View a video from the first day of school
View a video on the 2022-23 first day of school for students from Tuesday, Sept. 6, below! More video highlights of Herkimer Central School District will be coming soon!
Category: District News
New school meal payment system has launched
Herkimer Central School District has implemented a new point-of-sale system for school meals. The new system, EZSchoolPay, is up and running as of Tuesday, Sept. 6. It includes a new online account management program at ezschoolpay.com. This website and app allows parents and guardians to monitor their students’ accounts and make payments using a credit …
Update on school meals for 2022-23
Herkimer Central School District wants to make sure families know that federal waivers that allowed schools to provide free meals to all students since earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic have expired. That means school meal operations will return to normal this school year. Unless your family has applied and qualified for free and reduced-price meals, …
Herkimer Central School District following latest New York State Department of Health guidance on COVID-19
Herkimer Central School District is following the latest guidance from the New York State Department of Health regarding COVID-19. For more information, please click on the following link to review the state’s letter, “What Parents/Caregivers Should Know about COVID Mitigation Strategies for the 2022-2023 School Year” (August 2022). Please note the district may modify guidelines …
Middle School/High School supply list now available
The Middle School/High School Supply list for the 2022-23 school year is now available. Click here to access the supply list online or click here to download a printer-friendly version. The Elementary School supply lists were previously released. Click here to access them.
A Message to the School Community from Superintendent Kathleen Carney
Safety, students and learning will be the primary focus of my decisions as I work together with the school community. To the Herkimer Central School District community, I’m a lifelong Herkimer resident, attended school here, began my teaching career at the elementary and served as elementary principal for 13 years. Nonetheless, this school year …
Herkimer named NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete School of Excellence
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Inc. this week named Herkimer Jr./Sr. High School as one of NYSPHSAA’s 2021-22 Scholar-Athlete School of Excellence Award winners. To earn the School of Excellence Award, 75% of a school’s varsity teams must qualify and receive the Scholar-Athlete Team Award, and Herkimer Jr./Sr. High School …
K-5 supply lists for 2022-23 now available
Herkimer Central School District supply lists for the 2022-23 school year are now available for kindergarten through fifth grade. Click on the following links to find your supply lists – available both directly on the website and in printer-friendly PDF versions. Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade You can also …
Voters approve 2022-23 budget
Herkimer Central School District voters on Tuesday, May 17, approved the 2022-23 school budget, with 233 casting votes in favor of the $28.5 million spending plan and 43 opposed. In the Board of Education election, Alex Verenich, Robert Mihevc and Brian Crandall were elected to three-year terms. Voters also approved the capital reserve fund proposition …
School board selects Kathleen Carney as new superintendent
The Herkimer Central School District Board of Education reached an official agreement today, Tuesday, May 10, with Kathleen Carney to make her the district’s next superintendent of schools. Carney will step into the Herkimer superintendent position on Friday, July 1, the official start of the 2022-23 school year. Carney said she was impressed during the …