Category: District News
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SHS Students Standout on German National Exam
The Shaker High School German program hosted an award ceremony April 27 to celebrate and honor the outstanding results students achieved in the 2022-23 National German Exam. Every year, the students enrolled in the classes German 3, 4 and 5 (10th through 12th grade) participate in the German National Exam sponsored by the American Association…
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Budget Vote This Tuesday, May 16
North Colonie CSD residents will vote on the district’s proposed $146.9 million budget on Tuesday, May 16, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the District Office, 91 Fiddlers Lane, Latham. The proposed spending plan for the upcoming 2023-24 academic year represents a $12.1 million (or 8.98%) increase. The projected tax levy increase is 2.80%,…
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Blue Creek’s Eileen Satterlee ‘Woman of Distinction’
Blue Creek’s Eileen Satterlee was honored as a woman of distinction in a proclamation ceremony led by New York state Assemblyman Phil Steck last week. The school counselor was celebrated before friends and family at the 2023 Women of Distinction Awards ceremony at the William K Sanford Library on Monday evening, May 8. “It is…
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Boght Hills’ 5th Annual International Food Festival
The Boght Hills community came together, celebrating diversity and family cultures at the Boght Hills’ 5th Annual International Food Festival on Thursday, May 4. The festival was a mosaic of different cultures from various parts of the world, introducing foods from Afghanistan to Syria and several more countries in between. Students also performed traditional dances…
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North Colonie ranked No. 1 among area districts
North Colonie was recently named the top school district in the Albany metro area by a national ranking and review site. In a process involving dozens of public data sets, and reviews and survey responses, Niche.com scored North Colonie as No. 1 in the area. North Colonie scored an A+ Overall Niche Grade, earning high…
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Six Shaker athletes sign letters of intent
Six Shaker High student athletes announced their commitment to compete at the next level in a signing day ceremony last week. Each student signed a “mock” letter of intent to either a Division I or II school sanctioned under the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The ceremony was held in the performance fitness center at the…
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Residents to vote on proposed school budget on May 16
The 2023-24 North Colonie CSD Budget Public Hearing was held May 3, at the Shaker Middle School Auditorium. The meeting was live streamed and recorded. The public hearing presentation included a review of revenue and expenditures, the three-part component budget, property tax cap, and the full value and assessed tax rate history. The district’s proposed…
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Physical Education Leadership Awards
Our Shaker High School Physical Education department is pleased to share a full slate of honorees and awards received and given to students in the last several weeks. Three Shake High students were honored April 23 with the Secondary Leadership Award. The Capital Zone of the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation…
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Two SHS Drawing Art Students Place in the Olympics of the Visual Arts
Shaker High School ninth-graders Hana Kim and Rui Zheng received third place in the NYSATA annual Olympics of the Visual Arts last week. Their titled piece, “The Unquenchable Thirst” was based on the climate change prompt. Hana and Rui also competed in the “spontaneous on demand” portion of the competition. The New York State Art…
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Support Our Lunch Heroes: Enjoy School Lunch May 5
When planning your school lunches for the upcoming week, on Friday, May 5 you may want to consider joining the incredible food and nutrition service staff around our schools and buy lunch! According to the School Nutrition Association, “when we say school nutrition professionals are heroes, we mean it! That’s why we celebrate them every…