submitted by Brian Bushner
Six members of the Hoosick Falls Central School faculty and staff have been growing beards since November to help raise money for a great cause, The Isabel McGuire Memorial Scholarship. Students in grades 7-12 can purchase raffle tickets for which teacher they would like a chance to “shave,” which is an opportunity for the students to shave humorous and creative patterns, shapes, and designs into the beards. [Read more…] about Third Annual Isabel McGuire Memorial Beard-Off Raises More Than $1,300 For Scholarship Fund
Hoosick School Dist.
Hoosac School Trimester II Honor Roll
[private]HIGH HONORS
Benjamin Adrion (Petersburgh, NY), Alexis Avramtchev (Canada), Sibei Chen (China), Felicia Harris (Roscoe, NY), William Kennedy (Eagle Bridge, NY), Aleksandar Kirilov (Serbia), Julia Kopala (Bennington, VT), Yuqiao Li (China), Andrew Lusignan (Canada), Chengyang Miao (China), Seung Jun Pai (Korea), Daisy Perez (Eagle Bridge, NY), Taylor Schnoop (Hoosick Falls, NY), Hanjing Shi (China), Benjamin Viens (Canada), Kaixi Wan (China), Stephen Yetto (Bennington, VT), Sanding Yi (China), Hao Han Zhang (China), Yuejia Zhu (China)
HONORS
William Belec (Canada), Yan Bouchard (Canada), Nikoloz Bulashvili (Serbia), Riley Burns (Petersburgh, NY), Chuyun Chen (China), William Daniel (Canada), Jingjing Fan (China), Sophia Gocio (Saratoga Springs, NY), Wei Huang (China), Djordje Jaksic (Serbia), Anna Keane (Norway), Hyo Mun Kim (Korea), Brandon Kloc (Petersburgh, NY), Xiang Lu (China), Ling Ma (China), Huiqin Mao (China), Samuel Mix (Canada), Ying Pei (China), Milos Popovic (Serbia), Mengjia Qi (China), Marcus Richardson (Elmont, NY), Vincent Rousseau (Canada), Casim Shaikh (Canada), Binghang Sheng (China), Andrija Sreckovic (Serbia), Dapeng Sun (China), Miho Suzuki (China), Mikael Vallerand (Canada), Shadaysia Walton (Albany, NY), Yuelin Wang (China), Xin Wen (China), Yijia Wu (China)[/private]
HFCS PTA Receives Stewart’s Holiday Match Grant For Elementary Music Program
The Hoosick Falls Central School PTA recently received a $1,300 grant through Stewarts’ Holiday Match program, an organization that recognizes and supports children’s programs throughout the communities it serves. [Read more…] about HFCS PTA Receives Stewart’s Holiday Match Grant For Elementary Music Program
Spring Sports Starts In Dramatic Fashion
The HFCS spring sports season started off with a nail-biter when the Panthers gave up a goal with 8 seconds left in regulation, allowing Maple Hill to send the game into sudden death overtime with a 7-7 score. [Read more…] about Spring Sports Starts In Dramatic Fashion
Music In Our Schools Month
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
Hoosick Falls High School Student Chosen For WNYT-TV’s “Kids Who Care”
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”
Hoosick Falls Central School Releases Second Draft Of 2016-17 Budget
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
HFCSD Will Install Water Filtration System
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
Wasaren League Announces MVPs And All-Stars
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
First Draft Of 2016-2017 Hoosick Falls School Budget Rolled Out; Superintendent Facin Calls For 0% Increase
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