2024-2025 Family Handbook APPROVED
Click below to view the NYSED Parent Dashboard:
Mission Statement:
At Finn Academy, a K through 6 charter school, we promote an inclusive, rigorous and nurturing environment to best prepare our children for their future and to cultivate a community of scholars, leaders and friends.
Graduate Profile:
All Finn Academy graduates will have the skills, knowledge and access to confidently explore their dreams. Scholars will successfully engage with critical and creative thinking, and nurture themselves and their community.
Dress Code
To create a sense of community and a strong culture, Finn Academy will adhere to a dress code.
A few Finn friendly uniform sites are listed below:
www.frenchtoast.com
School Code: QS5GXMX
Old Navy
The Children’s Place
Policies
https://www.facebook.com/AnElmiraCharterSchool/
Parent Resources
Family Support
Parent to Parent of NYS-Parent Support Group
607-535-2802
210 12th Street, Watkins Glenn, N.Y. 14891
Assists families and caregivers of children with special needs gain access to information about supports, services, and referrals to professionals in their region.
http://www.parenttoparentnys.org/index.php/offices/southern-tier/
Economic Opportunity Program (EOP)
(607) 734-6174
650 Baldwin Street Elmira, NY 14901
A Community Action Agency that has multiple programs for Family Development, Youth Care and Child Care.
Chemung County Department of Social Services
(607) 737-5309
425 Pennsylvania Avenue, Elmira, NY 14902
Responsible for eligibility determination of social services programs including; TANF, Safety Net, Food Stamps, HEAP, Medicaid, Also provides services through Child Protective and Adult Protective Units.
Finger Lakes Developmental Disabilities Service Office (DDSO)
(607) 732-9270
163 Sullivan Street Bldg. #5, Elmira, NY 14901
Responsible for developing and providing comprehensive services for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
Services
KirchDevelopmental Services Center
(585) 275-2986
GolisanoChildren’s Hospital Box 671 601 Elmwood Avenue Rochester, NY 14642
KirchDevelopmental Services Center is the primary clinical program of the Division of Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.We provide services to children with developmental delays and disabilities such asautism, cerebral palsy, spinabifida, and intellectual disability.
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/childrens-hospital/developmental-disabilities/services/kirch.aspx
Speech and Hearing Clinic
(800) 935-6472
Elmira College, One Park Place, Elmira, New York, 14901
Elmira College has an on-campus Speech and Hearing Clinic that offers clinical audiology and speech-language pathology services to members of the campus and Elmira communities.
ArnotHealth
Speech 607-737-7804, 607-737-4499
ArnotHealth provides services in pediatric speech, occupational therapy, as well as physical therapy in outpatient facilities.
https://www.arnothealth.org/services/physical-and-rehabilitation-therapy
Able 2
(607) 734-7107
1118 Charles StreetElmira, NY 14904
Able2 is committed to providing compassionate care and comprehensive services by licensed professionals in dentistry, therapy, podiatry and audiology. Our staff is trained in the unique care involved with treating individuals with special needs.
Parent Information
Franziska Racker Centers
607-272-5891
3226 Wilkins Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
Franziska Racker Centers is a voluntary not-for-profit dedicated to creating opportunities for people with special needs. Throughout the organization’s history, our goal has always been to be responsive to the needs of individuals not only to provide services, but also to offer each person and family opportunities for growth and learning.
Center for Parent Information and Resources
35 Halsey St., Fourth Floor, Newark, NJ 07102
C.P.I.R.serves as a central resource of information and products to the community of Parent Training Information Centers and the Community Parent Resource Centers, so that they can focus their efforts on serving families of children with disabilities.
Star Bridge
585-546-1700
1650 South Avenue, Suite 200, Rochester, NY 14620
Star Bridge partners with people with disabilities, their families, and others who support them, to realize fulfilling possibilities in education, employment, health, and community living.
Autism Research Institute
866-366-3361
4182 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116
Online educational events for parents and caretakers and continuing education credit for physicians, teachers, dietitians, and occupational therapists