Happy New Year to those who work a July 1-June 30 year.

Covering legislative events, July 1 often feels like the start of a new year because it’s often the date in our state when legislation takes effect.

Notable is the Dignity for All Students Act, which passed last year but didn’t become law until this week. NYSUT was one of the first, and staunchest, advocates of this effort to help curb bullying in schools. NYSUT is working with several advocacy groups to develop trainings for the implementation of this new law. Last month, NYSUT sponsored the Capital Region Pride Fest, which included a Pride Prom in the Capital Region on June 1 at the University of Albany.
Just to show that’s it’s more than a handful of folks involved in building respect for diversity in our communities, here’s a county-by-county (Capital District) list of participating schools provided by NYSUT’s Paul Webster, our community liaison to many groups and organizations:
Albany County: ABROOKIN VO-TECH CENTER, ADULT LEARNING CENTER, ACADEMY OF HOLY NAMES-UPPER SCHOOL, ALBANY ACADEMY, ALBANY ACADEMY FOR GIRLS, ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL, ALBANY SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, BERNE-KNOX-WESTERLO JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, BISHOP MAGINN HIGH SCHOOL, CA BOUTON MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY, COLONIE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, DOANE STUART SCHOOL, GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL, HARRIET GIBBONS HIGH SCHOOL, SHAKER HIGH SCHOOL, HEBREW ACADEMY OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT, MAIMONIDES HEBREW DAY SCHOOL, GREEN ISLAND “HEATLY’” SCHOOL, HARRIET TUBMAN DEMOCRATIC HIGH SCHOOL
Columbia County: BERKSHIRE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, BROOKWOOD CENTER, CHATHAM HIGH SCHOOL, ICHABOD CRANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, DARROW SCHOOL, GERMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL, HUDSON JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, NEW LEBANON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, TACONIC HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, HAWTHORNE VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL
Fulton County: BROADALBIN-PERTH HIGH SCHOOL, GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, JOHNSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, MAYFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL, NORTHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Greene County: CAIRO-DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL, CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, COXSACKIE-ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL, GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE SCHOOL, MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL, RAVENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WINDHAM ASHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL, ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL
Montgomery County: AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL, CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, FONDA-FULTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Rensselaer County: AVERILL PARK HIGH SCHOOL, BERLIN CENTRAL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL, HOOSAC SCHOOL, HOOSIC VALLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, HOOSICK FALLS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, HOWARD L. GOFF SCHOOL, LA SALLE INSTITUTE, LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MAPLE HILL HIGH SCHOOL, RENSSELAER HIGH SCHOOL, TAMARAC MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL, TROY HIGH SCHOOL, VANDERHEYDEN HALL, EMMA WILLARD SCHOOL
Saratoga County: BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, CORINTH HIGH SCHOOL, GALWAY HIGH SCHOOL, GLENS FALLS HIGH SCHOOL, MECHANICVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, SARATOGA CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, SARATOGA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, SCHUYLERVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, SHENENDEHOWA HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTH GLENS FALLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, STILLWATER MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL, WATERFORD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Schenectady County: DUANESBURG HIGH SCHOOL, MOHONASEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, NOTRE DAME-BISHOP GIBBONS SCHOOL, NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL, SCHALMONT HIGH SCHOOL, SCHENECTADY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL, SCOTIA-GLENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Schoharie County: COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, GILBOA CONESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL, JEFFERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL, MIDDLEBURGH HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOHARIE HIGH SCHOOL
Washington County: ADIRONDACK SCHOOL OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK, ARGYLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GRANVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENWICH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, HUDSON FALLS HIGH SCHOOL, SALEM HIGH SCHOOL, WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Let us know what’s happening in your school.