Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Steve Bradley
The undefeated Lady Panther basketball team (7-0), ranked number two in New York State Class B, jumped out to a 22 – 4 first quarter lead and never looked back in defeating the Cambridge Indians Tuesday evening at Cambridge Central School. By the time the third quarter came to an end, the Panthers held a 51 – 23 lead. Cambridge had 29 turnovers that led to 28 of the Panthers’ points.
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by Steve Bradley
The HFCS boys basketball team defeated Cambridge Wednesday evening, 69 – 46. At the end of three quarters, the Panthers held a 56 – 32 advantage. Cambridge only had six players suited for the game. Andrew Hoag dropped in 16 points, and Connor McCart added 15 in the win.
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submitted by Coach Bob Lang
The Hoosick Falls bowling team beat Granville on Tuesday, January 6, by the score of 4-0. Hoosick Falls had total match pins of 3,782 to Granville’s total match pins of 2,530. Hoosick Falls now has a league record of 7-0 and an overall record of 8-0 with a league point total of 27-1. Granville has a league record of 1-3 and a league point total of 4-12. Top bowler for Granville was Dawson Goodspeed with a 164-475.
submitted by Erin Clary Communications Specialist, New Lebanon CSD
New Lebanon High school students in Kara Sokolowski’s Reading, Research and Writing in Science class recently had the opportunity to partner with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) to conduct real world research affecting the local agricultural community.
by Bea Peterson
What do Maria Callas, Enrico Caruso, Pablo Casals, Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Itzhak Perlman and Luciano Pavarotti all have in common with Hoosick Falls Central School music teacher Ambigay Yudkoff and her students? Well, they have all performed in Carnegie Hall!
This past December, for the third time in four years Yudkoff and her students sang as part of a chorus with groups from other schools in a program by composer and conductor Tim Janis. This year’s performance was Janis’ “American Christmas Carol.” For the event HFCS students sang with students from a West Virginia high school and three New Jersey high schools. The performance benefitted award winning actress Kate Winslow’s Golden Hat Foundation whose mission is “to change the way people on the autism spectrum are perceived, by shining a light on their abilities and emphasizing their great potential. With proper education and career training, these individuals can truly realize their dreams.”
The concert gave the students the unique honor of singing in the prestigious Carnegie Hall and aiding a wonderful charity at the same time.
HFCS students who rehearsed for countless hours in preparation for this performance were sopranos Caitlyn Boyd, Kali Bushey, Emily Grant, Aubrey Mahar, Jillian Maser, Victoria McMahon, Bridget Redick, Ciaely Sanchez, Ashley Sherman, Danielle St. Hilaire, Renee St. Hilaire, Tiffany St. Hilaire and Colton Strohmaier, altos Anna Brewer, Samantha Davock, Sierra Funck, Lexi Gates, Gracie Gorman, Savannah Haber, Hayli Heim, Cassandra Hynd, Jake O’Connell, Madison Taber and Eliza Whitman, tenor Dylan Malo and basses Jeffrey Brewer, Theodore Brogue, Darrell Holovach and Jarred Libby.
Several chaperones accompanied the students on their bus trip to New York City. Another bus was filled with parents and friends who attended the event as well. HFCS Superintendent Ken Facin and Business Administrator Pam Hatfield also attended.
submitted by Erin Clary, Communications Specialist, New Lebanon CSD
With lab tables, microscopes, goggles, a Smart Board, even an eye wash station, the new science room at the Walter B. Wood Elementary School has the makings of a complete high school laboratory. The new science classroom was installed this summer and fall.
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submitted by Jessica Balch 10-12 School Counselor
On Tuesday, January 20, at 7 pm in the H.S. Auditorium, Joseph Gorman, Manager of School Counselor Services at the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation, will be conducting a program on financial aid for all interested parents and students.
This informational evening will acquaint participants with the financial aid process, application procedures and common award practices.
For the first part of the presentation, Gorman will present an overview of regulations, forms, formulas and procedures.
For the second part of the presentation, he will give parents/guardians pointers on how to complete the FAFSA form.
I strongly recommend that all college bound students and their parents attend this workshop. It is an excellent opportunity to learn about the financial aid process and understand aid packages offered by schools.
Reserve By Monday
Please contact the College and Career office at 686-7321 x1510 by Monday, January 12, to RSVP for the workshop.
The Parent Engagement Committee at Berlin Elementary School is looking for community volunteers to join classrooms and share their love of reading. Volunteers will be matched with a classroom from March to April for approximately 30 minutes once a week. During this time volunteers may choose to read with the whole class, in a small group or with one student.
If interested, please contact Vallis Goodermote at 322-1630 or by email at vallisgood@gmail.com. Thank you for your interest and consideration. The BES students are excited to share their love of reading with you.
Parents and children in grades pre-k through 8 are invited to an Open House at Mountain Road School on Tuesday, January 13, from 9:30 to 11:30 am. Prospective families (kids are welcome, too) can enjoy a cup of tea, learn about the school, tour the classrooms and campus and meet with teachers and students.
“Mountain Road School has been providing progressive, heartfelt education from preschool through eighth grade since 1975. We provide a comprehensive education in a compassionate setting – kind of like a one room schoolhouse for the modern age,” said Director of Outreach, Anne Undeland. “Since this Open House takes place during school hours, families can get a genuine sense of the school in action – it’s a great opportunity,” she said.
The Mountain Road School is known for its innovative, multi-aged classrooms, visionary nature based curriculum and nurturing child centered philosophy. As alumna Anna Milkowski (now a science instructor at Phillips Academy, Andover) wrote, “Mountain Road remains an experience that speaks to my identity, the place where as an energetic rural kid I ran around outside, made things and first came to enjoy school…This is an important little school.”
The Open House is also an opportunity to view Mountain Road School’s new home in the lovingly restored 1788 Hand House, situated on 20 acres of fields, woods and streams.
Mountain Road School is located at 4565 County Route 9 in New Lebanon, NY. The mailing address, which works with many GPS systems, is 4565 County Route 9, East Nassau, NY 12062.
For additional information, visit the school’s website at www.mountainroadschool.org. or contact Anne Undeland, Director of Outreach, at 518-794-8520.
by Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School Board meeting was moved to the High School auditorium in anticipation of a large turnout of citizens, and indeed, there were 100 or more people there when the meeting started.
