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  • Summer Enrichment, Innovation Spaces & Weekly Boost

    Dear North Colonie Families, Here’s to another week in the record books – with one more to go in the school year. Next Friday, June 25 is the last day of school. Tomorrow, North Colonie schools will be closed to observe the Juneteenth holiday. Free Summer Engagement For Students in Grades 7-12 North Colonie Central…

  • Shaker Freshman Wins JA Titan CEO Challenge

    Michael Tong, a ninth grader at SHS earned first place in this year’s Virtual Junior Achievement Titan CEO Challenge! It’s a simulation-based competition where students apply their knowledge of business as they compete in the cell phone industry. Students acted as the CEO of their own company and made decisions about price, production, marketing, capital…

  • Juneteenth, Bus Driver of the Year, Siena Celebration & Weekly Boost

    Dear North Colonie Families, Thank you for your continued support as we have navigated a tricky school year with just a couple weeks to go. I want to remind you that next Friday there is no school. We are observing the Juneteenth holiday. I’d like to share the history of this important day. The celebration…

  • Seven Coding Problems + Four SHS Programmers = Top Three

    Team Shaker-A placed third out of 30 teams in the Advanced (Gold) Division of the recent Siena Programming Competition. This computer science contest takes place every spring for high school students. It was canceled in 2020, but held virtually last week. Juniors Maaz Hussain, Patrick Dai, Ayaan Bargeer, and senior/President of the Coding Club Andrew…

  • 2021 School Bus Driver of the Year

    Timothy Stack, who has worked for the district since 2011, is our School Bus Driver of the Year and was presented with the Hudson Valley AAA Foundation Award.  Hudson Valley AAA criteria for this award: No at fault crashes for the year Good safety record Exceptional attendance with minimal absences Job performance and good interaction…

  • Shaker Finalists in Worldwide Environmental Challenge With a Top Prize of $10,000

    Four hundred teams from across the globe competed in the Spellman HV Clean Tech Competition – and SHS juniors Ayaan Bargeer, Shubham Yadav, and Labesh Baral were ranked in the top 10. They qualified for their project “A New Device for Agricultural Assistance: Predicting Crop Yield using Satellite Imagery, Climate, and Soil Data”. Ayaan Bargeer…

  • PAC Meeting on Federal Grant Funding and the Transportation Schedule 

     A Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting was held June 10, 2021. The community forum discussed district use of the federal CARES ACT funds and the 2021-22 transportation schedule.  Here’s a link to the PAC meeting PAC- Presentation June 10, 2021 NC ARP-ESSER-Application–Part-2-ARP-Act

  • Spring 2021 Week Two Athlete of the Week – Leonni Griffin

    Leonni Griffin has had a phenomenal season so far this year. Not only has she placed top at our regular season meets, she’s also placed top 4 at the invitationals. First Place at Shen Showcase with top 25 state time of 2:19.33 in the 800m First Place at Shen Showcase with a 4:43.86 in the…

  • End of Year Celebrations, Community Forum & Weekly Boost

    Dear North Colonie Families, It is hard to imagine that we are already in the month of June. The year seems to be rapidly approaching its ending, and we all know that there is still much to be done to finish off the year. We will continue to keep you updated with announcements regarding upcoming…

  • Vigil to Honor the Life of Destiny Greene, Sunday June 6

    Shaker High School is hosting a candlelight vigil to honor the life of Destiny Greene on Sunday, June 6 at 8:00 p.m. at Walker Field.  Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the vigil will be limited to 500 attendees — who will be required to wear a mask — and will be asked to sign in for…

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