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Kimberly Wilkins, Principal
Lesley Buff, Assistant Principal
100 Elbel Court, Albany, NY 12209
(click here for directions)
Ph: (518) 475-6425
Fax: (518) 475-6427
Follow this link to visit the Myers
Web site.
You also can
click here for a complete list of Guidance Office
contacts for the 2009-10 school year.
Stephen and Harriet
Myers
During the 1830s,
'40s and '50s, Stephen and Harriet Myers played an
important role in assisting thousands of African-Americans to freedom in the Albany area. The Myers led
the local branch of the Underground Railroad and also
published an abolitionist newspaper, The Northern
Star and Freeman's Advocate.
Click here to learn more about Stephen and Harriet Myers
and the Underground Railroad.
Upcoming events
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Wednesday, March 17 -- All-City Strings
Concert, Hackett Middle School, 7 p.m.
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Friday, April 2
-- Good Friday, no school
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Monday, April
5-Friday, April 9 -- Spring recess,
no school
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Monday, April 19
-- PTSA meeting, 6:45 p.m.
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News from the 2009-10 school year
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Myers writers tell
their "Story of Albany" -- Eighth-graders in
Jennifer Pryor's English class celebrated the City
of Albany in a series of essays they wrote about
their favorite memories of living here. Students
worked with Ms. Pryor and a reporter and an editor
from the Times Union.
Click here
to read some of their reminiscences.
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New
gang-education program to be offered in sixth-grade
health classes -- The City School District of Albany and the Albany Police Department have
launched a new gang-education program for middle school students, the
latest initiative in a broad community partnership aimed at expanding
services for children and families. The Gang Resistance Education and
Training program (GREAT) is a component of the
four-year, $6 million Safe Schools-Healthy Students
federal grant the district received in 2008 in
partnership with a coalition of public and private
agencies. You can
read more about the GREAT program in our District
News section.
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2009-10 supply lists:
Click here to visit the City School District of
Albany's Photo Gallery.
School times
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.
2009-10 enrollment
The City
School District of Albany has transitioned to a feeder
enrollment model for middle school students beginning in
2009-10. 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 will continue on in that school's
middle-level program, which serves about 150
students in grades 6-8.
Visit the District News section to read more about
the district's new model for middle school enrollment,
including neighborhood zones.
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
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Sheridan
Preparatory Academy
Visit the Middle School Enrollment section for more
information.
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New
for the 2005-06 school year, the
three-story, 140,000-square-foot Stephen and Harriet Myers
Middle School currently is home to approximately
530 students in grades 6-8. Myers was an
integral part of the City School District of Albany's
facilities project and its plan to improve middle-level
education by providing all students with smaller,
stronger and safer learning environments.