Happy Friday, Junior Falcons!

News

• If you haven't already, please call our Guidance Department at 518.475.6800 ext. 4 to sign up for a Parent/Teacher Conference on Oct. 26 (4-7 p.m.) or Oct. 27. (12-3 p.m.)
• 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. 
• 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: Please join us on Wednesday at 6 p.m. for this month's PTO meeting!
• NAMS' after-school programming sign ups are ongoing! Any student interested in participating should pick up an application in the main office or register online via this link. Check out our awesome offerings for the rest of October!
• Registration is now open for our Be Well, Wellness Program. If you are interested in joining the program, please fill out this form.
• If you don't already, please 'like' us on Facebook.

Events

• Oct. 24: Family Literacy Night with Jerry Craft, 6-8 p.m. at Hackett
• Oct. 25: PTO meeting, 5:30 p.m. (In person in the Media Center or virtually via this link).
• Oct. 26: Parent/Teacher conferences, 4-7 p.m.
• Oct. 27: Parent/Teacher conferences, 12-3 p.m. (NO SCHOOL)
• Nov. 3: Q1 Movie Night
• Nov. 9: Q1 grades close
• Nov. 10: Veteran's Day (NO SCHOOL)
• Nov. 15: 12:30 p.m. dismissal for staff professional development
• Nov. 29: Q1 Perfect Attendance and Honor Roll Celebration, 9-10:30 a.m.
• Dec. 20: Toys for Tots Holiday Party
• Jan. 17: 12:30 p.m. dismissal for professional development
• Jan 19: Q2 Movie Night
• Feb. 14: Q2 Perfect Attendance and Honor Roll Celebration, 9-10:30 a.m.
• Feb. 14: 12:30 dismissal for professional development
• March 11-15: College and Career Week
• March 20: 12:30 dismissal for staff professional development
• April 1-5: Art on the Rise mural project (spring break)
• April 15-19: Seal-a-Smile
• April 12: Q3 Movie Night
• May 6: Q3 Perfect Attendance and Honor Roll Celebration, 9-10:30 a.m.
• May 30: Thacher Park WildPlay field trip

Have a wonderful weekend!