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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. ...

Foundation — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:08:53 +0100

Daily Announcements for Friday, May 18, 2012

Science & Math Club students going on the trip on Saturday are reminded to be at the school by 4:30 a.m. The bus leaves promptly at 4:45. Remember to bring a change of clothes and NO flip flops or sandles. Any questions, please see Mrs. Bartlett.

Reminder to All 9-12 Grade Students: You need to turn in your community service hours ASAP. You will not be able to turn them in after JuRead More...

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. Mark Twain

Mike Oot — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:36:53 +0100

Today's Announcements

High School:

Today is day 1

Thursday, March 22, 2012

There is a Jr. High FFA meeting today after school in Mrs. Waldron’s room

The winter Varsity Sports Awards night is tonight, at 7:00pm in the cafeteria. If you have any questions about this event, please see Mr. Kiser.

The Music Department would like to inviteRead More...

Varsity Cougars Basketball Claim First Victory

Dale Durant — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:15:00 +0100

Boys varsity basketball defeated the previously undefeated Brookfield on Tuesday night. After being down 19-4 at the end of the first quarter, the team started making baskets and stepping up their defense. The team walked off the court with their first win of the season with a score of 50-43.

Stockbridge Valley Foundation & Disney & the "Hands On Network"

Mike Oot — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:53:09 +0100

Several months ago, the Disney Company, in conjunction with the Hands On Network announced that a free admission to the Disney Parks would be given to each registered volunteer who performed a volunteer service for an enrolled charitable organization.

The Stockbridge Valley Educational Foundation was enrolled with Hands On in the Disney program and posted the recent Dinner Theater as a "opportunity" for registered volunteers.

Well, the dinner was a great success and so was the pRead More...

Boys JV and Varsity basketball teams pull off 2 great wins.

Dale Durant — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:47:50 +0100

Both the JV and Varsity boys basketball teams had exciting wins against Brookfield tonight. The JV team showed their strong defensive skills, holding their lead at the half of 28-12 through the end of the game where the score was 45-28. The team's 5th win of the season was in part to Ryan Thorna's "amazing plays" said Coach Kilian with a laugh. The Varsity team pulled through after the half when they were behind 25-19. The boys playRead More...

“Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. ...

Admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:43:36 +0100

Thursday January 28, 2010

Stockbridge Valley CSD One of Top Schools in the State

Admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:32:03 +0100

Today the Post Standard is reporting that U.S. News & World Reports has published its National Rankings of Top High Schools in the nation.

Schools are honored for their ability to educate the general population, minority and economically distressed students as well as those that are college bound.

In New York State, 122Read More...

Warning!! Don't Open That Email From the IRS

Admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:21:22 +0100

OK, first of all, it's not from the IRS. It's a big virus and either opening the attachment or clicking the link will download a virus called Zeus into your system which won't improve your relationship with the IRS or with your local bank because it will help the hackers to access your account information and, as they say, drain your account quickly.

Here's a link to a discussion of the problem: IRS email

Here's a Challenge

Admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:30:46 +0100

Wouldn't it be great if all the kids at school could do this? I know that I can't do it; can you find someone that can?

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-FYyuvrRk&eurl=http://www.jeffersondemocrat.org/&feature=player_embedded#t=81 300x300]Testing

Come Watch This Hopeless Baseball Team

Kyle — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:00:00 +0100

The other day I was reading an article about the New York Mets, as I frequently do. This article was on the website for the New York Daily News, and author Adam Rubin does a good job describing how the Mets have become a franchise with little to no chance of success in the near future. Rubin describes questionable roster moves and poor injury diagnosis that have led to the Mets struggles this season. And he is 100 percent correct in my opinion.

However, Rubin didnRead More...

Why Soccer Stuggles In America

Kyle — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:00:00 +0100

1) We Buy American: The push to buy American is very strong in this country. We have our own sports: football, basketball, baseball (yes England, we still claim baseball), and NASCAR. When it comes to sports, we stick with the ones we made up.

2) Too many ties: We Americans have a strong dislike of ties, which happen frequently, sometimes without an overtime period (gasp!). The phrase "A tie is like kissing your sister" is enough evidence to proveRead More...

A Policeman At Your Elbow

Admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0100

There is a defense in the law that's based upon the concept of "irresistible impulse". In reality, it fits into the so-called "insanity defense" line of cases and is based upon the idea that if a compulsion to commit a criminal offense is so strong that the defendant will do it, even with a police officer standing at his elbow, then he or she lacks the necessary criminal intent to be chRead More...

The Moving Wall

Admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0100

There must be a way to use The Wall as an educational opportunity. So often children are exposed to relics and reminders of the past but have no real fund of information available to them that might enable them to really and truly understand the significance of what they are seeing. This is why it's so profoundly important for the Foundation to continue to work to enhaRead More...

Snopes and You

Admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0100

OK, how many times have you received an email with some terrible and heart-wrenching story urging you to take some urgent action, typically involving sending the email plea to everyone in your address book?

In keeping with the prior blog about "Spam 2.0" it's true that people are so kind hearted and kindly disposed to help that they simply send Read More...

Opera Unite

Matt Misiaszek — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0100

For those who haven't heard of it, Opera is a web browser similar to Internet Explorer (Microsoft's default) Firefox (Mozilla) or Safari (Apple). What opera is doing with the latest version of their browser is allowing the user to turn his or her computer into a server. What this means is that you will be able to share files off of your computer (yes, music too) with people you Read More...

Music Department Scores Superior Ratings at Music Festival

Mrs. Belanger — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0100

Congratulations,

SVCS Music!

TRILLS AND THRILLS MUSIC FESTIVAL

Congratulations to the 7-12 Band

Receiving a 95% and a top rating of SUPERIOR

Congratulations to the 7-12 Chorus

Receiving a 90.5% and a top rating Read More...

Spam 2.0

Matt Misiaszek — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0100

You may have heard of Web 2.0. This blog is an example of that. Web 2.0 put simply, is user-generated internet content. I'm generating this content for other users. I got an email today where somebody sent a message to a lot of people about notifications going to the wrong person. I was "lucky" enough to be one of them. Whoever designed this was very creative. People who receive this message are compelled to correspond to try and figure out whaRead More...

Lady Cougars to Defend Class D Title

Foundation — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0100

The Stockbridge Valley Girls Softball Team will travel to Cicero North Syracuse on Saturday, June 6 to defend the Class D Championship title. They will play at the Gillette Road Complex at 4:30 pm against former nemesis Oriskany. The Lady Cougars have competed against the Redskins for the past two years, earning the Class D title last yearRead More...

Movie Under the Stars June 19, 2009 Sunset

Admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0100

Once again the Stockbridge Valley Educational Foundation is presenting a family movie, outdoors, under the stars! This year it's the critically acclaimed family favorite, Marley & Me, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston.

Bring your entire family and join us for this heartwarming movie.

Free Admission, Popcorn and soda will be on sale.

&nRead More...

Night at the Commercials

Admin — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:00:00 +0100

This is it for me. I'm in a full blown rant.

Last night we went to Marquee Cinemas to see "Night at the Museum, Battle for the Smithsonian". We raced to get there for the posted start time, 7:15PM, paid $36 for the four of us, bought snacks for $21, got into the seats just 2 minutes before the start of the movie and, and...they started showing commercials. Not trailers, commercials. It's not enough to gouge usRead More...