Tag Archives: School Administrators

Poucher named New York’s Asst. Principal of the Year

By Jaime Thomas Out all the school districts in New York State, Granville High School’s own Dan Poucher was recently named Assistant Principal of the year. High School Principal Jim Donnelly, along with various department heads and union and school leaders, signed a nomination to get Poucher in the spot because he believes he took [...]

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Granville CSD gets grant for improved nutritional program

By Jaime Thomas Studies have shown that better nutrition leads to better performance in school, and Granville School administrators are taking initiatives to address this within their system. The district recently received a $1,000 grant from Action for Healthy Kids, a leading national grassroots volunteer organization addressing the epidemic of childhood obesity and undernourishment, said [...]

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Schools grapple with how to solve dismal test scores

Granville school administrators and teachers are playing a new role now that they have had a chance to look at the weak Regents scores for the 2011-2012 school year. All of a sudden, they are detectives. “We’ve got to identify where the breakdown was,” said Superintendent Mark Bessen when asked about the district’s response to [...]

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Community Calendar 5/16/13

  Thursday May 16   Museum ABCs BENNINGTON The Bank of Bennington will sponsor a free Museum ABCs program for [...]

Enrollment decline continues at WCS

Enrollment continues to decline within the Whitehall Central School District, reflecting what has become a countywide trend. The New York [...]

Town debates charging for waterfront park usage

The town is debating whether it should charge individuals and groups to use facilities at Skenesborough Waterfront Community Park. The [...]

19th century schooner to visit next month

A replica of a 19th century schooner will visit Whitehall next month and detail the events of the War of [...]

Whitehall school budget vote this Tuesday

The Whitehall Board of Education presented its proposed 2013-14 budget to the public and is eyeing a tax increase of [...]

Board approves merger of wrestling teams

Whitehall and Fort Ann’s wrestling teams will be one and the same. The Whitehall Board of Education formally approved a [...]

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