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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An informational prekindergarten meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 28 for those families/caregivers interested in learning more about the enrollment process for the 2025-26 school year. Please note that a potential Pre-K applicant must reside in the district and has turned four years old on or before Dec. 1, 2025. Please note that this …
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The BKW district is hiring! As of today (1/2), the district is urgently seeking a mechanic position to be filled within its transportation dept. Details on that opportunity can be found here. To learn more about additional employment opportunities, click here. Come join our team!
Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School senior Matthew Dibble, an Automotive Trades Technology student, is using one of the new automobile lifts installed as part of the renovations and expansion project completed in September. “The new lift is smaller and better fits these vehicles. It’s safer for everyone involved,” said teacher Randy Barber. Dibble plans on either entering …
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The district recently secured a portion of a $150,000 grant from the Albany County Department of Mental Health, Albany County Department of Children, Youth and Families, and the Albany County Executive’s Office to increase its effort to support anti-bullying and youth violence prevention programming. The district will receive a little over $8,000 to support districtwide …
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Congratulations to our sixth grade students for being named to the honor roll for the first trimester. Keep up the good work! Honor Roll
The Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School fall athletic teams were recently recognized by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) as student-scholar teams for the 2024-25 athletic season. According to the NYSPHSAA website, to receive Scholar-Athlete team recognition with a certificate, the team’s average GPA for 75% of the roster must be greater than …
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