Amsterdam High School 10th graders in the College and Career Pathways program had an opportunity to work with Erin Quillinan from the Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts in Gloversville this week. Quillinan is a professional artist who shared how she was able to use her art/music talent and turn it into a career. She …
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A group of Amsterdam High School seniors were invited by New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office to attend his State of the State address in Albany on Jan. 8. They were only one of 10 classes chosen to represent students from the different regions of the state at the event. The students were from …
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William Barkley Elementary School students and staff paid tribute to local law enforcement on Jan. 8 with a parade of heroes right outside their classrooms. Law Enforcement Day was sponsored by the school Student Council. Council members carried the thank you banner and served refreshments at a post parade reception. Thanks law enforcement for all …
Adam Tegnander, assistant professor at SUNY-Cobleskill in the Histotechnology Department, visited Amsterdam High School Jan. 8 to present to students and generate interest in the field of Histotechnology and in the program at SUNY-Cobleskill. He visited five science classes (physics, chemistry, forensics, AP biology and AP physics), unveiling organs and specimens that would be analyzed …
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Ninth grade students in the College and Career Pathways program at Amsterdam High School held a dynamic Shakespeare Film Festival and Expo on Jan. 8, kicking off the school day with a bang. For the first part of the event, five scenes from the classic play Hamlet, acted and directed by the students, were screened …
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Congratulations to Tecler’s highest class attendance winners for the month of December. Ms. Heigel’s fourth grade class (above) and Ms. Killane/Ms. York’s third grade class (below) both had 94 percent attendance rates.
The Greater Amsterdam School District Board of Education has officially launched the search for a new superintendent of schools. The posting can be found at: www.hfmboces.org/AmsterdamSearch. The deadline to apply for the position is Feb. 20, 2020. The position is also posted on several education job boards with professional organizations including the School Administrators Association of …
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