September 22, 2020 Dear BKW Community, Congratulations! We have opened school and managed to find our way with new schedules and digital platforms, and our students have gotten to where they need to be while settling into the new school year. More than 40% of our students are working with some sort of remote platform …
Berne-Knox-Westerlo Central School District families: This letter is to inform you that school meals will be free to all BKW school children through Dec. 31, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced. The extension of the free meal policy is part of an effort to ensure children have access to meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. …
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Attention BKW Elementary families: Our Dutch Mill Bulbs Fall Fundraiser is now live online! Support our positive behavior program (PBIS)! All proceeds will be used to purchase prizes for positive behavior and to bring programs to our students that encourage GRRRS (Good Citizen, Respectful, Responsible, Ready to Learn and Safe). Take a look at the …
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Welcome to a new school year at BKW! We are happy to have all of our students back, both on campus and remotely. Visit our back to school photo album.
Take a sneak peek at our new building and classrooms. Our staff is excited and ready for all of our students, both on campus and remotely. We’ve missed you, Bulldogs! View our photo album.
2020 school tax bills have been mailed to district residents and are now available online. Information about past school tax bills is also available by visiting the same link (http://tax.neric.org/Search.aspx?district=012001). Tax rates are set by the Board of Education in August, and bills were mailed to residents Aug. 31. Tax bills are penalty-free if paid …
Lateef R. Clark has joined BKW as Food Services Director, a position he is “very excited about” and one that will tap his 30 years of international experience in the field and his passion for the food and hospitality industry. Clark has worked with some of Boston’s top chefs, traveled for Marriott Corp. to help …
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Reminder: All Chromebooks and iPads – and their chargers – should be returned to the Secondary School main office by Friday, Aug. 14. Devices and chargers may be returned between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. It is important that we have these devices and chargers returned to BKW so they can be serviced for the …
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The Berne-Knox-Westerlo Central School District posted its School Reopening Plan for 2020-21 on July 28 to its district website as required by the New York State Education Department (SED), ahead of the July 31 deadline. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Tim Mundell thanked the district’s School Reopening Task Force for their work on the draft plan, …
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A reminder for parents and guardians of incoming kindergarten students Dear Incoming Kindergarten Parents/Guardians: Starting school this year will be unique for all of us. Our teachers will be holding special virtual orientation programs to welcome you and your children to the first steps of their academic career and help to eliminate some of …
