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  • Herkimer students learning to build, fly drones for drone soccer

    Herkimer Central School District students in the high school drones class taught by technology integration specialist Richard Mathy are building drones capable of being used in drone soccer competitions. Mathy said he thinks the project is beneficial because of the various aspects included with it – particularly the transferrable skill of building the drones. “It’s

  • UPDATED Homecoming week schedule: details for Monday events, rescheduled football game

    DETAILS OF HOMECOMING EVENTS TAKING PLACE ON MONDAY, OCT. 21: 5:15 p.m. – Honoring of the seniors. Seniors and their families need to be in the main gym by 5 p.m. to line up. All parents, students and guests should park in the front parking lot and enter through the main entrance. Parking is not available in

  • Herkimer senior named National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student

    Herkimer Central School District senior Brian Flint said it felt “pretty good” when he recently received a Letter of Commendation for earning the status of a Commended Student in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students placed in the top 50,000 students nationwide through the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Flint said

  • Herkimer students support Herkimer County Out of the Darkness Walk

    Herkimer Middle-High School students supported the Herkimer County Out of the Darkness Walk in a variety of ways on Saturday, Sept. 28. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Community Walks aim to raise awareness for mental health and suicide prevention. The second annual Herkimer County Walk was based out of Arc Herkimer’s

  • Herkimer CSD launches new district website

    Herkimer Central School District welcomes you to our new district website! The launch of the new website marks the culmination of a process that took place over more than 18 months to develop a new district logo, determine official colors, develop a style guide and build the new website. For the website, we conducted an

  • District provides update on safety drill practices and notifications

    With the 2024-2025 school year now underway for students, Herkimer Central School District would like to inform parents/caregivers/guardians  of some changes that the New York State Education Department’s Board of Regents approved over the summer regarding school district safety drills. In New York state, all schools are required to conduct eight evacuation drills (fire drills),

  • Welcome back to school – photos of elementary students arriving

    We’re happy to welcome students back for the 2024-25 school year! Below are some photos of Herkimer Elementary School students arriving during the first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 4. View more photos on our Facebook page.

  • Herkimer students complete 1st phase of Harmon Park improvements with educational garden, Little Free Library

    The revitalization of Harmon Park in Herkimer is well underway thanks to Herkimer Central School District students in social studies teacher Caroline Lampert’s civics capstone class and agriculture teacher Talia Baker’s landscape design class. During the 2023-24 school year, the students cleaned the park and designed and installed new features there. By the end of

  • Monthly free books available for Herkimer CSD children until 5th birthday

    To enhance opportunities for our youngest learners, the Ready for Kindergarten program at Herkimer Elementary School has partnered with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to provide a free monthly book to all children in our district from birth until their 5th birthday. Questions can be directed to our Family School Navigator Mechelle Widay at 315-880-0796 or

  • Local forums taking place about recommendations from state Blue Ribbon Commission on Graduation Measures

    In November 2023, the New York State Education Department Blue Ribbon Commission on Graduation Measures presented their recommendations for future diploma requirements to the Board of Regents. Since then, the Department created a vision to implement these recommendations. The NYS Education Department is hosting local forums for you to participate in small group discussions and

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