School Colors: Green and White
School Mascot: Panthers
School Motto: "Where Success Begins"

Sherwood Acres Elementary Magnet School will partner with home and community to empower students to achieve academic excellence and to become responsible, life-long learners and productive citizens. We will provide a challenging and diverse educational foundation through innovative teaching in a safe and nurturing environment. 

Beliefs

• The education of the young child is the foundation for future learning
• Good choices produce positive results
• Students can be made aware of their inherent self-worth which is critical for life-long learning
• Dignity and respect for self and others are important elements for success
• Maintaining an aesthetically rich environment stimulates learning
• Self-discipline fosters social development as well as emotional growth
• A parent’s active involvement at home and school is crucial to a child’s education
• Children need to experience success
• Students have a responsibility to actively participate in the learning process
• Self-motivation is important for change and growth
• The school and community share responsibility for the emotional and physical safety of their children
• Educators share in the responsibility for nurturing the development of skills to work cooperatively and productively within society
• Teachers are professionals who merit respect and support

Partners in Excellence:
- Dunkin Donuts
- Law Office of James Finkelstein
- Boys and Girls Club of Albany
- Domino's Pizza
- First Freewill Baptist Church
- Heritage Bank
- McCall, Williams, Wilmont & Powell, LLC
- Sherwood Baptist Church

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