Upcoming Events
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October 4, 2023
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM School Board Regular Meeting
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October 9, 2023
Columbus Day (All School Buildings and District Office Closed)
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October 18, 2023
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM School Board Workshop Meeting
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November 1, 2023
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM School Board Regular Meeting
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November 7, 2023
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Early Learning Center information
Address: 372 Church St.
Phone: 845-451-4720
Principal: Nadine Elting-Dargan, ndargan@poughkeepsieschools.org
Main office hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
School hours: 8:30 a.m. - 3:05 p.m.
Enrollment: 244 (2021-22)
Teachers: 18 (2021-22)
School nurse: 845-451-4720 ext. 3410
ELC Headlines
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Bridges to Poughkeepsie
Newly Coming Families to PCSD. Come join us 8/19/23 For our Bridges to Poughkeepsie Event!
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Back to School Bash
Happy Summer! We hope all families are enjoying their summer. PCSD Annual Back to School 9/9/2023!
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Dual language classes publish book
Not every pre-K and kindergarten student will be able to say they co-authored a book. But, students in Poughkeepsie City School District’s inaugural dual language classes can!
Helpful Quick Links
- Welcome back PCSD - Parent Resource Library/Bienvenido de nuevo PCSD - Biblioteca de recursos para padres
- Registration information / Información de Registro
- ABCya
- Alphabet Picture Cards
- ELC Kindergarten Facebook Group
- ELC Library
- Fun Brain
- Interesting Things for ESL Students
- Khan Academy
- KIDS A_Z
- Math Homework Help
- Starfall
- Supply List
- Zearn
ELC Spotlight
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Kindergarten lesson helps planet, animals
Kindergartners at the Early Learning Center learned about recycling and helped the earth and animals in the process. Students in Tara Jankovitz, Jennifer Frisenda and Maribeth Smith and Kristina Parker’s classes brought in empty water bottles and cans from home starting on Earth Day in April and continuing through May.
District News
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Superintendent sets Fireside Chats
Dates for the four Superintendent Fireside Chats have been released for the 2023-24 school year.
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Support our student athletes
Poughkeepsie High School offers varsity boys soccer, cheerleading, co-ed cross country, football, girls soccer, girls swimming, girls tennis and girls volleyball; JV boys and girls soccer, volleyball and cheerleading.
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Marist grad joins Community Schools, seeks new programs
Julianna Lindquist is an American Connection Corps member serving in the district's Community Schools department.
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District set to debut new anonymous tip tool
Poughkeepsie City School District is improving its ability to be proactive when it comes to students’ mental health and threat prevention using a new anonymous reporting platform, P3 Campus from Anderson Software.
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BTS Bash celebrates start of new school year
Saturday’s fun-filled Back to School Bash welcomed approximately 800 Poughkeepsie City School District students and their families back to school with an outdoor event at Poughkeepsie High School’s Track and Field.