Berlin Middle School Student Council will be hosting its 3rd Annual Ziti Dinner on Friday, April 30, at the Berlin Middle/High School cafeteria. All proceeds will go towards The Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center. We will be serving homemade ziti dinners, vegetarian and meat, along with drinks, desserts and more from 5 to 7 pm. At 5:15 pm, for your enjoyment, we will be showing the DVD “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” while dinner is being served. Dinner ticket prices are $7 for adults and $5 for children. Tickets can be purchased at the door.
School News
St. Mary’s Academy Spring Auction
St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls is holding its Annual Spring Auction on Saturday, April 17, at the school at 4 Parsons Avenue. Priceless works of art created by the students will be up for bid as well as a Queen Natural Form Mattress Set from WCW, Mets baseball tickets for the June 6 game against the Florida Marlins, 3-day accommodations on Martha’s Vineyard, brunch for 4 at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs, autographed jerseys from Donovan McNabb, Chris Pronger and Andre Iguodala, season passes to Hathaway’s Drive-In in North Hoosick and much more! Doors open at 6 pm, and the live auction will begin at 7 pm. Light fare and a cash bar will be available. Call the school at 686-4314 for more details.
Battle Of The Belts At HFCS
Hoosick Falls Central School is conducting its fourth “Battle of the Belts” competition on Wednesday, April 21, with a rain date of April 22.
Students in grades 7-12 will participate in this event to raise awareness of the importance of wearing seat belts. Each grade will be represented by a team of four students. [Read more…] about Battle Of The Belts At HFCS
Next HFCS PTA Meeting
The next business meeting of the HFCS PTA will take place on Tuesday, April 20, 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 would like to become a member or to learn more about PTA and its programs, please attend this meeting or contact membership chair Heather St. Hilaire at 518-686-7649.
From Sheep To Floor For St. Mary’s Auction
Mrs. Merwin’s seventh grade class at St. Mary’s Academy has been hard at work on their class project to be put up for bid at St. Mary’s Annual Spring Auction. The students are starting with wool from a local Shetland sheep to create a naturally dyed and hand braided rug. This year’s Auction will be held on Saturday, April 17.
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HFCS Faculty Basketball Fund Raiser
The HFCS Class of 2012 is holding its second annual faculty vs. faculty basketball game on April 29. There will be two games this year, a women’s game at 5 pm and a men’s game at 6:15 pm. Admission is $3 a person. There will be a 50/50 raffle and a half court shot competition as well as the sale of snacks and Hoosick Falls T-shirts.
Come support the HFCS faculty as they take on the Lansingburgh faculty – two games you won’t want to miss.
Do Good; Have Fun; Go For A Spin!
The HFCS PTA invites you and your family to join them “as they put the ‘fun’ back in fund raising” with The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom Annual SPRING SPIN: One Good Turn to Benefit Another. For each ticket sold, the PTA earns $5 and that allows you to attend any opening day in May – 12 in all.
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All-County Concert Held At BCS
by Phillip Zema
On Saturday March 27, Rensselaer County’s finest student musicians performed at the Berlin High School. The annual Rensselaer All-County Concert, which had representatives from thirteen area schools, featured an elementary band, junior chorus, jazz chorus and senior band. For hundreds of yards, both sides of Route 22 were lined with vehicles. Those in attendance were treated to a series of well performed classical and contemporary musical works.
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Ward Stone Featured At Outdoor Expo
by Bea Peterson
Hoosick Falls Central School held its Second Annual Outdoor Expo March 26 and 27. On Friday elementary students, armed with colorful questionnaires asking them to find birds, animals and information, scrambled past the many exhibits that filled the high school gymnasium. For every correct answer they checked off, they received a stamp on their paper at that exhibit. [Read more…] about Ward Stone Featured At Outdoor Expo
First Place Winners From St. Mary’s Meet Odyssey Founder Sam Micklus
St. Mary’s Academy’s eighth grade Odyssey of the Mind team competed in the state finals at SUNY Binghamton last weekend after winning first place in the Division II balsa wood engineering regional competition last month. The St. Mary’s team scored a shared third place in the spontaneous problem solving portion of the state competition. The winning eighth grade team includes Libby Cass, Maggie Murdock and Erin Murdock of Stephentown, Anthony Chapones, Alyssa Giordano and Alex LaBarge of Hoosick Falls and Nate Winchester of Cambridge, NY.
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