Winners Share "Why My Voice is Important"

Photo and story from www.WestGenesee.org

On March 6, eleven students gave speeches around the theme, "Why My Voice is Important " to members of the Camillus Optimist Club.

The Optimists chose Amelia Ryan from CMS and Mark Kopp from WGMS to represent them at the zone level of the 2013 Oratorical Contest that will be held on March 19 in their respective Girl and Boy Division. If they win at the zone contest they will compete for scholarships at the district level on May 4 in Albany, NY.

Earning second place at the club contest were Hannah Gavin and Jesse Elmer, both from CMS. They will be alternates for the zone contest.

From WGMS, Helene Ferner and Shayla Murray came in first and second, in that order, at their school-level contest. Mark Kopp and Johnathan Thousand represented WGMS after placing first and second, respectively, at their school-level contest.

Hannah Gavin and Amelia Ryan placed first and second, in that order, at the CMS school-level contest. Also, Jesse Elmer and Samuel Taylor from CMS placed first and second, respectively, at the CMS school-level contest.

John Buttner, Alyssa Power, and Ayla Yagan were contestants from the high school.

Competitors from CMS were coached by English teacher Erin Stepowany. The coaches from WGMS were Susan Marshall and Kerry Uy. The coordinator at the high school was Suzanne Ostrander.

speech contest

In the front, from left to right, are Hannah Gavin, Mark Kopp,
Amelia Ryan, and Jesse Elmer. In the back row are Shayla Murray,
Helene Ferner, Johnathan Thousand, Ayla Yagan, Alyssa Power,
John Buttner, and Samuel Taylor.

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Tell It Like It Is

Calling NYSUT members: Use this NYSUT-developed email form to speak up and speak out to the State Education Commissioner and Board of Regents. Tell them:

1. How current teaching and learning conditions and obsession with testing impacts your students' success.
2. What needs to be done to get student assessment and teacher evaluation right.

Please click here to use the NYSUT-developed email form.

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