Niskayuna is excited to launch our District-Wide Food Drive to stock the shelves for Nisky NOW from October 17 to November 4. Your student can bring in their donation to school any day! Each school will be collecting donations for holiday and school vacation food and food that goes into weekly bags for students experiencing …
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Spectrum News featured Niskayuna’s three student board representatives this week. Watch the story on their website. Three high school students serve on the board to help ensure student voices are a part of the Board of Education’s discussions. “For me personally, I think it’s the tangible evidence that we are doing something good, and especially …
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Jason Lian and Andrew Zhang of Iroquois Middle School and Brian Sun of Van Antwerp Middle School were recognized as top 300 finalists in the Broadcom MASTERS national middle school science competition. They were coached by Iroquois Middle School science teacher Kate Leto. Their project, What Is the Best Way To Optimize a Catapult?, also …
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Dear Niskayuna Families, I’m pleased to announce the recent appointment of Andrea Marques-Clarke, who will be succeeding Jessie Richards as Director of Secondary Special Education. Richards accepted a position at Watervliet Central School District over the summer. Marques-Clarke brings 30 years of experience in the field of special education to our district. She currently serves …
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Elementary teachers and administrators worked together over the last three years to develop an updated report card to better communicate what students are expected to know and be able to do based on current New York State standards and updated curriculum. We will begin using the new Standards Based Report Card in grades K-5 this …
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Dear High School Families: We are happy to announce that the new parking lot will open Friday, September 9. The diagram below shows the traffic pattern of the new lot: General Reminders The high school building opens for students at 8:15 a.m. The loop near the main entrance is the only designated area for parents …
Nisky NOW, Inc., the Niskayuna Central School District’s weekend food program for food insecure students, is excited to announce a new initiative to expand food offerings. Beginning September 8 free freezer foods will be available for participating families to pick up at the Nisky NOW pantry on Thursdays from 9-11 a.m. and 5-7 p.m. The …
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Who says science can’t produce the thrill of an amusement park ride? This summer, 43 young women students entering grades 7 through 9 took part in the Niskayuna Central School District’s 11th Annual Engineering Institute for Young Women summer camp. This year, you could say it provided the students with a “Playland” into the wonderful …
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Bus route information for the 2022-23 school year is now posted in PowerSchool. Follow the steps below to view your child’s bus route in the PowerSchool Parent/Student Portal. Like many other districts in the region and across the country, we continue to experience a shortage of bus drivers. We held a successful driver recruitment drive …
School supply lists for the 2022-23 school year are available at each of the links below for kindergarten through eighth-grade students. Birchwood Elementary Craig Elementary Glencliff Elementary Hillside Elementary Rosendale Elementary Iroquois Middle School Van Antwerp Middle School
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