All Cohoes schools will dismiss 15 minutes early on Friday, October 11 as part of a state-mandated emergency preparedness drill. CDTA buses will accommodate the early release and be available for middle and high school students. At CHS, students will be allowed to re-enter the school at 3 p.m. for after-school activities. There is no …
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Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY) on Thursday delivered more than 30 sports-related books to Cohoes Middle School. The books came from the Library of Congress (LOC) as part of their Book Surplus Program. The LOC receives about 20,000 books per day, but can only house about 10,000. The surplus books are distributed around the country to …
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CHS Tiger Times reporter Emily Schrimsher recently sat down with Cohoes High School Assistant Principal Laura Tarlo. What are your hobbies? I like to travel and try different foods. I’d like to consider myself a foodie. I go RV-ing. I also enjoy snowboarding and drumming. I’m always going to my kids games and watching them …
Cohoes High School biology teacher Laura Murawski has been selected to join the New York State Master Teacher program. Murawski recently went through a rigorous application process and on Friday found out she had been accepted to the four-year program. “I was so excited. Just thrilled,” she said. Murawski will join a network of over …
Just a reminder, students are responsible for having their district-issued ID’s, which serve as their CDTA bus passes. Drivers recently reported students frequently boarding CDTA busses without ID. If a student has lost or misplaced their ID, the cost for a replacement is $10. Students must immediately report lost or stolen cards for deactivation to …
Embedded video from WNYT of Shannon Cepiel Athlete of the Week From WNYT: “Cohoes senior Shannon Cepiel is a captain on the girls varsity soccer team while also maintaining a 4.0 in the classroom with AP and honors classes. Cepiel will play soccer at Roberts Wesleyan next year and she hopes to study to become …
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Middle school students on Thursday wrapped up a two-week crash course to the game of golf, taught by a local PGA pro. The Golf in Schools program featured station-based learning, allowing students to work on a wide range of golf shots. Some of the stations included elaborate inflatable targets, such as a dart board and …
By week’s end, the base of the tree in front of Van Schaick Grade school will be a lot more colorful. As part of an art project inspired by the book Only One You, every student in the school will place a painted rock by the tree’s trunk. The book, by Linda Kranz, centers around …
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Hundreds of male mentors, from dads and grandads to older brothers and uncles, turned out Wednesday morning for the elementary schools’ 4th Annual MENtors Walk. Abram Lansing and Harmony Hill families gathered at Veterans Memorial Park while Van Schaick families met up at the pond. Following a performance by a four-piece band and a proclamation …
