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Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

Hoosick School Dist.

Channel 13 Videos Awareness Talk At HFCS

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by Bea Peterson
The boys in the HFCS Class of 2011 will soon be heading to college or the military or a job. Life is different outside the safety of family and school. This was one of the points Students Assistance Counselor Maryann Strauss, Mike Fonda and 2004 HFCS graduate Matt Harrington tried to make to the senior boys on Tuesday, May 31.
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Mike Brewster One Of Eleven Honored By The National Football Foundation

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by Bea Peterson
The 2010 Capital District Chapter of the National Football Foundation and the College Hall of Fame narrowed its field of candidates from 61 to 11 for its annual Scholar-Athlete Dinner at the Turf Inn on May 9. HFCS football team tri-captain and quarterback Mike Brewster was one of ten sectional players and one college program player honored that night. The event recognized the achievements of these athletes on and off the field.
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BCANY Academic All State Boys Team 2010-2011

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The following basketball players from HFCS were named to the New Balance-Basketball Coaches Association of New York, Inc, Academic All State Team for 2010-11. In order to qualify a player had to be a junior or senior on the varsity basketball team with a minimum scholastic average of 90 and must have been named as a 1st or 2nd team All Star by their league or section or local media. The Academic All State selections from Hoosick Falls are Alex Lilac,  Quinn Rasmus and Tanner Williams.
In addition the HFCS Boys team was selected as a BCANY Boys Team Academic All State from Section II. This is ascertained by using the academic average for the team.

HFCS District Budget Passes By Wide Margin

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by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls Central School Budget for the 2011-12 school year passed by a vote of 503 to 256. The bus purchase proposition passed by a vote of 500 to 254. Dave Sutton was re-elected to a 3 year term on the School Board with 587 votes. John Helft was re-elected to a 3 year term with 565 votes, and Greg Laurin was elected to a one year term with 499 votes.
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