Notes from East Hill Elementary

Dear East Hill Elementary School Families,

Wow! We had an amazing Jogathon today! Thank you so much to our PTA, our volunteers, our staff, our families, and of course- our students that were our shining stars! The money that is raised from this important event sponsors all of our wonderful events the PTA provides to our school community throughout the year. The students gave it their all and had a great time!

For our families with Grades 1-4 students, please look for an informational letter coming home early next week regarding our universal screening procedures and your child's math and reading FAST reports. These documents are incredibly valuable in helping us tailor our instruction and support for our Wildcats as we work through the fall and winter months.

Are you connected with ParentSquare? If not, now is the perfect time to get set up! This platform is a fantastic way to stay connected with your child’s teacher and receive important updates. Just a reminder: our staff will respond to communications within 24 hours M-F, during school hours, so we appreciate your understanding as we strive to maintain effective communication.

As part of our commitment to safety, we will conduct emergency drills throughout next week. We’re hopeful for favorable weather to facilitate these important practices.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Susan Meskos

Andrew Parrott, Ariella Donoway, Rose Welch, Addie Wojtaszek, Najib Abdallah, Declan McConnell, Auggie Hesler, Claire Frawley, and Josiah Gonzalez

Thank you to all of you who have joined the PTA! If you haven't had a chance yet, please do! We'd appreciate your support and would love to meet you at a meeting or one of our events-- please come and introduce yourself!

Our fall book fair is coming soon! Classes will browse the book fair during the day, and families are invited to visit in the evenings to purchase books. Mark your calendar for the evenings of October 8th and 9th - stay tuned for more information!

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As we return to school in the new school year we would like all Wildcat families to review our policy regarding electronic devices. Our elementary policy regarding such devices reads:

"Personally owned electronic games and devices, such as cell phones, CD players, iPods, remote control cars, hand-held video games etc., must be off and away throughout the school day. These items can be lost, stolen, broken and are a distraction. The school cannot and will not be responsible for these items. Please help us by keeping them at home."

Students who violate this policy may be subject to the following disciplinary sequence:

First Report:

The student will receive a warning.

Second Report:

Parents will be notified.

Third Report:

The device will be taken away and a parent/guardian will be required to pick it up.

Please note at this time all apple watches or similar devices are allowed but are not to be used for anything other than telling time and must not be a distraction, during school hours. These watches or similar devices will follow the same reports above if they are a distraction and/or being used inappropriately.

Our Safety Patrol program has begun! Any 4th grade student that was interested in this leadership role applied by completing an application. Officer Clarke trained the first squad of our patrols that will be serving for the month of October. Our next squad will begin in November as many students are excited for this opportunity!

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.

Please join the West Genesee PTA/PTO District Council for a Talk with the Superintendent on Tuesday, October 23, 2024 starting at 7:00 p.m. in the West Genesee High School LGI room.

Starting Monday, September 16, 2024, you can submit your child’s absence reason through ParentSquare. You must wait for a notification from ParentSquare (via text, app notification or email) confirming your child’s absence before providing the reason.

You have until the end of the school day to submit the reason via ParentSquare. If you miss this deadline, please contact the school directly or send a note with your child.

From the Website:

• Click “Send Note to School”

• Enter the reason for the absence

• Click submit to send it directly to your school’s attendance office

From the App:

• Click “Send Note to School”

• Enter the reason for the absence

• Click submit to send it directly to your school’s attendance office

*Please note the notifications times:

• Grades 5 - 12 - 8:45 - 9:00 AM

• Grades K - 4 - 10:30 - 10:45 AM

Click here for a printable version (PDF) from the website.

To respond to an attendance notification and submit a note, you need to be logged into ParentSquare as a registered user. We’ll send another email invitation this weekend to parents who haven’t registered yet. Please check your spam/junk folders if you don’t see it in your inbox.

TIP: Did you know? You can access SchoolTool from ParentSquare from:

*’More’

*’District website’

*then select ‘SchoolTool’ from the website homepage (you can do that from your phone or a computer!)

FYI…This tip is also posted to ParentSquare in the feed area of all schools! Check it out!

Picture day will take place on Tuesday, October 15. You can pre-order today on mylifetouch.com with the Picture Day ID code: EVTDJW7SD.

We are pleased to announce that all students enrolled at West Genesee CSD will be able to continue to receive one FREE breakfast and one FREE lunch meal per day at school.

This initiative was implemented in December 2023 and was a result of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) expanding access to the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). CEP allows eligible schools participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs to offer school meals at no charge to all students.

Snacks and ice cream are an additional cost.

• Chips $1.00
• Cookie $1.25
• Ice Cream $1.50
• Rice Krispie Treat $1.25
• Fruit Roll Up $1.00
• Milk $.75

For any and all information pertaining to breakfast and/or lunch, including the process of MySchoolBucks please visit the district's food service website!

• October 2 - Board of Education Meeting - 6 pm (WGHS Library)
• October 7-18 - PARP Reading Celebration
• October 8 & 9 - PTA Fall Book Fair - 4-7:30pm (EH Library)
• October 10 - PTA Meeting - 6pm (EH Library)
• October 14 - No School - Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day