Category: District news

S.S.. Seward Institute students were among the more than 600 high school students who learned about career opportunities in the building trades at the Hudson Valley Construction Career Day, held Fri., April 12, at Rockland Community College. Opportunities in the construction trades are expected to grow. The industry is facing a chronic labor shortage, and …

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S.S. Seward Institute’s grade 8 students learned about an array of carreer opportunities at the 2019 Y2Kids Careers from A to Z Expo, an annual interactive event hosted by the Career and Technical Education (CTE) division of Orange-Ulster BOCES. Florida’s students joined hundreds of others from surrounding districts in informational sessions and the exploration of …

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The Lost & Found collection at Golden Hill Elementary School is overflowing with coats, mittens, lunch boxes, water bottles and countless other items. Please ask your student to take a look and see if they recognize anything. Your stuff misses you!

Congratulations to Grant Gravelle, Daryll Walker, Brandon Serrano for being selected to the Basketball Coaches Association on New York (BCANY) All-Star team for Class C/D! In other honors, Matt Stam was selected as the Player of The Year, and the team  received the BCANY Sportsmanship Award. Also in Spartan news, the following athletes are S.S. Seward’s …

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Voters in the Florida Union Free School District have approved the 2019 Capital Project. Here are the unofficial results of the Feb. 26 vote: 187 “yes” ballots cast 112 “no” ballots cast The $7,985,804 million capital improvement project will address necessary building repairs, enhances learning spaces, and make Golden Hill Elementary and S.S. Seward Institute …

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The S.S. Seward Institute Athletes of the Month are Christian Stangeby and Zoe Babcock. Christian Stangeby Christian is a senior swimmer that shadows at Warwick. He is a member of the National Honor Societyand is currently ranked fifth in his class. This is Christian’s second year swimming and he  made it to States both times. …

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On Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 residents of the Florida Union Free School District will vote on a proposed $7,985,804 million capital improvement project which addresses necessary building repairs, enhances learning spaces, and makes Golden Hill Elementary and S.S. Seward Institute safer and more secure. After months of research and consideration, key repairs and improvements were …

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