Students celebrated winter at the District-wide Choral Festival on Thursday morning with a set list devoted to the season. Each school’s chorus performed in the Columbia High School auditorium under the direction of their music teacher with songs such as “Winter Fantasy,” “Snow Day,” and “Winter With You.”
School cafeterias will be serving Burgers, Chicken Tenders, Pasta with Meatballs, Pizza, Paninis, Salads and more in the month of February!
The East Greenbush CSD released Episode 3 of its podcast Let’s Learn Together earlier today. In Episode 3, Superintendent Jeff Simons discusses reading instruction with MTSS and ELA Coordinator Lisa Mahar, students tell jokes, the staff profile features Intervention Specialist Joy Lemka, School Librarian Peg O’Connor provides reading tips, and GMTV is highlighted during the Student Activity Spotlight.
Columbia High School seniors Patrick Donnelly, Corey Hamilton and Cole Durivage have started a fundraising campaign to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).
Parents/guardians are invited to a series of free Active Parenting Workshops that will offer guidance and support for the challenges of raising teens and tweens. The workshops will be presented by the Rensselaer County Department of Mental Health. Topics will include methods of respectful discipline, skills for clear and honest communication, concrete strategies to prevent risky behavior and how to be an encouraging parent.
Columbia High School junior Elle Hutton won a state championship at the NYSPHSAA Girls’ Wrestling Invitational on Friday at SRC Arena at Onondaga Community College. Congratulations!