CLICK HERE TO REPORT BULLYING OR A CRISIS ON STOPit

Our Mission

Every One • Every Day • In Every Way • Together

Safe • Responsible • Respectful

Belief Statements:

  1.  All of our students can learn and be successful.
  2. A student’s success is a collaborative effort amongst our school, students, families and our community.
  3. Our educational community works together to establish high expectations to ensure that each student reaches his/her academic potential.
  4. All members of our school community are valued and are treated with respect and dignity.
  5. Our culture reflects a school environment that is safe, responsible and respectful and promotes a sense of belonging for all students and encourages a love of lifelong learning.
  6. Multiple learning pathways and measures shall be used to achieve and evaluate success.
  7. Fiscal decisions must effectively balance the educational needs of our students and resources of the community.

LATEST NEWS

Keeping you in the loop

GD’s New Sensory Pathway!

GD’s New Sensory Pathway!

Learn from Ms. Toomey about GD’s new sensory pathway next to the gym! Thank you to everyone who helped make this hallway possible, including Mr. Ballmes, Mr. Rocco and Mr. Bob!...

Changes to the District Calendar for Snow Day “Givebacks”

Changes to the District Calendar for Snow Day “Givebacks”

We are anticipating a change in the district calendar once approved by the BOE at next Thursday’s regularly scheduled meeting.   Our mild winter only caused us to use one snow day and we would like to update you on how that affects our calendar for the...

2024-25 RFPs and Bids

2024-25 RFPs and Bids

To those who may be interested: RFPs & Bids for the 2024-25 school year will continuously be updated on this page here, including snow plowing and refuse removal: Bids & RFPs Please contact Kyle Barber at kbarber@wynantskillufsd.org with any questions!...

STOPit Solutions: Help Us Report Bullying

We are pleased to announce that our school has enrolled with STOPit, by STOPit Solutions 

STOPit is an online reporting tool designed to deter and mitigate bullying, cyber abuse, and other inappropriate behaviors, consisting of an app and a back-end incident management system for school administrators.

Our students will have access to the STOPit web app, which has two simple but powerful features. Specifically, the program educates students to:  

  • Recognize the signs of at-risk behaviors  
  • Take every sign and signal seriously 
  • Report it anonymously through STOPit App/Web or 24/7 Incident Response Center  
  • Submit photo or video evidence (App/Web Only) 
  • Alert designated administrators to issues and risks early, before they escalate

No personal information is needed to use STOPit. The only way personally identifiable information will be accessible through STOPit is if a requester voluntarily includes it within the content of a request or message. 

Both our school and STOPit are committed to protecting the privacy of student data. STOPit is a signatory to the Student Privacy Pledge, spearheaded by the Future of Privacy Forum and the Software & Information Industry Association. You may review STOPit’s Privacy Policy for details, including more information on how anonymous reporting works. 

Students have the power to help put an end to harmful and inappropriate behavior they see online through social media and other means. They can use STOPit to reach out for help if they or a peer are facing a personal crisis or experiencing bullying, abuse, or are otherwise in need of assistance. Our goal with STOPit is to create safer, kinder, school communities both online and off. 

A shortcut has been created on each student’s Chromebook and have been informed on how this program works. They are more than welcome to reach out to a teacher with any questions or issues with 

We encourage you to download the STOPit app and search for your students school using the directory.  You can privately ask for help for your student, family, others you care about, or even acquaintances who appear to need help. For a video on how to use STOPit, go to: Student Training Video.  

Together, we can make sure everyone in our community gets what they need to thrive. Thank you! 

Wynantskill UFSD

 

Pre-K Registration Information for 2024-25 School Year

 

Pre-K Lottery Applications are now available. Please submit an application to be considered in a random lottery to determine seats in our 2024-25 Pre-K class. Registration packets will be sent to families once chosen in the lottery.

The deadline to submit a lottery application is March 11th, 2024. Selected applications will be contacted the week of March 12th, 2024.

Applicants not selected in the initial lottery will be added to a waitlist and contacted if a seat becomes available.

You may click here to download a lottery application and submit either by mail to:

Gardner-Dickinson School

25 East Avenue, Troy NY 12180

or via email to KFazioli@wynantskillufsd.org

or, click here to submit an electronic lottery application.

 

Kindergarten Registration Information for the 2024-25 School Year

Please fill out the initial Kindergarten Registration form by clicking here, and then contact Kathy Fazioli in our main office for more information. You may call the main office at (518) 283-4600 or email kfazioli@wynantskillufsd.org