Binghamton City School District

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The Binghamton High School performance of 'Almost Maine' will not be taking place tonight, Friday Nov. 16 due to inclement weather.

Health Teacher, Kelly Breward was recently chosen as the Central South Zone Health Teacher of the Year for the 17-18 school year.

What does it take to host the 23rd annual BHS Community Thanksgiving dinner? Well for starters, 1,120 lbs of turkey, 800 lbs of stuffing, 550 lbs of sweet potatoes, 300 pies and 30 gallons of gravy. And that’s just the food.

On Thursday, Nov. 8 the Binghamton North High School Class of '68 presented a check for $5,600 to the Binghamton City School Foundation.

Congratulations to Simon Joyner and Sophia Klin who were honored in the National Merit Scholarship Program this fall. Klin was named a commended student and Joyner was named a semifinalist in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Kathy Gaji loved her job as a teacher and has found a way to give back through the BCSD Mentor Program.

The girls varsity volleyball team secured the Section IV, Class AA championship on Nov. 3 as they narrowly defeated the Corning Hawks 25-19 in the final set.

On Tuesday Oct. 30, two educators from India visited the dance class at West Middle School to gain a better understanding of the Fine Arts Curriculum within the Binghamton City School District.

Roosevelt Elementary School hosted its 5th annual Fall Harvest Dinner, featuring vegetables grown in their school garden.

On Oct. 21, BHS English Teacher, Karen Clarke was awarded the 'Marie Thomas Voice of Hope Award' at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.

This week is National School Board Recognition Week, a week devoted to recognizing school board members for their commitment to the public school children of New York State.

Members of the service organization, the Grady Edge Reading Program, visited students at Ben Franklin Elementary School on Friday, Oct. 19 to make a large donation of books and STEM equipment.

Congratulations to BHS student Haley Jensen for being awarded the SUNY Broome Presidential Honors Scholarship.

Students from BHS learned about the importance of being responsible behind the wheel at the annual Teen Traffic Safety Day at the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena.

From a Grammy Award-Winning musician to a former New York Supreme Court Justice -- Binghamton High School celebrated a few of its distinguished graduates Thursday night.

The Binghamton City School District has been recognized in two categories for outstanding achievement in educational communications by the New York School Public Relations Association (NYSPRA).

On Wednesday, Oct. 3, Binghamton High School Alum/ Grammy Award winning artist, Andy Hall visited music students to talk about his career.

This year, 10 teachers in the Binghamton City School District were named New York State Master Teachers by Governor Cuomo.

This weekend, 11 BHS Choral students participated in the inaugural collegiate-high school choral festival at SUNY Binghamton.

Scientists from Binghamton University will be visiting all of the BCSD Elementary schools through the first week of October.

This year all schools in the Binghamton City School District will be using SafeArrival for attendance.

More than 50 Binghamton City School District employees were honored during the annual Dedicated Employee Reception on June 20.

Not everyone gets to meet with a Grammy winner. Fourth and fifth-graders at MacArthur Elementary School did that and more on Friday.

Enrollment is now open for Imagination Adventure, Binghamton City School District’s summer enrichment program for BCSD students currently enrolled in grades K-4.

BHS Senior Noah Farrelly signed his letter of intention to continue his cross country and track career at Division-1 Stony Brook University.

Dozens of Binghamton High School students took time out of their day to meet local business owners and to clean up Clinton Street.

The EMS band and WMS band, joined together to play the national anthem at the Rumble Ponies game.

Binghamton high school senior Kayla Gassner signed her National Letter of Intent to play softball at Le Moyne College.

West Middle School students have been working on a year-long project to raise money for a well, latrine and hygiene facility for a primary school in Africa.

On behalf of the Binghamton City School District board of education, administration, faculty, staff and students, I would like to thank all of the voters who came out yesterday to vote for the 2018-2019 school budget and board of education candidates.

Employees of the Greater Binghamton Keller Williams participated in RED Day, by creating a rock garden for the students of Franklin Elementary School.

Ben Franklin Elementary school held an interactive event for families learning English Monday night.

Fourth grade students at Horace Mann worked on their persuasive writing skills and were rewarded in a big way.

Seventh graders at West Middle School want to make the world a better place by raising money for a project in Africa.

18 new members were inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society at Binghamton High School on April 24.

New free mobile app keeps families informed, engaged and connected.

On April 11, 2018 Brotherz and Sisterz partnered with the Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters Local 277 to work on Little Free Libraries.

A Latin American festival was held at Binghamton High School Friday evening. Different multi-cultural organizations from Binghamton University had tabling activities for students.

On Wednesday at Binghamton High School, senior basketball player Annie Ramil signed her National Letter of Intent to join her two sisters, Olivia and Jodi-Marie, at Binghamton University next year.

Binghamton High School freshman Madison MacBlane won the second annual Mothers & Babies Perinatal Network's Mother's Day card design competition.

Wilson's Hopes and Dreams Career Fair was held on March 23, 2018. Students spoke with people from many careers about how to land their dream job.

Members of BHS student group Sisterz4Sisters hosted a prom fashion show and open closet on Friday, March 23.

Students at Horace Mann Elementary School got a special gift to help with difficult times.

Binghamton High School students offered 17 minutes of silence Wednesday, for the 17 victims of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Binghamton West Middle School 7th grader Cormari Wachuku is the latest Akshar All Star.

Three cast members of Binghamton High School's upcoming production of "Damn Yankees" stopped in at the First Ward Senior Center to sing a couple of songs from the musical.