🎉The Unified Bowling Team took 1st PLACE in the Section 2 Bowling Tournament! 🎳Coaches Maggie Borini and Kelli Grennan were proud of the effort the students put forth and noted how wonderful it was to see the students work together for combined bowling scores. The team competed against Columbia, Corinth, and Saratoga schools in the finals. HF was down by 100 pins going into their 3rd game, and rallied to win by 60 points! The Unified Bowling Team is a part of the high school’s inclusive sports programming, which recently received National Banner Unified Champion School recognition from the New York Special Olympics. Go Panthers! 🐾 Watch the celebratory parade video here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=L1Cbk3vCuFw?feature=share
Don't forget that the PTA meeting is tonight at 5pm, right before the Board of Education Meeting. All are welcome to attend these meetings. A kids' craft is provided so you can bring your children along with you!
The PTA has some exciting things on the agenda for tonight's meeting:
🎉Planning for Family Basket Bingo
🎉Planning the Color Run
🎉Discussion about field day shirts for pre-K through 4th grade
🎉Staff appreciation week
🎉Future events!
Coffee with the Counselors will be held from 12-12:45 pm today, 3/20. Follow the link to join the discussion! http://meet.google.com/ymf-bpsj-tnf
The High School Chapter of the National Honor Society is hosting a Pickleball Tournament on Saturday, April 26th, at 9 a.m. Proceeds will benefit the NHS Christmas Wish program. Sign up in teams of 2, with the included registration form. Teams are guaranteed to play 4 times! Prizes will be awarded! They are also looking for sponsorships (see the included letter.) Please register to have some fun and support a great community program!!
🎉Congratulations to our Boys Basketball Wasaren League All-Stars and to our Athletic Director and Coach, Mr. Mike Lilac, on this well-earned recognition!🏀🐾
4th Grader, Eamon Keegan, took 2nd place at the New York State Scholastic Chess Championships!! This was a 2-day, 6-game tournament, open to students in kindergarten through 5th grade. Eamon went undefeated in his section (K-5, Under 600) and placed 2nd (based on tiebreakers) out of 277 participants! Eamon taught himself chess during the pandemic when he was just 5 years old, via a mobile app, after seeing his father playing chess. He participates in Mr. Jon Millman’s Chess Club at school and works with a chess coach, Mr. Andrew Palmer, based out of Bennington, VT. Eamon has played in smaller tournaments in the past, but this was his first State Championship. Congratulations, Eamon! To view the full results from this tournament, please visit this website: https://chessevents.com/.../nyscholastics/2025/standings/e60
❗️Reminder❗️ There is no school tomorrow, 3/14, or Monday, 3/17.
The BBQ Pork "Wings" at lunch today were a big hit with the students!
Today's Coffee with the Counselors is postponed until next Thursday, March 20th. See you then! meet.google.com/ymf-bpsj-tnf
PTA Members' Meeting! Become a part of your school community! Join the HFCS PTA for their monthly Members’ Meeting, held right before the HFCS BOE Meeting. March 20th, 2025 / 5 - 6 pm / Room 161 (Use the high school entrance.) Don’t have childcare? Bring them along! This month, we will offer a spring cloud craft! Craft credit: https://inthebagkidscrafts.com/blue-skies-kids-craft/
Please RSVP with your child’s name and age: PTA@hoosickfallscsd.org
🎉***New York State Indoor Track and Field Championships *** 🎉GOOD LUCK TO OUR ATHLETES! SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK THE LINK TO WATCH LIVE TOMORROW! Athletes from the Boys and Girls Indoor Track Team will be representing Hoosick Falls, Tamarac, and Section 2 at the New York State Indoor Track and Field Championships this Saturday, 3/8/25, at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island, NY.
The Boys will compete in the Div II 800m Relay - Sam Fauler, Michael Plusch, Rich Stifter Jr, Jack Roseberger with alternates Alex Shea, Tommy Kane, Sam Clinton and Aiden Eckert.
The Girls will compete in the Div II 1600m Relay- Emma Waugh, Mihaly Blake, Ava Salvesvold, and Erin Conety with alternates Zellia Fanfa, Maddy Gallese, Teresa Kane, and Sarah Raymond.
Michael Plusch will also be competing in the Boys Pole Vault.
If you wish to support the team and watch the meet this Saturday, please see the schedule below and follow the link to Milesplit: https://ny.milesplit.com/meets/652282-nysphsaa-ny-state-champs-2025
Events Schedule:
11:15 AM- Boys Pole Vault starts
11:20 - 11:50 AM- Girls Division 2 4x400 competes on the Oval Track
1:00 PM- 1:35 PM - Boys Division 2 4x200 competes on the Oval Track
You have 10 more days to HELP SUPPORT THE CLASS OF 2025's final fundraiser of the year! Help them meet their goal and raise money for their senior ball, end-of-year activities, and their senior trip. You can purchase coffee or tea products or make a monetary donation. Thanks for your support! 🐾Follow the link!
https://www.raise-365.com/order/37218/24009/3577900
🥎 Softball tryouts are coming right up on the 17th - 19th. 🥎 Times TBD, so check back for more information! Please contact Coach Martin with questions: martinn@hoosickfallscsd.org 🐾
📢 We were just informed that due to technical difficulties at the start of the voting period for the What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® Viewer's Choice Award, the VOTING DEADLINE WAS EXTENDED until 11:59 pm tomorrow - Saturday, March 8! Thanks for supporting our students! Vote, vote, vote! https://www.whatssocool.org/contests/capital-region-ny/
⏰IT'S TIME!!! ⏰ WE NEED YOUR VOTE! 🐾HELP US WIN THE VIEWER'S CHOICE AWARD!! 🏆Get online and vote for our #WSCMCRNY student video here: https://www.whatssocool.org/contests/capital-region-ny/
Voting runs March 5 (12:01am) - March 7 (11:59pm). YOU CAN VOTE MORE THAN ONCE!!
OUR STUDENTS NEED YOUR VOTE!!! 13 of our middle school students are involved in a video contest- "What's So Cool About Manufacturing®"! This is a first-of-its-kind contest in NYS led by the Center for Economic Growth that encourages middle school students to engage with local manufacturers and produce real-world, project-based videos that spotlight careers and pathways in manufacturing while highlighting "What's So Cool About Manufacturing®". There are 8 Capital Region school districts participating in this contest. HFCS was paired with the local division of Saint-Gobain. Students visited Saint-Gobain twice over the last few months with their "Project Coaches", Mr. Bundrick, Mr. Dailey, and Ms. Livingstone. Students used a GoPro to take video footage on the production floor, learned all about what the Hoosick Falls division produces, interviewed employees about their experiences, and asked for their opinions on what opportunities are available in manufacturing. The students then condensed hours of footage and information into a 2 1/2-minute video. The students will attend an awards event at Proctors Theater in Schenectady later this month. A local panel will judge their video, and the students may win an award for creativity, technical expertise, and/or content. They may also win a Viewer's Choice Award. This is where we need your help! Beginning at 12 a.m. on 3/5, please follow the link below to vote for our students' video. The voting window will close at 12 p.m. on 3/7. THANK YOU!!
https://www.whatssocool.org/contests/capital-region-ny/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI0RkJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUKpOfbITJaiozXWMt47wcwNGy7cjC-NgflB9phnEmAzFZ4pJYfmMkt0zg_aem_FUjECJAAx5rKc3SDJUCJEg
There will be a Unified Bowling Match at home (Barbecue Recreation) on Thursday, March 6th, at 4 p.m., for anyone interested in attending! Come and cheer on our HFCS unified athletes, experience what makes our unified sports program so great, and see why we are a National Banner Unified Champion School! 🎳🐾
Attention Class of 2025! The Hoosick Falls PTA has 3 scholarship opportunities currently available to senior students. Each scholarship has different eligibility parameters and materials required for submission. Questions may be directed to the PTA at pta@hoosickfallscsd.org. For full scholarship applications, please see Mrs. Jelley in the guidance office. Deadline for all 3 scholarships is May 16, 2025.
HFCS alumna, Logan Thayne, is having a great senior year in basketball at SUNY Cobleskill. She is in the running for the Division III "Women’s Hoops 2024-25 MVP"! There were 20 eligible players nominated across the division. Voting opened February 20th and closes March 17th, and fans are allowed to vote once per day. Please follow the link to vote for our Hoosick Falls athlete, Logan! https://d3sportsdata.com/womens-hoops/womens-hoops-mvp-voting/
🐾🎵🎶Happening tomorrow night, March 4th, at 7pm! Please come support our band and chorus students! 🎶🎵🐾
