DISTRICT NEWS
Voters Approve 2012-2013 Budget - Posted May 16, 2012
Voters in the East Greenbush Central School District approved the district’s $85,121,842 budget for 2012-2013 on Tuesday, May 15, with 1,636 yes votes and 1,036 no votes. Read More...
Athletic Department Holding Scrap Metal Fundraiser – Posted May 18, 2012
The Columbia High Athletic Department is holding a scrap metal fundraiser to benefit the football and baseball teams. Donations will be accepted at Columbia High School. Click here for additional information.
Transportation Efficiencies to Change Start and End Time at Columbia and Goff in 2012/2013 – Posted May 18, 2012
After a review of the current transportation configuration, the Board of Education decided to make changes that will decrease transportation costs. With this reconfiguration there will be a shift in start and end times at Columbia High School and Goff Middle School for the upcoming school year. For the 2012-2013 school year Columbia Guide Room will begin at 7:10 a.m. and afternoon dismissal will be 2:03. Goff will begin at 7:40 a.m. and afternoon dismissal will be 2:40. Click here to read Mr. Sawchuck’s letter regarding the change. Click here to read Mr. Sloane’s letter regarding the change.
Columbia Receives Silver in National H.S. Rankings - Posted May 15, 2012
Columbia High School has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top high schools in the United States. Read More...
Green Meadow Saves Pennies for Patients - Posted May 15, 2012
Green Meadow Student Council officers recently presented a $1,663.57 check to representatives of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). The money was donated by students, faculty and staff at Green Meadow as part of the Pennies for Patients fundraising campaign. Read More...
Goff Seventh Grade Students Advance in X Factor Competition - Posted May 2, 2012
Emma and Ashley Meyer, identical twins and seventh grade students at Goff, competed in the local X Factor competition on April 27th. Their performance won them an audition in the regional competition to be held in Providence, Rhode Island. Read More...
Building Consolidation and Closure Study Begins -Posted May 2, 2012
Superintendent Dr. Angela Nagle introduced The Building Consolidation and Closure Study to the East Greenbush Central School District faculty and staff at 4 pm on April 25th and later to the school community at 7:30 pm. The meeting concluded with a question and answer session that allowed for dynamic discussion to ensure all questions were answered. Read More...
Author/Illustrator G. Brian Karas Visits Green Meadow - Posted May 1, 2012
“I get ideas when I’m walking my dogs, having dinner with my boys; I get my ideas from everything I see and everything I hear,” explained G. Brian Karas to an attentive audience of Green Meadow students. Karas, an acclaimed author and illustrator, spent the day April 27th with Green Meadow students talking about his writing and life experiences. Read More...
Click here for a photo album of his visit.
Columbia High Student Studies Effects of Radiation Treatment - Posted April 27, 2012
Columbia High School senior Erica Otterbeck recently presented at an Epidemiology Studies Public Health Poster Session at University of Albany’s School of Public Health. Read More...
State Report Shows East Greenbush a District in Good Standing - Posted April 17, 2012
Once again, East Greenbush students performed above the state average in English Language Arts and Math, according to the NYS Education Department’s (NYSED) 2011-12 school report cards, released on April 5. Read More…
