What's New?
For a list of school supplies needed for
2008-09 for grades 1-6 click
HERE.
For a list of supplies needed for 2008-09
junior and senior high school courses, click
HERE.
Cutspec Tournament to benefit scholarship fund
Softball
teams are being sought for the 4th annual Bill Cutspec Memorial
Softball Tournament to be held Saturday, Aug. 16 beginning at 9 a.m.
at the Fort Plain Sports Complex. Rain date is Aug. 17.
This will be a competitive tournament for
teams with a minimum of ten players. Cost is $150 per team. Trophies
will be awarded to the winners. Raffles will be conducted, all
participants will receive T-shirts, refreshments will be available,
and there will be an all-day bake sale and a home run derby
To register a team and for more information, call Erica Cutspec at
(518) 568-2517 or (518) 332-4122. Registration deadline is Aug. 1.
Proceeds will benefit the Fort
Plain Bill Cutspec Scholarship Fund. Five members of the Fort Plain
Class of 2008 received scholarships awarded from this fund: Kelly
Budzik, Brad Bowers, Shane Hinkle, Ryan Hudyncia, and Erik Kuntzsch.
TOURNAMENT
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Seventy-seven students receive diplomas in 113 th
commencement ceremony
Members of the Fort
Plain Central School Class of 2008 bid farewell to their high school
days in the 113th commencement held in Harry Hoag Elementary School
gymnasium on June 28. For a list of graduates and some
graduation photos click.
HERE.
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Top ten of Class of 2008 announced
Principal Deborah Larrabee
has announced the top ten students of the class of 2008 at Fort
Plain High School Erik Kuntzsch and Meagan Kane have been named
valedictorian and salutarorian.
MORE..
Hilltoppers title run ends
The Hilltoppers bid for a
second consecutive State
Class C Varsity Baseball Championship ended in the state semi-finals
on June 14 in Binghamton with a 4-1 loss to Thomas Edison. For more go
to
www.htosports.com/?toppers
Cutspec awarded lottery
scholarship
Fort Plain High
School Principal Deborah Larrabee has announced that Senior Adam
Cutspec has been awarded a $5,000 New York Lottery 2008 Leaders of
Tomorrow Scholarship.
MORE..
Smith, Vance awarded County Stop DWI
scholarships
Seniors Kyle Smith
and Tiffany Vance have been awarded inaugural $1,000 Montgomery
County Stop DWI Scholarships. Announcement of this and many other scholarships
and awards were made at the Senior Awards Night June 10.
MORE..
Afterschool program to
continue despite loss of federal funding
Fort
Plain Central School District will continue its afterschool program
for students in grades 5-8 despite loss of government funding for
the program. School district officials learned recently that
$116,897 in federal funding for the 21st Century Community Learning
Center will not be available for the 2008-09 school year. The
program had been grant-funded for eight years.
MORE..
Fort Plain to host summer
school starting July 7
Fort Plain Central
School is hosting summer school classes for students from the
district, as well as for students from the St. Johnsville,
Canajoharie, and Cherry Valley – Springfield school districts.
MORE..
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Capital project vote recap
& projected
timeline
District
residents turned out in miserable weather Feb. 12 to approve the
$17.3 million capital project by a vote of 185 to 124. The project
calls for construction a new bus garage; a number of educational,
safety, structural, and energy improvements at Harry Hoag Elementary
School; reconfiguring the traffic loop and parking at Harry Hoag;
construction a three-room addition at the junior /senior high
school; and replacement of the West Street steps.
Timeline and more
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