Willink Principal's Newsletter
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Principal's Message
March 27, 2020
Hello Willink Families,
At the end of week 2, many of you are already aware that Gouverneur Cuomo has extended school closures until at least 4/15. With that announcement, we will continue to look at our school and district plans on how to stay connected with students and support learning in the days and weeks to come. Updates will be shared with all families when/if any changes are made to our current distance learning plan.
In addition to the update from the Webster Central School District Board of Education (below), please also take a minute to look at the update from the WCSD Educational Technology Department - Chromebook Repair. These updated hours will begin next week.
I also want to announce the return of the Willink Morning Show on Titan TV. Mr. Eberts and Mr. Kowalski have been working together from their homes to determine how best to keep this part of our daily routines. I’ll send out a message Monday morning with a link to our first show. Our plan will be to have daily announcements Monday-Friday. As with everything else we are doing right now, please be patient as we work through any unforeseen obstacles in keeping this show part of our daily routines. We hope that it will be one more way for students and parents to remain connected to Willink. More information to follow.
And finally for this week, Mrs. Lucas and our Webster Libraries have been busy sharing out information on how to continue to access resources and find reading materials.
From the Willink Library:
Please disregard due dates for any of the school's physical library materials that you may have at home. We will not be taking book returns until the school reopens. The Monroe County library system has extended all due dates until May 18. Enjoy!
Books:
Getting books online:
BOCES 1 OverDrive -
This collection is available to all students. It has audiobooks, ebooks and read alongs (book reads to you) appropriate for kids K-12.
To access:
Choose your school district.
User Name = First Name Last Name
Password = Chromebook Google Password
Public Library OverDrive-
This collection is available to anyone with a public library card in Monroe Country (the same system exists for users in other counties - they just need to access it from their public library page)
To access:
Library Card number
Last Name
Social media - - Usually updated every day:
Twitter - @WllinkLibrary: aimed at providing resources, ideas and opportunities for teachers and parents (appropriate for everyone) to engage students
Insta -@WillinkLibrary: aimed at engaging kids, provides learning opportunities, trivia, links to explore, boosting the signal of Willink's art Insta (@WillinkCreates) and the new PE account (@Willinkpe)
Please take care of yourselves and talk to you soon,
-Brian