District News
Proposed 2008-09 Budget
District residents will
vote May 20 on the
proposed $107,353,350 budget for 2008-09, two
propositions and the election of three trustees to the Board of
Education. Please click
here
for more.
Saratoga Education Week: May 5-9
Please join us May 5-9 as the Saratoga Springs City Schools celebrate the outstanding achievements of our students during "Saratoga Education Week."
Click here for more information
Click
here for a schedule of events
End-of-year schedule for students
Board of Education to hold May 13 meeting and hearing on proposed budget
The next regular meeting of the Board of
Education is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, in the
Meade (teaching) Auditorium at the Saratoga Springs High School.
The meeting will begin with a public disclosure hearing on the proposed 2008-09 school
district budget.
Agenda
School district celebrates "simply phenomenal" state audit
A recently released audit by the state Comptroller's Office is validation that the school district has shown outstanding diligence in protecting taxpayers through careful stewardship of district funds. More
Click here to view entire audit
Board of Education recognizes employees who contributed to successful audit
School calendar for 2008-09
Click here for a one-page calendar with key dates for 2008-09. A complete, multi-page calendar will be mailed to parents in August and posted on this Web site.
- High school parent group seeks support for after-prom event
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The Spring 2008 Continuing
Education course brochure is available
here.
Classes begin the week of Feb. 25. -
District newsletter: Winter 2008
issue
Click here to view the winter issue of the Focus on Education. - Physicals for spring athletes scheduled for February and March
- Forty-seven at Saratoga Springs High School win AP Scholar Awards
- Volunteers needed for committees
regarding risky teen behavior
More - Saratoga schools to pre-register
kindergartners
More -
SAT prep classes offered at
Saratoga Springs High School
More -
High school fashion show to
raise funds for Lend-a-Hand
program
More - High school students win awards at "All-Star Art Show" in January
- High school and Rotary Club
honored outstanding students Nov. 8
More - MacFadden Administration
Building dedicated Oct. 25
More here - Saratoga schools follow
precautions to prevent MRSA (drug-resistant Staph
infection)
Letter to the school district's parents and staff
More MRSA information from the New York Statewide School Health Services Center -
Stable
Enrollment Projected
The school district's total enrollment is projected to remain relatively stable for the next three years, according to a report presented to the Board of Education on Oct. 25.
PowerPoint presentation on enrollment
Community residents voted for "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen as the "Saratoga Reads" selection for 2008. To learn more about the program, click here.
- High school awarded
prestigious grant for invention development
More here - 2007-08 Goals and Objectives
The Board of Education adopted 2007-08 goals and strategic objectives for the school district at the Oct. 9 meeting. More here
New
e-mail addresses
On Oct. 1, the school district upgraded its e-mail system,
resulting in a slight change in e-mail addresses for all staff
members. The new addresses use the person's first initial,
followed by the underscore symbol (an upper-case hyphen on your
keyboard), and the last name, as in a_staff, followed by @saratogaschools.org
- Russian educators at Saratoga Springs High
School for 50th Space Age anniversary
More here
2007-08
School Calendar
Click here
for an extensive listing of events, activities,
holiday and vacation schedules for the 2007-08
school year. Also available is an athletics
schedule, which is updated frequently.
"Walkercise" program at the high school
More here
- Saratoga in Capital Region's
academic top 10 for
third consecutive year
More here - School Report Card
The state's latest School Report Card, published in May 2007 by the New York State Education Department for the 2005-2006 school year, demonstrates that students in our school district continue to exceed the academic achievements of their counterparts in other New York State public schools. Five-year trends show that scores have consistently risen and are above state averages. The report cards are released each spring by the Education Department for all public schools in the state. Please review 2005-06 results for our schools by clicking on school report card.
Note: The link above will connect you to the state Education Department's web site, where school report card documents are in Adobe PDF format. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to open them. Get a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader here.
- The high school and middle
school held their annual Awards Night programs in
May. For a complete list of award winners, please
select the links below.
Saratoga Springs High School award winners: May 31, 2007
Maple Avenue Middle School award winners: May 21, 2007 -
2007 “Saratoga
Education Week" celebrates student achievement
Hundreds of parents and other community residents visited schools May 7-11
Click here for more
Photos of Education Week events
Education Week calendar of events
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Greenfield and Geyser Road Elementary Schools
honored
as
"high performing-gap closing schools"
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Janice White
appointed as Superintendent of Schools effective July 1,
2007
More here -
Dr. John E. MacFadden to retire after 38 years with district
Completing 16th year as Superintendent of Schools More here
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Dates for elementary- and intermediate-level state assessments
"Profiles
of Character"
Do you
know a young person who deserves recognition for exhibiting
good character traits? Please consider nominating the
student for the new "Profiles of Character" program.
Click
here for a nominating form.
Character Education themes and promises