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HS Orchestra Works With Internationally Known Conductor Special guest Jeffrey Grogan, adjudicator, conductor, and clinician for many prestigious national and international festivals, such as WorldStrides Heritage Music Festivals, and Professor of Orchestral Studies at Oklahoma City University, recently visited BH-BL to work with the high school students in the orchestra. Grogan is an internationally known …

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Boys cross-country state champs recognized at NYS Capitol Great morning at the State Capitol honoring our BH-BL Boys Cross Country Team on its recent state title, making this the 8th state title and the third in a row! Thank you Senator Tedisco and Assemblywoman Walsh for recognizing our team. Congrats Ryan Allison, Tyler Berg, Kevin …

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CHES wins award at OM tournament On Saturday, March 2,  six BH-BL teams competed at the regional competition, and four teams  them are advancing to the State Finals in Binghamton, NY on March 23. Good luck to the Charlton Heights (Problem 3, division 1), Stevens (also Problem 3, division 1), O’Rourke (Problem 1, division 2), …

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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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