Pine Hills Elementary School News

Please note: Parent-teacher conferences Thursday & Friday; no school Friday

All City School District of Albany schools will hold fall parent-teacher conferences Th...

Cash for Coats drive

Help our kids stay warm this winter with a donation to the 2023 Cash for Coats dri...

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All City School District of Albany schools will dismiss 15 minutes early Friday, Oct. 6...

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We are sharing a reminder about the upcoming Federal Emergency Management Agency nation...

A student and her special person pose outside the school.

Welcoming VIPs to the cafeteria

September 21, 2023

We hope that everyone who was able to attend our Special Person Breakfast had a wonderf...

A therapy dog visits a first grade class at Pine Hills.

Trio of fluff, fur and fun

September 19, 2023

Our favorite, furry, four-legged friends are back! Snickers, Chewbacca and Bruno Mar...

Principal Tia Corniel reads to students.

Thank you Principal Corniel!

September 19, 2023

Thanks to Principal Tia Corniel for sharing a favorite - The Giving Tree by Shel Silver...

A student works in a classroom on the first day of school.

Like a well-oiled machine!

September 8, 2023

Our back-to-school orientations this week ran so smoothly that you wouldn’t think...

First Student bus driver Marion Buckmon on a test run Sept. 1, 2023

First Student bus drivers like Marion Buckmon have been out on the road this week learn...

Representatives from AFE and First NY Federal Credit Union pose under a blue and white balloon arch

Albany High School had a vibrant back-to-school feel Monday and Tuesday as City School ...

Joseph Hochreiter

As I prepare to begin my 15th year as a superintendent of schools in New York – a...

Side of a yellow school bus with the stop sign deployed

As we look ahead to the new school year, we would like to share a few updates the Trans...

Members of the Pine Hills Elementary School Class of 2023 pose at their graduation ceremony.

Moving Up Ceremony 2023

June 22, 2023

We were so excited to celebrate our fifth-grade class on Thursday afternoon! We are ...

Students at Pine Hills Elementary School participate in the annual Leadership Day.

Leadership Day 2023

June 8, 2023

We’ve been planning for months and today our student leaders pulled off another s...

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The City School District of Albany was notified of four new confirmed cases o...

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The City School District of Albany will continue to limit outdoor activities Thursday b...

Superintendent Joseph Hochreiter seated at a conference table, speaking into a microphone

During Thursday’s Board of Education meeting, Joseph Hochreiter was officially na...

First-place student stands in front of their science fair project

Once again, City School District of Albany students excelled at the citywide Joseph Hen...

Portrait of Joseph Hochreiter

The City School District of Albany Board of Education has selected veteran New York pub...

A smiling music student giving a peace sign

Voter approval for the City School District of Albany’s budget proposal reached 8...