Tag: North Colonie Central School District
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Board of Education Adopts Proposed Budget for 2025-26 School Year
The North Colonie Central School District’s Board of Education adopted the proposed budget for the 2025-26 school year at the April 1, 2025 budget committee meeting. This was the final in a series of annual public budget meetings to review the proposed 2025-26 budget. The livestream from the meeting and the presentation are available along…
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Shaker Students Sweep Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge
Congratulations to the Financial Decision Making (FDM) students for sweeping the podium in the Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge! Students in the Business Education Department’s FDM classes at Shaker High School participated in the Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at the Broadview Center at UAlbany. There were hundreds of students that…
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Two Shaker High Seniors Named Kids Care Recipients for March
Shaker High School seniors Pavithra Jayakumar and Gopika Madhurima Sarvepalli are being recognized as the March North Colonie Kids Care recipients for their willingness to help other students in the music department. Pavithra and Gopika were nominated by Ms. Desiree Burke, a Shaker Middle School music teacher, who had both students when they were at…
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Seven SHS Students Earn Awards at Greater Capital Region Science & Engineering Fair at RPI
Twelve students from Shaker High School competed in the Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair at RPI on Saturday, March 15, with seven earning awards. Students listed below have dedicated themselves to exploring a scientific phenomenon, carrying out an investigation and analyzing the results. They then presented their findings to a team of judges…
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NCCSD Begins Recruiting Top Educators for 2025-2026 School Year
The North Colonie Central School District is excited to announce the start of its recruitment efforts for the 2025-2026 school year. North Colonie is seeking the most qualified and well-prepared educators to join its 2025-2026 team. This week, two dedicated recruitment teams are traveling across New York State to connect with teaching candidates. On Wednesday,…
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Seven SMS Students Compete in Greater Capital Region Science & Engineering Fair at RPI
Seven of our eighth grade students from Shaker Middle School competed in the Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair at RPI on Saturday, March 15 and earned tremendous accolades. Since October, the students listed below have dedicated themselves to exploring a scientific phenomenon, carrying out an investigation and analyzing the results. They then presented…
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Shaker Artists Have 15 Works Selected for 26th Annual High School Regional Juried Art Exhibition
More than a dozen of Shaker High School’s talented student artists will have their work on display at the 26th Annual High School Regional Juried Art Exhibition. Thirteen students’ works will be on display starting on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at The Albany Center Gallery at 488 Broadway, Suite 107, Albany, NY. The fifteen pieces…
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Budget Committee Series: Instructional Support Budget Development
The second budget committee meeting of the annual series took place on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Superintendent Kathleen Skeals introduced the Instructional Support Budget Development team, which includes the Transportation, Facilities and Custodial, and Instructional Technology Departments. “They do so much work behind the scenes to help all our students get here safely and have…
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Nominations Open for Shaker Alumni Hall of Fame
Nominations for the Shaker High School Alumni Hall of Fame 2025 Induction are now open! SHS has many outstanding alumni whose lives and work better the world around them. It’s time to make sure we recognize them! Do you know a Shaker alum positively contributing to their community? Nominate them! Click here to access the nomination…
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Shaker Announces Four National Merit Scholarship Finalists
And then there were four! Shaker High School is proud to announce that four of its students are among approximately 15,000 nationwide to be honored as National Merit Scholarship Finalists. Congratulations to seniors Catherine Cheng, John Yoon Park, Shubham Patel and Faiz Shaikh who have met the rigorous requirements for Finalist standing and are now…
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- Board of Education Adopts Proposed Budget for 2025-26 School Year
- Shaker Students Sweep Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge
- Two Shaker High Seniors Named Kids Care Recipients for March
- Seven SHS Students Earn Awards at Greater Capital Region Science & Engineering Fair at RPI
- Six Students Earn Awards at 26th Annual High School Regional Juried Exhibition