North Albany Middle School students were part of a team competing in the FIRST LEGO League tournament on Saturday at the Kelley Engineering Center at Oregon State University. Gray and her team, called The Syntax Errors, built a three-wheeled robot named Squidbert. They programmed the machine to complete missions, such as pressing a lever, picking something up or rotating an item. Our 2017 team was coached by Brian Sikora as part of the after school robotics club.

Brian Sikora- “I am so proud of my team, it was so fun and a great experience”.

The Syntax Errors Team

Lets congratulate our students!!!

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Albany Public Schools Foundation announced classroom grant awards for 67 projects, totaling $37,683. The annual awards provide funds to enhance classroom projects and educational experiences.

APSF raises money every year to support GAPS schools through the annual iSwim, iRun and iCelebrate Gala fundraisers.

Any teacher in the district can apply for a classroom grant. This year, there were 79 proposals for projects including electronics, robotics, art, reading music and PE.

See the list of grant awards. 
Read more about Albany Public Schools Foundation.

GAPS Nutrition Services will host free lunch for all students on Dec. 1 and 15.

The free lunch dates are part of an effort to make students aware of the lunch options and give them a chance to try a meal at school.

Lunch menus are posted on the Nutrition Services web page.

Results from recent radon testing, required annually be the state, have returned showing no signs of radon in the school buildings.

Reports have been returned for schools in the week one and two testing schedule, including Timber Ridge, Clover Ridge, South Shore, Waverly, North Albany Elementary, North Albany Middle, Fir Grove, Oak Grove and Fairmount schools.

Read the reports and find more information on the radon testing information page. 

Testing will continue through January and will include all schools in the district.

This week, the School Board honored Student All-Stars from North Albany Middle School for earning the highest scores on the Oregon Smarter Balanced state tests last spring.

The students were introduced by Principal Marshall Jackson. North Albany Middle School students are;

• Grant Moen, eighth-grade language arts.
• Gavin Baird, eighth-grade science.
• Caroline Gao, sixth-grade language arts and sixth-grade math.
• Chloe Hansen, seventh-grade math.
• Tyra Perrone, eighth-grade math.
• Gabrielle LaChapelle, seventh-grade language arts.

Let’s congratulate these students!!

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