Saratoga Springs City School District

Saratoga Springs, NY

ARC Core (K-5)

May 16, 2023 - May 17, 2023



Media

Press Coverage
Saratoga Today Newspaper: Knowledge Matters Campaign Visits SSCSD
Members of the Knowledge Matters campaign sat in on classes, and held roundtable discussions with both teachers and students about the impacts of the district’s new ELA curriculum, ARC Core.

05/25/2023

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Bethany Nightingale – Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Springs, NY

“This program provides the layers that all students get that knowledge base despite the level of learning and abilities that they demonstrate.”

05/17/2023

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Dan Packard – Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Springs, NY

“Kids are building a knowledge base, but they’re also getting a lot of application.”

05/17/2023

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Melissa Pecora – Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Springs, NY

“I have yet to have a seven or eight year old telling me that they can’t read or they don’t read. Not one.”

05/17/2023

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Melissa Pecora – Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Springs, NY

“They just keep going for it. And I think that that has been probably the most valuable for my emerging and struggling readers.”

05/17/2023

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Michele Whitley – Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Springs, NY

“Across content areas in science and social studies, this is going to help our children build knowledge and be independent learners.”

05/17/2023

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Nancy Cooke – Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Springs, NY

“He sees himself as a reader. He’s fully engaged. He’s using it as a chosen activity and I was like, ‘yes!'”

05/17/2023

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Pamela Cooper – Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Springs, NY

“I feel good when I go home at night, and I know my students feel good. I’m not leaving someone out or making someone feel left out.”

05/17/2023

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Tina Davis – Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Springs, NY

“Good writing begets good readers. The more they write, the more they read. The more they want to do it. And we have kids soaring.”

05/17/2023

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Tina Davis – Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Springs, NY

“Every lesson that we observed in the last few days had high level questioning and lots of discussion.”

05/17/2023

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Paul Schram – Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Springs, NY

“he kids want to read, they want to write, and I think if that starts in kindergarten, it’s an overall love for school.”

05/16/2023

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Tina Davis – Saratoga Springs City School District, Saratoga Springs, NY

“The teachers in fifth grade came out of the state assessment saying to me, they actually understood the paired passage question.”

05/16/2023