AP Highlights

On Tuesday, June 25, Averill Park Central School District’s Class of 2024 celebrated the District’s 93rd Annual Commencement at the MVP Arena in Albany. In total, 203 graduates walked across the stage.

On the latest episode of the Every Student Every Day Podcast, Superintendent Dr. James Franchini welcomed Christopher McLaren, Cavan Hicks, and Caroline Nero, who were the Top 3 students in the Class of 2024. The group talked about life in high school, how they balanced school work and extracurriculars, and much more. All of the episodes are available here or wherever you listen to podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

All three elementary schools held their moving up ceremonies. Congratulations to all!

The Special Education Department in the Averill Park Central School District will be under new leadership going into the 2024-25 school year as Sarah Flannery was appointed as the Director of Special Education and Christina Mein was appointed as the Assistant Director! Read more here.

As we enter the summer months, we hope everyone in our school community enjoys some much-needed rest, relaxation, and fun. With children having more free time at home during the next two months, it is likely that they will be spending more time online. While the internet offers a wealth of entertainment and information, it also contains potential risks that we all must be mindful of to ensure our children’s safety. Read more here.

The Miller Hill-Sand Lake Elementary School Student Council celebrated its second year this week! The Council was made of 12 fourth and fifth grade elected officers who represented their homerooms and our school community.

Poestenkill Elementary School held its last PES Pride assembly recently. They recognized the June PES Proud students and celebrated all the hard work and wonderful accomplishments of everyone at PES this year.

Recently, 2C and 4S buddies culminated WSL’s One School One Book experience by building Bristle Bots, thanks to the generosity and support of their PTA.

SL@AMS alongside Mrs. Baker, participated in the community mural project at the Sand Lake Library on June 13. Everyone had a blast painting and spending time with the extremely talented facilitators! SL@AMS was thankful for the opportunity to be a part of such an integral project within the community. They celebrated a successful end of the year at Sand Lake Merchant with gelato!

Check out the upcoming Pickleball offerings from AP Community Education.

Learn more here.

Recently, the APHS Class of 2028 toured the high school, in preparation for their entry into the building this fall. They learned about clubs and activities, academic requirements, and met with students to get some tips on starting high school.

Reminder: The Girls Summer Volleyball Camp is coming up soon!

Learn more here.

WSL had their 1st Grade Family Pizza Party recently!

Congratulations go out to the AMS staff members who received tenure at the June 17 Board of Education meeting.

Pictured are assistant principal Brian Rhode, special education teacher Barbara Schielke, social studies teacher Jackie Costello and counselor Katelyn Baker.

Four APHS French 5 students recently earned the Seal of Biliteracy, a NYS Department of Education graduation distinction that recognizes high school seniors who have attained a high level of proficiency in a world language. The students chose the topics of their presentations that were given in French to a panel of near-native French speakers. Caroline Nero discussed the history of ballet and Paula DeAndres examined French patriotism. Violet Dupuis explored the lives of Olympe de Gouges, Marie Lachapelle, Rose Valland and their contributions to French society while Alfred Fizzuoglio discussed several past French-winning singers of the Eurovision Song Contest. APHS alumni Christopher Tozzi, Ph.D, (class of 2004) and Beverly Beaudette (class of 2010), retired AMS French and Spanish teacher Dawn Lantry, current AMS French teacher Amy Miller, and APHS chemistry teacher Rachel Carey generously served on the panel.

AMS held their first-ever Algonquin Games on Friday, June 14.

The District is hiring for a few teacher aides.

Learn more here.

The District is hiring for an Indoor Track & Field Assistant Coach.

Learn more here.

West Sand Lake 4th graders from Mrs. Nizinkirck's, Mrs. Rakus's, Mrs. Strano's, and Mrs. Dergosits's homerooms enjoyed a beautiful field trip to the Mabee Farm Historical Site. The Mabee Family was a Dutch family who settled along the shores of the Mohawk River in 1705. Students were immersed in Colonial Living as they rotated through five stations. They learned how to churn butter, and even got to taste the butter once it was ready. They took a tour of the Mabee Family house and the blacksmith's building. Students met many friendly goats and sheep, and they learned how the wool was used to make clothing for the Mabee Family. Finally, students got to participate in a barn building exercise where they learned how the Dutch family built the large barn on the property. Students really enjoyed learning about how people lived back in these times. This field trip really brought to life the Social Studies curriculum that the fourth graders learned in the classroom.

This Summer, New York State is launching a new Summer EBT program that provides households with food benefits to help cover the cost of groceries when school is out of session and students cannot rely on school meals during the weekday.

Read more here.

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