Month: June 2023

Grade 8 students at Voorheesville Middle School used graffiti to express their emotions in an English lesson that included readings on the Holocaust, the Cuban rafters crisis of 1994 and the Syrian Civil War. In addition to reading the historical fiction book Refugee by Alan Gratz, which tells the stories of three young refugees, students …

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  Five Clayton A. Bouton will be signing checks awarded to them for their writing skills. The five students are the winners of this year’s Voorheesville Short Story Contest. Started in 2015, the Voorheesville Short Story Contest seeks the best short fiction from student writers in grades 11 and 12. This year’s theme was “A …

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