Did you know a snail has more than 10,000 teeth? Blue Creek first graders learned that on Friday as part of a dental hygiene lesson. The Bulldogs got a visit from Ms. Lisa Upton from Albany Braces & Dental and she showed them the proper way to brush and floss their teeth. Students practiced brushing technique on stuffed animals and a few students even stood in as "teeth" while Ms. Upton and Elementary Health Education Teacher Jennifer Moran demonstrated flossing. They rounded out the lesson with some very interesting trivia about teeth!
20 days ago, North Colonie Communications
A teacher and a representative from Albany Braces teach students how to properly brush their teeth using a large toothbrush and model mouth.
A student practices brushing the teeth of a stuffed animal.
A student practices brushing the teeth of a stuffed animal.
A dental educator shows students an x-ray of a human mouth with teeth.
Two educators use students to demonstrate the proper way to floss teeth.
We’re still celebrating National Library Week! Today we are checking in at Shaker Middle School and Loudonville. Our middle school students are lucky to have the trio of Library Media Specialist Ms. Nicole Weimer, Library Media Specialist Ms. Chelsea Phillips and Library TA Ms. Michelle Rought! Across town at Loudonville, the Lions are led by Library Media Specialist Substitute Ms. Jaclyn Paquette and Library Clerk Ms. Samantha Haydock. Thank you for everything you do for our students! #nationallibraryweek
22 days ago, North Colonie Communications
A collage of images that includes the Shaker Middle School and Loudonville library staff members as well as students from Loudonville in the library.
For the second year in a row, Warren Dart, son of Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Clarence W. Dart, visited Mr. Fountain's Social Studies class to share a powerful presentation on the historic military roles of African Americans from the Revolutionary War to World War II. With deep historical knowledge and immense pride in his father’s legacy, Mr. Dart opened the discussion with a profound question from The Daily Gazette: “Why would these men fight for a country that fought so hard against them in peace time?” Students were encouraged to ask questions and dive into the complexities of American history. Thank you Mr. Dart for spreading history and sharing your family’s legacy!
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Mr. Dart and Mr. Fountain talking with a student
Picture of Mr. Fountain's class
Mr. Dart Presenting
Members of our grounds team were hard at work on Friday, beginning the construction and installation of new garden beds at Blue Creek! The beds, which will be wheelchair accessible, are the creative design of Alex, one of our tremendous groundspeople. If weather cooperates, our team should have the beds completed by the end of next week and ready for planting!
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Two groundspeople work to construct garden beds at Blue Creek.
An image of the garden beds being constructed at Blue Creek.
A groundsperson uses a saw to cut wood.
Members of the grounds team work to construct garden beds using planks of wood.
Two members of the grounds team talk strategy while building garden beds.
The World Language Department would like to congratulate this year's winners of the annual poster contest to celebrate World Language Month at Shaker Middle School. The theme this year is "Languages Take You Places." With more than 40 poster submissions, the following students were selected as winners: First place: Tanvi Terugu Second place: Mia Smith Third place: Annika Golyalla and Razin Raisha
24 days ago, North Colonie Communications
An image of a student holding a poster created to celebrate World Languages Month. It pictures a globe, various flags, a car on a road, an airplane and a sailboat.
An image of a student holding a poster created to celebrate World Languages Month.
An image of two students standing in front of a poster they made to celebrate World Languages Month. It pictures a bus with various flags flying out the windows.
What do a German Shepherd, a German Wirehaired Pointer, a Bloodhound, and a Belgian Malinois all have in common? They all visited Latham Ridge on Friday! The group of K-9 dogs stopped by Latham Ridge, with their handlers from the New York State Park Police, New York State Police and Colonie Police Department, to teach students more about the training police K-9's go through. Students also learn about some of the work these dogs do to help the departments they work for and see live demonstrations of the dogs obedience and detection skills. Thanks for stopping by, officers and K-9's!
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An image of students sitting on the floor petting a police K-9 hound.
A member of the police stands at the front of a room of students to present on K-9's.
Police officers show off how their K-9 dog works in front of a large class of students.
A police officer explains how he works with a K-9 in front of a class of students.
A police officer hugs his K-9 with a smile.
Congratulations to some of Shaker High School's finest! Twelve of our SHS students competed in the Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair at RPI in March with seven earning awards. These students have dedicated themselves to exploring a scientific phenomenon, carrying out an investigation and analyzing the results. They then presented their findings to a team of judges at RPI.
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An image of three students holding certificates earned at the Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair.
An image of a student holding a certificate won at the Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair.
An image of a student standing next to their posterboard presentation at the Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair.
An image of a student standing next to their posterboard presentation at the Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair.
An image of a student standing next to their posterboard presentation at the Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair.
An image of a student standing next to their posterboard presentation at the Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair.
An image of a student standing next to their posterboard presentation at the Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair.
No party like a World Languages Block Party! Shaker High School's Upper J-Wing hosted the Block Party after school on Wednesday, April 2, in celebration of National World Languages Month. All language students were invited to use their "passport" to travel through various rooms and activities that included international dance, party games, crafts, international trivia, food and even "Gladiator School." As you can imagine, a fun time was had by all!
24 days ago, North Colonie Communications
An image of students dancing in a classroom.
An image of two students wearing sombreros.
An image of a few students holding fake swords as they teach "Gladiator School."
An image of a teacher stamping a student's passport as part of a school event.
An image of two students wearing Viking helmets.
An image of two students holding a post with donuts dangling from strings as students standing beneath try to eat the donuts.
On Friday, March 28, Shaker High School’s Student Government hosted its annual Spring Leadership Conference with a guest speaker— Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan! The theme of this year’s event was empowerment, and the Mayor shared her inspiring journey to leadership, offering valuable advice to our future leaders. In addition to her talk, students engaged in leadership and team-building activities. It was an incredible experience for everyone involved. A big thank you to Mayor Sheehan, the student organizers, and all the Student Gov members who attended. See you next year!
24 days ago, North Colonie Communications
An image of five students posing with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan who is holding flowers.
An image of a group of students working on an activity that involves stacking cups on a table.
An image of a group of students sitting around a table writing on papers as part of an activity.
An image of a group of students sitting around a table writing on papers as part of an activity.
An image of a group of students sitting around a table writing on papers as part of an activity.
It's the Olympics of the Visual Arts! Hundreds of students from around New York State came together to compete in the OVA at the Saratoga City Center on Tuesday, April 1. There were 228 student teams, including four teams from Shaker High School that participated in a long-term design challenge in one of eight categories, which they brought with them to be displayed and judged. They also took part in an on-demand design prompt and produced a piece on the spot. Our student teams competed in Drawing, Painting, Architecture and Illustration. UPDATE: Hana Kim and Rui Zheng won the Hyndman Creativity Award in the Drawing Category. Haein Park, Helen Huang and Shayla Mieu won second place in the Architecture Category.
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Three students holding ribbons on stage for winning second place in the Architecture Category.
Two students holding a plaque and ribbon for winning the Hyndman Creativity Award in the Drawing Category.
An image of two students drawing with a pencil and crayons.
An image of a team of students on the floor working on their creative project at the Olympics of the Visual Arts.
Two students pose as they work on their project at Olympics of the Visual Arts.
An image of a music box created by one of Shaker's student teams alongside a binder that explains the long-term project.
Three students pose next to their painting of a fractured globe as part of a long-term project for Olympics of the Visual Arts.
The Magical Yet! Thank you to Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services, Mrs. Naté Turner-Hassell, for reading this wonderful book to Mrs. McMillen's kindergarten students at Forts Ferry on Monday, March 24. She was kind enough to come back on Tuesday to read to Mrs. O'Connor's second graders and Ms. Beach's fourth graders!
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An image of an administrator sitting at the front of a classroom reading a book to a group of kindergarten students.
An image of Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services Ms. Turner-Hassell posing with a class of kindergartners.
An image of Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services Ms. Turner-Hassell sitting it a chair holding a book as she reads aloud to a class of students.
Shaker Middle School's 8th grade performance groups took their show on the road to the Empire State Plaza! 8th Grade Chorus, Band and Orchestra all performed on the concourse on Wednesday, March 26, as part of the New York State Music Association's Music in Our Schools Month performances. About 175 SMS students sang and played for family in attendance as well as some legislators and state workers!
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An image of several students playing the violin while seated behind music stands.
An image of two students posing ahead of a performance while holding their violins.
An image of a section of the band where several students are playing trombones and a couple playing saxophones.
An image of a music teacher conducting her student band.
We'd like to congratulate our North Colonie Kids Care recipients for March, Pavithra Jayakumar and Gopika Sarvepalli! The Shaker High School seniors were recognized at the Board of Education meeting for their willingness to help other students in the music department. Both students have played the violin since fourth grade and once they got to the high school, they wanted to help underclassmen thrive. Pavi and Gopika proposed a tutoring program to help others practice violin and presented the idea to Music Department Supervisor Mrs. Deb Keough. With the help of SMS Music Teacher Ms. Desiree Burke (who nominated them) they launched an after school practice buddy system with SMS students and it has been a huge success! They meet with students every Wednesday to practice note reading, advance skill sets, prepare for the NYSSMA Solo Festival or simply find joy in playing their instruments. Congratulations Pavi and Gopika! And thank you!
26 days ago, North Colonie Communications
An image of two students holding certificates and posing with their former music teacher.
An image of a high school student making notes on music as she works to tutor a younger student in the violin.
An image of an older student sitting and working with a younger student on the violin.
An image of two students standing at a table at the front of the room as the Board of Education President speaks to them from the other side of the table.
What a showing by Shaker Robotics! Known as Team 2791, Shaker Robotics made a great run the New York Tech Valley Regional competition at MVP Arena. Team 2791 went 6-3 in qualifying matches on Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29, advancing to the playoffs. Team 2791 captained Alliance 7, choosing Team 1493 (Albany Falcons Robotics) and Team 3950 (Robo Gym Robotics) as teammates. Alliance 7 went 3-0 in semifinal matches, advancing to the finals where they unfortunately lost. Congratulations to Shaker Robotics on an incredibly successful competition! #FirstLikeAGirl
26 days ago, North Colonie Communications
A member of the Shaker Robotics team works on their robot to prepare it for competition.
The Shaker Robotics team poses with their robot before heading out to compete at the New York Tech Valley Regional.
Shaker Robotics Team 2791's robot out on the floor with other robots ahead of a match.
Two members of the Shaker Robotics team take notes and analyze their robot ahead of a match.
Two members of Shaker Robotics wearing safety goggles and hats as they get ready for a match.
We have some budding architects on our hands! In Innovation Lab this week, Southgate kindergartners designed and created playground equipment they thought would be fun. Students generated materials lists and engineered plans. They then built the equipment in partners. Their creations are now on display in the school's lobby!
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An image of two students posing next to the playground design they crafted in Innovation Lab.
An image of two students posing next to the playground design they crafted in Innovation Lab.
An image of two students working to construct the playground they designed in Innovation Lab.
An image of two students holding the playground model they crafted in Innovation Lab.
An image of two students working to construct the playground they designed in Innovation Lab.
Tonight the Shaker boys basketball team faces Port Washington in the battle for the Class AAA Championship! The Bison are just one win away from the title! Tip-off at 7:45 p.m. at Visions Veterans Memorial Arena. Good luck team!
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State Finals for Boys Basketball - Visions Veterans Memorial Arena March 21, 2025 at 7:45 p.m.
Congratulations to our SHS artists! The SHS Art Department stole the spotlight at the 26th Annual High School Regional Juried Exhibition. The prestigious exhibition, at Albany Center Gallery, displayed more than 130 works from more than 500 submissions from school districts around the Capital Region. Congratulations to all 13 SHS students who had their works chosen! Our students earned six of the 18 awards handed out! Haein Park - Savoring Izzy Dischiavo - I Felt a Funeral Inside My Brain Dominic Corey - City of Lights Vivian Yang - The Goofy Goobers Hana Kim - Icky (Juror's Choice Award) Ava Papaleo - Success Kills Creativity (Juror's Choice Award)
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Student artwork on display at Albany Center
Winter Break will run from Feb. 17 to Feb. 21. See you again Monday, Feb. 24.
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Winter Break - Feb. 17 to 21
North Colonie is hiring! Send an email, resume, or letter of interest to recruitment@nccsk12.org.
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Send an email, resume, or letter of interest to recruitment@nccsk12.org. Apply now!
North Colonie Central School District is closed today (Thursday, February 6, 2025) due to inclement weather.
2 months ago, North Colonie Communications
A graphic that says "No School" with the date, the North Colonie Central School District logo and snowflakes on it.