About Shaker Middle School

Announcements | School Hours | Attendance | Code of Conduct | SMS Concert Schedule | Student Handbook | Electronics Policy | Supply Lists | Chromebooks

Announcements

Each morning during the school year, we provide daily announcements. Be sure to check in each day to stay updated with the most recent announcements from Shaker Middle School.

School Hours

Homeroom begins at 8:05 a.m. Period 1 starts at 8:19 a.m. Dismissal is at 3 p.m.

Bell Schedule

Homeroom	8:05-8:15
Period 1	8:19-8:59
Period 2	9:03-9:43
Period 3	9:47-10:27
Period 4	10:31-11:11
Period 5 A	11:15-11:35	Lunch 1
Period 5 B	11:38-11:58	Lunch 2
Period 6 A	12:02-12:22	Lunch 3
Period 6 B	12:25-12:45	Lunch 4
Period 7 A	12:49-1:09	Lunch 5
Period 7 B	1:12-1:32	Lunch 6
Period 8	1:36-2:16
Period 9	2:20-3:00
Dismissal	3:00

Attendance:

Absences, Late Arrivals and Early Dismissals

If your child is going to be absent, late, or picked up early, please call or email your child’s hall secretary as soon as possible. Below you will find the attendance email and phone numbers for each hall.

Drop off and Pick up INSTRUCTIONS and Video

In an effort to accommodate the traffic flow into the middle school and mitigate any potential risks, the following student drop off procedures are now in place:

• What has been called the bus loop will be used as a single lane student drop off  from 7:20 a.m. – 8:10 a.m. on school days.
• Parents dropping off students will be directed into the bus loop to drop students at the sidewalk. Parents will pull up as far as possible which will be marked off by a cone.  
• Parents will remain in the car and students will exit on the right hand side of the vehicle for safety.
• The loop will be shared by parent drop off and a few buses.  Be prepared to wait if a bus’s lights are on and the stop sign is out.
• Access to the main lot will only be for staff members and visitors.

When picking up your child, you will need to use the Middle School Entrance.

• Parents will enter campus via the Middle School Entrance
• Once on the Shaker Middle School campus, enter into the designated pick up loop which corresponds to your child’s hall. You will see signs directing you through the parking lot with the hall labeled and color coded by the hall’s locker color.
• Please follow any staff directives as they are there to help to ensure safety and keep the traffic flowing.
• Once parked please stay at your vehicle with it running

We request that your child take the bus if possible. That is the safest way to get to school and it would cut down on morning traffic and afternoon. If you do plan to transport your child, please follow the clearly marked drop-off and pick-up traffic pattern.

Code of Conduct

View the district’s policy on Student Conduct and Discipline (5300)

Student Handbook

View the Shaker Middle School Student Handbook.

electronics policy

In our effort to support increased student engagement in our school community and in recognition of all of our awareness of the research showing how concerning social media is to the mental health of our young people, we are tightening our student electronics policy. With this, any student who brings a phone, smart watch or other communication device to school must leave it off and in their locker from arriving at school until 3 pm. Students are always welcome to use our hall office or main office phones to call home. Additionally, parents can call us at school to get messages to their child (i.e. take the bus home today as the appointment was changed). Hall monitors will deliver messages at specific points of the day and if it’s an emergency, we will get the message to the student immediately. 
Any students who are found in possession of an unauthorized electronic device will have to turn it in, a parent will need to pick-up the item and they will be assigned an after school detention. Thank you for your support in this matter. 

Supply Lists

View the 2024-25 Supply Lists

1:1 Chromebook

As 21st century learners, our students have grown up with technology as an integral part of their daily lives. As part of the district’s responsibility to continually prepare students for their futures, we believe enhancing our classrooms and expanding our instructional repertoire with technology is a great way to support teaching and learning. As a result, we have a 1:1 Chromebook program at North Colonie Central Schools for students in grades 3-12 using G-Suite and other applications to help meet the ISTE Standards for Students.

Instructional Technology for Parents/Guardians

Shaker Middle School

475 Watervliet-Shaker Rd. Latham, NY 12110
Phone: (518) 785 -1341
Fax: (518) 783 – 8877

Principal: Davis Chamberlain