Don't miss Salsa at the Library! Register at www.portchester-ryebrooklibrary.org. Proceeds benefit the Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library. Classes begin April 22.
Please click here to read this special message regarding state aid funding to Port Chester Schools from Superintendent Dr. Edward Kliszus.
Once a week Spanish language students from Port Chester High School visit younger students at Park Avenue School. Together they practice their Spanish all while having fun.
Every year for the past decade, members of the Harmed Suburban Five - Port Chester, Glen Cove, Westbury, Ossining and Riverhead - have urged Albany for increased funding.
We are overwhelmingly different from other districts in New York State in that we are experiencing:
• Significant enrollment growth
• Nearly a 50% increase in student receiving Free & Reduced Lunch
• Substantial decrease in our communities’ combined income & property wealth ratio
• Significant increase in students requiring English Language Learning resources
The Harmed Suburban 5 receives less than 50% of our Foundation Aid level, while the state average is 80%. This directly impacts our students.
ALL children from across the state should be treated fairly!
If you are a Westchester resident,18 years or older, please take a few minutes to fill out this County Community Health Survey. Your responses are anonymous. The Health Department & hospitals in Westchester will use the results to improve health programs.
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Port Chester Board of Education President Carolee Brakewood led a contingency to Albany to meet with state legislators and advocate for Port Chester’s rightful Foundation Aid Funding for 2019-20.
Parents attending are Blanca Lopez, Sharon Burke with PC grads Zeltzyn Sanchez, Alex Garcia and PCHS student Adrianna Sherwood.
We are heartened to see our families and our students in particular taking up the cause for all of Port Chester. See the attached photos from our advocacy efforts at the state capitol.
A National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence serving about 1,000 students in grades 6-8, we offer a solid educational and nurturing environment in which learning and the personal growth of each student are given the highest priority. Our students can take advantage of a range of academic experiences including foreign language instruction, physical sciences taught in our unique Planetarium, hands-on experimental science courses in our state-of-the-art science labs, and accelerated English, math and science strands for gifted students. Our rigorous curriculum is supplemented with living history days, school trips to theaters, historic sites and visits to cities such as Washington, DC. We also hold an exchange program with a middle school near Madrid, Spain.
Character education plays a significant role in our school. Our students and faculty have given much time and resources to many successful community service projects.
Finally, most of our students are active in extra-curricular activities, including band and orchestra, drama, choral groups, sports teams, yearbook, school newspaper and other clubs and groups.
Parents,
Please sign up for PCMS Remind 101. Follow the directions below and you will get updates as needed from the school.
Remind is a free, safe, and simple messaging tool that helps schools share important updates and reminders.
All personal information is kept private.
Text @d9fcg9 to the number 81010
You will receive a welcome text from Remind.
