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  • Herkimer BOCES December 2024 ‘Inside Look’ newsletter now available

    The Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES “Inside Look” newsletter – including content featuring Herkimer Central School District students – is now available to read online. To view the December 2024 and October 2024 issues of the newsletter, click here.


  • Herkimer landscape design students create seasonal displays for school campus

    Students in agriculture teacher Talia Baker’s landscape design class at Herkimer Middle-High School have been crafting seasonal displays throughout the year. “It’s exciting to witness the students’ creativity, and we hope everyone enjoys the displays this season,” Baker said. For the autumn designs, students pitched their ideas, which were then voted on by their peers


  • Raylana Griffin named Art Student of the Month

    The Art Student of the Month for December/January is Raylana Griffin! Raylana is in 10 grade, and she is currently taking the basic drawing techniques/Drawing 1 class. Raylana was chosen as Student of the Month by Mrs. Zorn because she consistently uses her class time well, she is willing to challenge herself creatively, and she


  • Herkimer students develop short play at Herkimer BOCES Honors Program event

    Five Herkimer high school students recently participated in the Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Honors Program “Narrative Improvisation and Short Plays” event and developed their own short play. “It was a day full of learning and bravery as students jumped outside of their comfort zones and put themselves out there in the name of improv,” Herkimer agriculture teacher


  • Herkimer Elementary School hosts 1st Thanksgiving Parade

    Herkimer Elementary School students participated in the school’s first Thanksgiving Parade on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Elementary students in prekindergarten through fifth grade have been reading the book “Balloons over Broadway” by Melissa Sweet during library class and planning for the parade. In art class, they have been creating their designs to parade with. In music


  • Students named to Herkimer Middle-High School 1st quarter Honor Roll

    Herkimer Middle-High School has announced the students who were named to the Honor Roll for the first quarter of the 2024-25 school year. Grade 6 High Honor Roll: Hunter Balderston, Charity Buckley, Sofie Burns, Gavin Chandler, Sofia Donets, Aryanna Farrington, Alexander Fay, Isacc Leon, Kenyon Lollman, Mei McLean,Damien Mihevc, Eve Nasso, Korbin Noble, Leo Osterhoudt,


  • Battle of the Badges Nov. 26 will support ‘Shop with a Cop’

    Come out for a night of fun to support a great cause at the Battle of the Badges! The Herkimer Police “Donut Dunkers” will take on the Herkimer Fire “Water Boys” in an upcoming competitive charity basketball game! All proceeds will support “Shop with a Cop.” Don’t miss the fun 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov.


  • District provides update on safety drill practices and notifications

    With the 2024-2025 school year now underway for students, Herkimer Central School District would like to inform parents/caregivers/guardians  of some changes that the New York State Education Department’s Board of Regents approved over the summer regarding school district safety drills. In New York state, all schools are required to conduct eight evacuation drills (fire drills),


  • Welcome back to school – photos of elementary students arriving

    We’re happy to welcome students back for the 2024-25 school year! Below are some photos of Herkimer Elementary School students arriving during the first day of school on Wednesday, Sept. 4. View more photos on our Facebook page.


  • Herkimer students complete 1st phase of Harmon Park improvements with educational garden, Little Free Library

    The revitalization of Harmon Park in Herkimer is well underway thanks to Herkimer Central School District students in social studies teacher Caroline Lampert’s civics capstone class and agriculture teacher Talia Baker’s landscape design class. During the 2023-24 school year, the students cleaned the park and designed and installed new features there. By the end of