Ulster Boces robot is set to rumble
Josh McCormick, a 17-year-old senior at Saugerties High, is living and breathing robotics these days.
Education
$6.5 million more for Kingston city schools in Cuomo budget
If the numbers hold, the KCSD is in for an increase of 11.31 percent.
Young Saugerties spellers prepare for Schenectady competition
On February 7, Donovan Barros and Austen Razek will represent Saugerties in the 35th annual Capital Region Spelling Bee at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, an historic vaudeville house. Barros and Razek finished first and second in the Saugerties Spelling Bee on January 4.
Saugerties will get school aid increase of $814,735 if Cuomo’s budget holds
That figure would increase the district’s overall aid amount for 2017-18 by $814,735, potentially good news with the state comptroller’s office last week setting the statewide school property tax levy cap for this May’s budgets at 1.26 percent.
Should homeschooled kids be able to participate in all school clubs?
In New Paltz, a homeschooled student signed up for this year’s school play, but was later told she couldn’t participate because some rehearsals were done during school hours when she couldn’t be present.
SUNY Ulster brings students a global learning experience
Local students collaborate with students attending a university in another country, each guided by their respective professor. The students study each other’s culture, then work together on a project, communicating through Skype, Facebook and other apps.
Kingston School Board OKs resolutions opposing DeVos and Paladino
The KCSD’s Board of Education last week waded into potentially controversial waters as it unanimously approved a pair of resolutions with both state and national implications.
Onteora’s new eagle mascot almost done
Students and trustees are calling for an expedited unveiling so winter games can have a mascot displayed.
SUNY 3-D lab brings Lenape students’ amusement park designs to life
Once they got the hang of the software, students were tasked with a collaborative project guaranteed to tickle to imagination of a 10- or 11-year-old: Design an amusement park!
Foundation’s gift is music to Bennett students’ ears
Bennett Elementary School’s Student Council officers recently accepted a $1000 donation from the Imagine Onteora Foundation, which is to be used towards the purchase of risers for the school’s music department.