Giffen Memorial Elementary School News

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Governor Hochul has announced that Crossgates Mall is one of New York’s 10 statew...

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The City School District of Albany is planning for school-based COVID-19 vaccination cl...

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Visit our district Facebook page to take a look at a typical day of learning in Carmela...

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Future Fermis and up-and-coming Curies at Giffen Elementary School spent Friday using p...

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The City School District of Albany recognizes that inconsistent and late buses continue...

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Oct. 25 COVID-19 cases

October 25, 2021

The City School District of Albany was notified of 15 new confirmed cases of ...

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October is National Principals Month, an opportunity to celebrate our building leaders,...

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Giffen fifth-grade teacher Tiffany Moore served up an order of mathematics with an extr...

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Oct. 15 COVID-19 cases

October 15, 2021

The City School District of Albany was notified Friday of nine new confirmed ...

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Oct. 14 COVID-19 cases

October 14, 2021

The City School District of Albany was notified Thursday of 12 new confirmed cases...

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Five City School District of Albany schools went into a lockout for about 90 minutes Th...

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Oct. 12 COVID-19 cases

October 12, 2021

The City School District of Albany was notified over the long weekend of 16 new co...

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The following message is from City School District of Albany Superintendent Kaweeda G. ...

Superintendent Kaweeda G. Adams

The City School District of Albany has learned of monthly challenges on the social medi...

New assistant principal starts

Welcome, Ms. Dickson!

September 29, 2021

Giffen Memorial Elementary School has a new assistant principal. The Board of Educat...

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All City School District of Albany schools will dismiss 15 minutes early Friday, Oct. 8...

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The City School District of Albany has been made aware of a destructive new social medi...

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Sept. 21 COVID-19 cases

September 21, 2021

The City School District of Albany was notified Tuesday of five new confirmed cases of ...

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Student coders are busy bees

September 17, 2021

It’s National Coding Week, and fourth graders in Shannon Pinkowski’s class ...

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Open house postponed

September 14, 2021

The following message is from Giffen Principal Jasmine N. Brown. Dear Families: T...

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In alignment with the direction of the New York State Department of Health, the City Sc...

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Whitney on Wheels – the mobile health van operated by Whitney Young Health &ndash...

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First full day at Giffen

September 8, 2021

Visit our Facebook page to take a look at some photos from the first full day of classe...

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In these early days of the new school year, everyone throughout the City School Distric...