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  • National Honor Society hosting final blood drive of the school year May 28

    The Herkimer National Honor Society hosts the final of its three blood drives this school year from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28, in the Aux Gym at the Herkimer Middle-High School. Community members are encouraged to join us and donate. You can schedule your appointment online now: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=HerkimerHS You can also


  • Voters approve 2025-26 Herkimer Central School District budget

    Herkimer Central School District residents voted 223-61 on Tuesday, May 20, to approve the district’s $35,250,696 budget for the 2025-26 school year. “Our school community once again turned out to show its support for the district with this budget vote, and we truly appreciate that,” Herkimer Superintendent Kathleen Carney said. “The budget maintains programs and


  • District provides information on cut to SRO program

    The Herkimer Central School District and Board of Education were extremely disappointed to learn that the Herkimer village mayor and Board of Trustees unilaterally terminated the longstanding school resource officer (SRO) program. The district and the village have worked together to provide SROs in each of the district’s buildings for the previous nine years. The


  • Budget Hearing rescheduled

    The Herkimer Central School District Board of Education Budget Hearing has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. on Monday, May 12, in the Herkimer Middle-High School Library Media Center. The Budget Hearing was originally scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, but was postponed due to flooding in the area.


  • Lilia McLean named Art Student of the Month for May 2025

    The Art Student of the Month for May is Lilia McLean. Lilia is in 12 grade, and she was chosen as Student of the Month by Mrs. Zorn because of her diligence and determination in the classroom. Lilia consistently uses her class time well, and her creativeness and art-making skills have improved tremendously. Below is


  • Family BINGO Night creates fun for attendees

    Second grade teachers Brenna Kirkpatrick and Debra Knowlton hosted Family BINGO Night on Thursday, April 3, at the Herkimer Elementary School. Parents and students all thoroughly enjoyed a fun-filled night of laughs and more than 30 BINGO games. Winners were excited with such a variety of prizes to choose from. In addition, consolation prizes were


  • William Li named Art Student of the Month for April 2025

    The Art Student of the Month for April is ninth grader William Li. William was chosen as Student of the Month by Mrs. Zorn because of his work ethic and his willingness to challenge himself creatively in his studio in art class. William is a role model in the classroom. He consistently comes up with


  • Herkimer CSD announces 3 days of no school from unused emergency days

    School will not be in session at Herkimer Central School District on April 17, May 23 and May 27. The district has scheduled those three days of no school by utilizing three unused emergency/snow days. This will bring the total number of school days for the school year to the required 181 days. Please note


  • Herkimer 3rd graders create songs for Music March Madness competition

    In celebration of Music in Our Schools Month and in the spirit of college basketball March Madness, Herkimer Elementary School third-grade classes created songs that competed in a tournament. Herkimer Elementary School vocal music teacher William Pegg organizes the annual “Music March Madness” event for third graders. Students wrote short songs in the style of


  • Illusionist Leon Etienne performs for Herkimer Magicians at PARP assembly

    Reading resulted in magic for Herkimer Elementary School students. Because students reached their goal of reading for a combined more than 45,000 minutes over the two weeks of their Pick A Reading Partner (PARP) program, illusionist Leon Etienne performed for students on Thursday, March 27, including a magic trick where it appeared sharp spikes went