The boys' baseball game scheduled for today (Wednesday, May 22nd) will begin at 3:30 pm at home against Chateaugay Central School.  The game time change is due to the threat of thunderstorms.  If you have any questions, please contact the district office at 375-8814 x. 21001.  

 
Please note that all cafeteria charging will cease on Monday, May 20, 2013.  All cafeteria accounts must be brought current and paid in full by Friday, June 14, 2013.  Failure to pay cafeteria charges in full will result in student's report card and/or transcripts being held at the end of the year.

 We currently have installed new telephones in several of our offices.  Below are the new extensions to reach each area.

• Main Office - Mrs. Woodside - extension 21000

• Main Office - Mrs. Rowe-Hitchman - extension 21024

• CSE Office - Mrs. Bogardus - extension 21017

• Guidance Office - Ms. Fields - extension 21007

• District Office - Ms. Bouchey - extension 21001

• Nurse's Office - Mrs. Dashnaw - extension 21006

• Transportation -  Mr. Barse - extension 21003

We appreciate your patience with this new telephone system.

Friday, May 24, 2013, will be a give back snow day for our students at MCS.  In addition, school will be closed on Monday, May 27, 2013, in observance of Memorial Day.  Students will return to school on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.

Morristown Central School's kindergarten registration and screening will be held on Friday, May 3, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.  Kindergarten screening will be held at the Morristown Methodist Church next to the school.

REGISTRATION IS BY APPOINTMENT.  Beginning Monday, April 22, 2013, please call school nurse, Shirley Dashnaw, at 375-8814, extension 1006 to schedule an appointment for your child.

PLEASE NOTE:
Kindergarten screening will be held ONLY for the children who are NOT currently attending the UPK program at Morristown Central School.

It would be appreciated if you did not bring other children into the testing area.

YOU WILL NEED TO BRING THE FOLLOWING:

Immunization Records:  Required
Birth Certificate:  Required
Custody Papers or Orders of Protection:  Required (if applicable)
Copy of Doctor’s Physical:  Required
Two Proofs of Residency:  911 address for parent or legal guardian (Driver’s license, lease agreement, bill with physical address not PO Box, etc.)  Required

If your chld will be four years old on or before December 1, 2013, they will be eligible to attend our half-day UPK program. 

If you are interested in enrolling your child in our UPK program, registration is being held on the following dates and times:

Date:     Monday, May 6, 2013                           
Time:    08:30 a.m. –11:30 a.m.
             12:30 p.m. – 02:30 p.m.

Date:     Tuesday, May 7, 2013                          
Time:    08:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Appointments are not needed for registration.  Please bring your child with you to registration so they can visit our UPK classroom.

Please bring the following information to registration:

 Immunization Records:  Required
Birth Certificate:  Required
Custody Papers or Orders of Protection:  Required (if applicable)
Copy of Doctor’s Physical:  Required
Two Proofs of Residency:  911 address for parent or legal guardian (Driver’s license, lease
agreement, bill with physical address not PO Box, etc.)  Required

If you have any questions or are planning on enrolling your child for the 2013-2014 school year, please contact school nurse, Shirley Dashnaw at (315) 375-8814, extension 1006.

 
The second volume of the budget newsletter was mailed out today (Thursday, March 21th).  You can click the link below for the updated budget newsletter.

Link:  Budget Newsletter - Volume 2

 
Please click the link below for the information which was shared at the community forum held on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 with Dr. Phil Martin, consultant for the regional study.  The evening provided brief facts and figures regarding regionalization.  

Link:  Powerpoint Presentation on Regional Study

 
Please click the link below for the FAQ from the community forum held on December 12, 2012.  This forum was held to discuss the future of the district and possibilities of a regional high school or other forms of consolidations.  If you have any questions, please contact the district office at 375-8814 ext. 1001.

Link:  FAQ from Community Forum

 
The first volume of the budget newsletter was mailed out on Thursday, February 14, 2013.  You can click the link below for the updated budget newsletter.

Link:  Budget Newsletter - Volume 1

There will be a special presentation and community forum with Dr. Phil Martin, consultant for the regional study between Morristown, Heuvelton, and Hermon Dekalb schools.

This presentation will be held on March 12, 2013 at 6 pm in the school cafeteria. Registration will begin at 5:30 pm with light refreshments.

Study consultant Dr. Phil Martin will begin the evening with some brief facts and figures regarding regionalization. Participants will break out into small groups to discuss the information provided.  

Dr. Martin has thirty-eight years of administrative experience in public schools in New York and has been involved with several school studies regarding declining enrollment, regionalism, consolidation, and shared services programs. 

We invite you to come listen to what Dr. Martin has to share and ask questions.  IF you or someone you know would like to participate in the forum, please RSVP by Monday, March 11th, by contacting the district office at 375-8814 ext. 1001 or by emailing forum@mcsk12.org.  

The faculty, staff, and students showed their support in raising money and awareness for Coaches vs. Cancer by purchasing white t-shirts with the school and cancer logo.  Thanks to the efforts of the MCS Sports Booster Club a donation will be made to the Coaches vs. Cancer Foundation.

The Frederic Remington Museum is holding its 16^th  Annual Middle School/ High School Art Exhibit.  Madison Meyer, Taylor Fielding, Joseph Walker and Yaoying Li have been selected to enter a piece of their artwork into this show.

All are invited to come to the opening reception on Saturday, January 19th from 2 – 4 p.m. to see the artwork displayed, along with other local art students, in the Remington Museum. 

Reserve your child's yearbook before it is too late!

The final chance to pre-order the Morristown Central School yearbook is Tuesday, January 15, 2013.  In order to reduce costs, we will only be ordering ten extra yearbooks.

Price:

Without name on cover:  $35.31 (including tax)

With name on cover:      $40.66 (including tax)

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Folino at (315) 375-8814.

Thank you for your support!

 
Samantha Green was selected to attend this year's Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar and Devin Dulmage was chosen as an alternate.  Every year over 9,000 high school sophomores from across the country are chosen to participate in HOBY leadership seminars.  HOBY is an educational, life-changing experience that provides leadership and developmental skills with a strong focus on community. Congratulations to Samantha Green and Devin Dulmage!

Section X has a new athletic website for all sports schedules.  The website is http://sectionxsportspak.sllboces.org and you are able to set up instant e-mail notification for up-to-date information regarding cancellations and postponements.

On Friday, October 26, 2012, students from St. Lawrence University visited Mrs. Congleton's 3rd period Spanish I and II class.  The St. Lawrence University students interacted with Mrs. Congleton's students and helped them create skits, poems or raps to demonstrate the value of learning Spanish in the world today.

Pictured above with the Spanish I and II class are SLU students Cassidy Zuraitis and Max Littlefield.

On Friday, October 12, 2012, Walmart awarded 20 Morristown teachers with $50 reward cards to purchase classroom supplies that will help their students start the school year off right.  As part of the Teacher Rewards program, the local educators were honored during an award ceremony at Morristown Central School.

In its fourth year, Teacher Rewards will donate up to 4.5 million to provide 90,000 teachers across the United States with reward cards that will help offset the cost of classroom expenses.  These funds come at a critical time, as the majority of U.S. teachers going back to school will spend their own money to ensure their students have the supplies they need to learn throughout the school year.

More than 4,600 U.S. Walmart stores, Distribution Centers and Sam's Club locations are eligible to select one local public school and provide reward cards to 20 teachers from the selected school.  Winning teachers can use the funds to purchase esential items for their classrooms such as paper, folders, binders, clipboards, pens, pencils crayons and markers.

Walmart is proud to honor our community's teachers, who give time and often their own money to ensure that our students have everything they need to be successful throughout the school year.  At Walmart, they are dedicated to supporting our nation's teachers by providing them with the support and resources needed to continue educating the future leaders of our country.

Photography students entered photographs into the PBS station's "Art Squared"  exhibition. Students' work needed to be original artwork and cropped to a 6" x 6" piece. The opening reception for this art exhibit will be on Saturday, November 3rd at the Comfort Inn (by Denny's) in Watertown. The reception is open from 6-9pm. All are welcome to attend. The following students are participating in Digital Photography: Shelbi Johnson, Brooke Snyder, Aaron Stout, Taylor Fielding and Allanmichael Martin.

Sixteen studio art students entered artwork into the 11th Annual Remington Arts Festival in Canton on Sept. 22nd. Students had to use the monarch butterfly, either the butterfly, the colors or texture, in their artwork.
 
Elissa Baldwin won one of four prizes. She received Honorable Mention and $50.

Dr. Richard Partch, Sr. University Professor at the Chemistry Center for Advanced Materials Processing at Clarkson University, spoke with the students about his research on preparing antidotes for designer drugs and therapeutics (cocaine, methamphetamine, tylenol, ibuprofen) using microemulsions and polarity differences.  These microemulsions could be inserted in the blood stream to neutralize the drug and have it excreted in urine.  These micoremulsions could provide emergency personnel an immediate antidote for a potential overdose to stabilize the molecule and to help regulate heart rate.

This fall, the school cafeteria is meeting touch, but exciting new federal nutrition standards for school meals.  Please click on the link below for more information on the changes.

Link:  Healthy Changes in Cafe