In March, students are focusing on the character traits of Fairness/Sharing.

Acting Can Be Murder to be performed at CHS

Acting Can Be Murder will be performed at Cohoes High School on Thursday, March 25 through Saturday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at the CHS Auditorium. Admission is $5.

Cohoes Budget Countdown

Click here to read the first in a series of budget questions and answers aimed at keeping the public informed as the district puts together its proposed 2010-11 budget.

Budget season begins for district

This past January, Gov. David Paterson released his proposed state budget, calling for a $1.1 billion cut to state education funding for the 2010-11 school year. For Cohoes, this could mean a reduction of about $1.2 million – or 7 percent decrease – in state aid for next year.

Revenues for school districts in New York come from two main sources – school taxes and state aid. In Cohoes, state aid accounts for 58 percent of the district’s total revenues. Prior to the recession, state aid had generally increased every year to help districts keep pace with the rising costs of running a school system – salaries, benefits, energy, etc. MORE

Cohoes Middle School Exhibition Night

The Cohoes Middle School Exhibition Night will be held on Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. The community is invited to attend and see a showcase of all the the middle school offers our students.

Movie Night March 19 - Easter Egg Hunt March 27

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs will be play at Cohoes Middle School on Friday, March 19. For more information, view the flyer here.

The city will be holding an Easter Egg Hunt on March 27. For more information, click here.

Cohoes High School goes green!

Award announced at press conference at Cohoes Middle School

March 1 — Cohoes High School will soon be making an even smaller carbon footprint, with the help of a grant from New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

The grant for the high school, which was announced at a press conference at Cohoes Middle School on Monday, March 1, will fully fund the installation of a 45 kilowatt solar panel system. MORE

Students show their generosity

Since the devastating earthquake hit Haiti in January, Cohoes students, faculty and staff have raised almost $1,800 for relief efforts.

The three elementary schools participated in Hats for Haiti, while the middle school students contributed quarters for "Quarters for Quake Victims" during lunch. At Cohoes High School, students also made monetary donations. MORE

Students learn about different cultures through dance

Third-grade students at Abram Lansing Elementary School, with the help of professional instructors from eba, are learning dances from different cultures.

The dance instruction, made possible through a grant from the New York State Association of Arts Educators, connects what the students are learning in their social studies classes to movement. MORE

Future building additions progress

The building projects at each of the district's schools are evolving quickly. All of the projects are on time. To view a slide show of the buildings, click here, or on the photo.

Calling all future kindergarteners!

The Cohoes City School District will be conducting its annual kindergarten registration for all children who turn five years old on or before Dec. 1, 2010.

Registration is done by appointment only at the Cohoes Middle School Registration office (1st floor). Please call Mrs. Smith at 237-4131, Ext. 2299 to make a registration
appointment for your child. If your child is currently in the UPK program, you do not need to register him or her for kindergarten. MORE