On Wednesday, May 10, Tech Valley High 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 …
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Senior Kira Kested of Greenville was recognized by the Capital Area School Development Association (CASDA) as a high achieving student for its annual scholars recognition. “Kira is a model student,” Tech Valley High Principal James Niedermeier said. “She accomplished her goal of getting enough college credits to complete her freshmen year of college by the …
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A street art project in a Tech Valley High art class gave junior Gabe Boyd a deeper understanding of his roots and his artistry after learning that his uncle was the “king of graffiti” when the movement emerged in New York City in the 1970s. Boyd’s late uncle was Clifford Goodman, who was known as …
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Tech Valley High School senior Sydney Hayes of Menands recently won the Tema Bellinson Memorial Award, which is given annually to the top Capital Region high school student of Chinese language and culture. The U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association’s Northeast New York Chapter gives out the award, and a TVHS student has won it every year …
The 10th grade chemistry class recently hosted a trade show so students could present their alternative energy projects to SUNY Polytechnic Institute scientists, professors and graduate students. The project put students into the roles of marketing sales representatives who had to promote energy products with interactive displays. They had to explain scientific concepts behind the …
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Tech Valley High School Operating Board President Paul Puccio received the first-ever Excellence in School Board Service Award at CASDA’s Regional Education Awards Dinner at the Albany Marriott on April 12. In addition to his service to Tech Valley High, Puccio has served on the Schodack CSD Board of Education since 1980 and the Questar …
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The 9th grade bioengineering class recently went to SUNY Polytechnic Institute so students could present their research and experiments on how hydrogels are used in drug delivery for cancer treatment. Each team researched a different reproductive cancer and also did an experiment to determine how the surface area of a hydrogel is related to the …
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Tech Valley High School’s biennial trip to China gave a group of students and staff members the experience of a lifetime during their spring break. Nineteen students and three staff members flew to Beijing on Thursday, April 13. The trip has been highlighted by visits to sites including, but not limited to, the Great Wall, …
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Members of the graduating Class of 2017 have received college acceptance notices from 40 institutions so far this year. Congratulations, and good luck as you consider which school to attend! Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Brown University Clarkson University Columbia University Cornell University Duke University Emmanuel College Hofstra University Howard University Hudson Valley …
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Freshmen recently went live on the air and played DJs for a day in presenting podcasts at WRPI, the campus radio station at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy. The bioengineering class recorded podcasts to describe a cool cutting-edge genetic technology for a project about DNA. They learned about DNA and how it works, how this …
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