Mark your calendar ⚾️ Tryouts are next week!
REMINDER: The comment period for the 2022-2023 Contract for Excellence is open through August 20. Click here to review the plan and to submit comments: https://www.schenectadyschools.org/page/2022-2023-contract-for-excellence-plan
☀️It may be a heatwave outside but students in Summer Enrichment get to cool off in the pool at Central Park as part of the program.
On Friday morning we visited while Zoller and Yates 2nd graders met with their swim instructor.
Watch a video clip on our Instagram page. 📱 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CgUdRxMjTIs/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
August 2, 2022, is the National Night Out and The Schenectady Police Department will participate by hosting a Community and Police Awareness Basketball Game at Jerry Burrell Park.
Come out and watch the action, or just browse local vendors and community organizations.
📱Online registration for Fall sports opens Tomorrow 7/22, at 7 a.m. scan the QR code to sign up. GO PATRIOTS.
Check out these upcoming workshops from Schenectady County Connects.
Better Community Neighborhoods Financial Confidence Series will start the first weekend of August. It is an online class for 1.5 hours every Saturday for 5 weeks.
REGISTER @ www.bcnihousing.org or
518-372-7616 for more information
If you or someone you know needs support now, call or text 988 or chat 988Lifeline.org. 988 connects you with a trained crisis counselor who can help.
The SCSD Contract for Excellence Public Hearing will be held on Wed, July 20, 7 p.m. at Sch'dy High School. The hearing will be live streamed. Info on our plan: https://www.schenectadyschools.org/page/2022-2023-contract-for-excellence-plan
Fall Sports start August 22 for high school and August 29 for modified.
Registration for fall sports opens July 22. Go to Family ID (beginning 7/22) to complete forms & for medical clearance: https://www.familyid.com/organizations/schenectady-city-school-district-athletics
CREATE Together is hosting free art activities for all ages July 5 - Sept. 2, Monday-Friday, from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the following locations:
Monday: Orchard Park
Tuesday: Wallingford Park
Wednesday: Cocoa House
Thursday: Jaylens's Park
Friday: Yates Village
The lottery application for full-day Universal Pre-K Program for 3 year-olds is now available. Children must be 3 on or before Dec. 1. Apps due by 7/22/22 at 9 a.m. Apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWtNvHoASefEHRxAx7A5jK8xEgFpw-BtUyqAy8_jZW-s_vZA/viewform
The announcement of Anibal Soler, Jr. as our new superintendent of schools, one year ago today, was just the beginning of #schenectadyrising. We are moving in the right direction. 2022-2023 is going to be amazing and exciting!
Many items are being liquidated in a surplus auction. The auction is open until July 15 at 11 a.m. Click here for more information: https://www.collarcityauctionsonline.com/servlet/List.do?auctionId=793
The Summer Enrichment Program starts next week. The food menu for summer programming is posted online here: https://www.schenectadyschools.org/page/summer-2022-menu
⛷🏂 Don't miss this meeting on Wednesday, July 6, at 6:30!
A great program providing ski lessons free of cost to elementary age students living in the city of Schenectady. The goal of the program is to provide underrepresented communities an opportunity to participate in winter sports.
Lessons will be offered at Maple Ski Ridge during six Saturdays in January and February of 2023. Please attend the info session for more details or contact Ashok Ramasubramanian (ramasuba@union.edu) with any questions.
Great news! The Universal Pre-K Application for 3 year-olds is coming soon. Watch for it to post and open on July 8.
The Schenectady High School Track is available for community use this summer on Monday through Friday 6-8 p.m. beginning July 5. Please follow all rules.
REMINDER: SICM Free Summer Meals for all Schenectady kids now available at a long list of locations. Check out the breakfast & lunch schedule here: https://www.sicm.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ScheduleEdited.pdf
Dollar Movies! The BowTie Cinemas Summer Kids Series starts today and runs through August 31.
