Parents

The Annual Ed Smith Ice Cream Social will be this coming Tuesday, September 7, 2010 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM in the cafetorium.  The event is hosted by the PTO and open to parents, families, students, teachers and administrators. It is a great time to meet new friends and catch up with old ones.

In accordance with NYS Department of Education requirements, the Syracuse City School District has to notify parents when the District has not made Adequate Yearly Progress based on state assessment results.  On August 26th, a letter was mailed home to each family in the District.  The letter explains that the Distric

Full text of the 2010 State of the Schools Address can be downloaded here

The Syracuse City School District would like to extend our most sincere appreciation to the following for their continued support:

Abrar Atiya Aljiboury, a Fowler High School student, is among 20 scholars from Syracuse-area schools who participated in the competitive “Engineering Pipeline Program” at National Grid, the centerpiece of the company’s global “Engineering Our Future” initiative designed to inspire youth and attract and develop engineers for tomorrow’s workforce. Only 50 students across National Grid’s U.S.

A recent article by Scott Waldman of the Times Union called into question just how difficult the New York State Regents exams are.

He states these exams may be the easiest exams students take all year. Like the grades 3-8 ELA and math exams the regents exam redesign is a part of New York States reform initiative.

 Strategies for the whole community- Substance abuse, bullying, violence, delinquency. Most communities do not have the money or time to field a prevention program for every area of need-even though we would like to. Wouldn’t you like to hear about some low cost, powerful, evidence based strategies that address issues such as substance use, delinquency, violence, bullying, and more? Dr.

The Transportation Department will be mailing home the transportation information letters to all families beginning Monday, August 30, 2010. These letters will have your students designated bus stop, route and pick up and drop off times.   

The Syracuse City School District’s Building Men program piloted a summer program entitled Building Foundations at Levy School.  Building Foundations was incorporated into the Urban Teacher Calendar (UTC) at Levy for the summer.