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  • Spotlight on: Patrick Rowley

    Read a Q&A with December 2024 Senior Student of the Month Patrick Rowley.


  • Spotlight on: Laura Scalise

    Read a Q&A with December 2024 High School Teacher of the Month Laura Scalise.


  • Raylana Griffin named Art Student of the Month

    The Art Student of the Month for December/January is Raylana Griffin! Raylana is in 10 grade, and she is currently taking the basic drawing techniques/Drawing 1 class. Raylana was chosen as Student of the Month by Mrs. Zorn because she consistently uses her class time well, she is willing to challenge herself creatively, and she


  • Spotlight on: Talia Baker

    Read a Q&A with November 2024 High School Teacher of the Month Talia Baker.


  • Herkimer students develop short play at Herkimer BOCES Honors Program event

    Five Herkimer high school students recently participated in the Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Honors Program “Narrative Improvisation and Short Plays” event and developed their own short play. “It was a day full of learning and bravery as students jumped outside of their comfort zones and put themselves out there in the name of improv,” Herkimer agriculture teacher


  • Spotlight on: Danny Bleaking

    Read a Q&A with November 2024 Senior Student of the Month Danny Bleaking.


  • Spotlight on: Ayla Simpson

    Read a Q&A with November 2024 Senior Student of the Month Ayla Simpson.


  • Herkimer art teacher Heather WheelerStapf’s Outstanding Educator award stems from deep history with district

    Herkimer Elementary School art teacher Heather WheelerStapf’s journey to recently winning a Genesis Group Outstanding Educator award started early in her life with roots right where she works now. WheelerStapf grew up in Herkimer and went to kindergarten through third grade at the old East Herkimer Elementary School on Pine Grove Road right next to


  • Herkimer Elementary School hosts 1st Thanksgiving Parade

    Herkimer Elementary School students participated in the school’s first Thanksgiving Parade on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Elementary students in prekindergarten through fifth grade have been reading the book “Balloons over Broadway” by Melissa Sweet during library class and planning for the parade. In art class, they have been creating their designs to parade with. In music


  • Herkimer County art teachers present at New York State Art Teachers Association Conference

    Four art teachers from Herkimer County showcased their talents at the 76th annual New York State Art Teachers Association Conference on Friday, Nov. 22, and Saturday, Nov. 23, in Binghamton – with their registration covered through the Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Arts in Education program. At the conference, Central Valley art teacher Cheryl LaVenture led a workshop