Roots Academy at West Hill News

Student playing the trumpet

All City Band 2024

March 28, 2024

Visit our Facebook page to take a look at this year’s All City Band Concert, feat...

Early dismissal April 8 graphic

The City School District of Albany will have an early dismissal for all students on Mon...

High school student playing the violin

All-City Strings 2024

March 21, 2024

Visit our Facebook page to take a look at this year’s All-City Strings Concert, f...

Students smiling while performing chorus songs

All-City Chorus 2024

March 14, 2024

Visit our Facebook page to take a look at this year’s All-City Chorus Concert, fe...

Student reading a book

Visit our Facebook page to take a look at a typical day of learning in Elizabeth Van No...

Three students dance to hip-hop

Hip-hop history celebrated

February 16, 2024

Planet Rock. U Can’t Touch This. Chicken Noodle Soup. Remember? On Thursday, s...

Black History Month logo

We are excited to celebrate Black History Month! The theme of this year’s obse...

A dozen students sit in a circle and hold up photos of farm animals and crops

Once a week, since the start of the school year, Roots Academy at West Hill students ge...

A group of Albany High students at a pep rally

All members of our community are invited to attend an in-person forum at Albany High Sc...

Celebrate special ed professionals

Nominate a special ed HERO!

January 22, 2024

The Albany Special Education Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵɫ°æ Advisory Council (SEPAC) is seeking nominations for...

City School District of Albany logo

Since 2019, Erin’s Law has required public schools in New York to provide instruc...

Three smiling students sing

Roots embraces holiday spirit

December 21, 2023

All of Roots Academy at West Hill gathered Wednesday for a rollicking and cheery holida...

Portrait of new Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Instruction Jasmine Brown

The City School District of Albany Board of Education has appointed veteran district ad...

City School District of Albany logo

As you may know, our school briefly put lockout procedures in place shortly after the e...

Joseph Hochreiter

The safety of everyone in our school community – every student, every employee an...

Exterior sign of Roots Academy at West Hill

Students, staff and community members celebrated the renaming of Roots Academy at West ...

A dozen first graders and two Albany FireWolves players pose for a photo

On Tuesday, Albany FireWolves lacrosse players read Amanda Gorman’s “Change...