Somers Central School District

This document outlines the Somers Central School District's 2025-2026 priorities for social, emotional, and physical wellness. Key initiatives include building faculty and staff capacity to support students' executive functioning and self-management skills, continuing the alignment of the K-8 Health and Wellness curriculum, and implementing a 5-12 wellness assessment with a corresponding reporting system. The plan aims to equip students with lifelong skills in self-regulation, self-management, and effective social engagement.

The SCSD Success Plan outlines a strategic process for setting district-wide priorities and action steps for the 2025-2026 academic year and beyond. It is structured around six core 'Elements of Excellence': 21st-Century Knowledge & Skills, Social-Emotional & Physical Wellness, Global Citizenship, Family & Community Engagement, Professional Learning Communities, and Fiscal Stewardship. The plan's objective is to foster success through continuous improvement, identifying areas for growth, and developing strategies within these critical domains.

This document outlines Somers High School's strategic approach to preparing students for college, career, and civic readiness by aligning with the New York State Portrait of a Graduate. The plan focuses on cultivating six key attributes: academic preparedness, creative innovation, critical thinking, effective communication, global citizenship, and reflective future-focused skills. It emphasizes moving beyond Regents-based compliance to authentic learning, redefining credits for learning beyond the classroom, and leveraging existing programs to support these outcomes, with alignment to a statewide transition timeline culminating in 2030.

This document outlines the district's priorities for the 2025-2026 academic year. Key initiatives include refining the K-12 Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and assessment plan, supporting an articulated K-12 vision for mathematics instruction and expanding best practices, and providing professional learning on the new data platform, LinkIt. The plan also envisions a 'Portrait of a Graduate' characterized by academic preparedness, creativity, critical thinking, effective communication, global citizenship, and future-focused reflection.

The meeting began with a pledge of allegiance following the welcome for the new year. Key discussions focused on administrative updates, including the presentation of the annual special services report, as the current director is retiring. An update was provided on the hiring process for the Director of Pupil Personnel Services, which included feedback from surveys sent to community and staff stakeholders. Another hiring search is commencing for the Director of Physical Education, Health, and Athletics. A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to reviewing and presenting the draft 2026-2027 school calendar, detailing constraints such as the required 185-day schedule, mandated professional learning days, regional constraints impacting the end-of-year schedule due to Regents exams, and scheduling around holidays like Labor Day, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Columbus Day, Election Day, Thanksgiving, winter recess, Lunar New Year, President's Day, Spring Recess, Easter, Passover, and Juneteenth observance. The flexibility of Spring and Memorial Day recesses was noted as being subject to change based on the number of emergency closings experienced.