Congratulations and good luck to the following BH-BL musicians who have been accepted into the Saratoga Warren All-County Orchestra/Jazz Festival which takes place on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. 6-7 Orchestra – Jaime Dawes and Aidan Urstadt 8-9 Orchestra – Liam Sullivan and Myles Yannuzzi 10-12 Orchestra – Erich Brucker and Cheyenne Zhang HS Jazz …
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Recognized for Closing the Gender Gap in AP Computer Science Principles BH-BL High School has earned the College Board AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. Schools honored with the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded young women’s access to AP computer science courses. …
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Congratulations to BH-BL High School’s social studies teacher Kurt Semon, who was recently recognized as one of New York state’s Veterans of Foreign War Teachers of the Year for 2020. The VFW Teacher of the Year award recognizes three exceptional teachers from across that state for their outstanding commitment to teaching citizenship and patriotism. Kurt …
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Pashley Elementary students (and parents) are participating in a special project this month. It’s an all-school book club called One School, One Book™ that fifth-grade teacher Jen Sala introduced to the school community a couple years ago, and which Library Media Specialist Krissy Neddo is helping carry out. “One School, One Book™ is a novel …
Snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and animal tracking, oh my! It’s never a dull moment in Coach Cohen & Ferrie’s Pashley Elementary School physical education classes. The snow doesn’t keep our Pashley Polar Bears inside. In fact, it makes animal tracking that much more fun! More photos can be found on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BHBLSchools/
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 …
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 …
