Averill Park High School’s Off Broadway Players presented Drama in the Den, an original jukebox musical written and performed by our talented students. Prior to the show, a group of students appeared on the Capital Region Today Show. View a video of the interview below.

AP placed 2nd at the Section 2, Division I, Class 2 Wrestling Championships!

1st - Landen Welcome (108), Jacob Hanlon (131), Reese Bunney (152), Jacob Morgans (160)

2nd - Colby Fuess (145), Cody Morgans (170)

3rd - Alex Salsbury (215)

On the latest episode of the Every Student Every Day Podcast Superintendent Dr. James Franchini welcomes members of the Off-Broadway Players Club to discuss their musical! Listen here or find us wherever you listen to podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more. Just search for "Every Student Every Day".

Congratulations to APHS Art Students who were selected for the Annual Juried Art in 3 Dimensions Show at Mohonasen HS! Seventeen high schools participated, 280 works of art were submitted, and 81 were selected. Congratulations to Madelynn Collins, Crow Dorr, Rebecca Gallerani, Anastazia Valachovic, Lana Valachovic and Bailey Vincent!

Fourteen Averill Park High School students in the Class of 2025 have fulfilled their academic requirements in an accelerated manner and have graduated at the mid-year point in January. Congratulations! Graduates include Gunn Cooper, Annalise Dowdell, Quinn Harris, Matthew Murdock, Gabriel Price, Xavier Raymond, Matthew Rumenapp, Mackenzie Sheldrick, Oliver Shelmerdine, Alexander Swinton, Chance Thibeault, Cloe Tobey, Dani Van Tassel, and Jadyn Willoughby.

Averill Park CSD music students gave a wonderful performance at the All-County Music Festival this past weekend! These students were selected to represent Averill Park and perform with other students from Rensselaer County. They rehearsed on Thursday, January 30, for the first time, with a performance on Saturday, February 1. Congratulations to all participants!

Congratulations go out to the local winners of this year's VFW Auxiliary Post 7466 Patriot's Pen Essay Contest. This year all three winners are Algonquin Middle School students!

1st - Owen McAlonie

2nd - Brayan Backaus

3rd - Tyler Zachary Florada

This year's theme for the essay is "My Voice in America's Democracy." Way to go Owen, Brayan and Tyler!

Students in Mrs. Dickinson’s 4th grade class at Poestenkill Elementary School celebrated Black History Month by researching and writing about influential leaders and their many achievements that made a significant impact on our history!

The Algonquin Middle School MathCounts team traveled to GE Aerospace to compete in the Chapter Competition recently. They had a great day, and represented our school well!

Congratulations to our seven selected Averill Park CSD music students on their performance at the Suburban Council Music Festival! These students were selected from all of the Suburban Council schools to be a part of the Middle School Orchestra, the Middle School Band, and the High School Chorus. They rehearsed on Friday, January 24 for the first time, with a performance on Saturday, January 25. Bravo on an outstanding performance!

Averill Park High School students visited the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for the Future of Healthcare Workshop. Students attended sessions in biomedical sciences, clinical & heath sciences, social & behavioral sciences, and pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences, and presented their findings to the group!

SRO Deputy Nikles visited Mr. Miller’s Financial Algebra classes at the High School. He discussed what one should do in and accident, how to handle traffic tickets, and why no one should ever drive under the influence.

The Algonquin Middle School Library has many books on black history and inspiring people. February is Black History Month, when we pay tribute to these amazing people and we celebrate their accomplishments.

During a recent K-Kids meeting, students prepared for their Valentine Fun Sale and worked on a bulletin board. They bagged up items for the sale, created posters for the building and informational flyers to send home about the valentine sale. K-Kids also created a new bulletin board for the Main Lobby.

Students in 3Guyer at West Sand Lake Elementary School had the opportunity to do some fact finding about two very influential presidents. They listened to a few videos and found some facts about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln before creating a presidential puzzle with the profiles of each president. Students did a great job and learned some cool things!

The APHS Angler Club met and had the pleasure of hearing from local anglers, Harry Hale and Jesse Vollick. The two demonstrated their expertise in ice fishing, and club members learned about ice safety, NYS rules and regulations, and how to jig and set up tip-ups with live bait. The club is excited to participate in local ice fishing tournaments!

It is a pleasure to list the students who qualified for the Second Quarter Honor Rolls at Averill Park High School for the 2024-25 school year. View the full list here.

During the February break there will be a basketball clinic for boys and girls in grades 1-8. Email questions to pugliesed@apcsd.org

Registration is open now through May 31 for a summer baseball camp

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