Minisink Valley Central School District
“When a child loves you for a long, long time […] then you become Real.” If you remember little else from the age-old tale of The Velveteen Rabbit, these few, evocative words might still resonate. They are sure to endure for Otisville students in grades K-2 who heard them straight from the Skin Horse’s mouth, …
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Minisink Valley Elementary kindergarteners are strengthening and further developing their fine motor skills during fun activity sessions which will better prepare them to complete daily fine motor tasks both in school and at home. A recent visit to Marjori Bobish’s class showed just how much fun the little students were having, while probably not even …
The Minisink Valley Board of Education honored the Minisink Valley Kiwanis “K-Kids” Club on the occasion of its 10th anniversary during its Dec. 6 board meeting. Chartered in 2008, approximately 250 kids in third through fifth-grade have been a part of the student-led, student-run group, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Minisink Valley. Kiwanis clubs decide …
Fiction or non-fiction? Now Minisink Valley Elementary Students can quickly decide and find their reading choices thanks to a new wall mural created by high school senior Nicoletta Lombardo. The non-fiction mural appeals to the K-2 grades served by the school library with colorful illustrations of popular animals, including a penguin riding a dinosaur, …
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High school students have a lengthy list of elective classes available, and some choose a class that helps them to become more knowledgeable and better prepared adults. Appropriately called “Adulting,” the class teaches those “adult” life skills which some students may not necessarily have on their learning radars and which the “adultiest” of adults may …
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Otisville Elementary School’s annual diabetes awareness campaign concluded with a school-wide walk to raise funds for its own students living with diabetes. Although the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) recently discontinued its school programming, school officials decided to develop and implement its own type 1 diabetes education program and awareness walk. During the K-5 assemblies …
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It was sink or float in Stephanie Hoffman’s first grade class when middle school science teacher Nicole Lee paid a visit on Monday, Nov. 19. “We made dry-erase markers ‘magically’ float!” Mrs. Lee said. Scientifically speaking, they were observing buoyancy and density in action. This may be their first year of science class, but these …
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It’s one thing to read a book about a police officer and his or her K-9 partner; it’s another thing to actually see that book “in action” through a visit by local police officers and their K-9 partners. That’s what happened today, Nov. 8, when Officers Skip, Kato, Gambit, Maverick, Rex and Tate — along …
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If you read about the 1940s tractor engine rebuilding project in Jonathan Clemmons’s technology classes, we are pleased to report that the engine is off to the press. While the eighth graders wait for the engine to return to the middle school, they learned about technical education and careers in automotive from Kaytlin Prater, a recent graduate …
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Among trends in education, two are drawing increasing attention: personalized instruction that encourages student choice and voice, and social and emotional learning (SEL). Artistic expression creates opportunities for both. It invites inquiry and voice around topics of interest to the students, and it encourages the development of SEL skills, such as self and social awareness. …