2021 FRESHMAN SUMMER ASSIGNMENT

Dear Class of 2025: 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 emerging technologies that are …

On National School Nurse Day – THANK YOU!

To our school nurse, Kim Whelan, on National School Nurse Day – we appreciate you for your thoughtfulness and expertise, especially throughout such a challenging year. Thank you for all that you do – you are the glue that holds us all together! 

Student Spotlight – Antonina Losi

Congratulations to TVHS senior Antonina Losi of Wynantskill UFSD, who will graduate this June. She is a recipient of University At Albany’s Capital District Leadership Award, and will receive $7,000 annually – a total of $28,000 – in scholarship funds to attend SUNY Albany. Antonina has been interested in medicine since childhood and says she …

TVHS Odyssey of the Mind Team Wins First Place in Region 7 and Third in State

  The Tech Valley High School Odyssey of the Mind team won first place in Region 7 (the only team that tackled this problem) and 3rd out of 7 teams in the state. The team is eligible to go to the World Competition. They are having a virtual competition and an in-person competition in Orlando, …

Student Signs Letter of Intent With Paul Smith’s College

Congratulations to Nate Shader of Schodack CSD! Here, Nate signs his letter of intent to continue his academic career with a provost scholarship and to join the cross country team at Paul Smith’s College!

Former TVHS Teacher To Give Free Virtual Talk on Equality in the Food System

Former Tech Valley High School teacher Leah Pennimen has published the book “Farming While Black,” which was recently featured in Our Time Press. Pennimen, who is an educator, farmer and food sovereignty activist, also co-founded Soul Fire Farm in Rensselaer County in 2011.  She will be giving a free virtual talk, “Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty” …

2020 Freshman Parent Letter

Dear Tech Valley Community, On Friday, August 7, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that all school districts in New York are cleared to resume in-person schooling in September. Our reopening plan has been published on our website and we continue to respond on an individual basis to parent questions and concerns about what school will look …