The Board of Education’s October 18, 2021 meeting was live-streamed for members of the community. The meeting began at 7 p.m. in the High School auditorium and can be viewed below. Please note: the recording was captured on a screen that did not show the auditorium’s video feed. You can hear the meeting in its …
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On this International Walk to School Day, we’re celebrating crossing guard Angel Mechanick, who has been keeping kids and families safe with a smile for 28 years!! Just last week, Ms. Mechanick marked 28 years of service with the City of Glens Falls as a crossing guard, and she has always been stationed at the …
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Dear Parents and Guardians: While we *love* having all of our students together, learning and thriving in our buildings, we need your assistance on a specific concern. Our school nurses are seeing many children coming to school with obvious head colds, stomach bugs, and “allergies” that haven’t been documented by the child’s pediatrician. Please, DO …
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Since the pandemic began, more than 1.5 million adolescents ages 12-17 years have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and more than 13,000 have been hospitalized, according to CDC data. The pandemic also has taken a toll on children’s mental and emotional health, social well-being and their educational experience. Health officials stress that the vaccine for kids …
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Dear MS/HS Parents and Guardians: As your family’s school routine settles into a groove, please pay special attention to our traffic procedures for arrival and dismissal. Above all, we need to keep our kids safe. This will require extra patience and concentration by drivers moving around our school neighborhoods — particularly at the Middle School’s …
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Dear Parents and Guardians: Warren County remains in a “High” community transmission zone. Here is a summary COVID update for Monday, 9/27, using the best information that has been reported to us, either by a local health department or by parents/guardians/employees. Remember that if any confirmed case requires a mandatory quarantine of other students or …
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Jackson Heights students and teachers got a big boost of “love” through the North Country Subaru Loves Learning event, which included notes of support and a donation of $10,000 for classroom materials! “This is the most generous classroom donation I’ve received in my 30 years of teaching,” says first grade teacher Patty Parmelee, who was …
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Dear Parents and Guardians: Warren County remains in a “High” community transmission zone. Here is a summary COVID update for Thursday, 9/23, using the best information that has been reported to us, either by a local health department or by parents/guardians/employees. Remember that if any confirmed case requires a mandatory quarantine of other students or …
Dear Parents and Guardians: Warren County remains in a “High” community transmission zone, but no new cases involving GFSD students or staff members have been reported since Monday, 9/20. Here is a summary COVID update for Wednesday, 9/22, using the best information that has been reported to us, either by a local health department or …
To further enhance the district’s multi-faceted response to the pandemic and its effects on students, staff, and families, Glens Falls City Schools is creating a new, district-level pandemic response coordinator position to be filled by Ms. Carrie Mauro, current Jackson Heights elementary principal. Mrs. Amanda Simmes, long-time teacher, instructional coach, and educational leader, will take …
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