New Scotland Elementary School News

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Since 2019, Erin’s Law has required public schools in New York to provide instruc...

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Visit our Facebook page to take a look at a typical day of learning in Kateri Rusinovic...

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News & Updates: Jan. 5

January 5, 2024

Thinking ahead! As I stated previously in my 2023 end of year message, I am excited ...

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News & Updates: Dec. 22

December 22, 2023

See you in 2024! Since the start of the school year, our students have been nothing ...

A student shares her writing project with her teacher.

Literacy Celebration

December 22, 2023

We are incredibly proud of our student authors (and illustrators) and they should be pr...

Portrait of new Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Instruction Jasmine Brown

The City School District of Albany Board of Education has appointed veteran district ad...

Joseph Hochreiter

The safety of everyone in our school community – every student, every employee an...

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News & Updates: Dec. 4

December 4, 2023

Fun things to come Our next building-wide event is our Craft Night hosted by the PTA...

Two students work on a math problem together with their bee robot

Mathematicians in Kristina Smith’s first grade class at New Scotland Elementary S...

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News & Updates: Nov. 17

November 17, 2023

Choose kindness On Monday, we celebrated World Kindness Day. In keeping with the mis...

Head shot of Jill Lastarza

City School District of Albany school counselor Jill Lastarza has been selected to be i...

Graphic image of white snowflakes on a royal blue background

With the prospect of wintry weather starting to arrive in our daily forecasts, the City...

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News & Updates: Nov. 3

November 3, 2023

The weather outside is frightful Despite our unseasonably warm weather last week, we...

Student sings into microphone

Winter concert schedule

November 1, 2023

Winter officially starts on Dec. 21, but winter concert season in the City School Distr...

Artist helps student blend paint on a canvas

Artist Altin Stoja took a break from Greek Orthodox icononography on Monday to conduct ...

An elementary student painting a small pumpkin in class

The Halloween season is upon us, and we would like to share a reminder regarding c...

Please note: Parent-teacher conferences Thursday & Friday; no school Friday

All City School District of Albany schools will hold fall parent-teacher conferences Th...

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News & Updates: Oct. 20

October 20, 2023

Preparing for Parent-Teacher Conferences Parent Teacher Conferences are next week on...

Therapy dog lounges in a gaggle of kindergarteners

Meet Bowie!

October 11, 2023

Kindergarteners in Nicole Caruso’s class at New Scotland Elementary School shared...