Month: May 2018

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Taking on the Workforce Team Challenge for charity

The SCS team, 22 strong, turned out May 17 for the annual Workforce Team Challenge 3.5-mile race to raise money for charity. Team members included Superintendent David Blanchard, High School Principal Kevin Calacone, High School Assistant Principal/Athletic Coordinator Bob Kraemer and Elementary and High School faculty and staff. This year’s race benefited programs including the …

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Schoharie Elementary honored as No Place for Hate

Schoharie Elementary School is No Place for Hate and they have an official banner to show for it. Principal Andrea Polikoski, 5th-grade teacher Bridget Krepcio and students Jayden Maitland and Sophia Styles were presented with the banner at a ceremony at the University at Albany Performing Arts Center in mid-May. Schoharie Elementary was among about …

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SCS alum Burke Herrick wins VSA Young Soloist award

SCS alumnus and current Schenectady County Community College School of Music student Burke Herrick has won the 2018 VSA International Young Soloist Competition with fellow Out of Time Barbershop Quartet members Devin Canavally, Christian Gomez and Bobby Frazier. The VSA International Young Soloist Competition is part of the Jean Kennedy Smith Arts and Disability program …

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Schoharie’s music all-stars

Twenty-four 5th and 6th-grade SCS choir and band students participated in the All-Stars Music Festival at Golding Middle School April 27-28, where they worked with guest conductors and performed with their peers from neighboring school districts.  “We are so grateful to have students, even at this young age, participating in honors ensembles,” said Schoharie music …

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Vocalists share their talents in Norwich

Schoharie Central School District was well represented at the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) solo festival at Norwich HS on May 12, with 29 vocal students performing. The students, from grades 5-12, worked with their music teachers to prepare solos and to practice sight-reading for the annual festival, where they are judged and …

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Jackson VanDerwerken wins HS Theatre Award; “Cinderella” wins Schenectady Light Opera Co. honors

The envelope please. And the winner for Best Supporting Actor is . . .  Jackson VanDerwerken for his portrayal of Jean-Michael in Schoharie’s production of “Cinderella.” On May 19, several cast members, directors, and volunteers from SCS’s performing arts club joined with their peers from 22 other Capital Region Schools for the High School Musical …

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New grade-level health requirements take effect July 1, 2018

New York state has set new grade-level requirements for health exams and screenings for students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Beginning July 1, all students enrolling in the district for the first time – along with children entering pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 in the fall – will be …

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Residents approve budget, propositions, elect two to board

Schoharie Central School District residents approved the proposed $23,822,954 budget for the 2018-19 school year by 251 to 133, an approval of 65.4% Schoharie Central School District residents approved, by a vote of 276 to 108, a proposition authorizing the purchase of three passenger school buses at a maximum estimated cost not to exceed $270,000. …

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All a-buzz about science and engineering

Thanks to funding by the Schoharie Elementary PTSO, second graders were buzzing with knowledge about the science and engineering of bees, honey and hives after a May visit by the SUNY Polytechnic’s Children’s Museum Of Science & Technology (CMOST). The students learned about honey bees and their bodies, roles in the hive and hive construction. …

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Brainy learning served up at the STEAM Cafe

Schoharie students in grades 4-12 took a brainy look at the exciting worlds of science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) at the district’s first STEAM Cafe at the high school on May 11. The topic was Brain Chat, and the free, afterschool event featured guest speakers neuroscientist Dr. Elavarasi John and local non-profit director …

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