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BKW is awarded Agricultural Education Incentive Grant

Berne-Knox-Westerlo is proud to announce that the district has been awarded an Agricultural Education Incentive Grant through Cornell University’s Agriculture Education Outreach program. The grant monies will be used during the current school year “to offer opportunities and improve programming for our BKW agriscience students and FFA members,” said BKW Secondary School teacher and FFA …

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Pre-K Parent/Guardian Information Session is Feb. 1; sign up for link to this virtual meeting

Attention families of fall 2022 pre-K students: BKW’s Pre-K Parent/Guardian Information Session will be held online the evening of Feb. 1, 2022. For more information and a link to join the meeting, contact Diane Dibble in the BKW Elementary School main office at diane.dibble@bkwschools.org or (518) 872-2030.

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Kindergarten teacher marches in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Hey BKW Community: We have exciting news to share with you all. One of our kindergarten teachers is marching in the 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which airs Thursday from 9 am-noon on NBC-TV. Dylan Moss will be marching as a Silly Sailor Clown. Look for him after the Disney Cruise Ship Float cruises across …

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Exploring the world from their BKW classrooms

How do people in other countries greet each other? What do they eat and what are their family meals like? What about people right here at home? BKW’s second grade classes took a virtual field trip last week to the World Awareness Children’s Museum in Glens Falls to participate in their program, “Me in My …

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Tree by BKW Explorers 4H group brightens festival

The BKW Explorers 4H group joined in a tree decorating party in Knox on Sunday, Nov. 21, as part of the Helderberg Family and Community Organization (HFCO)’s Hope and Peace Community Festival of Trees. “Our 4H group decorated with head (emojis), hands (their hands), heart and health (red cross), and four leaf clovers (4H symbol),” …

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Veterans Day lessons focus on history, writing and gratitude

Why do we get November 11 off from school? BKW’s seventh grade students recently dedicated a day to examining this question. “In social studies, they learned about the history of Veterans Day and discussed stories about their family, friends and loved ones who served in the military,” said social studies teacher Emily DeNovio. “In English …

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