Month: January 2025
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Albany County Legislature Awards NCCSD Grants in Support of Anti-Bullying and Tobacco & Substance Use Prevention Education
North Colonie Central School District is grateful to be the recipient of two significant grants from the Albany County Legislature. Both were awarded to representatives from the district at a grants award ceremony on Friday, January 31 in the atrium of MVP Arena. Supervisor of Health and Physical Education Dave Stadtlander and Elementary Health Education…
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Blue Creek’s Declan Halliday Named North Colonie Kids Care Recipient for January
Congratulations to Blue Creek third grader Declan Halliday, who is our North Colonie Kids Care recipient for the month of January. Declan and his family were honored at the North Colonie Board of Education meeting on Monday, January 27. He is a well-rounded, kind-hearted and active young individual who is deeply rooted in family, community…
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“Friend of a Friend: Tales of the Underground Railroad” Visits Shaker Middle School
Seventh grade students at Shaker Middle School had the opportunity to attend a performance of “Friend of a Friend: Tales of the Underground Railroad” by Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill & Jill Rafferty-Weinisch. The play, one of the Capital Repertory Theatre’s On-The-Go! in-school touring productions, focused on the true story of Solomon Northup. Northup, a resident of Saratoga…
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Students Explore Math Transformations From Around the World
Mrs. Huyck, an eighth grade math teacher at Shaker Middle School, collaborated with Ms. Weimer and Ms. Phillips in the library, to teach students about how math transformations (translations, reflections, dilations, rotations) exist in other cultures around the world. The students participated in a two day station activity where they interacted with six separate stations. Each station was…
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Two Shaker Students Advance to Poetry Out Loud State Semifinal Competition
Poetry Out Loud! On Thursday, January 9, the Shaker English Council hosted the 20th annual Poetry Out Loud contest after school. Eight students competed in total. Abeesha Duaa, Anna Hopwood, Sakthi Jagannath, Pavithra Jayakumar, Sana Khan, Kallista Latina, Jacob Perea and Helen Powell each memorized and recited two poems for the competition. They were judged…
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SHS Announces High Honor, Honor and Merit Roll for First Quarter
High Honor Roll – Grade 12 Samaita Ahmed, Shriyan Ahuja, Sarah Al Shaarawi, Kathryn Alber, Hritish Ancha, Kevin Anickal, Tanish Arique, Miguel Arnias Dania, Saad Ashar, Joshua August, Caroline Austin, Lila Bazargan-Lari, Nicolas Belizaire, Kayden Belleard, Preston Benjamin, Vandy Benson, Eva Berglund, Hannah Berkun, Sarah Bette, Charles Bevevino, Zayd Bhatti, Divyasri Bollu, Charles Bonsu, Shashank…
Recent headlines
- Black History Month: A Message from Superintendent Kathleen Skeals
- Albany County Legislature Awards NCCSD Grants in Support of Anti-Bullying and Tobacco & Substance Use Prevention Education
- Blue Creek’s Declan Halliday Named North Colonie Kids Care Recipient for January
- “Friend of a Friend: Tales of the Underground Railroad” Visits Shaker Middle School
- Students Explore Math Transformations From Around the World