A message from Dr. Wiles: Dear GCSD Families, As you may be aware, this afternoon Governor Hochul announced the expiration of the statewide mask mandate for schools, effective Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Here’s what this means for Guilderland Central School District families, students and staff: Monday, Feb. 28 and Tuesday, March 1: students and staff …
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A message from Dr. Wiles: Dear GCSD Families, An important part of the process of developing next year’s school budget is to gather feedback and perspective from the Guilderland Central School District community. To do so, the district ran a ThoughtExchange from Feb. 8-Feb. 14; view the results on the district website. Announcing the Dr. …
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Congratulations to Jaden Smith (Junior Varsity Cheer) and Beth Irwin (Varsity Cross County Ski) for earning DOW (Dutchmen of the Week) honors for the week of Feb. 7. Jaden Smith (Junior Varsity Cheer) Jaden is a first year cheerleader. She is a fast learner and continues to improve each day. She comes to practice ready …
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The Farnsworth Middle School student council is hosting an apparel sale. A portion of the sales will go directly to the student council to help fund events such as the Eighth Grade Moving Up Day (MUD) celebration. Ordering can be done online with the option for items to be delivered to your student at FMS …
From Feb. 8-Feb. 14, the Guilderland Central School District ran a ThoughtExchange to gather input from GCSD students, staff, families and community members regarding budget priorities. Overall, the ThoughtExchange had 643 participants, 582 thoughts and 29,638. Thank you to all who participated! The ThoughtExchange was launched to gather feedback and perspective from the GCSD community …
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Eight Guilderland High School students who were selected as 2022 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists in the fall have now advanced to the finalist level of the competition. The eight GHS students are Joanna Chen, Michael Cheng, Colleen Grimshaw, Abhishikth Nadella, Tianli Qu, Grace Wei, Michael Wong and Ian Zhang. The National Merit Scholarship Program is …
A message from Dr. Wiles: Dear GCSD Families, February is Black History month, an annual observance that honors the contributions of African Americans to U.S. history. For those families who would like to learn more about Black History month, the Guilderland Public Library has many resources available for elementary school-aged children, including discovery pages. Families …
Six Guilderland Central School District teachers have been named to the New York State Master Teacher Program. On Feb. 4, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the following GCSD teachers were accepted into the four-year program: Deborah Boyce, Guilderland High School, Biology Max Corbett, Guilderland High School, Technology Stacy DiMura, Farnsworth Middle School, Technology Jared Foro, Guilderland …
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Elise Upton was named Guilderland Elementary School Young Artist of the Month. Elise is a fifth grade student in Mrs. Rossi’s class and is very thoughtful with her artwork. She is willing to adapt her plan as she works but is also able to envision how she will work to complete her idea. She plans …
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A message from Dr. Wiles: Dear Guilderland CSD Families, As the budget development process continues, Assistant Superintendent for Business Neil Sanders has detailed different aspects of the Guilderland Central School District budget to the Board of Education. Read about his presentation on the rollover budget here. 2022-2023 school budget ThoughtExchange GCSD has launched a 2022-23 …
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