The Yorktown Central School District Board of Education meets at 5:30pm Monday, February 8, 2010 in the Mildred E. Strang Middle School cafeteria for a Special Meeting/Work Session. It is anticipated the Board will adjourn to an Executive Session, then return to Public Session at 7:00pm.
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Applications Welcome Through Friday
The Yorktown Central School District has a vacancy on the Board of Education due to the recent resignation of Judith Huntington. The school board is seeking letters from residents interested in filling the opening.
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The Class of 2011 is leading the Yorktown
High School drive to collect toothbrushes that will be distributed in Honduras by CAPE Cares, an organization that brings free medical and dental care to areas in Central America where people have limited access to these services. The campaign is ongoing through Friday, February 12. Community members are invited to join in this public service effort. Please bring your donation to the main office of Yorktown High School.
Save the Children and the American Red Cross are the two humanitarian organizations whose work in Haiti is being supported by more than $5,000 in donations collected through the efforts of the Yorktown Central School District. Just about half the total was raised this weekend during the Brookside School's "Hearts for Haiti" campaign at the Yorktown A&P, where student sold "message hearts" for $1.00 each. The hearts and their messages of support for the Haitian people now line the hallways of the school.
The legacy of Rachel Scott, whose young life was cut short 
by the tragedy of Columbine High School, lives on in Yorktown High School. Rachel had "this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion it will start a chain reaction..." See the lessons learned about character, kindness and one person's capacity to influence the world in a positive way. >> Rachel's Challenge
Come see the artwork of Crompond young artists on display 
in the Superintendent’s Art Gallery in the Administration building. If you can’t make it, take a look at the rich variety of art movements, media and styles from Fauvism paintings and Glue Textured Self Portraits to Storytelling Lunch Bags, Snow Globes and Winter Trees. >> Gallery
In a 
collaboration between the Library Media Specialist, Carole Clark, and the YHS English Dept’s Christine Johnsmeyer and Barbara Williams, the High School is integrating blogs with reading and writing. The novel approach to the outside reading assignment encourages students to read literature and then open up communication about what they have read. The blog engages technology and develops the understanding that learning is a collaborative process. >> Watch
Take a look
at the beautifully renovated lockers rooms at Mildred E. Strang Middle School. You'll see the extensive work done during the construction period, and how the locker rooms look today -- beautiful, well lit, functional and safe for our middle school students and community. Thank you!
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