Flag Day
Flag Day, celebrated on June 14th, commemorates the adoption of the official United States flag by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. It's a day to honor the flag, its symbolism, and its history. While not a federal holiday, it's a day of national observance, with many Americans displaying the flag at homes and public buildings.
History:
- The Continental Congress resolution on June 14, 1777, officially adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.
Origins of the observance:
- While the concept of a national day for the flag existed earlier, President Woodrow Wilson formally proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day in 1916. Later, in 1949, Congress officially recognized it as National Flag Day.
Juneteenth (June 19) commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over and that enslaved people were free. While the day has been celebrated since, it was first recognized as a federal holiday in 2021. Visit this website to explore essays, videos, lesson plans, and historical documents related to Emancipation and Juneteenth.
Secton 2 Track Champions Heading to States
Our girls 4x100 meters and 4x400 meters are heading to states as the Section 2 Champions! This is the first time a CA relay team has made states for as far back as records show.
Danielle Deering, Hailey Gibney and Avery Conrad are on both teams. Alexia Strom-Warren is the other member of the 4x100 . Sophie Brady is the other member of the 4x4.
Good Luck Ladies this weekend in Middletown.
The Sun to Cool
The district has been working closely with our partners at Ecosystem and CSArch to design an Energy Performance Contract that would bring heat pumps with air conditioning to our classrooms—making learning environments more comfortable and energy efficient. A major component of this project includes the installation of a 1.3MW solar array on our Adams Road property.
The energy generated by the solar array will offset both the cost of installing the heat pumps and our entire electricity bill over the next 15 years—all at no cost to local taxpayers.
To move forward, the project requires final approval from the Town of Coxsackie Planning Board and preceding that the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA). We will be presenting to the ZBA on June 30 at 7:30pm in the Town of Coxsackie Offices, and support from our school community can make a real difference.
How You Can Help:
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Attend the ZBA meeting on June 30 to show your support.
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Share your enthusiasm for the project with friends, family, and neighbors in the community.
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Stay tuned for more updates and ways to help as the project progresses.
Thank you for all you do—and for helping us take another step toward a more sustainable future for our district.
Student Day for 2025-26 Update
As part of our efforts to improve efficiency and ensure responsible use of district resources, we have eliminated one bus run in next year’s budget. In doing so, the administrative team is working closely with our transportation supervisor Ted Nugent to maximize efficiency across all bus routes.
This work may lead to changes in start and end times for the upcoming school year, particularly at the elementary level. We want to be transparent about these potential adjustments and keep you informed as we move forward.
Our goals with these changes are to:
Maximize student learning and contact time
Limit the length of individual bus runs
Meet our contractual work day and week obligations
Create new opportunities and flexibility for students
We fully understand that the earlier we can confirm schedules, the better it is for your personal planning and for families arranging childcare. Please know that we are committed to ensuring this works in a way that supports our students, meets our goals, and respects the needs of our staff and community.
Thank you for your patience.
CAFE Grant Applications
Talk with your principal if you have an idea that CAFE could help support.
Coxsackie-Athens Foundation for Education Grant ApplicationSubmit grant applications to: cafe@cacsd.org
Share What's Happening in Your Neighborhood
Please share the stories happening in your classrooms or a colleague's through out the year. Share a shout-Out for one of your colleagues.
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Napkin Ai
This week's AI tool is Napkin AI. I have been using it for a couple weeks. I put it to the test for my slide deck updates (slides 7-12) for the last BOE meeting. It is a pretty good tool at organizing a text, bulleted list, or a group of ideas and graphically presenting them.
Here’s a quick step-by-step guide to using Napkin AI:
1. Sign Up or Log In
- Visit the Napkin AI website or download the app (if available).
- Create an account or log in using your credentials.
2. Create a New Workspace
- Once logged in, click on "New Workspace" or a similar option.
- Give your workspace a name that aligns with your project or note-taking needs.
3. Add Notes or Ideas
- Type out your ideas, tasks, or notes directly into the workspace.
- Use bullet points, sentences, or keywords. Napkin AI organizes this information automatically.
4. Organize and Connect Notes
- Napkin uses smart linking to connect similar or related ideas.
- Review the connections Napkin AI suggests and make adjustments if needed.
5. Use Tags for Easy Categorization
- Add tags to notes to make them searchable and better organized.
- You can create custom tags or use system-recommended ones.
6. Visualize Relationships
- Explore the visual map or network of your notes to see how ideas are connected.
- This is great for brainstorming or identifying patterns.
7. Export or Share Your Workspace
- When your workspace is ready, export it as a document or share it with collaborators via a link (if supported).
8. Regularly Update and Refine
- Add new ideas and revisit your workspace regularly.
- Let Napkin AI's algorithm enhance connections over time for better insights.
That's it! Napkin AI helps turn scattered thoughts into meaningful connections with minimal effort.
AI Tool
Below are steps to generate personalized digital art work.
- Search for Adobe Firefly
- Click on AI Art Generator Online
- Click on Generate Ai Art (in blue oval)
- Describe the image you want created. Be descriptive, the more details you provide the closer to your vision the artwork will be
- Click Generate
- It may ask you to sign in, using your school Google account
- It will produce four samples
- You can download an image or add more details or take out details and generate new images.
Readiness for ALL Students
We all learn in a variety of ways. Students should be able to demonstrate readiness in a variety of ways.
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Below are several resources that highlight the opportunities we offer ALL students. WE truly are a small school with BIG Opportunities!
- Did you know that every student at C-A HS can have one early college course paid for in full by the district? The reduced tuition rates for all college courses allows many students to graduate with over 20 credits. Many of our alum are able to enter college as sophomores or graduate from a college a semester early saving thousands of dollars.
- Our parternship with Questar III BOCES provides 23 offerings in career technical education pathways. Our students who complete these programs are ready to enter the workforce in a varirty of occupations and fields.
We believe ALL students CAn be life, career and college ready when they graduate from C-A. I very muhc apprecait the collaborative work taking place in all classrooms to ensure ALL students are self-directed and prepared to succeed in our global society.
LINKS -Establishing our What and How
Each annual plan it aimed at making progress towards achieving our 3-year district wide performance goals. The most recent goals were set last summer to be achieved by 2025. These 3-year goals are aligned to our 2030 DESTINATION - a set of four possibilities we want to become reality by 2030.
Our LINKS Team Page will include notes from our quarterly meetings so that you can stay up to date on our collective work. Reach out to a LINKS member if you have questions or ideas-- or talk with your principal about being part of the LINKS team.
Learning 2025
Why did our school join the AASA Learning 2025 Network and how will this affiliation impact teaching and learning in our district?
Being part of a network carries weight. There’s an expectation in a network that there’s both something you bring and receive
Our involvement is a collective way of lighting the way forward, serving as models for other school systems. We believe that now is a crucial time to catch our breath, look around, appreciate and respect one another, and acknowledge that public education is working. As we learn from one another, we will be taking bold action steps together, while we work to accelerate our goals not only for today’s students but our future students. These efforts take teamwork within C-A and partnership with other schools. We know that there is not an algorithm in a spreadsheet, nor a binder on a shelf to guide us on this journey, but we do know that research, evidence, common sense and shared experience will serve as the light on our path forward. Isolation is not an option if we’re going to deliver equity-based, future-driven education to every student learning and growing at C-A on our way to our 2030 Destination.
Coxsackie-Athens is among 13 school districts that have been recognized as “Lighthouse” systems that will serve as models of positive change in public education.
Coxsackie-Athens Central Schools
Email: squierr@cacsd.org
Website: www.cacsd.org
Location: 24 Sunset Boulevard, Coxsackie, NY, USA
Phone: 518-731-1700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100043677108930&mibextid=LQQJ4d
Twitter: @coxathschools
