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Posted 5/18/12

Skano 4th graders working with electricity activities involving alternative energy sources.

Posted 5/18/12

Students in Senora Austin’s class study the culture of Mexico.

Posted 5/18/12

Mmmm…. learning mean, median and mode with M&Ms. What a delicious lesson in 5th grade at Skano!

Posted 4/25/12

Author David Lubar poses with Skano Third graders and their interpretations of his book Punished!

Posted 4/19/12

Skano Fourth Grade string students participated in their first Orchestra Showcase Performance. Excitement was in the air as the students started playing through their selections.

 

Posted 4/19/12

Mrs. Austin's former 5th grade students receive their chocolate eggs from Mr. Ciccotelli, owner of Cento Italian Import products. Thank you, Mr. Ciccotelli!

 

Posted 3/27/12

Skano 2nd graders build communities displaying the differences between urban, suburban and rural.

Posted 3/27/12

District Attorney Mr. Frank Hurley, from New York City, presented to Skano’s fifth graders. His focus was on the Bill of Rights and how these amendments connected to some very interesting cases. What a dynamic and interesting speaker!

Posted 3/27/12

Mrs. Banagan’s 3rd graders from Skano presented a skit on pollination at Morning Program this month.

Posted 3/12/12

Skano's Read Across America Day took place on March 2nd. Guest Reader, Board of Ed. member, Mary Blaauboer, read "Chester the Cat" to Skano's third graders in room 25.

Posted 3/12/12

Skano kindergarteners had a visit with a dental hygienist from Capital District Pediatric Dentistry. She talked to the children about how to keep their teeth healthy by brushing, flossing, and eating healthy foods and drinks!

Posted 2/22/12

As a culminating activity to their graphing unit, Mrs. Leclerc’s class sorted and graphed candy hearts.

Posted 2/17/12

As part of the Sound unit in 3rd grade, Mrs. Redgrave’s class made ‘edible ears’ using food and candy. Each part of the ear was a different food or candy and was ‘glued’ in place using fluff. Students then attached labels to each of the parts. Thank you to Kohl’s for donating the boxes for this awesome project.

Posted 2/17/12

Dr. Melissa shows students how to listen to their pulse using a Doppler pulse detector, which measures sound waves. Very, very cool!

Posted 2/1/12

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

Posted 2/1/12

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 2/1/12

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 2/1/12

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. Their catchy tune they sang before and after the facts were given was terrific and memorable.

Posted 2/1/12

Students pose with Harmony, Tad and Mrs. Robertson from the CP-HPL at the Skano Dolphin Readers’ PJ Party. The party highlights the importance of reading at home!

Posted 2/1/12

Ms. Gould is presented flowers at Skano's Morning Program after she is officially announced as principal. The children sang and signed "I Think You're Wonderful" and presented the flowers and cards to her.

Posted 1/23/12

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

Posted 1/23/13

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 12/23/11

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

Posted 12/16/11

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

Posted 12/16/11

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

Posted 12/14/11

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 12/14/11

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 11/30/11

Kindergarten students at Skano learn how to grind corn from the Scotia-Glenville traveling museum. Authentic handmade objects reveal how the earliest people of the Mohawk Valley learned the secrets of nature in order to survive.

Posted 11/30/11

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 11/30/11

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 11/22/11

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

Posted 11/14/11

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 11/1/11

Skano Elementary hosted an activity to end the District-wide Bullying Prevention week and Kick-off Skano’s No Put Downs Program . The Beth and Scott and Friends show provided Skano’s students with two shows: The K-2 program involved an interactive concert that focused on “the Golden Rule” and the importance of treating themselves and others with care and respect. The 3-5 program involved an interactive concert focusing on “Doing the Right Thing” and how to make choices that are right for them and to understand how the choices they make have a strong impact – positive and negative – on others.

 

Posted 11/1/11

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! A nice job was done by all who participated.

Posted 11/1/11

The Run for Skano was held on October 16th we had a great turn out. 110 Skano students participate in the Run and there were 35 buddy runner. $5,800.00 was raised this year and all the kids received a Run for Skano t-shirt.

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 10/7/11

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.

Posted 9/27/11

Skano fourth grade students enjoyed making paper mache globes to help them understand the earth, it's continents and oceans, before moving on in their study of New York State.

Posted 6/21/11

Jill Gould was appointed as Interim Principal of Skano Elementary School to serve in Mary Fitzgerald’s leave of absence. While the appointment is effective 9/1/11,  she will begin working now with the Skano staff to ensure a smooth transition and opening of school. She will receive a leave of absence from her current position as the Director of Instructional Programs and Planning (K-12). She was hired at Shen in 2006 as academic administrator for math/science (k-5). Prior to that, she taught for 9 years at the elementary level at Cobleskill/Richmondville CSD and grade 6 in Chatham Middle School.

Posted 8/1/11

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