“Be the Change” recipients for Jan-Feb, 2024
Congratulations to the group of students recognized as the school’s “Be the Change” recipients for January and February.
Year: 2024
Recycle eclipse glasses at BCSD schools
Looking for somewhere to recycle your eclipse glasses? Send them to school! Starting tomorrow, each school throughout the district will collect used glasses that do not have any scratches, punctures, tears or other damage. The glasses will be sent to Eclipse Glasses USA, LLC by a BCHS student organizing the initiative as part of the …
Farm to School initiative highlights maple syrup production
Throughout March, the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) visited each of BCSD’s five elementary schools to highlight the process of maple syrup production. Students learned that March is known as “sugaring season” in the Northeast. In late winter, when the weather transitions and daytime temperatures warm to above freezing and nights dip below freezing, sap begins …
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District mourns longtime aide to students with disabilities
The Bethlehem Central School District is mourning a sudden loss to the school community. Karen Maloney, a longtime aide to students with disabilities in the district, passed away on Sunday, April 7. Maloney was employed by the district for more than 20 years, at the middle school and most recently at Slingerlands Elementary School. Counselors …
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Science author and educator visits Glenmont
Students at Glenmont Elementary School welcomed science author and educator Dr. Jodi Wheeler-Toppen last week for two presentations, “How a Worm Wiggled into a Book” (K-2) and “Purr-fect Research is so Dog-gone Fun!” (3-5). K-2 students learned about worm anatomy and the importance of revision in writing. Students were encouraged to hold and observe live …
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Award winning author-illustrator Laura Vaccaro Seeger visits elementary schools
Author Laura Vaccaro Seeger visited Hamagrael, Elsmere, Eagle and Slingerlands elementary schools this month. Laura is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, a two-time winner of both the Caldecott Honor Award and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award, and winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, to name just a …
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Plans for the solar eclipse at BCSD
A solar eclipse will occur on Monday, April 8, and will be viewable, depending on weather, in the Capital Region. The eclipse will begin in our area at 2:12 p.m. and will end at 4:36 p.m., with the maximum eclipse occurring at 3:26 p.m. Monday, April 8 will be a regular school day for middle …
BCHS students win three research awards at Regeneron Science Fair
Maeve McCarthy won two science research awards and Aaditya Ojha earned one at the recent Regeneron Greater Capital Region Science & Engineering Fair at RPI.
BCHS World Language students awarded scholarships
Three BCHS students were named by their language honor societies as scholarship recipients. Junior Zara Pattison was awarded the 2023-24 Bertie Green Junior Travel Award from the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (SHH), a national honor society for students studying Spanish or Portuguese. As one of just 21 juniors chosen for this prestigious award nationwide, Zara will …
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Photos: District Orchestra Festival
On Wednesday, Mar. 13, hundreds of Bethlehem Central School District orchestra students performed for family and friends as part of the district’s Orchestra Festival. The two-part concert began with Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and ended with Ode to Joy and featured the talents of orchestra students in grades 4-12. It was a thrill for audiences …