Choir and Band
Concert
Our 5th/6th grade Choir and 7th/8th grade Choir and Band will be
performing this Thursday, 3/11/2010. The concert will take place at
7:00pm in the high school gymnasium.
Global Studies
Regents Review
Mr. Rivers will be holding review sessions for the Global Studies
Regents from 2:50-3:25 p.m. beginning in March 2010. The schedule,
topics, and bi-weekly review assignments are listed below: March 2nd
- Session 1 - Belief Systems March 9th -
Session 2 - Key People - Review Assignment June 2002 #1-50 due March 16th
- Session 3 - Geography March 23
- Session 4 - Wars and Revolutions - Review Assignment June 2004 #1-50
due March 30
- Session 5 - Human Rights Violations April 13
- Session 6 - Economic Systems - Review Assignment June 2006 #1-50
due April 20
- Session 7 - The Thematic Essay April 27
- Session 8 - DBQ's and the DBQ Essay - Review Assignment June 2008
#1-50 due.
As an incentive, students will be awarded +1 point on their quarter
average for each review session they attend. A review folder, with all
required materials, will be provided to each student.
Global Studies students are strongly encouraged to attend and also to
use the following website to assist their studies. The website
contains valuable review material from the course, along with numerous
other practice Regents Exams:
Finally, in
addition to the sessions listed above, Mr. Rivers is also available
period 10 (2:45-3:25) every Wednesday and Thursday, in Room 41, for
extra help. The late bus will be available to transport students staying
for review sessions and extra help.
This test serves as the final exam for Global II, and is both a Regents
and graduation requirement. Therefore, I ask for your assistance
in ensuring the success of your student on this most important exam.
Please feel free to contact me at 295-6600 if you have any questions.
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.
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.
