25 Union Avenue
Delmar, NY 12054
(518) 439-7681

Office Hours: 7:30a-4p

Principal
Heidi Bonacquist

Slingerlands Headlines

Principal's Note

Principal Heidi Bonacquist talks the Spring Celebration, the Spring Concert and next week's school budget vote.  READ THE PRINCIPAL'S NOTE »

Students create Recycled Village for Earth Day

Our K-2 students learned about recycling on Earth Day and helped to create a Recycled Village. The display is at the Bethlehem Public Library until May 9th. Check it out!

Local author to visit Slingerlands on May 22 and 23

Local author James Preller is visiting Slingerlands Elementary for two days on May 22-23. His published work includes readers, picture books, and chapter books. He is perhaps best known for his fiction series for young readers, Jigsaw Jones. He will be meeting with all K-5 classes in the library to discuss his books and the writing process, and he will autograph books as well. He lives in Delmar with his family. This Author visits is part of a series of visits to BCSD's schools organized by the school librarians in collaboration with building teachers and PTAs. Click here to view the complete list of author visits to all BCSD schools [PDF].

Attention Incoming Kindergartners

This year we will be holding 'Kindergarten Camp" for all incoming Slingerlands kindergarten students. On June 5th from 3:45 – 4:30 p.m. parents and children are invited to Slingerlands to experience a slice of kindergarten. The children will spend 45 minutes in a class with a kindergarten teacher to get a feel for what school will be like. During that time, the parent orientation will be held in the gymnasium. A letter went home last week with the details of our new adventure. Please call the school if you have any questions. Parent Orientation on May 2nd was canceled.

Summer Enrichment Enrollment is now open!

Summer Enrichment Camp is open to students entering grades 3-8 next September and now parents can enroll using the convenient ands secure mySchoolBucks program. READ MORE »

Field Day date change

This year the date of our Field Day has been changed. We will have just one Field Day this year on June 13th.

Slingerlands goes Seuss

Slingerlands goes Seuss in celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday and Read Across America! VIEW PHOTOS »

A reminder for our fifth grade parents...

Some of you may receive e-mail notices from our school. These are sent via our School News Notifier (SNN) system, which you are not automatically enrolled in, and must sign up for on your own.

You may be enrolled in the Slingerlands message list, but keep in mind that as your student transitions to the middle school, you'll need to sign up for the BCMS message list. READ MORE »

Reading Buddies Volunteers

Our new Reading Buddies program is looking for Volunteers to work with our K-2 students. If you have previously worked with our Jump Start program or you have an hour a week to volunteer to work with some of our young students, Reading Buddies welcomes you! Training will be provided. Please contact Jane Fronheiser at Janee79@aol.com.

1000 Book Project

The 1000 Book Project is a voluntary, read-aloud program offered to students in kindergarten and first grade. This project is only made possible with the help of dedicated, parent volunteers whom distribute bags every day except for Wednesday. We are currently in need of extra help with the bag exchange for Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are interested and would like to learn more, please contact the following Co-Chairs: MaryElizabeth Metcalf (meplaine@yahoo.com) or Nicole Doyle (lukeynay@hotmail.com). Thank you so much for your consideration.