🏑 Rylee Conlon scored two of her three goals in the first two minutes to spark IHS field hockey to a 5-1 win over ER/Mercy. Ali Mutrie and Julianna Haak both also scored and Charlotte Debay, Nory Carey and Ali had assists. Anya McDonell had 4 saves in goal and Sophia Sardisco had a defensive save too. The Eagles' last regular- season game is Thursday vs. Eastridge on Senior Night.

Good luck to girls soccer as the Eagles travel to Aquinas to open the Section V Class AA Tournament on Wednesday. Tickets are required ($7.75) via this link: bit.ly/3UbtHTM.

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!

🏐 It was Senior Night for IHS girls volleyball, as 8 players and their families were honored before another straight set home win, this time over Wayne 25-23, 25-12 & 25-9. The Eagles are now 15-0. Congratulations and thank you for your commitment to the program to Sophia DeRouen, Camryn Drader, Leah Greco, Aleah Nolan, Emily Penner, Zoey Ras, Tori Uloth and Becca Young. In the match,  Leah had 19 Service Points, 6 Aces & 3 Kills; Aleah had 13 Digs, 3 Assists & 2 aces; Camryn had 28 Assists & 3 digs; Emily had 6 digs and Sophia added 3 kills. Next up: Monday at Greece Olympia. FULL GALLERY OF PICS ON Instagram and Facebook

IHS girls cross country turned in a strong third place finish at the Coaches One Invite Varsity Girls I race in Wappingers Falls! Top 5 finishers were: 12th: MaryGrace Roj 20:18 17th: Kinsley Groth 20:29 25th:  Kira LaVeck 20:53 47th: Ava Rizzo 22:16 57th:  Abby Peterson 22:45 IHS was 11th in the Varsity Boys I race. Top 5 finishers: 20th: Kevin Weese 17:12 31st: Morgan Weese 17:28 66: Sawyer Smith 18:13 96: Carter Smaczniak 18:56 111: Conrad Kamola 19:32

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

🏐 CONGRATULATIONS Marc Callari!!! Tonight’s 25-17, 25-14, 25-12 victory over Greece Athena was the 500th in his 31 seasons as coach at Irondequoit! He joins only a handful of girls volleyball coaches in Section V history to reach that milestone. A physical education teacher at IHS who grew up in Spencerport and attended (and played baseball) at SUNY Cortland, Callari has built the Eagles into a perennial power. IHS is 14-0 this fall, 11-0 league and ranked 10th in the state. Some notables: * 10 Section V championships * 17 Monroe County division titles * 4-time All-Greater Rochester Coach of the Year * 2008 Class AA state championship * NYS Final Four appearances in 2008, 2019 & 2022 * Previous milestone wins: #200 in 2008, #300 in 2014, #400 in 2021 Stats leaders from the match: - Brynnleigh Fischer 17 Kills & 3 Aces - Camryn Drader 33 Assists, 6 Digs & 3A - Gia Meeks 12K & 3D - Sophia DeRouen 9K & 2 Blocks - Aleah Nolan 8D, 4 Assists & 3A The Eagles host their Senior Night tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. vs. Wayne. And yes, that's coach's mother, Margaret, in the family picture!

📣 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.

🏐 EAGLES ROLL TO 6-0! IHS Girls Volleyball swept Greece Olympia/Odyssey, 25-9, 25-7 & 25-9 to remain perfect on the season! Olivia Cooley led the way with 25 service points, 16 assists, 4 aces & 4 digs. Also contributing: • Emily Penner: 3 aces, 3 digs • Sophia DeRouen: 3 kills, 2 blocks • Darcy Scott: 6 assists • Liana Dean: 2 kills Next up: Tuesday, 9/29 at Brighton — 7 p.m.

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 kelly_santora@westiron.monroe.edu. 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!

🏑 FOUR GOALS FROM MUTRIE! The Irondequoit Eagles field hockey team blanked Webster Schroeder 4-0 and sophomore Ali Mutrie found the back of the cage four times! Rylee Conlon, Julianna Haak and Nory Carey each recorded an assist, while Anya McDonell made one save to earn the shutout. 🦅 Another strong performance for the Eagles! Next up: at Eastridge — Wednesday, Sept. 23

💙💛 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!

🎾 Irondequoit Girls Tennis rolled past Brockport, 6-1! Ashleigh Long & Thora Moore won a thrilling first-set tiebreaker, 12-10. Winners were: SINGLES • Rachel Murray — 6-4, 6-3 • Bria Shoemaker — 6-2, 6-3 • Esme Hershel — 6-2, 6-2 DOUBLES • Anna Dean & Ella Phillips — 6-2, 6-2 • Ashleigh & Thora — 7-6 (12-10), 6-2 • Amelia Street & Scarlett Cantabene — 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

🌊 BIG WIN! Irondequoit girls swimming and diving won 8 events, including all three relays, and came away with a big win over Pal-Mac, 97-64! Individual wins: - Charlotte Smith (8th grade) - 200 free Kinley Switzer (7th) diving - Sofie Henry (11th) 100 fly - Giulia Muratore (8th) with a double win in the 100 free and 100 back. We also won all three relays: - 200 medley relay with Muratore, Meredith Weber (12th), Henry & Abigayle Forsyth (12th) - 200 free relay with Forsyth, Henry, Smith & Weber - 400 free relay with Henry, Smith, Muratore & Forsyth.

🎓 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

🌊 IHS girls swim & diving girls lost a close tri-meet to Brockport and Churchville-Chili, but still saw 14 sectional qualifying times/scores by the Eagles. Meet highlights: 8th-grader Giulia Muratore was the only winner, taking both the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke and qualified for sectionals in three events. Newcomer Kinley Switzer, a 7th-grader, was 4th in diving with a sectional qualifying score in her first showing. Other sectional qualifiers were Abby Forsyth (12th grade), Charlotte Smith (8), Stacia Parmiter (12), Meredith Weber (12) and Emma Manser (8).

🍎⚾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