Agricultural Literacy Week is March 15-19, and BKW students and staff will be working together to grow understanding and appreciation of the agricultural world, especially among younger learners. “This year, Ag Literacy Week will look a bit different since we are keeping contact to a minimum,” said BKW teachers and FFA advisors Michaela Kehrer and …
Did you miss Pre-K Information Night? A recording of the night can be viewed online by visiting https://youtu.be/bKR8X6qCl6w To receive a Pre-K registration packet by mail, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD27A3N7_1NMgGpHg1JaytaDD6U-t8mofeCoZyR3srxgbeeQ/viewform?usp=sf_link Packets will be mailed out on Monday, February 22, 2021. Please contact the Pre-K teachers or the Elementary School main office with any questions.
Education Law requires all New York State public school students to have a health exam when they are a new student in a school district and when they enter Pre-K or Kindergarten, and grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. Beginning on Feb. 1, 2021, schools cannot accept the health exam if it is …
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Effective immediately, the Albany County Department of Health has advised K-12 school districts to exclude siblings of symptomatic students from attending in-person classes pending COVID-19 test results of the symptomatic student. This means that brothers and/or sisters of a student who is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms should also stay home until that student’s test results are …
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Congratulations to the following 6th grade students for achieving the first trimester Honor Roll list: High Honors Saige Hellwig Madison Pasquini Charlotte Elble Eden Elble Henry Ferguson Benjamin West Honors Madison Mosbey Madelyn Emmerich Justin Stevens Nicholas Miller Joaquin Abraham Myla Evans Honorable Mention Evelyn Hopkins Isabella Yakel Layla Cole William Tobia
On November 20, Nelson Kent and Russ Pokorny from the Helderberg Kiwanis Club worked with students in the elementary Builders Club, and their advisors Carey Raymond and Melissa Lindberg, to put up 20 bird houses along the Uhai Trail, which runs behind the school. Thank you to Mr. Kent for the photos he took that …
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Just before Thanksgiving, Bulldogs of all ages sent their love and well wishes to BKW 8th grader Jody Sisson during Wear Blue for Jody Day at their school. They have also been writing their lessons with blue Jody Strong pencils. Their expressions of love and support are among many shared throughout their school district and …
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To help parents and guardians support their children’s learning at home, the New York State Education Department’s Office of Special Education is sharing the following resources provided by the IRIS Center of Vanderbilt University. The IRIS Center has created the following tip sheets: My child says she doesn’t like online learning. How can I help? …
BKW Bulldogs are making a difference; this time for over 80 United States Coast Guard recruits who can not be home for the holidays with their families. During the week of Nov. 16-20, several elementary and middle school students participated in “Operation We Care,” making cards and writing letters full of hopeful messages and caring …
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Elementary Principal Annette Landry has posted a new message on her Principal’s Page.
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