Alden Senior High School is located at 13190 Park Street and serves grades 9 through 12. The current principal is Mr. Kevin Ryan, and the current assistant principal is Mr. William MacCowan.
History
Alden High School opened in 1967. In 2011 and 2012, Alden's football team was Class B Champions in Section VI, and was ranked 2nd in the state by maxpreps.com.
Selected former principals
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
Mr. William Tupay-1979-1995
Mr. Timothy M. Shannon-1995-2005
Former Assistant Principals
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
Mr. William Tupay-1977-1979
Mr. Warren F. Crouse-1979-1984
Mr. Charles W. Brenner-1984-2007
Mr. William MacCowan-2007-2013
Mrs. Melanie Monacelli - 2013-2014
Former Directors of Athletics
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
Mr. Robert Delzer, Interim Director, March 2016-June 2016
Mr. Daniel Kaplan, 2016-2017, resigned
Mr. Ken Partell & Mrs. Sandy Gauthier, 2017-Present
Alden Middle School
Alden Middle School is located at 13250 Park Street and serves grades 6 through 8. The current principal is Mr. Steven Smith.
History
Alden Middle School opened in 1960 as an extension of the 1914/1936/1951 complex on Crittenden Road. It operated for many years as a 6-8 school. Due to district consolidation in 2011, the school expanded to Grades 4-8 and merged with the Intermediate School. The schools split and returned to their prior states in 2016.
Former Principals
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
Mr. George F. McCormick-1979-December 1992
Mr. Alfred L. Feeney-Interim
Mr. William Tupay-Interim Principal Grades 6-12
Mr. Emil T. Wozniak-May 1993-August 1993
Mrs. Francine L. Fritz-1993-2002, Summer 2004
Mr. Jeffrey A. Faunce-2002-2004
Mr. Adam Stoltman-2004-2013
Mr. William MacCowan-2013-2014
Alden Intermediate School
Alden Intermediate School is located at 1648 Crittenden Road and educates students in Grades 3 through 5. The current principal is Alden Alumnus, Mr. John Mikulski.
History
The district closed Alden Elementary in 1997 to rename it, Alden Intermediate School, serving grades 3-5. The district consolidated during the summer of 2011, and the third grade was moved to the Primary School at Townline Elementary. Grades four and five were consolidated into the Middle School. At the November 2015 Board of Education meeting, due to the increased population at Alden Primary, the Board voted to reopen Alden Intermediate School in September 2016. The building first opened in 1936, and additions were put on in 1951 and 1960.
Alden Primary School at Townline is located at 11197 Broadway and serves grades K through 2. The current principal is Mr. Michael Stepnick.
History
The school, originally named Townline Elementary School, opened in 1960 and housed grades K-5 until 1997, when it was turned into the district Primary School, grades K-2. In the summer of 2011, the district consolidated and brought third grade over from the Intermediate campus. The third grade returned to the Intermediate School in 2016.
Selected former principals
Mr. Walter Hay-?-1988
Mrs. Margaret A. Ryan-1988-2001
Mrs. Melanie L. Monacelli-2001-2011
Mr. Thomas J. Lyons; 2011-2018, retired after 30 years working as a Principal in the Alden Central School District.
Selected former administrators
* Denotes interim appointment
Defunct schools
Millgrove Elementary School
Millgrove Elementary opened in 1963, and closed in the 1980s. It was purchased by the Town of Alden, and houses the Town's administrative offices. It first opened in 1927 in the Old Millgrove building on Genesee Street housing grades K-6.