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Thanks to the Sharon Springs Fire Department for helping SSCS celebrate October Fire Prevention Month. Throughout the month SSCS has sponsored educational lessons and activities in and outside the classroom to raise fire safety awareness among students and staff and help ensure our homes are safe and our families are protected. This initiative was highlighted […]
The SSCS chapter of SADD is sponsoring Red Ribbon Spirit Week Oct. 23-27 calling on all students to take the pledge to make good decisions when it comes to themselves and others. Red Ribbon Week is a national campaign held in October that inspires our kids to be happy, brave and drug free. During the […]
Congratulations to our SSCS K-5 Students of the Month for September. Students are selected for this honor for making positive choices, working hard, and helping others. September honorees are (bottom row – left to right): Maria Messias (Grade 2), Aubrey Raggi (Grade 2), Mason Cornwell (Grade 1), William Simpson (Kindergarten) and Daniel Ferrone (Kindergarten). Top […]
More than a dozen SSCS high school juniors and seniors attended College Information Day Oct. 18 hosted by SUNY-Cobleskill. Representatives from nearly 50 colleges and universities were on hand to offer information on their educational institutions, answer questions and give area high school students an early glimpse into college life. The event was also sponsored […]
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 […]
