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Congratulations to BH-BL High School students Cedric Sirianni, Blake Zardezed, and Will Ziegler for earning perfect scores (100) at their NYSSMA auditions and being named NYSSMA All-State musicians. As such, the students were also recognized publicly with proclamations by the BH-BL Board of Education at its January 22, 2020 meeting. Cedric Sirianni was accepted into …

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Smart Schools Investment Plan update (January 2020) BH-BL continues to draw upon the funds made available by the Smart Schools Investment Plan, a NYS program aimed at helping NYS schools modernize their technology equipment and network infrastructure and security practices. Most of our funds to date have been used to support the enhancement of our …

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Congratulations to O’Rourke Middle School’s Future City team for winning first place, for the third consecutive year, at this weekend’s 2020 Future City Albany Regional Competition. The team advances to the National Competition held in Washington, D.C.  in February. In addition to the team’s city, Nerosparta, winning the regional competition, the team also received awards …

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Congratulations to BH-BL High School senior and Science Research Program student Hannah Shell who has been named a top 300 scholar in the 79th Regeneron Science Talent Search—the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics competition for high school seniors. Nearly 2,000 students entered the competition this year and Hannah is the only student …

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Every year, BH-BL High School students in Mrs. Manning’s Child Studies and Child Psychology classes “adopt” a child for Christmas. And through their efforts with fundraising, donations, etc., they are able to help a child and their family have a merry Christmas. This year, Manning’s students collaborated with their Distance Learning peers from other school …

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Students in Mauranda Comley’s middle school Family and Consumer Science  classes (FACS) learned quite a bit about reducing, reusing, and recycling during their recent lesson on sustainability. “I want my students to have a complete understanding of the impact we have on our planet and I want them to see how they can change their …

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Student musicians are invited to apply for participation in three different NYSSMA Solo Festivals, scheduled for the Spring. The NYSSMA Piano Solo Festival  at The College of Saint Rose on March 6 and 7. The application deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 8. The regular NYSSMA Instrumental/Vocal Festival at Voorheesville on  April 3 and 4. The application …

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Go ahead, shop at Avon (online) and support the BHBS Ice Hockey team. The team’s goal is to raise $500. Simply shop at http://avon.com/fundraiser/bhbshockey and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the team–plus, you get some pretty cool products!

BH-BL students and families once again rally together to collect enough food through the annual Holiday Food Drive to feed nearly 100 families in need this holiday season. BH-BL partners with local churches and the Boy Scouts of America to collect and distribute food for Thanksgiving and Christmas. “Together we are strengthening our community,” says …

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PTA Reflections Contest Winners Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 PTA Reflections Contest.  Many worthy and notable entries were received.  All the artists should be proud of their work! Visual Arts: Jocelyn Lucey’s Soul Confined and Peyton Felix’s Leaves will be a Mystery, Plastic will be History Visual Arts Honorable Mentions: Christopher McDaid’s What …

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