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MS Embraces Innovative Ways to Build Character Personal Development Day Focuses on Kids This school year, O’Rourke Middle School staff have been embracing innovative ways to help students build character through the school’s new multi-year Character Education Program. The program allows school leaders to incorporate 24 different character-building traits into schoolwide events, programs, daily instruction, …

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BH-BL Celebrates another successful year of FIRST Robotics In early February, BH-BL students and parents came together to celebrate another successful year of FIRST robotics programming at the first-ever, end-of-the-year FIRST Robotics banquet. Students from the district’s Junior Lego League (Grades K-4), FIRST Lego League (Grades 4-8) and FIRST Tech Challenge teams (Grades 8-12) celebrated …

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Broadway Makeup Artist Visits Drama Club Joe Dulude II, a professional broadway makeup designer for shows like Wicked, SpongeBob, If/Then, Jesus Christ Superstar Live, etc., recently visited O’Rourke Middle School where he met with students from the Drama Club. He talked about his career and held a Q&A session for the curious students before demonstrating …

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BH-BL High School & Career and Tech student headed to the Culinary Institute of America High School senior Stephanie Jones is one of only two Capital Region BOCES students headed to one of the most prestigious culinary universities in the fall to build on her knowledge of the culinary arts. Stephenie Jones of Burnt Hills-Ballston …

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BH-BL among highest graduation rate in the region On Wednesday, the NY State Education Department released the 2018 graduation rate data which shows that BH-BL continues to have one of the highest graduation rates, 95 percent*, in the capital region. New York State records the number of students who enter each public high school every …

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Science Research students take first and second place wins at Symposium On Saturday, Jan. 26 Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School hosted it’s 18th annual Eastern Section Junior Science and Humanities Regional Symposium. Nearly 80 students from 18 schools presented their authentic research to professional judges in the scientific community. Students were competing for one of …

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Fourth-grade students get “slimed” during the high school’s annual Science Demo Day Gooey slime, glow-in-the-dark bubbles, DIY Lava Lamps, and Boo Bubbles were just a few of the experiments fourth grade students were introduced to last week during the high school’s annual Science Demo Day. Students from all three elementary schools visited the high school’s …

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Stevens Students Participate in Filling Bowls Project Stevens Elementary School 4th & 5th grade students recently demonstrated their ability to blend kindness and creativity into one through the Filling Bowls Project. The students worked with art teacher Karen Taylor to sculpt and paint ‘pinch pots,’ which are small bowls used across many cultures from ancient …

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O’Rourke students take first place in Capital District Regional Future Cities competition Team advances to National competition, Feb. 17-19 It was another outstanding competition for O’Rourke Middle School’s Future City team who took first place for the second year in a row at the prestigious Regional Future City Competition held Saturday, Jan. 12 at The …

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BH-BL HS Student Wins Statewide School Bus Art Competition Leonard Bus Awards $1,000 Scholarship to Alisa Mazon Leonard Bus Sales recently announced that Alisa Mazon, a senior at Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake Central School District has won their inaugural “A Day in the Life of a School Bus” art competition. As the winner of …

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