District Information
Scotia-Glenville
Middle School
10 Prestige Parkway
Scotia, NY 12302
Phone: 518-382-1263/
347-3600
EXT. 51101
FAX: 518-386-4303
Robert J. Cosmer,
Principal
RCosmer@sgcsd.net
Anthony J. Peconie,
Assistant Principal
APeconie@sgcsd.net
Instructional hours:
Dignity for All Students Act
coordinators:
Robert Cosmer, Lucia Dixon and Aimee
McGinnis
Interim Assistant Principal Deborah K. Price approved by state to continue in position.
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MORNING'S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sign
Language Club selling Tartans
♥
Boston tee shirts to raise money for bombing victims
The student Sign Language Club at the Middle School is selling tee shirts to raise money for One Fund Boston - an organization that is supporting those affected by the recent bombings at the Boston Marathon - and to prove that Tartans ♥ Boston. [MORE]
MS Rating Day scheduled for Friday, June 14 - no school for students on that day
The high school and middle school have announced test rating/scoring days:
▪ June 10: Rating Day at the High School - NO STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12 ATTEND TODAY
▪ June 14: Rating Day at the Middle School - NO STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-8 ATTEND TODAY
Those days will be used by teachers and staff to grade local exams and other required end-of-year non-Regents student exams. [MORE]
The Scotia-Glenville Middle School Drama Club
presents “Into the Wood’s, Jr." on Friday and Saturday, May 10th
and 11th at the Anne B. Sterman Auditorium at the Middle School.
The shows are at 7 p.m. both nights.
Tickets are available by contacting the school office ( 518-382-1263/347-3600 EXT. 51101) or Pam Bemis by email and at the door:
·
Adults: $8
·
Students and non-resident seniors: $5
·
Qualifying S-G senior citizens with a pass from District
Office: free
If you find it’s getting harder and harder
to help your child with his or her homework every night, it’s
not you.
Schools in New York and 44 other states have begun to implement
the Common Core Learning Standards – a set of standards that
will be consistent from state to state. The goal is to ensure
that students from coast to coast are college- and career-ready
when they graduate from high school. Download the flyer
above and watch a video for parents.
[MORE]
Nutrition
Club, modified lacrosse team work up a sweat in the Fitness
Center
The boys' modified lacrosse team joined
forces with the high school's Fuel Up to Play 60 Fitness and
Nutrition Club after school today in the high school fitness
center. Students used the equipment and worked up a sweat.
[MORE]
The Campaign Against Cancer announced today that it will partner with Scotia-Glenville Middle School on a coin drive from April 8 to May 8 called Coins Against Cancer. [MORE]
Poetry
Night gives a glimpse of the studentWhether writing about December Trouble, their
mothers, a friend or The Coral Reef, 20 students shared a part of
themselves as they read their original works of poetry during the
Honors English 7 Poetry Night before dozens of parents, grandparents
and friends.
[MORE]
Chartwells surveying parents and students
March 18, 2013
Chartwells, the company that administers the breakfast and lunch programs at Scotia-Glenville, would like to hear from parents and students about the program. Please reply to these surveys by April 1. [MORE]
MArch 4, 2013
UPDATE: Of the 12 Odyssey of the Mind teams from Scotia-Glenville who competed on Saturday at Shenendehowa, six of them placed (came in first, second or third) and three of the teams will advance to the state-level competition at Binghamton University on Saturday, March 23. [MORE]
March 4, 2013
The Scotia-Glenville Middle School team
outdistanced other school teams at the National Science Bowl
regional qualifying tournament at the GE Global Research
competition this weekend. [MORE]
February 7, 2013
Two Middle School students were involved in
an incident in which five bullets were found. Both have been
suspended.
This letter is going home today with students about the incident
(PDF).
January 10, 2013
They all agreed...it was so obvious to these
grade 7 students. Igniting Minds forces students to stretch their
thinking.
[MORE]
January 8, 2013
More than four dozen Scotia-Glenville high school and middle school students will participate in the Schenectady All-County Music Festival on February 2. This year, the festival will be held at Mohonasen High School, Curry Road, Rotterdam. [MORE]
Students
show their stuff in talent showDecember 27, 2012
Middle School students took to the stage to
show off their talents during the Snowcase Showcase talent show held
on Dec. 21 in the auditorium.
[MORE]
December 20, 2012
“WHEN AM I EVER
GOING TO USE THIS?”
Starting on Thursday, January 10, a select group of 7th grade
students will discover the answer to this most famous
mathematics question ever asked.
A multi-week program called Igniting Minds will be
offered at the Middle School.
Applications are due back by Friday, Dec. 21. Students should
contact their math teachers.
[MORE]
December 11, 2012
Students Dakota Rivera and Aidan Chaffin were victorious again at the revamped Scotia-Glenville Spelling Bee and will represent the school district at the Capital Region Spelling Bee on March 13, 2013 at Proctor’s Theatre. [MORE]
December 7, 2012
Members of the Dance Club did the advance work
for this year's Student Council Winter Dance, with a “Superhero”
theme featuring Spider Man, Hulk and others straight from the minds
of S-G students in grades 6, 7 and 8.
[MORE]
December
6, 2012
Seven faculty members at the Middle School
agreed to grow their beards to encourage students to bring in
canned goods and other non-perishables to be donated to the
Scotia Food Pantry.
[MORE]
November 27, 2012
Middle School students and staff collected food, cleaning supplies, toiletries, painting supplies, blankets, clothes and other non-perishables to send to areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
Members
of the National Junior Honor Society, above, stand with the
items and, below, with the trailer that took the items to those
areas. Guidance Counselor Aimee McGinnis is the NJHS advisor.
Click the photos to enlarge them.
October 11, 2012
It was a time of "Material Girl" Madonna,
Michael Jackson's Moonwalk, Pac-Man and The Huxtables on
The Cosby Show. Scotia-Glenville Middle School students only study
the 1980s in history books these days. But today was part of Spirit
Week and 80's Decade Day.
[MORE]
OCTOBER 3, 2012
Spirit Week will be held Oct. 9-12. Check out the daily activities (PDF).
The Odyssey of the Mind program will hold informational meetings on Monday, Sept. 17 for elementary students and on Tuesday, Sept. 25 for MS/HS students. Check here for more information. [MORE]
S-G
students return to classes for 2012-13September 6, 2012
More than 2,800 students returned to classes today at Scotia-Glenville's six schools. Check out of scenes from Opening Day. [MORE]
August 28, 2012
This welcome letter from new Principal Robert Cosmer will be mailed this week to parents. Read it here. [MORE] PDF
These Open Houses will be held in the next few weeks:
▪
Grade 6 - Tuesday, Aug. 28:
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
▪
Grades 7 and 8 - Wednesday, Aug.
29:
8-10 a.m. - NEW grades 7 and 8 students
10 a.m. to 12 - grade 7 and 8 student agendas and lock sales.
Check out the
Library Media Center website
▪ New! 2013-14 calendar
▪ Alumni transcripts and records
▪ Athletics/Physical Education
▪ Curriculum reports/information
Stay informed and aware by using Scotia-Glenville's Blackboard Connect notification system for parents, staff and community members.
Check out the current weather conditions from a station on top of Scotia-Glenville High School.
You can pre-pay for your child's breakfast and lunch at Scotia-Glenville with mySchoolBucks.
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Monday, May 20, 2013:
Glendaal Walk About, 6-8 p.m., Glendaal
Progress Reports mailed, High School
Tuesday, May 21, 2013:
BUDGET AND BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTE, 6 A.M. TO 9 P.M., HIGH SCHOOL GYM
Field Day, Gr. 2/3, Lincoln (rain date: May 22)
Gr. 4-6 Cross Country Run, 4 p.m., High School (rain date: May 22)
Wednesday, May 22, 2013:
NYS Gr. 4 and 8 Science Performance Exam, May 22-31
SDM, 4 p.m., Glen-Worden
Memorial Day Parade, Mohawk Avenue, Scotia
Thursday, May 23, 2013:
Family Picnic/Field Day, Gr. K-1, Lincoln
Sacandaga Gr. 4/5 Chorus and Band and Gr. 7 Band, 7 p.m., High School
Friday, May 24, 2013:
Progress Reports mailed, Middle School
Monday, May 27, 2013:
Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, May 28, 2013:
Glen-Worden Gr. 4/5 Chorus and Gr. 6 Band, 7 p.m., High School
Wednesday, May 29, 2013:
Glendaal Gr. 4/5 Chorus and Band and HS Orchestra and Symphonic Band, 7 p.m., High School
Thursday, May 30, 2013:
Gr. 4/5 District Field Day at High School (rain date: May 31)
Senior Banquet, Riverstone Manor
Friday, May 31, 2013:
Senior Awards Assembly/Senior Picnic, 8 a.m., High School
NYSSMA Festival (Jazz), May 31-June 1, Niskayuna
Monday, June 3, 2013:
NYS Gr. 4 and 8 Science Written Exam
Tuesday, June 4, 2013:
Gr. 2/3 Field Day, 9-11 a.m., 11:30 a.m. Picnic, Sacandaga (rain date: June 5)
PTA/SDM, 3:30 p.m., Sacandaga
Senior Art Exhibit/Reception and Pops Concert, 6 p.m., High School
Wednesday, June 5, 2013:
PTA, 6:30 p.m., Glendaal
Varsity Sports Banquet, 6:30 p.m., Union College
Instrumental Recruitment Night, 7 p.m., High School
Thursday, June 6, 2013:
Gr. K-3 Field Day, Glen-Worden (rain date: June 7)
Gr. K/1 Field Day, 9-11 a.m., Sacndaga (rain date: June 7)
Friday, June 7, 2013:
Songtime (Choralaires), 7:30 p.m., High School
Monday, June 10, 2013:
HS RATING DAY - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
End of fourth marking period, High School
Board of Education, 7 p.m., Middle School
Tuesday, June 11 - Friday, June 21, 2013:
NYS REGENTS EXAMS administered
Tuesday, June 11, 2013:
PTA, 7 p.m., Glen-Worden
Elementary District Track Meet, 4 p.m., High School
Wednesday, June 12, 2013:
PTA/SDM, 3:30 p.m., Lincoln
Thursday, June 13, 2013:
HALF DAY, GR. K-5, REPORT CARD PREPARATION
PTA, 6:30 p.m., Middle School
End of fourth marking period, Elementary Schools
Friday, June 14, 2013:
MS RATING DAY - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
Gr. 5 End of Year Activities, Noon-3 p.m., Glendaal and Glen-Worden
Gr. 5 Picnics, Lincoln and Sacandaga
Flag Day
Monday, June 17, 2013:
Grade 8 Awards Assembly, MS
HALF DAYS - JUNE 17-20, Middle School
End of fourth marking period, Middle School
Tuesday, June 18, 2013:
Grades 6 and 7 Awards Assembly
Grade 8 trip to Great Escape
Thursday, June 20, 2013:
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - HALF DAY
Moving Up Activities, elementary schools
Report cards sent home, elementary schools
Talent Show, 10-11:20 a.m., Middle School
Friday, June 21, 2013:
Graduation rehearsal, 8 a.m., High School
Summer begins
Saturday, June 22, 2013:
Class of 2013 graduation, 9:30 a.m., Proctor's Theater, Schenectady
Monday, June 24, 2013:
Report cards mailed, Middle School and High School
Board of Education, 7 p.m., Sacandaga
Monday, July 8, 2013:
Board of Education 2013-14 Reorganizational Meeting, 7 p.m., District Office
Monday, July 22, 2013:
Board of Education, 7 p.m., District Office
Monday, August 12, 2013:
Board of Education, 7 p.m., District Office
Tuesday, August 13, 2013:
NYS Regents Exams, High School
AM exams
begin at 8:30 a.m.
PM exams begin at 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013:
NYS Regents Exams, High School
AM exams
begin at 8:30 a.m.
PM exams begin at 12:30 p.m.
Monday, August 26, 2013:
Board of Education, 7 p.m., District Office
