The Yorktown Heights Central School District has raised the bar for themselves by infusing empathy into their STEAM initiatives.

Tamarac High School students sacrifice a lunch period for the opportunity to enrich their education. Through an honors program, they learn how to evaluate the reliability of information sources.

After Hurricane Maria the Brito family left Puerto Rico to rebuild their life in New York. Now, 16-year-old Sarah is transitioning from home-schooling to public school, a path to an ever brighter future.

Gillette Road Middle School students are learning how to program small robots called Spheros. This 2017 Be the Change for Kids Innovation Award winning-program from North Syracuse Central Schools is changing the dynamic of computer programming instruction.

Bloomfield Elementary School’s Makerspace encourages students to become creative problem solvers while making inventions. This is a 2017 Be the Change for Kids Innovation Award winner, with thanks to SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

The Marlboro Central School District 6th grade STEAM program is one of three school districts to win a $5,000 Be the Change for Kids Innovation Award. The awards were presented by NYSSBA and SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

This is a NYSSBA News report highlighting the 98th Annual NYSSBA Convention and Education Expo which was held in Lake Placid, New York.

Learn about New York’s new Paid Family Leave Program. Hear the details on the options for school districts and how this may impact your district in the future

See how students with special needs are developing transferable skills through a collaborative internship program at the Lourdes hospital in Binghamton.

Portville students put away their electronics to climb and swing on the district’s outdoor challenge course. Learn how Portville used a physical education program grant from the federal government to build the course and refit the district’s fitness center.

Hear students explain in their own words how September 11 changed their lives, as they tour the 9/11 exhibit at the New York State Museum and read their personal essays.

The Mayfield High School chorus was selected to sing with the mega-rock group Foreigner over the summer. What a show!