Superintendent Hosts Community Conversations

Greece Central School District Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams is hosting two opportunities for informal conversations in June. The hour-long sessions will enable leaders to learn more about what the district is doing well and where there are opportunities to strengthen our programs.

The first conversation will be held from 6-7 p.m. on Thursday, June 14; the second will be held from 6-7 p.m. on Monday, June 18. The locations of the sessions are still to be determined and will be announced in the coming days. Interested community members can select the date that works best for them. To ensure that space is adequate, RSVPs are appreciated.

Superintendent Deane-Williams will lead the discussions, designed to generate feedback and help guide future goal setting and strategic planning. Please call 966-2301 to register. If interest exceeds space available, other sessions may be added in the future.  http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/news.cfm?story=1082&school=0

Congratulations to the three newly elected board members
Adam P. Crandall
F. Joe Grinnan
Julia VanOrman
 

NYS PTA Legislative Conference,
Lobby Day March 19, 2012

Greece Central School District students Jasmine Edwards and Lukonde Mulenga, from Arcadia HS, and Ryan Mulcahy, from Odyssey Academy, were among PTA members in Albany advocating for the distribution of funds ($200M of the $250M competitive grants money) back to local schools. They also advocated for the governor to be more positive about NYS schools in his portrayal of how our students are doing.

The students were sponsored by the Greece PTA Council.

http://nyspta.org/advocacy/lobbyday.cfm

Good Deeds Awards
presented Feb. 14, 2012

 A full size group photo is linked here.

More photos

Use this form to nominate a student for a Good Deeds award.
form [pdf] [doc]

Nominations deadline for the Spring semester is April 29.

The Greece Central School District's School Consolidation information is at
http://web001.greece.k12.ny.us/webpages/sconsolidation/

Attention families.

An audio recording of the January 18th PTA meeting on School Consolidation
 is available as an MP3 file
120118_SchoolConsolidation_PTA_Forum.mp3 [22MB, 90 minutes]

Chris Sloane, Principal, Olympia HS
Sue Meier, Principal, Odyssey Academy
Linda Pickering, Principal, Apollo MS
Meeting moderated by Lisa Christoffel, co-president, Greece PTA Council

Because of parent interest, a special joint PTSA meeting has been called for Wednesday night, January 18, at 7:00 pm, in the Apollo Cafeteria. Interested families from Odyssey, Apollo, and Olympia are invited to attend. At that time principals and other staff will be on hand to answer as many questions as possible about the school consolidation proposals from the January 10, Board of Education meeting.

Thank you,

Greece PTA Council

School Consolidation information
http://web001.greece.k12.ny.us/district.cfm?subpage=35848&adminActivate=1

School Consolidation Survey

Letter from Dr. Meier Jan 13, 2012

Good Deed Awards and Scholarships
announcements were made at the BOE meeting June 14th.

Photos of winners are linked here.

The National PTA^® Official Back to School Kit—Register Today!

You must register to receive your kit!
Use the kit registration form at PTA.org/OfficialKit. Each unit will receive only one free kit, so be sure that the incoming PTA president or other authorized leader specifies the unit’s preferred shipping address. Kits will ship weekly based on unit orders beginning June 17 through September 16.
http://www.pta.org/local_leader/4636.htm

Adolescents and Substance Abuse
What Parents Need to Know  
Current trends of adolescent use, and ways to address the issue, safe party planning for teenagers.

PowerPoint Show [pps]

presented May 5, 2011, Athena High School Forum Room
Sponsored By: Greece Central Family Support Center & Unity Health
 Stephanie Rago, Unity Outreach Counselor

flyer

Greece Board of Education Meeting
Study session on the school choice proposals
The Board will schedule a public hearing in the future
School Choice Fact Sheet
School Attendance Advisory Committee Report

Information on Bullying

NYS PTA Convention
Federal Education Priorities and Creating Safe Schools
Kevin Jenning’s PPT presentation at the NYS PTA
Bullying information starts at slide 21. [ppt]

Kevin Jennings is Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Jennings 

Here is a useful reference with a definition of bullying. BullyingInfo.org 

NYS PTA Convention, Leadership Conferences and other Presentations
more...

Be the Change for Kids video http://bethechangeforkids.org/

Parent Information Press from Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Jefferson County see: http://www.nyspirc.org/pdf/Parent%20Info%20Press/ParentInformationPress_Winter10.pdf

Harlem Renaissance
Paul Tough reports on the Harlem Children’s Zone. info

Property Tax Relief
Monroe County School Board Association's
position on Real Property Tax Relief.
MCSBA Real Property Tax Relief Position [pdf]

Postcard campaign []

more info

District Vision Summit

Council Reports and Minutes are posted on the Information page.

Board and Superintendent Welcome Public Discussion
Town Hall Meetings
http://web001.greece.k12.ny.us/popup_info.cfm?story=417