Notes from the Superintendent

One of our goals this year was to improve student attendance at the high school. We are shooting to achieve the State Education Department’s goal for schools of a 95% attendance rate and, as the chart below indicates, we are getting closer! Click on the graph to see details.

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Our students have been compiling an impressive list of college acceptances this spring. Check it out by clicking here.

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An article in the River Journal claiming that the cumulative increase in county/town, village, and school taxes for 2007/2008 will range from 18 to 21% for Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow residents has provided math teachers with an excellent illustration for use in responding to the classic question from their students … “When will I [...]

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The annual budget vote will be coming up on May 15. Our budget publication is available in hard copy at various public locations throughout the community and as a link on our district web site. The final budget proposal was review and adopted by the Board of Education at their April 12 meeting. [...]

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This blog will join an array of options utilized by the district as a means of keeping parents and the community in general informed about what is happening in our schools. Clearly, our web site has evolved as a very important medium for sharing information. In addition, we offer a weekly online newsletter [...]

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We periodically become aware of various “urban legends” that circulate about student behavior, particularly at the middle and high school levels. As with other aspects of our schools, we find that the best approach in helping to distinguish fact from fiction is to collect data. A committee that includes parent members and a [...]

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Extensive use of the district’s athletics fields by hundreds of children involved in recreational soccer, football, and baseball, as well as student athletes, has damaged our fields and resulted in unsafe playing conditions. Restoring and then properly maintaining fields through a natural turf approach would require us to reduce the use of our fields [...]

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It is pretty apparent when you drive by our school that our construction project is in full swing. The work in front involves construction of a three-story addition containing science and general education classrooms, a new high school library, a new health center, and new middle and high school offices. What you can’t [...]

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Most of you have heard about the No Child Left Behind act (NCLB). It has become increasingly controversial and things are heating up as it comes up for renewal. The recent NY Times article is illuminating (click to view the article).

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Our goals for this year at the elementary level have focused on providing an intensive on-site professional development program for teachers in the areas of English Language Arts and Math. We have contracted with the AUSSIE consulting group to provide demonstration lessons and coaching right in teachers’ classrooms. They recently presented a report [...]

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