On Thursday, November 17th, the Weedsport Central School District was made aware of an order from the New York State Education Department to commit to replacing Native American mascots by the end of the 2022-23 school year. The state department memo specifically references a June 2022 court case, in which the Cambridge Central School District …

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Weedsport Central School District is excited to announce a new support service for students at the Jr.-Sr. High School. Every student in grades 8-12 now has access to 24/7 online tutoring and academic support through Paper. Paper offers students as much help as they need, whenever they need it. There is opportunity for 1:1 support, …

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Two students from Weedsport Jr.-Sr. High School were selected to participate in the NYSSMA Junior High Area All-State for Zone 3. The event took place at Fayetteville-Manlius School District, over the first weekend of November.  Weedsport students Matthias Crytzer-Shurant and Avery Miller were two of the handful of students selected from across our entire region …

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On Wednesday, October 26, 2022, school officials were made aware of a Weedsport student-created video on a social media platform communicating a threat of gun violence directed at Weedsport Jr.-Sr. High School. Please know that the students involved have been identified and removed from the school grounds as part of the investigation. Moreover, no weapons …

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Middle School students are hard at work preparing for opening night of this year’s musical, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jr.” The show may not premiere until December 2nd, but plans have been forming since the summer, when the show was chosen, and a team was assembled. This year, music teacher Mary Buchmann is the director, …

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Congratulations to Colin McNally, Weedsport’s 2022 inductee into the Performing Arts Hall of Fame. McNally is a 1999 graduate of Weedsport Jr.-Sr. High School. He will be recognized during the Performing Arts Hall of Fame concert on Monday, October 24th at 7 p.m. at the Jr.-Sr. High School.  McNally recalls the music department being really …

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