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Attendance for the upcoming school year
Please note, district wide, all parents/guardians will be required to use Genesis to report student absences. More information is in our handbook (In the Genesis Parent Portal → Attendance → Notify Office → Fill out the attendance code, date, and leave a reason for the absence in the comment area. If your student will be absent due to illness or a family trip, you will need to mark your student as absent.)
 Visitor and Early Dismissal Procedure
All visitors must sign in using our iPad located in the entryway. Please bring your driver’s license for scanning. After signing in, you will be buzzed into the main office to receive your visitor badge.
We can only accommodate a limited number of people in the entryway at one time. You may need to wait outside the main door while we clear the lobby of visitors. Please plan accordingly and allow extra time to complete the sign-in process and visit our building. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Breakfa st
To help ensure students are ready to learn, we will provide a breakfast option for those who are unable to eat before school. Here are the details:
Breakfast Price: $2.50, or free/reduced based on the student's status. Type: "Grab n’ go" cold breakfast for quick consumption. Payment: Charged to students' Maschio food service accounts.
Daily Routine:
8:50 AM (or as soon as buses arrive if later): Students from morning drop-off and buses will be released to the cafeteria. Students will go to the cafeteria as soon as their bus arrives, entering through the door by the music room. Breakfast Duration: Monitors will encourage students to eat quickly so they can return to class and kindergarten students will eat in their homerooms.
Objective: All students having breakfast should be in their homerooms by 9:10 AM.
For more details on food service accounts, refer to the “Lunch” section of the family handbook. The menu is available online under “Parents” on the district website and using this link.
HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR:1. Whiton operates on a 6 Day Cycle schedule where a different special area class occurs each day. On this schedule we start with Day 1, and the following days will continue forward until Day 6. After Day 6, the cycle repeats starting with Day 1. During this schedule, if school is closed for any reason, that cycle day will be moved to the day school reopens. The primary reason for this schedule is to ensure the students receive balanced special area programs (Art, Music, Physical Education, Technology, World Language, and Library).
2. Please place your student’s name and teacher on a piece of paper or index card on the top or front of your student’s backpack for at least the first week of school so we can help direct them to their homeroom . This is for all preschool through third grade students since even our older students have been out of the building for some time and may need a bit of direction.
3. Our One School, One Book this year is Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry. I hope you and your student(s) enjoyed this book as much as we did. If you have not yet read it, please do!
4. Students who ride the bus are expected to sit in their assigned bus seats each day and remain buckled. Riding the bus is a privilege!
5. Students should bring a healthy, nut-free snack (no tree nuts or peanut products please) and a bottle of water for snack time each day. Please also label all student water bottles, lunch boxes, clothing, etc. as this will help to keep our lost and found items to a minimum.
6. All students will eat lunch in the cafeteria with their homeroom class. Lunch is for purchase and costs $3.75. A school lunch that meets federal nutritional standards includes these 5 food components:
1. Fruit (2): Fresh, Chilled or 4 oz Fruit Juice
2. Two Vegetable Choices
3. Low Fat or Fat Free Milk
4. Whole Grains
5. Meat/Meat Alternative
Students should select at least 3 of the 5 components, including a fruit or vegetable, for a complete meal.
a. Should students desire second helpings or additional a la carte options, a ala carte prices will be charged to the student’s account.
b. Please note that students whose family financial circumstances meet eligibility standards for free or reduced price meals must submit a free or reduced lunch application to the school to be eligible for additional benefits related to P-EBT, state funding, or other school benefits that may be implemented throughout the school year.
c. Additionally, the student’s free or reduced status during the 2024-2025 school year will carry over into the first thirty (30) days of the 2025-2026 school year. Only those students who were deemed eligible this school year will receive free or reduced lunches at the start of this school year. Applications are available on the District website.
d. You are able to set up an online account for your student for purchasing breakfast/lunch. Please find the link here.
6. We are excited to announce some new staff additions to our Whiton community. 
Ms. Eileen D’Antonio - District mental health and social worker Ms. Alison Hernandez -Preschool teacher Ms. Emily Ackerman - Kindergarten teacher Ms. Grace Meechan - First grade teacher Ms. Christina Coste - Second grade special education teacher Ms. Ashley Natale - Second grade special education teacher Ms. Carolina Corrales - Second grade special education teacher Ms. Emily Smeraldi - Second grade teacher Ms. Corina Aresta - Third grade special education Ms. Samantha Gale - Media specialist Ms. Allison Bohler - Speech therapist Ms. Brigid Casey - Special education Ms. Bella Anderson - STEM coach Ms. Alanna Martinez- Lunch aide
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