Schenectady City School District

🚨REMINDER No school on Wednesday, March 13 for Superintendent's Conference Day

Watch for posts featuring the work of Victoria Abdulla's 7th grade ELA students at Oneida. They are studying a unit on risks & rewards of social media & their culminating task is to create a social media campaign to advocate for teens to make better choices online.

DO YOU HAVE A CHILD WHO WILL BE 3 OR 4 YEARS OLD BY 12/1? 2024-2025 Pre-K Applications are now available! Admission to Pre-K is by lottery. Applications are due by Apr 26. Follow link for more info & the applications: https://www.schenectadyschools.org/article/1503365

Schenectady School District Annual Art Exhibit 📍ViaPort Rotterdam Mall 🗓 May 3 - 21 🎨 Opening Reception: Monday, May 6-7:30 p.m. Every grade and school will be represented.

🎥 https://youtu.be/L3f5lyxhnaQ Dr. Cotto was appointed the next Superintendent of Schenectady Schools last Wed. On his first day after appointment he met with The Superintendent's Student Advisory Council to discuss what can be improved #SchenectadyRising

🎻 Music Faculty Recital 7 p.m. Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024 Oneida MS Auditorium Donations benefit SCSD Friends of Music

💡Interested in continuing education courses? Select from Defensive Driving, ESL, GED, Construction Trades, Investing, Dance, Yoga, and many more. Registration tonight 4:30-7 at SHS Main office Click the link to view the brochure https://bit.ly/3uOnmkG

Interested in running for a seat on the Board of Education? Two seats are up for election on May 21. Click here for more info & to download the affidavit & nominating petition: https://www.schenectadyschools.org/page/interested-in-running-for-a-seat-on-the-board-of-education

COMING UP: Teacher Recruitment Fair, March 19, 3-6 p.m., SCSD Family & Community Engagement Center, 530 Liberty St. We will be interviewing candidates on-site. Looking to hire immediately. You can apply today: https://schenectady.recruitfront.com/JobOpportunities

🎥Yesterday, we unveiled a new resource room for students at Keane Elementary School that was built through a community partnership with Schenectady Rotary. The space includes a renovated kitchen, a clothing closet and food pantry. Thank you to WNYT for the coverage of this great space! https://wnyt.com/wnyt-commit-to-kids/new-resource-room-to-help-schenectady-families-with-food-clothing/

📺 Thank you WRGB CBS6 for this great coverage of the announcement of Carlos M. Cotto Jr., Ed.D. as the next Superintendent of Schenectady City Schools! https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/dr-carlos-cotto-replaces-anibal-soler-jr-as-schenectady-school-district-superintendent

Good afternoon . . . Please click on the link to open Superintendent Soler's Brief: https://www.schenectadyschools.org/page/superintendents-brief-march-08-2024-ma-4638-h Have a great weekend.

🎥WNYT's coverage of the appointment of Dr. Carlos Cotto as the next Superintendent of Schenectady City School District. https://wnyt.com/top-stories/schenectady-to-introduce-new-school-superintendent/

PHOTOS 🐲Year of the dragon 🐉 On Tuesday evening staff and students celebrated the Chinese New Year at Schenectady High School #SchenectadyRising

📢STUDENT VOICE How do you best express yourself? Schenectady High School students and staff answer this question in this video on our YouTube page! https://youtu.be/GEV-C1iQ4ok

REMINDER: Board of Education Meeting tonight, 6:30 p.m. in the Mont Pleasant Middle School Schenectady Room. - > Live-stream available : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfV9FYsHkq0 - > Agenda available on Boarddocs: https://go.boarddocs.com/ny/schenectady/Board.nsf/Public

This week is School Social Work Week! Thank you to all our school social workers who go above and beyond to support our students. We appreciate you! #SSWWeek2024

💡Interested in continuing education courses? Select from classes including; ESL, GED, Construction Trades, Investing, Dance, Yoga, & more! ✍🏽 In-person registration: 4:30 - 7 p.m. on Wed, 3/6 and Mon 3/11, ONLY at the Schenectady High School main office. Click the link to view the brochure https://bit.ly/3uOnmkG

✍🏽 Click the link to read this month's Department of Innovation, Equity and Engagement newsletter! 🔗 https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2760/SCSD/4053619/IEE_Newsletter_Issue_7_3-1-2024.pdf

Good afternoon ... Please click on the link to open Superintendent Soler's Brief for this week: https://www.schenectadyschools.org/page/superintendents-brief-march-01-2024-ma-3527-g Have a great weekend. #schenectadyrising