Programs and Activities

Enrichment and Remedial Programs

• Project S.M.I.L.E. (mentor program)
• Peer Mediators
• Pep Rally
• March Madness
• Morning Program
• Chorus
• Band
• Orchestra
• Power Lunch (in collaboration with Literacy Volunteers)
• Character Education
• Enrichment Tutoring
• Empire State After School Program

 

Student Recognition Activities

• Quarterly Empty Discipline Log Celebrations
• School store (students earn tickets for positive behaviors)
• Perfect Attendance certificates
• Student of the Month
• Class trophy and pizza party

 

Sports and Special Events

• Meet the Teacher Night
• RPI Football Team volunteers
• Career Day
• Dad’s Take Your Child to School Day
• Trunk or Treat
• International Night
• Mother’s Day Breakfast
• Dr. Seuss Day
• Empty Discipline Log Parties
• Fun Day
• Red, White, and Blue Day
• Donuts for Dads
• Books and Baseball
• Winter and Spring Concerts

 

Community Partnerships

• Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County
• Troy High School
• Junior Achievement (Pioneer Bank)
• St. Rose, SUNY Albany, Hudson Valley,  Russell Sage interns
• Jewish Literacy Volunteers
• United States Attorney’s Office for the Northeaster District of New York

 

After School Programs

• Sunnyside Center
• 21st Century (5th Grade Only)
• Odyssey of the Mind
• Empire State After School Program (Grades K-5)
• Academic Tutoring/enrichment

 

Fine Arts Activities

• Chorus, Band, Orchestra
• Troy Fire Department Poster Contest
• District Art Show
• Odyssey of the Mind

 

PTA/PTO Activities

• Pizza Party at Back to School Night
• Trunk or Treat
• International Night
• Field Trips
• March Madness
• April Madness