The first graders have been very busy in math creating a quilt. We learned about patterns, counting by fives, and fractions. Thank you Ms.Jolene for helping with this fun project and making a quilt square for each student to take home.
Last Wednesday Albany had the honor of hosting the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras' Concert Orchestra. Our K-12 students and staff were witness to a stellar performance by middle/high school students as they WYSO made their tour all around southern WI. Hope to see them again!
Students in Intro to Culinary Skills classes created some delicious pancakes for the Pancake Challenge! Thanks to the staff members who evaluated the pancakes created by the classes!
We were happy to honor 34 Veterans from the local area at our program today! We appreciate you! We look forward to seeing you all again next year. Thank you to Piggly Wiggly of Monroe for donating the cake and to Silver Lewis Cheese Co-Op for the cheese tray. Go Comets!
The students have been hard at work to create a wonderful Veterans Day program. The program is tomorrow, Nov. 10th, starting at 10AM in the high school gym. We ask any Veterans participating to arrive around 9:40. Anyone from the community is invited to attend! See you soon!
Don't forget to stop by the Book Fair during Parent-Teacher Conferences tonight! We are open after school from 3:15-7 and hope to see you there!
Lilly Clason and Alana Durtschi each won individual awards at the UW Platteville Math Meet. Lilly placed 1st among all division 4 freshmen and sophomores, and Alana tied for 3rd place among all division 4 juniors and seniors (roughly 100 people in each level). Congratulations!
Hey Comets!!
Stop by this week to visit our renovated Library Media Center, browse the Scholastic Book Fair titles, and sit in the new comfy furniture that has arrived!
After School Book Fair Hours:
Tuesday: 3:15-4:30
Wednesday & Thursday: 3:15-7PM
The official results are in from the UW Platteville Math Meet!
The Albany math team tied for 3rd place out of 14 different teams competing with a score of 250 points (the first and second place teams tied with a score of 270 points each).
Congratulations to Scott Keepers on receiving one of seven state awards for distinguished service last night at the WADA Convention. Scott was recognized for the time and effort he puts in to allow Albany athletes opportunities in running. The WADA Service Award was presented at the Kalahari Convention Center. Scott was joined by family and friends from the Albany community. Congratulations Scott!
Albany Readers!
The Book Fair is now open. Come "sea" what we have to offer in the Library Media Center. Our in person hours:
Monday and Tuesday: 3:15-4:30
Wednesday and Thursday: 3:15-7:00 PM
If you can't make it to our in person fair, don't forget that we have an online fair, too! The online book fair runs from November 7th-20th! Find it on our book fair homepage: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/albanycomets
Art, FACS, and Spanish classes collaborated this week on a Day of the Dead craft for some of our younger students! Spanish students taught about what Day of the Dead is, and then helped art students make sugar skulls. FACS students whipped up the icing used for decorating!
Mrs. Gentilli's 4th graders are working hard on ratio charts in math. What a great learning tool!
A HUGE "THANK YOU" to the Green County Fall Nationals (Joanna Hawthorn ) for the AED donation to the Albany School District. This AED will be placed outside the High School gym.
Comet Media Ep 5
https://youtu.be/N8NdBWt6J0s
Albany's National Honor Society would like to give a big thank you to the Culver's in New Glarus for allowing us to fundraise there last night. We had such an awesome turn out! Thank you to the Albany community for all of your support!!!
7th graders practice identifying new vocabulary words and put together vocaburgers!
Foods students were treated to a special presentation by Chef Hakim from Blackhawk Technical College. He shared information about the culinary programs and made a delicious stir fry for students.
Albany math team taking a tour of UW Platteville and getting ready to defend their title at UW Platteville Math Meet. Good luck guys!
Mrs. Crain’s class enjoyed their ice cream sandwiches as a reward for winning the Halloween door decoration contest! Thank you student council!
