Schedule Senior Portraits for Class of 2023

Senior Portraits – Class of 2023 Due to the anticipated construction at the high school over the summer, Legacy Studios will be holding senior portraits THIS SPRING FOR NEXT YEAR’S SENIOR CLASS. The photographers will also be returning in the fall, as well. Please be mindful of these guidelines when scheduling your appointment: Photographers will ensure a …

Our Hearts Are Saddened

A Letter from Superintendent John Xanthis to the Valley Central Community:  May 25, 2022 Dear Valley Central Community, It is with deep sadness that I write to you today regarding the tragic incident that occurred yesterday in a Texas elementary school. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have been irreparably …

It’s Time for SENIOR QUOTES!

eniors, the time has come to submit your SENIOR QUOTES! Use the Google Form linked below to leave your written legacy behind in this year’s Viking Log. Quotes are due Friday, January 28th! Email Ms. Kelleher at joette.kelleher@vcsdny.org with questions.  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTxOhIUG3taV_aAzFZhaEhoQPmRMBPpDemgm8F3yvQPH1Hzg/viewform?usp=sf_link Senior Quotes 2022: Google Form

Test to Stay At Valley Central

NYSDOH supports “Test To Stay” (TTS) as a strategy that allows asymptomatic, unvaccinated, school based close contacts (e.g. students, teachers, school staff) to avoid school exclusion (but not other restrictions of quarantine) by testing negative through serial testing using rapid NAAT or antigen tests during a seven-day period following exposure. The Orange County Department of …

NYS Digital Equity Survey

NYS Digital Equity Survey To collectively serve students, families, and educators, it is imperative that districts and the New York State Education Department have, and maintain, an updated, accurate, complete picture of the state of digital equity for each individual student.  Therefore, the NYS Education Department is requiring that a short 9-question Digital Equity survey …

Navigating Your Child’s Social Media

Sourav Sengupta, a University of Buffalo professor and an expert in child and adolescent mental health, says “our children will need to grow up to find a reasonable way to incorporate, tolerate and utilize social technologies in their lives”.   Trusted adults can support young people is by setting age- and developmentally appropriate boundaries. He suggests …

Arts are Alive at Valley Central

The Art and Music Departments at Valley Central are doing great things throughout the district.  Keep up with everything going on in the departments at those pages.  Visit our Art At Valley Central page at https://www.vcsd.k12.ny.us/academics/art-at-valley-central/ Visit our Music At Valley Central page at  https://www.vcsd.k12.ny.us/academics/music-at-valley-central/

Instant Admission Days are BACK!!

College Instant Admission Days are coming soon! There is still time to register for appointments- Please reach out to your guidance counselor or stop into the guidance office if you are interested in setting up an appointment with any of these schools: The College of Saint Rose- November 30th SUNY Orange- November 30th AND December …