Category: District News
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Free Meals Through August
North Colonie Central School District is offering free breakfast and lunch this summer to students in need. Meals will be available starting Tuesday, July 6. The program will run Monday-Friday through August 27. Meals can be picked up behind Blue Creek School between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. If you have any…
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New SHS Principal, Graduation, Appreciation & Weekly Boost
Dear North Colonie Families, We made it. The 2020-21 school year has come to an end and I cannot thank you enough for how flexible and supportive you have been all year long. I know there were many challenges this year, but I am so grateful for our school community. I hope you all have…
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How to Watch Saturday’s Graduation Online
Class of 2021, Please feel free to share this link with your family and friends who aren’t able to attend in person. We’re happy to be able to provide this service in conjunction with the Times Union Center so that nobody misses out on celebrating your accomplishments. Congrats! Reminder, the link will not go live…
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Kindness Heroes of the 518
Kindness breaks barriers, and for six SJHS students who learned to pay it forward, United Way has given back to them. North Colonie teaching Assistant Patti Comas wanted her class to be able to participate in United Way’s GCR 518 Day. So, she modified the 518 Day Random Acts of Kindness BINGO card so her…
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James Wager to be appointed Shaker High School Principal
The North Colonie Central School District Board of Education intends to appoint James Wager the next Shaker High School Principal at a special meeting on Thursday, June 24. Mr. Wager currently serves as the Assistant Superintendent of Instruction, Title Grants and District/School Accountability at the Gloversville Enlarged School District. There were a number of strong…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…