Christmas will be much brighter for 64 East Greenbush Central School District families this year thanks to the Columbia Adopt-a-Family program. Once again, the school community came together to purchase gifts – including toys, clothes, books, gift cards and much more – so that families in need can celebrate the holidays.
Students in Brian Fox’s Technology classes at Howard L. Goff Middle School made Christmas tree ornaments this month for all of the Goff bus drivers, and on Thursday, they handed them out to drivers at dismissal.
Columbia High School is moving forward with planning to offer Girls’ Flag Football as a new interscholastic sport in the spring. Columbia Athletic Director Ryan Jones brought a proposal to the Board of Education at its public meeting on Wednesday evening, which was supported unanimously.
Genet Kindergarten students put on their lab coats and safety glasses to conduct some peppermint experiments this week. They filled three containers with different temperatures of water (cold, room temperature and hot) and then dropped candy canes into them.
The Columbia High School Orchestra performed a holiday concert for veterans and staff in the lobby of the Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany on Tuesday.