Prior to the Homecoming bonfire on Thursday, October 21, the Hoosick Area Youth Center & Community Coalition conducted a “Driving while Texting” demonstration at Hoosick Falls Central School. Students used golf carts to navigate a cone-lined course while texting on their cell phones. The idea was to show how texting can be distracting to drivers.
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HFCS PTA Meeting
The next business meeting of the HFCS PTA will take place on Wednesday, November 10, in the Elementary School Library beginning at 6:30 pm.
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HFCS BOE Approves Siege Club
by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School Board monthly meeting began with a presentation from Science Teacher Anthony Malikowski about the HFCS team’s experience building a machine to compete in the recent pumpkin chunkin’ contest at the Pumpkinpalooza Festival. Their machine, called Grape Shot, won the contest, and the students who participated were so fired up they wanted to do more of this kind of thing. Malikowski proposed a Siege Engineering Club and talked of organizing interscholastic competitions for siege machines. The Board approved the new Club later in the meeting.
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Top Students Are Recognized For Academic Excellence
Gloria Martinez and Tiffany St. Hilaire, two students from Hoosick Falls, were recently honored at a statewide awards ceremony for gifted children held by The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) on October 9 at Siena University.
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Cannoneers Are No Match For The Panthers’ Heavy Artillery
by Shari Hand
Coming off a week of rest following a Lake George forfeit, the HFCS Panther football team pulled out the big guns to shut out the Watervliet Cannoneers during last Friday’s Section II quarterfinal playoff match. The score was 42-0.
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Panther Girls Soccer Tops Ravena In First Round Of Sectionals
by Julie Luciano
The Hoosick Falls Girls soccer team beat Ravena in the first round of Sectionals on Wednesday, October 27, by a score of 6-2.
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Panther Field Hockey Wins League Championship And Honors Seniors
HFCS Key Club Trick Or Treat
On Sunday, October 31, the Key Club of Hoosick Falls Central will be Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF. Key Club members in grades 9 – 12 will be going door to door asking our community to donate their coins to help children around the world. The funds raised will be used to help save children’s lives in over 150 countries and territories through immunization, education, healthcare, nutrition, clean water and sanitation.
The “goblin” who knocks on your door will have an official orange “Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF” collection box. You can contact Mrs. Danforth, Key Club Advisor at HFCS for more information. Key Club wants to wish everyone a safe and Happy Halloween!
Field Hockey Tied For First Place In League
Hoosick Falls Girls Soccer Ends Season With Big Win
by Julie Luciano
The varsity girls’ soccer team ended their league play with a bang with a 6-0 win over Granville. It was their last home game and the girls’ senior game. The team will be graduating six seniors, Brooke Sargood, Alexis Hagadorn, Deanna Dubois, Amber Luke, Mary Luke and Kristin Bird. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Girls Soccer Ends Season With Big Win