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Congratulations Class of 2008! The
Mohonasen Class of 2008 celebrated their life at
Mohonasen and looked forward to life after high
school at the 49th graduation ceremony on Saturday,
June 28 at Proctor's Theatre.
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Summer reading assignments To
bridge the learning gap over the summer months,
Mohonasen has required reading assignments for
incoming students, grades 1-12. Get a head start on
summer reading! View reading assignments for
students entering:
Grades 1-2;
Grades 3-5;
Grades 6-8; and
Grades 9-12. |
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Application for Free and Reduced-Price School Meals/Milk
Available
The Mohonasen Food Service Program newsletters will be mailed to homes in
late-July.
Included is an application for free and reduced price
school meals/milk. To access an application online,
click
here to download the 2008-09 application.
(PDF
document). Applications should be submitted to Kim
Gagnon, Food Service Director, Mohonasen Central School
District, 2072 Curry Road, Schenectady, NY 12303. |
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Looking for enrichment opportunities for your child
this summer? The
Summer 2008 at Mohonasen Program Guide (PDF
document) was
mailed out in mid-April. The guide includes details
about summer school programs, driver education,
enrichment classes, sports camps, swim programs,
Town of Rotterdam programs, and more! Please
note that Bookmaking 101, Enhancing Literacy Skills
Through Yoga and Dramatic Figure Sculpture summer enrichment
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 Pinewood
playground nearly complete; Community celebrates
at ribbon cutting ceremony
Thanks to community members,
local businesses, and families, Pinewood raised over
$80,000 to build a new playground for its students.
On June 13, the school held a ribbon cutting
ceremony to celebrate all of the efforts of the
community over the past three years.
As the new Principal at Pinewood, I would like to
give special thanks to the Playground Committee, Dr.
Michael Johnson, former Pinewood Principal, and Todd
Shafer, Pinewood's building leader, said Pinewood
Principal Michele Hunter.
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 Pinewood
community celebrates 19th annual Flag Day A
sea of red, white and blue filled the Pinewood
parking lot at the school's 19th annual Flag Day
Celebration on Friday, June 13.
The Pinewood band, orchestra and Fresh Fiddlers
performed at the special event. The audience enjoyed
listening to the patriotic essay contest winners
Joshua DuBois, Austen Blanchard, and Nikolas Cotugno,
as well as guest speaker "Betsy Ross." View
photos. |
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Four students nominated for outstanding performance Each
year the Schenectady Light Opera Company awards area
high school students for excellence in performance
arts. Four Mohonasen students were nominated for
"outstanding performance" in Mohon Masque's
production of "The Music Man."
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 Math
Olympiad provides enrichment activities for Pinewood
students
This year, Math Olympiad provided enrichment at all
three grade levels in Pinewood. Third graders met
after school with Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Wager, and
fourth and fifth graders met before school with Ms.
Bromley and parent volunteers.
Read
more.
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 SADD
students raise awareness
about how drinking and driving affects everyone In
the United States, someone dies in a drinking and
driving accident every 20 minutes. Throughout the
day on June 5, a Mohonasen students name was
announced over the loudspeaker every 20 minutes as a
symbol of the destructive decision of drinking and
driving.
Read more. |
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Draper named
"high
performing/gap closing"
school for second year in a row The
New York State Education Department recently
recognized Draper Middle School as one of the
state's "high performing/gap closing" schools for
the second year in a row. This means that Draper met
all applicable state standards for English Language
Arts (ELA) during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school
years and also made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).
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*THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT*
School budget approved and
two board members elected On May 20, by
a margin of 1094 to 591, residents approved a
$41,935,614 budget for the 2008-09 school year. The
approved budget calls for a $1,638,244 spending
increase over the current year budget, which
translates into a 4.065 percent budget increase with
an estimated tax levy increase of 2.60 percent.
Read more about
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 Have
you signed up for Mohonasen's School News Notifier
yet?
Mohonasen is pleased to announce the launch of the new "School News
Notifier" (SNN), a system designed to help keep parents and the community more in touch with what is happening at Mohonasen Central Schools.
Visit the SNN FAQ & Help page for information on how to sign up and log in, what notifications are available, how to subscribe and unsubscribe from notifications and much more.
Continue to the School News Notifier home page to sign up for
SNN! |
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Voters
approve $21.8
million capital project
By a vote
of 1,369 in favor to 160 opposed, residents
overwhelming approved a
$21,881,000 capital improvement project on
October 16. Read more here about what this project will
fund.
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Mohonasen census: New
children in district? The Mohonasen
Central School District is taking a census of all
school district residents who have children under
age 5 in order to plan for
future student enrollment in our schools. Please
take the time to fill out and send in the district
census as soon as possible to Bradt Primary
School, 2719 Hamburg Street, Attention: Alma DiCocco. Thank you for your assistance.
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2007-08
updated publications
A handful of informational publications
have been updated for the new school year. Please
take the time to download one or all of the
following documents at your convenience as they will
be available online throughout the school year. 2007-08
District Calendar;
2007-2008 Food Service Newsletter;
District
Code of Conduct (K-12); Mohonasen
High School Parent-Student Survival Guide; and
the Draper
Middle School Success is Required Guide.
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Fall sports physcials
Sports physicals will be given on Wednesday, August
13 at 8 a.m. in the Draper Middle School nurse's
office and on Monday, August 18 at 8 a.m. in the
high school nurse's office for those students who
wish to come.
Find out more.
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Board adopts basic 2008-09 school calendar
On Monday, April 21, the Mohonasen Board of
Education adopted the basic 2008-09 school year
calendar.
View the calendar here. A more detailed
calendar, listing individual school events for the
upcoming year, will be available to district
residents in mid-August.
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Congratulations to Mohonasen Masterminds for their
win against Averill Park Watch
them compete this summer on Time Warner Cable,
Channel 3, on August 8 and 9 at 10 a.m.
Find out
more about Masterminds.
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Sex offender notification The Mohonasen
School District has been notified by the police that
a moderate risk (Level 2) registered sex offender has moved into our area.
You can find more information online by going to the
following Web sites:
www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us or
www.rotterdampd.org.
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Searching for property tax relief? Read
a position paper, "Searching
for Property Tax Relief," from the
Superintendent's Legislative Committee of the
Capital Region and the Questar III BOCES.
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Find out how to go on a Western Mediterranean Cruise, July 2-July
12, 2009
Students, families and staff who are interested in going
on this district-approved trip from July 2, 2009 to July
12, 2009 are encouraged to find out the
details at www.myexplorica.com. For questions, contact
Patrick Keegan
at Mohonasen High School in room 9.
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Mohonasen weighs educational
improvements
Mohonasen has begun an educational
planning initiative to identify program
improvementsand the impact those improvements
would have on the district's facilities. Find
out more.
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District
vision and goals for the 2007-08 school year
Read
more here.
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Facts
about the 2007 property reassessment in Rotterdam
There's a lot
of misinformation about the recent Town of Rotterdam
reassessment, but don't believe everything you hear!
Mohonasen wants to set the record straight.
Read
more!
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Mohonasen uses automated phone messaging service —
Mohonasen is able to communicate with thousands of
parents within minutes via the automated phone messaging
system. It's important to make sure that you notify your
child's school office with any changes to your home,
work or cell phone numbers. Learn
more.
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Alumni:
Don't forget to register in database
— The
Mohonasen Central School District Web site features
an alumni directory. Want to register? Click
here.
Are
you having trouble accessing certain files on our
Web site? —
The Mohonasen Web site, like most sites, makes
frequent use of information saved as "PDF" files. To view information in a PDF format, you
need to have the Adobe Reader installed on
your computer. This software is so essential
that many computers now come with it preinstalled.
If you don't have it on yours, the good news is it's
easy to download and it's FREE. Just
go
to the Adobe Reader site
and follow the
directions to download it now.
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SNN is an opt-in e-mail alert system for which parents and residents can sign up to receive
e-mails from the district. Sign up today!
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Summer School Registration - 8 a.m.-12 Noon/MS
Cafeteria |
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Summer School Registration - 9-11 a.m./HS Cafe B |
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7-August 14 |
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MS Summer School - 8:30-11:30 a.m. |
| July
8-August 14 |
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Summer School |
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