Competing against 19 teams, New Lebanon Jr./Sr High School took fourth place in the Future City Competition Regional Finals on January 11 at Proctors in Schenectady. They presented “Kaishi” – the virtual city they envisioned, designed and built using SimCity software. The team of 20 seventh and eighth grades students were hard at working preparing… Read more »
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Jr/Sr High Students Attend “Students Together Opposing Prejudice” Conference
A group of students represented New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School at the Siena College and Anti-Defamation League’s 2014 Student Leadership Conference “Students Together Opposing Prejudice (STOP)” on January 17. The event is an extension of the college’s Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King Lecture series on non-violence. It was an opportunity for middle… Read more »
Kara Siciliano Selected for WNYT-TV 13 “Teacher of the Week” Series
Congratulations to Jr/Sr. High School teacher Kara Siciliano who has been selected for WNYT-TV 13’s “Teacher of the Week” series. Anchor Elaine Houston and a cameraman will be at the school on Wednesday, Feb. 26 to film Ms. Siciliano and a few students.
Robotics Students Compete with Robots They Built & Programmed
After learning how gears work and completing several lab activities highlighting the advantages of “gearing up” or “gearing down,” Ms. Kelsey Norberg challenged students in her Robotics and Motion Control class with a competition in December. The students had to design, build and program a robotic vehicle that would tow, or pull, another robot over… Read more »
New Lebanon Student Part of TVHS Delegation in Haiti
New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School freshman Arianna Burns who attends Tech Valley High School is part of a delegation who left on Tuesday, Jan. 7 for Haiti where they will be learning science and providing aid for the next week. Arianna is pictured at the far left of the photo. Learn more about their trip… Read more »
WBH 5th & 6th Graders Make Cookies for Dec. 19th “Snowmen at Night” Event
WBH students in fifth and sixth grades used math to double cookie recipes and make sugar cookies from scratch for the “Snowmen at Night” cookie decorating activity on Dec. 19 from 6-7 p.m. in the cafeteria. Students in grades 4 and under are encouraged to attend the fun evening. WBH Librarian David Hawkins will read… Read more »
Student Council Gives Back by Creating Holiday Cards for Barnwell Nursing Home Residents
The members of New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School’s Student Council decided that it would be a wonderful opportunity to give back by creating Holiday Cards for the residents of Barnwell Nursing Home. “For some people the holidays can be both a happy time and a lonely time,” said Student Council Co-President Christine Bienes. “We hope… Read more »
Economics Students Learn Lesson Through Cookie Competition
Economics students recently investigated the characteristics and functions of a market economy. As a culminating activity, students worked in small groups to develop cookie companies, taking into account the fixed and variable costs of the factors of production that they would encounter. “The students’ objective was to make a profit by producing the least amount… Read more »
Hotel & Restaurant Management Students Explore Cranwell Resort
New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School’s Hotel and Restaurant Management students went on a field trip to the Cranwell Resort, Spa, and Golf Club in Lenox, Massachusetts last month. The general manager, Carl Pratt, gave them a tour of the property and showed them dining rooms, kitchens, walk-in freezers, the spa, guest rooms, conference rooms, and… Read more »
December Students of the Month
Congratulations to the Walter B. Howard Elementary students who have been named December Students of the Month! Students are selected by the homeroom teacher for showing overall good character that month. The students and their teachers are: Breslin – Lyndsey Pratt; Bove 0 Autumn Doslop-Land; deOliveira – Claudia Stickles; Ouimet – Ben Klein; Griffin –… Read more »