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WES Remembers
It’s been two short years since WES and the VC community felt the loss of longtime community member and employee Annette Bittner. For the staff at Walden, losing their beloved Nettie has left a void in everyone’s hearts. We continue to honor and remember her loving and giving spirit and strive to pay it forward …
MES 4th Graders Featured in “TIME for Kids” Magazine
Students from Sue Dami’s 4th Grade class read the September 17th (2021) edition of “TIME for Kids” as a class. In that edition, the magazine posed a question to its readers; “What part of space would you want to explore?” Mrs. Dami’s students responded and Mrs. Dami submitted the responses to the magazine. And …
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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/
The Board Of Education Authorize Attorneys to Intervene in Medline’s Court Proceedings
Medline Seeks to Have Assessment Reduced by 81% Which Will Negatively Impact School Taxes As you may recall, many in our school district and community were pleased with Medline’s decision to withdraw as a PILOT and proceed with building a facility in Montgomery. Regrettably, Medline has recently filed with the Supreme Court asking to have …
Congratulations to our 2021 Tenure Recipients
Philip Rodriguez, Secondary School Asst. Principal, HS Allison Simoskevich, Secondary School Asst. Principal, HS Sarah Rosenwasser, Social Studies, HS Amanda Gliedman, Science, HS Alisa Podgorskaya, School Psychologist, HS Denyse LaVallie, Business, HS Daniel Walker, Music, HS Brittany Bilodeau, Art, HS Kaitlyn Bruna, Social Studies, HS Thomas Stoddard, Phys. Ed., MS Joanna Sandve, English, MS Kathryn …
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Parent Portal Issues?
Where do you find the Parent Portal? On the Home page of our district website in featured links. Here is a direct link to the portal: https://st10.schooltool.com/valleycentral I need help with the Parent Portal. Parent Portal is a highly secure, internet-based application through which you are able to view district-permitted details of your student’s academic …
How Our 2021-2022 Back to School Plan was Developed
Our 2021-2022 Back to School Plan was developed with a Back to School task force of administrators and staff members. The Valley Central Back to School Task Force was composed of: Superintendent and Assistant Superintendents School Business Official All the Principals of our schools Directors of Technology, Special Education, Special Program and Student Services, Food …
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Superintendent’s Letter Regarding 2021-2022 Back to School Letter
You may have learned that the long-anticipated guidance from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) will not be forthcoming. New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker stated, “With the end of the state disaster emergency on June 25, 2021, school districts are re-established as the controlling entity for schools. Schools and school …
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VC Digital Newsletter July 2021
Summer Opportunities This year has created obstacles and challenges for our students that will take time from which to recover. The goals for our summer program are multi-pronged to address as many of the post-pandemic issues as possible. Usually Valley Central offers a remedial high school and middle school summer school program, but this year …