The Board of Education will meet Wednesday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the Middle School LGI Room. An agenda is available here. Our community can watch a livestream of the meeting through this link: https://meet.google.com/sij-jkzo-epx?pli=1 You can also join by phone by calling 1-512-649-4007 PIN: 561 504 989#.
Schalmont High School will host a Spring College Fair Tuesday, April 29 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in High School Gym 1. This is a free event for all families who would like to speak with representatives from colleges, armed services and trade unions (listed below). For more information, please email Counselor Greg Loiacono at …
Gel electrophoresis was the hands-on lesson for Schalmont sophomores just before the break in Mrs. Remis’ Biology classes! Students learned the laboratory technique which is used to separate molecules by size and charge when studying DNA or proteins. The activity was part of the sophomores’ unit on genetics. Working in pairs, Biology students first created …
It feels like our students have been working “9 to 5” on this spring’s musical! Schalmont’s Drama Club will perform “9 to 5: The Musical” Thursday, April 24 through Saturday, April 26 at 7:00 p.m. in the High School auditorium. Tickets available at the door. Refreshments provided by Schalmont’s English Honor Society. Featuring music and …
Schalmont’s Wind Ensemble and Concert Band once again made us proud last week with their outstanding performances at the NYS School Music Association’s Majors Festival! The Wind Ensemble achieved a Gold with Distinction, the festival’s highest honor, performing a Level 5 ensemble piece while the Concert Band earned a Silver Medal for their impressive Level …
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All smiles and high fives for Unified Basketball’s first week of practices! 🏀 The team is Schalmont’s first for our new Unified Sports program, which provides students with and without intellectual disabilities an opportunity to play sports together on the same team. Coach Loiacono, Schalmont’s long-time varsity Boys Basketball coach, led the practices that started …
Schalmont Middle School held their first “Trivia Mania” this week, an afterschool event where students test their knowledge on topics such as science, U.S. history, literature and pop culture. Congratulations to Mason Emmons, Nikhil Folmsbee, Evan McTighe, Wesley Montgomery and Miriam Pierce on their first place finish!
Lots of basketball fun and learning in Jefferson’s intramural basketball program! 🏀 Students have been learning the fundamentals afterschool in the program including dribbling, passing and shooting. Thank you to Ms. Weeks and Mr. Keenan for organizing the program and Mr. Gifford for stepping in to help last week! #sabrepride See more photos on our …
Spirit Week fun at Schalmont Middle School! Last week, students did a great job with “Dress Like a Twin,” “Dress Like a Teacher” and other fun themes. As part of the Spring Into Kindness Spirit Week, School Counselor Mrs. Romano also led a powerful lesson on kindness with 6th graders. “Through engaging activities and thoughtful …
