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Broadalbin-Perth will host its inaugural Warriors Within Golden Gala starting at 5 p.m., Saturday, March 15, at the Municipal Golf Course in Amsterdam. The event will be a night of giving, as well as night to support those battling cancer and other terminal illnesses within the B-P community. Proceeds from the event will help support the Warriors Within scholarship and assist local families in need.
Sophomores in the Patriot Academy at Broadalbin-Perth Jr./Sr. High School recently brought their creativity to play with a pair of projects: designing board games and developing video games. These projects encouraged students to blend technology, teamwork, and imagination.
Alex Hitrick, a music teacher and chorus director at Broadalbin-Perth Jr./Sr. High School, has been named a “40 Under 40” music educator by Yamaha, the world’s top manufacturer of musical instruments. The “40 Under 40” program recognizes young music educators from across the United States who have demonstrated leadership, innovation, and dedication, and have inspired their students from kindergarten through college.
Broadalbin-Perth Elementary School students were treated to the American Heart Association Kids Heart Challenge kick-off assembly to start their week on Monday, Feb. 3. This year's kick-off event featured Nick Woodard, a professional jump rope athlete from "Learnin' the Ropes."
She's an alum who brought Rise Against Hunger to the Broadalbin-Perth School District, and who is passing on her passion for soccer to the next generation as assistant coach for the girls varsity soccer team. Meet elementary school physical therapist Jess Sargalis.
Members of Broadalbin-Perth's Odyssey of the Mind teams were at school bright and early Saturday morning to practice for the upcoming Region 21 tournament, which the district will host at B-P Jr./Sr. High School on Saturday, March 8. Teams were challenged to come up with responses or solutions to eight problems on the spot during the program's annual Spontaneous Day.
More than 40 students from Broadalbin-Perth have been selected to participate in the Fulton County Music Educators Association (FCMEA) All-County Music Festival. The festival will take place at Broadalbin-Perth Jr./Sr. High School Jan. 31-Feb. 1, culminating in a concert starting at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 in the Margaret Blowers Auditorium. The concert is open to the public. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $5 each.
Students in Amy Wurz’s third grade science classes put their physics knowledge to the test with a project that promoted teamwork and gave them the opportunity to apply the knowledge they learned from class. On Friday, all third grade students were challenged to create their own Rube Goldberg machines.
Congratulations to the January recipients of the Most Valuable Patriot (MVP) award, bus driver Mary Bezio, and Patriot Academy technology teacher Dave Samek!
This year’s PARP (Pick a Reading Partner) theme at Broadalbin-Perth Elementary School “Readers Grow Here.” But BPES media center staff felt they could take it a step further, changing the theme to “Readers Grow Everywhere” and spearheading an effort to send books to Jacob Town, Liberia.
Broadalbin-Perth's FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge teams recently wrapped up their season, but the district isn't done with FIRST for the year. B-P will host a FIRST Tech Challenge qualifying tournament at the Robert C. Munn Gymnasium at Broadalbin-Perth Jr./Sr. High School Sunday, Jan. 26.