Overview
Elementary Education
The goal of the Department of Elementary Education is to provide a High Quality education. The department will create pathways to lifelong success for students of Poughkeepsie City School District. A major focus will take place on Early Literacy by providing our students with the foundational skills of Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. We will prepare our students to be successful readers and writers by the end of 3rd grade. In addition, the department will adopt a curriculum aligned with the Next Generation Learning Standards that serves all learners; those with disabilities, the exceptional students, and English Language Learners.
The Department will provide professional development to all practitioners on best practices on instructional pedagogy, data analysis and the use of technology in the classroom. We will increase instructional capacity in content knowledge for both teachers and building leaders. Finally, the department will develop and implement the use of data analysis in order to increase student outcomes. The objective is to create a culture of data-driven decision making using the Essential Questions:
- What do students need to know and be able to do?
- How do we know they have learned it?
- What will we do when they have not learned it?
- What will we do when they already know it?
Clinton Elementary School
Grades 3-5
845-451-4600
100 Montgomery St.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Smith Elementary School
Grades 3-5
845-451-4721
372 Church St.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Krieger Elementary School
Grades PK-2
845-451-4660
265 Hooker Ave.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Sojourner Truth Elementary School
Grades PK-2
845-451-4690
101 Mansion St.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Warring Elementary School
Grades 3-5
845-451-4751
283 Mansion St.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603