Earlier today the district learned that an individual of the GHS school community tested positive for COVID-19. GHS Principal, Michael Piscitelli worked with the Albany County Department of Health to assist with contact tracing, and all those who need to quarantine have been notified. The Department of Health will follow up with those individuals. This …
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In conjunction with COVID-19 positivity rates experienced locally, effective immediately, the Albany County Department of Health advises 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 does not mean that the whole household who may be asymptomatic needs a COVID test to …
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An important message from Superintendent Dr. Marie Wiles: Dear GCSD School Community, As I try to process the terrifying images of the attack on our Capitol yesterday, I feel shock, horror, and sadness over this assault on our democracy. I suspect that we are all struggling to process our feelings about the disturbing images of …
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To prepare for upcoming winter weather below is information on how weather-related closures and delays for the 2020-2021 school year will be handled. Weather-Related Closures As in the past, schools will be closed when snow or poor road conditions make travel difficult or impossible. There will be no classes on these days for all students …
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Updated: Jan. 29, 2020 The state’s micro-cluster strategy, announced this fall, required school-based testing for schools to stay open for in-person learning. At a press conference on Monday, Jan. 5, Governor Andrew Cuomo said that schools in counties with COVID-19 positivity rates greater than 9% need to test for COVID-19, and if their rates are …
Please see the message below from Superintendent Dr. Wiles: Dear GCSD Families, By now, you have likely seen New York State’s Micro-Cluster Initiative, where regions of the state are designated Yellow, Orange or Red zones. These zones are based on the prevalence of COVID-19 in those areas; each zone designation comes with various restrictions for …
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NYS Travel Guidelines have been updated since this was sent to families. View the New NYS Travel Guidelines. Please see the important update from Superintendent, Dr. Marie Wiles: Dear GCSD Families, Through our recent Thoughtexchange, many of you have shared how much you value and appreciate having your children in school. As we get closer …
The Guilderland Players presented original work, “Alone/Together,” in early November. Consisting entirely of monologues written by students at GHS, the first half of the play centers around moments of feeling alone, while the second half focuses on being together. Student actors had their choice of pre-recording their monologue at home, pre-recording their monologue on the …
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GHS staff and students participated as a group and logged over 15,000 active minutes in the 10th Annual and first virtual Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Walk Against Hate the week of Oct. 12, 2020. The ADL Walk Against Hate is an event for participants around the country to show their support and promote diversity and speak …
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Each year, thousands of student musicians from all over New York State compete for the opportunity to be selected for the NYSSMA Conference All-State Music Ensembles. Only a very small percentage of those who audition are granted the honor of participating in this prestigious event. Students who are accepted will perform with the best high …
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