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Religious Observance
Differences in culture, gender, generations, backgrounds, and religion shape who we are as a school community. Our community becomes more diverse every year, increasing the importance of sensitivity to families and students from a variety of backgrounds and beliefs. Respect and acceptance to such a diversity of students is vitally necessary to those of us who are responsible for modeling...
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Code of Conduct Review Process
The Code of Conduct was approved by the Pittsford Schools' Board of Education after a multi-phase, comprehensive review and update process carried out by a committee of PCSD stakeholder groups ...
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Students in Pittsford and Israel “Imagine Sharing all the World” in Education Bridge Program
Thanks to the Jewish Federation’s Partnership2gether program, students from Thornell Road Elementary School had the opportunity to learn from and collaborate with students from Asif School in Modi'in, Israel. Continents apart, they collaborated to sing "Imagine" to show how the power of music is universal. View video...
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Speaker Shares Family’s Holocaust Experiences
Jacque Sarphatie Discenza recently visited Mendon High School to discuss the Holocaust and its lingering effects on subsequent generations. She introduced herself as a “DP kid” and explained how she was born at the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons (DP) camp in Germany...
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ROC2Change Student Summit
Sixteen students from Pittsford Mendon and Sutherland High Schools recently participated in the 14th Annual ROC2Change Student Summit on Race hosted at Gates-Chili Central School District (CSD. The summit focused on the theme of “Deconstructing Tolerance and Rebuilding Understanding” and brought together high school students from over 41 schools across Monroe County...
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Author Andrea Wang visits PCSD
Acclaimed children’s book author, Andrea Wang, visited kindergarten through third-grade classes at Mendon Center Elementary on March 16 to discuss her path to becoming an author and how students can use their experiences to inspire their writing...
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Students Collaborate with Tom Wahl’s to Enrich Dining Experience
It’s not just the burger and fries at Tom Wahl’s that makes the experience great for local residents. It is the walk down memory lane provided by old yearbook photos that adds to the flavor of the meal. So, when Tom Wahl’s VP Paul Nagel invited Pittsford students and Coordinator of Equity and Inclusivity Vincent French to add to..
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International Day Returns to Mendon Center Elementary
Mendon Center Elementary School hosted International Day on March 3 as staff, students, families, and volunteers shared an array of cultural & ethnic traditions each representing the Mendon Center Elementary families and their ancestries...
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Mendon High School Students Host Heritage Day
As a way to honor and raise awareness of Pittsford’s diverse student body, Mendon High School students organized a Heritage Day event on February 9, 2023. In what they hope to be the start of an annual tradition...
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PCSD Celebrates Black History Month
Throughout the month of February, Pittsford Schools celebrated Black History Month to recognize the achievements of Black Americans and their central role in U.S. history by participating in curriculum-connected activities and events as a way of sharing and understanding Black heritage and culture...
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MHS Students to “Pause Before you Post” on Social Media
Scott Fitch can still recall the moment about eight years ago when a college basketball recruiter told him he was not going to continue recruiting one of his star athletes at a local high school where Fitch was the head boys’ basketball. Fitch was puzzled. This student was a great basketball player and got good grades...
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Pittsford Schools Host Visiting Educators from Modi’in
A group of sixth graders gathers behind Elad Shlomo excitedly as he takes a selfie at an assembly at Calkins Road Middle School after his presentation discussing life and school in Israel. He is just one visiting educator from a group from Modi’in, Israel who traveled to Pittsford last month...
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Hear from Our Students in New Video about Inclusivity
“I am Pittsford Schools” is the theme of a new video that highlights the diversity of backgrounds and unique stories that make up the student body of Pittsford Schools. By interviewing students of different ages, abilities, gender identities and backgrounds, the video shares, through student voices...
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ROC2CHANGE
On November 22, students from Pittsford Schools joined more than 100 other students across the Monroe county region in attending the ROC2Change Student Summit on Race at St. John Fisher University. The event, that takes place twice a year, was hosted by Webster Central School District and Edison High School (RCSD)...
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Young Adults from Israel Visit PCSD Classrooms in Cross-Cultural Program
Pittsford CSD is excited to welcome Amit Mazover, Shai Paz, and Sheleg Rodnitzki who are part of Israel’s ShinShinim, a program for Israeli high school graduates who have deferred their military service for one year to volunteer in communities around the world and bring Israeli culture to life. ShinShinim is a Hebrew acronym for Shnat Sherut or “year of service.”...
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First District in New York State to Offer Best Buddies in All Schools
Pittsford Central School Districts has been participating in Best Buddies since 2016. Now, it is the first school district in New York State to offer this student activity in every single one of our schools...
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School Safety and Mental Health Power Hour - October 24, 2022
School Safety and Mental Health Power Hour - October 24, 2022
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Students Participate in Rochester’s 3rd Annual Summit to End Hate
Members of the Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council attended “Brave Spaces 2022: Rochester’s Third Annual Summit to End Hate” on Friday, October 21...
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Welcoming Urban-Suburban students to PCSD
As one of the first school districts to establish an Urban-Suburban Interdistrict Transfer Program, PCSD has welcomed Urban-Suburban students to its schools for over 50 years...
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Working Together to Combat Racism, Bullying and Discrimination
The District has learned that News 13 WHAM ran another story about racism in Pittsford Schools today, July 14. When stories like this run, it highlights the reality that more work needs to be done to combat racism in our schools and communities; however it does not tell the complexity behind each individual story or the level of commitment...
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