Browse past news stories for Gloversville Middle School in Gloversville, NY.

• City recreation program winds down (The Leader-Herald)
  posted on August 8, 2009 at 04:47:08 am
  GLOVERSVILLE - On Friday, a group of about 15 city kids eager to participate in the city's summer recreation program chatted and laughed while on a city transit bus en route to the Fulton County YMCA.
• National Night Out (The Leader-Herald)
  posted on August 5, 2009 at 02:46:38 pm
  GLOVERSVILLE - City and county police agencies joined together at the first National Night Out event in the city Tuesday, and it was a small but successful affair, officials said. Gloversville Police Department Detective Michael Jory said his department was pleased with the outpouring of support from the community and plans to make next year bigger and better.
• Buses will bring city children to Y (The Leader-Herald)
  posted on July 2, 2009 at 02:54:10 pm
  GLOVERSVILLE - With the city's summer recreation program beginning at the Fulton County YMCA next week, officials there said they want children and parents to understand how to participate. The program will begin Monday and last until Aug. 7. Most of the programming is limited to children between the ages of 6 and 14.
• Wishing For a Cure (The Leader-Herald)
  posted on June 4, 2009 at 03:09:14 pm
  GLOVERSVILLE - The story of a young Japanese girl who tried to fold 1,000 paper cranes, an accomplishment said to grant the folder one wish, inspired Gloversville Middle School sixth-grader Alex Bielli to make a wish of her own. According to the book "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes," the Japanese girl, Sadako Sasaki, died before she could finish.
• City may repair fire station roof (The Leader-Herald)
  posted on May 27, 2009 at 03:09:01 pm
  GLOVERSVILLE - The city may have $25,000 to $30,000 left over from a City Hall repair project low bid approved Tuesday night by the Common Council. The city may be able to roll the money into a project to fix the leaky roof at the city fire station. That assessment came from city Finance Commissioner Bruce VanGenderen, who briefed the council on bids during its meeting at City Hall.
• Board to decide redistricting June 11 (The Leader-Herald)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 04:39:08 pm
  JOHNSTOWN - A final Greater Johnstown School District Board of Education decision on where to send city elementary students after Jansen Avenue Elementary School closes will be made June 11. District officials gave a timeline to deal with redistricting at the board's meeting Thursday night at Johnstown High School.
• Recreation director's pay may be used for swim program (The Leader-Herald)
  posted on May 10, 2009 at 04:08:50 am
  GLOVERSVILLE - An untouched $12,480 that has been in the city's coffers for two years may be spent this year, but city officials have differing opinions on how the money should be used. The money was set aside in 2007 to pay the salary of a recreation director.
• Circus magic delivered (The Troy Record)
  posted on May 9, 2009 at 07:13:39 am
  ALBANY — When Laurel the Clown accidentally fell through her chair at Albany Medical Center Hospital Friday, 12-year-old Jennifer Sprung of Gloversville smiled for the first time in weeks.
• Gloversville school budget to cut 50 jobs (The Leader-Herald)
  posted on April 22, 2009 at 03:08:52 pm
  GLOVERSVILLE - The Gloversville Enlarged School District Board of Education is expected tonight to adopt a budget that could cut more than 50 jobs from the district payrol.
• Middle school improves, gets off list (The Leader-Herald)
  posted on March 31, 2009 at 03:09:32 pm
  GLOVERSVILLE - The Gloversville Middle School has been removed from the state Schools in Need of Improvement list, a development that will free up about $100,000 in Title I funding, officials said Tuesday. The state Department of Education recently completed report cards for districts for the 2007-08 school year. Gloversville Middle School had been on the In Need of Improvement list.
• What you need to know about the Internet, text messages and e-mail (New York Teacher)
  posted on March 27, 2009 at 08:07:42 pm
  Do you use social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook to keep in touch with family, friends and students? Is your Xanga page an outlet for your creative side?
• Back on top (The Leader-Herald)
  posted on March 17, 2009 at 02:48:42 pm
  GLOVERSVILLE - Mayfield eighth-grader Thomas Steele could be considered a local phenomenon. And he can spell it, too. Steele on Monday won his third Fulton County Spelling Bee after spelling the word correctly, concluding 12 rounds of competitive spelling against 49 other Fulton County students. His next stop will be Washington, D.C., where he'll compete in the national spelling bee.
• Abuzz over Fulton County Spelling Bee (The Leader-Herald)
  posted on March 14, 2009 at 04:34:02 am
  For April Gaydos of Perth, being knocked out in the first round of the Scripp's National Spelling Bee competition last year in Washington, D.C. was a blessing in disguise. "Now we have time to see things," she said, about her reaction last year. Last year's local winner is a finalist again in the 17th annual Fulton County Spelling Bee sponsored by The Leader-Herald.