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New Lebanon School Supply Drive

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Lebanon Valley Community Corporation (LVCC), a newly formed 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity organization, fosters the community and economic well-being of the Town of New Lebanon, its residents, and its neighbors.

The LVCC, together with the Unity Lodge No. 9 F. & A.M. Valatie NY, is sponsoring the Annual School Supply Drive. All proceeds will go towards purchasing supplies for children in the New Lebanon and Ichabod Crane Central School Districts. [Read more…] about New Lebanon School Supply Drive

Local Teacher Selected to Attend Solve for Tomorrow Teacher Academy

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Submitted by BCS Communications
Congratulations to Berlin Middle/High School Technology teacher Ms. Dawn Wetmore who has been selected to attend the 2023 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Teacher Academy in Denver, Colorado. The week-long program is designed to empower educators to inspire their students and tackle real world problems, while exploring new ways of using science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), and problem-based learning. Teachers from across the country will gather in person for an immersive professional development experience building on Solve for Tomorrow’s focus on STEM, problem-based learning, and various environmental issues.

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Painting Wins National Competition

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Will be Featured at Smithsonian

Submitted by BCS Communications
Berlin High School (BHS) senior Daniel Rivera’s powerful painting, Tears of Miss Justice: Mourning a Broken System, is a national award winner. Daniel won the Best in Show award in the annual Democracy Collection Student Art Competition sponsored by the National Art Education Association and the Art in Embassies of the US Department of State. This competition provides an incentive for students to explore democracy through the creation of art. Daniel won not only the top award for the Northeastern Region, but Best in Show out of the entire country.

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Upcoming Community Forums

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Berlin Central School District

Submitted by BCS Communications
Berlin Central School District (BCSD) has announced a series of four upcoming community forums. The forums will discuss such topics as changes to arrival and dismissal times, availability of after school programs, impact on student learning and Berlin-New Lebanon (BNL) athletics, and a reduction in the number of students on afternoon bus runs. 

The four forum locations and start times are as follows: [Read more…] about Upcoming Community Forums

Performing Arts Council Award Ceremony

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Hoosick Falls Central School District

Submitted by HFCS Communications
On the night of Tuesday, June 6th, the Music Department held its annual Performing Arts Council award ceremony. Dozens of students were honored for their performances throughout the year, including at All-County festivals, NYSSMA, and Albany Pro Musica. Drama Club students were also recognized for their hard work this year.

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New Lebanon Class of 2023 Parade

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Submitted by the NL Town Clerk
We are planning a graduate recessional parade immediately following graduation on Friday, June 23rd. The hope is to begin around 7:15 pm, but will be dependent on when the graduation ceremony has concluded. The parade will be led by area emergency service vehicles who will be escorting our senior class in their cars from Walter B. Howard Elementary School to the Junior/Senior High School to symbolize their educational journey in our district. Community members are invited to park their cars along Route 20/22 to cheer on our graduates. At the high school, the student parade will be met with teachers from both buildings with signs celebrating their successes.

Students Win Prize in Video Contest

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TAMARAC HIGH SCHOOL

Submitted by BBCS Communications
An independent group of students from Tamarac High School responded to a challenge from the Rural School Association and the New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal to produce a short film. This year’s theme was Our School, Our Community. The students, Cristopher Guido Connell, Thomas Andrew Kane II, Julius Emanuel Miller, Jacob Michael Hogan, Betsey Mae Colligan, Jack Alexander Roseberger, and Jordan Michael Broderick, facilitated by Technology teacher Dr. Jeffrey Bush, met during their lunch period to develop a creative and humorous response to the film challenge. The group’s effort was effective, and they won 2nd place in the state contest. The video can be seen by visiting https://youtu.be/ZqvBJrmYDF4.

Class of 2023 Valedictorian and Salutatorian

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BERLIN HIGH SCHOOL
Submitted by BCS Communications

Valedictorian
Congratulations to Elsie Corbett, daughter of Rebekkah and Daniel Corbett of Stephentown, the 2023 Valedictorian of Berlin High School (BHS). Elsie is graduating with an Advanced Regents diploma with honors and will attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) this fall. As a Mountaineer, Elsie is enrolled in the most rigorous academic schedules that Berlin offers, taking several advanced placement courses. These included an accelerated track in math and science since eighth grade, and honors english and social studies since ninth grade.

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Students Donate Moon Jellyfish

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Submitted by BCS Communications
For the last four years Mr. Matthew Christian’s Berlin High School (BHS) Marine Biology program has partnered with Via Aquarium in Rotterdam.  

BHS seniors Raymond Ericson, Elsie Corbett, and Samantha Rokjer, who took Mr. Christian’s class this year, once again were able to successfully raise moon jellyfish from polyps to embryos and finally to hatched moon jellies. The students then donated the over 100 moon jellyfish to the Via Aquarium.

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