On June 26 BlueShield of Northeastern New York announced the 104 local high school seniors honored as the first Class of BlueShield Scholar Award recipients.
Among the 104 recipients are Kayleigh Corrado, a gradute of Berlin High School and Conor Jordan, a graduate of Hoosac School.
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Private Schools
SMA Golf Scramble
The 2012 Annual St. Mary’s Academy Golf Scramble will be held on Friday, August 3, at the Hoosick Falls Country Club. The event is Scramble Format/Shot Gun Starts with 8 am or 1 pm tee times. Cost is $70 per person with four person teams and includes greens fees, cart, lunch and light fair dinner. Spectators are welcome to watch the fun and enjoy lunch and dinner for $10.
For more information or to sign up contact Pat Hayes at 686-4314, ext. 202 or e-mail patriciakhayes@yahoo.com.
St. Mary’s Academy Graduation
St. Mary’s Academy wishes to honor its most recent graduating classes, those beginning their SMA career and those celebrating their completion of a wonderful SMA career. [Read more…] about St. Mary’s Academy Graduation
Local School Winners
It is with great pride that local school winners were announced by Bennington Elks 567 this week. Winners of the Americanism essay, entitled “Why It Is Important To Say The Pledge Of Allegiance,” were McKenzie Bradley and Anna Wysocki in grades 5-8 at St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls. Both received a $25 check from the Lodge. All participants were awarded a beautiful certificate of participation.
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St. Mary’s Academy Funtastic Fair
St. Mary’s Academy has set the date! This year’s Funtastic Fair is scheduled for Friday, June 8, and Saturday, June 9, from 5 to 10 pm. We’ve added more amusement rides this year, along with two nights of fun. Friday night there will be a Dodge Ball tournament in the St. Mary’s gymnasium and Saturday night there will be Indoor Laser Tag by Grin Mobile.
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Pet Donations
The second-graders at St. Mary’s Academy have been busy this year feeding cats and dogs in shelters. Since September the students have been visiting the website www.freekibble.com, a website launched by an 11 year old girl in Oregon who just wanted to help the shelter pets in her community. [Read more…] about Pet Donations
Run For The Rhubarb
The Second Annual Run for the Rhubarb will be held on Sunday, May 20, at 9 am in Shatford Park in New Lebanon. There will be a 5k race, a Kids Run, a 5k Walk, a Moving Sale, food and fun activities for the family. This is a fundraiser for the Mountain Road School.
Day of race registration is between 7:30 and 8:30 am or you may register on line at www.albanyrunningexchange.org or www.active.com. For more information call 518-794-8520.
Upcoming St. Mary’s Events
An Afternoon Of Drama
The sixth and seventh-graders of St. Mary’s Academy in Hoosick Falls invite community members to attend an afternoon of drama on Wednesday, May 16, at 1 pm in the school gym. [Read more…] about Upcoming St. Mary’s Events
Rare Corpse Flowers At Darrow School
Unseasonably warm temperatures across the Northeast have spurred many flowering plants – from Washington D.C.’s renowned cherry blossoms to the forsythia in Central Park – to blossom early this year. Darrow School’s famous corpse flowers are no exception, and are flowering now.
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Marc Castelli At Darrow
From April 2–5, 2012, Darrow School welcomes artist and environmentalist Marc Castelli as part of the School’s Visiting Artist Series.
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