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  • Fifth Grade Winter Concerts Update

    The North Colonie Music Department has announced that this year’s grade 5 winter concerts will not be in-person events. While we would love to have an audience of parents there to applaud our young musicians, the 5th grade chorus takes up most of the space with distancing required by COVID regulations. To share the students’ accomplishments…

  • Elementary Innovation Labs now Open

    The six elementary innovation labs opened on October 6.  Students and staff are all very excited to explore and create. These labs were created by our district with the following goals in mind. To provide ALL of our students with a supportive environment in which they are expected to be creative problem solvers and divergent…

  • Elementary Learning Enrichment Program: 4th & 5th Grades

    Attention: Parents/Guardians of 4th & 5th grade students: After a year-long pause in the Elementary Learning Enrichment Program (LEP), due to COVID, the district is bringing the program back for 4th and 5th graders this year. The North Colonie LEP Program seeks to develop the potential of intellectually and creatively talented students. The program is…

  • Recyclable Materials Needed for Elementary School Innovation Lab

    Welcome to the 2021-2022 school year!  We are excited to introduce our students to our new Innovation Lab!  Each class will visit the Innovation Lab once every six days to engage in the Engineering Design Process.   While the labs are stocked with many exciting materials, we need some different recyclable materials as well. If you…

  • 2022-23 Forts Ferry School Supply Lists

    School supply lists for Forts Ferry Elementary for the 2020-21 school year.

  • Bus and School Schedule 2021-2022

    High School Arrival: 7:10 a.m. Start: 7:34 a.m. Dismissal: 2:17 p.m. Depart: 2:25 p.m. Late: 4:00 p.m.*   Early Elem (BC-BH-SG) Arrival: 8:00 a.m. Start: 8:05 a.m. Dismissal: 2:50 p.m. Depart: 2:55 p.m. Late: 4:00 p.m.**   Late Elem (FF-LR-LO) Arrival: 8:35 a.m. Start: 8:40 a.m. Dismissal: 3:20 p.m. Depart: 3:25 p.m. Late: 4:00 p.m.**…

  • Board of Education adopts 2021-22 school calendar

    At its regular meeting on March 22, the Board of Education adopted the 2021-22 school calendar. The important dates are listed below: July 5: Independence Day Observed Sept. 6: Labor Day Sept. 7-8: Supt. Conf. Days Sept. 9: Classes Begin, Gr. K-12 Sept. 16: Yom Kippur Oct. 8: Early Release Day Oct. 11: Columbus Day…

  • On Hand Coping Support for The Loss of Southgate Teacher, Peter Mravlja

    Dear North Colonie Families, Our hearts are heavy with the loss of our teacher and dear friend, Peter Mravlja. This will take time to process and an effort to be there for one another. The district is prepared to respond to the needs of our students, staff and families.  Coach Peter Mravlja was a veteran…

  • Trees to be removed and replaced at Forts Ferry

    Dear North Colonie families, Earlier this year, it was confirmed that several of the existing Austrian pine trees along Forts Ferry Road near the tennis courts have quickly declined in health. Upon a closer look, the pine trees have been impacted by Diplodia tip blight, which is a common fungal disease of stressed conifers, and…

  • VIDEO: Forts Ferry Call Out – November 2020

    Please take some time to watch the Forts Ferry Call Out Video for November.

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