Educating Everyone Takes Everyone
Ballston Spa CSD Elementary Families: Please take a moment to visit the Summer Learning and Supports page on our school website. You will find resources to support reading, math, and science, as well as an abundance of enrichment activities. For more detailed information on each link, please take a moment to watch the video overview.
Click link to read welcome letter from Principal Brandt.
Information on summer lunch options for children in the Ballston Spa community.
Kindergarten screening and registration dates for Gordon Creek Elementary School, scheduled for May, is cancelled and will be rescheduled after the Ballston Spa schools re-open. Parents will be notified of new dates to visit the schools by mail. If you have a child who will be entering kindergarten this September and you have not been in touch with the BSCSD Registration Office, please call (518) 602-0256 to pre-enroll the student.
We continue our work and planning for the reopening of schools in September. While we currently have a general plan in which all of the technical requirements from the Department of Health and the State Education Department are met, making this technical plan an operational plan for each of our schools will require additional work and additional information. For additional information, we are asking parents for your help in letting us know the intentions that each of you have for your child(ren) for the fall by completing a survey before August 7, 2020..
The Ballston Spa High School will host a diploma ceremony for the Class of 2020 on THURSDAY, August 6, 2020. The ceremony will be broadcast live via YouTube so additional family members and the community can view the presentation of diplomas.
The Ballston Spa Central School District’s Scotties BackPack Program has once again received a very generous donation from the Rotary Club of Ballston Spa.
Families and staff members who are traveling to/vacationing in the states listed on the NYS Department of Health travel advisory page must quarantine for 14 days upon their return.
Lucas DeFabio passed away in early June after a lifelong battle with Menkes Disease, a copper transport deficiency due to mutation of the ATP7A gene. He was 11 years old and attended the Move Room at Gordon Creek Elementary. He loved his time there and his family greatly appreciates the efforts of the teachers, staff and administration to foster an inclusive supportive learning environment. In a recent note to school staff, Superintendent Ken Slentz expressed the district’s most sincere condolences to High School English teacher, Tina DeFabio and her family for the loss of their beautiful son, Lucas, who was, himself, truly a role model for all of us in how he approached life. Lucas was beloved by all. As one of the Move Room team members shared, “He was one of the most special kids I have ever met. Every day he brought us joy and happiness. Our classroom won't be the same without him.” His parents, Dan and Tina DeFabio as well as his brother Alex DeFabio (who attends Malta Avenue Elementary School) are postponing a memorial service until it is easier to travel and host safe social gatherings. At that point they will have a Celebration of Life ceremony. They have always been grateful to the support that their family has received in the Ballston Spa community. They indicated that for those who are inclined to donate in Lucas’ memory may contact https://themenkesfoundation.org/ or https://rmhcofalbany.org/.
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Video: Gordon Creek CaresGordon Creek Cares is a video montage of the staff expressing uplifting messeges to the Gordon Creek students during this challenging time.
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