Birchwood fifth grader MeKenna Connor led a school-wide cereal box domino fundraiser. The school community collected 375 boxes in total. The cereal was donated to Street Soldiers, a group of volunteers, who provide comfort and basic necessities to people in need. Before donating the cereal, the school lined their main hallway to create a domino …
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The SeaPerch Underwater Robotics Club from Iroquois Middle School competed at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory’s Regional SeaPerch Competition at Union College on Saturday, April 1. All eight Iroquois teams showed off their skills navigating their robots through underwater obstacles and presenting their designs to the judges. Two of our teams, made up of students and …
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Nine Niskayuna students recently competed in the Regeneron Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair at RPI. Students from Niskayuna High School, Iroquois Middle School and Van Antwerp Middle School presented their original research on topics ranging from aerodynamics to computational analysis of election districts. All nine students won recognition for their projects. Tarun Jacob …
Q: What is social and emotional learning? A: Social-emotional learning is a set of skills essential for academic success, healthy relationships and career readiness. Being able to collaborate, consider other people’s perspectives, build self-awareness and make responsible, caring decisions are competencies we want to nurture in every Niskayuna student. A focus on social-emotional learning contributes …
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Glowing pennies, screaming gummy bears and rainbow-tinted test strips: three chemistry lab rooms in the high school transformed into an immersive tour of the wonders of chemistry during Regents Exam week this winter. The Chem Demos Club is made up of students in grades 9-12 who explain concepts in chemistry through hands-on experiments. The students …
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Niskayuna High School junior Eujeong Choi will be on stage at Proctors on March 11 as a guest performer with the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra. The Symphony will be performing “The Age of Nationalism (1918-1959)” on the MainStage at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 11. Eujeong, who won the Empire State Youth Orchestra 2022 Concerto Competition, will …
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Fifth grade art classes at each elementary school worked with visiting artist Josh Huber to create a stop-motion animation with the theme “Art is EPIC.” Huber is a technical artist for video game company Blizzard Entertainment and spoke with students about his career and roles in the video game industry. “It was a great experience. …
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Niskayuna teacher Susan Kokernak was awarded National Board Certification in Music – Early and Middle Childhood/Band. The National Board Certification was designed to develop, retain and recognize accomplished teachers and to advance student learning and achievement. It is the most respected professional certification available in K-12 education. Kokernak’s certification process focused, in part, on music …
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The Niskayuna High School Science Olympiad team recently ranked first in the Capital Region and won third place overall at the Capital Region Invitational at Columbia High School in East Greenbush. The competition included 38 teams from states across the Northeast and featured 25 challenges in subjects ranging from astronomy, chemistry and engineering. Challenges test …
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Iroquois Middle School English as a New Language students celebrated the Lunar New Year with a party featuring dishes from the school’s new community cookbook. The class prepared jiaozi, a dumpling, and tomato egg drop soup, both dishes from China. These are just two of the 55 recipes from 25 countries that make up the …
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