News and events Oct. 20

Good morning Junior Falcons!

News

• lf you haven’t already, please sign up for a Parent/Teacher conference on Oct. 26 (4-7 p.m.) or 27 (12-3 p.m.) via this link.
• Registration for the 2023-24 modified winter sports season is now open with practices/tryouts beginning Nov. 20. New this year: a Falcon girls' wrestling team! Please note that student-athletes must have had a physical dated on, or after, Nov. 1, 2022.
• Next week is Spirit Week - check out the schedule here!
• Attention middle school families: Award-winning graphic novelist Jerry Craft will cap his upstate visit to City School District of Albany middle schools next week with an evening event for our middle school students and their families. Family Literacy Night with Jerry Craft will be Tuesday, Oct. 24 from 6-8 p.m. at William S. Hackett Middle School. The event is open to readers from middle school to adulthood who are connected to Hackett, North Albany Middle School or Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School.
• REMINDER: Fall Picture Day(s) are Oct. 24-25 during P.E. Students will be given a code to order after the photo is taken.
• Families can sign up for the Junior Falcon Health and Wellness program here at Myers at any point during the year. It provides free family-friendly meals and hygiene products weekly on Thursdays. Students will pick up food during periods 8-9. If interested, please fill out this application to register. The program is also in need of donations - find a list of suggested items here.
• The Community School Advisory Board is seeking interested parents or guardians to join the board. The advisory board makes decisions about programs and services that are brought to Myers, gives input on how funds are spent, receives updates about programs and services and is an opportunity to have your voice and unique perspective heard. The time commitment is every 4th Tuesday of the month from 3:10-4:10 p.m. Please contact Jenn Seguinot, Community School Site Coordinator, at 518-475-6462 or jseguinot@albany.k12.ny.us if interested.
• The Empire State After School Program, run by the Albany Police Athletic League, is accepting applications for the wait list. Parents/guardians will be notified when/if there is a spot for their student. Please print out this application and return it to the main office. Students can also pick up a physical copy in the main office. 
• If you don't already, please 'like' Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School on Facebook.

Events

• Oct. 23-26: Spirit Week 
• Oct. 24: Family Literacy Night with Jerry Craft, 6-8 p.m. at Hackett
• Oct. 24-25: Fall Picture Day
• Oct. 26: Parent/Teacher conferences, 4-7 p.m.
• Oct. 26: Teen Night, 5-7 p.m
• Oct. 27: Parent/Teacher conferences, 12-3
• Oct. 30: Trunk-or-Treat, 4:30-6 p.m. (sign up to decorate your trunk/hand out candy)
• Nov. 9: Q1 grades close
• Nov. 10: Veterans Day (no school)
• Nov. 15: 12:30 p.m. dismissal for staff professional development
• Nov. 21: Fall Picture Day make ups
• Dec. 1: Honor Roll Ceremony, 8:30 a.m.
• Dec. 12: Winter Concert and Art Show, 6:30 p.m.
• Jan. 17: 12:30 dismissal for staff professional development
• Feb. 14: 12:30 dismissal for staff professional development
• March 20: 12:30 dismissal for staff proffessional development

Have a wonderful weekend!