Minisink Valley Central School District
Pumpkin patches! Sunny days! Tractor rides! Apple cider donuts! Fun games! The faculty, staff and PTOs of the Elementary School and Otisville Elementary work hard to create wonderful seasonal events for our youngest students! Visit these photo galleries to view the fun: Elementary School Elementary School Oct. 19 Fall Fest, Part 1 Elementary School Oct. …
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 25 and wear pink attire to help bring further awareness about breast cancer, which affects one out of eight women in the United States. Call for photos: Share your student’s pink attire for a forthcoming photo gallery by emailing to communications@minisink.com by 3 …
Firefighters representing local fire companies within the Minisink Valley School district visited the Elementary School and Otisville Elementary this week to mark Fire Prevention Week.’ Thank you to our local fire companies for visiting the schools and providing valuable information to our youngest students! This year’s theme is: “Cooking safety starts with you! Pay attention …
The Varsity Boys Lacrosse team will present a free Boys Lacrosse Clinic for boys in Grade K to 6 on Sunday, Oct. 15 at the Town of Mount Hope Park. No experience or equipment is needed and registration details are below:
Flu, or influenza, spreads easily and can make people very sick, especially children. As a reminder, flu symptoms include: Fever or chills, body aches, cough, sore throat, headache, runny or stuffy nose, feeling very tired. Some people, especially children, may have stomach problems and diarrhea. Unlike a cold, the flu comes on very suddenly. Prevent …
Minisink Valley Elementary and Otisville Elementary school marked International Peace Day with activities to reinforce the concept of peace and its connections to kindness. To mark the day while school is in session, students also carried classroom-made pinwheels to equally mark the international “Pinwheels for Peace” Project, where people worldwide display pinwheels as a …
September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month! Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 27 and wear gold/yellow attire to help bring awareness to pediatric cancer, the leading cause of death by disease for children under the age of 14. Additionally, we invite you to join the efforts of the high school’s National Honor Society and donate …
Minisink Valley families: The beginning of the school year is a great time to join your school’s PTO! Proceeds from your PTO membership go toward MVPTO mini-grants for classroom educational tools, Minisink Cares donations, field trips and field days, special programs/lectures, High School Scholarship Awards, student educational assemblies and other projects to benefit the school …
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We invite you to attend Open House in your student’s building! Your child’s teacher is looking forward to meeting you and sharing information about this upcoming school year. Here’s the schedule. Monday, Sept. 11 Intermediate School, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 Middle School Grade 6, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13 Otisville Elementary Grades K-2, 6 p.m. …
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Sunshine, smiles and unseasonably hot weather awaited students when they returned to the district’s campuses today, Sept. 6, the opening day of the 2023-24 school year. “The very hot weather didn’t keep our students, faculty and staff from having a wonderful first day of school,” said Superintendent Brian Monahan, who visited all buildings today with …