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Students Build Relationships through Blackbird Buddy Groups

Blackbird Buddy groups, which meet regularly throughout the school year, offer young learners the chance to make friends and develop their capacity for kindness, compassion, understanding and care.  Blackbird Buddy activities begin with a school-wide assembly, often with students singing the Alma Mater and other songs related to school-wide efforts to build positive relationships, including …

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Meet the New Security Monitor: Vince Foley

This school year, Voorheesville Central School District welcomed Vince Foley as a new security monitor at the MS/HS campus. Foley brings extensive experience in safety and a long-standing commitment to the youth in our community.  While the role of the security monitor involves ensuring safety on campus, Foley is also dedicated to fostering positive relations …

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Voorheesville Junior Learns Crime-Solving Skills

Juniors in the Criminal Justice program at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center recently dusted up on their criminal justice knowledge – literally. Students in Darin Jones’ program on the Schoharie Campus recently practiced an integral part of crime solving – dusting for, and collecting, fingerprints. Among the students is Rayah …

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Who you gonna call? iRobots!

Recently, the second graders in Emily Leczinsky’s class teamed up with some tiny teachers for a robotics lesson in “ghostbusting.” This was a fun, hands-on way for students to apply what they have been learning in class to a real life situation—something Leczinsky says is essential for the learning to “stick” with the students. Benchmarks …

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High School Filmmakers Produce Anti-Bullying Videos

High school students in the Digital Media class have taken on an important project this year–creating a series of anti-bullying videos to raise awareness and promote kindness among their peers. Their films are being shown during the Blackbird Cage morning announcements, and are seen by students in grades 6-12. The work coincides with October’s Bullying …

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Middle School Students Learn New Problem Solving and Leadership Strategies

Middle school students recently took part in Sweethearts and Heroes assemblies and activities, where they learned new social and emotional strategies to use both in and out of school. Part of the mission of Sweethearts and Heroes is to “grow the innate human skills around empathy and compassion, and promote bystander empowerment and positive leadership …

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Students dive into writing at Cole Summer Writers Institute

Tension, suspense, talking toasters! For nearly a dozen of our middle and high schoolers, a week spent together writing, revising and then writing some more was a summertime dream come true. Now in its 19th year, the annual Cole Summer Writers Institute offers students a chance to dig into a variety of writing styles, believe …

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Letter Regarding Phishing Scam Awareness

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students, As you are aware, phishing attempts (the attempt to steal personal information) are becoming more commonplace. Nationally, and in New York state, students have been targeted. At VCSD we utilize every available means to prevent our community members from falling victim. A major component of prevention is keeping our community …

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Authentic Writing Takes a Tasty Turn

  Grade five students have a new taste for the art of writing restaurant critiques, and their new skills earned them each a slice of pizza. As an exercise in authentic writing, teacher Kristy Riccio had her students write reviews of their favorite local restaurants. The opinion/argumentative writing unit also required students to mail their …

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Public Hearing on Tax Exemptions is Scheduled

  LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Public Hearings on the modification of the Property Tax Exemption under Real Property Tax Law Sections 459 and 467, for eligible seniors and persons with physical disabilities, the adoption of the Property Tax Exemption under Real Property Tax Law Section 466-a, for eligible volunteer …

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