School Closed
February 10th
On
Wednesday, February 10th, there will be a district-wide staff
development day. This is a new addition to the school calendar and
students will NOT be in attendance on this day. The change in schedule
is to accommodate special training for the elementary staff related to
differentiated instruction (meeting the needs of disabled, at-risk
students, and students needing more challenging content, in the same
classroom) and teaching strategies to make the limited amount of
instructional time more effective. The additional training is a
component of the school improvement plan to improve student achievement.
High school staff will be engaged in specific activities and training
related to curriculum improvement and math-science technology
integration. The Junior High School assembly that was scheduled for this
date has been moved to Friday, February 12th, at 8:20 am.
Robert C. Byrd
Honors Scholarship Nominees:
Jeffrey
Chilton and Samuel Tavenner have been selected to participate in the
2010 Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Program Competition. This competitive
scholarship, which is given out to each county in New York State, is
worth $1500 per year of college, to students who have demonstrated high
academic achievement and show promise of continued excellence. In order
to be nominated, a student must have a minimum GPA of 95, based on a
Byrd score, and a minimum combined math, critical reading and writing
SAT score of 1875 or higher in one sitting. Congratulations to Jeff and
Sam on their high academic achievement and best wishes in the
competition.
Regents Week
January
Regents/Regents Competency Tests (RCT’s) will take place January 26-29,
2010. School, for students in grades 9-12, will not be in session
January 26, 27 and 28. Guidance and teachers will notify those students
expected to take exams. January 25 will be an early release day. We will
be running a schedule of periods 5-9.
High School Days
Contest 2009
Schoharie
Valley FFA took 28 students to compete at the annual High School Days
Contest, held at Cobleskill College, where 23 different schools
competed. Schoharie students placed very high in many of the contests
and brought back thirteen plaques to the school.
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Holocaust Speaker
Comes to SCS
On October
14th, Mrs. Marion Blumenthal-Lazan came to Schoharie Jr./Sr. High School
to speak to 8th, 10th, and 12th graders. Mrs. Lazan gave a very
moving lecture of her account of the Blumenthal family life from
imprisonments in Nazi concentration camps to the time of liberation.
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SCS Opens Credit
Union Branch
Schoharie
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) held a ribbon cutting ceremony
on October 1 to mark the grand opening of the Schoharie Valley Branch of
First New York Federal Credit Union. The branch will be open every
Thursday while school is in session and is open to Schoharie students,
faculty, and staff.
The branch is student operated by 12 FBLA members who completed teller
training in September. The members rotate through the various jobs
involved in the branch, including teller, new accounts specialist, and
customer service. More>>
Holt Online Learning
All Geometry
and Algebra II with Trigonometry students now have user names and
passwords to access their math text books online. They can log
onto at http://my.hrw.com. At this
website they can can also find tutorials to get extra help on topics,
review materials for tests, and other resources.
