News Archives

2010-11 News Stories

 

2012-13 News Stories

 

 

• District leaders continue to focus on academic progress this year and beyond (May 2013)

• 2013-14 school calendar now available

• High school students attend recognition breakfast  (April 2013)

• Middle and high school students collaborate on mosaic project (April 2013)

• Mock Trial team wins county competition (April 2013)

• Canajoharie BOE adopts $19.7 million proposed budget  (April 2013)

• High school students journey back to the Roaring 20s for Great Gastby Fair  (April 2013)

• Class of 2013 Top 10 named  (April 2013)

• Grade 3-8 state assessments in English language arts and math changing this year  (April 2013)

• High School History Club visits Normal Rockwell Museum in Massachusetts  (April 2013)

• Girls from Camp Adirondack visit SUNY Cobleskill  (April 2013)

• State budget includes $112,000 restoration in school aid for Canajoharie  (April 2013)

• Junior named MVP of Western Division in girls soccer  (April 2013)

• Letter to parents about new state testing  (April 2013)

• Talmadge named Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher of the Year  (April 2013)

• Middle School Odyssey of the Mind advances to finals in Michigan  (March 2013)

• About 100 attend Call to Action rally  (March 2013)

• Children's poet holds workshop at East Hill Elementary  (March 2013)

• Graphic novelist and New York Times bestseller visits  Middle School (March 2013)

• Fifth grade students write letters to local officials (March 2013)

• Canajoharie hosting call to action meeting tonight on school funding inequities  (March 2013)

• Canajoharie staff learns about school safety during crisis training (March 2013)

• Sophomores debate hot button issues of the day (Feb. 2013)

• Bus vote passes  (Feb. 2013)

• Senior receives scholar athlete award  (Feb. 2013)

• History teacher enhances lesson using technology (Feb. 2013)

• Bus vote takes place on March 5  (Feb. 2013)

• Science teacher uses dry ice to explain weather (Feb. 2013)

• Residential structures class builds picnic table for benefit (Feb. 2013)

• School garden awarded grant (Feb. 2013)

• Canajoharie receives Healthier U.S. School Challenge (HUSSC) bronze award (Jan. 2013)

• Entrance and dismissal changes at East Hill and Canajoharie Middle School  (Jan. 2013)

• Canajoharie receives state aid increase in Governor’s proposed budget (Jan. 2013)

• See the pictures from Revolutionary War banquet (Jan. 2013)

• Saturday morning breakfast with the superintendent on Feb. 2 and March 9  (Jan. 2013)

• Class rank task force meeting rescheduled for Feb. 4. (Jan. 2013)

• “Co-teaching” program used in all three buildings during first year  (Jan. 2013)

• See pictures of Senior Night  (Jan. 2013)

• Superintendent describes school funding inequity and how community can help during meeting  (Jan. 2013)

• Two Canajoharie students named scholar athletes (Jan. 2013)

• See pictures from the sixth grade book float (Jan. 2013)

• Fort Plain High School invites students from Canajoharie and Fort Plain to College Goal Sunday (Jan. 2013)

• Middle School held its annual Spelling Bee on Wednesday, Jan. 23  (Jan. 2013)

• Congressman Visits Canajoharie Middle School (Jan. 2013)

• High School offers restructured Academic Intervention Services for students who need help meeting standards  (Jan. 2013)

• Our students matter too…Fair funding for all schools  (Dec. 2012)

• Third grade students write synopsis of "The BFG" by Roald Dahl (Dec. 2012)

• Online books available for students at Canajoharie Library (Dec. 2012)

• Empty Bowls project continues to help battle hunger for 7 years (Dec. 2012)

• Senior AP English students teach each other poetry (Dec. 2012)

• Policeman visits high school life skills class for community and careers lesson  (Dec. 2012)

• New math curriculum for elementary students focuses on applying real-life skills to classroom lessons (Nov. 2012)

• Meet foreign exchange student Marta Pacinico  (Nov. 2012)

• Middle school science teacher plans hands-on activities  (Nov. 2012)

• Digital photography students work on Photoshop skills (Nov. 2012)

• Suspected hunter prompts school lockdown (Nov. 2012)

• Students explore learning in different centuries (Nov. 2012)

• Financial aid information session on Dec. 3 at FMCC  (Nov. 2012)

• Vermont teacher brings 'slapstick science' to East Hill students (Nov. 2012)

• Big Lots donates $2,500 to district (Nov. 2012)

• Varsity soccer team goes undefeated  (Nov. 2012)

• Modified football team goes undefeated  (Nov. 2012)

• Football player selected as exceptional senior athlete (Nov. 2012)

• Success 101 class helps freshman plan for the future (Nov. 2012)

• State approves teacher and principal evaluation plan (Oct. 2012)

• Canajoharie senior writes editorial in honor of Veterans Day  (Oct. 2012)

• High school poetry lesson inspires creative thinking (Oct. 2012)

• Senior creates ribbons and "spirit finger" gloves for cancer (Oct. 2012)

• Senior creates Gettysburg painting for history teacher (Oct. 2012)

• What is the A.P.P.R.? 10 Things to know about the new teacher evaluation system (Oct. 2012)

• Middle school history project reinforces teamwork and research skills (Oct. 2012)

• East Hill students tour 1862 replica canal sailing boat (Oct. 2012)

• Welcome new high school counselor Alicia Soper  (Oct. 2012)

• Canajoharie senior places at "proficiency" level on Economics for Leaders program exam  (Oct. 2012)

• See the images from Spirit Week  (Oct. 2012)

• Two Canajoharie seniors named commended students in Merit Scholarship Program (Sept. 2012)

• Canajoharie amends Code of Conduct to include Dignity Act (Sept. 2012)

• East Hill Elementary class utilizes 3D projector for science and math lessons (Sept. 2012)

• Breakfast with the superintendent on Saturday, Oct. 6  (Sept. 2012)

• High School welcomes long-term sub Misti Yaddaw (Sept. 2012)

• School meal changes enacted for 2012-2013 (Sept. 2012)

• Meet Catherine Lowerre (Sept. 2012)

• Lots of smiles on the first day of school (Sept. 2012)

• High school teacher attended STEM program (Sept. 2012)

• A back-to-school message from the Superintendent to the Canajoharie community (Sept. 2012)

• First day of school information  (Sept. 2012)

• Canajoharie Transportation Department Earns 100 Passing Rating on New York State DOT School Bus Safety Inspection (Aug. 2012)

• Canajoharie raising school lunch prices to coincide with federal regulations (Aug. 2012)

• Canajoharie names new middle school principal (July 2012)

 

2011-12 News Stories

 

• East Hill kindergarten students graduate (June 2012)

• High School Announces valedictorian and salutatorian (June 2012)

• Canajoharie technology students participate in recyclable regatta (June 2012)

• See the 2012 Canajoharie High School Prom pictures  (June 2012)

• Fifth graders experience poetry coffee house in class (June 2012)

• Students sign banner for staff member's husband in Afghanistan (May 2012)

• Holly Schwab named to 2012 Scholars' Recognition Program (May 2012)

• Board of Education bids middle school principal farewell (May 2012)

• Teachers help seniors dig into their past in ancestry project  (May 2012)

• 2012 High School Yearbook dedicated to Linda Klock (May 2012)

• High school students build shed in construction project (May 2012)

• Check out the mock accident images (May 2012)

• National Honor Society inducts 20 new members (May 2012)

• 2012 High School Yearbook dedicated to Linda Klock (May 2012)

• 2012-13 Board Approved Calendar (May 2012)

• High School to hold mock accident at 10 a.m. Friday (May 2012)

• Voters approve 2012-13 Canajoharie budget (May 2012)

• East Hill students celebrate Cinco de Mayo (May 2012)

• Why should you vote on the 2012-13 budget? (May 2012)

• Student artist’s painting comes in second in state competition (May 2012)

• No staff cuts as Canajoharie BOE adopts $19.2 million proposed budget  (April 2012)

• Three students named semifinalists in Invention Convention  (April 2012)

• High school students finish building electric race car (April 2012)

• Students participate in yoga activity (April 2012)

• Canajoharie students experience history at Gettysburg (April 2012)

• Canajoharie to use $30,000 grant for technology infrastructure/smart boards (April 2012)

• See the district report card

• Donate to the Post Prom Party  (April 2012)

• Answers about budget votes, mandate relief, and pensions (April 2012)

• Class of 2012 Top 10 (April 2012)

• Mock Trial team advances to regional competition (April 2012)

• High school teacher shares importance of the Holocaust through research project (March 2012)

• Odyssey of the Mind team places first in regional competition (March 2012)

• Fourth graders write to superintendent to ask if they can use snowtubes on playground  (March 2012)

• Family Fun Day on March 24 (March 2012)

• Students and artist join forces to work on mural celebrating Canajoharie arts (March 2012)

• Canajoharie senior wins Capital District top scholar athlete award (March 2012)

• Students weave on simple looms during Industrial Revolution unit (March 2012)

• Bus vote passes (March 2012)

• Blood drive attracts about 60 (March 2012)

• Students see presentation on trout habitats (March 2012)

• SADD variety tonight (March 2012)

• Bus vote takes place today (March 2012)

• Canajoharie technology plan work group plans district’s digital future (Feb. 2012)

• District begins budget process with new superintendent (Feb. 2012)

• East Hill Elementary School library receives reading grant  (Feb. 2012)

• Students learn about history through text messaging  (Feb. 2012)

• District leaders brainstorm long-term goals/identify import issues during meeting (Feb. 2012)

• Online resource ‘Noodle Tools’ helps Canajoharie sophomores with research papers (Feb. 2012)

• Fifth graders investigate ancient writing system (Feb. 2012)

• Fifth graders learn about Chinese tangram puzzles (Feb. 2012)

• Art show features student works through March (Feb. 2012)

• Mason named National Merit Scholarship finalist (Feb. 2012)

• 2012 Winter Ball Images (Feb. 2012)

• Help us keep our children safe by keeping high school traffic circles open  (Jan. 2012)

• Images from senior night (Jan. 2012)

• School garden to expand in the spring (Jan. 2012)

• Class uses Incan counting system to bring history to life (Jan. 2012)

• Follow the district's news on Twitter  (Jan. 2012)

• High school students building electric race car (Jan. 2012)

• Benefit for students going on Guatemala medical mission slated for Sunday (Jan. 2012)

• Meet foreign exchange student Tobias Nixdorf  (Jan. 2012)

• Canajoharie sophomore named art editor of newsletter on disabilities awareness (Jan. 2012)

• Basketball team raises $450 at game to benefit cancer  (Jan. 2012)

• Middle School spelling bee attracts more than 40 participants (Jan. 2012)

• Canajoharie swim team raises $1,100 at cancer event (Jan. 2012)

• Swim team hosts event to benefit cancer on Friday (Jan. 2012)

• New educational standards designed to raise the bar for student achievement (Jan. 2012)

• Community Action Committee stocking drive served families in Fonda (Jan. 2012)

• East Hill Elementary teacher awarded Target grant for museum field trip (Dec. 2011)

• Empty Bowls project continues to help battle hunger (Dec. 2011)

• Girls cross country team receives team award (Dec. 2011)

• High school students building electric race car (Dec. 2011)

• Message from new superintendent Debbie Grimshaw (Dec. 2011)

• High school group to help business make commercial (Dec. 2011)

• Middle School Drama Club presents 'Wizard of Oz' (Dec. 2011)

• Fifth grade students build Colonial villages for project (Nov. 2011)

• Handbell Choir peforms on the radio on Dec. 16  (Nov. 2011)

• Canajoharie music faculty performs at holiday recital (Nov. 2011)

• Eighth graders learn basic engineering during mechanical design project (Nov. 2011)

• SADD students participating in traffic safety contest (Nov. 2011)

• Fifth grade students write to "pen pals" in Canada (Nov. 2011)

• Students learn about raising trout in the classroom  (Nov. 2011)

• Digital photography students hone Photoshop skills (Nov. 2011)

• Modified football team finishes undefeated season (Nov. 2011)

• ‘Success: 101’ class helps eighth graders chart a plan for the future (Nov. 2011)

• Lions Club variety show set for Nov. 4   (Nov. 2011)

• 10 Fast Facts about New York’s Property Tax Levy Cap  (Nov. 2011)

• English Teacher Wins Award for Excellence (Oct. 2011)

• Middle school experience nature during environmental day (Oct. 2011)

• High School now serving breakfast (Oct. 2011)

• Canajoharie senior receives BSA Medal of Honor (Oct. 2011) )

• Canajoharie selects next school superintendent (Oct. 2011)

• Detailed facts about New York's property tax levy cap as it relates to public schools (Oct. 2011)

• Sophomore will travel to Asia with Empire State Youth Orchestra next summer (Oct. 2011) 

• Balfe attending youth leadership conference (Oct. 2011)

• Voters approve new bus replacement reserve (Oct. 2011)

• Public invited to summit that seeks answers to challenges facing schools and businesses (Oct. 2011)

• Welcome to the newly designed Canajoharie website (Oct. 2011)

• Meet Nick Anker  (Oct. 2011)

• Mason named National Merit Scholarship finalist (Sept. 2011)

• Grants fund new climbing wall in elementary gym (Sept. 2011)

• State to give assessment tests for grades 3-8 in April (Sept. 2011)

• Fifth grade students collect tabs for Ronald McDonald House (Sept. 2011)

• Technology teacher takes part in flight experiment workshop (Sept. 2011)

• Canajoharie to share food services with Fort Plain and St. Johnsville (Sept. 2011)

• Rain doesn't stop the smiles on the first day of school (Sept. 2011)

• Back to school information for 2011-12 (Sept. 2011)

• Food Relief Drive at Elementary School (Sept. 2011)

• New law to expand list of crimes that disqualify persons from becoming school bus drivers (Aug. 2011)

• Tax rates for 2011-12 set (Aug. 2011)

• Tax levy for 2011-12 lower than projected (Aug. 2011)

• New teacher and principal evaluation system takes effect in 2011 (Aug. 2011)

• New York State to Reinstate January Regents Exams This School Year (Aug. 2011)

• Important dates/calendar for 2011-12 school year (July 2011)

• Canajoharie BOE waives tuition for out of district students (July 2011)

• Canajoharie Transportation Department earns passing rating on bus safety inspection (July 2011)

• Summer reading suggestions for high school students (July 2011)

• New York State Property Tax Cap Now Official (July 2011)

• Meet our new East Hill Elementary principal (July 2011)

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