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At Mendon High School’s Heritage Day on April 11, 2025, students showcased their rich heritage through eye-catching displays filled with fascinating cultural artifacts, captivating history, and deep-rooted traditions from their families’ ancestral homelands. Students and staff explored lively exhibits, engaged in traditional games, and sampled an array of native foods from around the world. Seventeen countries were represented, including Turkey, Dominican Republic, Romania, Spain, China, Sri Lanka, Latvia, Jordan, India, Philippines, Brazil, Israel, South Korea, Ireland, Jamaica, Germany, and Pakistan.

The Mendon High School Wind Ensemble was awarded a Gold with Distinction Rating at level 6 at the NYS School Music Association (NYSSMA) Majors on April 10, 2025. This is the highest rating possible at the highest level of music. Congratulations to the MHS Wind Ensemble and their director, Paul Maguda, for this remarkable achievement!

Join us on April 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Calkins Road Middle School Commons to learn about and discuss the impact of cell phone use and social media in our schools. District and building administrators and mental health team members will share statistics, strategies and current practices around cell phone use. Panelists will share strategies for parents and guardians to use outside of school. There will be an opportunity for participants to share feedback with District administration and Board of Education members around what a distraction-free environment could look like in Pittsford. 

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Pittsford students had the unique opportunity to meet a real-life Rosie the Riveter as they celebrated the 100th birthday of Fairport resident Mary Masciangelo at Calkins Road Middle School on April 9, 2025. The event, organized by the school’s social studies department, honored Mrs. Masciangelo’s contributions while giving students a chance to hear her inspiring story, celebrate her many accomplishments, and present handmade birthday cards.

Mrs. Masciangelo was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on March 21 in recognition of her work during World War II to produce critical supplies for soldiers overseas. At just 16 years old, she worked alongside other women to manufacture pins for parachutes and goggles for the Air Force, playing a vital role in the war effort...

Author Laurel Snyder spent the week of March 31-April 4, 2025, inspiring Pittsford elementary school students with engaging tales of how she first became interested in telling stories as a child and how that passion evolved into becoming an author. This annual visiting author week is sponsored by Pittsford’s PTSA. As part of this year’s event, families had the opportunity to purchase Snyder’s children’s books and students met the author at assemblies where they were encouraged to ask questions and walk through the creative writing process with Snyder...

NYS Regents has modified the spring exam schedule. Please see below for the current schedule of June exams.

June 4 - No longer an exam day. School is in session for ALL grades.

June 10 - Regents Exams. Grades 9-12 report for exams only. School is in session for grades K-8.

June 11 - Regents Exams. School in session for ALL grades.

June 17-18 - Regents Exams. Grades 9-12 report for exams only. School is in session for grades K-8.

June 20 - Regents Exams. Grades 9-12 report for exams only. School is in session for grades K-8.

June 23 and 24 - Regents Exams. Grades 9-12 report for exams only. School is in session full day for grades K-5. Grades 6-8 have half-day dismissal at 10 a.m.

Congratulations to Thehara Ubayawardena (MHS) and Jasmine Wu (SHS) for their award-winning creative writing entered in the Sokol Awards Literary Contest sponsored by the Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library. Ubayawardena won second place for her poetry, “Social Norms Pop Quiz.” Wu earned third place in prose for her story, “Mr. Patched Bear.” The Sokol Awards Ceremony and Reception will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2025 from 4pm-5:30pm in the Kate Gleason Auditorium at Central Library, 115 South Avenue.

Congratulations to the Pittsford students who competed at the 65th Annual New York State DECA Career Conference held March 5 - 7, 2025, in Rochester, NY. With over 3,000 competitors, 11 Mendon High School students and six Sutherland High School students brought home multiple wins across various categories. Students from across New York State competed in over 25 different events.

The Pittsford Central School District Board of Education has approved the one-page calendar for the 2025-26 School Year.

View 2025-26 PCSD Calendar: https://pittsfordschoolsorg.finalsite.com/fs/admin/resource-manager/folders/259/resource/12327