First Graders are PARP Winners

It’s a ???? frenzy at Pashley Elementary School! Congratulations ???????? to Mrs. Hyland’s first grade students for reading the MOST minutes during the school’s Parents As Reading Partners program! The class also raised the most for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region. For all their hard work and dedication, the students were …

Stevens Students Set New Guinness World Record in Speed Stacking

Speed and concentration help 310 Stevens Elementary School students become part of setting a new Guinness World Record for speed stacking. Earlier in the school year, Stevens students along with students from more than 2,500 schools in more than 25 different countries participated in a record-setting challenge by speed stacking for 30 minutes (or more) …

Stevens Students Create Mosaic “Masterpiece” Out of Rubik’s Cubes

Library time isn’t only about helping kids find the right book to nurture their love of learning and reading. Library lessons are also about exploring new things, working together as a team, and making some really cool discoveries. That’s exactly what third grade students at Stevens Elementary School did recently with Library Media Specialist Heidi …

Creative Writers Read Winning Stories at Bookstore

Creative Writers Read Winning Stories at Bookstore On Sunday, May 5, BH-BL students, Elizabeth (Stevens Elementary School), Emmy (Pashley Elementary School) and Caroline (Stevens Elementary School), spent the morning reading their winning creative writing pieces at the Open Door Bookstore on Jay Street in Schenectady. The bookstore holds an annual children’s creative writing contest then …

Ten OMS Students Receive NYS PE Leadership Awards

On Monday, May 6, the Capital Zone New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance held its annual Elementary & Middle School Leadership Awards Ceremony at Hudson Valley Community College. Ten students from O’Rourke MS were honored with the Sandra G. Morley Leadership Award for the skills they demonstrate in Physical Education …

Kindergartner Reads 1001 Books

Congratulations to Pashley Polar Bear Rory Darling, who is in Mrs. Gilgallon’s kindergarten class, and just finished reading book one-thousand-and-one as part of the 1,001 Book Club. Rory was also a 2018 Summer Reading Champion. Way to go, Rory! #PolarBearPride  | #GreatDay2BeASpartan