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Champions of Albany's public schools
The City School District of Albany is
pleased to present its
Champions Campaign, an effort to
highlight many of the district's outstanding people
and programs through the words and unique
experiences of leaders from throughout the
community.
Students
and scholars, parents and partners, alumni and
athletes, opinion leaders and more. Visit the
Champions
section of our Web site to read more, and check
out the special insert from the Sept. 11 Times Union
to find out who
these Champions are and why they believe in the great value of
public education in Albany. (MORE)
Albany High School to host fourth annual
Thanksgiving weekend basketball event
 Albany High School once again will host the CDPHP
Invitational Boys' Basketball Tournament over Thanksgiving weekend,
welcoming Bishop Gibbons High School from Schenectady and two teams from
New York City.
The fourth annual event Nov. 28-29 also will honor eight members of the Albany
High Class of 2004 who went on to competitive and academic success in
college, as well as the 1984-85 and 1985-86 boys' basketball teams that
were among the top teams in New York state. (MORE)
Albany High senior Jahseim Dobbs
helps make nano history once again
For the second time in the last two years,
Albany High School senior Jahseim Dobbs has helped make nano history.
Jahseim participated in the announcement
Nov. 17 of a nanotechnology exhibit at Colonie Center, believed to be
the first nano exhibit in an American mall. The exhibit is the work of
the University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.
Last year, Jahseim was among the first students in a groundbreaking
nanoscience course offered at Albany High in partnership with the
NanoCollege. (MORE)
Sophomore MacDonald to compete in
state swim meet in two events
Albany High School sophomore Hanlon
MacDonald won the 50-yard freestyle and qualified
for the New York State swimming meet in two events
at the Section II championships Nov. 8.
Hanlon won the 50 free in 24.64
seconds in the Division I finals, taking the sprint
by eight-tenths of a second over Shenendehowa
freshman Olivia Samson. It was the 10th-fastest 50
free in New York this year. Hanlon also finished fourth
in the 100 free with a state-qualifying time of
55.34 seconds.
She will compete in the state meet at
Erie Community College in Buffalo this weekend. (MORE)
Two new members elected
to the Board of Education
Daniel Egan was sworn in Nov. 5 as the newest member of the City School
School District of Albany Board of Education, one night after receiving
the highest vote total in a city-wide election for two open seats. Rose
Brandon, a former Philip Livingston Magnet Academy teacher's aide,
received the second-highest number of votes and officially will join the
board in January. (MORE)
Fall newsletter now available
online
The fall 2008 edition of
Capital Education, the City School District
of Albany's quarterly newsletter, now is available
online. The current edition features news and
information about a wide variety of people and
programs throughout the district, including Albany
High School senior Ocasio Willson, who studied at
Harvard during the summer, and Albany High graduate
Carolee Carmello '79, who is starring on Broadway in
Mama Mia! (MORE)
District forms committee to devise
middle school enrollment plan for 2009-10
The City School District of Albany has formed a committee of more than
30 community
and district volunteers to develop a middle school enrollment
recommendation for the 2009-10 school year, when the district plans to
transition to two main schools for students in grades 6-8.
The district will enroll students in grades 6-8 in Stephen and Harriet
Myers Middle School and William S. Hackett Middle School in 2009-10.
North Albany Academy also will continue to serve students in prekindergarten through grade 8. (MORE)
Submit transportation
requests
for the 2008-09 school year
Visit the
Transportation section for complete information
about school-related bus services, including a new
CDTA pass that will provide more flexibility for
students beginning this school year.
2008-09 Student Code of Conduct
available online
The updated Student Code of Conduct
for the 2008-09 school year can be found in the
Pupil Personnel Services section. Updates to the
code include revisions and clarifications to the
student dress code.
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