County plans additional H1N1 clinics
Sunday in Albany, Tuesday in Berne
Albany County will hold additional free H1N1 vaccination clinics at the Times Union Center on Sunday and at Berne-Knox-Westerlo
Elementary School on Tuesday.
Please note that pre-registration is required for both clinics. Visit
www.albanycounty.com/health for more
information.
The
City School District of Albany also continues to remind families about practices to
help reduce the spread of flu and steps to take to address flu-like
symptoms following reports of H1N1-related deaths in the
Capital Region. (MORE)
Albany High Theatre Ensemble presents
'The Laramie Project' through Sunday
Challenging conventional ideas is nothing new for Albany High School’s
award-winning Theatre Ensemble. This fall, teacher/director Ward Dales
and his talented students are presenting perhaps their most
thought-provoking performance yet.
The Theatre Ensemble
is presenting “The Laramie Project”
through Sunday,
delving deeply into themes of intolerance, hate and
violence. The play
examines the effects prejudice and intolerance have
on a community.
WNYT/TV-13 featured the performance
on its evening news Nov. 10;
check it out at WNYT's Web site. You also can
read about it in the Nov. 12 Times Union.
Performances are at 7
p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on
Sunday.
(MORE)
New weekly procedures for gym lockers
at Albany High School
In an ongoing effort to keep Albany High School healthy
and safe, all students are being asked to empty their gym lockers
every Friday afternoon beginning this week. This will allow the high
school's custodial staff to properly clean the locker rooms every
weekend.
Any items that are left in gym lockers on Friday
afternoon will be discarded. This includes sneakers. The City School
District of Albany and the custodial staff will not be responsible for
any items left in gym lockers on Friday afternoons. (MORE)
Alternative Education Think Tank
plans first meeting Nov. 30
The City School District of Albany's new
Alternative Education Think Tank will hold its first meeting
Monday, Nov. 30. Raymond Schimmer, chief executive officer of Parsons
Child and Family Center, will chair the group.
The think tank is a
collaborative initiative between the district and community. It aligns
with
the district’s strategic plan, “A Vision for Tomorrow,” which the
board approved in November 2008.
For more information, contact Carol Roberson
in the district’s Office of Secondary Education at
croberson@albany.k12.ny.us or (518) 475-6015. (MORE)
MacDonald's success caps championship
season for girls' swimming team
For the second year in a row, Albany
High School’s fall sports season won’t be complete
until Hanlon MacDonald is finished swimming.
Hanlon, a junior, qualified for state
meet in both the 50-yard freestyle and the 100 free
for the second year in a row. She will be shooting
for top-20 finishes in both events this weekend at
Webster Schroeder High School in suburban Rochester.
Her success caps an outstanding
season for the girls' swimming team, which shared
its league championship and sent nine qualifiers to
the Section II meet. (MORE)
Five Albany High School seniors recognized
in national academic programs
Albany High School seniors Owen Daniels, Benjamin Miller, Lauren
Schaefer, Immanuel Washington and Matthew Wu have been recognized in the annual National
Merit Scholarship and National Achievement Scholarship programs, ranking them among the top
students in the country. (MORE)
Important safety tips for families
to review with children
The safety of our students is a top priority
in the City School District of Albany. In light of recent reported cases
of attempted abductions of children in Capital Region communities,
including Albany, the district is reminding families of important safety
tips to review with the entire family.
These tips are intended to keep children
safe while they are walking, biking or riding a bus to school in the
morning and home again in the afternoon, as well as anytime they are out
in the community without parental supervision. (MORE)
Leadership Profile Report to guide search
for the district's next superintendent
A master
communicator able to interact easily and effectively with all members of
the community. A good manager, with a high level of integrity and
accountability. An educator with a passion for excellence and high
standards.
Those qualities
are at the top of the list as the City School District of Albany Board
of Education launches its national search for the district's next
superintendent.
The board received a
Leadership Profile Report at its meeting Oct. 6, summarizing the feedback gathered over the
past two months in a wide range of meetings with
community groups and individuals in the district and
throughout the city.
We invite you to
visit our District News section to read more
about the search process. You also can
download the full Leadership Profile Report.
Celebrating the
important role
of parents in student
achievement
Parents
are the most important partners any school can have.
They volunteer in class- rooms and at school events, as
coaches and chaperones, as mentors and role models. They bake. They read. They listen. They are there in good
times and bad.
The City School District of Albany is proud to recognize
all of those parental role models who invest their time and talent to
help students succeed.
We have highlighted examples from every school, both in
the 2009-10 district calendar and on this site. We invite you to
visit our Parent Champions section
to read more about the ways these individuals choose to get involved in
school, and why that extra effort is important to them.
It's just one small way of saying thanks to every parent,
grandparent and guardian for their tireless commitment to our students,
teachers and school community.