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  • March 12 Budget Meeting: Transportation, Maintenance, & Custodial; Debt Service

    The second of four budget committee meetings for NCCSD’s proposed 2024-25 budget was held March 12 in the Shaker Middle School Auditorium. Presentations were provided on transportation, maintenance, and custodial, as well as on the proposed debt service. Transportation Transportation Director Denise Towne provided a side-by-side comparison of how the department has grown and changed…


  • 24-25 Budget; Proposed Capital Project Intro Provided at First of Funding Meetings

    The annual series of budget committee meetings to develop the NCCSD 2024-25 budget kicked off March 5. This year’s introductory meeting also included a long-range committee presentation on the proposed 2024 Capital Project. Laying out the solid foundation that’s been developed for both the budget and the Capital Project, Superintendent Kathleen Skeals shared with those…


  • ‘New Depth of Knowledge’: Celebrating Southgate students Black History Month projects

    Smart. Bold. Resilient. Talented.Stubborn. Creative. Musical. Brave. Words Southgate fourth-grade students used to describe the leaders, poets, athletes, and musicians they researched throughout February in honor and celebration of Black History Month. The first group of nervous but enthusiastic students stepped to the front of the class Feb. 29 and clearly demonstrated the depth of…


  • SHS Announces Second Quarter Merit, Honor & High Honor Rolls

    Congratulations to all of our Shaker High School students who achieved High Honor Roll, Honor Roll and Merit Roll for the second quarter of the school year.


  • 2024-25 Budget Presentations & Long Range Planning Committee Meetings Kick Off March 5

    The annual series of budget committee meetings to develop the NCCSD 2024-25 budget will kick off Tuesday, March 5 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be in the Forts Ferry Auditorium, 95 Forts Ferry Road. The next three meetings in the series will all be hosted at the Shaker Middle School Auditorium. All begin at…


  • SMS Announces Second Quarter Merit, Honor & High Honor Rolls

    High Honor-Grade 8 Aydan Abbley, Zainab Abdul Qayoom, Nya Adams, Anvitha Adikoppula, Maya Aguirre Murcia, Zainab Ahmad, Simrah Ahmed, Luqman Ahmed, Mubeen Akhtar, Kamran Akhtar, Chadi Akil, Simra Ali, William Amadon, Sadhika Ambadipudi, Abdul Amer, Hiba Ansar, Ayesha Ansar, Eloise Applebee, Sourish Sai Arvapally, Lakshmi Atmakuri, Rowan Bach, Akshita Bandari, Michael James Banson, Adriana Barker,…


  • Shaker’s Mira Ginsburg Recognized for Empowering Others

    Receiving a scholarship from Special Olympics for the second year in a row on Jan. 31 may have completely surprised Shaker junior Mira Ginsburg, but the reasons for the recognition were completely obvious to everyone else. Mira is credited with more than doubling the number of schools now participating in the annual Lake George Polar…


  • A Message From Superintendent Kathleen Skeals

    The story of Black History Month begins with Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Dr. Woodson selected February to encompass the birthdays of two great Americans who played a prominent role in shaping black history, namely Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, whose birthdays are the 12th and the 14th, respectively. In 1976, fifty years after the first…


  • Kindergarten Registration for North Colonie Now Open

    Kindergarten Registration is now open for North Colonie Central School District through February 29, 2024.


  • 37 Students Accepted Into Suburban Council Music Festival

    The North Colonie Central School District is thrilled to announce that we have 37 students who have been accepted into the Suburban Council Music Festival.