Student Athletes of the Month – December 2024

Throughout the school year, Watervliet Athletics will feature student athletes who demonstrate exemplary achievement in their respective sports. Student athletes are recognized for demonstrating good sportsmanship throughout their respective sports seasons. Nominated by their coaches, our Athletes of the Month for November are — Maylee Rodriguez, Brody Wallas and Aundru Woods. Congratulations! Varsity Indoor Track …

WES Drama Club presents Winter Showcase featuring skits and songs

Watervliet Elementary School’s Drama Club performed their Winter Showcase on Jan. 16 — opening with an energetic full cast dance routine from the musical, Hairspray. About two dozen students appeared in three short skits based on condensed versions of the Wizard of Oz, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Rapunzel. …

WHS students tour Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education programs

Approximately two dozen Watervliet high school students had an opportunity to explore potential career interests during an excursion to the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center’s Albany campus on Jan. 7. The 23 sophomores have wide-ranging interests from criminal justice to culinary, early childhood education to electrical trades, game design to global fashion, …

High school students are recognized as Kids of Character for November 

More than a dozen high school students were nominated by teachers or staff members and selected for November Kids of Character for the following categories: Be Positive, Be Present, Be Productive or Be Proud. The November Kids of Character Breakfast were treated to a special breakfast in their honor. Way to go! Grade 9 Jamari …

Student Athletes of the Month – November 2024

Throughout the school year, Watervliet Athletics will feature student athletes who demonstrate exemplary achievement in their respective sports. Student athletes are recognized for demonstrating good sportsmanship throughout their respective sports seasons. Nominated by their coaches, our Athletes of the Month for November are — TJ King, Lea York and Julia Leibach. Congratulations! Varsity Indoor Track and …

Green Island and Watervliet school districts to potentially partner on tuition plan for grades 9-12 students

The Green Island Union Free School District Board of Education is considering a tuitioning agreement with Watervliet City School District. Under the proposed agreement, Heatly students in grades 9-12 would attend Watervliet High School, beginning in September 2025. This proposed plan would provide access to educational opportunities that are not currently available to high school …

Creativity soars in second-grade balloon parade

Inspired by the book “Balloons Over Broadway” by Melissa Sweet, second grade students created their own parade balloons based on favorite cartoon, storybook, comic, videogame or holiday-inspired characters. The second-graders then marched through the halls of Watervliet Elementary School in their own parade the day before Thanksgiving break – receiving cheers and high fives from …

EVOLVE students mark first quarter successes

Family, friends, teachers and administrators gathered at the Watervliet Civic Center to celebrate students in our EVOLVE program and recognize their efforts and successes at the conclusion of the first marking period. The students and their guests enjoyed a celebratory Thanksgiving meal of turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and other fixings – some of which was …

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