Tag: North Colonie Central School District

  • Shaker Places Four of Top 5 Teams in Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge

    Students in the Business Education Department’s Financial Decision Making classes at Shaker High School participated in the Junior Achievement tock Market Challenge on March 27, 2024 at the Broadview Center.


  • Superintendent’s Message on the 2024 Capital Project

    North Colonie Superintendent Kathleen Skeals introduces the 2024 Capital Project to district parents and residents.


  • BOE Adopts Proposed 24-25 Budget 

    Note: This web story covers the second portion of the March 27 budget meeting – review of schedules; proposed revenues & expenditures; property tax cap; and budget summary/adoption. To read the web story that covers the first portion of the meeting which covered enrollment, proposed new programs, and staffing click here. The NCCSD’s Board of…


  • BOE Hears Proposals for New Programs & Staffing to Meet Student Needs

    Note: This web story covers the first portion of the March 27 budget meeting – enrollment updates & projections; new program proposals; and staffing requests. To read the web story that covers the second portion and includes the Board of Education’s adoption of the proposed 2024-25 budget click here. Continuing enrollment growth and the changing…


  • Junior Jack DeRoziere Earns AATG National German Exam Scholarship

    Shaker High School junior Jack DeRoziere has been awarded the AATG National German Exam scholarship, an all expenses paid, three week stay in Germany to study and see the country.


  • March 19 Budget Meeting: Information Technology

    The third of four budget committee meetings for NCCSD’s proposed 2024-25 budget was held March 19 in the Shaker Middle School Auditorium. The presentation on Information Technology included the topics: instructional hardware, network & infrastructure hardware, security cameras, and the Smart Schools Bond Act (SSBA)  “We are responsible for helping students grow as people whether…


  • Shaker High School junior: ‘Welding makes me happy’

    SHS Junior Gianna Schillinger is quite concise when asked about why she enrolled in the Welding & Metal Fabrication program at Capital Region BOCES – welding makes her happy. Having grown up with a father who works in construction, Schillinger said she spent a lot of time with him and saw the various avenues of…


  • 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…


  • Shaker Students Travel to Germany as Part of Exchange Program

    In February, a group of 19 German students from Shaker High School traveled with their German teacher, Christine Connor, and administrative chaperone, Robert Pollaro, to Germany for the second part of the Shaker-Ludwigsgymnasium Exchange.


  • ‘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…