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Schalmont High School serves grades 9-12.
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Has approximately 669 students.
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Students arrive at 7:40 a.m. and dismissal is at 2:15 p.m.
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Provides all courses required for graduation by New York
State.
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Offers advanced placement (AP) and/or college level courses
in English, pre-calculus, calculus, Java, U.S. History,
accounting, computer science, business law, economics and
public affairs, and marketing.
The opportunity to take courses for college
credit is offered through programs with Schenectady County
Community College, SUNY Albany and Syracuse University.
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Offers a pre-engineering program, Project Lead the Way,
which
helps introduce students
to the scope, rigor and discipline of engineering and
engineering technology prior to entering college.
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Offers distance learning courses in theater/play production,
French, Java, sociology, psychology, Mandarin Chinese, and
health.
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Makes use of technology as a vehicle for
knowledge-acquisition and problem-solving. Students are
required to take at least one computer-related course before
graduation, in preparation for the technologically
sophisticated work environments of the 21st Century.
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Students have access to 24
occupational programs and honors-level
New Visions programs (e.g., health, law and government,
journalism, theater production) provided by BOCES.
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Schalmont collaborates with BOCES and neighboring
school districts to provide an on-site Applied Engineering
course.
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Students have access to a variety of
music groups;
modified, junior varsity and varsity sports; and
after-school clubs and
programs.
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Students have the opportunity to attend
Tech Valley High School.
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