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 ALBANY, N.Y. (Jan.
15, 2009)
-- Students throughout the City School District of Albany will have an
opportunity to participate in a wide range of activities Jan. 20 to mark
the inauguration of Barack Obama as America's 44th president and the
nation's first African-American president.
The events will include
all-school assemblies, inaugural galas, student presentations and
performances, a mural dedicated to the incoming president's children and
a service project in honor of the presidential puppy. Schools throughout
the district are planning to televise the inauguration ceremony. You can
read more about the district's plans for Inauguration Day in
the Jan. 19 Times Union.
Students in Kelly Madison's seventh-grade
social studies class at
At Albany High School,
teachers will
show
Hackett Middle School make posters for
Inauguration Day.
the inauguration live in their classrooms and
discuss the events with
students.
At
William S. Hackett Middle School, a school-wide assembly
begins at 10:30 a.m. in the auditorium, featuring musical performances,
student essays
 on
freedom, and presentations by the Student Government and Creative
Writing/Hip-Hop Club. The inauguration
will be shown live in the auditorium and cafeteria.
At
Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School, students
in grades 7-8 will watch the inauguration live in the auditorium.
Students in grade 6 will watch in their classrooms.
At North Albany
Academy, students and staff will watch the inauguration
live at three locations in the school.
At the elementary level,
Albany School of
Humanities (ASH) is planning a school-wide Presidential Inauguration
Celebration beginning at 11:45 a.m. Students and staff will watch the
inauguration live in the multifunction room, followed by performances
and presentations capped by a parade march in the school.
At Eagle Point
Elementary School, the school day will begin with a school-wide
celebration that will include songs, poems, a door-decorating contest
and the presentation of a school-wide mural dedicated to the Obamas’
daughters, entitled “From Our Children to Yours.”
At
Giffen Memorial Elementary School, a school-wide
assembly from 1-3 p.m. will feature a parade of states and an inaugural
ball following the swearing-in ceremony. Students and staff will watch
the ceremony. Guest DJs from JAMZ-96.3 also will participate in the
afternoon’s events.
Montessori
Magnet School will hold an assembly at 8:15 a.m. to discuss the
day’s events and National Day
of Service on Jan. 19 in
honor of Martin Luther King Jr. To honor the incoming president and his
family and Dr.
King’s legacy of
service, the school will
adopt a local pet shelter
and collect dog food to
donate in the spirit of the presidential puppy. The inauguration will be
shown live in the library and classrooms.
Pine Hills Elementary
School will hold an inaugural ball at lunchtime, including a live
viewing of the swearing-in ceremony. Grades 3-5 will watch the ceremony
in the gym, and students in prekindergarten through grade 2 will watch
in classrooms. The lunchtime gala will feature remarks from students
portraying Barack and Michelle Obama.
At Schuyler
Achievement Academy, students and staff will enjoy
a celebratory event at 2 p.m. Parents welcome!
At Sheridan
Preparatory Academy, students and staff will view a recorded version
of the inauguration ceremony in a school-wide assembly beginning at 2:30
p.m.
The City School
District of Albany serves approximately 8,400 students in 18
elementary, middle and high schools. In addition to neighborhood
schools, the district includes several
magnet school programs as well as other innovative academic
opportunities for students. The
district is nearing completion of its its comprehensive facilities
project to newly build and/or renovate nearly all of its elementary
and middle schools. The ultimate goal of the facilities project is
to provide schools with the resources necessary to help students
succeed in the 21st century.
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