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Volume 4, Issue 10Volume 4, Issue 10
North Colonie Central School District
Your News Source For Employee-Related Information at North Colonie
UPCOMING EVENTS
July 1st
BOE Organizational Meeting,
CO, 7:00 p.m.
3rd
Independence Day (observed)
All Employee Holiday
6th
Summer School Begins
August 13th
BOE Budget Committee, CO,
7 :00 pm
31st
BOE Meeting, CO, 7:15 p.m.
September 3rd
Newcomer’s Picnic, 5:30 p.m.
********* Since there aren’t many official
school events during the month
of August, enjoy these lesser
known holidays during your
down time!
1st
National Mustard Day
8th
Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your
Neighbor’s Porch Day
30th
Frankenstein Day
DISTRICT MISSION: All students are provided the opportunity and necessary support to engage in relevant, challenging
work which contributes to their academic and social development. All staff, teachers, and administrators are part of a larger learning community, working together to build collective capacity in
order to provide a high-quality, relevant, equitable education for all.
July/August 2015
William J. Furlong has been appointed Assistant Superintendent for Business for North
Colonie Central School District. Mr. Furlong has an impressive resume and a history of
success, including 18 years as Assistant Superintendent for Business at Cazenovia CSD and
positions in the private sector at companies in New York and Pennsylvania. He has also
served as an adjunct professor at SUNY Cortland and is active in professional
organizations. He will officially begin work on July 15.
Mr. Furlong and his wife, Denise, have three grown children, Brittany, Brad, and Kelly. “My
family and I are very excited about relocating to the Albany area,” said Mr. Furlong when
asked about his new position. “North Colonie has a very strong reputation for academic
excellence and I look forward to supporting the District mission and the entire school
community.”
Welcome to North Colonie!
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Shaker Unified Basketball Team
Wins Division Championship
Congratulations to the students on the team, to Coach
Doak and Coach Torre for their terrific season, which
ended on a high note when they won the Division
Championship game on May 30 at Skidmore College.
The goal of Unified Basketball is to give students with
intellectual disabilities the opportunity to play
competitively on a school team. The team consists of
students with and without disabilities, in grades 9-
12.
Southgate Elementary School
receives a really big check
Southgate Elementary students and employees
received a really big check from Colonie Center
Mall for being a winner in the “School Bucks”
contest. Danielle Domicolo, school secretary,
signed up for the contest and employees
submitted receipts from Colonie Center Mall
purchases. Apparently Southgate employees love
to shop, since their total was in the top 10 and
enough to earn them a $1,000 prize.
Pictured left to right: Amy Parks, Beth Botshon, and Stacey Shepard.
Latham Ridge students and
teachers in the spotlight!
Wednesday, June 12 a film crew from the Tribeca
Film Institute visited Latham Ridge Elementary
School to film footage for a NYS Department of
Education documentary about teaching through
“inquiry”. Amy Parks, K-6 Learning Enrichment
Program Specialist, participated in the NYS Social
Studies Toolkit Project over the past year. It was
through her actions that Latham Ridge was chosen to
be part of this project. Stacey Shepard, also with the
Learning Enrichment Program, assisted in the day’s
activity. Interestingly, the film crew was headed
by Beth Botshon, a 1995 Shaker High School
graduate who also attended Boght Hills
Elementary School! After earning degrees in
Integrated Media from Hofstra University and
CUNY-Hunter, Ms. Botshon joined the Tribeca
Film Institute, the non-profit arm of the renown
Tribeca Film Festival founded by Robert DeNiro.
Inquiry lesson plans pose a question to students,
who then work together to learn and discuss.
The question posed to Latham Ridge students
was “Do people around the world take children’s
rights seriously?” The documentary will be used
to inform teachers about this type of teaching
plan so they can incorporate the method in their
classrooms.
Ms. Botshon could not guarantee that our
students and teachers would actually appear in
the final film. Still, it was a fun and informative
experience for all.
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Tenure Recipients
Retirements
Ginny McQuade and Mike Mitchell.
June and July are bittersweet months as we recognize employees
who have decided to retire. It’s just as bittersweet for the retirees
who have spent the majority, if not their entire career, at North
Colonie, yet are excited to begin a new chapter. So, it’s not goodbye,
but farewell and best wishes to our valued retirees.
Katherine Brizzell -- Cafeteria Supervisor, LO
Cheryl Burton - Teaching Assistant, SHS
Sarah Corcione -- Speech Therapist, BC
Reginald Daigle -- Physical Education Teacher, BC
Robert Dobert -- Bus Driver
Nancy Hooley -- Senior Stenographer, JHS
Joan Julien -- Teacher Aide, GO
Cheryl Kirkendall- Pupil Transportation Analyst
Gloria Lee -- Bus Driver
Virginia McQuade -- Assistant Director, PPS
Elizabeth McNamara -- Director of IT
Donald Mion -- Social Studies Teacher, SHS
Michael Mitchell -- Hall Principal, JHS
Carol Moore -- Teaching Assistant, LO
Gregory Reilly -- Art Teacher, SHS
Christopher Shumway -- Special Educ Teacher, JHS
Heide Westergard - Foreign Language Teacher, HS
Retiring Art Teacher, Greg Reilly (center front) with
Art Department Staff.
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New Hires and Staff Changes
In Memoriam
New Arrivals
Brendan Benack
Custodial Worker, LR
Jordan Desjardins
Custodial Worker, HS
Richard Doty
Building Maintenance Mechanic
Maintenance Dept.
Ann Marie Virgilio, passed away on
June 11 at age 65. Ms. Virgilio
taught Family and Consumer
Sciences at SJHS from 1973 to 2008.
Her husband, James Virgilio, is also a
North Colonie retired teacher.
Donald Wheatley, passed away
May 25 at age 68. Mr. Wheatley
was a North Colonie Bus Driver
from 2004 to 2013.
Jude Hanley, Art Teacher, HS
Son: Jack Kevin, May 4
Christina Manion
Teaching Assistant, GO
Lowry Nicsevic
School Nurse, HS
Dawn Rae
Bus Driver, Transportation
People on the Move
As of June 15 Board Meeting
Brian Dineen
Assistant Director of PPS
Crystal Fox
Hall Principal, HS
Jan Zadoorian
Hall Principal, JHS
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