During its regular meeting on April 7, 2025, the VCSD Board of Education voted to approve a proposed $34,525,250 budget for the 2025-26 school year. The proposed budget would preserve all current academic programs, staffing and funds for needed maintenance projects throughout our schools. “We take our role as educators and responsible shepherds of the …
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VCSD regrets it will not be able to offer a Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) program for the 2025-26 school year as the district could not secure an affordable community-based provider during the required bidding process. The district understands the benefits of UPK and was looking forward to providing this important resource to families. The current provider, …
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Kindergarten registration for the 2025-26 school year is officially open. If your child will be five years old on or before Dec. 1, 2025, they are eligible to enroll in kindergarten now. Early registration helps ensure a smooth start to your child’s educational journey and helps the district prepare for incoming students. To register, contact …
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The scent of crayons and markers filled the air as a group of Clayton A. Bouton students immersed themselves in elementary school classrooms to learn about careers in education. The students, who have an interest in becoming teachers, were recently given the opportunity to shadow educators for several hours. “You get to see what the …
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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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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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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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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 …
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 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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