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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: 845-451-4720 ext. 3410
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Orientation lays out expectations, provides resources
The Early Learning Center practices the 3 Bees: Be kind, be safe and be responsible. That is the first thing Principal Colleen Hardiman addressed in her orientation for new students and parents. During th
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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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Early Learning Center safety data sheets
Safety Data Sheets for chemicals used at Early Learning Center at Smith School.
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Get help learning the alphabet
Learn the alphabet in English and Spanish by viewing this slideshow.
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NYS Assemblyman Jacobson visits ELC pre-K
New York State Assemblyman Jonathan Jacobson, D-104,visited the pre-K program at the Early Learning Center this week to see how money appropriated for such programs is being used.
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Counselor preps students for college, career
Activity under the newly established Poughkeepsie City School District College and Workforce Education program is underway. The K-12 program is designed to support the college going mindsets and career exploration interests of the district’s more than 4,200 students.
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Register now for new extended learning time program
A redesigned extended learning program being offered to all Poughkeepsie City School District students builds foundational skills in project-based classes.
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Harlem Children's Zone founder meets with local leaders
On Oct. 15, leaders from the Education Redesign Lab (EdRedesign) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the William Julius Wilson Institute at Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) visited the City of Poughkeepsie, to learn more about the Children’s Cabinet and Dutchess County’s efforts to create cradle-to-career systems of opportunity children and families.
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Rhinebeck Bank turns to teens for solutions
Five Poughkeepsie High School students spent five weeks during the summer working on ways to help Rhinebeck Bank develop a way to teach financial literacy to teens.
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Football team victorious at homecoming
The Poughkeepsie Pioneers triumphed over Horace Greeley in Saturday’s homecoming game, clinching the No. 1 seed in the six-team, Section I Independent Schools and earning the team a bye for the first week of playoffs. “Our guys were excit
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Pizzolla brings international experience to district
Poughkeepsie City School District’s Assistant Business Manager Andrea (Andre) Pizzolla brings international business experience to his role, having worked for Barclaycard International and Yahoo in Ireland among others before heading to the United States in 2012.
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Full day pre-K launches successfully
Thanks to a partnership with Healthy Kids at the Reformed Church of Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie City School District’s seven, full-day pre-K classes are off to a great start.
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District resources help prevent bullying
Research indicates that nationally 90 percent of students in grades 4-8 have been harassed or bullied with 20 percent of students in grades 9-12 experiencing it. Cyberbullying is experienced by 9 percent of students in grades 6-12.
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O'Connell helps teachers help students
Helping teachers meet the needs of students academically, behaviorally and socially-emotionally is what Alicia O’Connell comes to work each day to do.
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District rolls out student responsibilities posters at PHS, PMS
Everyone has a part to play in the success of our schools – including the students. To that end, Poughkeepsie High School and Poughkeepsie Middle School are hanging posters throughout their buildings outlining student responsibilities to help students understand how they will contribute to their personal and collective success as students.
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Board of Education meets Wednesday, encourages input
Poughkeepsie City School District wants to hear from parents about their child’s education and suggestions on how the district can strengthen its partnership with families.
