The Watervliet City School District has earned a Platinum School Safety Excellence Award for 2023 from the Utica National Insurance Group. Watervliet is one of at least 165 school districts and Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) in New York State to receive an award for our efforts to provide a safe and secure learning …
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Demari Perkins, an 11th grader at Watervliet High School, is among the nearly 70 students from 19 area school districts who will represent Capital Region BOCES during a statewide competition this month that tests their abilities in the skilled trades and workplace. The students will showcase their work-related skills at the competition, which takes place …
We join with the Watervliet Police Department in mourning the loss of Sergeant Marc Langlais, who served the Watervliet community as a police officer for the past 19 years. Marc graduated from Watervliet High School as a member of the Class of 1995, and was active in the jazz band throughout high school. He married …
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Plan maintains programs, services, staffing; provides added learning opportunities, supports for students During its regular meeting on April 4, the Watervliet Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt a proposed $37,759,000 budget for the 2023-24 school year. The school budget proposal represents a $4 million, or 12%, increase compared with the current-year budget. The spending …
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A reminder that students in grades 3-8 will be taking the 2023 New York State Grades 3-8 English Language Arts the week we return from Spring Break, with the state Math tests to follow in early May (schedule below). This year for the first time, all of our grade 3 and grade 6 students will …
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Building Cannoneer Culture Another dozen students in grades 6-8 were recognized recently for their efforts to improve the overall school climate at Watervliet Junior High School via the “Cannoneer Culture” initiative. The theme of the program encompasses the four characteristics listed below, which align with our Board of Education goals. Being Present: I will be …
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Students in grades 7-12 who earned an overall GPA of 89.45 for two consecutive quarters were invited on a snow-tubing trip to West Mountain to celebrate their hard work and academic success. About half of the 110 scholars who earned high honor roll status during the second quarter marking period attended the snow-tubing extravaganza in …
Approximately 300 students and families, teachers and staff turned out to celebrate diversity and learn more about the many cultures represented in our schools during International Night at WJSHS on March 21. Students ventured around the globe (cafeteria) to have their passports stamped as they visited informational tables representing 15 countries, including Afghanistan, Argentina, Bolivia, …
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It’s not every day that students get to meet and mingle with a successful entrepreneur, let alone one who appeared on the popular TV show Shark Tank. Yet that is exactly what happened recently when Tracy Slocum, owner of the local company Pretty Rugged, visited Watervliet Jr.-Sr. High School to share her success story with …
Three Watervliet Elementary School students were selected the top three finalists in the 2022 Americanism essay contest sponsored locally by the Watervliet Elks Lodge #1500. Yeva Balashova and Arash Helal, both fifth-graders in Mrs. Bird’s class, and Aubrey Bennett, a fifth-grader in Mr. Travers’ class, wrote the prize-winning essays based on this year’s theme: “What …
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