Lunar New Year is another opportunity for cultural awareness and appreciation in district buildings

Cultural awareness — the understanding of dynamic values and beliefs of different cultures — remains an important instructional component at Minisink Valley, with faculty and staff creating unique and diversified opportunities throughout the year. Most recently, faculty and staff presented lessons, created displays and held events celebrating the Lunar New Year, also known at the …

Registration taking place for 2023 Girls ‘March Madness’ Basketball Clinic

Registration is taking place for Minisink Valley’s Girls “March Madness” Basketball Clinic for girls in Grades 4 to 8,  which will run March 4 and 11 in the High School Gym. The clinics will be directed by coaches James Golden and Bruce Guyette with assistance from players in the Minisink Valley Girls Basketball program. The …

Intermediate School’s Kindness Ambassadors reinforce kindness to Elementary School students via the ‘Great Kindness Challenge’

As part of the Intermediate School’s recent Kindness Week work, the school’s “Kindness Ambassadors” visited Elementary School K-2 classrooms and presented kindness lessons to Elementary School students as part of the Great Kindness Challenge (GKC). This is another great example of creative intra-school cooperation, this time focusing on character education, with older students serving as …

Eighth-grader Sara Pauls wins 107-pound weight class in inaugural NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Invitational

Eighth-grader Sara Pauls won the 107-pound weight class in the first ever NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Invitational, held Jan. 27 at the SRC Arena at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse. “This is an absolutely amazing accomplishment,” said Varsity Wrestling Coach Kevin Gallagher.  “Sara worked hard and competed fiercely against some tough competition.  She was confident, resilient …

Key Club to hold district-wide Family Movie Night on Friday, Feb. 3

The high school’s Key Club will be hosting a district-wide Family Movie Night featuring “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” on Friday, Feb. 3 at the high school, with doors opening at 7 p.m.  All families are invited! Proceeds will be donated to Erika’s Lighthouse, the non- profit organization working to raise awareness about adolescent …

District-wide Band Concert rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.

We invite you to attend the District-Wide Band Concert, featuring performances from bands in each of our schools, on the new date of Thursday, Feb.  9 at 7 p.m. in the Middle School’s gym. Performing ensembles are: The Otisville Concert Band The Intermediate Fifth-Grade Band The Eighth-Grade Band The Middle School Jazz Band The High …

Four varsity wrestlers invited to participate in inaugural NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Invitational

Good luck and best wishes to the four members of the Varsity Wrestling team who have been invited to participate in the inaugural NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Invitational in Syracuse, which takes place on Friday, Jan. 27 at the SRC Arena at Onondaga Community College. Sophomore Patricia Deslandes will compete in the 235-pound weight class; freshman …

Reminder: Use and/or possession of vapes, electronic cigarettes or other related products is a violation of school policy

Minisink Valley school community: We’re reaching out to share information about electronic cigarettes/vaping and their associated potential health effects. Vaping continues to be a problem all school districts encounter and you’ve likely read recent news reports about a New Rochelle High School nurse who used Narcan to save a student who vaped what the student …

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