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 …
Until further notice, all indoor athletic contests hosted by Valley Central will have a spectator limitation of two spectators per athlete.
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/
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 …
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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Section IX Fall 2021 COVID-19 Protocol Guidelines The Section IX Protocol Committee has developed a set of guidelines for the Fall 2021 season. These guidelines are subject to change based on any future mandates from the Governor, the State Department of Health, the local County Departments of Health, the State Education Department or the NYSPHSAA. …
Questions and Answers regarding the 2021-2022 Back to School Plan have been added to that webpage. The questions were collected via Google Form from August 17-August 20, 2021 and presented during Public Participation at the August 23, 2021 BOE meeting.
Dr. Remenar, MD, our district physician, offered information at our August 23, 2021 BOE meeting. She has forwarded the sources of the information to publish here. Quoted studies that support wearing of masks within the article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957133?src=mkm_covid_update_210824_MSCPEDIT&uac=277016PN&impID=3591289&faf=1 Children and COVID-19: https://www.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report PIDS (Pediatric Infectious Disease Society) Supports Universal Masking for Students, School Staff https://pids.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PIDS-statement_7.26.26SchoolsMaskingUpdateStatement.CVHdraft8FINAL_v2.pdf
The District has purchased basic supplies for students this year as a way to alleviate any stress due to the ongoing pandemic. Although some teachers may request certain items, there are no overall supply lists from any of our schools. Also, remember that every VC student can get a free breakfast and free lunch everyday …
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 …
