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Elmira City School District
951 Hoffman Street
Elmira, NY 14905
(607) 735-3000


Press Releases


Broadway Middle School to present Dear Edwina Junior

3/18/2010

   The BMS Theater Players will present the musical Dear Edwina Junior at 7:30 p.m. March 25 26 and 27 and at 2 p.m. March 28.

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District budget information available on Web

3/18/2010

   Information about the 2010-11 budget is now available on the district Web site.

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Ernie Davis students to present Schoolhouse Rock

3/18/2010

   Ernie Davis Middle School students will perform the musical Schoolhouse Rock at 7 p.m. March 26 and 27 in the schools auditorium.

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Sportsmanship awards bestowed on local high school basketball players

3/17/2010

   Each year, the Southern New York Basketball Officials Association presents a sportsmanship award to one varsity girls basketball player and one varsity boys basketball player.

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Former NFL player to speak at EFA Monday

3/12/2010

   Former running back Tony Collins will be speaking at the EFA and SHS combined Spring Athletics Parent Meeting at 6:30 p.m. March 15 in the EFA auditorium.

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Elmira School Board to hold meeting on Wednesday

3/12/2010

   The Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17 in the EFA Community Room.

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Graduation rate data released from NYS for school district

3/10/2010

   The Elmira City School District announces that graduation rates within its three high schools - EFA, Southside High School and the Alternative High School - have shown a continued increase over the past three years.

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Elmira school board to hold special meetings today Thursday and Tuesday

3/10/2010

   The Board of Education will hold three special meetings at 6 p.m. in the EFA Community Room. The purpose of all three meetings is for Superintendent Budget Development presentations.

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EFA band members selected for state honor band

3/5/2010

   Three members of the Elmira Free Academy band were selected for the New York State Band Directors Association Honor Band, held on March 5-7 in Syracuse.

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Southside High School to present Seussical

3/4/2010

   The Southside Footlighters will perform Seussical for their spring musical, at 8 p.m. March 19 and 20 in the O'Dell Theater at SHS.

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Indoor track athletes qualify for nationals

3/4/2010

   Seventeen athletes from the Elmira City School Districts indoor track team have qualified for the National Scholastic Indoor Championships on March 12-14 at the Armory in New York City.

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Elmira School Board to hold meeting on Wednesday

3/1/2010

   The Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 in the EFA Community Room.

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EFA to present spring musical: Beauty and the Beast

2/24/2010

   Elmira Free Academy students will perform Beauty and the Beast at 7 p.m. March 12 and 13 and 2 p.m. March 14 in the EFA auditorium.

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Animal specimens donated to Elmira high schools

2/24/2010

   Wayne and Marsha Brown of Pine City recently donated a large collection of taxidermied animal specimens to the Elmira City School District.

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Elmira school board to hold special meeting Thursday

2/22/2010

   The Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Thursday, Feb. 25 from 5 to 9 p.m. in the administrative boardroom.

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Wellness Fair for Middle School Girls

2/22/2010

   Middle school girls (and a female adult) from the district are invited to attend a Wellness Fair designed just for them from 6-8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23 at Ernie Davis Middle School.

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Haitian doctor to discuss relief effort at Ernie Davis Middle School

2/19/2010

   Davis students, who raised more than $2,000 for Haiti, will get the rare opportunity to hear exactly how their donations were used on Monday, Feb. 22, when Patrick Jeudy, a Haitian surgeon, visits the school.

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Pre-K students to hold Winter Olympics

2/19/2010

   Pre-K students at Booth Education Center will be taking part in their own Olympics Opening Ceremonies at 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 22.

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Candidate packets now available for three Elmira School Board seats

2/18/2010

   Elmira City School District residents interested in seeking a seat on the Board of Education may pick up information packets and petitions at Elmira Free Academy.

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Pre-K and EOP/Head Start registration begins for Elmira district residents

2/17/2010

   The Elmira City School District will be registering students for the 2010-11 Pre-Kindergarten and EOP/Head Start programs.

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Elmira School Board to hold meeting on Wednesday

2/12/2010

   The Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17 in the EFA Community Room.

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Phone system working as of Tuesday morning

2/9/2010

   All district phones are now working, effective February 9.

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SHS Class of 2010 to host spaghetti dinner

2/9/2010

   The Southside High School senior class is hosting a spaghetti dinner on Feb. 13.

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Elmira City School District phones down

2/8/2010

   All district phones are temporarily unavailable. Verizon is working on the problem and hopes to have the phone lines up later today.

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Alternative High students raising money for children with cancer

2/5/2010

   Students from the Alternative High school are saving their change for a project called Pennies for Patients, sponsored by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

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District students to graduate tonight

2/4/2010

   Twenty five seniors will graduate from high school in a ceremony that begins at 7 p.m. in Southside High School's auditorium. Four students are from EFA, six are from Alternative High and 15 are from SHS.

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High school students collecting jeans to benefit Haiti

2/4/2010

   Students from EFA and Southside High school are trying to see how many pairs of gently worn jeans they can collect by Feb. 12.

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Elmira School Board to hold meeting on Wednesday

1/29/2010

   The Elmira City School District's Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3 in the EFA Community Room.

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Elmira teacher wins state wrestling honor

1/28/2010

   Physical Education Teacher Troy Monks has been inducted to the New York State Westling Hall of Fame.

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Beecher to be featured in state publication

1/28/2010

   Beecher Elementary School has been selected to be the subject of an upcoming article in New York Teacher, a statewide periodical.

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Elmira counselors honored during National School Counseling Week Feb. 1-5

1/25/2010

   National School Counseling Week focuses public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors.

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BMS Geography Bee winner announced

1/22/2010

   The winner of the Jan. 13 geography bee at Broadway Middle School is Devon Youngblood, a seventh-grader.

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EFA students win Scholastic art awards

1/22/2010

   The following students at Elmira Free Academy have been named winners in the NYPA1 Regional Scholastics Art Exhibition.

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Elmira School Board to hold meeting on Wednesday

1/15/2010

   The Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 in the EFA Community Room.

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BMS students/counselor will attend national leadership conference

1/14/2010

   Ten students at Broadway Middle School and their Adviser/School Counselor, Kimberly Webster, will attend the Leadership Experience and Development Conference held Feb. 5-7 in Washington, D.C.

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Information Fair for high school students with disabilities

1/14/2010

   An Information Fair will be held at CCC's Elmira campus on Thursday, Jan. 14.

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Fassett Elementary to hold Martin Luther King, Jr. assembly on Friday

1/13/2010

   Members of the local media are invited to attend a Kindness and Justice assembly honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1:45 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15 at Fassett Elementary School.

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SHS Concert Choir Alumni to perform Friday

1/13/2010

   Alumni from the Southside High School concert choir will present CinematiCabaret, a night of movie music, from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15 in the SHS auditorium.

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SHS students win Scholastic art awards

1/12/2010

   The following students at Southside High School have been named winners in the NYPA1 Regional Scholastics Art Exhibition.

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Christine Baze to perform Thursday at SHS

1/11/2010

   Christine Baze and The Yellow Umbrella Tour will perform at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14 in the Southside High School auditorium.

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Financial Aid Night Wednesday at SHS

1/11/2010

   All Elmira City School District juniors and seniors and their parents are invited to attend a Financial Aid Night at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13 in the Southside High School cafeteria.

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Elmira school board to hold special meetings Tuesday and Thursday

1/8/2010

   The Board of Education will hold two special meetings on Tuesday, Jan. 12 and Thursday, Jan 14, both at 5 p.m. in the administrative boardroom.

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BMS students to compete in Geography Bee

1/8/2010

   Thirty students from Broadway Middle School will compete in an oral geography bee at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13 in the school auditorium.

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Lunar rocks/meteorites to arrive at Elmira elementary school

1/5/2010

   Students and staff at Beecher Elementary School are excited to host guests from the moon -- literally.

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School Board to meet Wednesday

1/4/2010

   The Board of Education will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 7 p.m. in the EFA Community Room.

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Elementary conference day rescheduled

12/18/2009

   Due to the snow day on December 9, the elementary school parent-teacher conference day has been rescheduled for Tuesday, January 12. Elementary students will have a half day.

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Air quality testing to be performed at SHS

12/14/2009

   Within the next month, the Elmira City School District will be performing state-required indoor air quality sampling at Southside High School.

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Elmira School Board to hold meeting on Wednesday

12/11/2009

   The Board of Education will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 at 6 p.m. in the EFA Community Room.

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EFA to hold evening of dessert and music

12/11/2009

   Elmira Free Academy Devils Theater will present a dessert benefit salute to the musicals of the Woodstock era, at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15 in the EFA cafeteria.

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SHS students trying to give needy families a holiday meal

12/7/2009

   Students in a service learning class at Southside High School are holding a community food drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 in the SHS main lobby.

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