Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
submitted by Bill Gaillard
By the Governor’s proclamation the month of March each year is designated to celebrate the school music programs in the State of New York.
This is the 43rd year of this celebration that began as Music in Our Schools Day on March 14, 1973. [Read more…] about Music In Our Schools Month
submitted by Brian Bushner
A student with ambitions for a career in the medical field was featured as a “Kids Who Care’ on WNYT-TV 13. Junior Anna Brewer was visited by WNYT Meteorologist Bob Kovachick last week and interviewed by him for the segment. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls High School Student Chosen For WNYT-TV’s “Kids Who Care”
by Deb Alter
The second draft of the 2016-2017 Hoosick Falls Central School District Budget was presented and discussed at the March 17 Board meeting. There were presentations about BOCES services, athletics, technology, buildings and grounds, transportation and debt service. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Central School Releases Second Draft Of 2016-17 Budget
The Hoosick Falls Central School District is taking a proactive, preemptive action to protect the water on the school campus and will be installing a carbon filtration system at the end of March. [Read more…] about HFCSD Will Install Water Filtration System
by Steve Bradley
The Wasaren League recently announced its selections for boys and girls basketball.
HFCS senior Megan Flynn was selected as league Most Valuable Player. HFCS junior Kelly Pine was selected for the first team with junior Lizza Ryan being selected for the second team. [Read more…] about Wasaren League Announces MVPs And All-Stars
by Deb Alter
The first draft of the 2016-2017 budget was presented at the February 25 Board Meeting. Business Administrator Pam Hatfield emphasized that it is just the initial rollout, and the budget is still being developed. Many variables beyond the control of the District are still in question, the biggest of them being state aid. The State budget is due on April 1, so more solid information will become available by then. Hatfield said that a simple rollover of the budget with a few tweaks would be a 4.5% budget-to-budget increase. This would be a little over a million additional dollars, of which so far additional State operating aid has promised to cover only about $160,000. [Read more…] about First Draft Of 2016-2017 Hoosick Falls School Budget Rolled Out; Superintendent Facin Calls For 0% Increase
submitted by Brian Bushner
The ExxonMobil Educational Alliance has awarded a $500 grant to Hoosick Falls Elementary School toward advancements in areas of math or science. The grant is from ExxonMobil and given via local owner-operators to share with schools in their communities. [Read more…] about Red-Kap And ExxonMobil Award Grant To HF Elementary
by Steve Bradley
The HFCS girls basketball team lost its bid for a second straight Section II Class B championship Saturday when they were defeated by the Glens Falls Indians at Hudson Valley Community College. Three pointers, something neither team was known as being especially good at, were the downfall of the Panthers. [Read more…] about Girls Lose A Tough One, 45 – 36
[private]
[/private]
by Steve Bradley
The number one seeded HFCS girls team (20-2) had two wins over the past week to earn their way into the Section II semifinals. First up was Broadalbin-Perth, a team that had to win a game to get into the playoffs, then Stillwater, a team the Panthers defeated twice during the regular season. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Girls Cruise Into Semifinals, Win Big Twice
