For the 2025 Calendar Vear (Coverage Vear) Under Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations, Menands UFSD is required to make available Form 1095-C, “Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage,” to employees who were full-time for one or more months during the 2025 calendar year. Form 1095-C provides information about the health coverage that was offered to …
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Trimester 3 clubs sign ups are open until March 15th! Here is the link to the club page. Club descriptions and schedules are listed first, sign up forms are at the bottom of the page. These clubs will begin staying after school on Monday, March 23rd.
School officials will celebrate black history and excellence during a community-wide event at the school on Feb. 26. The Black History Month Celebration runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the school, which is located at 19 Wards Lane in the village. Open to the entire community, the celebration will feature musical performances drumming, singing, …
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Budget development is underway in the Menands School, and the Board of Education is working with the administration to ensure a budget for the coming school year that continues the district’s commitment to academic rigor while remaining fiscally responsible to the residents of the village. Superintendent Jennifer Cannavo said the board and administration have four …
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Amanda Furfaro-Martinez has joined the Menands School as its new Library Media Specialist. Furfaro-Martinez started the week of Feb. 2 after previously holding the same position in the Cairo-Durham Central School District. A Brooklyn native, she has worked throughout the Capital Region, including as a library teaching assistant at Colonie Central High School and as …
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Menands eighth grade student Mohamed Elhadi will represent the district in the regional spelling bee in late March after out-spelling his peers during a recent school-level competition. “I am really excited. It shows the hard work I did,” he said. Students in grades four through eight competed Jan. 27 to see who would advance to …
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Students in Menands School have a leg up on their counterparts across the United States as a result of the school’s foreign language program. While nationally only 20% of students in grades K-12 are enrolled in foreign language classes, every Menands student has the opportunity to learn the Spanish language. Even more advantageous for the …
Menands parents of youth under the age of four-years-old are encouraged to register their children for the school’s full-day PreK program. Children who will turn four-years-old by Dec. 1 are eligible to attend the program, which is made possible through state funding. The program provides students with an opportunity to engage in play-based learning while …
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Anyone seeking transportation for their student for the 2026-2027 school year to a high school, charter, private or parochial school should submit those requests now. Please follow the below link to make the request: https://forms.gle/FhW1WDBBq4iiD66A6 All requests must be submitted by April 1, 2026.
Dozens of choir members took part in the Wicked Worldwide Singalong on Jan. 22. Menands students joined their counterparts from around the world singing the V26 Wicked medley, a specially arranged selection of songs from the award-winning musical Wicked. An 8,000 person-strong choir with special guest star Emma Kingston—who is currently performing in the show—led …
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