A great day of professional learning for our PreK teachers as we launched day 1 of LETRS for Early Childhood Educators! 📚#SOR #literacy Schenectady Schools

Can’t wait to welcome our new students!

Keane Elementary Back to School BBQ August 30, 4-6 p.m. at Keane Come out and meet your new teachers, friends and staff!

A great morning planning and preparing for the new school year with our Schenectady Schools grade level leaders!

🎥 Watch our latest webinar On Demand now! From Confusion to Clarity: Defining Sight Words, High-Frequency Words, Red Words, and Heart Words 🔗 Watch Here: bit.ly/3JLr8PY

🧡UNITY DAY Yates Elementary ! PreK marched to Choose Kind & stop bullying!

You are invited to attend our "Schenectady's Right to Read" event on12/11 @ Proctors GE Theatre. A reception will be held at 4:30 p.m. followed by the screening of the powerful film, "Right to Read." Refreshments will be served. Learn more & register here.

A big thanks to everyone who joined us this evening for our call to action as we work together to address the literacy crisis! Schenectady Schools EdTrust The Right to Read Jeff Smink Aníbal Soler, Jr. Dr. Lorenda Chisolm Carmella G. Parente #SoR

You got that right, Kim!!! Shout out to David Creagan and Julia Chronis ! 🙌🏻

Kicking off round 2 of our Wit&Wisdom guided observations with our leadership cohort model. Carmella G. Parente Wit & Wisdom English

Great to be with Schenectady Schools last night to talk about the importance of early literacy. Excited to follow and share the community's progress in ensuring all students can read at grade level! EdTrust-New York

Today Mr. Delano's preK families were invited to come in and build gingerbread houses with their child. Oh what fun was had by all! #Lincolnrising Laurie Timmis

A great kickoff meeting this morning for the NY Campaign for Early Literacy. Thank you Jeff Smink and EdTrust-New York! Looking forward to the work ahead! #NYEarlyLiteracy

⬇️ Thank you, Schenectady County Public Library! 🙌🏻 We know libraries play a critical role in early literacy development. Schenectady Library

Save the date 📆 Be sure to add the #AIMSymposium2024 on 3/11/24 to your calendar. Join #literacy experts including Devin Kearns, @soniacabell, & Katharine Pace Miles, Ph.D. to learn about "The Intersection of Reading and Writing." Recordings Available. bit.ly/3RTJuTA

SCSD teachers getting into Physical Phonics at LETRS Training today. Love that Schenectady is ahead of the game with our first cohort of reading and spec ed teachers getting LETRS training!! And thankful to BOCES for supporting us! #schenectadyrising Schenectady Schools Mrs. Wood

From PreK to Secondary ELA, our Schenectady Schools teachers are learners and invested! #PD4All #SupCongDay

A great morning of PD for our UPK teachers!! Exploring the topics of meaningful interactions and intentional use of materials to promote language and literacy throughout the day. Schenectady Schools Dr. Lorenda Chisolm Carmella G. Parente

Pre-K Readiness at MLK- Saturday morning practicing sharing, lining up and walking down the hall, and how to stop an activity even when you don’t want to stop yet! These 3 and 4 year olds are getting acclimated to school.