Tech Valley High School Sophomore and bagpiper Zoey Flansburg returned to school this year with a unique accomplishment added to her resume after being part of a world champion band at the 2019 World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland. Zoey and her brother Alex are both members of the Capital District Youth Pipe Band which …
On July 17, TVHS Class of 2019 Graduates Noah Higgins, Lauryn Warner and Purevsuren Batdorj competed in the Spellman High Voltage Electronics Clean Tech Competition in New York City. The team was selected to compete in May after being selected as a semi-finalist for their submission to the “Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change” category. …
Dear Class of 2023: Welcome! We are so pleased that you have decided to join us. This year will be full of challenges and fun. Your first challenge as a Tech Valley High School freshman is to nominate an emerging technology as the Coolest On The Planet. You’ll do this by first exploring some fascinating …
As we bring the 18-19 school year to a close, here are a few reminders from School Nurse Ms. Whelan about required documentation for next year. If your child will need medication administered to them during school hours please complete the TV132 form. If your child will need to carry and self administer medication …
At our annual award ceremony on Friday, May 31, , we recognized dozens of our students for leadership, academic achievement, attendance and community service. Congratulations to all our students for all they have achieved this year! The TEMA Bellinson Scholarship Award is given by the U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association to the top Capital Region high …
Tech Valley High School’s biennial trip to China brought 36 students and 6 chaperones to three Chinese cities for 10 days from April 13 to 23. The trip is designed to take students out of their comfort zone and use the language they’ve learned in school. All TVHS students take at least two years of …
TVHS Nanotechnology students were recently selected as a finalist in the Spellman High Voltage Electronics Clean Tech Competition. Teams from over 40 countries entered the competition this year in the largest competitor pools in eight years. Entries could be submitted in either Resource Preservation or Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change. The team of Purevsuren …
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TVHS Principal and Chief Academic Officer James Niedermeier was named to the Albany Business Review’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2019. Niedermeier grew up near Rochester and began his career as an English teacher before becoming a principal in Western New York. He began his tenure as TVHS Principal in 2015. He says working at …
On Wednesday, May 8, TVHS held its annual Expo, a student project showcase in the atrium of SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s ZEN building. The expo was a great presentation of how hard TVHS students and teachers work to create dynamic, authentic projects in both the STEM and Humanities fields. The projects were created during classes from …
Registration is now open for Camp Innov@tion at Tech Valley High School this summer! Camp is open to students currently in grades 6 or 7. Campers will work in teams to develop innovative solutions to a real-world problem in a project-based learning context. Student teams will present their solutions on the last day of camp. …
