SCOPE Education Services A Finalist In Long Island Imagine Awards

Press release from SCOPE Education Services:

Feb. 24, 2021

SCOPE Education Services, a private, not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, permanently chartered by the New York State Board of Regents to provide services to school districts in New York State, has been selected as a finalist in the ninth annual Long Island Imagine Awards, Social Impact Category. This prestigious award was created to formally acknowledge Long Island’s most effective and innovative nonprofit organizations. SCOPE was selected from among more than 140 applications.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, SCOPE Education Services was among the first to provide a healthy and safe full-day child care program across Long Island for families of first responders, health care professionals and other essential workers at no cost to families. From the start of the program until it ended at the end of August 2020, the SCOPE team quickly analyzed the unprecedented needs, developed and implemented new safety protocols and programs, and secured and trained the necessary qualified staff resulting in a safe and nurturing environment for children in their care. During the program’s existence, not one staff member or child in the program tested positive for COVID-19.

Following the reopening of schools in September 2020, SCOPE successfully reopened its before- and after-school child care programs in 194 locations in Nassau and Suffolk counties. This transition was made possible by the successful continuation of the health and safety protocols and training implemented during their emergency services program and the professionalism and dedication of the SCOPE staff.

“I am so proud to work at SCOPE,” SCOPE CEO and Executive Director George Duffy said. “SCOPE is an amazing organization with a staff who has an unbelievable work ethic, dedication, and passion for achieving SCOPE’s mission of serving others.”

Since SCOPE Education Services was establish in 1964, it has offered numerous programs and services to local school districts for educators, parents and children including professional development, conferences, training, before- and after-school child care, preschool, elementary enrichment courses, outdoor education, summer environmental adventure programs and workshops/speakers bureau for parents and students. In addition, SCOPE provides services for employment including courses required for New York State certification. SCOPE represents Long Island as a regional study council, is a member of the Study Council Alliance of New York State, the National School Development Council, and is an approved sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education.

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