Capital Education -- Spring 2009

We hope you will enjoy the Spring 2009 edition of the City School District of Albany's award-winning 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 -- Looking back, forward with gratitude

'It has to start with me' -- New Albany High Principal Davd C. McCalla, Ph.D.

Student Achievement: Meet Rachel Barnas '09 (pictured at right)

Alumni achievement: Meet Glen Barker '89

Leading the Way: Meet Kathy Ryan, director of health, physical education and athletics

Voices -- What was your favorite memory from the 2008-09 school year

At a Glance: Philip J. Schuyler Achievement Academy

We choose Albany public schools because ...

• Students achieve strong gains in math, ELA

• Albany Fund for Education supports student opportunities

• Awards abound for Albany High students

• Capital Education receives national recognition

• Marching Falcons make New York proud

• Honors for Albany teachers

• A first for Albany High baseball

• Albany High blood drives save lives

• 'Cooking with Sue' at Livingston

• Giffen, Myers students stride toward healthier lives

• Hackett students are city science champs

• Livingston student honored

• NanoHigh program advances

• Pete Porcelli takes over Albany High football

• Spring sports champs -- Falcons go 4-for-5

• Supreme Court justice, Hall of Famer visits Myers

• Three elementary schools to keep sixth grade in 2009-10

• Web partnership enhances student learning