A Celebratory May

May has been filled with gatherings designed to celebrate many accomplishments throughout the school year. We hope that you enjoy this month's digital newsletter that will highlight many of these accomplishments.

Community Events

Staff Appreciation Week

The first week of May was Staff Appreciation Week. Not only were the staff recognized by the PTSO, the administration and one another, but the students embraced many ways to express their appreciation for the adults across WSS. Take a look at this sweet video of THANKS from our very own kiddos.

For a glimpse into our School Lunch Heroes, enjoy this video, too!

PARP Pizza Party with the Principals

Mrs. Messura & Ms. Neu hosted a party for the PARP Class Winners, Mrs. Englerth's Kindergarten class and Mrs. Rehberg's 4th grade class. The kids sure did enjoy getting their dance moves on, pizza and popsicles on the playground!

Beautifying the Grounds

Each grade level collaborated on a design for a flower pot. The designs represent what Character Education means to them. Groups of students then planted flowers in them and they have been placed around the campus.

6th Grade Field Trip to Frontier Field

C.U.R.E. Childhood Cancer Million Penny Drive

WOW!!! The Wolcott Street School community is beyond generous!! From pennies to $50 bills, the amount that was collected (& counted by our students!) is absolutely astounding. Stay tuned for the reveal of the total amount on Friday, June 2nd at our school wide assembly! It is the most ever raised by a single school locally!! We can't thank you enough for helping to teach our kiddos the power of giving to others in the community in celebration of Citizenship.

And we can't forget our grade level building winners! Congratulations to Grade 3 for collecting the most on the WSS side of campus and to Grade 5 for earning the most points through the competitive Penny Wars in the Trigon Tower. We will celebrate you with an ice cream party on June 2nd, too!

To learn more about C.U.R.E. Childhood Cancer, visit their website.

COMING SOON: June 15th is WSS Character Day! Stay tuned for more details, but get ready to have a day of play that is centered around our 6 Pillars of Character... and yes, that means bounce houses, too!

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Special Area Updates

Art

What a success the WSS Art Show was! The campus was full of students' showing off their talented art creations across the school buildings. Kudos to Mrs. VanDerBeck for capitalizing on the strengths of students to help them reach beyond their potential!

Music

Concerts, Concerts, Everywhere! Well this was quite a month of performances from our Spring Concerts to parades and festivals, the choruses, bands and Mini Marching Knights are on the musical move!

5th Grade Chorus & Beginner Band Video Clips

6th Grade Chorus, Jazz Band and the WSS Band Video Clips

Jazz Band in the Community: LeRoy Village Green

The Mini Marching Knights & WSS Band are out on the Town

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Character Education/SEL

Students were recognized on May 12th for demonstrating Responsibility across all areas. Some of the wonderful recognition statements were as follows:

She always takes responsibility for her actions, even if she makes a mistake
He is great at putting things back when he is done with centers or workplaces. His peers follow his good example.
She approaches teachers if something is missed from an absence or lesson and always makes a plan to complete the work - she is always thinking ahead!

Grades 4-6 Character Awards Assembly

Grades PK-3 Character Awards Assembly

May and June we continue to celebrate the Pillar of Citizenship. In May, we focused our efforts on the local Rochester community with the C.U.R.E. Childhood Cancer Drive.

With Memorial Day, Flag Day and the 4th of July approaching, we felt it was a great time to think beyond our own communities to acknowledge and honor our country throughout the month of June.

Principal's Corner

Summer Academy Transportation information will be coming out mid-June. Thank you to the invited families for registering.

STEAM Camps are FULL! They sure went quick - we hope you enjoy!!

There is much more taking place across the community so be sure to check out the Woodward Memorial Library, LeRoy Recreation and more.

Wednesday, May 31 is the Annual 6th Grade Trip to Frontier Field for the Rochester Red Wings game - the Mini Marching Knights will be performing, too!
Friday, June 2nd is the C.U.R.E. Childhood Cancer Assembly
Monday, June 19th is Juneteenth: No School
Wednesday, June 21st is the Last Half Day of School for Elementary Students
NEW! We are going green! Friday, June 23 Report Cards will be available on the portal after 3pm NO PAPER COPIES WILL BE SENT unless you specifically request one from the main office. You can use this link to request a paper copy.