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Top 10 Things to Know
About the School District
SECONDARY SUMMER SCHOOL
Registration for secondary summer school will be held on June 29-30
at the Maple Avenue Middle School. Classes begin July 6, except
for driver education, which begins on July 1.
Secondary
summer school brochure
Driver education brochure (Pre-registration for driver ed was held May 11-15)
HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARDS NIGHTS
Saratoga Springs High School and Maple Avenue Middle School honored outstanding students during Awards Nights in June. Click on the links below for more.
BOARD OF EDUCATION TO MEET JULY 14
The next regular meeting of the Board of Education is scheduled
for 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in the MacFadden
Administration Building. The
public is invited to attend.
JUNE
22 LETTER TO PARENTS CONCERNING TWO H1N1 (SWINE FLU)
CASES AT MAPLE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL
H1NI (SWINE FLU) INFORMATION
Principals and school nurses have current information about swine flu (H1N1 flu) from several sources. Parents should contact their child’s physician in the event of illness. For general information, including symptoms and recommended precautions, parents may contact their child’s school nurse or visit these Web sites:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York State Health Department
Saratoga County Public Health letter regarding summer camp and illness
FREE
SUMMER ONLINE INSTITUTE ON ACCESSIBLE
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Appropriate for
educators or parents
The
Family Center on Technology and Disability (FCTD) will provide a
free, two-week online summer institute, July 20-31, 2009.
FCTD’s summer institutes connect educators, disability
professionals, and parents across the country with leading
national experts in assistive and instructional technologies.
This year’s institute will have two learning strands:
“Accessible Instructional Materials: NIMAS and Beyond” and
“Social Media Tools.” Participants can register for continuing
education units (CEUs):
http://www.fctd.info/show/home
Click
here for a
brochure that answers many questions about the institute and how
it works.

HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS VOLUNTEERED ABOUT
1,000 HOURS
OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ON MAY 22: "SENIOR
GIVE-BACK DAY"
More
High
School Art Department Earns High Praise
at Hyde
Collection
2009-2010 BUDGET APPROVED: 2,242-878
Bus Proposition
Approved and three elected
to Board of Education
NO TAX LEVY
INCREASE
IN 2009-2010 BUDGET
Voters overwhelmingly approved a
$110,129,656 budget for 2009-2010 by a vote of 2,242-878 on
May 19. There is
no increase in the tax levy.
A
school bus purchase proposition was approved by a vote of
2,128-954, and three trustees were elected to the Board of
Education.
More results
Click
here for the 2009-2010 budget
home page.

SEX OFFENDER NOTIFICATIONS: June 24 update
CHANGE IN STATE LAW REQUIRES BODY MASS INDEX REPORTING
Changes to the New York State Education Law require that body mass index (BMI) and weight status group be included as part of the student’s required school health examination. More
Form for parents requesting exclusion from BMI reporting
"SAFE SPRING" EVENT AT HIGH SCHOOL ON MAY
13
The high
school held a "Safe Spring"
event on Wednesday, May 13, to
encourage students to have a safe prom, graduation and summer.
Co-sponsored by the school SADD Club and the school resource
officer, John Kelly of the Saratoga Springs Police Department,
the program involved a car crash re-enactment
including
an ambulance, police vehicles, hearse, and other realistic
elements. A guest speaker shared information about losing a
loved one due to a car accident.
CAMP INVENTION SCHEDULED FOR JULY 6-10 AT MAPLE AVENUE
Camp
Invention, an exciting summer day experience for children
entering grades one through six, is scheduled for July 6-10 at
the Maple Avenue Middle School.
More
WSWHE BOCES SUMMER LANGUAGE IMMERSION AND CULTURE PROGRAM
Students in grades K-11 are invited to participate this summer in an enriching language and culture program, partially supported by grant funding. For more information about this program, visit www.wswheboces.org/lcrc and look for the registration forms under the Quick Links. Registration forms are also available here:
WSWHE BOCES to offer Summer Project
Enrich classes
in cooking and technology
Culinary Arts Registration Form
EMERGENCY DRILL HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL ON APRIL 30
The high school held an evacuation drill on Thursday, April 30, beginning at approximately 1 p.m. The campus was locked down at approximately 12:45 p.m. until the entire building was evacuated. About 2,400 students and staff boarded school buses for transportation to an alternate site and were returned to the high school in time for the regular dismissal at 2:30 p.m. The purpose of the drill was to prepare students and staff for the possibility of evacuation during a real emergency.
HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION FOR 139 JUNIORS
2009-2010 one-page calendar with key dates
assistance
for parents and students in accessing Edline
Parents or students needing assistance to access Edline should e-mail one of the following:
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Saratoga Springs High School: Nancy Piscitelli (n_piscitelli@saratogaschools.org)
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Maple Avenue Middle School: Charles Kish (c_kish@saratogaschools.org)
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Elementary schools: Kristin Passaretti: (k_passaretti@saratogaschools.org)
High school Choraliers featured on MARCH 1
WMHT program
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GREENFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STUDENTS ARE WINNERS
IN "TAKE ME TO VOTE" CONTEST
More
PRE-REGISTRATION
INFORMATION FOR INCOMING KINDERGARTNERS
district
accepting names for universal
pre-kindergarten program
High school and Wilton Rotary
sponsor
Respect Awards for students
SECOND INSTALLMENT OF 2008-09 SCHOOL TAXES WAS DUE ON FEB. 4
NEW
ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE AT HIGH SCHOOL
A new course in conversational Italian at the high school is
introducing students to the language and culture of Italy.
Students had the opportunity to prepare and sample some
authentic cuisine during an "Iron Chef Italiano" competition on
Feb. 6.
This learning experience was an interdepartmental collaboration
involving the Foreign Language Department, the Family
and Consumer Sciences Department and the Technology Department. For more, please see The Saratogian's coverage
here.
FROM K-12, INAUGURATION CAPTURES STUDENT
INTEREST
President Barack Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration had students
around the district transfixed, as they watched the televised proceedings
in classrooms and auditoriums, discussed the historic event, and
participated in special projects. For more, please check out
The Saratogian's coverage below:
- Video of inaugural activities at the high school and middle school
- High school students engaged in election and inauguration process
- Middle school students share opinions about historic event
- Inauguration Day at Division Street Elementary School
TWO HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
ACHIEVE NATIONAL CERTIFICATION
More
here
FORTY-FIVE STUDENTS WIN AP SCHOLAR AWARDS
POPULAR AUTHOR VISITED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN JANUARY
TO DISCUSS
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
More
High school students make the holiday merrier for senior citizens
Second-graders at the Division Street Elementary School and
freshmen at the high school worked together during december on
an innovative poetry project
saratogian
story and video
ADDITIONAL SCHOOL TAX RELIEF
APPROVED FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
Click here
for more information
and application.
Saratoga
SCHOOLS
in Capital Region's
top 10
for fourth consecutive year
More
here
DEC. 3
"ART GALLERY" RECEPTION DRAWS LARGE CROWD
OF STUDENT ARTISTS AND PROUD PARENTS
more
here
OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HONORED AT NOV. 6 PROGRAM
The high school, in partnership with the Saratoga Springs Rotary Club, presented awards to 231 juniors and seniors during the Academic Recognition Program on Nov. 6. For more information and the names of award winners, click here.
OBAMA IS LANDSLIDE WINNER IN MOCK ELECTION
More
here
NEW ENROLLMENT REPORT PROJECTS SLIGHT DECLINE IN STUDENT
POPULATION
An enrollment report presented to the Board of Education Oct. 30
projects an enrollment decline of about 2.5 percent --
approximately 170 students -- over the next three to five years.
To view the report, click
here.
Progress through the slides by using the arrows at the bottom of
each page.
(The report is a pdf document. You will
need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to open it.
Get a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader
here.)
Area residents voted in October for the best-selling novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd as the Saratoga Reads! book of choice for 2009. Voters chose from six books, and the announcement of the winner was made Nov. 6. Click here to learn more.
BOARD OF EDUCATION ADOPTS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR 2008-09
The Board of Education adopted
2008-09 goals and objectives for the school district at the Oct.
14 meeting. To view the list, click
here.
Please include names of the parent, student and phone/cell number. A mailing address is necessary if you are interested in receiving a complete package including activation code and instructions.
INFORMATION FROM THE PREVENTION COUNCIL ABOUT UNDERAGE DRINKING
OPERATION SAFE CHILD
Our school district participates in Operation SAFE CHILD, a program created to raise awareness about child safety For more information, please click on the links below:
Press release from May 14 press conference
SCHOOL REPORT CARD
The state's latest School Report
Card, published in July 2008 by the New York State Education
Department for the 2006-07 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 2006-07 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.
Apply
now for Universal Pre-K Program openings for 2008-09
More
here

"Profiles
of Character"
Do you
know a young person who deserves recognition for exhibiting
good character traits? Please consider nominating the
student for the "Profiles of Character" program.
Click
here for a nominating form.
Character Education themes and promises

School bus
drivers needed!
Click
here for more






