Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Steve Bradley
The HFCS boys baseball team lost to Tamarac Tuesday, 12 – 5, in a game played at Tamarac High School. Noah Coney hit a two run double for the Panthers. Pitcher Kealan Hitt (0 – 2) took the loss. [Read more…] about HFCS Baseball Boys Lose, Softball Girls Win
by Steve Bradley
HFCS basketball players from both the boys and girls basketball teams were honored with individual awards over the past couple of weeks. Both teams were undefeated in regular season Wasaren League play, each only lost once in the regular season, and each team won a sectional title.
[Read more…] about Basketball Teams Garner Awards
A night of mystery and intrigue……
Celebrate Agatha Christie’s 125th Anniversary by attending the Hoosick Falls Drama Club’s production of the timeless classic The Mousetrap, the longest running show in British history. [Read more…] about HFCS To Present Agatha Christie’s The MouseTrap April 24-26
by Bea Peterson
Last year it began as a whim for HFCS teachers Damien Bundrick, Bill Clairmont and Rob Viera. They and other teachers and students grew beards for No-Shave November to promote cancer awareness. From there it grew into the Beard Off when the three kept their beards through March. For two lunchtimes they sold $1 tickets for a drawing when a student could shave off their beards in any fashion. They raised $400 and they decided to donate it to the scholarship fund for their friend and mentor Isabel McGuire who passed away that month. Perhaps a hundred students watched the after school event. And the three courageous teachers sported their odd looking shaves the following day at school.
[Read more…] about Beard-Off Raises $1,000 For Isabel McGuire Scholarship
Five Hoosick Falls High School seniors who have been selected JLS Foundation scholarship finalists this year are doing their part to encourage their peers to participate in the school’s new Hometown Mentoring program. [Read more…] about Hometown Mentoring: College-Bound Seniors Promote New Mentoring Program, Urge Their Peers To Participate
Elizabeth Ryan, daughter of Michael and Patricia Ryan, has been selected as the school’s HOBY representative and will attend a weekend conference in the spring of 2015. The HOBY mission is to inspire and develop our global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation. The HOBY program has proven to be an educational, life-changing experience that provides leadership skill development with a strong focus on community service. [Read more…] about HOBY Leadership Award Recipient From Hoosick Falls Jr. /Sr. High School Is Elizabeth Ryan
A Great Season Comes Up One Game Short
Susquehanna Valley Comes Out On Top, 51 – 45
by Steve Bradley
The Panther Ladies celebrated a win Friday afternoon after they won the state semifinal game. That win put the Ladies in a position to bring home a state title the next day.. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Girls Basketball Falls In State Final
by Steve Bradley
Early Friday afternoon, the Lady Panthers put on a memorable shooting exhibition. Playing Irvington, the number one ranked team in NYS Class B, in the state semifinals at Hudson Valley Community College, the Panthers played well in the first half, holding a slim 20 – 17 lead at the end of the second quarter. [Read more…] about Semi-Final Game – A Shooting Exhibition
by Bea Peterson
The upcoming trip to Hawaii for students at Hoosick Falls Central School is exciting. Some of them have never been in a plane. Others have never been out of the continental United States. Others have barely traveled at all. They are anxious to see everything there is to see and everything there is to do. They want to try snorkeling and surfing, among other things. But most of all they are pleased to be bringing the Town of Hoosick Tribute Flag “Liberty” with them and to see it flown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl Crater in Honolulu. [Read more…] about Tribute Flag Liberty Going To Hawaii
by Alex Brooks
HFCS Business Manager Pam Hatfield said the budget proposed for next year has not changed much since last month because the District has still not received any State aid runs. School Superintendent Ken Facin explained that the budget is normally done based on state aid estimates derived from the Governor’s proposed budget, released in January. But this year the Governor will not say what he is recommending for state aid until the legislature agrees to his ideas on educational policy, and no information has been released to school districts about what they can expect in state aid. Hatfield said because of the lack of information about the District’s revenue for next year, “everything is at a standstill.” [Read more…] about State Aid Mystery Hampers Budget Process
