Seven varsity teams earn NYSPHSAA ‘team scholar’ recognition honors

Congratulations to these seven Minsink High School varsity teams for earning Team Scholar Recognition honors by the New York State Public High School Association (NYSPHSAA): Cross Country/Girls  — GPA: 93.99 Volleyball — GPA: 93.43 Soccer/ Girls — GPA: 93.19 Cheer  —  GPA: 91.71 Soccer/ Boys —  GPA: 91.55 Cross Country/ Boys  —  GPA: 90.82 Swimming and …

Important reminder: Be sure you’re enrolled in SchoolTool

With the end of Quarter 2 nearing and report cards forthcoming, we want to remind Minisink Valley parents and guardians about the importance of signing up for SchoolTool. Since the beginning of the school year, the district uses SchoolTool to electronically send progress reports and report cards. If you have yet to enroll in Parent …

Varsity Wrestling Coach Kevin Gallagher honored for his 500th match win

Minisink Valley Varsity Wrestling Coach Kevin Gallagher was honored for a very rare coaching milestone during the team’s Jan. 24 match: His 500th match win! Coach Gallagher, who has coached wrestling for the last 20 years, has impressive wrestling coaching stats which demonstrate why Minisink Valley’s varsity wrestling team is a powerhouse within New York …

Minisink Valley first-graders’ ‘Sprinkle Kindness’ doughnut projects reinforce the importance of kind words

    It’s Kindness Week at Minisink  Valley Elementary School and Maureen Cardinale’s first-graders used special words as “doughnut sprinkles” for their special “Sprinkle Kindness” projects. “We talked about ways that we can be kind and words that we can use that represent being kind,” she said. Some of the words chosen to represent kindness …

Sixth-grade middle school assembly reinforces proper and responsible Internet safeguards and behaviors

Minisink Valley Middle School’s ongoing character education programming continued with a Jan. 27 presentation to sixth-graders on Internet safety and cyberbullying. Alexa Benincasa, representing the New York State Department of Criminal Justice in Albany, spoke to students about how to be online and be safe while having fun.   Students definitely know about many social …

Otisville Elementary announces 2nd Marking Period ‘Super Star’ and ‘OE3R’ students

Otisville Elementary students were recently named 2nd Marking Period SUPER Star Students and/or “OE3R” award students. OE3R students consistently demonstrated the important traits of “respect,” “responsibility” and “ready to learn” throughout the marking period. Visit the district’s Facebook page for a photo gallery of honorees.

Students honor Otisville school safety team for daily work to keep the school safe

Otisville Elementary School students recently honored School Resource Officers Sean Burke and Jamie Johnson of the Mount Hope Police Department and the school’s Security Officer Calvin Bailey for all they do to keep the school safe. In addition to their school safety role, Officer Burke and Officer Johnson also mentor students and often conduct presentations …

An update on the water line break at the Intermediate School

Last Tuesday, Jan. 21,  a water line break caused water damage and flooding to several of the classrooms in the Intermediate School. During the week, classrooms were relocated and extensive work has been done to completely clean and remediate the water damage that occurred. However, two classrooms received extensive water damage that required portions of …

Board of Education adopts 2020-21 school district calendar

The Minisink Valley Board of Education adopted the 2020-21 school calendar at its Jan. 23 meeting. Please take special note of some dates on the 2020-21 calendar: Students’ first day of school will be Wednesday, Sept. 2, prior to Labor Day. Schools will be closed Feb. 15-19, 2021. September 2020 1 –Superintendent’s Conference Day, school …

Budget preparation work continues as preliminary state aid projections are released for Minisink Valley’s 2020-21 proposed school budget

As Minisink Valley continues with the development of its 2020-21 school budget, the district again reaffirms its commitment to keep the community  informed on the status of its work and what it’s learning from state officials. Extremely preliminary state aid projections were released from the governor’s office on Tuesday, Jan. 21.  Currently, they show Minisink …

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