More than 500 people attended the first annual Small Town Throwdown Section 2 Cheer Competition hosted by SCS on Jan. 28. Visiting schools included Gloversville, Middleburgh, Norwich, Greenwich, Germantown, Northville, Mayfield, NDBG, Galway, OESJ, Fonda, & Greenville. Schoharie’s varsity cheer team placed 7th overall. Great job!
Choral and piano composer Kevin Memley rose early on Jan. 26 to share his expertise with Schoharie High School choir members, but he didn’t have to leave his home. The Fresno, Calif., resident met with the students in their music room via a Google Hangout videoconference arranged by teacher Carrie Styles. “I reached out to …
Jeneca Kenny’s kindergartners use iPads to track the whereabouts of a world-traveling gingerbread man. Besides high-tech sleuthing using their own, new devices, the children are learning reading, writing, library, geography, math and social studies skills. The iPads were purchased with state Smart Schools funds.
Congrats to SCS senior Stephen Alescio on becoming the 4th male and 6th overall varsity basketball player to score more than 1,000 career points. At the Jan. 19 Scho-Burgh Cup at SUNY Cobleskill, Steve scored his 10th and 11th points of the night in the second quarter to push his varsity total over 1000 points. …
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Schoharie Elementary School hosted players from the Siena Saints men’s and women’s basketball teams on Jan. 8, building on both a positive relationship with the college’s athletics department and children’s skills on the court, and beyond. The players ran skill drills with the students, signed autographs and huddled up for a Siena Saints cheer. The …
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It was their school’s first team, first series of meetings and practices, and first official competition, but a group of Schoharie students embraced learning, preparing and participating in a national program centered on STEM and LEGOs. The Schoharie Hydro Squad, Schoharie’s FIRST LEGO League team, participated in a regional robotics competition at Shenendehowa High School …
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Before their winter break, our FIRST LEGO League team ‘hung out’ with a microbiologist in Canada via the Internet and SmartBoard. For more information on the FLL program, visit https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll
