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SECONDARY SUMMER SCHOOL
Registration for secondary summer school will be held on June 29-30 at the Maple Avenue Middle School. Classes begin July 6, except for driver education, which begins on July 1.
Secondary summer school brochure

Driver education brochure (Pre-registration for driver ed was held May 11-15)

BOARD OF EDUCATION TO MEET JULY 14
The next regular meeting of the Board of Education is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in the MacFadden Administration Building. The public is invited to attend.

JUNE 22 LETTER TO PARENTS CONCERNING TWO H1N1 (SWINE FLU)
CASES AT MAPLE AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL

H1NI (SWINE FLU) INFORMATION

Principals and school nurses have current information about swine flu (H1N1 flu) from several sources. Parents should contact their child’s physician in the event of illness.  For general information, including symptoms and recommended precautions, parents may  contact their child’s school nurse or visit these Web sites:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

New York State Health Department

Saratoga County Public Health letter regarding summer camp and illness

FREE SUMMER ONLINE INSTITUTE ON ACCESSIBLE
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Appropriate for educators or parents

The Family Center on Technology and Disability (FCTD) will provide a free, two-week online summer institute, July 20-31, 2009.  FCTD’s summer institutes connect educators, disability professionals, and parents across the country with leading national experts in assistive and instructional technologies. This year’s institute will have two learning strands: “Accessible Instructional Materials: NIMAS and Beyond” and “Social Media Tools.” Participants can register for continuing education units (CEUs): http://www.fctd.info/show/home
Click here for a brochure that answers many questions about the institute and how it works.

HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS VOLUNTEERED ABOUT 1,000 HOURS
OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ON MAY 22: "SENIOR
GIVE-BACK DAY"
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High School Art Department Earns High Praise
at Hyde Collection

2009-2010 BUDGET APPROVED: 2,242-878

Bus Proposition Approved and three elected
to Board of Education

NO TAX LEVY INCREASE IN  2009-2010 BUDGET
Voters overwhelmingly approved a $110,129,656 budget for 2009-2010 by a vote of 2,242-878 on May 19. There is no increase in the tax levy.  A school bus purchase proposition was approved by a vote of 2,128-954, and three trustees were elected to the Board of Education. More results

Click here for the 2009-2010 budget home page.

SEX OFFENDER NOTIFICATIONS:  June 24 update

CHANGE IN STATE LAW REQUIRES BODY MASS INDEX REPORTING

Changes to the New York State Education Law require that body mass index (BMI) and weight status group be included as part of the student’s required school health examination. More

Form for parents requesting exclusion from BMI reporting

"SAFE SPRING" EVENT AT HIGH SCHOOL ON MAY 13
The high school held a "Safe Spring" event on Wednesday, May 13, to encourage students to have a safe prom, graduation and summer. Co-sponsored by the school SADD Club and the school resource officer, John Kelly of the Saratoga Springs Police Department, the program involved a car crash re-enactment including an ambulance, police vehicles, hearse, and other realistic elements. A guest speaker shared information about losing a loved one due to a car accident.

CAMP INVENTION SCHEDULED FOR JULY 6-10 AT MAPLE AVENUE

Camp Invention, an exciting summer day experience for children entering grades one through six, is scheduled for July 6-10 at the Maple Avenue Middle School.
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Registration form

WSWHE BOCES SUMMER LANGUAGE IMMERSION AND CULTURE PROGRAM

Students in grades K-11 are invited to participate this summer in an enriching language and culture program, partially supported by grant funding.  For more information about this program, visit www.wswheboces.org/lcrc and look for the registration forms under the Quick Links. Registration forms are also available here:

Elementary Registration Form

Secondary Registration Form

WSWHE BOCES to offer Summer Project Enrich classes
in cooking and technology

Culinary Arts Registration Form

Technology Registration Form

EMERGENCY DRILL HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL ON APRIL 30

The high school held an evacuation drill on Thursday, April 30, beginning at approximately 1 p.m. The campus was locked down at approximately 12:45 p.m. until the entire building was  evacuated. About 2,400 students and staff boarded school buses for  transportation to an alternate site and were returned to the high school in time for the regular dismissal at 2:30 p.m. The purpose of the drill was to prepare students and staff for the possibility of evacuation during a real emergency.

HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION FOR 139 JUNIORS

2009-2010 one-page calendar with key dates

assistance
for parents and students in accessing Edline

Parents or students needing assistance to access Edline should e-mail one of the following:   

• Saratoga Springs High School: Nancy Piscitelli (n_piscitelli@saratogaschools.org)  

• Maple Avenue Middle School: Charles Kish (c_kish@saratogaschools.org)

• Elementary schools: Kristin Passaretti: (k_passaretti@saratogaschools.org)

High school Choraliers featured on MARCH 1
WMHT program 
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GREENFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE WINNERS
IN "TAKE ME TO VOTE" CONTEST
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PRE-REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR INCOMING KINDERGARTNERS

district accepting names for universal
pre-kindergarten program

High school and Wilton Rotary
sponsor Respect Awards for students

SECOND INSTALLMENT OF 2008-09 SCHOOL TAXES WAS DUE ON FEB. 4

NEW ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE AT HIGH SCHOOL
A new course in conversational Italian at the high school is introducing students to the language and culture of Italy. Students had the opportunity to prepare and sample some authentic cuisine during an "Iron Chef Italiano" competition on Feb. 6. This learning experience was an interdepartmental collaboration involving the Foreign Language Department, the Family and Consumer Sciences Department and the Technology Department. For more, please see The Saratogian's coverage here.

OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HONORED AT NOV. 6 PROGRAM

The high school, in partnership with the Saratoga Springs Rotary Club, presented awards to 231 juniors and seniors during the Academic Recognition Program on Nov. 6. For more information and the names of award winners, click here.

OBAMA IS LANDSLIDE WINNER IN MOCK ELECTION
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NEW ENROLLMENT REPORT PROJECTS SLIGHT DECLINE IN STUDENT POPULATION
An enrollment report presented to the Board of Education Oct. 30 projects an enrollment decline of about 2.5 percent -- approximately 170 students -- over the next three to five years. To view the report, click here. Progress through the slides by using the arrows at the bottom of each page.
(The report is a pdf document. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to open it. Get a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader here.)

Area residents voted in October for the best-selling novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd as the Saratoga Reads! book of choice for 2009. Voters chose from six books, and the announcement of the winner was made Nov. 6. Click here to learn more.