For the second year, the Guilderland Central School District community is raising awareness about Ewing Sarcoma, a rare cancer Jenna Meier and Gabe Zullo, two Guilderland High School students, are battling. Erin McNamara and Danielle Brenner, both teachers at GHS, are organizing a community walk on May 1 in Tawasentha Park to continue to promote …
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On March 1, 2022, the Guilderland Central School District put out a request for proposals for the pre-kindergarten program. The district is soliciting organizations that currently provide services to 4-year-old children within and closely surrounding the Guilderland’s Central School District’s area and are interested in providing a full-day Pre-Kindergarten program for up to 6-7 classroom(s). …
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A message from Dr. Wiles: Dear GCSD Families, Earlier this week a communication was sent to all Guilderland Central School District families stating that the statewide mask mandate for schools will expire effective tomorrow, March 2. As of Wednesday, mask wearing by students and staff in all GCSD buildings and on buses is recommended but …
Guilderland schools have donated an overwhelming 2,001 books to Project: Cameron’s Story, surpassing last year’s total by almost 500 books. This year the organization collected 27,158 books! In eight years, the GCSD school community has contributed over 8,149 children’s books to Project: Cameron’s Story, a not-for-profit organization that collects new children’s books for families of …
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A message from Dr. Wiles: Dear GCSD Families, As you may be aware, this afternoon Governor Hochul announced the expiration of the statewide mask mandate for schools, effective Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Here’s what this means for Guilderland Central School District families, students and staff: Monday, Feb. 28 and Tuesday, March 1: students and staff …
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A message from Dr. Wiles: Dear GCSD Families, An important part of the process of developing next year’s school budget is to gather feedback and perspective from the Guilderland Central School District community. To do so, the district ran a ThoughtExchange from Feb. 8-Feb. 14; view the results on the district website. Announcing the Dr. …
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Congratulations to Jaden Smith (Junior Varsity Cheer) and Beth Irwin (Varsity Cross County Ski) for earning DOW (Dutchmen of the Week) honors for the week of Feb. 7. Jaden Smith (Junior Varsity Cheer) Jaden is a first year cheerleader. She is a fast learner and continues to improve each day. She comes to practice ready …
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The Farnsworth Middle School student council is hosting an apparel sale. A portion of the sales will go directly to the student council to help fund events such as the Eighth Grade Moving Up Day (MUD) celebration. Ordering can be done online with the option for items to be delivered to your student at FMS …
From Feb. 8-Feb. 14, the Guilderland Central School District ran a ThoughtExchange to gather input from GCSD students, staff, families and community members regarding budget priorities. Overall, the ThoughtExchange had 643 participants, 582 thoughts and 29,638. Thank you to all who participated! The ThoughtExchange was launched to gather feedback and perspective from the GCSD community …
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Eight Guilderland High School students who were selected as 2022 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists in the fall have now advanced to the finalist level of the competition. The eight GHS students are Joanna Chen, Michael Cheng, Colleen Grimshaw, Abhishikth Nadella, Tianli Qu, Grace Wei, Michael Wong and Ian Zhang. The National Merit Scholarship Program is …
