Save the date: Saturday is
Summer Celebration and
Safety Day
The 2018
Summer Celebration and Safety Day,
sponsored by the City School
District of Albany and Mohawk
Ambulance, will be held Saturday,
July 21 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in Krank
Park.
This
family friendly event is free and
open to the public. Stop by for live
music, a barbecue, giveaways, games
and activities and information from
dozens of community organizations. Please join us!
District fills Albany High
admin posts
The
Albany Board
of Education on Thursday approved
the appointment of two veteran
educators to fill administrative
vacancies at Albany High School.
Roderick
W. Gilmour III will assume the role
of vice principal at Albany High,
filling a vacancy created when Jodi
Commerford was appointed principal.
Longtime
district math teacher Nicole L.
Newman was appointed assistant house
principal of Leadership Academy. She
replaces Rebecca Handzel, who
resigned July 3. (MORE)
Summer school in session
Summer school is in session in the the City School
District of Albany. The district offers
summer programs for students at all
grade levels, as well as specialized
programs for students with
disabilities.
Please visit our Summer School
section for complete information
about dates, times and locations for
all programs.
Free summer meals for kids
at 11 Albany public schools
The City School District of Albany once again is participating in the
Summer Food Service Program, with free meals for all children 18 and
under at 11 schools across the city.
The program serves breakfast and
lunch and will operate at the
following district schools. Programs
run Monday through Friday during the
dates below. (MORE)
Relax with a book: Summer
Reading 2018
Summer
is a great time to relax with a good
book -- or several good books!
Summer reading supports and builds
on lessons of the previous school
year and prepares students for
success in the coming year.
Summer reading
is required for high-school students
and encouraged for middle- and
elementary-school students. (MORE)
Important update on student
physicals
New York has changed
the timing of required student physicals and the forms that health
providers must complete.
As of July 1, state law requires
public school students to have a
health physical when they:
•
Enter school as a new student
•
Enter prekindergarten or
kindergarten
•
Enter grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11
(MORE)
Sophomore tapped
for statewide athletics
committee
Albany
High School sophomore Toussaint Santicola Jones has been chosen to be
one of 14 new members of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council of the New
York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA).
Santicola Jones was among 61 student-athletes from around the state who
vied for membership on the committee, which was developed to encourage
and facilitate involvement of student athletes within NYSPHSAA. (MORE)
Board elects Savage as
president
The City
School District of Albany Board of
Education has elected Anne Savage to
serve as president in 2018-19.
The board
elected Savage unanimously at its
July 2 meeting. Savage, who served
as vice president for the previous
year and a half, is the board’s
longest-tenured member. She was
first elected in November 2014.
The board also elected Vickie
Smith as vice president and Jennifer
Lange as secretary.
Please visit our District News
section to read more.
Congratulations, Class of
2018!!!
Albany
High School celebrated the
graduation of the Class of 2018 on
June 24, with 536 students earning
their diplomas. That marked Albany
High's largest graduating class in
more than a decade.
“In the words
of T’Challa, the marvel hero from
the movie 'Black Panther,' ‘What
happens now determines what happens
to the rest of the world,’"
Superintendent Kaweeda G. Adams told
her first graduating class in
Albany. "This is YOUR beginning!!"
Please visit our District News
section to read more.
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