BY MICHAEL KELLY Gazette Sportswriter NISKAYUNA — Olivia Owens first generated interest from colleges when she was in middle school. The earliest scholarship offers arrived when she was in ninth grade. The next year, things picked up even more for…
By Kristin Schultz Gazette Reporter On May 20, Lucy Skrebutenas was attending a prom in another district when she received word that Niskayuna’s production of “The Phantom of the Opera” won Best Musical at the High School Musical Theater Awards;…
BY KRISTIN SCHULTZ Gazette Reporter NISKAYUNA — Poetry and performance came together for Niskayuna High School junior Suzie Davis and sophomore Lara Nakisli, both of whom advanced to the final round of the regional Poetry Out Loud competition held Jan….
By Indiana Nash Gazette Reporter NISKAYUNA- For some middle-schoolers, writing is a thing done only in school, at the demand of a teacher. But for Katherine Sumner, writing extends well beyond the classroom. “It started in second grade when we were…
BY INDIANA NASH Gazette Reporter NISKAYUNA- Kids across the nation may consider themselves toy experts. But Evelia Echandy, a second grade student at Glencliff Elementary, is an expert in both toys and in giving. For the past few summers, Evelia…
BY INDIANA NASH Gazette Reporter NISKAYUNA- Mariam Alizada and her family left the near-daily bombings and the promise of lifelong unemployment in Kabul to move to Niskayuna in 2015. While she is safer here, the adjustment period has been a…
BY INDIANA NASH Gazette Reporter NISKAYUNA- Transitioning from high school to college is stressful. Students go from having their schedules handed to them by guidance counselors who are keeping them on track to graduate, to creating their own schedules…
NISKAYUNA- Lauren Gabriele, a senior at Niskayuna, has taken a deeper look at her heritage to represent Italy at Albany’s Festival of Nations – the first time in several years that the country will be represented. The Festival of Nations…
BY INDIANA NASH Gazette Reporter NISKAYUNA — If you can, read the following story aloud. For Niskayuna senior Zoe Lynds, most of her life has been broken up and tied together by language. Now, she’s bringing her passion for language…
BY INDIANA NASH Gazette Reporter NISKAYUNA- Theater has been Sofia Trimarchi’s passion since she was six years old. Now, at age ten, Sofia is spending six days a week for the next six months in theaters all across the country…
BY INDIANA NASH Gazette Reporter NISKAYUNA- Senior class president, John Hess, has presidential hopes that reach beyond this last year at Niskayuna High School. “My goal in life is to become the president of the United States,” Hess admitted. For…