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SSCS Holds K-5 Talent Show

on April 10, 2025
SSCS Holds K-5 Talent Show

SSCS held a student Talent Show on April 10. Thank you to all of our performers who demonstrated their talents as singers, dancers, acrobats, musicians, and more. A lot of practice and rehearsal went into the show and we appreciate their efforts. Thank you also to our Talent Show organizers/teachers Donna Baker and Anne Laier. […]

Student Council BoX Challenge Erases Negative Labels We Place on One Another

on April 8, 2025
Student Council BoX Challenge Erases Negative Labels We Place on One Another

Understanding the importance of celebrating individuality in our school community, the SSCS Student Council sponsored The BoX Challenge this spring. The boX Challenge is a student-led movement to break the “boxes” of stereotypes and labels that society places on individuals. By choosing positive words that challenge these labels, students gathered to embrace their unique identities […]

SSCS Loves Green Eggs & Ham, Sam I Am

on April 4, 2025
SSCS Loves Green Eggs & Ham, Sam I Am

Sam-I-Am’s friend might not have liked Green Eggs and Ham but SSCS loved the second graders’ theatrical performance of the Dr. Seuss classic book at our most recent (March) elementary school Morning Program. After a month of celebrating the famous children’s author and his March birthday, his characters came to life on the auditorium stage […]

SSCS March Students of the Month

on April 2, 2025
SSCS March Students of the Month

Congratulations to our SSCS K-5 Students of the Month for March. Students are selected for this honor for making positive choices, working hard, and helping others.

Student Council Initiates Drive For Sharon Springs Food Pantry

on March 28, 2025
Student Council Initiates Drive For Sharon Springs Food Pantry

SSCS and our Student Council members would like to thank everyone who supported Spirit Week (March 24-28) and our collection for the Sharon Springs Food Pantry. Several boxes of non-perishable items were gathered in our classrooms and delivered to the Food Pantry to help those in need. Thank you all for your support in making […]

Second Graders Learn About Alaska’s Iditarod Dog Sled Race

on March 24, 2025
Second Graders Learn About Alaska’s Iditarod Dog Sled Race

SSCS second graders in teacher Donna Baker’s class spent part of March learning about Alaska’s world famous Iditarod dog sled race celebrating its centennial year. Each student selected a musher and followed them through the race on their school iPad. They learned about Alaska’s terrain, weather, sled dogs and the people living there. This year’s […]

Jump and Issa Accepted Into NYS FBLA Honor Society

on March 21, 2025
Jump and Issa Accepted Into NYS FBLA Honor Society

Congratulations to SSCS’ Ava Jump and Yasmin Issa who will be inducted into the New York State FBLA Honor Society. To be accepted into this limited group, members must be a high school junior or senior, a member of FBLA for two or more years and uphold academic excellence, positive character, leadership and service in […]

CTE Students Compete at SkillsUSA Event, Robinson Captures Third Place

on March 21, 2025
CTE Students Compete at SkillsUSA Event, Robinson Captures Third Place

Congratulations to SSCS’ Giavanna Robinson, one of 31 Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education students to medal at this year’s regional SkillsUSA competition held March 19 in Albany. Robinson, a student in the CTE Early Childhood Education program, was part of a team that captured third place in the SkillsUSA Promotional Bulletin Board category. […]

SSCS Student-Athletes and Coaches Attend March Leadership Conferences

on March 19, 2025
SSCS Student-Athletes and Coaches Attend March Leadership Conferences

Cooperstown Conference Four SSCS student-athletes joined 400 of their peers from 60 area school districts at the 10th Annual Student-Athlete Leadership Conference on March 7. The daylong conference entitled “Respect: It Goes Both Ways” was hosted by the Cooperstown CSD at the Clark Sports Center. Attending were juniors Michael Cashman and Peyton Barbic, sophomore Devin […]

The Sky’s NO Limit For SSCS 2016 Alum Trenton Witham

on March 11, 2025
The Sky’s NO Limit For SSCS 2016 Alum Trenton Witham

Like many kids, Trenton Witham remembers gazing into the sky and wondering about outer space. But unlike many adults, this SSCS graduate was one of the lead engineers who helped land a spacecraft on the moon earlier this month. That spacecraft was the Blue Ghost lunar lander which touched down on the moon Sunday, March […]