February 06, 2012

Jill Gould, Principal

970 Route 146, Clifton Park, NY 12065 • 518-881-0560

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Skano Elementary School building

Skano is one of four elementary schools located on the main campus. It is connected to Tesago Elementary School sharing a cafeteria/auditorium. It opened in 1966-67.

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Posted 2/1/12Living Constitution at Skano

At Skano, the law firm of Austin, Austin and Austin analyzes news articles and relates them to our “Living Constitution."

Posted 2/1/12Simple Machines at Skano

Fourth graders in room 18 at Skano work at experimenting with levers and trying to figure out the mechanical advantage of this simple machine.

Posted 2/1/12Study of birds at Skano

Skano fourth graders get into dissecting owl pellets as a follow-up to their unit of study on birds, and after reading the story, "Owls in the Family".

 

Posted 2/1/12Venn Diagrams at Skano

At Morning Program, Mrs. Dunham’s 2nd grade class taught us the differences and similarities of fresh water and salt water by making a human Venn diagram. [MORE]

Posted 2/1/12Dolphin Readers at Skano

Students pose with Harmony, Tad and Mrs. Robertson from the CP-HPL at the Skano Dolphin Readers’ PJ Party. [MORE]

Posted 2/1/12Mrs. Gould announced as Principal

Ms. Gould is presented flowers at Skano's Morning Program after she is officially announced as principal. [MORE]

Posted 1/23/12Skano Cares

Mrs. Banagan’s 3rd grade class from Skano presented the character counts word; caring at Morning Program this month.

 

Posted 1/23/13Future doctors listen to hearts

Future doctors listening to the “thump, thump” of their hearts, or the valves snapping shut as the blood enters the chambers of the heart. Way too cool!

Posted 12/23/11Skano holiday party

Skano fourth graders enjoyed a Holiday party with their families celebrating their cultural differences.

Posted 12/16/11Stuff the bus at Skano

Skano’s Student Council collected new toys and gifts to help fill buckets and Stuff the Bus!

 

Posted 12/16/11Skano Holiday Assembly

4th and 5th grade choir students bring Holiday Cheer to Skano Elementary!

 

 

Posted 12/14/11Skano visit fron Scotia Glenville Museum

First grade Skano students enjoyed a visit from the Scotia-Glenville Traveling Children’s Museum. The program, “In Days Long Ago,” taught children about clothes, chores, and games from the pioneer days.

Posted 12/14/11Community Action Club

Skano’s Community Action Club held a Food and Personal Care Items Drive. Collected items were donated to CAPTAIN to benefit local families in our community.

Posted 11/30/11Skano gets a visit from Scotia Glenville Museum

Kindergarten students at Skano learn how to grind corn from the Scotia-Glenville traveling museum. [MORE]

Posted 11/30/11Skano

After reading a novel of their choice, students in Mr. Farquharson and Mrs. Michelucci’s fourth grade class designed and shared their Book Report in a Bag project.

Posted 11/30/11Skano

On November 15th and 16th, Shen Elementary librarians partnered with the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library to celebrate the launch of the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, Cabin Fever.

Posted 11/22/11Skano Spooktacular

Skano's October 28th event was Spooktacular! 352 parents and students attended the event and a great time was had by all.

Posted 11/14/11Skano students study the skeletal system

Future doctors from Skano Elementary studied the functions of the skeletal system, memorized the bones, parts of the bone and different kinds of fractures. They passed their exams with flying colors and earned their scrubs!

Posted 11/1/11No Put Down Program at Skano

Skano Elementary hosted an activity to end the District-wide Bullying Prevention week and Kick-off Skano’s No Put Downs Program . [MORE More Photos]

Posted 11/1/11Fire Prevention at Skano

Skano’s Fourth Grade Fire Prevention Poster winners were rewarded. They were greeted with excitement and cheers by their classmates upon their arrival to school in a fire truck!

Posted 11/1/11Skano Run

The Run for Skano, held in October, raised $5,800. More than 110 Skano students participated with 35 buddy runners.

 

Posted 10/7/11

5th grade students in Mrs. Austin's class learn about the constitution. View their We the People of the United States Video.

Posted 10/7/11Dolphin Readers Battle of the Books

Skano students, parents and staff competed in the Skano Dolphin Readers’ Battle of the Books. The September 30th event kicked off the practice of families reading together.

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1/21/12 - Kindergarten Registration, 8am-12n, District Office

1/23/12 - Kindergarten Registration, 6-8:30pm, District Office

1/25/12 - Kindergarten Registration, 6-8:30pm, District Office

1/27/12 - Half Day Gr. K-8 (AM kind. in session)

1/28/12 - Saturday Scholars Registration [MORE]

  

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