Posted 9/28/11

TRANSPORTATION NOTICE
Shenendehowa Schools will not be in session on September 29, 2011 in observance of Rosh Hashanah. Transportation will not be provided on this day for Shen public, BOCES occupational educational programs as well as all non-public schools. Students attending special education classes located out of district, who have classes scheduled, will be transported as normal.

Posted 9/27/11

Shenendehowa High School East’s Mostly A Capella and Chamber Choir will present Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado on Saturday October 1st at 7:30pm and Sunday October 2nd at 2:00pm at the High School East Auditorium. This fund-raising event will support Mostly A Capella’s invitation to perform at the New York American Choral Directors Association’s Fall Conference on October 22 at Nazareth College in Rochester. Tickets are $10.00 for Adults and $5.00 for Students and can be purchased at the door.
Featured performers include Dan Lyng as Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner; Nick Ringelberg as Pooh-Bah, the Lord High everything else; Billy Golden as Nanki-Poo, the errant son of the Mikado; Lauren Silberstein as Yum-Yum, his sweetheart; Elizabeth Prezioso as Pitti-Sing, Joe Davila as Pish-Tush, Amanda Simmons as Peep-Bo; Mark Thomas as The Mikado of Japan; and Bria Kelly as Katisha, his overly dramatic daughter-in-law elect.
Silliness reigns in this concert version of the great British classic that pokes fun at British law, social customs, and society.

posted 9/27/11

Buffalo Wild Wings in Clifton Park has partnered with the Shen Varsity Hockey Booster Club. Buffalo Wild Wings will be holding a Shen Hockey day on October 15th, all day at their Clifton Park location. Please bring the attached tickets to Buffalo Wild Wings on the 15th and 10% of your pre-taxed food sales (less alcohol and promotional discounts) will go directly to the Shen Varsity Hockey Booster Club.

Posted 9/27/11

The High School Partnership Team and the entire high school are pleased to recognize the Food Service Staff of both High School East and High School West with the Mission Impossible Award. Each day, the staff works tirelessly to prepare meals that satisfy and nourish our students and staff. They always present a welcoming attitude and commitment to helping those around them. Each staff member of the high school Food Service Team will receive a certificate in recognition of all that they do for our school community.Congratulations to Naomi Brudzinski and her staff at High School East, along with Mary Lou Faniff and her staff at High School West for a job well done!

During the 2010-2011 school year, the High School Partnership Team, comprised of administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and students established the Mission Possible Award to highlight the good works of faculty, staff, parents, and students who go above and beyond in living out the school’s mission statement. The mission statement says: In accordance with the Profile of a Shenendehowa Graduate, the high school community will pursue the highest levels of academic and personal achievement, as well as civic responsibility, cultural awareness and character development.

Posted 9/27/11

Informational Meeting for Elementary Colorguard on Oct. 5 at 7pm

The Shen 5th Grade Guard has always been an introductory level to the competitive colorguard programs here at Shenendehowa. They have each year performed in exhibition at our colorguard show held here at Shen as well as traveled to one other show to perform.
Due to continued strong response to the program for the first time ever the guard will become part of the competitive units here at Shen. They will compete against other elementary level programs from around the state.
It is extremely exciting that for the first time in the Shen Colorguards 21 year history that we will be able to offer this opportunity to both 5th grade boys and girls.
If you are interested in finding out more information about this program there will be an informational meeting held on Wednesday October 5th at 7:00pm in the Skano/Tesago Cafeteria. At that time we will be showing videos of past performances, covering the practice and competition schedule as well as answering any and all questions you may have.
If you are unable to attend the meeting but are interested or have any questions prior to that, please feel free to contact Shen Colorguard Director Scott Snell at scotsnel@aol.com

Posted 9/22/11

The new 1000-foot ADA-compliant trail that links the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library to the Arongen Elementary School and Wall Street near the Southern Saratoga Y was officially opened in September. With this new trail, residents can now walk to or bike from anywhere along the Moe Road trail system to the Exit 9 commercial area.
The new trail is a partnership between the town, library and school district. The school district built the part of the trail from Arongen to Wall Street using grant money from NYS DOT, the town built the section from the library to Arongen and the library donated the property for public right-of-way use.
The ribbon cutting took place Arongen elementary school students and faculty.

osted 9/21/11

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has asked local, state and other federal agencies to help spread the word that those who are affected by federally declared disasters can qualify for temporary financial and/or direct assistance. State and federal officials have announced that Saratoga County residents are eligible to receive disaster assistance designed to help affected individuals recover from the effects of the recent flooding caused by Hurricane Irene. Please see the attached brochure (in English and Spanish versions) with directions on how to apply for assistance.

Posted 9/20/11

In September, players and coaches from the Girls Varsity, JV, and Freshman Volleyball Program participated in a Run For Life 5K event in the Old Dater Farm neighborhood to raise money for the Hannah's Hope Fund http://hannahshopefund.org. This the Program’s third year running the race. The girls really enjoyed participating in such a worthy cause.

Posted 9/20/11

Homecoming T-Shirts will be on sale to the general public starting today after school from 3:30 pm until 5:30 in the High School East Main Lobby. T-Shirts are $6 and that price includes your admission to the game as well as a donation to the Melody Center at Albany Medical Center which fights childhood cancer. That donation will be made in memory of Luke Romano as part of our Coaches versus Cancer Homecoming initiative. Please contact the Shenendehowa Athletic Office if you have any questions.

Posted 9/20/11

The Girls Varsity and JV Volleyball teams will be hosting its fourth annual tournament- “Shen’s Columbus Day Conquest” on Saturday October 8th. Please come and support Shen Girls Volleyball as they take on both local teams and teams from outside of the section. The tournament will take place at HS East in both the Main and New gyms beginning at 8:00 am.

Posted 9/16/11

Tonight's home football game will be broadcast by Time Warner. Team-20 (Shenendehowa Robotics Team) will be highlighted during halftime. They will be interviewing students and displaying last year’s robot.

Posted 9/16/11

The FBLA club recently collected school supplies for residents in the Schoharie County region that were impacted by Hurricane Irene and the flooding that ensued. Students, faculty and staff were overwhelmingly generous with their donations and we were able to collect roughly ten boxes of supplies to send. Thank you to everyone who took the effort to donate to this important cause.

Posted 9/15/11

Two Towns – One Book: Clifton Park & Halfmoon Read

The Friends of the Library and Community Partners are pleased to invite the Shenendehowa community to participate in The Contenders Revealed!

The Two Towns – One Book Selection Committee read the top 25 books from community nominations over the summer and chose five contenders. Now YOU need to decide which book will be our first community-wide read!

Voting begins at The Contenders Revealed event on September 20 from 5-7 at the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library. Adults and high school students can vote for the BOOK online at www.twotownsonebook.org, at the library, or at several locations in the community.  

Copies of the five books will be available to borrow or purchase, courtesy of East Line Books. Food provided by local businesses. Participate in a Scavenger Hunt and you may win a big prize! Register at www.cphlibrary.org

The winning book, along with recommended ‘companion’ books for younger readers, will be announced in November 2011. A wealth of community activities will begin in January 2012 in celebration of the book and its broader themes. All events will be free of charge.

Two Towns-One Book (TTOB) was created to bring the people in our community together through the shared reading of a common book.

Posted 9/14/11

On October 6, Shenendehowa Middle School choral students will be performing in a concert with the University of Rochester “Yellow Jackets” at 7 p.m. at Shen High School East. The “Yellow Jackets” are an acclaimed A cappella group who’s television premier will be September 19 on NBC’s “Sing-Off”.

Posted 9/13/11

House for sale built by Shen students

For the past several years, the technology class project has been the construction of a house which has been sold through a sealed bid process. The 2010-11 modular house is up for sale. The minimum bid price has been lowered to $25,000. The floor plan is a ranch style house with a living room, dining room and kitchen. It has three bedrooms with two full baths and two walk-in closets. The house includes rough plumbing ans wiring but is not provided with kitchen cabinets, stairs, all plumbing fixtures, interior doors and electrical fixtures. Click here for the bid and house specifications.

Posted 9/13/11

New Evaluations for teachers and administrators

Shenendehowa has developed its Basic Plan for Teacher evaluation and Basic Plan for Principal evaluation based regulations released by the NYS Education Department. Last year, the legislature passed a bill that mandates 60 percent of a teacher’s evaluation be based on subjective measures like a principal’s observations, a review of student work, or surveys of parents and students; 20 percent on local tests or other assessments; and 20 percent on state tests, potentially rising to 25 percent in subsequent years.

The evaluations will be conducted annually, and will be used for a number of things, from developing more effective professional development programs for teachers to decisions about promotion, retention and removal.

The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) has challenged the new evaluation system and a judge ruled that 40 percent of a a teacher's evaluation cannot be based on student test scores. The NYS Education Department says it will appeal. Click here for story. However, while the debate goes on at the state level, the district still has an obligation to evaluate teachers and principals.

Posted 9/9/11

Emergency Notification - Roads closed to buses

The Rexford Bridge and the Freemans Road Bridge located in Schenectady County are closed this afternoon due to flooding. Non-public and special education schools bus runs returning to Shen from Schenectady County will be delayed. Buses will detour to the Northway to return to the Shen district.

Sections of Riverview Road in Clifton Park and Halfmoon are also closed due to flooding. If you live in the flooded areas you are asked to pickup your children at school. Buses will not be travelling on those sections of Riverview Road.