Notes from East Hill Elementary

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

Dear East Hill Families,

We’ve had a fantastic week filled with exciting events and accomplishments!

We kicked off the week in festive style as our Irish dancers from the Johnston School of Dance performed for us at a special St. Patrick’s Day assembly. It was a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday and appreciate the talent of these young dancers.

A huge congratulations to our 4th-grade teams who participated in the Battle of the Books! After an impressive competition, two of our East Hill teams advanced to compete against three teams from Onondaga Road. In a thrilling final round, East Hill came out on top and will now move on to the regional competition—way to go!

Our 3rd and 4th graders had an incredible opportunity to work with the REV Theatre Company this week in a Workshop in the Arts. It was a great experience for students to explore creativity and performance in an engaging and interactive way.

Report cards will be available for viewing in SchoolTool after 5:00 PM this evening. Please take a moment to review your child’s progress, and reach out to their teacher if you have any questions.

Finally, a special thank you to our PTA for hosting the Makerspace Event tomorrow! This is always a fun morning for families to learn and create together. We hope to see many of you there!

Thank you for your ongoing support of our students and school community. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

Susan Meskos

• March 22 - PTA's Makerspace - 9-11:30am
• March 27 - CODE
• March 31 - Superintendent's Conference Day - No School

Cole Bailey, Levi Conrad, Grayson Carr, Adalynn Shaw, Alexander Haug, Nia Case, and (not pictured) Tanner Clisson and Anna Frawley

Yearbooks can be ordered until March 31. Visit Lifetouch to order yours today. Yearbook ID Code: 14658725

This year 23 of East Hill's fourth grade students competed in CNY Battle of the Books! Battle of the Books (BOB) is a regional competition where students create teams and then study a given list of 8 books over several weeks or months. They then participate in a quiz-bowl style tournament at various levels starting at building level, then district level, and then regional and super regional competitions.

This year two of East Hill's teams moved on from the building level to the district level against Onondaga Road Elementary where a total of 5 teams of students competed for the chance to participate in the regional competition. At the conclusion of the district battle one of East Hill's teams, The Pioneers, was declared the winner and has been moved on to the regional competition which will occur next week.

The librarian would like to acknowledge the hard word and dedication that all of the 23 participants exhibited! Each team, each member, put forth amazing effort and showed wonderful team work during the building competition!

Congratulations to all who participated, and a special congratulations to The Pioneers!

Wesley Hawkins, Owen McGee, Emerson Moulton, Jackson Maule

Good luck next week! 💙💛

The District Calendar for the 2025-2026 school year was approved by the Board of Education at their meeting on March 18, 2025.

The calendar is now available on the website at https://www.westgenesee.org/o/wgcsd/page/calendars.

Kindergarten Registration for the 2025-2026 school year opened on December 4, 2024 and will go until March 28, 2025.

Registration information can be found 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/guardians should be prepared to upload the following:

• Two proofs of residency (i.e. mortgage or property statement or signed lease agreement, utility bill )

• proof of age

A physical examination and proof of immunizations are also required for entry into kindergarten and a dental certificate is requested for entry into kindergarten. These examinations should be done up to one year prior to the first day of school. Children who enter kindergarten this fall must be five years of age on or before December 1, 2025.

To access the most updated health requirements click here.

West Genesee partners with local Community-Based Organizations (CBO) for its Pre-K program.

To be eligible for UPK during the 2025-2026 school year, a child must:

• Turn the age of 4 on or before December 1, 2025

• Reside in the West Genesee Central School District

Registration opened on March 10, 2025. In the event that more registrations are received than can be accommodated, the District will conduct an initial selection process via an open lottery in which children will be selected at random.

Those children who have completed the registration process by 3:00 p.m. on April 2, 2025 will be part of the initial selection process.

Families who were part of the initial selection process will be called in order of selection and informed:

• whether their child has been accepted to the program, and

• which site (including hours of the program) is available for their child;

OR

• where their child is on the waiting list.

Families will be contacted by April 3-4, 2025.

If at any point after the initial selection process there are more students registered than seats available, students will be placed on the waiting list in the order that their registration was completed.

Transportation to and from the program is the responsibility of parents/guardians, and students must attend the program five days a week to maintain their seat.

Location Information:

• Registration Instructions
• Online Pre-registration