The Spring Scholastic Book Fair will be held from Friday April 29 to Friday May 6 in the Library Media Center. Students will have two opportunities in-school to attend the book fair: first to look at the book offerings and create a wish list, the second to make their selections for purchase. Scholastic has created …
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The Menands Board of Education will hold a Budget Workshop with a special meeting immediately following on April 11 starting at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in person and also streamed live. Click here to access the live stream link to the meeting. View the April 11 agenda. If you are unable to …
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Dear Parents & Families, Happy Friday everyone! We have a few updates and information to share with you all before you start your weekend. First, we would like to thank you for your continued cooperation as we continue our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We recently sent out an update to our COVID guidelines that …
Dear Parents & Families, Happy Friday to you all! Before you start your weekend, we have a few updates and upcoming events we would like to make you aware of. We would first like to thank you for your patience as the state and local guidance related to COVID-19 protocols continues to change to respond …
Dear Menands Parents and Caregivers, We wanted to share a brief update with you regarding COVID-19 protocols. As you may know, the New York State Department of Health and Albany County Department of Health have amended their isolation and quarantine guidelines. We are anticipating further guidance on implementing these guidelines to schools. As the guidance …
Good afternoon, As you may have heard recently, Governor Hochul has indicated COVID-19 tests will be sent to all school districts for distribution following the winter break. At this point, we have not received these tests. Additionally, health and safety guidance from both the state and our local county health department continues to evolve. As …
Dear Parents & Families, Happy Friday to you all! We hosted our annual Spelling Bee on Thursday, Dec. 16. All student participants did a fantastic job and made us very proud. The winners have been announced on our website. Our first place finalist will move on to compete in the Capital Region Spelling Bee at …
Next week, we will begin our Winter Break on Friday Dec. 24 with school starting back up again on Monday Jan. 3. To ensure students have a fun week before break, we will be having Winter Theme Days ,where students can opt to dress up based on the day’s themes. The themes are as follows: …
In December, Menands Middle School students were challenged to write a mini-saga, a story told in just 100 words, on the theme of “trapped.” 39 students had their selections chosen for publication in SOS Sagas: Trapped. The book will be published in April. 6th Grade Mohamed Hassen Amora Burton Kefy Diefenderfer Vivaan Bejjensky Nana Kyiretwie …
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Dear Parents & Families, I hope this communication finds you well. Had things not changed in light of COVID-19, school districts across New York State would be holding their annual budget votes and school board elections today. An Executive Order by Governor Cuomo altered not only the vote date, but the manner in which it …
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