Congratuations to Samantha Davenport (6th grade) and Lauren Chapman (3rd grade) for earning our Coyote of the Month Honor!
Samantha is a role model to her peers. She is respectful to her teachers and classmates and works well with others. She is always willing to lend a helpful hand to anyone, she is a great role model to our younger students serving as a student leader and a member of Coyote Connections. She is a great student to have in 6th grade!
Lauren is a wonderful role model who always shows respect to her classmates, teachers and everyone around her. She is kind, thoughtful and quick to offer a helping hand! Lauren comes to school ready to learn and do her best daily. Lauren has faithfully returned her reading logs demonstrating her committment to learning and her strong work ethic. Lauren has a caring spirit to always help classmates once she completes her work. Congrats, Lauren!
The results of the 2026-2027 Budget Vote and Election are as follows: Budget - PASSED 165 Yes 42 No; Prop #1 - PASSED 163 Yes 63 No; Prop #2 - PASSED 177 Yes 52 No. Congratulations to the elected Board Members, Kylie Holochak & Gregg Houck. Thank you to all who participated. We appreciate your support!
We would like to thank all of you who have already signed up! We have at least one parent/guardian for over 60% of our students who have already accepted their invitation.. This will be a huge help when we send out information this summer and next year.
Candor Elementary's Staff Alexis Schumacher (2nd grade teacher), Britt Noble (2nd grade teacher) & Pete Ahart (Elementary Principal) joined WEBO’s Morning Show this morning!
During our interview, we discussed the upcoming “Unplugged Day” to be held on Tuesday May 19th. This day will focus on getting students and staff to put down and stop using their electronic devices during a set period. Instead, the focus will be on planned activities that don't involve screen time. This is based on the book, "The Anxious Generation", by Jonathon Haidt. It outlines some of the causes and results experienced by students and the younger generation, as a result of overuse of electronic devices.
The goal is to encourage alternatives to screen time and provide families with alternatives to screen time at home. Information will be sent home to families regarding our “Unplugged Day”.
Listen to the interview here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/myhometowntoday/episodes/WEBO-Morning-Show-Candor-Elementary-School-Unplugged-e3i64pf
Parents and Guardians,
You will be receiving an invitation on Wednesday April 22nd at 3:30pm via text that will allow you to sign into Rooms within the Candor App. We will begin using Rooms for communications with teachers, sports team coaches, and club advisors next school year (2026-2027).
Signing up next week will ensure that you won't miss any important info this summer for the start of the year. Text message invitation will come from a short code phone number 27806 or 20819.
We will send out a text/email reminder on Tuesday April 21st.
Kindergarten- Emma Rimbey
1st Grade- Juliette Blake
3rd Grade- Landy Collins
4th Grade- Lydia Harris
5th Grade- Emily Grijalva-Amolo
6th Grade- Hannah Schecter
These students work hard every day to model our Coyote Code, being Respectful, Responsible, Safe and Caring!
Great work!!
The WEBO Morning Show welcomed members of the Candor Elementary School band. Joining us Live on the Air was music teacher Luis Ingels, students and band members Madison, Sophia, MacKenzie, Ludia, Mia, Jack, Bella, Lucas, Jonathon, Jeremiah, Collen, Gavin, and Ruby. The students performed the song Heavy Metal. Coming up this weekend, the band starts their March Madness with many performances!
Here is a copy of the performance and interview
https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/KiwzFihM40b
PK- Colt Short
Kindergarten-Holden Harrington
2nd Grade- Erzi Helmetsie
3rd Grade- Mackinley Quick
4th Grade- Declan Hardesty
5th Grade- Viviann Rose
6th Grade-Jeremiah Palmer
Congrats to: Ezra Marks (Kindergarten), Jameson Knickerbocker (1st grade) , Ella Wakeman (6th grade), Mason Rennells (6th grade), Hazel Cornwell (6th grade), Sydney Poreda (4th grade), Kaia Martin (4th grade), Ryan Stevens (6th grade), (not pictured-Drake Walker, 4th grade).
Keep up the great work!
CLICK HERE to see a video of the High School Chorus singing the national anthem at the Black Bears game on December 20th.
I am excited to announce our December Coyotes of the month!
1st grade- Aletha Kelsey
2nd grade- Paisley and Harper Warner
3rd grade- Lincoln Klimekoski
4th grade- Easton Ahart
5th grade- Hayden Hackney
6th grade- Colton Halstead
These students are great models for our Coyote Code, being respectful, responsible, safe and caring members of our school. Each Coyote received a Coyote of the Month tshirt, certificate and a shoutout on the morning announcements!
Keep up the great work!!
The hallways are empty today but the student work is filling our halls, check out what we've been up to!
Good luck in Glens Falls, you've made your Candor Community proud!!
Some of our CES Coyotes visited WEBO this morning to talk about our Coyote Connections Progam.
The Morning Show welcomed members of Coyote Connections from the Candor Elementary School. Joining us Live on the Air was principal Peter Ahart, program founder Wendy Bruttomesso, and 6th grade students Hannah and Whitney. Coyote Connections is a program that is similar to Key Club that has a motto and mission statement of caring about self, others, and community. It currently has 18 members and is in it's 3rd year of operation. Students help with school wide themes and days, activities, as well as helping out at food drives, the clothing closet, and sorting food in the community. They are also able to help make decisions as they build leadership skills thru creative thinking.
Here is a copy of the interview
https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/uENbCBaToYb
Thank you to the parents who attended the Candor Parent Education Night last night. If you missed it, you can watch a recording of the event.
Youtube Link
I also wanted to pass along a number of resources that I mentioned during the panel discussion.
I'm following up with information for parents of students in grades 6-12* in particular who bring school Chromebooks home. I have just sent a separate email to the primary contact in Schooltool for students in grades 5-12* with details about the Parent Portal in Deledao, our Chromebook filtering program. Deledao allows you to see student activity on their Chromebook when they are at home and to turn off the Wi-Fi on the device during set hours. This helps ensure students are getting a break from screens.
*A quick note on devices: While the Parent Portal details were sent to grades 5-12, only students in grades 7-12 consistently bring them home. Sixth-grade students bring devices home only on an as-needed basis, and the 5th-grade team will notify parents if they decide to allow devices to go home this year.
We also have a number of resources related to parent controls on social media apps available on our website under the Families tab.
If you did not receive an email invitation to Deledao please reach out to me:
Contact Me
Have a great day,
Matt Gelder
Director of Instructional Technology
