Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on March 16 that due to ongoing public health concerns related to COVID-19/Coronavirus, all schools in New York state will be closed for two weeks, effective Wednesday, March 18. This means that Watervliet City School District will be closed through March 31. We are closely monitoring the situation at the state …
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This message was sent via One Call Now email on Monday, March 16, 2020 A reminder that students should not report to school this week — Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 20 — but should check their school email for instructional resources and materials meant to keep them connected to learning while school is …
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Congratulations to our varsity and junior varsity Masterminds teams for walking away with victories against Rensselaer during a recent meet! Both teams outscored Rensselaer with the varsity scoring 145-50 points and the JV team scoring 115-50 points. These wins couldn’t have been possible without the amazing teamwork of Masterminds team members Michael Karner, Rubab Raza, …
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In light of the ongoing media coverage, we are aware of concerns in and around our community about the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the spread of this relatively new virus, which can cause flu-like symptoms, including fever, cough and difficulty breathing. Based on recent reports, COVID-19 is not actively circulating in New York state, and there …
The date for the April meeting of the Watervliet City School District Board of Education has changed. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 in the conference room at the Watervliet Jr.- Sr. High School.
Three Watervliet High School students from Christa Farruggio’s English class were selected the top three finalists in the 2019 Amercanism essay contest sponsored locally by the Watervliet Elks Lodge #1500. Congratulations to tenth-graders Chance Fosmire, Shyann Hughes and Roya Rezaie who penned essays of 300 words or less based on this year’s theme: “What Does …
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Thank you district voters! On Tuesday, February 4, voters in the Watervliet City School District approved the capital project bond referendum 138 yes to 60 no votes, a margin of 69.7 percent. The passage of the referendum will allow $9.9 million in health & safety and infrastructure work to move forward at the elementary and …
A shout out to Watervliet Jr.-Sr. High School’s top reader for the second quarter of the 2019-20 school year: Ninth-grader Yasmyn Head has read the most books (42) from the WHS library. Congratulations and keep reading!
Health & safety, building infrastructure the focus of Capital Project 2020 Watervliet City School District residents will vote on a proposed $9.9 million capital project on Tuesday, February 4. A supermajority (60%) vote is required to approve the project that would provide for essential repairs to maintain a safe and healthy learning environment for students …
Students in Megan Matuszek’s 8th grade careers and financial management classes recently completed a writing project to wrap up a unit on credit. The credit story writing competition allowed students to be creative and practice writing skills while also showing their understanding of the concepts they learned. “For this project, my students had to develop …
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