Happy Friday, Junior Falcons!

News

• REMINDER: The City School District of Albany is closed Monday (Jan. 20) in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
   
• ICYMI on Facebook, make sure to check out this week's Junior Falcon photo highlights!
  • We recognized student artists who recently completed a three-month mural project
  • Grade 7 math recreated, and recalculated, a scale drawing of a candy bar 
  • Grade 8 science investigated how simple machines function together as a compound machine 
  • A very "hands-on" social-emotional learning project in FACS taught students that more often than not, what seems to be broken can be fixed
     
• Tryouts for co-ed modified swimming (grades 7-8) begin Tuesday (Jan. 21)! Details can be found the the district's Athletics page. Please note you must be registered via FinalForms (until Jan. 31) and have an up-to-date physical.
   
• Join our team! The City School District of Albany is hiring for a variety of positions. A list of employment  opportunities can be found on the Human Resources page of the district website.
   
• 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. 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
• Feb. 26: PTA meeting, 5:30 p.m.
• March 7: Q3 interim grades close
• March 19: Dismiss at 12:30 p.m. to accommodate staff PD
• March 26: PTA meeting, 5:30 p.m.
• 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 7: Multicultural Celebration, 4-7 p.m.
• May 14: PTA meeting, 5:30 p.m.
• May 12-22: NYSLEAT Listening, Reading and Writing testing
• May 13: NYS science testing
• May 14-16: NYS science testing make-ups

Have a wonderful weekend!