It's all-star season!

Congratulations to Dejah Taylor, Teagan Stanton-Helms, and Dylan Casey for earning all-star honors in Division 2 of the Section Four Field Hockey Conference!

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4 days ago, Sidney CSD
Dejah Taylor
Teagan Stanton-Helms
Dylan Casey
Students in Peter Okoniewski's physical science class recently completed research projects on common over-the-counter medications. Students were tasked with researching their selected drug, providing scientific explanations on how they work, and then developing a claim and provide scientific reasoning as to whether their selected drug should remain over-the-counter or be prescription medications. Students presented their findings to the class.

Great work with some interesting facts and opinions!

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5 days ago, Sidney CSD
Students presenting their finding to the class
Students presenting their finding to the class
Students presenting their finding to the class
Students presenting their finding to the class
Students presenting their finding to the class
Students presenting their finding to the class
Sidney Federal Credit Union Financial Literacy Specialists Lilly Whitehead and Sam Harrington recently visited Carin Lee’s personal finance classes to discuss budgeting with students. The students practiced zero-based budgeting using Skittles. Students had to recognize needs and wants, and then make adjustments to their budgets based on unexpected expenses or pay raises.

Thank you to Lilly and Sam for their knowledge and insight! We also want to thank SFCU for the continued partnership with the Sidney Central School District!

See more photos on our Facebook page!

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6 days ago, Sidney CSD
Students working in personal finance class
Students working in personal finance class
Students working in personal finance class
Students working in personal finance class
Students working in personal finance class
Students working in personal finance class
Congratulations to Owen Mott and Kellen Begeal for finishing in the top 10 of the Midstate Athletic Conference cross country championships Wednesday at Bainbridge-Guilford.

Mott, a junior, placed third, and Begeal a freshman, finished sixth.

Congratulations!

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11 days ago, Sidney CSD
Owen Mott
Kellen Begeal

Congratulations to Sara Ladd and Isaiah Swartz, who each participated in the 8th annual Hartwick College Honor Band this past weekend!

The band, under the direction of Hartwick's Dr. Andrew Peace (far right), the duo participated in a full day of music making with students from 28 other school districts in the Southern Tier and Central New York!

Well done!

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12 days ago, Sidney CSD
Sidney students as part of the Honor Band.
The Class of 2026 is holding a Bingo Night as a fundraiser!

The event will be in the Jr/Sr HS gymnasium, with doors opening at 5 p.m. Wednesday, November 5.

Please see the attached for more information!

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13 days ago, Sidney CSD
Bingo night graphic
October is National Principals Month! We want to thank the wonderful group of principals we have at the Sidney Central School District for everything they do for our students and staff!

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14 days ago, Sidney CSD
Sidney CSD group photo of principals
The annual FFA Fair was held last week at the Sidney Central School District. Jr/Sr High School students displayed various themes and topics as elementary and Jr/Sr HS classes came out throughout the day to look at and interact with the presenters.

This was once again a wonderful event that allowed students of all ages to interact and work with one another!

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17 days ago, Sidney CSD
Students interacting with others and animals at the FFA Fair.
Students interacting with others and animals at the FFA Fair.
Students interacting with others and animals at the FFA Fair.
Students interacting with others and animals at the FFA Fair.
Students interacting with others and animals at the FFA Fair.
Superintendent Eben Bullock interacting with students and animals at the FFA Fair.
Students interacting with others and animals at the FFA Fair.
Students in Bryan Neubert’s Earth & Science class recently made solar ovens as they learned about how the sun produces energy through nuclear fusion, and how the sun can be used as a clean fuel source. The class also utilized Sidney CSD’s outside learning spaces for this project.

Students learned how harnessing the sun’s energy can help populations of people without access to clean cooking fuel. Students were given certain criteria and constraints to build their ovens. Criteria included doubling the air temperature in the oven, fitting four s’mores in the oven, and to melt the chocolate within 20 minutes.

Additionally, students were tasked with creating a poster to demonstrate their knowledge of the sun’s structure, nuclear fusion, the electromagnetic spectrum, and the social values of using solar energy as a clean fuel source. Students put their posters on display while cooking s’mores in their ovens, and staff members and administrators walked through to view the projects and ask questions.

Quite the delicious lesson!

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18 days ago, Sidney CSD
Students working on their solar oven project.
Students working on their solar oven project.
Students working on their solar oven project.
Students working on their solar oven project.
Students working on their solar oven project.
One of the solar ovens
Students working on their solar oven project.
Students working on their solar oven project.
Students working on their solar oven project.
Students working on their solar oven project.
The Sidney CSD FFA recently held a fundraising meeting with more than 50 students in the club. The FFA is thriving at Sidney CSD. Advisor Jay Waltz and student leader Emily Hardy spoke with the group during the meeting.

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19 days ago, Sidney CSD
Students during an FFA fundraising meeting
Students during an FFA fundraising meeting
Students during an FFA fundraising meeting
Students during an FFA fundraising meeting
Students during an FFA fundraising meeting

SUNY Oneonta and DCMO BOCES visited the New Vision Education program Tuesday at Sidney CSD. The program is part of the Teacher Pipeline Project, which is an effort to get high school students excited for a potential teaching career.

Those in attendance included Mark Davies (Dean of the School of Education at SUNY Oneonta), Brian Beitzel (Associate Dean at SUNY Oneonta), Mike Rullo (DCMO BOCES Superintendent), Eben Bullock (Sidney CSD Superintendent), Tony Stenta (Sidney CSD Director of School Improvement), and Gabby Pedersen (New Visions Education instructor).

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26 days ago, Sidney CSD
New Visions program in action
New Visions program in action
New Visions program in action
New Visions program in action
New Visions program in action
Students in Peter Okoniewski’s physical science class recently held a gallery walk as the culmination of a poster project. Students were tasked with determining what the most cost-effective form of paper towels were to use to clean up spills. The class came up with their own procedures, collected data, and calculated how much it would cost to clean up different spills. That helped determine whether a name brand, bargain brand, or school brown paper towels would be the most efficient cost-wise.

During the gallery walk, students showcased their findings and other classes who came to look were able to ask questions.

Great work!

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about 1 month ago, Sidney CSD
Students showing off their findings in physical science class.
Students showing off their findings in physical science class.
Students showing off their findings in physical science class.
Students showing off their findings in physical science class.
Students showing off their findings in physical science class.
Students showing off their findings in physical science class.
Students showing off their findings in physical science class.
Students showing off their findings in physical science class.
Students showing off their findings in physical science class.
Congratulations to the Sidney CSD Athlete of the Month and Sportsmanship Award winner for the Month for September!

The Athlete of the Month is senior Nayla Miley, who is on the girls soccer team. Nayla has 15 goals this season, which includes three hat tricks. She also has four assists as the Sabers have opened with a 7-3 record! Said coach Jody Gravelin: “She has consistently demonstrated exceptional skill, determination, and impact on the field. Her performance highlights both her scoring ability and her contribution to the team’s success.”

The Sportsmanship Award winner is senior Dejah Taylor, who is the captain on the field hockey team. Said coach Christine Race: “She has modeled sportsmanship on and off the field through fostering communication between teammates and coaches, demonstrating a positive attitude and ‘never say quit’ drive during difficult games. Dejah has received compliments from Section IV officials on her proper way of addressing them during the contest for clarification of calls.”

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about 1 month ago, Sidney CSD
Athletic awards graphic for September 2025
The Sidney CSD volleyball team is hosting a "Dig Pink" event starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, October 15. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

The volleyball program is setting a fundraising goal of $2,000 for the Side-Out Foundation.

The JV game begins at 5 p.m., with varsity following at 6:30 p.m. If in attendance, don't forget to wear pink!

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about 1 month ago, Sidney CSD
Dig Pink poster
Congratulations to the September 2025 Students of the Month for the Jr/Sr High School!

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about 1 month ago, Sidney CSD
Sidney CSD Jr/Sr HS students of the month for September 2025 graphic

REMINDER: The Sidney Central School District is holding an early dismissal drill on Thursday, October 9. Students will be released 15 minutes early.

about 1 month ago, Sidney CSD
More than 120 sophomores and juniors took the online version of the PSAT earlier this week in the Jr/Sr high school gymnasium. The group showed tremendous respect and patience as some technical difficulties were worked through.

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about 1 month ago, Sidney CSD
Students working on the online version of the PSAT earlier this week.
Students working on the online version of the PSAT earlier this week.
Students in Brandon Payne’s Algebra 1 and Calculus classes were caught honing their Algebra 1 skills on vertical whiteboards around the room. Students identified the skill level most appropriate for them (mild, medium, or spicy), identified patterns in each problem, and used those patterns to move up to the next level.

Teachers in each class provided feedback to each student to make sure they were advancing to the next level.

Great work all around!

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about 1 month ago, Sidney CSD
Students in Algebra 1 using white board to work on problems
Students in Algebra 1 using white board to work on problems
Students in Algebra 1 using white board to work on problems
Students in Algebra 1 using white board to work on problems
Students in Algebra 1 using white board to work on problems
Some of the algebra problems in class
Some of the algebra problems in class
Students in Algebra 1 using white board to work on problems

Today is National Custodian Appreciation Day! We want to give a huge shout out to our entire O&M team for everything they do for the Sidney Central School District!

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about 1 month ago, Sidney CSD
Sidney CSD custodial staff
We want to give a Sidney welcome to all of our new staff members! If you see them, welcome them to the district! We will be posting these on our Live Feed throughout the day, and then having one big Facebook post later today!

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about 2 months ago, Sidney CSD
Bryce VanCott
Ryan Cole
Alex Rufer
Kyle Briggs
Nikole Barratt
Colby Flamensfeld
Aubrey Roefs
Katherine Porter