Posted 4/19/12

More than 200 staff and students participated in the Koda Kindness Volleyball Tournament.

Posted 2/17/12

Koda Student Council sold hearts at lunches to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House.

Posted 2/17/12

The Koda Student Council helped collect jeans as part of a "Teens for Jeans" drive which focused on collecting gently used jeans to donate to local teen shelters.

Posted 2/8/12

On Martin Luther King day, middle school students from FACS classes and Sewing Club joined teachers and members of the community to sew lap quilts. Approximately 100 quilts were sewn and will be donated to Wave Riders, Hospice, Domestic Violence, Cystic Fibrosis and Ronald McDonald House just to name a few. The quilts are donated to children who have had to work through difficult situations in their lives.

Posted 2/7/12

Bowling trip with students and staff in the Koda Mentor/Mentee program.

Posted 1/23/12

At the Capital District Future City competition, Shenendehowa was represented by three middle school teams. Both Koda, coached by Joseph Sliwinski and Gowana coached by Scott Clark received awards. However the Acadia team coached by Diane Wheeler received first place over all. The coach and the three student presenters are now getting a trip to Virginia close to Washington DC complements of the engineers to compete at the national level in February.

Posted 12/23/11

Koda faculty and staff serenade the students as they enter the building this holiday season.

Posted 12/23/11

Elvis comes to serenade Koda students with holiday songs at lunches.

Posted 12/23/11

The US Marines came to Koda to pick up more than $1300 worth of toys that the 7th grade collected money for and purchased for the Toys for Tots program.

Posted 12/7/11

Several Koda students won local awards from the VFW for essays they wrote. Koda 8th grader Luke Korff received an award from the VFW for an essay he wrote. Luke won a local award and the District VFW award which includes 13 counties and his essay is now receiving consideration as a state winner. Joining them is uke's teacher, Mrs McCarthy and Luke's mom who surprised him.

Congratulations to Shen middle school students who were recent winners in the VFW's Patriots' Pen Essay contest, sponsored by VFW Post #1498. 346 Shen students wrote essays and of these 23 were winners in the local contest, winning a certificate and $75. Their essays will now be judged by VFW District 3 for possible additional awards and honors. Thanks to VFW Post #1498 for recognizing so many of our students!
Winners:

Acadia: Zachary Dahoda
Koda: Emma Greenberg, John Yang, Luke Korff, Natalia Jurczynska, Gillian Lutz, Gabriel Cagara, Brianna Hurysz, Jordan Marr
Gowana :Sarah Whitbeck, Shannon Murphy, Kelly O'Gorman, Brianna Jimenez, Carly Hildenbrandt, Colin Graves, Stephen Lightner, Brendan Trump, Alicia Rocha, Chad Kupec, Morgan DiNoto, Kyle McGork, Iain Methe

Koda 7th grade Social Studies teacher, Colleen Cummings, who received a surprise visit in front of her class from the VFW to present her with the VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award.

Posted 12/2/11

"Kindness Revolution"

The three Shenendehowa Middle schools will be having our "The Colors of Kindness" week beginning on Monday December 5th- 9th.
During this week we are encouraging our teachers to discuss or incorporate the theme of kindness into their classes with a different focus and color theme for each day.
"Colors of Kindness": As part of our week's activities we are asking students and staff to wear certain colors each day of the week to help us focus on that day's theme. In addition we will be having a daily announcement over the PA system to help promote a culture of kindness in our school.
Monday: WEAR YELLOW to represent the "Golden Rule". Treat others the way you would like to be treated.
Tuesday: WEAR BLUE to show that you are "true blue". You are a honest and trustworthy person.
Wednesday: Red can represent emotions from love to anger. Today, WEAR RED to represent your range of emotions. It's how you respond to your emotions that counts.
Thursday: WEAR WHITE to show that you support peace.
Friday: WEAR GREEN to show your Shen pride. We are one community!

This is our first attempt to bring about a "Kindness Revolution" in our middle schools. As we move forward, we will have to compete with a lot of negativity in our world that we have no control over. We don't always have the time to address kindness in our instruction, but empathy can be taught. It can be modeled by the way we address it with our students and by the way you address situations with your children. So please help us promote the "Kindness Revolution" this coming week and every day!

Posted 11/22/11

Auditions for the middle school musical theater production of Seussical, Jr. will be held on Tuesday, November 29, Wednesday, November 30 and Thursday, December 2. Auditions will be held from 3:35-5:30 in room 915 in the middle school music hallway. Audition Applications and rehearsal information are available now outside room 915. Students must attend only 1 day of the auditions and will need to bring a completed form to their audition. Students will not be able to take the late bus home and must arrange for transportation. Please contact Mrs. Feeny or Mr. Pangburn with questions.