South Colonie had students from four schools compete at the regional level of the 2018 Odyssey of the Mind competition and all four schools came back winners. The Odyssey of the Mind program teaches students how to think divergently by providing open-ended problems in a team setting. Embedded in the process are 21st Century Skills such as …
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Lisha Kill Middle School held a bottle drive and raised $909.11 to benefit Operation Agua. Operation Agua provides purification systems to families in Puerto Rico who are still without a reliable source of clean drinking water even these many months following Hurricane Maria. This money is enough to purchase 30 water purification systems.
Some of the district’s youngest actors were treated to a mentoring opportunity from a real life Broadway and television star thanks to the support of the South Colonie Friends of Theater Arts organization. Cathryn Salamone (Wake is her acting name), a 2008 Colonie Central High School graduate, met with high school actors and members of …
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Students in Master Teacher Stacey Sebert’s 7th and 8th grade classes at Sand Creek Middle School participated in a video conference with scientists in Antarctica. Special thanks to Polar ICE and Rutgers University for putting together opportunities that allow students and scientists to collaborate. Along with Sand Creek students, students from California and Alaska attended …
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Colonie Central High School’s Varsity Competitive Cheer Team won its second consecutive Section 2 Championship in the Large D1 Division last weekend. The team will be competing at the NYSPHSAA State Cheerleading Championships representing Section 2 in the Large D1 Division this Saturday, March 3 at the SRC Center in Syracuse.
Mrs Hynes, grade 5/6 STEM teacher at Lisha Kill Middle School, and some of her students came to Veeder Elementary School to help the Kindergarten children with ideas for the Veeder STEM Science Convention coming up on March 22. View Video From This Event
After more than a year of planning, designing, writing new content and migrating existing material, the South Colonie Central School District has launched a new, redesigned version of its website, www.southcolonieschools.org. While the new site retains the vast amount of information that was available on the old site, the new website boasts a cleaner, more …
Downloadable Safety Letter Dear South Colonie Parents/Guardians: The incident in Florida at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was a terrible tragedy and our heartfelt sympathy continues to go out to that entire school community. As a school district, one of our primary concerns is always the issue of student and staff safety. When a tragedy …
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Lisha Kill Middle School’s student acting group staged The Addams Family musical in February. (Photos by Colonie Central High School intern Sarah Hoffman) The Addams Family Musical Photo Gallery at Lisha Kill
The English as a New Language students at Shaker Road Elementary School began the Chinese New Year celebration with a festive parade around the school. Many students wore traditional Chinese clothing while others participated by wearing red, playing noise making instruments and carrying special crafts made for the holiday. The highlight was the dancing dragon …
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