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     Superintendent: Dr. L. Oliver Robinson
5 Chelsea Place, Clifton Park, NY 12065 • 518-881-0600
After-hours emergency number, 371-4004
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• AQUATIC CENTER: Click here for information about the district's pool
• PAYPAMS:  the parent account management system for school meals, click here.
• STUDENT/PARENT PORTAL: Click here to go to the portal. Click here to get more information about the portal.
• ShenTRAC: Technology Resource Assistance Center helping Shen's teachers integrate technology into their classrooms
• Summer School - Click here for information on summer school for students in gr. 6-12
• Community Education: Find out about adult education courses, drivers education, etc.
• Shen Summer Adventures: Summer enrichment course offerings
• Community services: find out about  community use of Shen facilities
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• School Resource Officer: NYS trooper assigned to Shen provides valuable safety information
• Student services: find out about Young Scholars, home instruction, etc.
• ESL Handbook - Click here for information on the District's English as a Second Language Program
• Futures Committee This committee monitors ongoing growth and the potential impact of that growth on the district

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• Due to the many requests for community announcements on the district's website, a community page has been created. Please click here for information on community fundraisers, community groups, etc.
   

 

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Shenendehowa serves students in southern Saratoga County, N.Y. including the towns of Clifton Park, Halfmoon, Ballston, Malta, Stillwater and Waterford.
 
 
Breaking News  
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A Community Conversation with Dr. L. Oliver Robinson, superintendent is scheduled for Saturday, March 13 at 9:30 a.m. in the Orenda/Karigon cafeteria.
 
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During the past 8 weeks, the staff at Shen middle schools held their own Biggest Loser contest. Between all three Middle Schools, Shen lost an amazing 492 pounds and will be donating $400 to the local food pantry.

1st Place - Jonathan Messinger (Acadia)
2nd Place - Cheryl Barbour (Gowana)
3rd Place - There was a three way tie
- Al Green (Acadia)
- Gail Bates (Acadia)
- Sandra Mlodzinski (Acadia)

The winning school that lost the greatest percentage of body weight combined was ACADIA!!!
 
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Congratulations to the Shenendehowa girls 4x800m relay team who became state champions this past weekend at Cornell University. The team of Lizzie Predmore, Gina Stalica, Alex Burtnick, and Danika Simonson clocked a time of 9:17.78 to win the event. Congratulations also to Sam Crisafulli who was on the Section 2 intersectional relay team that also became state champions. Other medal winners include Danika Simonson (6th place) in the 1000m, Lizzie Predmore (2nd place) in the 1500m, Nicole Irving (3rd place) in the 3000m, Kelsey Hanson (6th place) in the 55m hurdles, and Danny Harris (5th place) in the 1600m.
 
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SHENSATIONAL! - Global Expo 2010
Celebrating our differences to strengthen our community


On Saturday, March 27, 2010, the
Shenendehowa Central School District will hold its first ever “SHENSATIONAL! Global Expo 2010” hosted by the district’s Diversity Committee. The intent of this year’s expo is to acknowledge and celebrate the array of backgrounds, cultures, and viewpoints reflected in our community. The goal is to promote dialogue on critical topics, foster an enhanced appreciation of the differences that make this community great, and showcase the wide variety of talent within the community.
  • Guest speaker: John Robinson - WMHT - author of “Get Off Your Knees,” a multiple-congenital amputee who was born without the full development of his arms and legs.
  • Public forums conducted by Shen clubs including:
    World of Difference - Images in the media.
    Respect Club - Globalism and the future.
    NCBI- Changing Faces of Friends.
    Language in Media Class - Class and culture.
    Best Buddies - Inclusion-We are all included.
  • Cultural performances in music and dance.
  • Poetry, art and storytelling presentations.
  • Games/Activities from around the world.
  • And more!

Click here for a flyer with more information.

 

 
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Arongen student, Liam Carlson, has Picture of Liam Carlsonbeen selected as the "local hometown hero" for the Crohn's colitis walk this year. Click here to view the article about Liam that appears on the Crohn's website.
 
 
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Posted on 3/3/10
On March 2, the first presentation in the budget development process was made to the Board of Education. Actions for the board to consider in the budget development process including potential cuts were presented. Click here for more information on the presentation.

 
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SHENENDEHOWA AQUATICS is now offering OPEN WATER SCUBA DIVING COURSE. This course consists of online course work, 1 classroom session*, 5 pool sessions and 4-5 open water dives in Lake George. Each student will outfitted in scuba gear and will learn basic scuba skills and safety drills. At the completion of the pool sessions, the students will spend 2 full days diving in Lake George where learned skills are practiced and further reviewed under close supervision. Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive a Scuba Diving International (SDI) Open Water Certification card allowing them to dive anywhere in the world. The course fee includes access code for online course work, registration fees and full rental gear for the course. Limit 8 per session. Students must provide their own personal gear consisting of mask, snorkel, fins and boots. This gear can be purchased at the first classroom session!!! * The first class will be held in HS East faculty dining room.
Dates: Session 1: Tuesday March 30*
Tuesdays April 20-May 18
Session 2: Wednesday May 5*
Tuesday May 25-June 29
Time: 8:00-10:00pm
Length: 7 weeks/session
Fee: $375/session
Sign up is through Community Education Office.
 
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Shen Middle School students are sewing ten community service quilts to provide comfort to children in crisis. This interdisciplinary project was designed to combine skills taught in family and consumer sciences (FACS) and art. In art class students designed individual squares for the quilt and they began sewing sections of the quilt together during FACS class in March. The quilts will be donated to the pediatric unit at "Northwoods at Hilltop," a rehabilitation center for children who have suffered head trauma and to Hospice Wave Riders, a support group for children who have had someone close to them die.
Middle school FACS teacher Jennifer Nicholls, art teacher Mary Jenny and Clifton Park resident Ann Schwanda have been collaborating on the project at Shen and it was recently presented at the state level to the NYS Family and Consumer Science Educators as well as at the NYS Middle School Conference.
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More than 80 students from Acadia's team 7-2 participated in a camp in to raise money for the Clinton-Bush Haiti Relief Fund. Each student was required to donate $5.00 of their own money, and then ask their family and friends to match their donation. The event raised $3,000 for the fund. The goal was raise $1,000 and they tripled that.
The students were dropped off at 6pm and were fed pizza donated by Mama's Express. Throughout the night the students participated in various team building activities as well as challenging events and games. Once the games and activities were over the students set up their village in the Green Gym. The next day the students were served breakfast, which was donated by McDonalds & Dunkin Donuts. There were also donations from both Hannaford Supermarket and DeCresente Distributors.

 
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The SFA (Student-Faculty-Administration) Senate's annual dodgeball tournament is Friday, March 5, from 6:30-10 in the High School East gymnasium. This year, the event will raise money for Hannah's Hope and CAPTAIN. Checks will be presented at the tournament. In addition, the Senate is sponsoring a "Best of Clifton Park" pizza contest. Several local vendors are setting up booths. For $3, voters can taste each pie and cast their vote for the favorite. More than 800 students and faculty play in the tournament.
 
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Shenendehowa High School students Jonathan S. Harrison, Emily Hensler, Eric Wang, and Jianing Xie have been named finalists in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. To achieve the status of finalist requires achievement in the top one percent of United States high school graduating seniors who took the National Merit Scholarship examination. This award is one of the highest forms of recognition that a high school senior can achieve.
A certificate will be presented to these students at the high school’s Awards Program on Thursday, May 27th. The program will be held in the Shenendehowa High School auditorium.
 
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Shenendehowa recognized by the Office of State Comptroller for excellence in financial practices. After closing out a five-year plan to audit 733 school districts and BOCES across the state, Shenendehowa was recognized as one of 39 with an excellent audit. According to a statement published in On Board, a publication of the New York State School Boards Association, "the comptroller found the overwhelming majority of school districts are honest, ethical and care only about providing the best education possible."
Shenendehowa's superintendent, Dr. L. Oliver Robinson fully agrees with the comptroller's assessment and sees Shen's recognition for shrewd fiscal management and high academic performance as a result of the unwavering commitment to excellence. "We take our responsibilities seriously and endeavor to continue being good stewards of district resources," said Robinson.
 
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Shenendehowa Boys' swimming and diving team won their 3rd straight NYSPHSAA State Championship @ Erie Community College in Buffalo on Feburary 27th. State Qualifiers Adam Bonk, Adam Goodcoff, Jacob Johnson, Shayne Buckley, Taylor Nichols, and Troy Nichols helped guide the Plainsmen to victory. Highlights include Jacob Johnson winning the 100 yd freestyle, his 8th state title overall, and the 400 Freestyle Relay of Taylor Nichols, Shayne Buckley, Troy Nichols, and Jacob Johnson winning the 400 yd. freestyle with an All-American Time of 3:10.82.
 
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Okte’s Student Council and Community Action Picture of Okte Hearts for HaitiClub teamed up in February to do their part in helping Haiti. Each morning group members sold Hearts for Haiti for a $1 donation and raised over $300 for the American Red Cross. Hearts were put on display around the school.
 
 
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Congratulations to Ken Strube, who won his Picture of Coach Ken Strube winning his 547th basketball game547th game last night as girls basketball coach at Shenendehowa. The sectional win over Troy High School made Ken the all time leader in career wins in Section 2 boys and girls basketball.
 
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Shenendehowa Central Schools will receive a $77,137 service-learning grant for an environmental responsibility project from the State Farm YouthPicture of State Farm presenting the Youth Advisory Board Grant Advisory Board. A core group of seven Shenendehowa High School students wrote the grant with research assistance and publication assistance from more than 100 students in the environmental science classes. The grant will be used to purchase the equipment needed to compost the district’s cafeteria waste and use it to grow a community garden. Through the curriculum and environmental clubs, this initiative will provide opportunities to educate students, staff, and the larger community about the benefits of composting, recycling, and waste management.

"This grant from State Farm provided our students with a great, real-life learning experience," said Superintendent Dr. L. Oliver Robinson. "They learned first-hand how to develop an idea, research what is needed to implement it (budget, materials, etc.), wrote a grant to get the funding and now will be responsible for making it come to fruition. We are looking more and more to provide this type of experiential learning for our students and State Farm has been a great partner."

Shenendehowa is one of 82 community organizations to receive a service-learning, youth-led grant across the United States and Canada. More than 1,100 grant requests were received by the Board.

“State Farm supports service-learning because it combines service to the community with classroom curriculum in a hands-on approach to mastering subject material while fostering civic responsibility,” said Vice President of Agency, Vance Yoshikawa. “I applaud the leadership of the Shenendehowa district who shares State Farm’s commitment to education, our community and our youth and I look forward to our partnership.” “

The State Farm Youth Advisory Board is a diverse group of 30 youth, ages 17-20, who were chosen through a competitive process to lead and oversee this $5 million/year signature service-learning initiative. The Youth Board identified the issues, issued competitive grants and will now provide technical assistance, communication and oversight to site grantees. Visit www.statefarmyab.com for more information about the different projects being funded and about the Youth Advisory Board.
 
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DEADLINE DATE FOR NON-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS

Parents of students living in the Shenendehowa Central School District seeking transportation for their children who will attend a non-public school for the 2010-2011 school year must submit a written request for transportation by April 1, 2010.

Applications can be obtained from the non-public school your child attends, on the Shenendehowa website at

 or at the District Transportation office. The completed application must be returned by April 1, 2010 to Shenendehowa Central School District, Attn: Pupil Transportation Office, 970 Rt. 146, Clifton Park, NY 12065.

Questions should be directed to the Transportation Department at 881-0240. This form must be renewed on an annual basis.

 
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Rehearsals have begun for the Shenendehowa High School Musical Company’s production of “Anything Goes,” to be performed Mar. 18-20 at 7:30 p.m. in High School East. Tickets, which are $12 reserved seating, are on sale and may be obtained by going to the H.S. Musical page.Pictures of students in the Orchestra for the Shen musical

Seniors Karissa Jump, clarinet, and Tom Pierson and Alex Lessard, trumpet, are among the 21 students in the orchestra of Anything Goes. Although most are experienced musicians, many are learning the Broadway style and jazz for the first time.

Kevin Orlando plays Moonface Martin, Public
High School Musical - Anything Goes Enemy #13, and Brynna Pawlows is Erma, a moll, in Shen's production of Anything Goes.

 
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Shen Dollars for Scholars March Fundraiser at TGIF: The local chapter of DFS, a not-for-profit organization of volunteers who award $500 - $1000 scholarships each year to qualifying seniors in the Shen School District, will hold a fundraiser at the Clifton Park TGI Fridays on Tuesday, March 16, 5 - 9 p.m. A flier may be downloaded from the Shenendehowa Dollars for Scholars website (google) and presented that evening. Others will be available outside TGIF that evening. All profits from the evening will be awarded to Shen seniors this year.
 
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Please visit the Music Department home page (www.shenmusic.org) for program information, helpful parent and student resources, and exciting student news and recognition! Information includes:
  • "What is NYSSMA?"
  • Parent guide regarding the Elementary GM Report Card
  • Student highlights and recognition
 
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Shen Community Coalition Hosts Series to Promote Teen Health and Safety. Facebook. Friends. Dating. Alcohol. Sexting. Marijuana. Cyberbullying. Teens today are negotiating a world very different than the one in which their parents grew up. Help for parents and teens as they navigate this exciting and tumultuous time is available in a series of presentations organized by the Shenendehowa Community Coalition. Click here for more information.
 
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Shenendehowa's SADD CLUB will hold a food and personal items drive To benefit CAPTAIN’s food pantry March 1- March 12 in the main lobby at High School East. CAPTAIN’s FOOD PANTRY’s cupboards are extremely low.

Ideas for donations include:
  • Snacks for kids
  • Dried Soups
  • Tomato Products
  • Soup
  • Peanut Butter
  • Tuna
  • Prepared Meals: Ramon Noodles, Chef Boy-ar-dee, Hamburger Helper, Dinty Moore

FOOD STAMPS COVER ONLY FOODS. IF YOU CAN DONATE PERSONAL ITEMS, THEY WILL BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED

  • Toilet Paper
  • Tissues
  • Diapers – All sizes.
  • Wipes
  • Laundry Soap
  • Toothpaste & toothbrushes & Floss
  • Deodorant, Shampoo, Body Wash

For more information, contact Cathi Barbaro, RN, Shenendehowa SADD Club Advisor at the HSE Health Office 881-0310 Ext 61419

 
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Shen is now on Twitter -- Connect to Twitter Button
www.twitter.com/ShenNews. Twitter is a free service that allows us to send text messages about emergencies such as school closings, delays, etc. to those who sign up. Twitter is a social-networking microblog that allows the district to send short messages, known as tweets, of not more than 140 characters. People can sign up to receive these messages as a text message on their cell phone. That means no more getting out of bed to check the website or television on snowy mornings.

Don't know how to set up account for text messages...When you log in to Twitter or sign up for an account, click on the settings link (top of page). Then click on the link that says "Mobile" and follow the directions.

 
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The annual PTA Founder's Day dinner will be held on Monday, April 12th, 2010 at Michael's Banquet House in Latham. If you would like to nominate someone for the PTA Honorary Life Award you may do so by either obtaining a form through the school of your choice or from the PTA Council. The Council form may be downloaded from their website. Please submit all nominations to your school's PTA President. Questions? Please contact your school's PTA President or one of the Founder's Day Co-Chairs ~ Wendy Reynolds reynoldsfamily@nycap.rr.com or Amy Nigriny anigriny@nycap.rr.com.

Please join us for the 2010 Founder's Day Dinner
Date: Monday, April 12th
Place: Michael's Banquet House, Latham
Time: Meet & Greet at 6:30pm, Dinner at 7:00pm
Dinner Choices: Choice Cut Sirloin Steak, Oven Roasted Breast of Chicken Italian and Vegetarian Eggplant Napoleon.
Cost: $29.00 per person
All reservations, along with dinner choice and payment, are due to your school's PTA President NO LATER than Wednesday, March 10th.
Questions? Please contact Wendy Reynolds 371-6201~Amy Nigriny 376-4286

 
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In an effort to be more transparent and make information more accessible, Shenendehowa has compiled the most recent statistics from the N.Y.S. Education Department and other sources into one document referred to as the "Dashboard." Click here to view the Dashboard information.
 
arrow bullet The Board of Education has established an electronic mailbox to receive comments, ideas and suggestions at boe@shenet.org. Mail is forwarded to all members and the superintendent of schools approximately once a week. If you have a specific question, please contact the school or department directly.

 
CONTACT US
For comments or suggestions, click here. or call the public information office at (518) 881-0611.

After-hours emergency number, 371-4004

EMERGENCY CLOSINGS/DELAYS
Click here for general information on emergency school closings, delays and early dismissals.
LONG RANGE PLAN
Click here for the district's Commitment to Excellence vision including the mission statement; values and beliefs; and the Profile of a Shenendehowa Graduate, Middle School Student, Elementary Student and Employee.

Click here for the list of the 2009-10 goals and objectives approved by the school board.

GENERAL INFORMATION
• New York State Education Dept. • Saratoga County
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Capital Region BOCES
Tech Valley High School
• Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library
• Town of Clifton Park • Southern Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce
• Town of Halfmoon • Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce
• Town of Ballston    
• Town of Malta • New York State PTA Website
• Town of Stillwater    
• Town of Waterford
 
• NYS Registered Sexual Offenders
 

 

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www.twitter.com/ShenNews.

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2010-11 BUDGET NEWS

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Shen Info A to Z
• A site map list of addresses, budget, directions, phone numbers, tax rates, enrollment, etc.
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Teacher/Staff Pages
• Visit the complete list of teacher/staff webpages
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Information about H1N1

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Check out these NEW Pages
• Shatekon, kindergarten Homepage
• Shatekon, Mrs. Magendanz, kindergarten
• Karigon, Mrs. Andrews, gr. 1
• Shatekon, Miss Smith, gr. 4
• High School, Mr. Keyser, social studies
• Elementary accelerated math, Mrs. Schram
• High School, Ms. Coons, science
• Arongen, Mrs. Kinley, gr. 3
• High School, Alternative Education Program
• Orenda, Grade 1 - Team Page
• Elementary QUEST Program
• Karigon, Mrs. Kuftiak, gr. 1
• Middle school,  Accelerated Math 7H, Ms. Miller
• Orenda, Academic Intervention Services (AIS)
• Shatekon, Miss Sloat, gr. 3
• Arongen and Shatekon, Mrs. Taylor, Language Concepts
• High School, Miss Keiper, Math
• Orenda, gr. 2: Mrs. Brosnan, Miss Berwecky, Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Gwiazdowski
• Karigon, Counseling Page - Mrs. Reinisch

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Character Education at Shenendehowa

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Shen Summer Reading Graphic
Grade K-12 Summer Reading lists

 

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