A message from Superintendent Dr. Marie Wiles: Dear GCSD School Community, Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of when Guilderland schools shut down to slow the spread of COVID-19. Several other area schools shut down a day later, and the Governor closed all schools in the state shortly after that. Never would we have predicted that …
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Last February, Gabe Zullo, now a freshman at Guilderland High School, was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. For a year, Gabe has undergone aggressive medical treatment, all while participating in school remotely. Gabe will regularly attend his virtual class sessions wearing the very blanket his English class sent him …
Guilderland schools have donated an astounding 1,522 books to Project: Cameron’s Story, surpassing the 1,000 goal that had been set. This year the organization collected 25,364 books! In six years, the GCSD school community has contributed over 5,720 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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As we face uncertainties about what the next school year will look like and the financial impacts of the COVID-19 health crisis, our goal is to continue providing the quality education our students deserve with a responsible spending plan. From January 13 to January 29, 2021, the district hosted three ThoughtExchanges to gather advice from …
On Wednesday, January 13, the district hosted a virtual panel discussion that was livestreamed to the GHS Media YouTube page. The panel of GCSD Reopening Committee members shared information and answer questions about COVID-19 testing in GCSD schools, plans for the second semester of the 2020-2021 school year, and preliminary 2021-22 budget information. Watch the …
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In conjunction with COVID-19 positivity rates experienced locally, effective immediately, the Albany County Department of Health advises K-12 school districts to exclude siblings of symptomatic students from attending in-person classes pending COVID-19 test results of the symptomatic student. This does not mean that the whole household who may be asymptomatic needs a COVID test to …
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An important message from Superintendent Dr. Marie Wiles: Dear GCSD School Community, As I try to process the terrifying images of the attack on our Capitol yesterday, I feel shock, horror, and sadness over this assault on our democracy. I suspect that we are all struggling to process our feelings about the disturbing images of …
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The following message was sent to the Lynnwood Elementary School Community: Dear Lynnwood Elementary School Community, It is with great sadness to share that Dennis Rizzo, Principal Alicia Rizzo’s husband, passed away the morning of Dec. 31 after a courageous battle with brain cancer. Thoughts, prayers, and love to Alicia and her family. In sadness, …
To prepare for upcoming winter weather below is information on how weather-related closures and delays for the 2020-2021 school year will be handled. Weather-Related Closures As in the past, schools will be closed when snow or poor road conditions make travel difficult or impossible. There will be no classes on these days for all students …
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Updated: Jan. 29, 2020 The state’s micro-cluster strategy, announced this fall, required school-based testing for schools to stay open for in-person learning. At a press conference on Monday, Jan. 5, Governor Andrew Cuomo said that schools in counties with COVID-19 positivity rates greater than 9% need to test for COVID-19, and if their rates are …
