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Feb. 14: BKW to operate on a two-hour delay
Due to inclement weather, the district will be operating on a two-hour delay this morning. There will be no A.M. BOCES. No breakfast.
Due to inclement weather, the district will be operating on a two-hour delay this morning. There will be no A.M. BOCES. No breakfast.
Registration for spring sports is now open! Students can register at https://bkwschools-ar.rschooltoday.com/ All potential athletes need a valid physical on file with the school nurse prior to the first day of practice. School physicals will be given on a date TBA. Please contact alicia.lounsbury@bkwschools.org for a physical or to check on physical status. JV and Varsity will begin 3/17/25 and …
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As a reminder, the district will be closed from Monday, February 17 to Friday, February 21 for winter recess. We look forward to welcoming our staff, faculty, and students back to campus on Monday, February 24.
Families and Friends, The winter newsletter is here! Catch up on all the good things happening around our school campus. The newsletter can be found here. We hope you enjoy! Please note that hardcopy versions will be arriving in mailboxes in the next week or so.
The BKW Alumni Association is currently taking orders for official BKW apparel. You can find the link to ordering here. Place an order for your Bulldog gear today!
On Monday, January 27, BKW Elementary School fourth grade teacher Alyssa Smith was recognized by Curriculum Associates as an Extraordinary Educator. Mrs. Smith joins 29 educators nationwide in receiving this recognition. This annual listing focuses on best-in-class educators based on criteria ranging from classroom innovation to student engagement to establishing standards and success for students …
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There’s no need to travel to New Orleans for this year’s Super Bowl. We have our own Super Bowl right here at BKW! Over the next month, a friendly reading competition will take place between third and fourth-grade classrooms. Appropriately called the ‘READBowl,’ it has third and fourth-grade classrooms logging their time reading to gain …
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Nearly 20 students from our district interested in careers ranging from contractor to game designer to diesel mechanic visited the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus on Jan. 14 to learn how BOCES can provide the recipe for future success. Some students were looking to explore career options, while others …
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BKW senior Arlan Wright is building his professional resume while combining his interest in helping others with his business foresight. Since August, Arlan has created an internship opportunity that could mark the beginning of his business pathway while helping those needing prosthetics and orthotics. His passion for the industry is straightforward, and because Arlan was …
With an assist from a National Grid Workforce Development Grant, Capital Region BOCES took delivery of four new heavy equipment operator simulators in 2022. Those simulators are currently building experience for Heavy Equipment Repair and Operation BOCES students to operate backhoes, bulldozers, graders, excavators, and dump trucks. Teacher Matt Millard said the simulators are routinely …
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