MASSENA â J.W. Leary Junior High School will be offering mental health counseling for students after the New York State Office of Mental Health approved services by Citizen Advocates.
âCitizen Advocates has successfully provided these services for the last two years at the high school and subsequently applied to expand their role to the junior high,â Massena Central School Superintendent Patrick Brady said.
Mr. Brady said services will begin the week of Feb. 22, on Tuesdays from 8 to 10 a.m. at the high school and 10 a.m. to noon and at the junior high, and Wednesdays from 8 to 10 a.m. at the junior high and 10 a.m. to noon at the high school.
MASSENA â The paperwork is set to go and waiting for approval to make J.W. Leary Junior High School an official food pantry.
âI think we have a great plan, and pending board (of education) approval, our application is ready to go. (Principal Amanda Zullo) and her team at the junior high and I have really been having a great time at brainstorming this,â Community Schools Director Kristin Colarusso-Martin said.
She said some high school students were coming to school hungry, but there was no after-school snack program available.
âWe canât have the after-school snack program this year because we canât have after-school programming thanks to COVID,â Ms. Colarusso-Martin said.
MASSENA — The Massena Central School District has received a $50,000 grant from the No Kid Hungry organization, allowing them to become a food hub and help them address food
MASSENA â The Massena Central School Districtâs âPriorities and Strategiesâ for 2020 to 2023 are a little smaller than in the past, thanks to COVID-19.
A district committee of about 30 stakeholders, including parents, students, staff and administrators have met each year since 2016 to look at the districtâs strategic plan and the metrics used for evaluation and make changes to it.
Meanwhile, district-level committees also meet with Prism Systems, the consultant used for drawing up the plan.
âStudents are our first priority, and our decisions are made in regard to whatâs in the best interest of students. We have metrics such as graduation rates, state test scores, chronic absenteeism and several others,â Superintendent Patrick Brady said.