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Two players on the girls' basketball team during a sectional game.

The varsity girls' basketball season may be over but the accolades earned by our st...

Group of students stands with judge in chamber

Mock Trial team advances

March 7, 2024

The Albany High School Speech and Debate/Mock Trial Team advanced in the Albany Co...

Joseph Hochreiter

For obvious and extremely good reasons, much of the attention on the function of a scho...

Two student actors exchange words during dress rehearsal

Opening night for “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is this Frid...

Albany High School A logo.

Registration is underway for student-athletes in grades 7-12. Tryouts/practices for ...

Band leader directs two dozen musicians in conference hall foyer

The Albany Marching Falcons are getting gigs EVERYWHERE. On Monday, a several member...

Samir Gardner standing on the podium after a third-place finish at the indoor track and field championship meet.

The number three long jumper in New York State is a Falcon! Congratulations to Samir...

An ALbany High basketball player faces off against a Shaker basketball player.

A tenacious second-half comeback effort by the Albany High School girls’ basketba...

City of Albany logo

The City of Albany is accepting applications through March 31 for the 2024&nb...

A poster advertising the 15th annual art exhibit at Empire State Plaza.

The 15th annual K-8 Art Exhibition at Empire State Plaza runs March 4-22 with a special...

Grade 3 students at Giffen, and Superintendent Hochreiter, learn about a new air monitoring program from University at Albany researchers.

Albany, the Capital Region and all of New York will benefit from cleaner air thank...

Public Schools Week 2024 logo

It’s National Public Schools Week – a great time to celebrate the criticall...

Albany High's boys' basketball team in action during a regular season game.

The Albany High School basketball teams are getting ready for the Section 2 playoffs, b...

Congrats, singers! Albany High students selected for festival

Seventeen Albany High School choir students were accepted into the Albany Pro Music Cho...

Representatives from the New York Giants hold a donation check for $30,000 with two City School District of Albany administrators.

You'd be hard-pressed to find a better date to announce that Section 2 Athletics is...

Four students run their hands through potting soil and water

It’s fun to start off the week getting your hands dirty doing hands-on learning! ...

Student using a Smart Board

New York voters in 2014 approved the statewide Smart Schools Bond Act referendum, which...

Students playing snare drums, bass drums and cymbals march in formation

Percussion home show a hit!

February 12, 2024

The Albany Indoor Percussion Ensemble’s Home Show last Saturday was smashing! ...

City School District of Albany tree logo.

All three City School District of Albany middle schools and all grades at Tony Cle...

The City School District of Albany Marching Falcons will represent our city and state t...

Student strikes two cymbals together

On Monday, the Albany Indoor Percussion Ensemble honed their precision and timing skill...

National School Counseling Week, Feb. 5-9, School Counseling, Standards-Based, Student-Focused

Make it a point to thank and appreciate a school counselor this week! Feb. 5-9 is Na...

Six students holding certificates stand next to their science teacher

For the third year in a row, an experiment proposed by a team of eighth-grade scientist...