As we continue to celebrate Music in Our Schools Month, we would like to recognize Wayland-Cohocton students who participated in Elementary All-County Band and the Junior High All-County Chorus, both held in Perry. Band participants were: Jace Landis, Remington Walsh, Adalynn Hawley, Adrianna Rodriguez, Noah Wolcott, Gianna Drum and Leona Rogers. Chorus participants included Aleeah Shutt, Garrett Pragle, Max Gascon, Elliott Scott, Mya McKenrick, Johnny O’Neal, Autumn Waight, Brooke Doty, Justys Wright.
Check out these incredibly imaginative works of ink blot art created by second, third and fourth grade students under the guidance of Elementary Art Teacher Mrs. Stieve. These works represented some very creative interpretations of what the students saw in the inkblots. Look closely at how they used their skills to create intricate and detailed works of art. Incredible. Mrs. Stieve has a few display boards in the elementary lobby and students love to stop and see their work and the work of their peers displayed. It is wonderful to hear the students talk about the works with advanced and relative vocabulary! Remember, it's Youth Art Month!
As WC continues to celebrate the arts during Music in Our Schools Month, today we recognize some of the students who participated in All-County. In the first photo is Alyssa Conley who participated in the Junior High Band. Alyssa is in eighth grade. In the second photo are William Thomas Schlueter (gr. 12), Ava Cartella (gr. 10), Annie Wu (gr. 11) and Zoey Snyder (gr. 12), all of whom participated in the All County Senior High Band. Check back tomorrow for more students working hard to hone their craft.
The Middle School PageTurners participated in the spring competition earning third place on February 27th and third place overall for the year! Students read works from a prepared list and then answer questions about the literature in a quizbowl group format. Congratulations to the Middle School students - keep reading!
This month’s agriculture lesson was wiggly and dirty! Mrs. McKinley, Cornell Cooperative Extension Ag in the Classroom Educator, visited to chat with first graders about composting and worms. As she read the story and asked questions, students appeared well-informed using words like composting, decomposition, and nutrients! Mrs. McKinley brought working worms with her along with flashlights and magnifiers so that students could study the little pile of humus and worms placed on a paper plate. The young learners looked for the worms and their eggs, and even discovered some other healthy critters. It was an exciting lesson!
March is National Youth Art Month! Each day WC will share images of artwork or students learning through art! We hope you’ll join us as we explore the incredible work Eagles create and the skills they learn through art! We know you’ll be amazed!
Fifth Grader Sabino Matarazzo is being celebrated as a Middle School Artist of Excellence. Middle School Art Teacher Mrs. Fraim says, “Sabino uses the studio habit of mind envision to release his imagination and create figures in action.” His characters explore worlds and tell stories. Sabino is engaged and persists outside of school art studio and envelope craft with practice and his own set of artist grade graphite. “He is truly an artist of excellence and in fifth grade has already started building an impressive portfolio of artwork,” adds Mrs. Fraim. Mrs. Fraim also points out that one of Sabino’s pieces also tied nicely into kindness week celebrated at Wayland-Cohocton as one of his highlighted projects, a kindness balloon, is based on the artist Bansky,
Join in the fun for a Wayland-Cohocton Prekindergarten and Elementary Schools Read Across America Week! Students will be taking part in literacy activities and celebrating their love of reading.
Come to Wayland-Cohocton Prekindergarten School in Cohocton for this family-centered event. If you are a family with children from infancy to age five, you are bound to find something of interest!
SAVE THE DATE! Bring the family, bring a friend, bring a date, come alone - but don't miss the Wayland-Cohocton Drama Club's presentation of the Wizard of Oz, the Youth Edition, on March 5th and 6th at 7 pm. There is a special matinee on Saturday, March 7th at 2 pm. All admission is at the door and $5. All shows are in the Performing Arts Center.
You may notice yellow and orange cones around campus. They are not decorations. They are part of our daily safety plan. Cones in the Wayland bus loop are there to prevent cars from driving around stopped buses, forming multiple lanes, and creating dangerous situations for students and staff. Please remember that the loop is buses only from 7 to 9:30 am and 2 to 4:30 pm.
STOP SIGNS at crosswalks on campus must be observed.
If you are picking up or dropping off, please use designated parking lots, especially for afterschool activities. Do not move or remove cones on either campus. They are placed intentionally to protect students.
There have also been an alarming number of reports of vehicles passing stopped school buses, including in the opposite lane on our community roads. This puts children at serious risk as they head out to school in the morning and return home in the afternoon.. Please stay alert on village streets and rural roads alike. Thank you for helping us keep every student safe.
STOP SIGNS at crosswalks on campus must be observed.
If you are picking up or dropping off, please use designated parking lots, especially for afterschool activities. Do not move or remove cones on either campus. They are placed intentionally to protect students.
There have also been an alarming number of reports of vehicles passing stopped school buses, including in the opposite lane on our community roads. This puts children at serious risk as they head out to school in the morning and return home in the afternoon.. Please stay alert on village streets and rural roads alike. Thank you for helping us keep every student safe.
Don't forget this weekend's free concert presented by the Hornell Area Wind Ensemble on Saturday, February 14th at the Wayland-Cohocton Performing Arts Center. The concert is a 5 pm and open to the public. Bring your sweetheart, bring a friend or bring yourself and enjoy some wonderful music. You'll see some familiar faces witht he orgranization. Enjoy!
Katelyn Ellison, Chief of Staff for Assemblywoman Andrea Bailey, stopped by Wayland-Cohocton Elementary School to pick up valentines made by the staff and students. The cheerful greetings were delivered to senior citizens around the county via the Meals on Wheels program this week. Thank you Assemblywoman Bailey for including WC in this activity!
Join us for February Family Swim night!
The High School will be pairing thoughts of kindness and themed dress-up days with ACTION! Each day's theme encourages students to be present and thoughtful in demonstrating kindness through their behavior. with their peers. How are you showing kindness this week?
Get ready for some fun in the Middle School as students remember kindness with a week of reflection and activities. Themed days are the start with some grade-level activities planned as well.
Look for the winter issue of the District’s newsletter in your mailboxes this week. We apologize for the lateness. With a few snow days and some mechanical problems with our printer’s equipment we are a little later than intended.
Each year the Wayland-Cohocton Central School District conducts a census to help determine current and future needs by assessing the current population in our communities. All information gathered is used strictly by the Wayland-Cohocton Central School district for enrollment purposes only. All residents in the WC district are asked to respond if they have any children from birth to age 21 living in their household.
Please respond by February 13th in one of the following ways:
1. To respond electronically, go to the District's ONLINE CENSUS FORM (found under the DISTRICT tab on the school's website).
2. If you wish to respond via phone, please contact the District Registrar at (585) 213-4356
3. You may also email to census@wccsk12.org.
If your family information has not changed, please contact the Central Registrar either by phone or by email to confirm that no changes are necessary. This census is unrelated to the U.S. Census.)
Please respond by February 13th in one of the following ways:
1. To respond electronically, go to the District's ONLINE CENSUS FORM (found under the DISTRICT tab on the school's website).
2. If you wish to respond via phone, please contact the District Registrar at (585) 213-4356
3. You may also email to census@wccsk12.org.
If your family information has not changed, please contact the Central Registrar either by phone or by email to confirm that no changes are necessary. This census is unrelated to the U.S. Census.)
Join WC Prekindergarten School in celebrating and practicing kindness during the February Prekindergarten Spirit Week!
How do you practice kindness? The WC Elementary School will be celebrating kindness with a February Spirit Week! We hope you'll join the students in using the week to pay particularly close attention to being extra kind to yourself and others.
