Category: Otisville Elementary News

The High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FLBA) Club is running a food drive beginning today, Nov. 1, through Nov. 22. All collected items will benefit Minisink Cares, the community-based program that provides support to families throughout the school year. Acceptable items include boxes of pasta and canned proteins (tuna, chicken), canned entrees (beef …

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 Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is a common respiratory illness caused by a virus. Anyone can be infected, but RSV most often causes serious illness in infants and very young children. The virus can also cause serious illness in older adults or those with a weakened immune system. Much like other respiratory viruses, RSV infections …

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The district’s Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Department will hold its next Parent Education Advocacy Training Series (PEATS) workshop,“Guardianship/Power of Attorney,” on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. at Minisink Valley High School. This workshop defines the topic terms and their differences in addition to providing insight on obtaining either. In partnership with Independent Living, Inc. …

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  Support the important work of the district’s Executive PTO while getting some new Minisink Valley “Warrior Nation” attire! By popular demand, the online sale has been extended to Friday, Oct. 14. To order: Minisink Valley Executive PTO “Warrior Nation” apparel sale

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Join us on Tuesday, Oct. 18 and wear pink attire to help bring  further awareness about pediatric cancer, which affects one out of eight women in the United States. Additionally, we invite you to join the efforts of the high school’s National Honor Society and donate socks, Chapstick, …

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Awareness of, respect for and education about different cultures are lessons that take place throughout the school year at Minisink Valley, and particularly during specific months of the year when there’s official government recognitions. Innovative faculty are using National Hispanic Heritage Month (which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15) as an occasion to create …

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