Greetings and Happy New Year from Onondaga Road. Our first week back from the holiday break has been busy and productive. Thank you for sending your child to school each day with a purple health screening sheet and with a mask!
COVID Testing for In-School Staff and Students
As was done in December, the Onondaga County Health Department is coming to West Genesee Schools to conduct asymptomatic rapid COVID testing for in-school volunteers. This will take place here at Onondaga Road School on Wednesday, January 13. If you would like to try to get your child on the list for that testing, please register here. This registration link is from the county health department and will become inactive once all of the testing slots are full. Note also that you may not register to be tested at any other school, only the one where your child attends in-person.
Talk with the Superintendent
Please join the West Genesee PTA/PTO District Council for a Talk with the Superintendent on January 19 starting at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. You will need to register in advance.
PTA
Speaking of PTA...We had originally scheduled a PTA meeting for January 13, but that has been changed. In order to encourage you to join us for both the superintendent’s talk and our local Onondaga Road PTA meeting, both meetings are on the same night, and both meetings will be held remotely via Zoom. Our OR PTA meeting will be at 6:30 on Tuesday, January 19th, and here is the Zoom link. Immediately following, please join us at the talk with the superintendent (register at the link above) at 7:00.
Yearbook Candids
Calling all remote families! Now is your chance to be sure your children learning from home are included in some candid yearbook pictures! Please take a few photos of your children while they are engaged in some remote school activities and email them to our “O Road Yearbook” coordinator at oroadyearbook@gmail.com . Thanks for your help!
School Spirit
The first school-day Friday of each month is school spirit day! That means tomorrow, January 8, wear your blue and gold.
Positivity Project
This week we learned more about being optimistic and hopeful and what it means to have optimism as a character strength. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” I find that to be a good reflection during this time of uncertainty. Next week we will learn about prudence as a strength and the importance of setting goals and making wise choices.
