New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School has announced the honor roll students for the second quarter of the 2013-14 school year. Congratulations to the following students on your achievement: Grade 7 High Honor Roll Austin, Nathaniel Carson, Keagan Erickson, Clayton Klein, Ashley Lambert, James Levy, Makiyla Markou, Jacob Naftali, Zeve Price, Tyler Robertson, Taylor Roden, Catherine… Read more »
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January Students of the Month
Congratulations to the Walter B. Howard Elementary students who have been named January Students of the Month! Students are selected by the homeroom teacher for showing overall good character that month. Arrion Cohen-Murphy Logan Horton Michael Ligotti Dua Sadiq Makayah Boyd-Benson Liam Buckenroth Alex Sotek Trent Pixley Ben Chaput Zoe Hannah Mikayla Corsey Joseph Acquario… Read more »
4th Graders Learn About Electricity Through Distance Learning
Walter B. Howard’s fourth grade students participated in an Electricity E-Lab on Jan. 24. Through a Distance Learning experience, the lab director guided them in making predictions and asking questions as they discovered how to build parallel and series circuits. “This interactive lesson enhanced their knowledge of how electricity works, which has been a large… Read more »
Dance-A-Thon to Benefit Albany Medical Center Childrens’ Hospital Kicks Off March 14
New Lebanon High School’s Spirit Club is holding a Dance-A-Thon to benefit Albany Medical Center Childrens’ Hospital on Friday, March 14. The event will be held in the high school from 6-10 p.m. Participants are asked to register and use the pledge forms available here (pdf). The cost is $10 per dancer. For more information… Read more »
New Lebanon Team Places 4th at Future City Competition
Competing against 19 teams, New Lebanon Jr./Sr High School took fourth place in the Future City Competition Regional Finals on January 11 at Proctors in Schenectady. They presented “Kaishi” – the virtual city they envisioned, designed and built using SimCity software. The team of 20 seventh and eighth grades students were hard at working preparing… Read more »
Jr/Sr High Students Attend “Students Together Opposing Prejudice” Conference
A group of students represented New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School at the Siena College and Anti-Defamation League’s 2014 Student Leadership Conference “Students Together Opposing Prejudice (STOP)” on January 17. The event is an extension of the college’s Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King Lecture series on non-violence. It was an opportunity for middle… Read more »
Kara Siciliano Selected for WNYT-TV 13 “Teacher of the Week” Series
Congratulations to Jr/Sr. High School teacher Kara Siciliano who has been selected for WNYT-TV 13’s “Teacher of the Week” series. Anchor Elaine Houston and a cameraman will be at the school on Wednesday, Feb. 26 to film Ms. Siciliano and a few students.
Robotics Students Compete with Robots They Built & Programmed
After learning how gears work and completing several lab activities highlighting the advantages of “gearing up” or “gearing down,” Ms. Kelsey Norberg challenged students in her Robotics and Motion Control class with a competition in December. The students had to design, build and program a robotic vehicle that would tow, or pull, another robot over… Read more »
New Lebanon Student Part of TVHS Delegation in Haiti
New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School freshman Arianna Burns who attends Tech Valley High School is part of a delegation who left on Tuesday, Jan. 7 for Haiti where they will be learning science and providing aid for the next week. Arianna is pictured at the far left of the photo. Learn more about their trip… Read more »
WBH 5th & 6th Graders Make Cookies for Dec. 19th “Snowmen at Night” Event
WBH students in fifth and sixth grades used math to double cookie recipes and make sugar cookies from scratch for the “Snowmen at Night” cookie decorating activity on Dec. 19 from 6-7 p.m. in the cafeteria. Students in grades 4 and under are encouraged to attend the fun evening. WBH Librarian David Hawkins will read… Read more »