September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!
Join us and wear gold/yellow attire on Monday, Sept. 30 to help bring awareness to the need for new treatments and hopeful cures for pediatric cancer, the leading cause of death by disease for children under the age of 14.
Please join the efforts of the high school's Youth Against Cancer Club
to create awareness! Call for photos: Share your student's gold/yellow attire for a planned
photo gallery by emailing to communications@minisink.com by 3 p.m. on Monday. Sept. 30
Can you help?
The Elementary School Nurse’s Office is looking for donations of select items for students who may need them when visiting the nurse: Girls leggings in sizes 5, 6 and 7; girls undergarments in sizes 5, 6 and 7; girls shorts in sizes 5, 6 and 7; and girls plain t-shirts in sizes 5, 6 and 7.
For boys: Undergarments in sizes 4/5, 6 and 7; boys socks; boys shorts in sizes 5, 6 and 7; and boys sweatpants in sizes 5, 6 and 7.
The office would also welcome donations of individually wrapped pretzel snack bags and cases of mini-water bottles. Please call the Elementary School Nurse’s Office at 845-355-5277 to learn more.
Use this handy QR code to download the district's new app!
Please be sure to stop by our "Did You Know" display at tonight's Open House and learn more about our talented faculty and staff!
Elementary School families....Reminder: Tonight is your student's Open House! We look forward to seeing you there!
6 to 6:30 p..m.: Kindergarten/Transitional Kindergarten
6:35 to 7:05 p.m.: First-grade
7:10 to 7:40 p.m.: Second-grade
Our cutie-pie kindergarteners at Otisville Elementary and the Elementary School are learning so much in these opening weeks of school, including how to navigate the lunch line! And, they quickly became really good at doing this, too!
Nora Fitzgerald and Erin McCawley’s first-graders are getting really good at comparing data from a number path. After identifying the two totals, students found which total was “more.” Students then used the greater than symbol (>) to compare the totals! Ask them about this important math skill!
Take a peek at the Elementary School’s recent bus drill and ask your student about what took place!
Bus drills are important for student safety because they help students learn how to respond to emergencies and keep themselves safe. Students are reminded about important evacuation procedures and related emergency equipment, boarding and exiting procedures, seat belt safety and more.
Equally important is each bus driver’s intent to impress upon students the importance of staying calm and listening to directions and helping others when indicated. We have the best transportation team in the business and thank them for the ongoing efforts to provide safe transportation to and from school!
The PTO held its "Cheers and Tears" breakfast for new and returning kindergarten parents this morning. It's always a sweet way to help new and returning kindergarten parents get used to having their little ones go to school full time!
Elementary School Social Worker Kristen Cummings has been giving DASA presentations to all K-2 students. Take a peek at her recent presentation in Jenn DiSimone's first-grade class!
DASA was enacted in July 2010 to promote a safe and supportive learning environment in all public and charter schools, free from harassment and discrimination for students. Under DASA, no student shall be subjected to harassment or discrimination by employees or students on school property, or at a school function, based on their actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender or other related categories.
Patriot Day conversations took place throughout the district yesterday, Sept, 11, and included even our youngest students! Marjori Bobish's transitional kindergarteners made these beautiful patriotic stars to commemorate the day!
Who doesn’t like having a story read to them? Ian Walker’s second-graders are enjoying hearing Corey Rosen Schwartz’s “Three Ninja Pigs” read to them! Unlike the original tale, the pigs are given responsibility for their misfortune and a chance for improvement. The story has a clear message that success requires perseverance, an important trait everyone must have!
Patriot Day is a day of remembrance, and Joseph Ferara's second-graders were among the many classes district-wide who remembered those we lost and gave thanks to the brave first responders who put their lives on the line on Sept. 11.
We will never forget.
“No Day Shall Erase You From the Memory of Time”
---- from "Book IX of The Aeneid" by Roman poet Virgil, which is inscribed on the wall of the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City.
Everyone LOVES recess, especially our kindergarteners!
These attentive Elementary School kindergarteners are learning the rules of "Circle up and give me 5" on their first day of playground recess! Ask them what this means and why it's important!
Say “hello” to two-way messaging and classroom announcements in the Minisink Valley app! With the addition of Rooms, our district app keeps getting better. Parents and Guardians, check your email or text messages for instructions to sign up and access Rooms today!
Our kindergarteners will enjoy their first lunch in the cafeteria this upcoming Monday! But first...they need to learn about important procedures, and they did this today! Remember, the "first" daily breakfast and lunch is FREE to all students!
Know what the color of the lights mean!
Our Buildings & Grounds crew are always happy to assist students during lunch, especially when first-graders need help with ketchup!
