More than 30 students, teachers and faculty from Tianjin, China arrived in the Capital Region to foster a better understanding and knowledge between U.S. and Chinese youth that will hopefully lead to a personal growth and even closeness between the two global superpowers.
A recent article by the Times Union discusses school district consolidation.
With the goal of reducing costs and increasing opportunities for students, the Ichabod Crane and Schodack Central School Districts are participating in a Reorganization Feasibility Study.
The first phase of the study began in May 2011 with the creation of a Community Advisory Committee. This group of 30 residents, representing each community equally, has met every few weeks to examine data about the districts and provide input for each district’s Board of Education.
For more information on this process, please visit http://www.ichabodcrane.org/icICCSchodackFeasibilityStudy.html and http://www.schodack.k12.ny.us/scs/district/reorganization_feasibility_study.asp.
The Times Union profiles Questar III’s Green Technologies & Renewable Energy and Mechanical Technology programs.
Local students interested in high school programs available through Questar III BOCES are invited to upcoming open houses.
A delegation of 29 students and eight administrators from a top Chinese high school will be in the Capital Region for four-day trip in mid-January.
Craig Hansen, Questar III’s director of health and safety, was recently designated Certified School Risk Manager by the National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research.
Recent articles by the New York Times and Times Union shine a light on a pervasive problem in our communities, childhood poverty – one that affects one in five children today.
In light of the current economic climate, declining state aid and a new property tax levy cap, school boards in Rensselaer, Columbia and Greene counties are exploring ways to share services and ultimately save money.
Learning covers the five senses in Richard Horan’s Adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) class at Rensselaer Educational Center (REC) in Troy.
Questar III student Maira Ahmad was recently named a finalist for the 2011-2012 Vanguard Student Recognition Award. The award is presented annually to selected high school students enrolled in enrolled in career and technical education (CTE) programs that prepare them for careers that are not traditional for their gender.
