Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School

Grades 6-8

100 Elbel Court, Albany, NY 12209 (click here for directions)

Phone: 475-6425

Fax: 475-6427

Web site: http://myers.albany.k12.ny.us

Kimberly Wilkins, Principal

E-mail: kwilkins@albany.k12.ny.us

Marilyn Jones-Oliver, Assistant Principal

E-mail: mjones-oliver@albany.k12.ny.us

About Myers Middle School

The school is named after abolitionists Stephen and Harriet Myers, who lived in Albany from the 1830s through the 1850s. The Myerses played an important role in helping hundreds of African-Americans gain freedom in the Albany area via the Underground Railroad. Click here to learn more.

Constructed in 2005 through the City School District of Albany’s facilities project, Myers Middle School is a modern three-story, 140,000-square foot facility. The school contains 24 general-education classrooms, six special-education classrooms, six science rooms with prep space, cutting-edge technology classrooms, modern family and consumer science classrooms, two art classrooms with kiln and storage and music, choral and band room.

School times

• Building opens: 7:40 a.m.

• Breakfast begins: 7:40 a.m.

• School day begins: 8 a.m.

• School day ends: 3 p.m.

• After-school clubs and sports programs end: 4 or 5 p.m., depending on the program.

Upcoming events

News and information

• Student earns state merit -- Eighth-grader Arielle King, the Myers student goverment president, received a New York State Communit Distinction award on Feb 7. (MORE)

• District employee and students earn human rights kudos -- The Albany Human Rights Commission recognized three district students and a district employee on Feb. 1 at a special public ceremony at City Hall. Receiving kudos were Albany High School psychologist Liz Gialanella, Ph.D., Jamie Curcio, an eighth-grader at William S. Hackett Middle School, Jaden Tesch, a third-grader at New Scotland Elementary School and Tamera Thomas, a sixth-grader at Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School. (MORE)

• Award-winning author to visit Feb. 9 -- Sharon G. Flake, author of Money Hungry and The Skin I'm In, will visit the library 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 as part of the school's Black History Month celebration. Flake has written several fiction and non-fiction books geared toward urban youth, including You Don't Even Know Me and Poems About Boys. She will speak to students about their writing and answer questions. The library also will host a writing contest and raffle with a prize of an autographed book. Flake also will visit Albany High School and William S. Hackett Middle School that day.

• Student government president wins essay contest -- Arielle King,  Myers' student government president, is a winner of the Black History Month Creative Expressions Contest sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Arielle will tape a public service announcement that will be aired on local television stations during February. She also will be one of the featured winners at an Awards and Recognition Ceremony on Feb. 12 at Myers.

• 2011-12 school supply lists -- Click the following links to download the supply lists for the 2011-12 school year:

  • Grade 8 supply list

  • Grade 7 supply list

  • Grade 6 supply list

• Click here to visit the City School District of Albany's Photo Gallery.

Absence from school
If your child is absent from school for any reason, call the school at 475-6425 during the morning, and provide a written excuse when your child returns to school.

Middle-school enrollment -- Myers feeder schools

The City School District of Albany uses a feeder enrollment model for middle-school students. Students from designated elementary schools are assigned to either Myers Middle School or William S. Hackett Middle School. Each school has about 650 students.

Students in the elementary program at North Albany Academy continue on in that school's middle-level program, which serves about 150 students in grades 6-8.

Students graduating from the following elementary schools will attend Myers Middle School:

• Albany School of Humanities (ASH)

• Giffen Memorial Elementary School

• Montessori Magnet School

• Pine Hills Elementary School

• Schuyler Achievement Academy

• Sheridan Preparatory Academy

Visit the Middle School Enrollment section for more information.