We will be welcoming the upcoming winter break with a series of themed days the week of December 19th! Here’s what you need to know to prepare. Monday, December 19 – Let it Snow! Let it Reindeer! Come dressed in white with your favorite snowflake or snowman clothes or get your reindeer gear on! Antlers …
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Along the hallways throughout the school, there are reminders to protect the Earth and throw things away properly. The signs were created by fourteen girls from grades 3-5 who spent three months participating in the Girls on the Run program. “The girls worked together to create posters to remind others to recycle and take care …
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Menands School is excited to continue extracurricular clubs and sports this Winter for Grades 2-8. Club offerings occur after school on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays for one hour and bus transportation home is available. Click this link for further details and to sign up!
We are excited to let you know that we have joined Instagram as MenandsSchool Our first posts are from our Red Ribbon Week campaign — an annual tradition to raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and violence. For five days we dress in a theme to show our united effort to maintain …
Decorate a pumpkin using paints, markers, yarn, paper, fabric, buttons-anything you like, and turn your pumpkin into your favorite book character. To enter the contest: Take 2 photos – one of the pumpkin by itself and another with you and your pumpkin. Grades k-8 send both photos to aford@menands.org using your school email account. In …
Red Ribbon Week at Menands School: October 25 to October 31 Red Ribbon is a nationally recognized week to raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and violence. The advocacy is in response to the tragic death of a drug enforcement agent named Kiki Camarena. Menands Union Free School District annually supports this …
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”We are incredibly excited that some opportunities with staffing and schedules have allowed us the flexibility to bring this tremendous opportunity to incorporate 21st century real world STEAM skills,” said Superintendent Long. “We are so appreciative to our neighbors in North Colonie who shared with us their prior work in this regard, and assisted us …
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Menands trimester one club signups will be live Tuesday, September 13th at 5 pm. Club meetings will begin next week. Cross Country and Soccer sign-ups are live now and will begin practice this week. SIGN UP HERE
Individual school supply lists for the 2022-23 school year can be found here: https://www.menands.org/academics/supply-lists/
Students in Ms. McQuade’s fifth grade class presented research projects on their chosen Latin American countries as a part of the fifth grade Latin American Festival. Parents were invited to listen to students talk about the geography, language and culture of their respective countries.
