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SSCS hosted its annual Poetry Festival on Oct. 13 and Sharon Springs students in grades 6-12 had the pleasure of mingling with world famous visiting poets during an assembly in the school auditorium. Festival founder and Pulitzer Prize winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon shared a poem which compared the sounds of coy wolves he heard […]
Sharon Springs’ Rosa Brown may one day represent the face of change in the construction industry. Right now, though, the SSCS high school junior is learning the fine art of construction and masonry at Capital Region BOCES. Brown is among 87 students from the area enrolled in the Building Trades program at the Career & Technical […]
SSCS announced the winners of its annual Summer Reading Challenge and honored these students at its September Morning Program. The program is for all students in grades K-5. Students in grades K-1 are challenged to read 20 or more books over the 10-week summer break. Students in grades 2-3 are challenged to read 20 or […]
Did you know that October is National Farm-to-School Month? Sharon Springs Central School District is happy to participate in the New York State Farm-to-School Program that was created to connect schools with local farms and food producers to strengthen local agriculture, improve student health, and promote regional food systems awareness. For the month of October […]
In a heartfelt tribute to one of its own, the Sharon Springs Central School District’s School-Community gathered on Friday, September 29th, during the district’s homecoming night, to officially dedicate the newly minted soccer complex to Mr. Anthony M. DiPace, an esteemed 1983 graduate of SSCS. The event, attended by community members, Mr. DiPace’s family members, […]
More than a dozen SSCS students were among the 1,000 regional high school students and agriculture teachers who attended SUNY Cobleskill’s annual High School Day on Friday, Sept. 22. Forty area schools participated this year in friendly competitions and contests in the fields of agricultural engineering, animal science, business, food service and agricultural management, canine […]
Fifty golfers gathered at Cobleskill Golf and Country Club on Saturday, Sept. 16 for the annual SSCS Booster Club Golf Tournament/four-person scramble format. This is one of the Boosters’ largest fundraiser of the school year and we had a great turnout. Some $3,000 was raised through entry fees, hole sponsors and various donations. The money […]
After a truly exciting 2022 season, a trip to Sectional play and seeing five senior players graduate last spring, the SSCS Girls Varsity Soccer Spartans face the challenge of rebuilding this year. “There is no doubt that we are a young team,” said Spartans Coach Randi Korona. “The underclassmen have a lot of responsibility on […]
The SSCS Boys Varsity Soccer club offers a mix of experienced and first time varsity players on this year’s 2023 squad. The team continues to field players from SSCS and the neighboring Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School District under coaches Cyle Conley and David Mayton. “Merging soccer with CVS has been great,” said Coach Conley. “We […]
As SSCS kicks off another great school year our secondary students and staff have chosen this theme for 2023-24: “Small School – Big Effort – High Character – Huge Success!” “We want each and every SSCS student to become the best versions of themselves,” said Superintendent/Principal Thomas Yorke. “I see greatness ahead for each of […]
