School District

Teams advance to world finals

Apr 20, 2016

Student teams from Averill Park, Brunswick, and Germantown School Districts won their problem and age level at the Odyssey of the Mind State Finals April 11 in Binghamton and will move on to the World Finals May 25-28 at Iowa State University. The team from Germantown...

Districts approve admin. budget

Apr 20, 2016

On April 19, component school districts’ boards of education unanimously approved Questar III’s proposed $5.8 million administrative budget for the 2016-2017 school year. This is the only portion of the budget that Questar III’s 22 component school boards vote on each year.

Catskill, CGEC students collaborate

Apr 19, 2016

Catskill Academy recently hosted a special visit by Chef Peter Desmond and students from his Culinary Arts program at Questar III’s Columbia-Greene Educational Center in Hudson.

Questar III hosts technology retreat

Apr 12, 2016

From April 8-10, Questar III’s School Library System partnered with the other three school library systems in the area to offer a Technology Retreat for School Librarians. Held at the Carey Institute for Global Good in Rensselaerville, the retreat brought 20...

Elia meets with local superintendents

Apr 1, 2016

Commissioner MaryEllen Elia visited several classrooms at the Rensselaer City SD campus and Castleton Elementary School and Maple Hill High School in Schodack Central School District. Elia also held a meeting with school district superintendents at the Questar III...

Medical program to launch this fall

Mar 28, 2016

Questar III will launch a new New Visions program in the fall. New Visions Medical will be available to seniors interested in pursuing careers in various medical fields. The program will be based at Samaritan Hospital in Troy from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and will...