The HFCS Class of 2011 Junior Prom, entitled City Lights, began with the Grand March in the high school auditorium at 4 pm where the King, Queen and the Court were announced. Junior Prom King and Queen were Class Historian Amelia Reynolds and Class Vice-President Mike Brewster. [Read more…] about HFCS Junior Prom
School News
Grafton Elementary Celebrates Character And Compassion
Grafton Elementary School raised $1,146.50 for the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. During the monthly Character Education Assembly on Monday May 3, twenty-three students were recognized for their participation in the St. Jude’s Math-a-Thon. [Read more…] about Grafton Elementary Celebrates Character And Compassion
Panther Softball Team Wins Heated Sectional Opener After Winning League Title
by Gary Danforth
On Wednesday, May 26, Charlie Weeden’s Hoosick Falls Central School varsity softball team battled 95 plus degree heat in their Section 2, Class CC playoff opener against the Corinth Central School Tomahawks at the Adirondack Sports Complex but held on for a 3-0 quarterfinal win. [Read more…] about Panther Softball Team Wins Heated Sectional Opener After Winning League Title
HFCS PTA Book Fair
The Hoosick Falls Central School PTA will host a Scholastic Book Fair and ice cream social on June 2 from 6 to 8 pm in the elementary school cafeteria. The annual event is intended to increase literacy among students and raise funds to purchase books for the elementary school library. Families, teachers and the community are invited to attend the Book Fair, featuring a fun theme – Book Fair Diner: All You Can Read!
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BCS Budget Rejected by Voters – Stewart, Nash And Webster Win BOE Seats
by Phillip Zema
Berlin’s 2010-2011 budget was rejected by a vote of 710 to 542. Options to purchase another school bus and spend $100,000 in renovations failed by votes of 620-599 and 608-561, respectively. In what was one of the most heated elections in recent memory, incumbent Beverly Stewart, John Nash and Alan Webster Jr. were elected to three-year terms on the Board of Education. Stewart overcame Sara Feathers by a vote of 641-609; Nash defeated Richard Beckwith 641-595 and Webster’s 710 votes topped incumbent Jeffrey Paine’s 549. [Read more…] about BCS Budget Rejected by Voters – Stewart, Nash And Webster Win BOE Seats
HFCS District Budget Passes By Big Margin
by Alex Brooks
The mood at the Hoosick Falls School Board meeting Tuesday was celebratory after the voters of the Hoosick Falls School District passed the budget by a margin of better than 2 to 1. The tally was 528 yes to 224 no. The bus purchase proposition passed by a vote of 496 to 254. The Capital Reserve Fund proposition passed by a vote of 466 to 273.
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Kindergarten Parent Information Night
Get ready, get set, go to kindergarten parent information night on May 25 from 6 to 7 pm at the Berlin Elementary School.
Curious? Excited? Questions? Meet the Kindergarten Screening Team. Get an idea of a day in the life of our kindergarten students. Visit Berlin Elementary School and get to know staff from food service, transportation and health services and meet the kindergarten teachers and the administration.
Come prepared to enjoy an evening of information and planning for kindergarten 2010. Child care will be provided by our PTO. Please call 658-2127 if you plan to attend.
DAR Good Citizen
by David Flint
Shawn Vasilatos has been selected by the faculty and senior class as the DAR Good Citizen of Berlin High School. Shawn was chosen for demonstrating qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism in home, school and community.
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Youth Leadership Ambassador
by David Flint
Connor Hoyt, a sophomore at Berlin High School, has been chosen as the school’s Ambassador to the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership seminar to be held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in early June. The mission of HOBY is to seek out, recognize and develop leadership potential starting with high school sophomores.
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
by Bea Peterson
Bravo! The Hoosick Falls Central School Drama Club has done it again! The production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on April 30 and May 1 was well done and downright fun! The orchestra is always a special touch in these productions. The sets moved around on wheels by the actors was fascinating to watch – great dancing and singing!
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