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  • 2022-23 Shaker Middle School 4th Quarter Honor Roll

    Congratulations to the following students who achieved high honor roll, honor roll and merit roll for the fourth quarter of the 2022-2023 school year!


  • 2022-23 Shaker High School 4th Quarter Honor Roll

    Congratulations to the following students who achieved high honor roll, honor roll and merit roll for the fourth quarter of the 2022-2023 school year!


  • Meet our new Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction.

    On June 26th, the North Colonie Board of Education announced the appointment of Dr. Lindsay Tresansky as the Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Tresansky began her career at North Colonie as a high school mathematics teacher. During her time in the classroom, she taught all levels of high school mathematics, served as a…


  • Meet Our New Principals and The Director of Physical Education, Health, and Athletics

    On July 10, 2023, the North Colonie Board of Education appointed three new administrators. Please join us in welcoming our new principals and the director of physical education, health, and athletics. Meet Ms. Hilary King I am pleased to announce that the next principal of Boght Hills will be Ms. Hilary King. Ms. King is…


  • Engaged & Empowered Learners: June’s NC Kids Care Honorees

    We are very humbled to present this 10th and final group of NC Kids Care honorees for the 2022-2023 school year. Thanks to Mrs. Parks Forts Ferry Elementary fifth grade Learning Enrichment Program class, we will go out with a proverbial “bang.” This group could not reflect more North Colonie’s Academic Excellence Pillar, because they…


  • Congratulations Class of 2023: You “Discovered Your Strength”

    Shaker High School’s Class of 2023 was celebrated and praised for its strength and adaptability during its June 24 commencement ceremony. Tears, laughter, and tumultuous applause filled MVP Arena in Albany as the students, family, faculty, and friends paid tribute to a class that met challenges unlike any other in recent memory. “Amidst the difficulties…


  • A Message from Superintendent Kathleen Skeals

    Dear North Colonie Families, As we close out another school year, I wanted to take a moment to express my  gratitude and appreciation for the invaluable partnership and support you have extended throughout this school year.  From the excitement and wonder of kindergarten to the bittersweet anticipation of high school graduation, it has been our…


  • SHS Rising Sophomore Representing Team USA in Karate Championships

    Rising SHS sophomore Lucas Zhang will be competing in the AAU National Karate Tournament in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from July 4-8. After that, he will represent Team USA at the 11th WUKF World Karate Championships in Dundee, Scotland from July 10-17.  Lucas is a black belt in karate, multiple AAU National Karate Champion and silver…


  • Rising Fifth Graders Soak in SMS Life During Recent Tours 

    Shaker Middle School recently showed just how excited they were to welcome all rising fifth-graders for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year. As part of SMS’s fifth-to-sixth-grade transition program, school officials  invited all six elementary schools to visit Shaker Middle School in June. In preparation, some sixth-grade student representatives trained to participate as panelists in a…


  • Join Us Monday: NC Kids Care Honorees Have A Proposal for the BOE

    There no better way to wrap up the 2022-23 NC Kids Care program than with “pillars of academic excellence.” Academic Excellence is one of the three NCCSD pillars and Amy Parks’ Forts Ferry Elementary 5th grade Learning Enrichment Program class exemplify it. These engaged & empowered learners have been studying the Hudson River Watershed, runoff and permeable…