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Education

Foreign language fund awards nearly $50K in grants

LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack Foreign Language Enhancement Fund at Adirondack Foundation, or AFLEF, has awarded $48,242 in grants to 21 classrooms across the Adirondacks. AFLEF awards grants annually to support innovation in French and Spanish classrooms and elevate the status of language ...

GIVING BACK: High Peaks Education Foundation celebrates 25 years

KEENE VALLEY — Nearing its 25th anniversary, High Peaks Education Foundation is still finding new ways to help Keene Central School students aspire to greater heights. HPEF’s latest effort, a series of KCS alumni profiles, is meant to show current students the variety of futures that ...

North Country School to host free pancake event May 11

LAKE PLACID — North Country School & Camp Treetops invites local residents and neighbors to the annual “Flapjacks on the Farm” community pancake breakfast, from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 11. A large percentage of the morning’s meal will be sourced directly from the school and ...

Keene Central School announces third quarter honor rolls

KEENE VALLEY — Keene Central School officials Wednesday, April 24 announced the Honor Roll and High Honor Roll for the third quarter of the school year. High Honor Roll Grade 12 Isabella Blacksmith Soren Jacobson Lily Jones Emily Juckett Madison Klotzko Avry ...

EYE ON EDUCATION: Social studies, dinner and a show

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid Central School District students are now guaranteed two completely free, life-changing trips in fifth grade, thanks to a $125,000 endowment through the Educational Opportunity Fund, a local nonprofit dedicated to enriching LPCSD students’ lives. “We set ...

St. Bernard’s School brings back newspaper

SARANAC LAKE — St. Bernard’s School students are resurrecting their newspaper — The Clarion — and will be publishing their first issue after spring break in April. The newspaper club, with student writers and photographers from grades 2 through 5, is expected to publish issues in ...