9 Brice Street
Amsterdam NY 12010
(518) 843-2871 (ph)
(518) 843-6290 (fax)

Mary Mathey, principal

Curie Institute News

• Students learn about simple machines, pulp and paper

• Kindergartners learn the business of honeybees

• Second-graders visit Children's Museum at Saratoga

• 34 Marie Curie students to become published poets

• Second-graders build gingerbread houses

• Kindergarteners visit Saratoga Children's Museum

• Fifth-graders visit the Baseball Hall of Fame

• Holiday food drive a success

• Curie kindergarteners learn about the letter S

• Curie fourth-graders visit Lowes for building project

• Curie first-graders visit Eagle Mills Cider Mill

• Curie students visit Old Fort Johnson

Our Mission

The students at the Marie Curie Institute will be successful, critical thinkers and real world problem solvers, who can effectively communicate their thoughts and ideas.

Belief Statements

• Everyone is capable of learning

• Education is a shared responsibility.

• Everyone is responsible for his/her own actions.

• Everyone deserves to learn in a safe environment.

• Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.

• Learning is a life long process.

• Everyone has self-worth which needs to be nurtured to build self-respect and dignity.

• Everyone's behavior affects those around them.

Exemplary Institute Features

Special MCI programs provide students the opportunity to apply their knowledge in real-world settings.

• WMCI Internet radio station

• WMCI television station

• “Curie Chronicle” newspaper

• Invention Convention

• After School Enrichment programs

• Exploration Lab

• Portable computer lab

Additional Institute Features

Our goal is for every student to achieve his or her greatest potential. MCI offers numerous programs and events to provide extra help where needed and additional opportunities to expand each child’s future.

• Reading First

• Dress policy

• Honor Student recognition

• Student government

• Peer Mediation

• Math Olympiad

• Engineering Night

• Family Math Night

• Family Computer Night

• Before & after school tutoring

• P.A.Y. Volunteers

• Project Fair

• Book Fair

• School store

• Olympics of the Visual Arts

• Instrumental music

• Band and chorus

History

    Marie Curie Eastside Elementary School was built in 1975 as an open-concept school. The original mascot was the Polish Falcon in honor of the school's namesake, Marie Curie. During the summer of 1996, the building was completely renovated, replacing the open-concept structure with more traditional classrooms. At that time, the students chose a new school mascot, the Marie Curie Wildcat. In 2007, our school  became the district's second magnet school - Marie Curie Institute of Engineering & Communications.

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