Author: Debbie.Jakala

  • Panorama Family Survey: Your Insights Are Appreciated

    Dear North Colonie families, I wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude for your participation in the North Colonie Panorama  family and community survey. Your feedback is extremely important to us as we strive to continually improve our programs and services for our students and families. Your insights and comments will help us…


  • Message from Superintendent Kathleen Skeals

    Dear NCCSD Families – This morning, a few members of the central office administrative team received an email with a non-specific threat. We immediately notified the Colonie Police, who commenced an investigation. According to law enforcement, this identical message, which did not target any specific building or person, has also gone to several other school…


  •  FROM THE OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT KATHLEEN SKEALS Let’s Dig In To School Breakfast! School breakfast offers a variety of tasty & nutritious foods each day – check out the menus! NC Kids Care: February Honorees – SMS’s Shreya and Zohal They bring “positive energy and passion” to Change Makers Club Budget Committee Meetings Kickoff March 6 …


  • Budget Committee Meetings Kickoff March 6

    PLEASE NOTE: The schedule (dates and locations) for the remaining 2023-24 Budget Meetings has changed. This web story was updated 3-27-23 to reflect those changes.   The annual series of budget committee meetings to develop the NCCSD 2023-24 budget will kick off Monday, March 6 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be in-person held in…


  • Reminder: 8th Grade Transition Night is March 9

    Printable version: 22-23 8th grade night save the date Save the Date 8th Grade Transition Night March 9, 2023 6:30 p.m. Shake HS Auditorium Come meet administrators, supervisors, and school counselors to learn all about courses, requirements and your first year of high school.


  • Let’s Dig In! National School Breakfast Week: March 6-10 

    No better time to try a school breakfast than during National School Breakfast Week! Please take a moment with your student this weekend to review the menus and pick a day – or two! – to try out a school breakfast: Elementary Breakfast Middle School Breakfast High School Breakfast (NOTE: Some elementary schools will have…


  • Feb. 28 is Rare Disease Day 

    There are approximately 7,000 rare diseases and conditions. Each affects fewer than 200,000 Americans. People who are our students, families, neighbors and fellow members of the North Colonie CSD. Feb. 28, 2023 is Rare Disease Day and NCCSD parent, Nicole Casale is working to raise awareness about the day, and about galactosemia. Her son Joseph,…


  • February NC Kids Care Honorees: “Positive Energy and Passionate”

    The North Colonie Kids Care Program is our District’s  chance to highlight accomplishments of our students that are a “step above” many of the great things many of our students already do each and every day. The two young ladies nominated to receive the February 2023 recognition were Shaker Middle School eighth-graders Shreya Sharath and…


  • Tuesday, Feb. 28: Two-Hour Delay; No AM BOCES

    The North Colonie CSD is operating under a two-hour delayed start. There is no AM BOCES.


  • Important Message from Superintendent Kathleen Skeals

    Dear North Colonie Families, As you are likely aware, the Capital Region is under a Winter Storm Warning, with snow and poor driving conditions forecasted to begin Monday evening and continue into Tuesday. As we shared in a message to families earlier this winter, we have already used two snow days and are at the…