Congratulations to our fifth and eighth grade students who have been awarded the 2025 Capital Zone Sandra G. Morley Physical Education Student Leadership Award. This selective award is presented to Capital Region students by the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (NYSAHPERD).
The ceremony for the fifth graders was held on May 12 at the McDonough Sports Complex on the Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) campus. The eighth graders were honored in March at Guilderland High School.
The award winners were recognized for demonstrating sportsmanship, a physically active lifestyle, leadership, and positive influence on peers across all school activities, not just in physical education.
Abram Lansing Elementary
- Paige Yando
- Lucy Frank
- Lilianna Jackson
- Landon Sass
- Amarni Roberts
Harmony Hill School
- Faelynn Allen
- Mazlyn Wattsman
- Hunter Carroll
- Emma Wallingford
- Eleanor Lachut
- Nick Franzese
- Jaxson O’Brien
- Owen Kolakowski
- Cooper Wallingford
Van Schaick Grade School
- Aubrey Robideau
- Dallas Winslow
- Maci Hebert (not pictured)
Cohoes Middle School
- Ryan Alonzo
- Nicholas Grestini
- Mila Wattsman
- Caeleigh Schumacher
- Ginoshka Gonzalez-Figueroa and Arthur Meissner (not pictured)