Category: Archive
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Winter 2020 Athletes of the Week, Week 4
Congratulations to our Winter 2020 Athletes of the Week for Week 4! This week we honor Maddi Mahoney and Sole Carrington from the varsity girls basketball team. Maddi Mahoney scored 16 points and had 11 rebounds in a win against Guilderland. Against Schenectady, Maddi led all scorers with 13 points, while having seven rebounds and…
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Statement regarding incident at Shaker High School
On Tuesday, Feb. 11, district officials were made aware of an alleged incident at Shaker High School involving cell phone use in a restroom. A student stated he was in a bathroom stall when he noticed the person in the next stall trying to videotape him with a cellphone held under the stall divider. The…
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High school Speech and Debate team ties for second at local tournament
Shaker High School’s Speech and Debate team tied for second place in their tournament at Bethlehem High School over the weekend. Many of our students also placed in various categories. The teams of Lauren Curley/Katherine Conjalka and Roshni Ramesh/Hannah Lee finished second and third respectfully in public forum debate, while Vincent Zhang took home third…
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Loudonville students compete in Geography Bee
Ten Loudonville students in 4th, 5th and 6th grade competed in the first round of the national competition of the Geography Bee on Jan. 30. Charlie, a sixth grade student, won first place with Antonio, a fifth grade student, winning second place and Nolan, a fifth grade student, finishing in third place! Bravo to all…
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SHS juniors place first and second in Shakespeare competition
Twelve Shaker High School students recently competed in the National Shakespeare Competition school-level contest. Each student had to memorize and recite a Shakespearean monologue. Junior Maya Terry won the competition, with her classmate Sophie Dvorak placing second. Next, Maya will move on to the local competition at the Albany Branch of the English Speaking Union…
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Mr. Casey Bardin named new Director of Pupil Services at North Colonie
The Board of Education has appointed Mr. Casey Bardin as the district’s new director of pupil services. Mr. Bardin was appointed at the board meeting on Dec. 16. He will be taking over for Dave Semo, who is retiring after 14 years with the district. Mr. Bardin has served as the assistant director of pupil…
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Blue Creek fifth graders lend a helping hand to kindergarteners
Twenty Blue Creek students chosen as Kids Care recipients for January On Monday, Jan. 27, 20 Blue Creek fifth graders from Mrs. Poskanzer’s class were honored at the Board of Education meeting for their regular assistance with kindergarten students during lunch time. “It can be pretty crazy in the cafeteria and a lot of the…
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Winter 2020 Athlete of the Week, Week 3
Congratulations to our Winter 2020 Athlete of the Week for Week 3! This week we honor the modified 9 girls basketball team. At the beginning of the 4th quarter, the team was down by seven points against Albany. They ended up outscoring Albany by 12 in the quarter and secured a five point victory. This…
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Twenty awarded tenure at Jan. 27 Board of Education meeting
Twenty members of the North Colonie community were joined by family and friends as they were awarded tenure at the Jan. 27 Board of Education meeting at Blue Creek Elementary. All were announced by Superintendent Joe Corr and recognized by the Board of Education. Congratulations to the following (listed in alphabetical order): Tamara Adams, Latham…
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Winter 2020 Athlete of the Week, Week 2
Congratulations to our Winter 2020 Athlete of the Week for Week 2! This week we honor Joe Peregrim III from the varsity bowling team. Joe’s leadership and hard work in practice helped the Bison beat league rivals Niskayuna and Troy. Against Niskayuna, he rolled a 621 triple and followed it up with an impressive 628…
Recent headlines
- Shaker Senior Katie Shimick Honored as December Kids Care Recipient
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- North Colonie Employee Celebrates Newly Attained U.S. Citizenship
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- SMS Announces High Honor, Honor and Merit Roll for First Quarter