Giffen Memorial Elementary School News

Yellow school bus with stop sign deployed

Our 2024 summer programs begin Monday, and we would like to provide you with impor...

Giffen pre-K students at SED Commissioner Rosa's summer reading kickoff

Prekindergarten students from Giffen Memorial Elementary School made the short walk up ...

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The City School District of Albany plans to continue with full school days on the regul...

Adults look over the shoulders of scholars at their project

Giffen Memorial Elementary School students shared a year’s worth of smarts with a...

A student poses with her painting

The creativity of our youngest students was on full display Wednesday evening! An op...

Nicole Newman

The City School District of Albany has appointed veteran district teacher and administr...

Albany High volleyball student-athlete

All are invited to join us Monday evening for a virtual presentation about the City Sch...

Student leaning on their bicycle and smiling

As we move into the final weeks of the 2023-24 school year, we would like to provide an...

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The City School District of Albany is planning for all schools and offices to be closed...

Adult and student put new plant in garden

Last Saturday, Giffen Memorial Elementary School celebrated Earth Day 2024 a little ear...

Student playing the trumpet

All City Band 2024

March 28, 2024

Visit our Facebook page to take a look at this year’s All City Band Concert, feat...

Early dismissal April 8 graphic

The City School District of Albany will have an early dismissal for all students on Mon...

High school student playing the violin

All-City Strings 2024

March 21, 2024

Visit our Facebook page to take a look at this year’s All-City Strings Concert, f...

Students pose for pictures behind superhero photo cutouts

They’re Giffen Gators, and they’re superheroes when it comes to building fu...

Students smiling while performing chorus songs

All-City Chorus 2024

March 14, 2024

Visit our Facebook page to take a look at this year’s All-City Chorus Concert, fe...

Standing from L-R: Autumn King, Giffen Memorial Elementary School fourth-grader; Michael Davis and Ma'Shiya Cain, Giffen third-graders; Iliyah Munoz, Albany School of Humanities fifth-grader; and Mina Mirzaie, Arbor Hill Elementary School fourth-grader.

A team of students from three district elementary schools took first place in their div...