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  • Honoring our 2024-2025 retirees

    Long-time faculty and staff who are retiring this year were recognized at the June 11 Board of Education meeting.  This year, there are eight employees with a total of 184 years of service.  District Office Cohoes Middle School Cohoes High School Harmony Hill School Districtwide “Each of you have poured your talent and passion and…


  • 2025-26 Code of Conduct available for public comment

    The Cohoes City School District is accepting public comment on its 2025-26 Code of Conduct through August 3. The Code of Conduct is a set of rules and guidelines put in place to foster appropriate student behavior. It also governs the behavior of visitors to our school campuses and at school functions.  Each year we…


  • CCSD 2025-26 District Calendar

    The general calendar for the 2025-26 academic year was adopted by the Cohoes City School District Board of Education on March 19, 2025. Download a PDF copy of the 2025-26 academic general student calendar here. This calendar lists the following conference days and holidays: July 4 – Independence Day (closed)September 1 – Labor Day (closed)September…


  • Holiday Hope 2025

    Cohoes Holiday Hope is a program devoted to helping those in need give their children a memorable holiday season. Through the Holiday Hope program parents/guardians are able to earn “holiday bucks” through attending a parent teacher conference, volunteering at a school event, attending PTA/PTO meetings, visiting the library and obtaining a library card, obtaining their…


  • Summer Meals Program for 2025

    The Cohoes City School District free breakfast and lunch program kicks off on June 30 and runs through August 22. It is available for all children 18 years old and younger during the summer.  Dates, times and locations are as follows: Cohoes Middle School June 30 – August 22 Breakfast: 7:15am-9am Lunch: 11am-12:30pm Harmony Hill…


  • Cohoes Board of Education approves new CHS Assistant Principal 

    At the June 11, 2025 meeting, the Cohoes Board of Education approved the recommendation of Mike Kloczko for the position of assistant principal of the Cohoes High School beginning July 1. Mr. Kloczko has been a fixture at the high school for 18 years as an Earth Science teacher and the Science Department Teacher Leader…


  • CHS hosts 23rd Annual Science Research Symposium

    Students in the CHS Science Research class gathered last night for the 23rd Annual Science Research Symposium. It’s the culminating event for the Science Research course, a three-year program through the University of Albany’s “University in the High School” program. This year’s group included 16 students – six seniors, two juniors and eight sophomores.  Topics…


  • CMS names top students of 2025

    Congratulations to Cohoes Middle School’s top students of 2025! Jasmyne Cando is this year’s valedictorian and Caeleigh Schumacher is salutatorian. “The selection of valedictorian and salutatorian is an honored tradition that highlights the academic excellence, despite all odds, in students. It is my honor to recognize Jasmyne Cando, and Caeleigh Schumacher, the 2024-2025 valedictorian and…


  • CHS names top three students from the class of 2025

    Congratulations to this year’s top three students!  “This particular graduating class is near and dear to my heart as my daughter is in this cohort and I have known many of these young adults since they were very young,” said CHS Principal Laura Tarlo. “It makes me so proud to see the great things they…


  • CHS Juniors inducted into CTE National Technical Honor Society

    Nearly 100 Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) on May 28, while an additional 28 students were recognized for meeting eligibility requirements for the second year. Two CHS juniors, Theadora Avramidis and Alaa Mahmoud were among this esteemed group.  Theadora is in the Criminal…