We’re looking for a Family and Consumer Science Teacher to join our district at Dake Jr. HS! For more information, including salary details, or to apply, go to bit.ly/Teach_WICSD. Not interested but know someone who may be? We’d appreciate you sharing this opportunity!

🇺🇸 Reps & recruiters for all military branches are at IHS today to talk with students, as organized by the Future Ready Center for "Future Fridays."

📣 WE’RE HIRING! West Irondequoit Central School District is looking for a Secretary to the Assistant Superintendent for Finance to join our team at the District Office! 💙 Strong benefits 💛 Competitive pay 📅 Applications close October 16, 2026 Interested or know someone who may be a great fit? We’d appreciate you sharing this opportunity! 👉 For more information or to apply, visit our website and click on Job Opportunities.

Construction work on new fields at our main campus behind IHS and Dake Jr. HS, started in early June and the end product will be a new, multi-use athletic complex featuring turf baseball and softball diamonds and a relocated area for track and field throwing events. Check out the drone video shot last week. The other phase of this capital improvement project, which was approved by district voters in December of 2024, is the transformation of the Pinegrove Learning Center, 154 Pinegrove Ave. That is expected to be ready for the 2027-28 school year and will add three Pre-K/UPK classes, as well as other learning spaces. Go to our Promise Project 2027 page for more: bit.ly/Promise_Project2027

Our district is planning to celebrate our rich tradition in West Irondequoit by launching three separate Alumni Halls of Fame in the coming years. We are in the early stages of this process and now need community members, former students, performers, athletes, current or retired teachers, ex-coaches, other retirees, etc. to help us! The three halls are: 🔹 Alumni of Distinction Hall of Fame 🔹 Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame 🔹 Alumni Visual and Performing Arts Hall of Fame The first committee meeting is Thursday, Oct. 8, at the IHS Campus Center (Small Cafeteria) at 3:30 p.m. Please join us. We are not yet taking nominations. The district needs you to build our committee and help develop nomination processes, criteria, timelines for launch and rollout, and more for each Hall of Fame. If you'd like to join or know someone who would be interested, please email [email protected]. We will have subcommittees for each Hall of Fame, so come one, come all! This is your town ... I-Town!

📣WELCOME! Sherry Willis was appointed our district’s new School Lunch Director by the West Irondequoit CSD Board of Education at Thursday’s meeting. Mrs. Willis is scheduled to start Oct. 5. To read more about her, go to westirondequoit.org Welcome to the team, Mrs. Willis!

💙💛 There was a guest server in the lunch line today at Dake Jr. HS, and we think he fared well. Yes, that was energetic Principal Tim Baker providing service with a smile!

🎓 The College & Career Center at IHS has a new name — and a new look! Thanks to a grant from the West Irondequoit Foundation, it’s now the Future Ready Center (FRC). A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held last week to celebrate the newly refreshed space. The welcoming center features new furniture and desks, comfortable seating, modernized media display racks and updated electronics — creating an inviting place for students to explore their futures. FRC Coordinator and IHS Business Teacher LaVon Bucciarelli extended her thanks to everyone who helped bring the project to life, including the West Irondequoit Foundation, represented at the ceremony by WIF Board member and former IHS Principal Dr. Patrick McCue. Mrs. Bucciarelli also thanked our district administrative team for supporting the grant idea, which aligns with the NYS Portrait of a Graduate initiative. Special thanks also go to Sandra Sandford, Assistant to the Superintendent of Finance, for her invaluable design ideas; FRC Clerk Jessy Cook; Minute Man Press for the new FRC sign; and IHS Custodian Joe Barber and his staff for their hard work creating the new space. We’re excited to see how the Future Ready Center will help our students prepare for what comes next! Check out some of the Before & After pictures! @ihscareercenter

🍎⚾CONGRATS! Ryan Swisher, a teacher who has worked in our district since 2013, was one of just five local educators honored by the Rochester Red Wings on the baseball club’s Teacher Appreciation Day on Monday! Teachers were honored for outstanding service to their students, and we know how amazing Mr. Swisher is! Our students hit home runs daily because of him! Mr. Swisher, who is in his ninth year as a Resource and ICT teacher in a self-contained classroom, was nominated by two parents of his students. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in our district with their two children. Congrats, Mr. Swisher!

CONGRATS! Eight amazing members of our staff were honored today for reaching a milestone - 25 years working in our district! Thank you for your tireless efforts and loyalty to our students, district and community! (Missing from the photo: Dorothy Davis). ⭐Kristin Belknap, School Psychologist - Brookview/Seneca ⭐Melanie Chase, Teaching Assistant - Briarwood elementary ⭐Dorothy Davis, Teaching Assistant - Dake Junior HS ⭐Mary Beth Lenzi, Teaching Assistant - Rogers MS ⭐Jason Rugg, English Teacher, Irondequoit HS ⭐Joseph Rivellino, Technology Teacher, Irondequoit HS ⭐Troy Schlesing, Science Teacher, IHS and Dake Jr. HS ⭐William Weis, Custodial Assistant, Colebrook elementary

Although our district does not qualify to host a summer meals program, our students may receive food at other local schools as part of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s program. We've partnered with nearby districts that do offer FREE SUMMER MEALS for children 18 and under. Identification and registration are not necessary and there are no income requirements. For more info: 📷See flyers via this link: app.smore.com/n/b6tyr 📷Visit FDA site: fna.usda.gov/sfsp/summer-foo… 📷Learn about EBT funding: fna.usda.gov/sebt All programs below start July 6 and end Aug. 14 except East Irondequoit (ends Aug. 24) and the City of Rochester (starts June 29 & ends Sept. 4). The City also has a website (summermealsroc.org).