School District

Improving assessment practices

Mar 30, 2015

Questar III is working with Brunswick CSD, Cairo-Durham CSD, Catskill CSD, Coxsackie-Athens CSD, Hoosick Falls SD, Hudson City CSD, New Lebanon CSD, North Greenbush CSD, Rensselaer City CSD, Tech Valley High School, and Wynantskill UFSD as part of the “Teaching is the Core” grant from the New York State Education Department.

Exhibit features 34 student artists

Mar 30, 2015

The opening reception of the 26th Annual Questar III High School Invitational Art Exhibit will be held tomorrow, March 31, 5 to 7 p.m., at the Art Center of the Capital Region in Troy. The exhibit will run through April 18. This year’s program features artwork from 13...

Students earn awards at SkillsUSA

Mar 22, 2015

Questar III’s career and technical education (CTE) students excelled at the 2015 SkillsUSA regional competition on March 18. The regional competition took place at Schenectady County Community College, Modern Welding and Stratton Air National Guard Base....

QIII student’s art displayed at Siena

Mar 12, 2015

Christian Rivera, a 10th grade Questar III student in Ms. Dedeo’s class at Columbia High School, had an original piece of artwork displayed at Siena College in January as part of the 28th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Lecture Series on...

School leaders travel to Albany

Mar 12, 2015

A group of seven superintendents from the Questar III region traveled to Albany on March 10 to advocate for education, including the need to end the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) cuts to school funding in next year’s state budget.

Students prepare for an Odyssey

Mar 4, 2015

Questar III’s Region 4 Odyssey of the Mind tournament will be held Saturday, March 7 at Algonquin Middle School in Averill Park. The tournament consists of 106 teams from schools in Rensselaer, Columbia and Greene counties – the largest tournament the BOCES has ever...