Importance of Primary Education
Importance of Primary Education
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Primary education not only fosters a love of learning in the earliest years, but also has social-emotional, child development, and academic benefits as well.
Child Development - Stimulates intellectual capabilities, encouraging students to think critically, solve problems, and use logical reasoning, promoting self-awareness and emotional regulation. Additionally, children in primary education learn to build strong and healthy relationships, make choices, and develop interpersonal skills that will benefit them throughout their lives.
Academic Benefits - Primary education sets the foundation for future academic and career success. Primary education focuses on foundational literacy and numeracy skills and provides multiple opportunities for educators to identify students' needs and provide early interventions to ensure students are on track for success in later grades.
Social-Emotional Benefits - Students in the primary grades learn strategies to build self-esteem and confidence, encourage creativity and imagination, and develop interests in the world around them.
Curriculum & Instruction
Curriculum & Instruction
The goal of the Department of Elementary Education is to provide a High Quality education to all students in PCSD. The department will create pathways to lifelong success for students of Poughkeepsie City School District. At the forefront of the reconfiguration is a strong focus on early literacy. PCSD believes that by providing our students with the foundational skills of Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension, we will prepare our students to be successful readers and writers by the end of 3rd grade.
The PCSD aligned K-5 Curriculum includes:
PreK On My Way
Fundations, grades PreK-3
Ready Classsroom Mathematics, grades K-5
Ready Reading, grades K-2
Magnetic Reading, grades 3-5
Dual Language: Wonders/Maravillas
For more details about the Division of Instruction Curriculum, please visit our website.
K-12 Student Enrollment
K-12 Student Enrollment
PCSD has an enrollment of aproximately 3,764 students in grades K-12 and 1,775 in grades Pre-K-5.
By Grade:
UPK - 187
K - 259
1 - 258
2 - 263
3 - 246
4 - 282
5 - 295
By School:
Clinton: 227
Krieger: 421
Morse: 433
Smith ELC: 339
Warring: 280
Enrollement by Ethnicity
Enrollement by Ethnicity
44% Black or African American
43% Hispanic or Latino
4% White
7% Multiracial
Economically Disadvantaged
Economically Disadvantaged
82% of families in PCSD are economically disadvantaged.
By current school configuration:
Krieger: 84%
Clinton: 80%
Morse: 87%
Smith ELC: 79%
Warring: 88%
Availability of Support Staff
Availability of Support Staff
Support staff is and will continue to be available to serve all students in PCSD. Support staff includes:
School Social Worker
School Psychologist
Speech and Language Pathologist
School Counselor
Principal and Assistant Principal
School Case Manager
Crisis Intervention Worker
Community Schools
Community Schools
All 7 schools in PCSD are designated as Community Schools. This designation will not change with the reconfiguration.
Each school has a designated Community Schools Liaison and find ways to partner with community organizations and stakeholders to support positive youth development. For more information regarding our Community Schools Programs, please visit their website.
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