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Elmira City School District
951
Hoffman Street
Elmira, NY 14905
(607) 735-3000
The Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 in the EFA Community Room.
The Elmira City School District will host a public forum on the New York State Race To The Top education reform initiative from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 in the EFA Community Room.
Representatives from the local Elmira Elks Lodge #62 will distribute dictionaries to approximately 530 third-grade students at eight elementary schools in the district.
The Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan 18 in the EFA Community Room.
A "Kindness and Justice" assembly honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13 at Fassett Elementary School.
All Elmira City School District juniors and seniors -- and their parents -- are invited to attend a Financial Aid Night at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 in the SHS auditorium.
The Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4 in the EFA Community Room.
Last night, there was a fire at Ernie Davis Middle School, and the school is closed today to all EDMS students and staff.
As a cost-saving measure, the District Dialogue
will no longer be printed and mailed. To receive an electronic version of the
newsletter, please click here to
provide us with your e-mail address. After you register, a link to the
newsletter will be sent to you when each edition is released. Please be advised
that your e-mail addresses are confidential, and that the district will not
share or sell this information with any outside agency. This list will only be
used for distribution of district publications.
Due to changes in state assessments and Regents exams, the Jan.
30 conference day originally scheduled for all students is now for high
schoolers only. There will be school for grades Pre-K through 8 in the
Elmira City School District.
On Jan. 26, The Elmira City School District hosted a public forum on New York State's Race To The Top education reform initiative. The forum explained how the district is implementing Race To The Top requirements and changes. It featured a presentation by Superintendent Joseph Hochreiter and other staff members who are responsible for implementing these requirements in the district and region. For mor information, or to view the forum, click here.
Samara Gromer is shown with three of the preschool students at Riverside who played percussion instruments for their holiday concert.
Last year, Samara Gromer, vocal music teacher at Riverside Elementary, was awarded the Shields-Gillespie Scholarship from the American Orff-Schulwerk Association for Music and Movement Education for her work with preschool children of low-income populations. The $1,000 grant was awarded for the purchase of instruments specifically to use with younger children in teaching them proper technique and care of percussion instruments. On Dec. 15, Riverside preschoolers gave a culminating performance.
Superintendent Hochreiter uses Twitter to enhance his communication with parents, students and community members, to let them know about what's happening in the school district. Check back daily to read his tweets! To become a follower of Superintendent Hochreiter on Twitter, click here.
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