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Cougars Run Hard at BSAL Track Meet

This story originally appeared on the Albany High School Cougar Online. Read more from The Cougar at http://www.albanyhighcougar.com.

The Albany Cougars competed at the Bay Shore Athletic League Track and Field Championships this past Thursday and Saturday, with a total of 21 athletes qualifying for the North Coast Section Championships this Saturday at James Logan High School.  The Albany Varsity Girls team finished in second place, with the Varsity Boys coming in third place. The Junior Varsity Boys fell three points short of winning the championship. Among the standout performers were senior Siobhan Bauer and junior Conrad Federspiel, both of whom won their respective discus events with personal bests. Bauer won with a heave of 97’ 8” and Federspiel took the BSAL title with a personal best of 138’ 1”. Senior Jeffrey Wu, who dug himself a deep hole in the early rounds …

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Albany Girls Win National Technovation Challenge

Last week, a group of Albany High School girls, Team Coffee Beans, beat 10 other teams from around the country to win the Technovation Android App Challenge.

Last week, Sara Oremland shared this great news on the Albany High School email list: Last night (May 3) at the Intel Headquarters in Santa Clara, Albany's team of Wendy Li, Siyao Ma, Denise Leung, Lisa Illes and Elena Prioreschi (Team Coffee Beans) beat out 10 other teams from around the country to win the Technovation Android App Challenge. This summer they will receive assistance in developing their app, StudiCafe, for the Android app market. StudiCafe is an AP Science study app that incorporates a virtual world and social networking. Please congratulate the girls on their hard work and success! MORE ON THE CHALLENGE According to Technovation organizers, "StudiCafé will provide high school students with a tool that is a fun and …

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Share Your Photos: Your Albany Prom

Albany High School's 2012 prom was on April 28, and we hope you'll share your images here. See 2011 prom photos at http://patch.com/A-hB3s.

With prom coming this weekend, we hope you'll share your images here. See community photographs from Albany High's 2011 prom right here.

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Column: "Spring Fling" on Friday to be Feast for the Ears

Music instruction in the Albany public schools continues at high levels thanks to the Albany Music Fund. Support it by attending the "Spring Fling."

Trumpet trills, trombone swoops and sultry saxophones scales filled the air as the nervous students warmed up. Conductor Craig Bryant raised his baton. Stillness. Then, the most exquisite Duke Ellington “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be” swelled from those same instruments. The audience cheered wildly as the session of the Folsom Jazz Festival 2012 continued with more jazz greats from the Albany musicians, and then the judges voted Albany High School Jazz Lab first place in its division. Another day, another honor for Albany Unified School District music groups. Similar scenes of Albany music groups wowing audiences and winning first place in competitions repeats itself many times a year as Albany choral ensembles, stringed orchestras, …

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Albany Pool Updates

Photo Gallery: Albany Aquatic Center

Do the new pools inspire you to make photographs? Share your images here.

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Varsity Boys Win, in First Home Splashes of Season

This story appeared first on the Albany High School Cougar Online, and has been reprinted here with permission. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for more stories about the Albany pool.

[This story appeared first on the Albany High School Cougar Online, and has been reprinted here with permission. Read more here from the The Cougar.] On Thursday, March 22, the Albany High School Swim Team hosted its first regulation home meet in its history at AHS. In the last three years, while the Albany Aquatic Center was under construction, the team held practices and hosted meets at the El Cerrito Swim Center. Before 2008, the team swam in the old Albany Pool, and while it was fine for practices, the pool was 33.3 yards long, rather than 25 yards, and did not meet competition standards. However, the team did host unofficial meets at this time. For its first regulation meet, the AHS swim team hosted Piedmont. Spectators including …

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Equity in Albany

School Address Reverification Reopens Old Wounds

The return of the address verification process for families in the Albany Unified School District has resurfaced complaints that arose last year, along with several suggestions from parents to improve the process.

Last month, the Albany Unified School District announced that it again was time for parents of district students to verify their home addresses to prove they belong in the district. It's a new tradition that began last year and will continue into the forseeable future.  Monday, some parents reported receiving an automated telephone call reminding them that the verification process would begin Monday for the 2012-13 school year.  A number of parents spoke out against the process in comments on Albany Patch in March, calling it a waste of time and money.  Others said they saw the process as an important way to ensure that classrooms include only students who live in the district or have received the appropriate approval to attend Albany …

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Tatter Salad

11:55 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012

I too bought in Albany to provide my son with a good education; when I found out that the schools were misrepresented in that regard, I (legally) transferred him to BHS. I got NO rebate from Albany on this action. Note also an important disctinction: It was you, not your child that made the opportunity (or not) for their education here. When students are 'illegally' here, it also is their PARENTS…   more ›

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AHS Chemistry Teacher Carlock on Leave Until June Retirement

The school district is working to hire her replacement as the AP test date looms.

Albany High School's Peggy Carlock, a veteran chemistry teacher of more than 30 years, has stepped down from her position amid much speculation this week.  According to the Albany Unified School District, Carlock submitted a letter of retirement, effective come June, and will be on leave from teaching until that time. "We have a substitute in the classes now and are advertising for a long term sub," said school Superintendent Marla Stephenson by email on Thursday. Albany High Principal Ted Barone said he emailed parents Thursday that "We are moving as quickly as possible to hire a well-qualified replacement," adding that he would keep parents updated via email. According to the College Board, the advanced placement test in chemistry is …

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Talley & Son Closes at AHS this Weekend

Theater Ensemble’s final play of the season, the spring student production of Talley & Son, will close this weekend. Written by Lanford Wilson and set in 1944, the play investigates the multifaceted effects of World War II on a middle class American famil