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HFCS PTA Helps To Launch The 1,000 Book Club For Community

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At a recent HFCS School Board Meeting, PTA President Heather St. Hilaire presented a check for $4,000 to Elementary School Principal Patrick Dailey and k-6 Reading Teachers Tiffany Grant and Jenn Barron to fund the 1,000 Book Club, a program designed to encourage reading in pre-school children and have books provided for them to do so.  The goal is to have children read (or have read to them) at least 1,000 books by the time they enter kindergarten. [Read more…] about HFCS PTA Helps To Launch The 1,000 Book Club For Community

HFCS Wellness Day

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Hoosick Falls Central School is having its third annual Wellness Day on Thursday, April 28.  Intended to involve students, faculty and staff, the day will include a variety of activities. Representatives from the community, the Rensselaer County Health Department, the New York State Police, the Sexual Assault and Crime Victims Center, Blue Shield, Questar, the American Cancer Society among others will be here discussing various aspects of wellness.  Students will get physical by using Wii Fit and “Just Dance” and participating in Zumba. An outdoor track will be set up around school grounds for hiking on, what we hope is, a beautiful spring day.  This event is something the staff and students look forward to every year.  It will take place in the gym from 10 am until 1 pm.

SMA Auction Raises $30,000

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by Bea Peterson
A good-sized crowd filled the Saint Mary’s Academy gym Saturday evening, April 2, for the school’s annual auction. The bidding was wild in some instances, especially when it came to items made by students in the various SMA classes. In some instances a bidder walked away with a real bargain and in other cases the bidding went sky high! One hundred and twenty-five items were auctioned, ranging in value from $45 to $2,600. There were also several silent auction items that went for a pretty penny. The evening was a great success. There were plenty of delicious refreshments and SMA alumni socializing.
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The Next HFCS PTA Meeting

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The next business meeting of the HFCS PTA will take place on Wednesday, April 13, in the Elementary School Library beginning at 6:30 pm.
As always, members and non-members are encouraged to join meetings to find out what the PTA is doing for our children and to share ideas for special programs and events to benefit the children and families of our school district.
If you’d like to become a member or to learn more about PTA and its programs, please attend this meeting or contact Membership Chair Andrea Lane at 518-686-0734.

Texas Hold’em Tournament To Benefit ADAPT

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On Saturday, April 23, ADAPT will hold a Texas Hold’em Tournament fund-raiser with hosts Rick Ferrannini and Rick Tinkham at the North Hoosick Fire Department on Route 22 in North Hoosick. The doors will open at 12:30 pm for registration, and game play begins at 1 pm. No advance registration is required. Entry fee is $35, with $10 going to ADAPT. There will be a re-buy at 2:30 pm for $35 (with $10 going to ADAPT). Refreshments will be for sale, benefiting ADAPT; and 50% of a 50-50 raffle will also benefit ADAPT. Participants must be 18 years of age or older.

Underage Drinking And Drug Use Coalition Meets

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The next meeting of TRACs, our local drug and alcohol prevention coalition, will be Wednesday, April 13, at 5:30 pm in the library of Berlin Middle School/High School. The group will be discussing several new and important community projects that will benefit from community input. If you are concerned about underage drinking or drug use, work with teens in the community, are parents of teens or tweens or have an interest in the well being of our community, please come to the coalition meeting. TRACs is finding ways to keep our children and teens safe; attend to learn more about how communities such as ours have turned around teen drinking and drug problems and help us put those strategies to work in our community.

St. Mary’s Academy Announces Spring Open House

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St. Mary’s Academy is hosting an Open House on Saturday, April 9.  Members of the public are invited to tour the Academy located at 4  Parsons Avenue, Hoosick Falls, from 10 am to 12 pm.
St. Mary’s Academy enrolls students from pre-kindergarten (3 years +) through eighth grade.
St. Mary’s enrichment opportunities include art, athletics, language, music, student government and Odyssey of the Mind.
New Principal
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