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Outdoor Recess During Winter Months

It is our goal to get our students outside as much as possible during the winter months.  Children will be going outside as long as the temperature is above 20 degrees, if it is not raining/sleeting, or icy.  Please make sure your child is prepared with a winter jacket, a hat, gloves, boots, and snow… Read more »


Letter to Families from Principal Klafehn

December 9, 2016 Parents/Guardians: I am writing to share pertinent safety information with our families. A report was received today from a female student that she was approached by a white male with greyish-red beard in his 50’s while walking to school this morning near the corner of the old Hess station on Route 20…. Read more »


Water Testing Results – Jr/Sr HS

Dear Families, In September, the Governor enacted a law requiring public schools to test for lead in all water sources.  In compliance with the law, all water outlets in the Jr/Sr High School were tested by the end of November.  We just received those results. In the JSHS we tested water from 90 outlets.  All… Read more »



Girls Varsity Soccer Players Recognized as 1st & 2nd Team CHVL All Stars.

On December 4th, four players from the New Lebanon Girls Varsity Soccer team were recognized as 1st and 2nd team CHVL All Stars. Megan O’Brien and Stephanie Feathers received 1st team recognition. Sydney Smith and Emily Schafer received 2nd team recognition. Thank you to everyone that has supported these young women. Congratulations, ladies!!


Teachers to Scientists

New Lebanon Science teachers Kara Sokolowski and Ben Long spent this last summer working along researchers in labs. They were part of a unique professional development opportunity offered by Questar III BOCES Summer Science Research Program for Teachers.  Read more »



Jr/Sr High School Food Club Host Community Thanksgiving Dinner

More than 55 people attended the New Lebanon Jr/Sr. High School Food Club’s Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Saturday, November 19. The event was free for the community to attend. We would like to especially thank Hannaford for donating many of the supplies for the dinner! See more photos from dinner here.


FAFSA Workshop Night – Dec. 13th

The School Counseling Office invites parents of the class of 2017 to a FAFSA Workshop Night on Tuesday, December 13 at 6 p.m. in Computer lab located in room 135 at the Jr/Sr High School. Learn more here.


Pie in Your Face

During the month of November, Principal Andrew Kourt challenged students to read for two weeks at home and log their minutes each night. The top readers from each class would be able to throw pies at Kourt’s face during the Readathon Assembly. At the assembly on Tuesday, November 22 WBH elementary students learned they had… Read more »