Category: SHS
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March 19 Budget Meeting: Information Technology
The third of four budget committee meetings for NCCSD’s proposed 2024-25 budget was held March 19 in the Shaker Middle School Auditorium. The presentation on Information Technology included the topics: instructional hardware, network & infrastructure hardware, security cameras, and the Smart Schools Bond Act (SSBA) “We are responsible for helping students grow as people whether…
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March 12 Budget Meeting: Transportation, Maintenance, & Custodial; Debt Service
The second of four budget committee meetings for NCCSD’s proposed 2024-25 budget was held March 12 in the Shaker Middle School Auditorium. Presentations were provided on transportation, maintenance, and custodial, as well as on the proposed debt service. Transportation Transportation Director Denise Towne provided a side-by-side comparison of how the department has grown and changed…
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Shaker Students Travel to Germany as Part of Exchange Program
In February, a group of 19 German students from Shaker High School traveled with their German teacher, Christine Connor, and administrative chaperone, Robert Pollaro, to Germany for the second part of the Shaker-Ludwigsgymnasium Exchange.
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24-25 Budget; Proposed Capital Project Intro Provided at First of Funding Meetings
The annual series of budget committee meetings to develop the NCCSD 2024-25 budget kicked off March 5. This year’s introductory meeting also included a long-range committee presentation on the proposed 2024 Capital Project. Laying out the solid foundation that’s been developed for both the budget and the Capital Project, Superintendent Kathleen Skeals shared with those…
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SHS Announces Second Quarter Merit, Honor & High Honor Rolls
Congratulations to all of our Shaker High School students who achieved High Honor Roll, Honor Roll and Merit Roll for the second quarter of the school year.
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2024-25 Budget Presentations & Long Range Planning Committee Meetings Kick Off March 5
The annual series of budget committee meetings to develop the NCCSD 2024-25 budget will kick off Tuesday, March 5 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be in the Forts Ferry Auditorium, 95 Forts Ferry Road. The next three meetings in the series will all be hosted at the Shaker Middle School Auditorium. All begin at…
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CD Jet Teacher Appreciation
The CD Jets annual Teacher Appreciation Event was full of hugs and smiles as players recognized the individual SHS staff members who they wanted to celebrate for supporting them. In photos are: Alex Ridley and Erin Gregory (SHS teaching assistant); Bowen Yu and Philip Coughlin (SHS Social Studies teacher); Colin Wilson and Erin Murphy (SHS…
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Shaker’s Mira Ginsburg Recognized for Empowering Others
Receiving a scholarship from Special Olympics for the second year in a row on Jan. 31 may have completely surprised Shaker junior Mira Ginsburg, but the reasons for the recognition were completely obvious to everyone else. Mira is credited with more than doubling the number of schools now participating in the annual Lake George Polar…
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SHS Advanced Art & Design 1 Students Have Their Midterm Critiqued with Mrs. Paris!
Students in SHS’s Advanced Art & Design 1 had their midterm critique with Mrs. Paris in the Art Gallery at the high school. In November the class researched and presented artists whose work is in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. This was followed by a field trip to MoMA, where students studied, photographed…
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Powell and DeSantis Advance in “Poetry Out Loud” Competition
Eight students in grades 9-12 competed in the Shaker High School Poetry Out Loud Recitation Contest on January 10th.
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