Minisink Valley Central School District
Minisink Valley Intermediate School students were honored for their artistic creativeness by being named winners of the school’s recent kindness poster contest. The poster contest was one of many activities undertaken at the school during the week-long Great Kindness Challenge, held the last week of January. Because of its participation, the school has now been …
The commissioners of the New York State Departments of Health and Education have issued joint guidance regarding the 2019 Novel (new) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Below is information the Minisink Valley School District has been asked to share with the school district community: A new coronavirus called 2019 Novel (new) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was first found in Wuhan, …
Otisville Elementary students recently spread kindness and awareness as they each made their “mark on kindness.” In an extension of the “Book to Art Club” enrichment program offered and taught by Erin Andersen and Gemma Lyons, this project also linked literature to art. During Ms. Anderson’s library class, students at each grade level read “The …
Minisink Valley High School Juniors Joseph Cloidt and Travis Lysyczyn, who attend Orange-Ulster BOCES’ Career and Technical Education Center, are members of the team which placed second in the Gold Division of the New York State round of the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition. Earning second place honors in the state round now allows …
Warrior fans can now watch Minisink Valley Warrior games on the NFHS Network! NFHS Network is a subscription service and the leader in streaming “live and on demand” high school sports. The NFHS Network covers 27 different regular season and postseason sports, as well as other high school activities, celebrating the accomplishments of students-athletes, student …
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Kids will say Oreos make a great snack, but Cynthia Careccia showed her Otisville fifth-graders that Oreos also have a great role in a science lesson! Though the moon isn’t made out of Oreos (or cheese), Mrs. Careccia recently used Oreos to teach her students about the phases of the moon during their Earth and …
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The Minisink Valley Varsity Wrestling team are state champions, after winning the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Dual Meet Wrestling Championships on Feb. 1 in Syracuse! The Warriors are ranked Number 1 in New York State and were the top seeded team heading into the state championship. In the first round, …
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The Minisink Valley Board of Education and Administration are continuing their work in the development of the 2020-21 proposed school budget with a series of Finance Committee meetings beginning Thursday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the Middle School auditorium. At this meeting, the following proposed budgets of these areas of school district operations will …
Who knew there were so many lessons to learn from puzzle making? Rosemary Marcolina’s Intermediate School fifth-graders do now as a result of her annual National Puzzle Day gathering, where families were invited in for “good, old fashioned” puzzle making. So many benefits to puzzle making “Students researched and discussed the value and benefits of puzzle day …
The Otisville Post Office is home to a K-12 district-wide rotating art show throughout the school year and can now boast it’s an art gallery! Up next for February is artwork representing the work of Minisink Valley Middle School students! Participating students are: Alisha Singh, Sara Delmar, Byley Ball, Robert Schultz, Natalie Deoragh, BrittneyLee Zilempe, …