Month: October 2016

The integrated Geometry/Design and Drawing for Production (DDP) class at Tech Valley High School partnered with Creighton Manning Engineering to create site plans for a residential subdivision property off the Northway in Malta. Students worked in teams to draw the plans, which had to include roadway layouts with access points and right-of-ways, lot layouts of …

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In honor of World Space Week, Tech Valley High School on Oct. 4 hosted guest speaker Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian astronaut to travel in space. Pontes traveled to the International Space Station in 2006 with fellow astronauts from the United States and Russia. He spent several days there working on systems maintenance and conducting …

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The ninth grade Global Humanities class did field work at the Iroquois Indian Museum in Howes Caves on Wednesday, Sept. 21 to learn about the Mohawks as a local example of an early river community.  The trip was an opportunity to do authentic research for the “Geographic Luck” project, which charges teams of students to …

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Four Tech Valley High School students were the guests of Albany Medical Center on Wednesday, Sept. 28 for its 16th annual Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research Program and Ceremony.  Senior Olivia Galasso of Cobleskill-Richmondville, juniors Seiji Akera of Berlin and Hannah Hoyt of Menands, and sophomore Macy Hayes of Menands got the opportunity to …

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