This morning, we conducted our first mandatory lockdown drill of the year. A lockdown is a procedure used when there is an immediate and imminent threat to the school building population. Students and school staff are secured in rooms and no one is allowed to leave until the building has been deemed safe. This procedure …
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 …
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. …
On March 29, eight TVHS students competed in two teams at the 32nd annual Siena College High School Programming Contest. Students are divided into Green and Gold divisions, for first-year programming students and second-year and beyond students respectively. The TVHS Green division team placed 4th out of 29 teams and the Gold Division team placed …
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On March 8, 36 high school teams came together at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the FIRST Robotics Competition New York Tech Valley Regional. Teams competed in alliances of three robots each to complete game objectives in a limited time. This year, the Tech Valley High School Dragons competed with a robot they worked on for …
We will hold a make-up information session Tuesday, March 5 at Tech Valley High School from 6-7 p.m. Attendance at one information session is mandatory for prospective students and parents. Learn more about our admissions process here.
