High school students participated in our annual Wellness Fair last week. Students had to choose a health-related topic to research and then create a presentation for their peers. This is always a fun activity for the students, as it is a student-led event and an active way for them to engage in discussions surrounding various health topics. Follow us on Facebook to see more photos!
🚌The eighth graders recently went on a field trip to the Bronx Zoo!🐻🦩🦚 It was a fun day of travel, new experiences, and learning opportunities. Please enjoy these pictures of their trip, taken by our middle school teachers/chaperones. Follow us on Facebook to see all the photos!
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⏰REMINDER! The Hoosick Falls PTA Color Run is tomorrow, 5/28! 🌈All elementary students can participate for free! (Please have your child wear a white shirt if they didn’t fundraise to receive a shirt.) Shirts and color run prizes will be given to your child tomorrow. Color packets can only be used tomorrow, while on campus, under the supervision of the PTA volunteers. If your child is absent, they will receive their shirt and prizes, but no color packets. Middle or high school students may sign up tomorrow morning from 7:30-9:30 am outside the elementary library for $10. They will not receive a shirt, but can still run for fun! Please email the PTA at PTA@hoosickfallscsd.org with any questions.
Sixth-grade teachers proudly wore custom "Be Like Blake" shirts yesterday to celebrate and honor one of their outstanding students who has exemplified exceptional character and served as a positive role model throughout the school year. The shirts represent the faculty's recognition of Blake's inspiring influence on classmates and the school community, encouraging others to follow his example of kindness, dedication, and positive leadership. 🐾 (Thanks for capturing this, Mrs. Fleming!)
Our high school teachers and counselors are always encouraging students to think about their futures and what path they might see themselves on. Over the last few months, students have participated in numerous field trips and events to get their minds working! Sophomores visited Southwest Tech in VT to explore their program options for the junior and senior years. Students attended a Showcase at the State University of New York at Albany, and attended the Hoosick Falls Job Fair & Career Expo so they could learn more about what options are available locally. Last week, counselors arranged for colleges to come right to the school for our College Caravan, and students had the chance to ask plenty of questions and learn more about what programs the schools have to offer. To see more pictures, head over to our Facebook page!
Last week, middle school 5th-grade students who read 6+ books during the first 3 quarters earned a Book Reward! 📖Students got some time outside on a sunny day to enjoy painting with teachers Mr. Millman, Mrs. Zakrzewski, and Mrs. Grant. 🎨Keep encouraging a love of reading! 📚
Spring is always an exciting time in the elementary school! Students in the younger grades build peep houses and go on egg hunts before spring recess, and then come back to incubators filled with real eggs to hatch while they learn about life cycles. The students are always filled with wonder as they anticipate hatching day! (Thank you to our kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade teachers for offering this learning opportunity and sharing these pictures, and to the local farms that donated the eggs to hatch!) To see more pictures, follow us on Facebook!
🎉Last night the Boys and Girls Outdoor Track teams competed in the Wasaren League Outdoor Track Championships hosted by Greenwich HS. Both teams swept the championship title with double-digit scores. The girls finished with a team score of 113-96 against Emma Willard. While the boys finished with a team score of 130-109 against Mechanicville, both teams finished as the 2025 Wasaren League Champions!
Top Place Finisher (Girls): Sadie Cornell - 1st in Triple Jump, 6th in Long Jump, Sarah Raymond - 1st in 3000m & 2000m Steeple Chase, 3rd in 1500, Lailie Frierson- 2nd in 400m & 4th in 200m, Emma Waugh - 3rd in 100m & 200m, Abby Ackner - 3rd in Long Jump & 5th in 100m, Caroline Murphy - 3rd in High Jump, Ava Salvesvold - 5th in 400 Hurdles, 6th in 100 Hurdles, Alyssa Rodriguez - 5th in Shot Put & Discus, Emme Fitzgerald -5th in 800m, Evie Schuttig - 6th in 1500m, Ella Dickinson - 6th in High Jump, Ruth Econome - 6th in Pentathlon.
The girls 4x100 (Abby Ackner, Lailie Frierson, Ava Salvesvold & Emma Waugh) and the 4x400 (Emma Waugh, Ava Salvesvold, Emme Fitzgerald, Lailie Frierson) finished 1st overall. The girls 4x800 (Aniya Bailey, Maddy Gallese, Evie Schuttig, and Emme Fitzgerald) finished 3rd overall.
Top Place Finishers (Boys): Michael Plusch - 1st in Pole Vault & Long Jump, Alex Shea - 1st in 110 Hurdles, Jack Roseberger - 1st in 200m, 2nd in 100m & 400m, Rich Stifter Jr.- 1st in Triple Jump, 3rd in Long Jump, 5th in 110 Hurdles, Isaiah Paul-Smith -3rd in Pole Vault, Tyler Taber- 3rd in Pentathlon, Anthony Garner - 3rd in 400m, Jacob Price - 3rd in High Jump, 4th in 110 Hurdles, Carson Glover - 5th in 100m, Trevor Sheldon- 5th in 1600m, Scott Bailey - 5th in 3000m Steeplechase & 6th in 3200, Joel Kizza - 5th in Pentathlon, Caleb Rupp - 6th in High Jump, Nick Gregory - 6th in Shot Put.
The boys 4x100 (Rich Stifter Jr, Carson Glover, Michael Plusch, Jack Roseberger) and the 4x400 (Jake Gardy, Michael Plusch, Sam Clinton, Anthony Garner) finished 2nd overall. The 4x800 (Trevor Sheldon, Ben Hernick, Sam Clinton, & Fletcher Lange) finished 5th overall.
We had a total of 11 Wasaren League All Stars including: Rich Stifter Jr, Alex Shea, Michael Plusch, Sadie Cornell, Emma Waugh, and Ava Salvesvold from Hoosick Falls and Jack Roseberger, Sarah Raymond, Abby Ackner, Lailie Frierson, and Emme Fitzgerald from Tamarac.
(Submitted by Coach Webber)
HFCSD would like to send a big THANK YOU to today's Budget Vote volunteers, Caroline Bornt, Eleanor Tracy, Judy VanDerkar, and Pam Cottrell. You still have time to stop in and vote today, until 8:30 pm. While you're here, you can take a look at our amazing student artwork in the Art Show, get some ice cream in a student-made bowl for the Empty Bowls Fundraiser, and support our student musicians in the Spring Concert. There is also a PTA Members' Meeting tonight at 4:45 pm in room 161 and a BOE Meeting at 6:30 pm in the high school cafeteria.
Tomorrow is the HFCSD 2025-2026 Budget Vote! Please come out to vote!
5/20/25 - HFCS High School Gymnasium- 9 am - 8:30 pm
Student events will also be happening during the budget vote. See flyers for more details. For more budget information, please visit our website: hoosickfallscsd.org
Spring Concert #1 is tonight at 7pm! Come out and support the students for this free concert!
Important reminders for May 2025!
🐾2025 High School Graduation Schedule!🎓
Today is the day of the Hoosick Falls Community Job & Career Expo! 46 vendors are coming and these businesses have ~300 job openings in a wide variety of sectors. Stop by and see what our area has to offer!
🎉Hoosick Falls Drama Club won the Outstanding Achievement Award for their spring musical, Into The Woods!🎭🎶
On Saturday, May 10th, HFHS students Mea Cleary and Ashley Druckenmiller participated in the High School Musical Theatre Awards at Proctors. Both students performed in the Opening and Closing numbers of the ceremony, along with student representatives from 20 other schools across the Capital Region. Mea also performed with the other students nominated for Outstanding Lead Performer. "The Outstanding Achievement Award represents recognition for a school that demonstrated remarkable resilience and success despite facing challenges... This award celebrates the group’s perseverance, teamwork, and determination to deliver a great performance... highlighting their dedication and commitment to their craft."
Both Mea and Ashley gave impressive performances, and carried themselves with maturity and grace in a demanding environment. They were amazing representatives of our school community amongst the best of the best in high school theater! Congratulations to Mea, Ashley, and the HFCS Drama Club!🎉🐾
(Thank you to Ms. Melissa Zimmermann for submitting this update and pictures.)
☀️Our Summer OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM (OEP) is registering students now! ☀️This free program is open to HFCS students entering grades 8 - 12. 🌳🥾🛶🏹 Let's get the kids outside this summer, hiking, kayaking, and trying archery! Over a 3-week period in July, students will experience activities that may be entirely new and some activities they may already participate in at home. The activities are introductory, providing each student an overview of basic technique and application. See letter for full details, times, rain dates, and for more information on how to sign up!️ Questions? Contact Mr. Nelson: nelsonl@hoosickfallscsd.org
🎉Congratulations to our latest Middle School Students of the Month, nominated for demonstrating the Panther PRIDE character trait of Integrity. The Middle School Student Council also selected music teacher, Mr. Robert Allen, as the Teacher of the Month! 🐾
Everyone in the community is welcome to attend this free event, happening at HFCS tomorrow, 5/10!
Join author Mariah Blake for a compelling discussion about her new book, They Poisoned the World. Mariah will be in conversation with Brendan Lyons of the Times Union and several Hoosick Falls residents.
The forecast is calling for rain, so there will be hot coffee and plenty of amazing baked goods that Michelle Martinez Vandemark made in honor of her brother, Marcus Martinez, for tomorrow's event!
The Bennington Bookshop will also be at school, selling copies of the book.
ABOUT THE BOOK
They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals is a landmark investigation of the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals told through the story of Hoosick Falls and its successful fight for clean drinking water.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mariah Blake is an investigative journalist whose writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Mother Jones, The New Republic, The New York Times, and other publications. She was a Murrey Marder Nieman Fellow in Watchdog Journalism at Harvard University. As part of her book research, she spent eight years following the Hoosick Falls story.
ABOUT THE HOST
Brendan J. Lyons is a managing editor for the Times Union overseeing the Capitol Bureau and investigations. Lyons joined the Times Union in 1998 as a crime reporter before being assigned to the investigations team. He became editor of the investigations team in 2013 and began overseeing the Capitol Bureau in 2017. It was Lyons who broke the story of the water contamination in Hoosick Falls back in 2016.
VISIT THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS.
***Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled!***
The Key Club is hosting the annual Staff v. Sheriff's basketball game! Come and cheer on your HFCSD faculty and staff. All proceeds from the event will go towards the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office Adopt A Family Program.
