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The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has developed a Parent Dashboard to increase transparency and make information about school performance and other school-level data easier for parents and the public to access. The Parent Dashboard is part of New York’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan, which emphasizes equity in education for all students […]
HFM PTECH has launched an initiative to emphasize the importance of attending school every day. The teachers on the Attendance Matters Committee created an animation and presented it today to introduce a contest that will reward students for good attendance. Classes that have 90 percent or higher attendance will be entered into a monthly drawing […]
When the three HFM BOCES PTECH schools — Foothills, Agriculture and Jansen — start up this fall as a co-located entity, they will introduce a new program to help integrate the students from the three schools, as well as students transferring from the former PTECH program at Amsterdam High School, and establish a school rooted […]
The Greater Johnstown School District Board of Education has selected Dr. William Crankshaw, the current superintendent of the Cooperstown Central School District, to be its next superintendent of schools. Dr. Crankshaw was appointed by the Johnstown board during a special meeting on Thursday, Aug. 27 with a five-year contract. He’s set to officially assume the […]
On Wednesday, June 24 and Thursday, June 25, members of the HFM BOCES Special Education staff participated in a drive-by graduation parade for our seniors. The staff drove to each student’s house in their cars and gave them their own personal parade. The students were from the Johnstown, Gloversville, Amsterdam, Broadalbin-Perth, Mayfield and Wells school […]
HFM PTECH celebrated its annual Awards Night on June 17 with a virtual ceremony via GoogleMeet to honor the recipients of awards in each class and some special recognitions. Here are the awards and their recipients: Global Studies Academic Achievement Kaidince Nellis Professional Skills Award Alexa Savage Most Improved Clayton Van Valkenburg U.S. History Academic […]
The HFM Career and Technical Center congratulated graduates during a drive-thru on campus Wednesday, June 17 and Thursday, June 18. Observing safety precautions, instructors and administrators greeted students and family members in their cars exchanging well wishes and distributing certificates and special awards. Congratulations to all the students for their hard work and dedication through […]
Congratulations to the graduates at Adirondack Academy! ADK faculty, staff and administrators visited homes to help the graduates celebrate while staying a safe distance from one another. It was a year like no other but you guys did it! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and dedication! The graduates are: Logan VanDyke, Ralph […]
Agriculture PTECH hosted its annual awards night in a virtual format on June 11, announcing awards winners in several categories with an online slideshow. This year’s award winners are: Agriculture Awards Ag Enthusiast 9th- Dakota Witzke 10th- Iven Beam, Isaac Beam Future Agriculturalist 9th- Caden Douglas 10th- Aimee Morse Art Awards Artistic Achiever 9th- Kamdyn […]
