🎉So many awesome prize baskets for the Hoosick Falls PTA Free Family BINGO event tomorrow, 4/13, from 1-3pm!!! We hope you can join in the fun! There will be a 50/50 Raffle, free popcorn, and baked goods too! Thank you to our teachers and staff for donating these amazing baskets! 💙🐾🤍
HFCS FFA and Inclusion Fusion have organized a Food Drive for the Hoosick Area Church Association (HACA) Food Pantry. HACA has asked for the following items but will welcome anything. Stuffing, canned pineapple, BBQ sauce, jello, Ramen, tuna, decaf coffee, tea bags, chicken noodle soup, shampoo, bar soap, and toothpaste. Anything donated is appreciated and will help greatly! You may send items in with students or call the office to arrange for drop off: (518) 686-7321 Thank you for your support!
🎉The Collaborative School of the Arts has announced the nominees for the 2025 High School Musical Theatre Awards. Mea Cleary was nominated for Outstanding Lead Performer! 🎭🎶She was 1 of 20 students nominated, across all 21 participating schools. For the next step, she will attend callbacks at Proctors on April 19th. Congratulations, Mea!!🐾
🎉🎶Lillian Murphy, a leading soprano of the HFCS Senior Chorus, was the first place winner of the $500 Bennington County Choral Society (BCCS) Scholarship Competition that was held on April 4th. She will perform again and receive her prize at the BCCS Concert on May 4th. Lillian will be starting a Music Education Degree at the Crane School of Music in the fall of 2025. Congratulations, Lillian!!🎶🐾
Please Vote for Tatum Hickey, for Times Union Athlete of the Week!!!
Tatum is the Varsity Girls Lacrosse Team Captain, and she scored 7 goals and had 2 assists during 1 game against Ichabod Crane! She has 21 goals and 7 assists in only 3 games! Vote for Tatum: https://tinyurl.com/55wcd4dp
Congratulations to senior, Lila Coon, for being presented with the Distinguished Lieutenant Governor Award from the New York District of Key Club International. Lila has acted as Lieutenant Governor (LTG) over the last year and managed responsibilities such as overseeing eight clubs around Hoosick Falls, sending out weekly updates and newsletters, and staying in contact with club boards. Lila was elected as LTG last year at the Leadership Training Conference, and has now retired from this role, passing on her term to sophomore, Troy Brown. During her time as LTG, Lila presented multiple workshops with other LTGs for the New York District Key Club, attended many board meetings with her fellow LTGs, and had the opportunity to attend the International Convention (ICON) in Atlanta, Ga, in July of 2024. Lila will be attending ICON again this year in Orlando, FL, where she hopes to present a workshop and receive another LTG Award that she applied for. Keep up the great work, Lila, and congratulations!
Upcoming important april dates!
The artwork of 35 HFCS students will be on display at Bennington Museum's Annual Student Art Show! (4/1-5/18/25) Saturday, April 5th, is the opening celebration! Admission is 50% off, and children 17 and under are always free.
"The annual display of artwork by students in preschool through high school examines the process of artistic development and includes work from a dozen area schools. Grouped by grade, the work demonstrates how art teachers move students through the basic elements of art to more complex principles of design, use famous artworks and works from an array of cultures and time periods, and introduce students to a variety of media and materials. The Annual Student Art Show celebrates the continuing tradition of art education in the region." -Bennington Museum
https://benningtonmuseum.org/portfolio-items/annual-student-art-show/?portfolioCats=67%2C68%2C77%2C83
Our elementary students enjoyed a special preview yesterday, of our Drama Club’s Into the Woods performance. They didn’t get to see the whole show though, and they are eager to find out how the story ends! Please come out this weekend to support the students and watch the show. There are three performances you can attend and they are part of the High School Musical Theatre Awards!
Universal Pre-Kindergarten Registration is now open for the 2025-2026 school year!
⚽️🏀Please read this note from Nurse Conte, regarding sports physicals for the 2025-2026 school year. 🏈⚾️Contact Nurse Conte with questions or to let her know you consent to your child getting their sports physical done at school. contej@hoosickfallscsd.org or (518) 686-7321 x 1514
HFCSD is excited to announce that we have partnered with the Hoosick Falls Community Alliance Church as well as the Rensselaer County One Stop Career Center, the SUNY Apprenticeship Program, and the Capital Region Workforce Development Board to help sponsor this year’s Hoosick Falls Community Job Fair & Career Expo. May 14th, from 11am to 2pm, at the Hoosick Armory.
This event is for students exploring a career path and job seekers who will have the opportunity to meet employers from New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts. Please see the event flyer for details and follow the QR code to visit the event page. Interested in attending the job fair as a business? Please see the attached letter and complete the attached business application or follow the QR code to complete an online form to register.
The HFCS PTA presents Family Bingo! Calling all families looking to have some FREE FUN! Get ready to shout "BINGO!" and win some amazing prizes. 50/50 Raffle, free popcorn and baked goods available. Can you donate prizes or baked goods? Please contact the PTA with questions or to donate to this fun community event: pta@hoosickfallscsd.org
Our April lunch menus are posted!
Did you graduate from HFCS in 2023 or 2024? If so, we are interested in learning which Advanced Placement (AP) courses and/or HVCC college in the high school credits were accepted by the college(s) you attended. To help us and future students, please follow the link to complete a quick form: https://forms.gle/ijHJrawQF4BBh87w9
Questions? Please contact Krista Thompson in the High School's College and Career Office: thompsonk@hoosickfallscsd.org or (518) 686-7321
🎉Two HFCS Indoor Track athletes competed at the Adidas Track Nationals in Virginia Beach, VA! Michael Plusch competed in the National Elite Pole Vault and finished 9th in his flight with a height of 12-5.5 or 3.8 meters. Lilly Zwinge competed in the Freshmen 60m Hurdles and finished 17th overall with a time of 10.48. Over the course of the Indoor Track season, 23 SCHOOL RECORDS WERE BROKEN!! Great job to all the athletes and thank you to Coach Webber for the pictures and updates!🐾
🎉The Unified Bowling Team took 1st PLACE in the Section 2 Bowling Tournament! 🎳Coaches Maggie Borini and Kelli Grennan were proud of the effort the students put forth and noted how wonderful it was to see the students work together for combined bowling scores. The team competed against Columbia, Corinth, and Saratoga schools in the finals. HF was down by 100 pins going into their 3rd game, and rallied to win by 60 points! The Unified Bowling Team is a part of the high school’s inclusive sports programming, which recently received National Banner Unified Champion School recognition from the New York Special Olympics. Go Panthers! 🐾 Watch the celebratory parade video here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=L1Cbk3vCuFw?feature=share
Don't forget that the PTA meeting is tonight at 5pm, right before the Board of Education Meeting. All are welcome to attend these meetings. A kids' craft is provided so you can bring your children along with you!
The PTA has some exciting things on the agenda for tonight's meeting:
🎉Planning for Family Basket Bingo
🎉Planning the Color Run
🎉Discussion about field day shirts for pre-K through 4th grade
🎉Staff appreciation week
🎉Future events!
Coffee with the Counselors will be held from 12-12:45 pm today, 3/20. Follow the link to join the discussion! http://meet.google.com/ymf-bpsj-tnf
The High School Chapter of the National Honor Society is hosting a Pickleball Tournament on Saturday, April 26th, at 9 a.m. Proceeds will benefit the NHS Christmas Wish program. Sign up in teams of 2, with the included registration form. Teams are guaranteed to play 4 times! Prizes will be awarded! They are also looking for sponsorships (see the included letter.) Please register to have some fun and support a great community program!!
