Minisink Valley Central School District
Junior Anijah Williams, who is an Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) student, is one of two CTE students honored for helping to create the cover of the new O-U BOCES Cooperative Services Guide. Anijah and Julisa Posada of Goshen High School were surprised in their Digital Design and Advertising Class by Kathleen Smith, …
Attention high school families: This year, for the first time, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) is requiring all high school juniors to take the new U.S. History & Government Framework Regents Exam. The high school will be administering the exam to the entire junior class as well as any other students who need …
Minisink Valley Elementary second-graders had a “hoot” of a time recently learning about owl pellets in a creative lesson made possible through funding provided by the Elementary School PTO. Over the last few weeks, all second-grade classes have been studying owls as part of their science lessons. They learned the parts of an owl, what …
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Members of the high school’s Key Club were honored with numerous awards at the recent 2022 NYDKC Leadership Training Conference! The club was recognized with: The Completed Paperwork Award The Perfect Paperwork Award The Early Bird Dues Award The Increased Membership Award It also earned third place for the Single Service Award in the Platinum …
Dear Minisink Valley school community: To continue our important 2021-22 district initiative work, we will be modifying the school calendar and Friday, May 13 will now be a half-day Superintendent Conference Day. Our K-12 faculty will be involved in vital professional development work that afternoon which will continue to benefit your student’s daily academic experience. …
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Andrea Ferguson and Nicole Lee’s sixth-grade students’ Earth Day posters have been spotlighted on State Sen. Michael Martucci’s website as part of the students’ and senator’s efforts to bring greater awareness of the ongoing challenges facing the Earth’s environment. “Each entry from my District displayed tremendous originality and vision as well as obvious concern for …
Congratulations to the following students on their selection to the Orange County Musical Educators Association (OCMEA) Junior High All-County Festival ensembles: Choir Charlotte Curabba, Alto Alondra Galarza, Alto Abigail Mauras, Soprano Gavin McGinnis, Baritone Gavin Pitt, Baritone Band Mitchell Demberg, Percussion Malunga Kinzoni, Horn Students in grades 7, 8 and 9 are eligible to audition …
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The district is now providing COVID-19 case confirmations on a weekly basis. The district has confirmed the following positive COVID-19 cases for the school week ending today, April 22. High School: Two students, three faculty, one staff member Otisville Elementary : One faculty Intermediate School: Two students, three faculty Elementary School: Two students, one faculty …
To mark Earth Day, which has been celebrated worldwide since 1970, and April’s Poetry Month, Leiny Valet’s English 9 students and Jennifer Thibodeau’s Creative Writing students created Earth Day haikus which have been transformed into sidewalk chalk poetry to share with the school community. Students’ work was an opportunity to showcase their writing creativity in …
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The Minisink Valley Board of Education unanimously adopted a proposed $105,823,385 budget for the 2022-23 school year, which maintains all current student programs and services, at its April 21 meeting. This proposed budget increases spending by $3,573,216 from the current year, and includes a 3.89 percent tax levy increase. The proposed 3.89 percent increase in the tax levy …