The global environment students in John Lawler’s class at Weedsport Jr.-Sr. High School have been taking advantage of the good weather to work on a forest biodiversity laboratory assignment in the neighboring Weller Woodlot and Science Hill. The class consists of students in grades 11-12. The laboratory assignment is a project Lawler created and adapted …

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If you would have told me in early June that on Oct. 9 we’d be a month into the new school year and that kids would be attending in person, I may have not believed you.

Dear Families, We are excited to tell you about a new development involving Weedsport students in grades 3-6. As you know, they have been rotating between in-person and remote instruction since the beginning of the year. When we created our school reopening plan over the summer, the best case scenario for us was to have …

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The October monthly update is now available along with the 2020-21 updated school calendar.

After all the uncertainty surrounding fall sports, Weedsport district leaders are grateful to have interscholastic sports this year. But it comes with a few trade-offs. Unlike previous years, spectators will not be able to show up at games and watch without a pass. The New York State Department of Health has mandated that school districts …

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The Weedsport Central School District received notification in the afternoon of Sept.  25, 2020, of a positive COVID-19 test result for a Weedsport Elementary School student. As a result, the individual who tested positive has been placed in mandatory isolation by the Cayuga County Health Department (CCHD). The CCHD will take the lead and will …

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The digital version of the 2020 September NewsNotes is now available. It features stories from across the district.  

Dear Weedsport Families, Registration for Fall sports is open. Please visit https://www.weedsport.org/athletics/family-id for instructions on how to register. https://www.familyid.com/organizations/weedsport-jr-sr-high-school will bring you to the registration page. If your student-athlete had a physical for school during the 2019-2020 school year, they are not required to have a physical for Fall athletics. If you have received a …

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I think a lot of us remember the game pick-up sticks from when we were kids. And when I think of the game, there’s a certain metaphor between that and the reopening of our schools. Now that we’re at the end of the first week (and it’s amazing how fast it flew by), I’m reflecting …

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