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 exploring, …
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All students who require bussing for high schools, charter schools, or private schools need to submit a transportation request before April 1, 2025. The link below will take you to a Google form to request transportation. If you have any questions please email Trish O’Connell at toconnell@menands.org Transportation Request 2025-2026
Storm clouds were formed in a Menands third grade classroom on Monday, but the only thunder that could be heard was the rumbles of applause and shouts of awe as students reacted to an experiment conducted by WNYT news channel 13 meteorologist Reid Kisselback. Students in Stephanie Stanton’s and Jennifer Houbre’s classes started their school …
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The link to the budget workshop livestream is here A link to the slideshow is here
You could say students in Samantha Hall’s second grade classroom are not monkeying around when it comes to a fellow classmate who is out of school due to illness. The students in the Menands Union Free School have adopted Gage Jr., a stuffed monkey, to keep the seat warm for their classmate, who has been …
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A regionalization initiative to increase student services while saving taxpayers is exceeding expectations this school year, school district officials say. The Riverside Special Education Collaborative launched in September to provide the “least restrictive educational environment” for students in the Menands, Cohoes, Green Island and Watervliet schools. Through the collaborative, students remain enrolled in their respective …
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Menands students logged thousands of minutes of reading recently while raising hundreds of dollars for Ronald McDonald House Charities. Throughout November, students in grades kindergarten through eight at Menands read books and, in the process, raised funds for the charity through pledges and donations. A total of $800 was raised for the charity with 6th …
The Menands Board of Education approved on Jan. 13 a budget development calendar for the 2025-26 school year budget. The plan details the step-by-step approach the board will take in putting together a spending plan that will go to voting public for approval on May 20. The budget development calendar is as follows: Jan 27: …
A seventh grader has won the Menands School spelling bee. Cirai Haynes out-spelled 15 other students to win the championship on Dec. 11. Siva Saranya Karthika Chembeti, an 8th grade student, was runner-up. Haynes advances to the regional qualifier exam and if she places well in that, will compete in the Scripps Regional Spelling Bee. …
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It’s beginning to look like the holidays at Menands School where students are joining faculty and staff in decorating their classroom doors. In what has become an annual competition, each classroom decorates their door in holiday/winter theme with the class with the best decorated door winning a classroom party, plaque and movie. A walk through the …
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