Capital Education -- Fall 2007

We hope you will enjoy this newly redesigned and expanded version of the City School District of Albany's quarterly newsletter.

You can read each story individually by clicking the links below, or download the full version in .pdf format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader; click here to download a free copy from the Adobe Web site).

From the superintendent -- Enhancing our communication with you

Opportunity at Albany High School: Riding the wave of the future

                                                                                    Board of Education President Teneka Frost (left), Albany

Student Achievement: Meet Angelena Rouse                 High Class of 1994, with junior Angelena Rouse, the

                                                                                    2007-08 student representative to the board.

Alumni achievement: Meet Cecily Wilson '95

Leading the Way: Meet Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education Joseph P. Dragone, Ph.D.

Voices

At a Glance: Albany High School

We choose Albany public schools because ...

• Ken Skinner -- public school volunteer No. 1

• The grass is always greener

• Big 10 champs again!

• There's a little birdhouse in our soul

• Myers students set sail on Half Moon

• Giffen students get WET

• Schuyler students are dressed for success

• (Flapjacks + families) x fundraising = FUN for a great cause

• Literacy coaches help boost reading skills

• New leadership at Livingston

• Hackett Hawks set new school tradition

• District launches school-based health centers

• Youth movement at Eagle Point

• Celebrating the new school year

• Class of 2011 kicks off 2007-08 college readiness initiative

• UAlbany-Albany High tutoring, mentoring initiative

• Dedication in memory of an Albany legend