100 Elbel Court, Albany, NY 12209
(click here for directions)
Phone: (518) 475-6425
Fax: (518) 475-6427
Web site:
http://myers.albany.k12.ny.us
Kimberly Wilkins, Principal
E-mail:
kwilkins@albany.k12.ny.us
Lesley Buff, Assistant Principal
E-mail:
lbuff@albany.k12.ny.us
The school is named after abolitionists
Stephen and Harriet Myers, who lived in Albany from the
1830s through the 1850s. The Myerses played an important
role in helping hundreds of African-Americans gain
freedom in the Albany area via the Underground Railroad.
Click here to learn more.
Constructed in 2005 through the City
School District of Albany’s facilities project, Myers
Middle School is a modern three-story, 140,000-square
foot facility. The school contains 24 general-education
classrooms, six special-education classrooms, six
science rooms with prep space, cutting-edge technology
classrooms, modern family and consumer science
classrooms, two art classrooms with kiln and storage and
music, choral and band rooms.
You also can
click here for a complete list of Guidance Office
contacts for the 2009-10 school year.
School times
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Building opens:
7:40 a.m.
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Breakfast begins:
7:40 a.m.
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School day begins:
8 a.m.
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School day ends:
3 p.m.
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After-school clubs
and sports programs end: 4 or 5 p.m., depending
on the program.
Upcoming events
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Tuesday, Sept. 7-- First day of school
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Thursday,
Sept. 9 -- Rosh Hashana, no school
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Monday,
Sept. 20 -- PTSA meeting, 6:45 p.m.
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Monday,
Oct. 11 -- Columbus Day, no school
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Monday,
Oct. 18 -- PTSA meeting, 6:45 p.m.
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Monday,
Oct. 25 -- Winter sports sign-ups begin
(through Nov. 5)
News and information
Click here to visit the City School District of
Albany's Photo Gallery.
Absence from school
If your child is
absent from school for any reason, call the school at
475-6425 during the morning, and provide a written
excuse when your child returns to school.
Middle-school enrollment -- Myers feeder schools
The City
School District of Albany uses a feeder
enrollment model for middle-school students. Students from designated elementary schools
are assigned to either Myers
Middle School or
William S. Hackett Middle School. Each school has about 650 students.
Students in the elementary
program at North
Albany Academy continue on in that school's
middle-level program, which serves about 150
students in grades 6-8.
Students
graduating from the following elementary schools will attend Myers
Middle School:
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Albany
School of Humanities (ASH)
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Giffen
Memorial Elementary School
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Montessori Magnet School
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Pine
Hills Elementary School
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Schuyler
Achievement Academy
-
Sheridan
Preparatory Academy
Visit the Middle School Enrollment section for more
information.
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school supplies
-- It's never too early to start planning ahead for
school supplies for the upcoming year. You can download
the lists for each grade by clicking the respective
links below: