March 16 Elementary School Safety Bulletin

Good morning,   For those families who drop off students at the Elementary School in the morning, please do not let your children exit your vehicles prior to 7:45 a.m. Staff are stationed to safely cross your child at 7:45 a.m. For the safety of all drivers and our children, please do not release from …

The Summer Enrichment Program is Back for 2023

Please find the attached student application for the 2023 Schoharie Summer Enrichment Program. This year, our Summer Enrichment Program will be offered to students going into 1st through 9th grade. The goal of the program is to prevent the summer academic slide and increase student achievement in preparation for the next grade level. Summer Enrichment …

SCS students attend “Lower Voices Sing” Event at Cornell

Eight SCS students attended the New York Lower Voices Sing event at Cornell University in Ithaca on Saturday, Feb. 11. The Cornell University Glee Club, which has been around since 1868, hosts the event annually and SCS students were invited to participate this year. Braeden Beck, Noah Florussen, Sean Harrington, Tyler Mason, Jake Rase, Ryan …

Schoharie student attends union hiring event

Union opens doors and potential employment DUANESBURG/SCHOHARIE – The aptitude and professionalism of Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education students once again gained the attention of area business, labor and government leaders after a delegation of students attended a union hiring event on Feb. 8. The Construction/Heavy Equipment and Electrical Trades seniors and juniors …

Sweethearts & Heroes inspire Elementary students

An anti-bullying, pro-student empowerment team landed at Schoharie Elementary School today. Sweethearts & Heroes held two inspirational and informational assemblies for students in grades kindergarten through grade 5, before working with individual classes. They are slated to continue that work on Friday. The Sweethearts & Heroes team is: Tom Murphy, director, of St. Albans, Vt.; …

Two FFA Officers Represent Schoharie CSD at the State Capitol

Schoharie Valley FFA Officers Savannah Traverse & Chloe Armstrong were 2 of 126 elite students selected to travel to the state capitol this week to participate in the NY FFA State Leaders Experience. While there, they participated in workshops hosted by NY FFA State Officers to learn about the government, the legislative process and how …

Schoharie Valley FFA Competes in Leadership Development Events

The weather was quite frigid, but our Schoharie Valley FFA members were on fire Saturday, Feb.  4, at the District 2 Leadership Development Contests in Pine Plains! They competed against 15 other FFA chapters in our region. Leadership Development Events focus on creating situations for members to demonstrate their abilities in public speaking, decision making, …

Elementary Adventure Club Explores Winter Landscape

The Elementary Adventure Club partnered with Cody Robinson-Bullock from the Schoharie County Youth Bureau to host an adventure packed day at Mine Kill State Park. Students engaged in an animal tracking lesson and then were able to snowshoe on park trails to test out their new knowledge. Students also engaged in an owl pellet dissection lesson …

Ceramics students participate in nationwide magnet exchange

Schoharie Jr./Sr. High School students are participating in a nationwide magnet exchange involving 105 schools! Leah Schaefer’s Ceramics students are joining the effort to create magnets based on the theme “Hometown” and hope to eventually exchange and receive magnets from every participating school. Students involved include Lily Ballard, Alex Bender, Georgian Carhide, Anysse Cooper, Jacob …

Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten Interest Form

Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten 2023-2024 Dear Parent/Guardian, Please indicate on the form below if you reside within the Schoharie Central District and have a child who is eligible for either Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten in September 2023.   https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NsOQnLyN69AfyZfU_Q6BieAgYabnPnieU08x0gXLMZI/edit?usp=drive_web *If your child is already enrolled in the Pre-K program here at Schoharie Elementary, there is no need to complete this …