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SCHENECTADY
New private high school in the works
Capital Lyceum plans to open on SLOC campus in 2010
BY MICHAEL GOOT Gazette Reporter

    A new community-based private high school plans to open its doors in the fall of 2010 at the Schenectady Light Opera Company’s new performing arts campus downtown.
    Capital Lyceum will start with 30 to 35 ninth-grade students. The goal is to have about 150 high school students in grades nine through 12 by the start of the 2013-14 school year.
    The new school, which takes its name from the Greek philosopher Aristotle’s school in Athens around 330 B.C., is seen as a companion to the private pre-kindergarten through grade eight Brown School. Current Brown Associate Head of School Marc Meyer is among the founding members of Capital Lyceum and will serve as executive director. Cathryn Blaber, who had served as technology director at the Brown School for eight years and most recently worked at Siena College, will serve as associate director.
    Meyer said the school will be located initially on the top floor of the old Bethesda House facility at 423 Franklin St. Capital Lyceum will use the existing slate chalkboards in those rooms and add Smart Boards and laptops.
    Bethesda House is moving to a new facility at 834-838 State St.
    Capital Lyceum school officials will make their formal announcement at 11 a.m. Oct. 8 at 423 Franklin St.
    Meyer said concerned parents and other educators in the area have been working on the idea for a couple of years.
    “It’s really to create a school that is very community-based in downtown Schenectady. ... It has a rigorous academic curriculum, but it’s not a school that will necessarily cater to gifted and talented kids, either.”
    The school is partnering with the YMCA to use its new facility downtown at Center City for its physical education and with Schenectady County Community College to allow seniors to take college classes. Officials are still working on the details.
    “We might be sharing some faculty. We might be offering classes jointly. This is a couple of years down the line, particularly in our science and math program,” Meyer said.
    The school, which will have a yearly tuition of $16,000, will stress “inquiry-based learning,”.................>>>>.......................>>>>...............http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00901&AppName=1

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Tickets on sale for Goldie Hawn visit
    SCHENECTADY — Tickets are available to Goldie Hawn’s visit to two events in the Capital Region on April 1.
    The actress will be appearing to raise money for The Hawn Foundation, Brown School and Capital Lyceum, the new private high school starting up in downtown Schenectady.
    She will be at a luncheon at noon on April 1 at Glen Sanders Mansion and a cocktail party at Angelo’s 677 Prime in Albany from 5 to 7 p.m.
    The luncheon is open to the public and a select number of tickets are available to the cocktail party. Tickets to the luncheon are $50 and tickets to the VIP cocktail party are $100. To purchase tickets visit the Web site at http://www.capitallyceum.org or http://www.brownschool.org......................>>>>.................>>>>................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01000&AppName=1