Annual Budget Vote Tuesday, May 20

The annual school budget vote will be held Tuesday, May 20, at the district's three elementary schools.

For 2008-09 Budget information, click here.

Where do I vote? Click here to find your polling location.

To see the Cohoes High School Third Quarter Honor and High Honor Roll, click here.

High School embraces partnership with local business

Cohoes High School is embracing a new partnership with Capital Communications Federal Credit Union, which recently moved into Cohoes.

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Cohoes Girls Basketball Team Honored at City Hall

The Cohoes High School girls basketball team was honored by Cohoes Mayor John McDonald on Wednesday, May 7 for its achievements as Colonial Council Co-Champions this past season. MORE

Cohoes High School seniors win state bowling championship

Cohoes High School seniors Paul and Joe Peterson won first place the New York State Bowling Championship, held in Syracuse, the weekend of May 4-5. Their win was the first time a Cohoes team won.

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Veteran Cohoes educator to attend scholars' recognition dinner for the sixth time

At the Scholars' Recognition Dinner on May 7 Cohoes High School Class of 2008 Valedictorian Meagan Mnich will be recognized.

As part of the dinner, Mnich chose CHS science teacher Dr. Cheryl Isles to be honored as a teacher that has had a significant and beneficial impact on her.

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Cohoes High School Class of 2008 gives back to the community

A few months shy of graduation, the Cohoes High School Class of 2008 participated in the first annual Senior Service Day, as part of Global Youth Service Day, on Friday, April 25, 2008.

Throughout the day, nearly all of the seniors in the Class of 2008 were at a variety of locations around the city cleaning, planting and giving their time to the greater community. MORE

The Fault Line rocks Cohoes High School

The rock a cappella group The Fault Line performed at Cohoes High School on April 23, 2008.

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Varsity baseball team beats Cobleskill at Cooperstown

The Cohoes High School Varsity Baseball team beat Cobleskill 27-3 at a game at a game on Doubleday Field in in Cooperstown in April.

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Sixth Annual Cohoes High School Student Art Show going on now!

The sixth annual Cohoes High School student show at the Visitor Center on Remsen Street is taking place now through the first week of May from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents are encouraged to stop in to see the work of our students. The visitor's center is on the ground floor of the Cohoes Music Hall.

In April four students were recognized during a reception. Those students include: for the People's Choice award: Lindsey Grudecki and Vanessa Bressette, for the Best 2-D: Jenna Deo and for the Best 3-D: Nina Curtain.

Valedictorian and Salutatorian announced

The Valedictorian, Salutatorian and Honorable Mention for the Class of 2008 have been announced and are as follows:

Valedictorian, Meagan Mnich
Salutatorian, Matthew Marsett
Honorable Mention, Alyssa Hennessey

A thank you from the Class of 2010

The Class of 2010 would like to thank the city employees and school faculty members who support their city versus school faculty basketball game. MORE

CHS mock trial team prepares for third round in state competition

Yuliya Sundul details the night she went running and was hit by a car, carefully describing her story and making sure to interject telling details that the defense may not want the judge to hear.

While her story is part of a mock trial, and nothing she actually went through, she practices telling it with accuracy, hoping to give the Cohoes High School mock trial team an edge at its upcoming trial. MORE

CHS student honored at state science competition

Cohoes High School senior Meagan Mnich received third place/honors in her category of General Biology & Environmental Science at the New York State Eastern Section Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) on Saturday, Feb. 2.

Meagan has been a member of the Science Research course at Cohoes High School for three years. The course, taught by Dr. Cheryl Isles, is a three-year course that  focuses mainly on independent study in which each student chooses their own topic to research for the duration of the course. MORE

All about pi

On Friday, March 14, students at Cohoes High School had their fill of pie. While some of it was in the form of apple and cherry, the rest of the day’s activities centered on the mathematical constant, "pi."

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Junior Prom date changed

As a result of a scheduling conflict with the SAT Examination, the date for the Junior Prom has been changed. The prom will now be held Friday, May 30 at the Crossgates Banquet House from 7 to 11 p.m. The Cohoes High School After-Prom Party will be held from 11:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 31.

Article A makes its Cohoes debut

The New Jersey-based pop band Article A made its Cohoes debut in February, playing several songs and talking with students about their journey through the music business.

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Cohoes Mayor awards students for teamwork

Cohoes Mayor John T. McDonald III presented the Team Work Awards to Cohoes students at the Cohoes High Basketball Game on Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Cohoes High School Gym. The award, courtesy of the Cohoes Mayoral Foundation, is presented to nominated students of the various high school sports programs who best represent good sportsmanship. The award is also supported by the Cohoes Character Counts Committee. MORE

Get your news here!

The Cohoes High School newspaper, PawPrints, has a new look this year.

The publication, which comes out several times each year, is a student-run newspaper. It focuses on including something about all of the high school's activities. MORE

Cohoes player sets Section II and national record

Tuesday, Jan. 7 was a night for the record books for Cohoes High School girls' basketball senior guard Courtney Galuski.

Galuski set a Section II record for the most three-point shots in a game. She hit 15 three-point goals, leading Cohoes to a 91-36 win over Schalmont on her team's home turf.

To see a video of her 15 shots, click here.

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Cohoes High School students to participate in employability course

Beginning in February, students in the Troy, Lansingburgh and Cohoes school districts who are VESID eligible with a teacher recommendation, will participate in a 10-week employability-training course once per week at Hudson Valley Community College. MORE

Students recognized by state organization

The physical education staff at Cohoes High School have chosen seniors Laryssa Hebert and Ian Pingelski to represent Cohoes High School at the Capital Zone of the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Awards dinner being held at the Century House Restaurant on Sunday Feb. 3, 2008. MORE

Students prepare for the holidays with a winter concert

Cohoes Middle and High School musicians performed in the annual concert. The band and chorus students performed separately first and the concert ended with a grand finale performance by the entire grades 6-12 music department.

Art teachers and students present at BOE meeting

At the December Board of Education meeting several Cohoes High School students and art teacher Erin Welch talked about the various art courses offered at the high school and the ways the district is supporting the arts program. Click here to view a Power Point that was shown during the presentation. In addition to the Power Point, a traveling exhibit of student work was at the meeting.

ESOL students recognized for essays

When asked how they have changed since coming to America, some students talked about the difficulty of learning English. Others mentioned getting a job and a few talked about the differences in the culture in the country where they lived previously.

To view excerpts from the students' essays, click MORE.

Former Cohoes football star inducted into Hall of Fame

John Bonkoski, a member of the Cohoes High School Football Class of 1999, was inducted into the Cohoes Football Hall of Fame on Monday, Nov. 19, at the Annual Football Awards Banquet at the Ukranian Club in Cohoes.

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Community Service Club food drive a success

The Cohoes High School Community Service Club's food drive this November was its most successful one ever.

In total, the food collected across the district was enough to fill 37 boxes with all the fixings for Thanksgiving for Cohoes families.

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Going for broke

Students navigate the stock market through an online game

Some of the students in T.J. Keegan's economics class have earned quite a bit of money through the stock market in the last few weeks.

Unfortunately for these Cohoes High School students, they haven't earned actual cash, but "online money" through the Web site stockmarketgame.org. MORE

Fire Department visits the high school

On Thursday, Oct. 18 Mrs. Adams' class had a visit from the Cohoes Fire Department.

The class had spent the previous week learning about fire safety and creating a fire escape plan with their families. MORE

CHS ring lost for 32 years—and then found

Tinker Young thought he lost his Cohoes High School Class of 1975 ring in Okinawa, Japan.

But more than 30 years later he was shocked to find out it had shown up in the pocket of a retired Rensselaer police detective. MORE

District takes proactive approach to MRSA infection prevention

Recently, there has been some media attention over MRSA infections, a type of infection caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus.

Some cases have been reported in Saratoga County.

District officials are taking a proactive approach to ensure the health of students and staff.

Most importantly, students and staff at each school are being encouraged to wash their hands with soap and water, especially before eating, after using sports facilities or the restroom. In addition, school officials are making sure administrators, teachers, school nurses, coaches and the custodial staff have protective information available for themselves and to share with the school population. The importance of sanitation is being reinforced with the cleaning staff, and special emphasis is being placed on physical education and sports equipment, locker rooms and common surfaces and areas. MORE

Students' spirit rallies teams

On Friday, Oct. 5, Cohoes High School was awash in blue and gold for the Homecoming Pep Rally.

Dressed in blue and gold, students chanted their class year, trying to be the loudest class in the gym. There were signs, whistles, cheerleaders with pom poms waving and the band. MORE

Junior class receives their rings

It was a rite of passage for members of the Cohoes High School Class of 2009 on Thursday, Oct. 11, as they received their class rings.

Each year, students are presented with their rings, customized to include their class year, a stone of their choice and other symbols to represent different activities.

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Student Athletes Donate to Breast Cancer Support Initiatives

Members of the JV & Varsity Football,  Girls Varsity Soccer and Cross Country teams donated to Lee National Denim Day, one of the largest single-day fundraisers for breast cancer. The event was held in October in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness month.

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Jiminy Peak Ski and Snowboard Club at CHS and CMS

For six fun filled evenings your son or daughter can enjoy the exciting sports of skiing and snowboarding at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort. We begin our program on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007 and run for six consecutive Tuesdays. A coach bus picks up CHS students at 2:45 and then proceeds to the CMS for a 3 p.m. pickup. We leave Jiminy at 8 p.m. and are back in Cohoes at 9 p.m. MORE

Fall College Caravan

The Counseling Department hosted the Fall College Caravan on Sept. 17, 2007 for senior and junior students.

The College Caravan consisted of approximately fourteen college representatives from regional colleges and universities. MORE

Sidewalk art contest supports juvenile diabetes

Early on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 12, students, teachers and supporters gathered at Van Schaick Grade School for a sidewalk art contest and fund-raiser for juvenile diabetes.

The contest, sponsored by Cohoes Kids for a Cure, was open to students in all of the Cohoes schools. In the competition, students drew chalk drawings on the sidewalk that reflected the "Character Counts in Cohoes" message. MORE

Football Program to Honor 9/11 Victims at Saturday Home Game vs. Hudson

On the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 Tragedy, the Cohoes Football Program will honor those individuals who were involved in the tragic events of September 11, 2001. MORE