Summer Adventure site provides week-by-week activities for grades K-5 Summer vacation may look a bit different this year — but Capital Region BOCES has eight weeks of activities to keep children engaged all summer long! Capital Region BOCES has partnered with its 24 component school districts to create a website of fun, enriching activities for …
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Mrs. Kawryga and the 6th-grade teachers went around to students’ homes on Monday, June 15 to present them with their awards, diplomas, and signs for completing sixth grade. Please see the videos that Mrs. Parry created to commemorate this year for them. Congratulations to all the 6th-grade students! Virtual Game of Catch 6th Grade Slideshow …
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Mrs. Blanc and Mrs. Schoff’s 2nd grade class did a research project on Landforms. They were given an assignment by the Smithsonian museum to create exhibits for their new landform section of the museum. The project consisted of videos and readings on landforms, walk and find of landforms in their community, internet research on their …
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The 2020-21 budget proposal was approved by a tentative vote of 573 to 251, 70% to 30% The Capital Reserve Fund was approved by a vote of 551 to 276, 67% to 33%. The bus purchases were approved by vote of 610 to 216, 74% to 26%. Board member Sarah Barnes was re-elected with 654 …
Mrs. Pedrick’s and Mrs. Smith’s second grade classes worked on the social studies unit of “Now and Then” during “at home learning”. Through this process, the students needed to find an artifact from the past. They needed to ask questions to the owner of the object to learn more about it. Each student then wrote …
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Mrs. Sprouse and Mrs. Yoder created a video for their students. Mrs. Yoder said, “Even though our littlest learners don’t get to have a graduation ceremony this year, I made their very special slideshow anyway.” You can view the slide show here.
Thanks to the commitment the OESJ CSD Association of Professionals has to their community, their students will benefit from a $2,000.00 donation the Association chose to make. Association President and Physical Education teacher Tim Barnes discussed the unmet needs of many students with Special Education teacher Rose Sammons and School Social Worker Darlene Marchand-Clifford. …
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The Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Board of Education has named Adam Heroth, the former Jr./Sr. High School principal, as the next superintendent of schools effective on July 1. The Board of Education appointment was made on June 2. Heroth succeeds Interim Superintendent Joseph Natale, who completes two years in that position this month. Heroth, who was named …
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June 1, 2020 Dear OESJ Families and Staff, Believe it or not we are approaching the end of the 2019–2020 school year and what a journey the last several months have been! As we approach the end of the school year I want to provide you with some updates: Last day of school The last …
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May 15, 2020 Dear OESJ families and Staff, I know that many of you are thinking about the end of school year, particularly our graduation ceremony. Please know that we have also been thinking about this. Administrators, faculty advisors and students continue to work together to come up with creative plans to recognize our graduates …
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