The Greater Amsterdam School District will implement its full redistricting plan beginning with the 2022-23 school year. The three-year phase in period is coming to an end. This is what parents can expect when students return to school in September, 2022: Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, all students will be in their home designated …
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Barkley Elementary School celebrated the 100th day of school today dressing as one hundred year olds and participating in various learning activities involving 100. View a Facebook photo gallery of this event
Barkley Elementary School’s annual Queen/King of Hearts fundraiser for 2022 began on January 31 and ran through February 10. The students in the Student Council sold hearts each morning at arrival; four hearts for $1. Each Valentine’s Day, Barkley crowns a staff member the Queen or King of Hearts. The winner is determined by the …
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Three days before the “big game” is scheduled to kick off on millions of TV sets across the world, Barkley Elementary School had its own Super Bowl of sorts. The first Super Bowl of Multiplication was held in the gym on Thursday afternoon, pitting third graders against one another in a contest that lived up …
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All Elementary School parents/guardians: Student report cards have been posted on the Parent Portal. Click Here to access the Parent Portal Complete video instructions on how to navigate the Parent Portal are below. Also please note: Your student (5 digit) ID number is required for registration. Your student ID number is their lunch number. Please ask …
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Members of the Just Run Club at Barkley Elementary School participated in a meet in Altamont Wednesday involving 10 schools. Just Run, for grade levels 3-5, promotes fitness, healthy eating habits, good citizenship and pride in accomplishment. The club meets two days a week under Barkley advisors Elizabeth Brown, Emmalee Kroencke and Nicole Garhartt. One …
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Nancy Rad is leaving her position as Community Schools Coordinator to become the new principal at Barkley Elementary School, the Greater Amsterdam School District has announced. She will begin in her new position on August 16, replacing Donna Decker who is retiring. “I am excited at the opportunity to unite my experience, my openness to …
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Greater Amsterdam School District has been awarded a $64,000 federal grant to expand its edible garden program to three more elementary schools. The Farm to Schools grant, announced in July, comes from the United States Department of Agriculture (USGA). The money will be used during the 2021-22 school year to add three more district greenhouses …
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