In Our Schools Peekskill City School District News July 2015

Dear Peekskill Community, PCSD Welcomes Colleen It is my honor and pleasure to write this letter to you as the Superintendent Hardiman as Woodside of Peekskill Schools. As you know, our District has set forth ambitious goals and I am eager to continue working with our students, parents, administration, Elementary Principal faculty and community members as we all remain committed and dedicated to these endeavors. Please welcome Ms. Colleen Hardiman, who has joined the Looking back on an exciting 2014-2015 school year, I would like to Peekskill City School District as congratulate our Peekskill High School Class of 2015 and wish our graduates our new Woodside Elementary the best of luck as they will soon venture off to college/university, trade Principal. Ms. Hardiman will school and/or the armed forces. Additionally, I would be remiss if I did not be working with staff, parents, take a moment to acknowledge all of the educational stakeholders that made students, and community this achievement possible for our graduates. It truly takes a village to raise a partners to help our students child and we are all part of this success each and every day. achieve their highest potential. As we move into the 2015-2016 school year, I would like to begin by thanking the Ms. Hardiman comes to Peekskill members of the Peekskill community who took the time to take part in our from North Rockland Central Annual Budget Vote and School Board Election this past May. Because of your Colleen Hardiman, Schools where she has spent actions, the Peekskill City School District will be implementing 21st century Woodside Elementary the last 14 years as a classroom programs, which provide competitive-course opportunities for our students with School’s new principal teacher, reading teacher, and respect to higher education expectations. Additionally, we will see a new District instructional leader. In addition, Ms. Hardiman has over Dance program, the rebirth of our Astronomy program, and improved support 18 years of educational experience spanning grades K-8, for literacy across all grade-levels. At the elementary level we look forward to the and most recently served for four years as a district-wide start of a new Strings program that will introduce violins, cello and bass at Grade instructional leader. She brings to Woodside specific 3. We have also been able to lower class sizes and have designed transitional expertise in literacy instruction, the Common Core programs to support our youngsters between grade-levels. PCSD is ensuring our Standards, and second language development. students have access to a well-rounded, quality education that focuses on student learning and best instructional practices while maintaining a collaborative Ms. Hardiman is bilingual. She holds a Bachelor’s approach with our community and schools. All of these efforts will provide our degree from Syracuse University, a Master’s degree in students with rich opportunities, which will allow them to exit school with the Elementary Education from Bank Street College, and a skills and experiences needed to successfully compete in today’s world. CAS in School Administration from SUNY New Paltz. In other exciting news, this fall we will be hosting our first Annual Superintendent’s 5K and Fun Run in conjunction with the Peekskill Education Foundation. This event will kick off our Homecoming events on October 10. Please make sure to save the date. More information about this event can be Coming Soon! found on our website and on the back page of this newsletter. “Real Talk” In closing, I would like to wish you all a safe, peaceful, and healthy summer. Tailgate Back to School Event We look forward to September when we welcome staff and students back to Helping to Foster a Safer Community our schools, where we are committed to providing August 27, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. the best educational opportunities for every student, every day. If you have any questions, comments, or The City of Peekskill Police Department and the suggestions feel free to contact me anytime at Peekskill City School District are happy to announce [email protected] or (914) 737-3300 ext. 303. their new collaborative initiative aimed at fostering a Sincerely, safer community for all stakeholders in our beautiful city. Our Real Talk program is scheduled to begin in the fall of the 2015-2016 school year. This summer, we have organized a Back to School Dr. David Fine Tailgate event for high school students and parents at Superintendent of Schools PHS on August 27, 2015 beginning at 1:00 p.m. This is an opportunity for officers and families to interact in a friendly, casual environment. We hope you will School Starts Thursday, September 3! consider joining us for this event. Please drive carefully. On June 28, over 165 Peekskill High School students walked across the Paramount Theater stage to accept their diplomas and earn Congr atulations the long-awaited title of “graduate.” As a District, we could not be prouder of these students’ accomplishments and are grateful to have had the opportunity to equip them with skills which they will to the Peekskill High School carry with them as they continue to grow as life-long learners. We hope their fond memories of Peekskill Schools will stay with them Class of 2015 for years to come. Congratulations graduates! We wish you the best of luck in all that you do.

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2 College Acceptances Our graduates are off to do great things! After receiving nearly one million dollars in scholarships, members of the Class of 2015 are beginning the next chapter of their lives as they head to colleges, universities, trade schools and the armed forces. We know they will represent Peekskill well as they venture off to the following schools this September...

Adelphi University Marietta College Alfred University Marist College American University Anne Arundel Community College Molloy College Baruch College Monmouth University Binghamton University Montclair State University Borough of Manhattan Community College Morgan State University Brandeis University Morrisville State College Buffalo State College Mount Saint Mary College Central Connecticut State University Nazareth College Central Maine Community College New England College Coastal Carolina University City College of Technology College of Agriculture & Technology at Cobleskill Ohio University College of Mount Saint Vincent Onondaga Community College College of Staten Island Penn State University College of Technology at Delhi Penn State, University Park Columbia Greene Community College Queens College Community College of Baltimore County Quinnipiac University Concordia College Rider University Cornell College Roberts Wesleyan College Curry College Rockland Community College Dominican College Russell Sage College Drexel University Sage College of Albany Dutchess Community College San Diego State University The University of Tampa Eastern Connecticut State University Southern Connecticut State University Tompkins Cortland Community College Farmingdale State College St. John Fisher College Universal Technical Institute Franklin Pierce University St. John’s University University at Albany Hartwick College State University College at Cortland University at Buffalo Harvard University State University College at Oneonta University of Bridgeport Hofstra University State University College at Oswego University of Connecticut Howard University Stony Brook University University of Delaware Hudson Valley Community College Sullivan County Community College University of Hartford Hunter College SUNY Broome Community College University of Maine College of Technology at Canton University of Maryland, Baltimore County Johnson & Wales University Syracuse University University of New Haven Lincoln Technical Institute The Art Institute of New York City University of North Carolina Wilmington Long Island Univesity, Brooklyn The College of Saint Rose Utica College Manhattan College The Virginia Union University The State University of New York at Potsdam Westchester Community College

Attendance Matters Congratulations to our 2015 Our Attendance Matters Peekskill Middle School graduates! campaign will begin this September and run throughout the 2015-2016 school year, so stayed tuned! We will be sharing information about how attendance impacts student success Say hello to the Peekskill High School and talking with parents and Class of 2028! Our Uriah Hill Pre-K-ers are guardians to help them learn off to Woodside Elementary for Kindergarten and we could not be more excited for them. more about what they can do Congratulations to our littlest graduates! to help students stay on-track in school.

In Our Schools — July 2015 3 MySchoolBucks Peekskill City School District ECRWSS The Peekskill City School District is NON-PROFIT ORG. 1031 Elm Street, Peekskill, NY 10566 US POSTAGE pleased to now offer MySchoolBucks, www.peekskillcsd.org a convenient online meal payment PAID service. Parents, you can now login to PERMIT NO. 6656 MySchoolBucks.com to pay for your WHITE PLAINS, NY student’s meals, manage meal balances, and see what your student has purchased. ECRWSS Never worry about sending cash or checks with your student to school again! Please visit any of our school websites and click on the MySchoolBucks icon to read our welcome letter with more information about how to register for your account. Click on the MySchoolBucks logo on any of our websites for more information. Board of Education Postal Customer Colin Smith, President Lisa Aspinall-Kellawon, Vice President Para obtener este boletín en español, Douglas Glickert por favor llame al (914) 737-3300 ext. Maria Pereira 303, correo electrónico azucco@ Michael Simpkins peekskillcsd.org o pase por el Edificio de Richard Sullivan Administración del Distrito y una edición Jillian Villon en Español le proporcionará. Dr. David Fine, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph Mosey, Assistant Superintendent for Administrative Services Mary Foster, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education Look for Peekskill City School Daniel Callahan, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education District on Facebook, Twitter, Robin Zimmerman, Assistant Superintendent for Business Pintrest and Flickr. Janice Reid, Director of Technology Joyce Long, Director of Special Services Laura Belfiore, Editor and Photographer Purpaula Production, Design and Production

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