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District’s proposed budget for 2023-24 adopted by Board of Education

Community will vote on proposed $18.985 million budget Duanesburg Central School District’s Board of Education adopted the district’s proposed budget for the 2023-24 school year at the board’s regular monthly meeting held Tuesday, April 4. The proposed $18.985 million budget maintains current programming, as well as all athletics and extracurricular offerings. The spending plan includes …

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DES students read books to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region

All this month, DES students have been working hard to raise funds to support the work of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region, by reading as many books as they can! Students are seeking donations and sponsors through the Read for Ronald McDonald House initiative. Participants ask family and friends to sponsor …

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DCS Drama Club presents “Cinderella,” March 24, 25 & 26

Over 80 DCS students in grades 6-12 are involved with this weekend’s DCS Drama Club production of Roders and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (the Enchanted Edition), with 7 p.m. performances on both Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March 25, and a 2 p.m. performance on Sunday, March 26.  General admission tickets can be purchased online in advance:  …

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DCS music students selected to participate in SCMEA All-County Music Festival

Congratulations to our DCS students who were selected to participate in this past weekend’s Schoharie County Music Educators’ Association (SCMEA) All-County Music Festival, held at Duanesburg High School! Duanesburg students joined music students from six other neighboring school districts for choral and band performances in Joe Bena Hall on Saturday, March 18. Kudos to our …

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Two DCS Odyssey of the Mind teams advance to NY state tournament

Congratulations to DCS’ four Odyssey of the Mind teams on their performances at their recent regional competition, held at the Shenendehowa School District. Two of our teams placed second, which qualifies them to compete in the NY state competition, which will be held on April 15 at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse. The …

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DCS senior Tyler Drexel participates in Leadership Capital Region event

A trio of Capital Region BOCES students spoke Friday about the value of their education and learning the job-specific skills in front of nearly five dozen area business leaders. Seniors Tyler Drexel of Duanesburg and Jocelyn Howe of Mohonasen and junior Savanna Traverse of Schoharie took part in a panel discussion on March 10 during …

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DCS digital media production class visits the set of “The Drew Barrymore Show”

Students sat in as studio audience members, were given a behind-the-scenes tour, and met with show executives Digital Media Production is just one of the more than 40 elective classes available to students at DCS High School. The class is taught by the district’s new technology teacher Chris Lohret. Mr. Lohret and his four students …

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BOCES’ CTE program helps DCS students plan for career and/or college

Duanesburg Central School District is committed to supporting students as they strive to fulfill their dreams and aspirations for the future. Because many students find these dreams fulfilled by entering an exciting career that does not require college, it is important that students are both college and career-ready by the time they graduate from DCS. …

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Capital Kids Care after-school program providing critical resources for DCS families

Just prior to the start of the 2022-23 school year, Duanesburg Central School District partnered with Capital Kids Care to provide after-school care for students in PK – grade 6. The program is housed at the Duanesburg Elementary School, starts immediately after school lets out, and runs until 6:00 p.m. Students enrolled in the program …

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DCS welcomes Rebecca Cornell as the district’s new health teacher at the Jr.-Sr. High School

Earlier this month, DCS welcomed Rebecca Cornell as the district’s new health teacher at the Jr.-Sr. High School. Mrs. Cornell received her undergraduate degree in Physical Education from SUNY Cortland and completed her Masters program in Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) online from Emporia State University. She graduated from Broadalbin-Perth High School, and lives …

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