Board proposes 2024-25 budget with 1.98% estimated tax rate increase Polls are open from 7 am to 9 pm on Tuesday, May 21 at BH-BL HS Gym On Tuesday, May 21, residents will go to the polls to vote on a $84,923,071 budget for the 2024-25 school year. Polls are open from 7 am to …
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Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School senior Dane Fendrick is putting a charge in his future at Capital Region BOCES. Fendrick is scheduled to graduate from the Electrical Trades program in June and hopes to take the skills he learned at BOCES to work for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). “I like electrical work …
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You can now vote early by mail in school budgets and board elections Earlier this school year, New York Governor Hochul signed into legislation the Early Mail Voting Act. This allows qualified voters the opportunity to vote in their school budgets and board elections by mail. Qualified voters who prefer to mail in their ballots …
BH-BL High School and Science Research students rake in the awards at the Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair (GCRSEF), which is a state-level fair for the International Science and Engineering Fair sponsored by Regeneron. Congratulations to the following students for their incredible work, dedication, and success: High School Science Research senior Lilly Mertzlufft …
Congratulations to BH-BL High School and Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education students for winning awards at the Regional SkillsUSA competition where they competed against 370 other students from area high schools. Nice work and good luck to Dane Fendrick for taking 1st place in the Electrical Trades category and advancing to the state …
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Congratulations to art students Caleb Wood (grade 10) and Clara Law (grade 12) whose artwork won awards at the prestigious High School Juried Regional Show at the Opalka Gallery at Russell Sage. Nice job!
In early March, nearly two dozen BH-BL High School students in CIVITAS Club joined more than 5,000 students from 70 countries around the world in participating in the National High School Model United Nations conference in New York City. “This conference is one of the most distinguished Model UN conferences in the world,” explains high …
Due to the historic solar eclipse that will impact a large part of the country, the BH-BL administration has switched the K-5 half day of school from the originally scheduled April 25 to Monday, April 8. (Thursday, April 25 will remain a half day of school for 6-12, only.) The eclipse will occur at the …
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Charlton Heights students taking Coding Club with teachers Lauren Kritz and Chris Deso got their hands wet as they dove into a new project making water pianos. The students, using the software program “Scratch,” first learned how to code piano keys on their computers. Then they used Makey Makeys, which are circuit boards that are …
