The members of the Weedsport varsity and JV field hockey teams combined to raise $7,522 for the 10th Annual Drive Away Cancer game on Oct. 3 at Weedsport. The total raises Weedsport’s 10-year donation to $34,121. The teams set a goal of having each player collect $50 in donations to benefit the Upstate Foundation, which …
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A total of 14 students from Weedsport were selected to participate in the Sr. High chorus at the Cayuga County Music Educators Association Fall All-County Music Festival from Nov. 22-23 in Auburn. The students include: Maddie Christopher, Olivia Rudick, Jenna Strong, Emma Grieco, Bridget Hickey, Sydney Manchester, Aaron Brown, Noah Hickok, Forrest Nguyen, Garrett Sevier, …
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A total of 13 students from Weedsport were selected to participate in the Jr. High Band at the Cayuga County Music Educators Association Fall All-County Music Festival from Nov. 22-23 in Auburn. The students include: Keegan Montreal – Flute Jasmine Nguyen – Flute Evan Growney – Clarinet Adrihanna Collins – Clarinet Kylie Hill – Alto …
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For the second year in a row, Weedsport will be participating in an 8-man football league. District leaders made the decision to switch from 11-man last year because the team did not have enough players to safely compete at the varsity level. Student safety was the primary consideration in the decision to participate in the …
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“There is no paper.” That is how Weedsport Jr.-Sr. High School teacher Tricia Austin describes her virtual classrooms of English language arts (ELA) 10 and college English. Her virtual classrooms utilize a Chromebook and the Buzz learning management system. Chromebooks resemble traditional laptops, but instead of using a Windows operating system, they run on a …
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Four Weedsport students will perform in the 2019 Greater Syracuse Honors Youth Wind Ensembles at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, at the Setnor Auditorium at Syracuse University. It is free and open to the public. The students selected to the youth symphonic band include Reilly Montreal and Forrest Nguyen, and the wind ensemble members include …
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The New York State School Boards Association recently recognized Weedsport Board of Education president Norman Chirco for 25 years of service. Chirco has been a general practice attorney for more than 30 years and has also served on the Zoning Board of Appeals for Weedsport. In 2012, the Cayuga-Onondaga School Boards Association (COSBA) honored him …
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Weedsport defeated Port Byron to win the Cayuga County Field Hockey tournament in late August. In the semifinals, the team beat Auburn 5-0. Last year, the team finished with a 10-4-2 overall record en route to an OHSL league championship.
The Weedsport Central School District recently welcomed Nancy Hares as its new transportation supervisor. She takes over for the retiring Carol Hawk. Nancy will supervise about 16 people and a fleet of 19 buses. She has been a resident of Weedsport for more than 25 years and her two children graduated from the district. She …
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The Weedsport Central School District was recently informed by Pearson Clinical Assessment (Pearson) that a data security incident occurred which involved the unauthorized access of personally identifiable information about Weedsport students. Pearson provides the student assessment software AIMSweb 1.0 to numerous districts and colleges, both locally and nationally. The company believes about 13,000 educational institutions …
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