Back to School Parent Engagement Tips: (9/12/18)
Welcome to the 2018-19 school year! As we work together in Building Our Future and helping to prepare our students for #SCSDSuccess, our families play a critical role. Here are some helpful tips from our school teachers and administrators on how parents and guardians can best become active partners ...
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Do You Have Back to School Questions? #SCSDCares: (9/10/18)
WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS & STAFF BACK TO SCHOOL FOR THE 2018 - 19 SCHOOL YEAR!
As with any new beginning, a new school year comes with questions and unknowns. To serve as a resource for families, several Syracuse City School District departments ...
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Indoor Walking Trails Help SCSD Students’ Fitness: (7/24/18)
“This is so peaceful,” HW Smith third grader Ja’zeir Brown said as he walked with his enrichment class along the school’s indoor walking trail. “When we’re on the trail, we go past classrooms so we have to be quiet.”
Thanks to a Creating Healthy ...
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Mobile Media Cart Brings Flipped Classrooms to PSLA: (6/19/18)
Students and teachers at PSLA at Fowler now have the ability to use a mobile media cart to bring technology into the classroom, thanks to a grant funded by the SCSD Educational Foundation.
Technology teacher Ed Levine said that in past years, a Schramm grant allowed the school to purchase ...
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Congratulations, SCSD Class of 2018!: (6/27/18)
The schedule is as follows - all ceremonies will take place at the SRC Arena at Onondaga Community College.
Saturday, June 23
10 am – Henninger High School
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High School Summer School Information: (7/6/18)
Summer school registration for high school students is fast approaching! Summer school will run from 8:30 - 11:55 am at Henninger (for Henninger, Nottingham and ITC students) and Corcoran (for Corcoran PSLA, and ITC students). Summer school will run from July 9th through August 17th.
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PSLA Student Team Places in Drone Competition: (4/16/18)
Drone teams from New Haven Connecticut, Oneida, Vernon, New Hartford, Utica and Syracuse competed in Central New York’s first low-cost, open Challenge in the SUNY Campus Center Gym. Drones negotiated a 9 element, oil platform themed 30 by 60-foot field. Team Syracuse ...
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SCSD Students Attend NSBE National Convention: (4/5/18)
Students from Clary, Corcoran, Ed Smith, ELMS, Grant, Henninger, Huntington, HW Smith, ITC, Nottingham, PSLA and Roberts recently attended the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) National Convention in Pittsburgh, PA. There, they had the opportunity to compete in hands-on engineering and science ...
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SCSD Food Committee Seeks Student Input & Action: (1/9/18)
Henninger junior Nolan Spears noticed that some of his classmates were skipping lunch at school. Some would roam the halls, causing disruptions, while others would leave school to go to a corner store or fast-food restaurant to purchase a meal.
“I saw this as incredibly dangerous, ...
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SCSD Staff Visit Kuwait as Part of Educational Partnership: (12/18/17)
PSLA Arabic Teacher Abdulilah Al-Dubai and Assistant Director of Special Education Matt Williams recently traveled to Kuwait, where they observed and provided feedback in seven schools over the course of five days. Sponsored by a Kuwaiti education consulting firm, KOT Consulting and Training, the trip ...
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Tuberculosis Case Reported in the Public Service Leadership Academy at Fowler: (11/15/17)
One individual at the Public Service Leadership Academy at Fowler (PSLA) has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. The Onondaga County Health Department has developed a list of PSLA students and staff who should be tested for Tuberculosis in the event that they were exposed. Testing will be conducted ...
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Teacher Feature: Karen Broughton, PSLA: (5/11/17)
Karen Broughton has worked in urban education for two decades. Twelve years into her teaching career, however, she earned a law degree from Syracuse University College of Law, which ultimately led her to become a criminal defense attorney. Yet, in 2009, she felt compelled to return to the classroom, ...
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Student Test Scores Show Increase in Achievement: (2/23/17)
SCSD students made strong gains in the first half of the school year, according to new data highlighting student growth on the STAR ELA and Math Assessments.
The STAR assessments are administered to students in kindergarten through 11 th grade each year in September, December and ...
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Third Annual SCSD CTE Expo Highlights Unique High School Program Offerings: (2/2/17)
Eighth graders throughout the SCSD had the opportunity to see firsthand all 24 Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs that will be open to them as high school students, thanks to the third annual SCSD CTE Expo.
Hosted by current CTE students, the Expo allowed eighth graders to experience ...
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SCSD Students Named ‘Youth Unsung Heroes’: (1/31/17)
“He refuses to give up, and constantly challenges himself to be better.”
“Her love of learning is magnetic.”
“He has a positive attitude that is infectious.”
“She is an extremely positive role model for her peers.”
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PSLA at Fowler Students Celebrate ‘National GIS Day’: (11/30/16)
The mapping of suggested routes for bicycle lanes… the analysis of Centro bus routes… the coordination of public safety resources to save lives…
What do these things have in common? They all require geographic information systems (GIS) technology. Geospatial Technology ...
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SCSD College Fair Brings 60+ Schools to Syracuse: (11/3/16)
At the SCSD College Fair, students worked their way through a ballroom at the OnCenter, stopping at various booths to speak with representatives from more than 60 institutions of higher education.
“I want to go to school for sports journalism,” Nottingham junior Shakim Muhafiz ...
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Superintendent's Student Cabinet Now Accepting Applications!: (10/5/16)
Interim Superintendent Alicea is looking for dedicated, dynamic and diverse students to represent this year’s Superintendent's Student Cabinet ! We are seeking three students, per grade level, per high school in order to have a cabinet filled with vibrant and varied volunteers!
This ...
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SCSD Students Vote in Mock Election: (9/30/16)
With 70 percent of the vote, SCSD students recently elected Hillary Clinton to become the new President of the United States! The 3,300 student ballots favored Clinton over Gary Johnson (10.2% of votes), Donald Trump (9.7%) and Jill Stein (9.2%).
Students at all SCSD high schools had the ...
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PSLA at Fowler Students Develop Interpersonal Skills Through Fishing: (8/31/16)
In the 2014-15 school year, the SCSD Educational Foundation awarded MSAP teacher Pat Gillette a grant to assist in addressing social and emotional needs of students in a fishing program with cross-curricular components.
Last year, Mr. Gillette taught 9 th to 12 th grade students in a ...
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