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  • National Contenders in the History Bowl

    Congratulations to sophomores Brian Devendorf, Shashank Salgam, Dharini Madadi, Toby Zheng, and Corey Ditzel for finishing 8th in this spring’s National History Bowl Championship!  “I really enjoyed competing against other History Bowl teams from around the country, especially when I was stuck at home for most of the year. We practiced and prepared well, and…

  • Summer Enrichment, Innovation Spaces & Weekly Boost

    Dear North Colonie Families, Here’s to another week in the record books – with one more to go in the school year. Next Friday, June 25 is the last day of school. Tomorrow, North Colonie schools will be closed to observe the Juneteenth holiday. Free Summer Engagement For Students in Grades 7-12 North Colonie Central…

  • Shaker Freshman Wins JA Titan CEO Challenge

    Michael Tong, a ninth grader at SHS earned first place in this year’s Virtual Junior Achievement Titan CEO Challenge! It’s a simulation-based competition where students apply their knowledge of business as they compete in the cell phone industry. Students acted as the CEO of their own company and made decisions about price, production, marketing, capital…

  • SHS art students complete rigorous program

    Ms. Genevieve Chornyak and all of the art teachers in the department would like to congratulate our seniors in Advanced Studio Art & Design 3 for completing our rigorous 5 credit sequence of visual and media art while at Shaker High School. This UHS and AP level course represents the strongest technical skills and conceptual…

  • Juneteenth, Bus Driver of the Year, Siena Celebration & Weekly Boost

    Dear North Colonie Families, Thank you for your continued support as we have navigated a tricky school year with just a couple weeks to go. I want to remind you that next Friday there is no school. We are observing the Juneteenth holiday. I’d like to share the history of this important day. The celebration…

  • Seven Coding Problems + Four SHS Programmers = Top Three

    Team Shaker-A placed third out of 30 teams in the Advanced (Gold) Division of the recent Siena Programming Competition. This computer science contest takes place every spring for high school students. It was canceled in 2020, but held virtually last week. Juniors Maaz Hussain, Patrick Dai, Ayaan Bargeer, and senior/President of the Coding Club Andrew…

  • 2021 School Bus Driver of the Year

    Timothy Stack, who has worked for the district since 2011, is our School Bus Driver of the Year and was presented with the Hudson Valley AAA Foundation Award.  Hudson Valley AAA criteria for this award: No at fault crashes for the year Good safety record Exceptional attendance with minimal absences Job performance and good interaction…

  • Shaker Finalists in Worldwide Environmental Challenge With a Top Prize of $10,000

    Four hundred teams from across the globe competed in the Spellman HV Clean Tech Competition – and SHS juniors Ayaan Bargeer, Shubham Yadav, and Labesh Baral were ranked in the top 10. They qualified for their project “A New Device for Agricultural Assistance: Predicting Crop Yield using Satellite Imagery, Climate, and Soil Data”. Ayaan Bargeer…

  • PAC Meeting on Federal Grant Funding and the Transportation Schedule 

     A Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting was held June 10, 2021. The community forum discussed district use of the federal CARES ACT funds and the 2021-22 transportation schedule.  Here’s a link to the PAC meeting PAC- Presentation June 10, 2021 NC ARP-ESSER-Application–Part-2-ARP-Act

  • Shaker High School announces four inductees to Alumni Hall of Fame

    Shaker High School is pleased to announce four individuals will be inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame at a ceremony on June 14. The ceremony will be livestreamed on YouTube. Congratulations to the inductees! Class of 2021 Elizabeth Abunaw – SHS Class of 1998 Liz Abunaw is the founder and operator of Forty Acres…

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