At the end of each school year, BKW Elementary recognizes students for outstanding effort in their studies by presenting Ready to Learn Awards. While the awards are typically given to one student per grade, the switch to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic this spring brought out the best in elementary learners, leading BKW …
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Summer vacation may look a bit different this year, but a new website developed by the Capital Region BOCES in partnership with BKW and area schools will provide eight weeks of activities to keep children engaged all summer long! Starting July 3, visit https://summeradventure.capitalregionboces.org for a week-by-week collection of fun, enriching activities for elementary-age children. …
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BKW’s school nurses would like to inform our students’ families about important health and dental examination requirements set by the state. June 2020 Dear Parents/Guardians, New York State law requires a health examination for all students entering the school district for the first time and when entering Pre-K or K, 1st, 3rd , 5th, 7th …
BKW Elementary students are doing a great job learning from home, and their hard work and dedication has earned them the honor of being named BKW Most Responsible Students. They were nominated by their teachers for being very responsible with their lesson activities during this remote learning period. The honored students received a certificate and …
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Attention pre-kindergarten parents/guardians, BKW has canceled the Kindergarten Registration days originally scheduled for May 5, 6 and 7, 2020, due to the Covid-19/Coronavirus pandemic. We will reschedule the them as soon as it is safe to do so. If you have not filled out a registration packet for your child who turns 5 years old …
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BKW school psychologists Emily Wylong and Katrina Emmerich offer BKW families a helpful newsletter with lots of resources for coping with the current situation.
Attention all parents. As of April 13, 2020, BKW has openings in the full-day Pre-K program for the 2020-2021 school year. Your child must be 4 years old by Dec.1, 2020, to be eligible. Please contact Mrs. Dibble by email at diane.dibble@bkwschools.org to receive an enrollment packet, and we will be in touch with you …
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Congratulations to the following 6th grade students for achieving honor roll for the 2019-20 second trimester. High Honors Aggelos Lefkaditis Phillip Latham Annie Lendrum Lorelei Kuhn Ella Roether Peyton Delvecchio Honors Dayne Coates Sadie Poole Justin Brink Patrick Lendrum Jayden Buie Honorable Mention Emma Detlefsen Diana Colavito Clara Thomas Blake Quay Chloe Blank Ansley DeLosa
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR UNCERTAIN TIMES Albany County Mental Health Support Line: 518-269-6634 8 am-5 pm, 7 days a week New York State Emotional Support Hotline for Mental Health Counseling: 1-844-863-9314 Mobile Crisis: (518) 292-5499 8 am- 10 pm Monday- Friday, and Saturday & Sunday 11 am-7 pm
They’ve taken their home technology from toy making to protecting lives. A BKW fifth-grade student and his family have teamed up to help local hospital workers during the COVID-19 pandemic by using their 3-D printers to create face shields. Joaquin and his dad, Mark, connected with a group at the University of Albany after learning …
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