Happy Friday! Please click on the link to open Superintendent Soler's brief for the week ending December 15: https://www.schenectadyschools.org/page/superintendents-brief-december-15-2023 Have a great weekend.
We were able to add another day to our Book Fair! Join us December 14th for our Scholastic Book Fair. It will run before and after the Winter Concerts, 5:30 to 7:30pm. Can't wait to see you there!
Winter Festival & Movie Night, December 21st starting at 4pm! ❄️🐼 🎥 🍿
We are looking forward to seeing Santa and Mrs. Claus! There will be cookies and milk/juice, letter writing to Santa, making of a gingerbread house, music and more! Following the Winter Festival will be Movie Night! Hot dogs and concessions will be available for purchase.
Please reach out to our parent liaison, Gomattie Dubaria with any questions! (838) 433-9346
Picture Day Retakes @ Paige will be TOMORROW, December 13th! #paigepandas 🐼
Families, as a reminder there is no after school programming today.
Water main break has been fixed. At this time, students will be utilizing bathrooms at Paige. If you have any questions, please call the main office.
All students are safe. Facilities are working on fixing the pipe. We currently have students utilizing bathrooms at The Magic Kingdom and the Church of the Nazarene as water had to be shut off. Water bottles have been given out to students. Call the office with any questions.
The pipe is still being worked on. All students are safe. Please call the main office with any further questions.
All children are safe. We are continuing to work on the pipe break. No final decision on closing yet, we will keep you posted.
Paige has a water main break. We are actively trying to fix it. We will keep you
posted and we are working on fixing the pipe. All students are safe.
Reading Challenge Update! Nice job Pandas! 🐼
📚Schenectady's Right to Read event takes place today at 4:30 p.m. at Proctors GE Theatre. Read all about it here 🔗https://www.dailygazette.com/news/education/schenectady-schools-literacy/article_3a99d2f6-9479-11ee-bb1d-d379fbf7e7eb.html
TODAY! SICM Mobile Food Pantry @ Paige Elementary Community School, 1:45-2:45PM. 🐼
ATTENTION 3rd GRADE FAMILIES: On December 13, 2023 from 9:00 am – 11:30AM, your child will be joining the class on a trip to the Schenectady High School Swimming Pool. Students will participate in a one day learn-to-swim skills and basic water safety lessons which will be taught by certified physical education teachers, lifeguards and aquatics experts. Please note, it is a ONE TIME 3rd GRADE field trip! Please make sure you received the permission slip in your child’s backpack! If you did not, please contact your child's teacher!
REMINDER: We are looking for input from parents, students, staff, and community members as we develop our district's 6-year Strategic Plan.
Participate in our survey here: participate in our survey here: https://survey.sogolytics.com/survey1.aspx?k=SsRQYSSWsRPsPsPsP&lang=0
Paige Weekly Family Update from our Principal, Dr. JP #paigepandas 🐼
https://docs.google.com/file/d/1TUrpG2C2ZFT-yzwZQ4KN8pfBqkF--x-G/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=mspresentation
Spirit Week @ Paige is Coming! 🐼
December 18th: Snowman Day/Classroom door decorating contest! ☃️
December 19th: Silly Socks Day - Wear some funky, funny socks to show off! 🧦
December 20th: Dress as a Book Character Day! 📚
December 21st: Winter Holiday Celebration Day - Wear something festive that celebrates winter or a holiday!
December 22nd: Pajama Day!
Message from Paige/SCSD:
As we begin planning our roadmap forward for 2024-2030, we seek and need your input. Please complete this survey or attend one of the focus groups in our Strategic Plan Listening Tour. The focus groups are an in-person opportunity for you to share what's most important to you and for us to learn what you think we currently do well, what you want us to focus on in the future, and what you think we should do better as a school system.
Link for Survey: https://survey.sogolytics.com/survey1.aspx?k=SsRQYSSWsRPsPsPsP&lang=0
Link for more details on Focus Groups: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hIk0B-_4zP33o_SJtZFnm0fhErOjbphl/view?usp=sharing
Save the Dates: The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Paige Elementary Community School!
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/paigeschoolpto
The Dates will be the same night as the Winter Concerts, come a little before or stay after and view our selection of Scholastic Books.
•Monday, December 4th from 5:30 to 7:30pm
•Tuesday, December 5th from 5:30 to 7:00pm
•Wednesday, December 6th from 5:30 to 7:00pm
We hope to see you there!
We are also looking for Parent/Family Volunteers to help us. Please reach out the paigepto@yahoo.com if you are interested in helping us one of these dates.
Save the Date(s) for Winter Concerts @ Paige!
Kindergarten - Wednesday, December 6th at 6:00 pm
First Grade - Tuesday, December 5th at 6:00 pm
Second Grade - Monday, December 4th at 6:00 pm
Third Grade - Monday, December 4th at 6:45 pm
Band, Orchestra, Chorus - Thursday, December 14th at 6:00 pm