Model UN Students Take Home Conference Awards

More 40 BH-BL High School students who participate in Model United Nations (UN) recently competed at the 42nd annual Central New York Model UN Conference at Syracuse University. The students competed against 800 other student delegates from 38 different high schools. The students were led by Model UN advisors Rene Tolan and Jeff Reynolds, who …

District Ends Recent Transportation Contract Seeking Substitute Drivers & Monitors

Over the course of the last several days there have been some questions raised about a contract that the district signed with a small company called Drive With Success. Some of these questions and internet posts raised valid concerns while others were highly speculative and inaccurate. Drive with Success seeks to provide school districts with …

BH-BL senior wins welding scholarship at Capital Region BOCES

Jacob Montalbano, a BH-BL HS senior and Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education student, who is forging a career in welding is the recipient of the Evan M. Schwarz Helping Hand Memorial Scholarship. The $500 award was presented on Dec. 18 to Montalbano by the Schwarz family, teacher Don Mattoon and Career & Technical …

Free & Reduced Price Meal Applications for 2024-25

Children need healthy meals to learn. All five of the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central Schools offer healthy lunches to children. Here is the list of prices for both breakfast and lunch for each school. Elementary Schools- Breakfast $2.25/Lunch $3.25 Middle School – Breakfast $2.25/Lunch $3.50 High School- Breakfast $2.75/Lunch $4.00 Milk is included with all …

HS students receive NYS Seal of Biliteracy

At a recent World Languages Department ceremony, 15 high school students who demonstrated proficiency in English and a World Language through a series of accomplishments including project presentations in both languages were honored with the NYS Seal of Biliteracy. Congratulations to Zoe Brignola (Spanish), Molly Burchett (French), Joanna Chan (Spanish), Mia Curcio (Spanish), Dorothea DeMarle …

O’Rourke Student is a Published Poet

A huge congratulations to O’Rourke Middle School student Guinevere Libertucci whose poetry was recently honored in the Creative Communication’s “A Celebration of Today’s Writers” poetry contest. Her poem was also published in the Poetry Anthology. Way to go, Gwen! Fun Fact–Singer/Songwriter Taylor Swift once won among the top ten finishers in this SAME competition when …

Community Approves 2024-25 School Budget, Elects Morse and Bearce

The BH-BL community approved the 2024-25 school budget with 990 yes votes to 338 no votes, resulting in a passing margin of 75 percent. Residents also elected incumbent Lisa Morse and newcomer Kevin Bearce to the Board of Education. Thank you for voting!