

Skano is one of four elementary schools located on the main campus. It is connected to Tesago Elementary School sharing a cafeteria/auditorium. It opened in 1966-67.
Skano 4th graders working with
electricity activities involving alternative energy
sources.
Students in Senora Austin’s class study
the culture of Mexico.
Mmmm…. learning mean, median and mode with M&Ms. What a delicious lesson in 5th grade at Skano!
Author David Lubar poses with Skano Third graders and their interpretations of his book Punished!
Skano Fourth Grade string students participated in their first Orchestra Showcase Performance. Excitement was in the air as the students started playing through their selections.
Mrs. Austin's former 5th grade students receive their chocolate eggs from Mr. Ciccotelli, owner of Cento Italian Import products. Thank you, Mr. Ciccotelli!
Skano 2nd graders build communities displaying the differences between urban, suburban and rural.
District Attorney Mr. Frank Hurley, from New York City, presented to Skano’s fifth graders. His focus was on the Bill of Rights and how these amendments connected to some very interesting cases. What a dynamic and interesting speaker!
Mrs. Banagan’s 3rd graders from Skano presented a skit on pollination at Morning Program this month.
Skano's Read Across America Day took place on March 2nd. Guest Reader, Board of Ed. member, Mary Blaauboer, read "Chester the Cat" to Skano's third graders in room 25.
Skano kindergarteners had a visit with a dental hygienist from Capital District Pediatric Dentistry. She talked to the children about how to keep their teeth healthy by brushing, flossing, and eating healthy foods and drinks!
As a culminating activity to their graphing unit, Mrs. Leclerc’s class sorted and graphed candy hearts.
As part of the Sound unit in 3rd grade, Mrs. Redgrave’s class made ‘edible ears’ using food and candy. Each part of the ear was a different food or candy and was ‘glued’ in place using fluff. Students then attached labels to each of the parts. Thank you to Kohl’s for donating the boxes for this awesome project.
Dr. Melissa shows students how to listen to their pulse using a Doppler pulse detector, which measures sound waves. Very, very cool!
At Skano, the law firm of Austin, Austin and Austin analyzes news articles and relates them to our “Living Constitution."
Fourth graders in room 18 at Skano work at experimenting with levers and trying to figure out the mechanical advantage of this simple machine.
Skano fourth graders get into dissecting owl pellets as a follow-up to their unit of study on birds, and after reading the story, "Owls in the Family".
At Morning Program, Mrs. Dunham’s 2nd grade class taught us the differences and similarities of fresh water and salt water by making a human Venn diagram. [MORE]
Students pose with Harmony, Tad and Mrs. Robertson from the CP-HPL at the Skano Dolphin Readers’ PJ Party. [MORE]
Ms. Gould is presented flowers at Skano's Morning Program after she is officially announced as principal. [MORE]
Mrs. Banagan’s 3rd grade class from Skano presented the character counts word; caring at Morning Program this month.
Future doctors listening to the “thump, thump” of their hearts, or the valves snapping shut as the blood enters the chambers of the heart. Way too cool!
Skano fourth graders enjoyed a Holiday party with their families celebrating their cultural differences.
Skano’s Student Council collected new toys and gifts to help fill buckets and Stuff the Bus!
4th and 5th grade choir students bring Holiday Cheer to Skano Elementary!
First grade Skano students enjoyed a visit from the Scotia-Glenville Traveling Children’s Museum. The program, “In Days Long Ago,” taught children about clothes, chores, and games from the pioneer days.
Skano’s Community Action Club held a Food and Personal Care Items Drive. Collected items were donated to CAPTAIN to benefit local families in our community.
Kindergarten students at Skano learn how to grind corn from the Scotia-Glenville traveling museum. [MORE]
After reading a novel of their choice, students in Mr. Farquharson and Mrs. Michelucci’s fourth grade class designed and shared their Book Report in a Bag project.
On November 15th and 16th, Shen Elementary librarians partnered with the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library to celebrate the launch of the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, Cabin Fever.
Skano's October 28th event was Spooktacular! 352 parents and students attended the event and a great time was had by all.
Future doctors from Skano Elementary studied the functions of the skeletal system, memorized the bones, parts of the bone and different kinds of fractures. They passed their exams with flying colors and earned their scrubs!
Skano Elementary hosted an activity to end
the District-wide Bullying Prevention week and Kick-off
Skano’s No Put Downs Program . [MORE
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Skano’s Fourth Grade Fire Prevention Poster winners were rewarded. They were greeted with excitement and cheers by their classmates upon their arrival to school in a fire truck!
The Run for Skano, held in October, raised $5,800. More than 110 Skano students participated with 35 buddy runners.
Posted 10/7/11
5th grade students in Mrs. Austin's class learn about the constitution. View their We the People of the United States Video.
Skano students, parents and staff competed in the Skano Dolphin Readers’ Battle of the Books. The September 30th event kicked off the practice of families reading together.
5/25 - 28/12 - No School, Memorial Day Weekend
6/2/12 - A Green and White Night, Shenendehowa Educational Foundation Fundraiser 6:30 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn
6/8/12 - Half Day ES, AM Kdg in Session
6/15/12 - Half Day ES, AM Kdg in Session
6/21/12 - Half Day ES, No Kdg, Last Day of School
Kindergarten
Grade 1 - Home Page
Mrs. Deguire; Miss Lutt; Mrs. Miller
Grade 2 - Home Page
Mr. Johnson; Mrs. Iannon; Mrs. O'Brien; Mrs. Dunham
Grade 3
Mrs. Avenarius;
Mrs. Zacher;
Mrs. Redgrave;
Mrs. Banagan
Grade 4
Special Areas
Mrs. Schram, accelerated math
Miss
Slezak, Music
Instructional Support Team
Ms. Hodovanec, Speech/Language
Mrs. Jasinski- Elementary Strings