Category: SHS
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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.**…
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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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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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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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SHS art students complete rigorous program
Ms. Genevieve Chornyak and all of the art teachers in the department would like to congratulate our seniors in Advanced Studio Art & Design 3 for completing our rigorous 5 credit sequence of visual and media art while at Shaker High School. This UHS and AP level course represents the strongest technical skills and conceptual…
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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…
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Shaker Finalists in Worldwide Environmental Challenge With a Top Prize of $10,000
Four hundred teams from across the globe competed in the Spellman HV Clean Tech Competition – and SHS juniors Ayaan Bargeer, Shubham Yadav, and Labesh Baral were ranked in the top 10. They qualified for their project “A New Device for Agricultural Assistance: Predicting Crop Yield using Satellite Imagery, Climate, and Soil Data”. Ayaan Bargeer…
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Shaker High School announces four inductees to Alumni Hall of Fame
Shaker High School is pleased to announce four individuals will be inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame at a ceremony on June 14. The ceremony will be livestreamed on YouTube. Congratulations to the inductees! Class of 2021 Elizabeth Abunaw – SHS Class of 1998 Liz Abunaw is the founder and operator of Forty Acres…
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SHS announces third quarter merit, honor and high honor roll students
High Honor Roll – Grade 9 Leila Adelstein, Toshin Ahnaf, Ella Akley, Arshaq Alamgir, Emilia Ashley, Sana Bargeer, Lucas Bell, Benjamin Belliss, Addison Borst, Hannah Bouchard, Andrew Calderon, Cara Calicchia, Andrea Camara, Mark Cannistraci, Connor Carey, Ava Catalfamo, Juliette Ceas, Schuyler Chlopecki, Liam Chudzinski, Walaa Dawood, Dylan DeBiccari, Jennifer DeSantis, John DiMarino, Jackson Doolittle, Cailan…