Category: SHS
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Our May NC Kids Care Honoree: BOE will recognize May 22
Shaker High School Junior Troy Serao will be recognized by the Board of Education Monday, May 22 as the NC Kids Care honoree for May. Student Government Ambassador Junior Member of the Student Board of Finance Eagle Scout “Volunteers for everything.” Please join us in person at the start of the meeting congratulating Troy on…
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Two SHS Teams Top 10 at Junior Achievement Competition
Senior Eli Gach and juniors Aidan Jenkins, Ahyaan Malik, Ezekiel Nikiforov, Anabelle Vasquez and Kali Wall were among two Shaker High School teams who recently placed within the Top 10 at the Junior Achievement (JA) Stock Market Challenge at Hudson Valley Community College. The challenge provided students with the opportunity to apply information they learned…
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North Colonie CSD Voters Approve 2023-24 Budget
On Tuesday, May 16, North Colonie residents approved the district’s $146.9 million budget for 2023-24 with 798 yes votes to 302 no votes. Results were announced at the North Colonie Central Office shortly after the polls closed at 9 p.m. The results show 72.55 percent of voters supported the budget. The $146.9 million budget has…
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NYS Champ! SHS Senior Thomas Mysliwiec
Shaker High School senior Thomas Mysliwiec is the New York State Champion after his exceptionally high score on the Microsoft Excel (Office 2016) certification exam. As New York State Champion, Thomas has been selected to compete in Certiport’s 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship at the Hilton Lake Buena Vista Hotel in Orlando, Florida,…
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SHS Senior Capstone Team Qualifies as Thomas Edison National Pitch Finalists
The Senior Capstone Engineering team of Andrew Church and Ethan Valente have been selected as finalists in the Thomas Edison Pitch Contest. Andrew and Ethan travel to the Thomas Edison National Historic Park in New Jersey May 17 to present to a panel of expert judges, said Eric Phillips, supervisor of Career and Technical Education.…
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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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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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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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