Students of every grade level gathered Monday inside the gymnasium at Whitehall High School and listened intently as Topher Montville, junior high guidance counselor, challenged students to think beyond themselves. “I dare you to care,” Montville said. “Think about what you can do to make school a better place because in the end what we [...]
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School exam scores up dramatically
Students at Whitehall High school demonstrated across-the-board improvement on this June’s Regents exams. The percentage of students who passed their exams increased in every subject except one and educators believe efforts to help the poorest-performing students is a big reason why. Principal Kelly McHugh said students who fail an exam are automatically enrolled into the [...]
Whitehall grads get advice, reflection
Ashley Macy won’t soon forget her senior year, but not because of the good times with friends, or because it was her final year in high school. She’ll remember it because of what she accomplished in her final months at Whitehall High School. Macy could have coasted through her final year in high school, but [...]
Students pitch in, clean up community
The streets of Whitehall are a little cleaner after a group of students from Whitehall High School spent several hours last week picking up garbage. The junior and senior classes were given a few hours reprieve from school to tidy up the community and were joined by school faculty, village and town officials, members of [...]
Elks Student of the month
Zach Diekel, a senior at Whitehall High School, pictured with principal Kelly McHugh, was named Elks Student of the Month for April. Diekel will receive a $50 award from the Elks Club and will be eligible for the annual Elks Student of the Year award that is presented [...]
State issues school test scores: Whitehall doing well in middle school, lagging elsewhere
Middle school students in the Whitehall School district are outperforming their peers statewide and more students are graduating but elementary and high school students continue to score lower than their peers across the state. The percentage of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students in the Whitehall School district who are meeting the basic standards on state [...]
Moses named student of the month
Nicole Moses, a senior at Whitehall High School, pictured with principal Kelly McHugh, was named Elks Student of the Month for March. Moses will receive a $50 award from the Elks Club and will be eligible for the annual Elks Student of the Year award that is presented every [...]
Berthiaume named Elks student of the month
Whitehall High School Principal Kelly McHugh stands next to Deonna Berthiaume, who was named Elks Student of the Month for December. Elks Lodge 1491 honors a deserving student each month and they receive $50 and an invitation to a dinner at the end of the year.
Auditor pleased with Whitehall’s school finances
The Whitehall School District is financially sound. That was the message school officials delivered during Monday’s monthly Board of Education meeting. Prior to the meeting, members of the Finance and Audit Committee met and reviewed the findings from a recently completed audit that found the district to be compliant with all government regulations. “The auditor [...]
VanGuilder named Elks Student of the Month
Whitehall High School principal Kelly McHugh presents Kassi VanGuilder with a plaque after she was honored as the Whitehall Elks Student of the Month for November. Elks Lodge 1481 names a deserving student each month of the school year and the winners are invited to a banquet at the end of the year.
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