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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 art teacher Heather WheelerStapf’s Outstanding Educator award stems from deep history with district

    Herkimer Elementary School art teacher Heather WheelerStapf’s journey to recently winning a Genesis Group Outstanding Educator award started early in her life with roots right where she works now. WheelerStapf grew up in Herkimer and went to kindergarten through third grade at the old East Herkimer Elementary School on Pine Grove Road right next to

  • 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

  • Herkimer County art teachers present at New York State Art Teachers Association Conference

    Four art teachers from Herkimer County showcased their talents at the 76th annual New York State Art Teachers Association Conference on Friday, Nov. 22, and Saturday, Nov. 23, in Binghamton – with their registration covered through the Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Arts in Education program. At the conference, Central Valley art teacher Cheryl LaVenture led a workshop

  • 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,

  • Herkimer civics students awarded First Source grant at Genesis Group Celebration of Education

    Herkimer Central School District’s civics class received a $1,000 grant during the 18th annual Celebration of Education presented by the Genesis Group and First Source Federal Credit Union. The students received the grant for an emphasis on financial literacy as part of their ongoing project of revitalizing Harmon Park in Herkimer. Herkimer high school social

  • Herkimer high school clubs helping others through Holiday Project

    Herkimer High School’s Student Council, National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society are once again hard at work on their annual Holiday Project.  What started six years ago as a small way to bring some holiday cheer to our students has blossomed into a project that served about 180 students last year. Students are

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