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 …
In the spring of 2016, Jennifer Muirhead’s art class at TVHS created portraits for orphans in Peru through the organization Memory Project. The Memory Project is a charitable nonprofit organization that invites art teachers and their students to create portraits for youth around the world who have faced substantial challenges, such as neglect, abuse, loss …
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When Tech Valley High School (TVHS) freshman Purevsuren Batdorj saw her older brother create a computer program for the first time, it inspired her to want to become a computer scientist. “I remember this one time, he made a game where a T-rex was chasing after a person,” she said. “It was a simple game …
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