Board accepts $750 scholarship donation, hears calendar and program updates

At its May 27 meeting the Hendrick Hudson Central School District Board of Education accepted a $750 donation to the Barbara Katzenstein scholarship fund and received operational updates on registration, next year’s calendar and summer programming.

The board approved by motion a $750 donation to the Barbara Katzenstein scholarship fund to subsidize partial summer-camp costs for students with significant disabilities. Acting director for pupil personnel services Chris Mareno also thanked the Katzenstein family for a separate gift that will fund summer camp attendance for eight students.

Curriculum and assessment leadership urged families to register now for kindergarten and UPK to aid planning; administrators said early registration helps finalize staffing and classroom assignments. Staff also described the 2026–27 calendar: the district will begin instruction before Labor Day, with one superintendent conference day and two days of instruction before full student schedules begin; kindergarten will start on a half day (Wednesday, Sept. 2) while other grades will have a full day.

District officials also reminded the community about remaining end-of-year schedules, the Extended School Year (ESY) program sites (Furness Woods Elementary and the high school) and a Centennial Gala event celebrating 100 years of the high school.

What’s next: the donation will be used to fund partial camp scholarships as described; administrators asked families to complete registration promptly so the district can finalize staffing and logistical planning.