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Early Learning Center information
Address: 372 Church St.
Phone: 845-451-4721
Principal: Colleen Hardiman, chardiman@poughkeepsieschools.org
Main office hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
School hours: 8:20 a.m. - 3:05 p.m.
Enrollment: 465 (2019-2020)
Staff: 100
School nurse: 845-451-4744
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ELC Releases Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten Supply List
The Early Learning Center Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten Supply List has been released for classes taking place at Smith School. The items needed for the classroom include the following;
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Kindergarten Virtual Art Show 2020-2021
Kindergartners at the Early Learning Center expressed their creativity throughout the 2020-21 school year in various drawings and projects.
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ELC students sing, dance with YouTube star
Thanks to the ELC PTA, Early Learning Center students had the chance to sing, dance and have fun with YouTube children’s music sensation Jack Hartmann Wednesday, June 16, 2021, to celebrate the end of the school year.
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Principal's June 9th Fireside Chat presentations/Presentaciones del Chat Fireside del 9 de Junio del Director
Slides from Principal Colleen Hardiman's June 9th, 2021, Fireside Chat are available online now.
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Author engages ELC students in book discussion
Reading books at school is common and so is having a guest reader. As part of her responsibility of elevating student learning, ELC teacher Heather Faircloth has taken the experience to another level, arranging for the authors of the books themselves to read to students at the school. Last week, Brad Burgunder, author of “Nana and the Banana,” read to the class virtually and interacted with multiple classes.
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Chicks bring lessons to life at Early Learning Center
ELC students had a chance to learn science, Math and English skills by watching chicken eggs hatch, thanks to the efforts of veteran teacher Sue Ammon.
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ELC PTA stays busy; launches fundraiser
The ELC Parent Teacher Association has been busy this year, helping to arrange several programs for students at the school and raising funds to ensure that there’s money to continue the work next year.
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District begins preK, kindergarten registration
Registration for Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten in the 2021-22 school year has begun and there are limited preK spaces available
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Guest readers provide voices for ELC's Read Across America program
District staff and City of Poughkeepsie Mayor Rob Rolison helped make this year’s Read Across America at Early Learning Center special by reading virtually to students.
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Pick up authorization form available
In order to let someone else pick up your child from school, the Early Learning Center must have an authorization filled out and signed by the child's parent or guardian.
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Early Learning Center safety data sheets
Safety Data Sheets for chemicals used at Early Learning Center at Smith School.
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Retreat aims to strengthen central office team
Central Office leaders are spending the bulk of this week at a retreat designed to help build a strong team and set goals for the coming year.
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Registration open for full-day pre-K, kindergarten
Poughkeepsie City School District is offering full-day prekindergarten in the 2021-22 school year and registration is open for both preK and kindergarten.
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Summer meal program sites added
Poughkeepsie City School District added three new summer meal distribution sites to those already being provided throughout the city. Meals service will end Tuesday, Aug. 31.
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War memorial slated for PHS
Efforts to obtain crucial information to ensure we include everyone who has served in the U.S. armed forces in a Veteran’s Memorial Project being planned for Poughkeepsie High School have begun.
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Facilities director key to district’s future
As Poughkeepsie City School District’s new director of facilities, Marcos Rodriguez knows he plays a key role in how the district will function and look going forward.
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Reflections on the 2020-21 school year
As the school year has come to a close, on behalf of the Poughkeepsie City School District Board of Education and Central Office leadership, I thank the entire community for your partnership throughout a year of challenge, adversity and change.
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Congratulations PHS Class of 2021!
Blue skies and sun set the scene for Poughkeepsie High School’s Class of 2021 graduation night. For many, it was a year of overcoming to become.
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Guest speakers share career options with young students
About a dozen members of the community took time out of their work days to share what they do with Poughkeepsie City School District’s elementary school students last week. On Tuesday and Thursday, students logged on to Zoom calls to learn about different careers they could pursue.
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Senator honors Superstars
Sen. Sue Serino honored four Poughkeepsie Middle School students with Serino Superstar awards June 17 during a special afternoon ceremony hosted by the Social Studies department. The students: Amiyah Wood, Jamir Hawley, Ximena Alarcon and Naomy Valle-Netzahuatl were present along with their parents.
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Lead for America comes to Poughkeepsie
Joining other organizations in Poughkeepsie, the Poughkeepsie City School District (PCSD) has signed on as a placement site for the newly created Lead for Poughkeepsie. Lead for Poughkeepsie, an affiliate of a Lead for America, will be placing young professional ages 21-30 to serve in a 2-year full-time placement within social impact organization. Poughkeepsie organizations also signed on as placement sites are The Art Effect, Hudson River Housing, The Academy, and Nubian Directions II.
