Congratulations to the following members of Duanesburg’s Class of 2023 (and their families!), on making the commitment to further their academic and athletic careers at the collegiate level next year. DCS Athletic Director Catie Wilson hosted a small gathering in the high school gymnasium last week for teachers, coaches, friends, and family to celebrate the …
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Community to elect two BOE members on Tuesday, May 16 Members of the Duanesburg community will go to the polls on Tuesday, May 16 to consider the district’s proposed budget for the 2023-24 school year. Polls will be open to voters from 1-9 p.m. in the Media Center/Library at the Junior Senior High School. Also …
The Duanesburg Central School District extends a warm welcome to Deputy Timmons with the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office, as the district’s second full-time school resource officer (SRO)! Deputy Timmons will be based at Duanesburg Elementary School. She attended this morning’s PBIS Assembly and was introduced to staff and students by Principal Conover. Welcome to DCS, Deputy …
Community will vote on proposed $18.985 million budget Duanesburg Central School District’s Board of Education adopted the district’s proposed budget for the 2023-24 school year at the board’s regular monthly meeting held Tuesday, April 4. The proposed $18.985 million budget maintains current programming, as well as all athletics and extracurricular offerings. The spending plan includes …
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All this month, DES students have been working hard to raise funds to support the work of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, by reading as many books as they can! Students are seeking donations and sponsors through the Read for Ronald McDonald House initiative. Participants ask family and friends to sponsor …
Over 80 DCS students in grades 6-12 are involved with this weekend’s DCS Drama Club production of Roders and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (the Enchanted Edition), with 7 p.m. performances on both Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March 25, and a 2 p.m. performance on Sunday, March 26. General admission tickets can be purchased online in advance: …
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Congratulations to our DCS students who were selected to participate in this past weekend’s Schoharie County Music Educators’ Association (SCMEA) All-County Music Festival, held at Duanesburg High School! Duanesburg students joined music students from six other neighboring school districts for choral and band performances in Joe Bena Hall on Saturday, March 18. Kudos to our …
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Congratulations to DCS’ four Odyssey of the Mind teams on their performances at their recent regional competition, held at the Shenendehowa School District. Two of our teams placed second, which qualifies them to compete in the NY state competition, which will be held on April 15 at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse. The …
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A trio of Capital Region BOCES students spoke Friday about the value of their education and learning the job-specific skills in front of nearly five dozen area business leaders. Seniors Tyler Drexel of Duanesburg and Jocelyn Howe of Mohonasen and junior Savanna Traverse of Schoharie took part in a panel discussion on March 10 during …
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Students sat in as studio audience members, were given a behind-the-scenes tour, and met with show executives Digital Media Production is just one of the more than 40 elective classes available to students at DCS High School. The class is taught by the district’s new technology teacher Chris Lohret. Mr. Lohret and his four students …
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