NEED A REFRESHER on how to view daily breakfast and lunch menus or how to fund your student's My SchoolBucks account? It's simple; click here:
https://www.minisink.com/o/district/page/food-services
https://www.minisink.com/o/district/page/food-services
Summer time means all buildings undergo major cleaning to ensure everything is in pristine shape for the opening day of school. And, that includes getting our bus fleet and Transportation Center ready as well!
Please join us and thank Andres Massari, Chris Thorpe, Tara Grogan, Kerri Mohrmann, Nate Vogt and Kyle Redner for all they are doing to make sure our fleet and Transportation Center is equally prepared for opening day! It’s been said the first “doorway” to school every day is the door to a school bus, and our drivers and monitors and the entire bus fleet are just about ready to greet all of our riders!
Please join us and thank Andres Massari, Chris Thorpe, Tara Grogan, Kerri Mohrmann, Nate Vogt and Kyle Redner for all they are doing to make sure our fleet and Transportation Center is equally prepared for opening day! It’s been said the first “doorway” to school every day is the door to a school bus, and our drivers and monitors and the entire bus fleet are just about ready to greet all of our riders!
REMINDER: The High School FBLA will conclude its annual school supplies drive to benefit the Minisink Valley community on Friday, Aug. 15.
Donations are being collected through Aug. 15 with distribution taking place on Aug. 22 and 23.
For further information or to make arrangements for supply drop off, email advisor Seth Johnson at sjohnson@minisink.com
Donations are being collected through Aug. 15 with distribution taking place on Aug. 22 and 23.
For further information or to make arrangements for supply drop off, email advisor Seth Johnson at sjohnson@minisink.com
REMINDER: Don't let your student's school-issued Chromebook battery fully discharge over the summer!
Even when a Chromebook is off, its battery continues to slowly lose charge. If left long enough, the batteries might no longer function and can’t be recharged. At the same time, you shouldn’t keep Chromebooks plugged into a charger while in storage for months. This can reduce battery life and lead to other issues.
Prepare Chromebooks for long-term storage:
--- Charge your Chromebooks so that the battery is at least 80% full. This ensures that even when the battery discharges while unplugged over the summer, it won’t fully run out of power.
--- To slow the discharge rate during storage, do not physically remove the battery from the Chromebook for storage. Instead, take the following steps:
Connect the device to a charger and turn it on.
Hold Refresh and Power at the same time.
While holding these keys, remove the power cable from the device and then release the keys. The device should shut down and remain off.
Confirm the battery disconnect worked by pressing the power button. The device should not power on, despite having a battery charge. The Chromebook won’t power on by touching the power button or opening the lid, until you plug the device back to a power source.
This is the ideal way to store devices. It reduces battery discharge to a minimum, prevents constant charge and discharge from reducing the battery life, and keeps the Chromebook in a stable, powered-off state.
Note: If you can’t put your Chromebook into the battery disconnect state described above, charge the battery to at least 80%. Then, turn off the Chromebook, unplug it from a power source, and store it in a cool, dry place.
Here is a video of the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfhpbNZk3js
Please email any questions to parentportal@minisink.com
Thank you for your attention to this important information, and thanks for sharing!
Even when a Chromebook is off, its battery continues to slowly lose charge. If left long enough, the batteries might no longer function and can’t be recharged. At the same time, you shouldn’t keep Chromebooks plugged into a charger while in storage for months. This can reduce battery life and lead to other issues.
Prepare Chromebooks for long-term storage:
--- Charge your Chromebooks so that the battery is at least 80% full. This ensures that even when the battery discharges while unplugged over the summer, it won’t fully run out of power.
--- To slow the discharge rate during storage, do not physically remove the battery from the Chromebook for storage. Instead, take the following steps:
Connect the device to a charger and turn it on.
Hold Refresh and Power at the same time.
While holding these keys, remove the power cable from the device and then release the keys. The device should shut down and remain off.
Confirm the battery disconnect worked by pressing the power button. The device should not power on, despite having a battery charge. The Chromebook won’t power on by touching the power button or opening the lid, until you plug the device back to a power source.
This is the ideal way to store devices. It reduces battery discharge to a minimum, prevents constant charge and discharge from reducing the battery life, and keeps the Chromebook in a stable, powered-off state.
Note: If you can’t put your Chromebook into the battery disconnect state described above, charge the battery to at least 80%. Then, turn off the Chromebook, unplug it from a power source, and store it in a cool, dry place.
Here is a video of the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfhpbNZk3js
Please email any questions to parentportal@minisink.com
Thank you for your attention to this important information, and thanks for sharing!
PLEASE HELP, no matter what building your student attends!
The Elementary School is continuing with its TREX recycling challenge over the summer months. Since May, the school has collected 235 pounds of soft plastic and needs to collect only 765 more pounds to reach the 1,000-pound mark to receive a special TREX bench for the school! While the school has until April 30, 2026 to collect the remaining soft plastic, it’s looking to the community to help! Stop by the ES main entrance from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday with your donations! Thank you for whatever you can do to help the cause!
The Elementary School is continuing with its TREX recycling challenge over the summer months. Since May, the school has collected 235 pounds of soft plastic and needs to collect only 765 more pounds to reach the 1,000-pound mark to receive a special TREX bench for the school! While the school has until April 30, 2026 to collect the remaining soft plastic, it’s looking to the community to help! Stop by the ES main entrance from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday with your donations! Thank you for whatever you can do to help the cause!
Reminder: Download the district's free smartphone app!
The Minisink Valley School District's free smartphone app offers users the ability to stay current with individual school updates and information on district events and activities.
It also provides users with customized notifications related to each school selected by each user, including a quick and easy way to learn breakfast and lunch menus in all buildings each day!
The free app is available for Android and Apple devices in their respective app stores.
To stay up-to-date on the latest district news and events via the app, visit Google Play Store and search for Minisink Valley CSD; or the Apple App Store and search for Minisink Valley CSD NY.
The Minisink Valley School District's free smartphone app offers users the ability to stay current with individual school updates and information on district events and activities.
It also provides users with customized notifications related to each school selected by each user, including a quick and easy way to learn breakfast and lunch menus in all buildings each day!
The free app is available for Android and Apple devices in their respective app stores.
To stay up-to-date on the latest district news and events via the app, visit Google Play Store and search for Minisink Valley CSD; or the Apple App Store and search for Minisink Valley CSD NY.
TRACK & FIELD SUMMER BEGINS AUG. 18! CAMP REGISTRATION IS TAKING PLACE NOW!
Don't miss out if interested!
DETAILS: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ctcuEIbr2FY8u-pdBqPDe65wBgBaTYyW
SWIM SUMMER CAMP BEGINS AUG. 4! REGISTRATION IS TAKING PLACE NOW! Don't miss out if interested!
Details: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ctcuEIbr2FY8u-pdBqPDe65wBgBaTYyW
CHEER SUMMER CAMP BEGINS JULY 21! REGISTRATION IS TAKING PLACE NOW! Don't miss out if interested!
Details: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ctcuEIbr2FY8u-pdBqPDe65wBgBaTYyW
GIRLS LACROSSE SUMMER CAMP BEGINS JULY 21!
Register now so you don't miss out!
DETAILS: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ctcuEIbr2FY8u-pdBqPDe65wBgBaTYyW
FOOTBALL SUMMER CAMP BEGINS JULY 7!
REGISTER NOW so you don't miss out!
Click here for details: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ctcuEIbr2FY8u-pdBqPDe65wBgBaTYyW
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIELD DAY FUN!
Take a peek at our K-2 students having a blast at last Friday's Field Day! It was a great day to be outside! THANK YOU to everyone who played a role in the day's success and fun! We appreciate you and so do our students!
See more photos on the district's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MinisinkValleyCSD
BASEBALL SUMMER CAMP BEGINS JUNE 30!
REGISTER NOW so you don't miss out!
Click here for details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17maPASCQQQ368vgQWKSLDqX3D0d2LuCg/edit
It's "Paint and Sip," Kindergarten style! In this instance, it’s "PAINT AND SNACK!"
Karen Ruoti’s and Tiffany Guareno’s ES kindergarteners recently gathered for a special and innovative year-end PAINT AND SNACK party where they painted and later snacked on fruit together! Students followed a guided painting lesson featuring fireworks (perfect for the upcoming July 4 holiday) followed by an outdoor picnic featuring fresh fruit. These little students followed a step-by-step demonstration, allowing them to create their own unique masterpiece!
What a fun, relaxing and creative way to end the season with friends (and bring home a wonderful keepsake to their families!)
Leyla Johnson’s ES K-2 students have been working on a variety of fun, creative, manipulative stations including striking, throwing and catching, volleying with hands and with an implement, hula hoop challenges and creative scarf challenges.
Students worked with a variety of equipment trying individual, partner, and group challenges working on manipulative skills.
In Physical Education, manipulative skills involve using one’s body to move or control objects with accuracy and speed, often involving gross motor skills like throwing, catching, kicking or striking. These skills are crucial for developing both gross motor coordination and fine motor control and are an amazing foundation for multiple sports and activities, while also being a lot of fun!
ES kindergarteners took a fabulous field trip to Pierson’s Farms yesterday, June 4!
It was a great day to be outdoors, enjoy the sunshine with friends, meet some goats, try out the trike track, tube gliders, spider web and gravel pit and mine for gems! Students even learned about plants by planting their own little plant to bring home and care for!
IS/ES/Otisville families:
REMINDER: “Early Bird” registration is taking place for the Middletown YMCA’s “Club Kid” Program, which is again being offered at Minisink Valley for the 2025-26 school year. Don't miss out if interested!
Club Kid provides safe, fun, and supervised care before and after school at Otisville Elementary and the Intermediate/Elementary schools and follows the district’s calendar.
To learn more, CLICK HERE: https://www.minisink.com/o/oes/article/2152590
Shawne Demberg’s ES kindergarteners recently celebrated the 7th birthday of Addy, the therapy dog! In lieu of gifts, her class celebrated this sweet dog by donating items especially for dogs which were sent to the local Humane Society! Thank you to everyone who supported this drive, and Happy Birthday to Addy!
WHAT A HOOT! Joseph Ferara’s ES second-graders, like all second-graders at the Elementary School, have been studying owls over recent weeks. In this unit, students learned about the parts of an owl, what owls eat, where they live, the different species and much more!
One of the biggest things that they learned was that owls swallow their prey whole! When they do this, owls will later regurgitate up the bones and parts they can’t digest as a pellet. As part of their work, students had the unique opportunity to dissect owl pellets. Inside, they found the bones of the different animals the owls eat such as mole skulls, mouse legs and more. Students used charts to identify the different bones they found. As part of their learning, many classes, like Mr. Ferara’s, incorporated other “owl activities,” including drawings and other crafts such as these adorable hats!
Please support the good work of the Minisink Valley PTO and purchase an ULTIMATE DISCOUNT CARD!
This fundraiser concludes Saturday, June 7!
Get all the details via this link: https://www.ultimatefundraisinginc.com/discount-card-store/physical
