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Hello North Syracuse Central School District Parents, Guardians, Teachers and Staff!

What a great week in the NSCSD! We were very excited to welcome our K-4 students back full time this past week and look forward to bringing grade 5-12 students back for additional in-person days starting next Monday, April 19. Be sure to check out some of the photos below and keep sharing your images so we can include more in next week's newsletter. Click here to submit your photos.

This past Monday, District officials presented their 2021-2022 school budget proposal to the Board of Education. The presentation was refreshingly positive considering the uncertainty of funding because of the COVID pandemic and its negative impact on the state economy.

This year’s state budget includes a significant increase in Foundation Aid, along with the state’s commitment to increase funding over the next three years and fully fund it thereafter. This news is encouraging because Foundation Aid shortfalls that have existed for more than a decade, have negatively impacted our children’s education.

Over those years, our community has advocated for the full funding of Foundation Aid. This year, however, our legislators were able to secure an additional $3.5 million in Foundation Aid for our District. We owe them a tremendous debt of gratitude for their efforts and I wanted to use this platform as a way of expressing my own thanks.

To Assemblyman Al Stirpe and Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter, as well as State Senators Rachel May and John Mannion, please accept my sincere thanks for advocating on behalf of our students.

Your efforts to address our students’, teachers’ and staff needs by providing this additional funding, have been exceptional and are tremendously appreciated. Our District is lucky to have you working on our behalf.

To our community members, if you would like to join me in thanking these outstanding advocates, please find their contact information on our budget website at www.nscsd.org/budget.

As always, thank you for your continued support. We will be sending additional budget information in the near future.

Sincerely,

Daniel D. Bowles, Superintendent of Schools

This week’s Shining Star is This week’s Shining Star is North Syracuse Junior High School 8th Grade Student Meghan Cumber.

Although Meghan is new to North Syracuse Junior High School, she has jumped right in and gotten involved with her school community and is already making an impact. Meghan has been named one of her school’s Students of the Month for April and will be inducted into the National Junior Honor Society this spring.

Click here to read more about Meghan Cumber.

Cicero-North Syracuse High School is pleased to announce their spring musical, ‘This Will Be Our Year’. Join us as we give back a year to the high school students in a fun way! The production takes place on Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24 at 7:00 pm, and will be live streamed via YouTube.

Click here to read the full article online.

Because the NSCSD has many exciting changes happening, this week's Wellness Wednesday topic is about change and possibility. Visit our website by clicking here.

When NSCSD school buildings had to close their doors to students and staff in the Spring of 2020, the District started "Wellness Wednesdays" as a way of pulling families together in spite of COVID-19. As the 2020-2021 school year progresses, we need to connect now, more than ever, so we've gotten the "Wellness Wednesdays" band back together. The Wellness Wednesdays website will be our way of sharing resources, information and importantly YOUR thoughts, photos and artwork.

Because this school year has been so different, it has been challenging to get new photos for our District website at www.nscsd.org and other publications. So...we need your help! We would love to share your photos of at home school environments. If you're willing to share, please send your high quality images using the link below. We'll be using your photos in this newsletter and other publications throughout the school year. Additionally, high resolution, horizontal photos will be considered for the District website. If you'd like to share pictures, please email them to our Communications Officer, Laurie Cook at lcook@nscsd.org or click here to upload them.

Many thanks to all the students, staff and families who shared their (second) first day of school pictures. We were excited to welcome our K-4 students back full time this past week and look forward to bringing grade 5-12 students back for additional in-person days starting next Monday, April 19. Please continue to share your welcome back photos with us so we can include more images in next week's newsletter. Click here to submit your photos.

The North Syracuse Central School District is currently accepting registrations for its North Syracuse Early Education Program (at Main Street) for the summer of 2021 and 2021-2022 school year. Registration for the state-funded Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) program will begin in May.

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