New Scotland Elementary School News

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News & Updates: Jan. 26

January 26, 2024

All work, some play! We are in our second trimester and students have been hard at w...

Student debater states their point while two classmates look on

The art of the debate

January 26, 2024

The future Clarence Darrows and Sonia Sotomayors in Marni Neenos’ fourth-grade cl...

A group of Albany High students at a pep rally

All members of our community are invited to attend an in-person forum at Albany High Sc...

Celebrate special ed professionals

Nominate a special ed HERO!

January 22, 2024

The Albany Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) is seeking nominations for...

City School District of Albany logo

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

Kateri Rusinovich and student posing for a picture

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...