We love highlighting our alumni. If you graduated from Sch'dy schools and would like to be featured in an Alumni Profile, please complete this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LQ_rqW3-P5EZhnMrjlxew3yqTKDrtvSwmAZPM_eCAU0/edit
🌻STEAM Camp fun with Farm to School lessons on photosynthesis🌿
Each student is bringing home a sunflower to grow this summer🌻#SchenectadyRising
ALUMNI PROFILE: Marshae White is a 2007 graduate of SHS who currently lives in Georgia. Marshae credits skills she learned while working on the SHS yearbook with sparking her interest in photography. #SCSDAlumni
SCHOLAR ATHLETE RECOGNIZED
Congratulations to Jalyssa Terry for being named Basketball Scholar-Athlete for the 2022-2023 Season.
All SCSD Employees are invited to participate in the the "Workforce Team Challenge" on 5/18 at 6:25 p.m. at the Empire State Plaza. All abilities welcome. You can walk or run the 3.5 mile course. Register online by May 1 - https://www.cdphpwtc.com/#details
Sch'dy Rotary & Adirondack Cornhole League are bringing 2nd Annual "Cornhole for a Cause" - to benefit SCSD Community Schools - on 7/9 at River's Casino & Resort. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2760/SCSD/2929122/Cornhole_for_a_Cause.pdf
2023-2024 Pre-K Applications are NOW available!
Click on the link for info on the process, the registration checklist, FAQs, and to download the application. https://www.schenectadyschools.org/page/prekindergarten
💡Energy for the Common Good partnered with the district and Paige Elementary for the Generation Fusion Pilot Program. Students learned about climate change, clean energy, and fusion energy. Their projects were interpretations of a fusion reaction #SchenectadyRising
Happy Easter Schenectady Community!
Enjoy spring break, classes resume 4/17
📸 On April 5, SHS celebrated the grand opening of its new Parent Empowerment Center. The center will be planning monthly events and kicked it all off with a potluck dinner. The center has information on child care, utilities, food and nutrition assistance + more!
Please click on the link to open Superintendent Soler's Brief for this week: https://www.schenectadyschools.org/page/superintendent-s-brief-april-6-2023
Have a fantastic recess. We will see you on the 17th.
#schenectadyrising
Happy Passover to those in the Schenectady Community celebrating. Passover begins at sundown tonight, Wednesday, April 5, and ends on Thursday, April 13.
We are asking all SCSD families to pls complete School Climate Survey. Your feedback will help us set goals & improve school climate. Please take one survey per household. Open thru 4/28. Go here: https://survey.sogolytics.com/survey1.aspx?k=SsRQYSSWsQVsPsPsP&lang=0
April is School Library Month, a chance to honor school librarians and the essential role they play in school and learning. We are grateful to all our school librarians for all they do!
COMMUNITY NOTE: Siena Center for Academic Community Engagement is offering Paid Summer Research & Internship Opportunities. See Flyer for more: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2760/SCSD/2918982/Siena_Paid_Summer_Research_and_Internship_opps.pdf
Our district is gathering community feedback around the topic of substance abuse. Please take a moment to fill out the anonymous three question survey at the link 🔗 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGjNerF39F5zKC3N0f0JFAkQwhJtbpf7BuJOfmXBUUb-tqaQ/viewform
ALUMNI PROFILE: Andrew Healey is a 1999 graduate of Schenectady High School who now practices law in Schenectady. Andrew credits his time on the varsity basketball team with helping him hone the skills he used as an attorney. #SCSDAlumni
LOCATION CHANGE FOR BOE MEETING: The April 5 Board of Education Meeting will take place in the Schenectady High School Auditorium.
TONIGHT Public Information Meeting regarding the upcoming Capital Project Referendum. Join us 6 p.m. at SUNY Center City Campus, 433 State St., 2nd Floor Rear, Room 217. More: https://www.schenectadyschools.org/page/schenectady-revitalization-plan-2030
If you see 🚒 firetrucks outside of SHS E wing this morning, don't be alarmed. Firefighters are doing a presentation on the impacts of climate change with Earth Science students. 🌳🌲
