Happy Friday, Junior Falcons!
News
- Attention grade 8 families: on Tuesday, Albany High School Principal Jodi Commerford will be coming to speak with our eighth-grade students about courses that will be available to them as Albany High ninth graders. If you missed it, here is the presentation from Albany High's recent Curriculum Night. The information will support students as they prepare to work with their guidance counselors to choose their classes for ninth grade at Albany High School!
- You're invited! Please join us on Tuesday (Jan. 14) at 3:15 p.m. to celebrate the work of our talented student muralists. The artists will explain their inspiration and process during the reception, which will include light refreshements.
- The NAMS PTA meets next Wednesday (Jan. 15) at 5:30 p.m. If you can't make it in person, please join us virtually. If there is a topic you'd like discussed or a question you'd like answered, please submit it using this online form.
- Communication is the title of a virtual parent and caregiver training on Tuesday, Jan. 14 from 6-7:30 p.m. The session is sponsored by the City School District of Albany Special Education Department and open to all families. It will focus on communication challenges affecting people with autism spectrum disorder and how to support students as their ability to communicate develops. Get a link to the training, which will be held via Zoom and presented by representatives from The Autism Project.
- This month's Parent Univeristy will focus on community violence outside of the school day. It's scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 15 from 7-8 p.m. at Albany High School. Refreshments and child care will be provided.
- If you didn't catch them on Facebook already, make sure to check out our Junior Falcon photo highlights! Before break, Intro to Business classes practiced their problem-solving skills by building a shelter for a Yeti and on Thursday, 30 students attended Siena Kids' Day and took in a Saints vs. Quinnipiac game.
- Registration is ongoing for afterschool programming. Use this link to sign up.
- North Albany Middle School families can receive shelf-stable grocery items every Friday. Please register to participate. Email dsherrod@albany.k12.ny.us or call 518.475.6800 x29190 with with questions.
Events
- Jan. 15: Dismiss at 12:30 p.m. to accommodate staff PD
- Jan. 15: PTA meeting (in person or virtually via this link)
- Jan. 20: Martin Luther King Day (NO SCHOOL)
- Jan. 29: Lunar New Year (NO SCHOOL)
- Jan. 31: Quarter 2 grades close
- Feb. 6: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4-7 p.m.
- Feb. 7: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 12-3 p.m. (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS)
- Feb. 17-21: Winter Recess (NO SCHOOL)
- Feb. 26: Dismiss at 12:30 p.m. to accommodate staff PD
- March 7: Q3 interim grades close
- March 19: Dismiss at 12:30 p.m. to accommodate staff PD
- April 21-25: Seal-a-Smile (must register in advance)
- April 8-11: NYS ELA testing
- April 21-25: NYSESLAT Speaking testing
- April 29-May 2: NYS math testing
- May 12-22: NYSLEAT Listening, Reading and Writing testing
- May 13: NYS science testing
- May 14-16: NYS science make-ups
Have a wonderful weekend!
