Pashley Library Media Specialist Mrs. Neddo is challenging all Polar Bears to a Summer Reading Challenge. Can you read for at least 20 minutes each day this summer? She certain hopes so! The challenge runs from Friday, June 21 to Saturday, August 31. Psst: Don’t forget the power of audio books. Grab one for the …
Calling all OMS students–don’t forget to purchase your 2018-19 yearbook! They are available for $40. Students can bring their money (cash or check payable to BH-BL CSD) to Mrs. Kibler’s room 220.
Exploring Computer Science students had fun testing their programming skills through an end-of-the-unit robotics project that challenged them to train their robots to complete an obstacle course hands-free. To successfully complete this obstacle course (and thus earning a passing grade), the students’ robots had to be programmed to first reverse out of their designated parking …
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Robotics students take a dive into the world of aquatic robotics during their Sea Perch challenge. Sea Perch is a program originally sponsored by the US Navy in which students design, build, and drive autonomous underwater vehicles. Students were challenged to compete against each other in three events: speed race, an underwater obstacle course, and …
Congratulations to Grade 8 Rowing ????♂️Quad members Derek Sitors, Zach Kasparian, Brian Corey, and Jackson Bower (with Coach Shelby Kislowski) and Doubles members (Zach Kasparian and Brian Corey) place first in their categories???????? (and having the fasted time of the day) at the June 1 Modified Rowing Championship! Other team wins include three 2nd Places, …
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Congratulations to the 32 BH-BL student athletes who signed Letters of Intent committing to play college-level sports in the fall. ???????? #GreatDay2BeASpartan Good luck next year to Gordy Adams (????Cortland), Noah Agoney (????HVCC), Max Blowers (????♂️ St. John Fisher), Mollie Boone (⚽️ Union), Jalen Bocyck (???? Brockport), Josh Crowder (????♂️ Gordon), Vincent Daviero (???? Brockport), Lindsey DeBonis (???? St. John Fisher), John …
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When visitors walked into the fourth-grade classrooms at Stevens Elementary School on Friday, May 17 they were instantly transported to back to 1775. It was a period when there was great unrest in the American colonies over the unfair treatment of the colonists by England’s King George III and Parliament. The Patriots were tired of …
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Congratulations to the Charlton Heights Odyssey of the Mind team for winning third place at World Finals last week! The team competed against 72 other teams from all over the United States and the world–including teams from China, Hong Kong, Poland, Korea, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico and Japan. The fourth graders finished just behind teams from …
BH-BL alum Elizabeth Besozzi was the keynote speaker at the school’s Research Symposium on Wednesday, May 22. Check out what she had to say about BH-BL’s Science Research Program. “Two days ago, I got to present some of my PhD research as the keynote speaker for the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Science Research Program. As an …
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Residents Approve 2019-20 School Budget On Tuesday, May 21 residents approved the 2019-20 school budget proposal of $69,548,408 with 1,173 yes votes and 420 no votes, and a passing margin of nearly 74 percent. The Board of Education election results are Patrick Ziegler with 969 votes, Jennifer Longtin with 955 votes, and Lee-Ann Mertzlufft with …
