The Sand Creek Middle School Cast & Crew will stage the musical Willy Wonka April 11-12 at 7 p.m., and April 13 at 1 and 7 p.m. Only 300 seats are available for each performance. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the door. The production is based on the book Charlie and the …
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Colonie Central High School senior Paula Murillo- Nunez had her artwork selected for the Regional Juried High School Art Show held at Albany Center Gallery during the month of April. More than 500 pieces in various media were submitted, with only 105 pieces being selected from the 25 school districts participating. Paula also received a …
Mrs. Jaskot’s Kindergarten class at Roessleville Elementary School has been learning about nonfiction in Writer’s Workshop. They have been choosing to write about topics they know a lot about, writing facts, and including text features. Today, they started writing nonfiction books with a partner to experience being a co-author. Students are also working on working …
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Colonie Central High School Art teachers Christine Festin and Justin Defazzio entered their students into the 2019 Media Arts Show at Niskayuna High School. Many area schools competed in the Digital Arts Competition. Lily Youngs took home a 3rd place award for Photography and Christian Uzzo took an honorable mention for his work in Graphic …
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Mrs. Ripps’ third graders at Veeder Elementary School hosted a student author celebration. Families were invited to come to the Veeder library to see the results of a three-month long animal research project that each child produced. The project involved Science, Social Studies, Reading and Writing. Starting with note-taking from the selected animal books, to …
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Forest Park Elementary School students were recently recognized by their teachers for demonstrating the character trait of the month, Perseverance (top photo) at Morning Program in March. Coach Meacham and Coach Martin also recognized students who exhibited excellence in Physical Education (bottom photo) during the second marking period.
New York lawmakers have approved a state budget for 2019-20 that increases education funding by just over $1 billion and makes permanent the state’s property tax levy limit law, or tax cap. The newly approved $175 billion state budget calls for total education spending of $27.9 billion, which represents an increase of 3.8 percent compared …
Saddlewood Elementary School’s food drive for the Regional Food Bank was a wonderful success. Thanks to the generosity of the Saddlewood families who donated more than 1,000 items. The Food Bank was amazed to see how much we were able to collect in just one week. A special thank you to Mrs. Danahy and her …
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Stacey Sebert and Hope Bigwarfe’s students at Sand Creek Middle School had the opportunity to participate in a live webinar and “Chat with a Ranger” from Zion National Park. The Ranger discussed how Zion was formed and continues to change, the many roles different Rangers have, and the wildlife present within the park. The students …
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Spring is here and time for Colonie Central High School Raider baseball and JV girls softball. Photos by Robert Goo. Colonie Raiders Baseball and Girls JV Softball Photo Gallery
