Kindergarten Registration is now open for the 2025-26 school year! Click here to register your student between now and February 28.

Home » SHS » Page 37

Category: SHS

  • Senior Jeremy Wernick runs annual “Hatsgiving”; collecting hats for kids battling cancer

    Every year since 2013, Shaker High School senior Jeremy Wernick has hosted “Hatsgiving,” an annual hat drive that takes place in October and November to provide soft, warm hats for children who are battling cancer.  “I always would shave my head as fall would come to a close and go into winter, so I realized how…

  • SHS senior Sienna Dunham organizes virtual Halloween costume contest

    Halloween celebrations might look a little different this year, but that didn’t stop Shaker High School senior Sienna Dunham from coming up with a way to get dressed up and commemorate the day with her fellow seniors. In the past, during a normal school year, seniors are able to wear costumes to school and participate…

  • Shaker Key Club to host virtual 5k fundraising event for neighbors in need

    Join Shaker Key Club in “Around the Block for Equinox,” a virtual 5k fundraising event! Since 1977, Shaker Key Club members have loyally volunteered at Equinox’s annual Thanksgiving Dinner meal preparation event, where they’ve helped pack thousands of meals and write cards for local families/residents. This year, due to COVID-19, Equinox is now relying on…

  • Student Rights & Responsibilities handbook/pamphlet

    The district has an obligation to educate students in the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. As part of their education, students should be made aware of, and should exercise, those rights and responsibilities as they exist within the school environment. Typically, the district is able to share the Student Rights & Responsibilities documents with students…

  • SHS students named commended students in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program

    The following Shaker High School students have been named commended students in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program: Atharv Agashe Taha Ahmad      Dolly Bhashyam    Isabella Cowan      Connor Doherty     Robert Fratangelo    Andrew Huang             Grace Isernia   Jethro Lee  Emma Loffredo Sneha Malneedi         Zachary Novkov-Bloom Anavi Parikh Alexei Robin Anna Ryu Istan Slamet Nathaniel Spence Alvira Tyagi Catalina…

  • Parents/Guardians: Fight the flu at home and school

    Each year, the NYS Department of Health requires public and non-public schools to share information about influenza (flu) and the benefits of flu vaccination at the start of flu season in early fall. This year, flu vaccination is more important than ever because the flu and the virus that causes COVID-19 may both be spreading.…

  • School playgrounds open to community use with guidelines

    Dear North Colonie families and community members, I am pleased to share with you that the school year is off to a great start, given the extraordinary circumstances that we faced with reopening.  I am writing to let you know that our school playgrounds are open to the community when school is not in session.…

  • K-12 Transportation Update

    Dear North Colonie Families, Due to a number of changes and additions since the beginning of the school year, the Transportation Department had to make a large number of updates to many of our bus routes. Please be sure to check the parent portal on Monday, Sept. 28 to see if your student was impacted…

  • Semifinalists announced for the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program

    Shaker High School Principal Mr. Richard W. Murphy has announced that the following students have been named Semifinalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program: Lauren Beshaw Dani Bhashyam Sharon Charles Sophie Dvorak Shashank Garg Pranav Jagannath Veda Nandikam John Schneider

  • Former North Colonie educator Arthur Walker passes away at age 89

    Former North Colonie physical education teacher Arthur Walker passed away earlier this week at the age of 89. Walker joined the North Colonie district in 1956 as an elementary physical education teacher. He moved to Shaker High School when it opened in 1958 in the same capacity. Over the years, Walker was a dedicated baseball,…

Recent headlines

Archives by month