Duanesburg students are always finding new ways to excel and grow, thanks in part to district residents investment in their education. Here are just a few success stories from the 2008-09 school year.

• The Duanesburg Central School District was ranked 11 out of 85 school districts in an 11-county area in an analysis performed by the Albany Business Review newspaper in October 2008.
   
• 86 percent of the Class of 2008 earned a New York State Regents diploma while 38 percent earned an Advanced Regents diploma.
   
• Duanesburg students have many opportunities to earn college credit while in high school by taking advantage of the nearly 17 Advanced Placement and University in the High School courses that are offered. Students also have access to distance learning and Project Lead the Way courses.
   
• Duanesburg educators have been recognized for their dedication and professionalism by local media outlets and business organizations, such as WNYT’s Educator of the Week and YMCA’s Outstanding Educator Award.
   
• Duanesburg athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, consistently earning the New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s Scholar-Athlete team awards for having a set number of members who maintain a grade point average greater than 90.
   
• Student musicians compete at the highest level of the New York State School Music Association competition, earning the honor of performing with the Area All-State Festival.
   
• For the first-time ever, two students will represent the Duanesburg Central School District at the New York State History Day competition in May 2009.
   
• Each year, students, staff and community members work together to help those who are less fortunate. For example, more than 250 unwrapped toys were collected for the annual Toys for Tots program this holiday season. The Friends of Rachel’s Challenge Club collected 80 pairs of eyeglasses, which were donated to third-world countries.
   
• In March 2009, the district was honored for its leadership in promoting a tobacco-free school environment by the Center for Smoking Cessation at Seton Health, Reality Check and Tobacco-Free Healthy Schools.
   
• Students are gaining exposure to foreign language as early as kindergarten through the district’s new Foreign Language Early Start program.

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