Hello, Junior Falcons!
News
- Please join us on Wednesday (March 6) at 5:30 p.m. for this month's PTA meeting. Superintendant Joseph Hochreiter is the guest speaker and will be available to answer questions. If you missed last month's meeting, the minutes are available online.
- Registration for spring modified (grades 7-8) sports is underway! The district offers track and field, lacrosse, boys' tennis, softball and baseball. You must sign up via FinalForms and please note that the district will not be opening up girls’ flag football to grades 7-8 (through the Advanced Placement Process) unless a 9-12 grade team can’t be fielded. Practices/tryouts begin on March 25. Let's go Falcons!
- The organization that supports our community school mission is asking parents/guardians to fill out an online survey in order to determine how to best serve our students and families. The deadline is this Thursday, March 7.
- Congrats to our student-artists whose work is included in the Empire State Plaza's annual K-8 art show. The exhibit runs March 4-22 and viewing is free and open to all.
- Thanks to our students for the inspiration, and our community partners at Albany Center Gallery, for this beautiful mural now located in B stairwell!
- The Vegetable Project, a program that supports hands-on learning involving science and nature here at NAMS and other district schools, is running a seed fundraiser through March 29.
- Aspiring engineers at Myers recently designed and built repilca roller coasters thanks to our community partners at RPI - check out their hard work and creativity!
- Registration is now open for New York State's Summer School of the Arts. Students in grades 8-12 are encouraged to apply for the free progam. The deadlines to apply are March 8 (theater) and March 15 (visual arts and media arts).
Events
- March 8: Q3 interim grades close
- March 13: All City Chorus, 6:30 p.m. (North Albany Middle School)
- March 14: Science Symposium, 5 p.m.
- March 20: 12:30 p.m. dismissal for staff professional development
- March 20: All City Strings, 6:30 p.m. (Hackett Middle School)
- March 23: Myers Mixer, 1-3 p.m. (450 N. Pearl St.)
- March 25: Modified sports begin
- March 27: All City Band, 6:30 p.m. (Albany High School)
- March 29-April 5: Spring Recess (NO SCHOOL)
- April 10: Eid-Al-Fitr (NO SCHOOL)
- April 19: Q3 ends
- May 17: Q4 interim grades close
- May 21: School Budget Vote/BOE Election (NO SCHOOL)
- May 27: Memorial Day (NO SCHOOL)
- June 19: Juneteenth (NO SCHOOL)
- June 26: Last Day of School
Let's have a wonderful week!
