Minisink Valley Central School District

Looking for some interesting reading this weekend? Check out the 2021 edition of "Work in Progress," the publication of the high school's Literary Magazine Club, now in its fourth year, and under the guidance of advisor Karen Hooper! Everything is student written, drawn, or photographed! Kudos to all for their involvement in, or contributions to, this outstanding representation of student talent and creativity! https://pub.lucidpress.com/676793f6-f207-441e-9017-270b53/

How would you portray yourself abstractly? These MVES students clearly know! Take a look as they work creatively on their abstract portraits!

Last night, June 10, students from the Otisville Concert Band, directed by Maria Fenfert, and the Otisville Choirs, under the direction of Skyler Klein, performed a wonderful outdoor concert entitled, The Phoenix, for friends and family! The concert was a celebration of joy, rebirth, strength, and solidarity in the face of adversity and featured pieces that reflected that theme. The concert concluded with "Ode To Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony which was a tribute to the composer's 250th birthday as well as a way to commemorate an incredible musician who himself overcame his loss of hearing to write one of the greatest masterpieces of all time. Watch for videos, so you call can hear how great they sound!

Class of 2021: The ENCORE BEGINS JUNE 13! https://www.minisink.com/names-and-faces-in-lights-second-/

PLAY BALL! https://www.minisink.com/registration-for-summer-baseball-/

WARRIORS: Please stay safe today! And remember to send us your snow day photos! We'll be happy share! #WeGotThis Show us your #WeGotThis photos, too! We're all home today...so a great day to create some unique photos!... Email all your photos to: [email protected]!

Attention Minisink Valley school families: Minisink Valley schools are closed for a TRADITIONAL SNOW DAY on Monday, Feb. 1 to due the anticipated weather forecast! PLEASE STAY SAFE! Let's see your traditional snow day photos! What will you be up to? It really is important to continue to find some normalcy during these pandemic times: A traditional snow day! Email to: [email protected]!

Congratulations to high school students Travis Lysyczyn, Joseph Cloidt and Charles Mason who are also O-U BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) students for their recent success in the first round of the CyberPatriot Competition, a cyber-education program conceived by the Air Force Association to inspire high school and middle school students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. READ MORE at: www.minisink.com

WARRIORS: Keep those valentine photos coming! Email to: [email protected]! Don't be left out!

Good morning, WARRIORS! Take a peek at this young WARRIOR, who is taking the time to read with a furry friend! (Let’s not interrupt them!) Keep sending your WARRIORS at WORKat home photos to: [email protected]! We love sharing!

Happy holidays, Minisink Valley families: We can’t think of any better way to kick off the start of the Winter recess than by listening to a cherished holiday classic read to you by members of the Minisink Valley High School administration, faculty and staff! Gather everyone and click below to listen to their presentation of Clement Moore’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. Then, please stay tuned for a message from Superintendent Monahan. Please SHARE and ENJOY!... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLsm-JWokEo

Share your wish!

You can’t "taste" a book by its cover! In collaboration with Middle School Librarian Maggie Spicehandler, a "Virtual Book Tasting" was held for some students in Brooke Larson's and Jaclyn Lockett's ELA sixth-grade ELA class during this week of all-remote instruction at the middle school. As part of their "tasting," the students looked at different video clips, author interviews or book reviews on novels within a specific sub-genre. ... Some of these sub-genres included adventure, mystery, historical fiction, science fiction and more. Through these tastings, students were able to get a feel for what that each novel would entail within each sub-genre. At the tasting’s conclusion, almost all students had selected a novel they wanted to borrow from the library!

Minisink Valley school community: We’re happy to announce some important food service updates! Please complete this short survey to help us best help you and your family! https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSe6UChf--tXmFFns/viewform... Those who have previously signed up for meal delivery and have been receiving meals DO NOT need to fill out this survey. Meals are free to all students Friday meal deliveries will include meals for Saturday and Sunday We will deliver meals home any time the district is in full remote instruction mode (all students/buildings are remote) Please remember to place a container by your mailbox or at the end of your driveway. Home delivery of meals will begin Monday Jan 4, 2021.

Minisink Valley school community: There is snow in the forecast! Of course, how the forecast will play out is not yet known. In the meantime, we want to be sure you have refamiliarized yourselves with how inclement weather and academic instruction decisions are made. PLEASE SHARE! Thank you for your attention to this important information.

Who doesn't love an UGLY SWEATER or HOLIDAY PJs? Check out today's ugly sweater/holiday PJ festivities at Otisville Elementary! Everyone looks simply ADORABLE! Show us your UGLY SWEATER/holiday PJs! Post your photo below!!! Simply click on the CAMERA icon in the comments section and show us your SWAG!

REMINDER! GET YOUR DONATIONS TOGETHER! The Minisink Valley High School FBLA is creating care packages for front line medical workers at Garnet Health Medical Center, formerly known as Orange Regional Medical Center, and is asking for community donations. PLEASE SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS! https://www.minisink.com/high-schools-fbla-club-seeks.../... Drop off dates begin next week! See more

Attention Minisink Valley Elementary parents: Minisink Valley Elementary School has large numbers of staff who are quarantined due to COVID-19 exposure issues. Their ability to instruct remotely is not impacted, but this does cause in-person staffing issues in this building. At this time, the elementary school will remain on a fully remote schedule through Tuesday, Dec. 15. Students are anticipated to return to class on Thursday, Dec. 17. Thank you for your attention to... this important information. https://www.minisink.com/minisink-valley-elementary-school/

#WeGotThis We're all in this together! Send your #WeGotThis photos to: [email protected] Be sure to incorporate the hashtag #WeGotThis in your photo! Be creative!

We wish you a great day of virtual learning, WARRIORS! Keep sending photos of your WARRIOR at WORK...at home! Email to: [email protected]

Meet this young WARRIOR, who is showing his school pride (and his famiiy's beautiful Christmas tree) with his awesome WARRIOR shirt! SHOW US YOUR SWAG! Email a photo of you in your favorite Minisink Valley attire! We'll collect them for an upcoming post! Email to: [email protected]

Minisink Valley National Honor Society (NHS) students have created over 200 bags of treats to donate to the Orange County Veteran’s Food Pantry this holiday season. CHECK OUT THE BEAUTIFUL PACKAGING! The bags were donated on behalf of the school’s NHS chapter and Minisink Valley veterans, who were offered the donation but graciously requested that they be donated to the Orange County Veteran's food pantry which serves a greater number of needy veterans. READ MORE: https://www.minisink.com/national-honor-society-students-p/

PRESENTING: The Minisink Valley High School Mixed Choir, Women's Choir, and Chamber Choir virtual concert! Students have been learning their music both virtually, and in person, since September. Each student records their part at home, using the rehearsal track provided, and Choir Director Danielle Cornacchio takes each submission and combines them all together to create the virtual choir. ENJOY! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtm_M7zy8f0

COVID-19 has not stopped the important work of Minisink Cares, the community-based program providing support to families throughout the school year. This year is the 30th year the organization is assisting those in need, with organizers reimagining the way help is given this year due to CDC, state and local mandates. Read about the important work, including the stories from three people who have benefitted from the generosity of so many at: https://www.minisink.com/minisink-cares-marks-30-years-of-/

Ever wish you had a twin to do your work while you have fun? (Or, in some cases, more than one more person?) Kat Hoolan’s High School Studio in Photography students figured out the secret to just that with this Seeing Double project. And, no, we’re NOT going to tell you how they did it! Take a look and be impressed!

Congratulations to Sebastian Quiles, the randomly selected winner of High School Yearbook Adviser Kat Hoolan’s CALL FOR YEARBOOK PHOTOS request! Check out his Minisink GOLF SWAG! He gets a $20 Cugino’s gift card to enjoy some delicious food! (MAYBE... he’ll share with his family!!!). THANK YOU to everyone for the many fun and creative entries received!

A race to the finish is really a seventh-grade science lesson in the importance of observation! Amy Sicina’s seventh-grade Life Science students recently set up obstacle courses in trays to observe brown, worm-like larvae of darkling beetles known as mealworms navigating and negotiating the course. Mealworms can be found throughout most of the world and prefer warm, dark, and damp places like under decaying logs and leaves. They are designed for burrowing and eating and wil...l feast upon grains, vegetation, spoiled food and many other types of fresh or decaying organic matter. They’re an important part of the ecosystem and an important food source for many animals. It didn’t matter which mealworm had enough zeal to finish, because the goal was to observe and describe their characteristics and behaviors. Observation is essential in science! Scientists use observation to collect and record data, which enables them to construct and then test hypotheses and theories. Descriptive observations play a vital role in scientific progress, particularly during the initial explorations made possible by technological breakthroughs.

Minisink Valley school community: Please visit our website, www.minisink.com, for a message from Superintendent Brian Monahan today, Nov. 3. Thank you. https://www.minisink.com/otisville-elementary-school-nov-3/

Minisink Valley school community: Please visit our website, www.minisink.com, for a message from Superintendent Brian Monahan today, Nov. 2 Thank you. https://www.minisink.com/mv-elementary-school-nov-2-covid-/

Minisink Valley parents: The New York State Education Department developed a Parent Dashboard to increase transparency and make school-level data easier for parents and the public to access. Find information about our schools and provide feedback: https://data.nysed.gov/parents/

When Minisink Valley Elementary students are outside for recess, they can participate in the school’s Mileage Club! They run/walk laps and scan the tags they are wearing which calculates the cumulative laps and miles they have ran/walked. Students love it! Take a peek at Jennifer DiSimone’s white cohort first-graders having fun while staying physically fit! This program was spearheaded by Physical Education Teacher Theresa Uhulsky, and is now part of recess activities!

Minisink Valley families: If you're interested, here's some useful programming from our friends at the American Red Cross.

Happy Monday, WARRIORS! We wish everyone a great week! Here's some of our remote WARRIORS at WORK busy with their studies! Keep sending photos because we love to share! Email to: [email protected]

Attention WARRIORS: We’re sharing this important information because we know you regularly travel with people you care deeply about in the back seats of your vehicles. Please buckle up!

STRIKE UP THE BAND!!! Through remote and hybrid learning the past two months the 8th Grade Band has been working on not only improving their playing ability but also learning how to record themselves for a virtual performance recording! The focus has been how to be an independent player and play along with a backing track or metronome. Check out their first try! Keep calm and play on!... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDDzUFNRyOk&feature=youtu.be

Minisink Valley parents/guardians: Information on the fall series of Parent/Teacher Conferences is now available on our website, www.minisink.com Important: Please follow the instructions noted and reach out to your child's teacher with any questions you have. Thank you for your attention to this important information.

AMAZING! CONGRATULATIONS to Senior Alyson Morse, who has been named to the New York State School Music Association’s (NYSSMA) 2020-21 All-State! Being selected for All-State is one of the highest student achievements in music education! The virtual festival will feature students who are the best of the best in New York State! ... Alyson will join other musicians who will perform in a virtual concert under the direction of professional and collegiate conductors. She will be a member of the NYSSMA Virtual All-State Treble Choir as an Alto. Alyson was recommended for this prestigious honor by high school choir director Danielle Cornacchio. The virtual concerts will be presented during NYSSMA's 2020 Cyber Summit, to be held Dec. 3 to 5. The recorded sessions will be available through Feb. 21, 2021.