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The Pittsford Central School District Board of Education will be holding a special meeting on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. at Barker Road Middle School. The Board expects to enter into an executive session for the purpose of discussing a particular person, where no official business will be conducted.

As we enter this season of giving, I want to take a moment to recognize the spirit of community and care that makes Pittsford Schools unique. The holidays are a time of joy and togetherness, but they can also be challenging for families who may be struggling and in need of support. Ensuring that our students and their families feel welcomed, valued, and supported is at the heart of our District’s mission, and...

Fiscal responsibility and stability are top priorities for Pittsford Central School District. The District’s ongoing success in maintaining fiscal wellbeing was recognized with an Aa1 credit rating from Moody's Investors Service. The Aa1 rating has been consistently awarded to Pittsford Schools for more than 25 years...

Nine students received the Pittsford Pride Citizenship Recognition Award during the November 12, 2024, Board of Education Meeting for demonstrating excellent citizenship and positive leadership. Congratulations to the following students...

As part of its climate agenda, New York has set ambitious goals for the electrification of school bus fleets. The State encourages school districts to prioritize electric bus purchases in their procurement plans. Specifically, New York aims to have a fully electrified fleet by 2035, emphasizing the importance of transitioning away from fossil fuel-powered buses...

As part of PCSD’s commitment to fiscal responsibility and sustainability, it is considering the approval of another Energy Performance Contract (EPC). These contracts offer a structured approach to energy efficiency upgrades allowing schools to reduce costs, enhance sustainability, and improve educational environments. This allows the District to make much needed infrastructure upgrades and improvements without an increase in taxes...

Mark your calendar for exciting productions set to go onstage this winter at Pittsford Schools. From December 12-14, MHS presents "The Play that Goes Wrong, HS Edition;" from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, BRMS presents the musical "Anastasia, Youth Edition;" and from February 6-8, CRMS presents the musical "Annie." Tickets are on sale at...

Sutherland High School’s Intergenerational Club bridges the gap between local high school-aged students and senior citizens. The club was founded in 2023 by Sutherland student Chloe Cunniffe who first saw the need for more interaction between generations after the isolation she and others experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic. To launch the club, Cunniffe met with the Town...

Pittsford Central School District has openings for a number of positions. Learn more and apply today at pittsfordschools.org/jobopportunities.

Students at Calkins Road Middle School wrote over 70 letters to veterans taking part in the Honor Flight Mission to Washington DC. These brave men and women visited the war memorial and recognized fallen soldiers during this once in a lifetime trip. In their letters, students thanked them for their service, wished them a safe trip and asked them questions...

Varsity Swim and Dive Coach Marty Keating was honored on October 8, 2024, for his 52 years of coaching at Pittsford Schools. Under his tutelage, Pittsford’s Girls Swimming and Diving teams have won 22 consecutive Section V titles...

As Phase I of the capital project residents voted on in March 2023 wraps up, Phase II is beginning. Phase II plans have been sent to the State Education Department (SED) where they passed the architectural review and are now being assessed for their engineering integrity. Once these plans are released from SED, Pittsford Central School District will create bid specifications and invite prospective contractors to review the plans and...

In recent months, Pittsford Schools has shared information about StopFinder, a new app the Transportation Department is using to communicate bus information. By now, parents/guardians should have received multiple emails to subscribe to StopFinder by using a link provided in that email which is specific to their child(ren). For the app to work, parents/guardians must first subscribe to StopFinder and then download the free and secure app available at Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store...

Homecoming 2024 was a hit! Highlights included fun theme days, pep rallies, multiple athletic competitions throughout the week and a homecoming parade and football game on Saturday, September 28. Pittsford’s 2024 Hall of Fame inductees were recognized...

Pittsford Central School District has an exciting lineup of musicals and plays this year that you won't want to miss. Three productions are on the horizon with the CRMS Grade 6 musical "Finding Nemo Jr." on October 25-26; the Sutherland High School drama "Radium Girls" on November 7-9, and the Mendon High School Drama “The Play That Goes Wrong - High School Edition” on December 12-14.

Congratulations to the Thornell Road Elementary School students who won the 2024 NYS Archives Partnership Trust Student Research Award for grades 4-5...

Pittsford Central School District congratulates its 16 Semifinalists and 16 Commended Students recently recognized in 2025 National Merit® Scholarship Program. Pittsford’s Semifinalists are among the 16,000 highest-scoring entrants and Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 entrants selected from an initial pool of 1.3 million students...

We understand that transportation is an important part of your child’s school day and want to take a moment to explain how bus routes and stops are determined to ensure everyone's safety and efficiency. As guided by the Commissioner of Education...

Differences in culture, gender, generations, backgrounds, and religion shape who we are as a school community. Parents have a right to determine when their children will be absent from school because of a religious observance. Students will not be penalized or suffer prejudicial consequences for an excused absence for religious observance and will be allowed reasonable opportunities to make up work missed during such absences...

Parents/guardians are encouraged to pre-register in the new Visitor Aware system prior to visiting schools. With this new screening software, school visitors will now use an iPad and their valid photo identification to register in the new Visitor Aware software system for admittance to a building.

During a brief ceremony before the start of the MHS varsity soccer game on September 11, 2024, Mendon High School senior Colden Forney was awarded jersey # 9 for the second year in a row, in honor of alum Todd Pelino who was killed on 9/11 while working at the World Trade Center...

The Pittsford Central School District is seeking two qualified volunteers to serve on its Inclusivity Advisory Committee to provide guidance to the Superintendent of Schools regarding systems, structures, policies, regulations and experiences related to inclusivity...

Pittsford Central School District has openings for a number of positions. Learn more and apply today at pittsfordschools.org/jobopportunities.

The hardening of all school entrances was the focus of the summer construction work which will continue into the fall. Some schools will have...

Students from Pittsford Schools’ Extended School Year program were all smiles as they visited the Buffalo Bills’ Training Camp at St. John Fisher University. They met the players, received autographs and watched some live action practice.

The Board of Education approved the appointment and promotion of four administrators...

Pittsford Central School District is proud to announce the names of Pittsford students who have earned a place on the June 2024 Honor Rolls. Congratulations to our students who have achieved academic honors! View honor rolls...

At the July 9, 2024, Board of Education Reorganization Meeting the Board of Education elected its leadership members. The Board of Education also modified its leadership structure for the 2024-2025 school year and added the position of President-Elect. With this addition, the Board elected Robin Scott as President, Jeff Casey as President-Elect, and Sarah Pelusio as Vice President.

Orlando Benzan has been promoted to serve as the Director of Equity, Inclusion and Personnel for the Pittsford Central School District. His position was elevated to the director level to include oversight and expanded responsibilities in Human Resources...

Congratulations to the team of three Thornell Road Elementary School students who placed first among all fifth-graders in the statewide...

Mrs. Stevens-Oliver’s fourth grade class at Thornell Road Elementary School presented its book, “Patriotic People, Stories of Our Veterans,” and a quilt created from their illustrations, at a May 22 ceremony...

Mendon and Sutherland High School’s theatre students were recently honored and celebrated at the Rochester Broadway Theatre League’s (RBTL) Stars of Tomorrow gala awards night. Congratulations to...

Pittsford Schools’ Odyssey of the Mind teams earned 2nd place category wins in the WORLD finals held in Iowa against students from the U.S., Hong Kong, Poland, Korea, China, Japan, Germany, Mexico and more!

Jefferson Road Elementary fourth grader Maddie Lincoln was named as a finalist for Scholastic’s Storyworks 2023-2024 Kid Fiction Writing Contest! Maddie's story, "A Rat-ical New Friendship"...

Pittsford Central School District is proud to announce the names of Pittsford high school students who have earned a place on the Honor Roll for the third quarter of the school year. View Honor Rolls...

Ben Song, an eighth-grader at Calkins Road Middle School, was recently named as a Countdown Round Semifinalist at the 2024 RTX MATHCOUNTS National Competition...

The Pittsford Central School District 2024-2025 School Budget Passed. Thank you to the PCSD community for your support...

Phase 1 of the capital project that voters approved in 2023 is off to a good start. Intruder locks for internal doors are mostly installed with the remainder being fitted this summer. These upgraded locking...

Richard Albano was named the Principal of Mendon Center Elementary School where he previously served as Assistant Principal for the past seven years. Jeffrey Pollard was named the Principal of Allen Creek Elementary School. Pollard comes to Pittsford from the Rush-Henrietta School District...

Pittsford Mendon High School Senior OlaRose Ndubuisi has been named the 2024 New York State Youth Poet Laureate by Urban Word and Teachers & Writers Collaborative in collaboration with Girls Write Now....

The 2024 New York State SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Championships took place at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, NY from April 24-26.

Pittsford Mendon AP Statistics students swept awards at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Pre-College Data Analytics Competition by landing 10 teams in the top 12 of the competition and placing first, second, and third.

Pittsford Mendon and Sutherland High Schools were recognized in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report’s Best High Schools Rankings as the top two schools in Rochester and among the top 3% nationwide. According to the report...

Pittsford Schools’ Board of Education President Robin Scott invites you to take a look at how a Board of Education operates and how you can become involved, in this video by ACT for Education...

Nicole Barry has been hired as the new Teacher Center Director, beginning July 1, 2024. She replaces Julie Barker who is retiring after many years of service...

Pittsford varsity athletes finished the winter sports season with multiple State, Sectional, County and All-Greater Rochester titles. Congratulations to our student athletes who excel both in their chosen sports and in the classroom....

It’s not every day that a middle school musical makes the national news. But, if you follow Good Morning America, CBS Nightly News or The New York Times, students from the Calkins Road Middle School musical, “Midnight at Midday: The Musical Tales of an Eclipse,” were front and center in some national news coverage...

As hundreds of thousands of people were preparing for the Total Solar Eclipse this past weekend, one local hero, World War II Veteran and friend of Pittsford Schools—Robert Persichitti—was preparing for his 102nd birthday...

The Take a Look a Teaching (TALAT) club, available at both Mendon and Sutherland High Schools, offers the opportunity for students to learn about education as a profession and help them decide if teaching is a good career choice for them. Learn more and view video...

Congratulations to Pittsford Mendon senior Gregory Demos, who recently published a paper in "Optical Engineering" as lead author. The paper, titled “Laser-damage performance of gallium-alloy liquid metal mirrors,” explores...

Congratulations to the following students who won Rochester Philharmonic League 2024 Young Artist Awards...

The Board of Education approved the 2024-2025 District Calendar at their Board of Education meeting on March 12, 2024. View it ...

Pittsford Central School District is proud to announce the names of students who have earned a place on the Honor Roll. Congratulations to our students who have achieved academic honors! View honor rolls...

Mendon High School student OlaRose Ndubuisi won a Prudential Emerging Visionaries award for founding the Finding Scoliosis Kindly project, an initiative she created to compassionately increase the global awareness, support, management and treatment of scoliosis in young people...

Congratulations to the Pittsford Central School District class of 2024 students who were named National Merit Scholarship Finalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation! They are among 15,000 of the highest-scoring...

The Pittsford Central School District Board of Education has appointed Heather Clayton as Assistant Superintendent for Instruction. The appointment follows a thorough search and interview process...

ongratulations to Sutherland High School student Maureen Zhang for being named a Top 300 Scholar in the 83rd Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics competition for high school seniors. She was among ...

Eight students received the Pittsford Pride Citizenship Recognition Award during the January 9, 2024 Board of Education Meeting for demonstrating excellent citizenship and positive leadership. Congratulations to...

Guest Speaker Dan Schneiderman from Rochester Museum and Science Center shared interesting facts about solar eclipses during a December 8, 2023, visit with Calkins Road Middle School cast members of the new musical “Midnight at Midday: The Musical Tales of an Eclipse”...

Congratulations to security officer Alejandra Washington who received the Pittsford Pride – Excellence in Service Award at the November 28 Board of Education meeting. Superintendent Pero and the Board of Education awarded her this recognition for consistently going above and beyond in her role with Pittsford Schools...

Last year, Pittsford Central School District released a video highlighting the diversity of backgrounds that make up the student body at Pittsford Schools. Students of different ages, abilities, and gender identities shared in their own voices their unique stories. These genuine testimonies shared by these young learners not only resonated...

American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter services are available by request for Pittsford Central School District events...

Did you know the Pittsford Schools website can be translated into more than 100 languages through the Google Translate feature...

Informed, alert individuals play a critical role in keeping Pittsford Schools safe. Students, parents and staff are encouraged to follow the “See Something, Say Something” protocol...

Traumatic events, serious illnesses or deaths of family members, friends or members of the school community can have a profound impact on...