CSI: Shaker High School; forensics class learn skills to solve crimes

Many of us sit down each week to watch our favorite crime show on television and marvel at how, in under an hour, a crime-scene mystery is solved. The forensics students at Shaker High School are learning, first of all that it takes longer than an hour sometimes, and more importantly, how to solve certain crimes by analyzing DNA and using the results to nab the suspect. » MORE

Junior Parent Program to be held in March

Shaker High School’s Junior Parent Program will be held on Wednesday, March 3. The guidance office will be mailing a letter detailing the schedule for that evening to all parents of current junior students.
 

SHS advertising design students' creative skills put on display

They say if you want to be successful in a business venture, it starts and ends with marketing. The advertising design students at Shaker High School have helped Kevin Gadreault, manager of the Dakota Steakhouse, achieve that success. » MORE

Three SHS students stand proud; advance in Poetry Out Loud

The process started in September, where nearly 500 Shaker High School students in grades 9-12 participated in Poetry Out loud: National Recitation. The list was whittled down to 11 students, all of whom stood on the Shaker High School auditorium stage Tuesday night and recited two poems in front of family, friends, teachers and a panel of judges that included Superintendent Randy Ehrenberg.

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SHS student’s cancer research leads to being named semi-finalist by Siemens Foundation

Shaker High School senior Prateek Baghel has been named a semi-finalist by the Siemens Foundation for his research in prostate cancer. Baghel has been conducting prostate cancer research at a private medical facility in Albany for the past three years. Through his research, he discovered that, contrary to medical understanding, androgen receptors actually play a role in the development of androgen independent prostate cancer. » MORE

North Colonie ranked #1 school district in Capital Region

For the fourth time in seven years, The Business Review of Albany has ranked North Colonie as the Capital Region’s top performing school district. The Business Review uses report card data from the New York State Education Department to produce an annual rank of the region's 85 school districts. North Colonie has ranked among the top three districts each year since 2003 and was ranked as the top district three years in a row, from 2004 to 2006. The most recent rankings were published in The Business Review's June 19-25 edition. » MORE