Giffen Memorial Elementary School News

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The City School District of Albany will send in-person students home with academic mate...

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Most scientists don’t eat the results of their experiments when their research is...

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The City School District of Albany was notified over the weekend of three new conf...

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The City School District of Albany was notified Friday of six new confirmed case o...

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Receivership meeting on Monday

December 18, 2020

Get a link to the meeting  Giffen Memorial Elementary School will hold a second...

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The City School District of Albany will have a distance learning day Friday as the comm...

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Attention families of 3-year-olds: Looking for quality full-day prekindergarten for you...

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The following message is from Principal Jasmine Brown: All students in the City Scho...

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All students in the City School District of Albany will have a day of distance learning...

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Input sought on police reform

December 15, 2020

The City of Albany Policing Reform and Reinvention Collaborative will hold five more vi...

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Beginning Dec. 14, the City School District of Albany’s daily Student COVID-19 Sc...

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Giffen Memorial Elementary School will hold a second virtual public hearing on Dec. 21 ...

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The City School District of Albany was notified Friday that four members of the distric...

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The City School District of Albany is providing a consent form for parents and guardian...

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The City School District of Albany is launching a new COVID-19 daily screener tool for ...

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School schedule updates

November 20, 2020

The City School District of Albany continues to move forward with plans in place f...

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As we monitor daily developments in Albany County related to COVID-19, the City School ...

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We are excited to celebrate American Education Week this week, recognizing not only the...

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Giffen Memorial Elementary School will hold a virtual public hearing Wednesday at 5 p.m...

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Nov. 13 district updates

November 13, 2020

Parent-Teacher Conference Day on Nov. 25 A reminder that fall parent-teacher confere...

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The City School District of Albany has been notified that two individuals in the d...

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The City School District of Albany will implement a new digital security system distric...

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