District Updates
Calendar Reminders
- February 1st: first day of the 2nd semester for our students in grades 6-12. Some students may be starting new half-year courses at this time.
- February 3rd: half-day for all students due to a scheduled Superintendent's Conference Day.
- February 5th: second-marking period report cards (grades 6-12) available in SchoolTool
Classlink
Starting on February 8, 2021, students in grades 5 - 12 will start using ClassLink. ClassLink provides a Single Sign On (SSO) tool and “landing page” on Chromebooks which will be pre-populated by grade with relevant links for school resources. Students using personal devices will also have the ability to use ClassLink. Logging into ClassLink also provides the ability to track attendance so we will no longer need to use Operoo for daily attendance after February 5, 2021. If students are using a school-issued Chromebook, there is nothing "extra" they will need to do as they will automatically be signed in to ClassLink when they log in to their Chromebook. If students are using a personal computer, they can access ClassLink at the following Web address: https://launchpad.classlink.com/westgenesee. They can "Sign in with Google" to access their grade-level landing page. Thank you for your patience and continued support as we transition to ClassLink.
Starting on February 8, 2021, students in grades 5 - 12 will start using ClassLink. ClassLink provides a Single Sign On (SSO) tool and “landing page” on Chromebooks which will be pre-populated by grade with relevant links for school resources. Students using personal devices will also have the ability to use ClassLink. Logging into ClassLink also provides the ability to track attendance so we will no longer need to use Operoo for daily attendance after February 5, 2021. If students are using a school-issued Chromebook, there is nothing "extra" they will need to do as they will automatically be signed in to ClassLink when they log in to their Chromebook. If students are using a personal computer, they can access ClassLink at the following Web address: https://launchpad.classlink.com/westgenesee. They can "Sign in with Google" to access their grade-level landing page. Thank you for your patience and continued support as we transition to ClassLink.
Grades K-4
Spirit Week: February 8th - 12th
Team Remote students in grades K-4 are encouraged to take part in our upcoming Spirit Week for a bit of fun before Winter Recess. The week's "dress code" will be as follows:
- Monday, 2/8: School Spirit Day (blue and gold)
- Tuesday, 2/9: Silly Sock Day
- Wednesday, 2/10: Time Travel Day (Ppck a person from the past to emulate)
- Thursday, 2/11: Class Color Day (teachers will poll their students to vote on which color the entire class will wear)
- Friday, 2/12: Pink-Purple-Red Valentine's Day
Grades 9 - 12
Second Semester Changes
WGMS
As the 2nd semester gets underway, please be on the lookout for some new opportunities for students. Please refer to Principal Dunham's blog outlining some changes for 5th grade (PE, Art, Music) and 6th grade (Family and Consumer Science, aka FACS). Sixth grade students in particular should be on the lookout for invitations to join FACS classes on Google Classroom. Please join me in welcoming Mrs. Boswell and Ms. Tomi (FACS) to Team Remote!
CMS
Remote students in 7th grade will be scheduled in Health classes for the second semester. Synchronous health classes will take place on students' asynchronous days. For example, if students attend synchronous classes on Monday/Tuesday, they will be enrolled in a synchronous Health class on Thursday/Friday. Please join me in welcoming Mr. Sweeney (Health) to Team Remote! Please refer to Principal Lozier's blog for more information relevant to CMS.
WGHS
Due to an increase in the number of requests from families to enroll their children in our remote learning modality, we will be adding some sections of ELA and art classes. Please join me in welcoming Mr. Newvine (ELA), Mrs. Ostrander (ELA) and Ms. Long (Art) to Team Remote!
WGHS Yearbooks
There is still time to order a yearbook this year! The yearbook will be a piece of history recording how we did school during a global pandemic! You won't want to miss out!
- To order a yearbook go online to - ybpay.lifetouch.com
- Our school ID is 12506821
- Yearbooks will have over 200 pages and are $55.00.
- Please get your order in as close to February 1, 2021 as possible.
For more information specific to WGHS, please refer to Principal Ackle's blog.
