Fall 2026
Welcome back to school! The 2026-2027 school year is a year of transition. While our students will continue to work diligently through priority standards across all content areas, the BOE, leadership team, faculty and staff will be working behind the scenes to begin the work of transitioning to New York State's new graduation requirements under NY Inspires. This work is extensive as it requires a transformation in instruction and assessment from one that was geared towards Regents exit exams as the measurement of student proficiency, to a Project-Based Learning approach where students will be able to show mastery of content through real life application. Not only will course work be reflective of the core content, but will also interweave into it the six Portrait of a Graduate traits identified by NYSED as necessary skills for all students to be able to demonstrate upon graduation from high school.
Although Regents exams and traditional forms of assessment (i.e. quizzes, essays, tests) are not going away, classrooms will also be utilizing Project Based Learning Assessments via rubrics as an additional measure for student proficiency in core standards. In order to be able to implement the new requirements, the district will be building out pathways of study for students to take in high school. These pathways are areas of interest a student will select as a means of demonstrating proficiency in the Portrait traits by using specific core academic content. As the District advances through this work, we will be sending information out to the community to keep everyone abreast of the changes to come commencing with the 2027-2028 school year.
In the meantime, we look forward to seeing our buildings back in full swing. We are very appreciative of the continued support this community has provided to allow the district to continue to offer a well rounded educational experience to our youth!