SAGE -
Shenendehowa Advocates for Gifted Education Website
SAGE sponsors Saturday Scholars, a program of mini-courses designed to provide
challenging enrichment opportunities for academically, creatively and
artistically talented children.
Shen
Dollars for Scholars program offers a wide-range of scholarships
including memorial scholarships, additional
scholarships with specific emphases, as well as the general DFS
scholarship. Interested applicants should visit the
website and click on Scholarship Application for specific requirements.
Located in the southern part of the district, Okte Elementary School
is one of four off-campus schools. . It opened in 1973.
News
Posted on 5/27/09 2009-10 School Supplies
Beginning September 2009, Shenendehowa has prepared
district-wide supply list guidelines for elementary schools.
Click here to view. This
is an effort to regulate the amount of supplies that parents have to
purchase at the beginning of the year.
Posted 5/27/09 Eight Okte
students have been awarded writing awards for articles published in this
year's edition of the Student Gazette, published on May 15 as an insert in the
Gazette newspaper. Winning articles were chosen from student writers
throughout the Capital District.
Haley Crouth, a
fifth grader, won First Place in the Opinion category, and fourth grader Jamie
Bottino won Second Place in the same category. Fifth grader Aaron Huneck
took Second Place for an article in the Sports category, and fourth grader
Norah Caher took Third Place. Fourth grader Audrey McMahon won Third Place
for a News Feature article. Honorable Mention awards went to fourth graders
Ryan Brady, Katelyn McGuire, and Nicole McCarvill.
The articles were
written as part of a collaborative project between the schools "Writers
Workshop" curriculum and the library media center. Students chose topics,
researched, conducted interviews and wrote and revised articles for submission
to the community-based contest.
Posted 5/20/09
Half-day schedule for June:
Friday, June 12, AM Kind.
attends, no PM Kind.: Okte - K-5 are dismissed at 12:15 p.m.
Friday, June 19, AM Kind.
attends, no PM Kind.: Okte - K-5 are dismissed at 12:15 p.m.
Wednesday, June 24, no Kind.
attends: Okte - gr. 1-5 are dismissed at 12:15 p.m.
Posted on 4/20/09 Shen Elementary Schools Host Prolific Nonfiction Author Gail Gibbons. Award winning author and illustrator Gail Gibbons
visited
several of our elementary schools, including Okte, Orenda, Chango, Tesago and
Skano. Recently, the Washington Post reported that "Gail Gibbons has taught
more...early readers about the world than any other children's
writer-illustrator." Gail Gibbons has written and illustrated more than 135
books since 1975. Her books answer the who, what and how for curious children.
Gail will be addressing her research strategies and walking our students through
the steps of book publication.
Posted on 4/3/09 Middle school boundary changes - As a result of the need to balance
enrollments across the three middle schools students from the various elementary
schools will be reassigned. The major changes are:
Skano, Shatekon and
approximately half of Arongen 5th graders will go to Koda for sixth grade.
Chango, Karigon and Orenda
5th graders will go to Gowana for sixth grade.
Tesago, Okte and
approximately half of Arongen 5th graders will go to Acadia for sixth grade.
Students currently in middle
school will remain assigned to the same school until they move on to High School
West for 9th grade.
Requests to attend the same
school as a sibling should be sent to the superintendent's office. Students with
specialized programs may be assigned to a different middle school for that
particular program. Formal notifications will be mailed to parents next week.
Posted
3/3/09 Almost March Madness was a HUGE
success! In February, the PTA sponsored Almost March Madness, a basketball
competition between elementary schools. Staff members from
Arongen, Okte, Shatekon,
Skano and Tesago played basketball to a sold-out crowd of supporters. The
program was complete with cheerleading exhibitions for each school. The event
was such a success that there are plans to expand it for next year. Money raised
will be used to support the PTA and our schools! Congratulations to the Shatekon
team for winning the event!
Click
here for photos of the event (Okte pictures will be added soon).
Okte students performed a play
honoring Dr. Martin Luther King. Click the
play (gray/black arrow) button to view the video.
Beginning September 2008, Shenendehowa has prepared a district-wide
supply list for elementary schools that includes district-supplied items
and parent-supplied items. This is an effort to reduce the
variations across schools and the amount of supplies that parents have
to purchase at the beginning of the year.
Click here for the parent-supply list for students in grades K-5 for
the 2008-09 school year.
In an
effort to ensure consistent practices and protocols across
our elementary schools, the district has developed an
elementary handbook for students and parents and a volunteer
handbook.
Gr.
1-5 School
starts at 9:05 a.m. and dismisses
at 3:15 p.m AM kindergarten starts at 9:05 a.m.
and dismisses
at 11:45 a.m. PM kindergarten starts at 12:40 a.m.
and dismisses at 3:15 p.m.
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