Orange County School Boards Association invites anyone interested in serving on their local school board of education to attend a workshop to learn about the roles, responsibilities, and realities of school board service. For more information: https://5il.co/p444 Nominating petitions to run for the Tuxedo UFSD Board of Education are due to the district clerk by 5pm on Monday, April 19th.
Attention Pre-K and Kindergarten Families: Please check out the orientation letter for our programs for the 2021-2022 school year.
Some of our National Junior Honor Society students, in conjunction with The Town of Tuxedo's volunteer P.O.R.E. organization (Parks, Outdoor, Recreation and Entertainment) earned some community service hours. A big shout out to our local bird expert, Tom Fuller, who educated the students on blue birds, their scarcity and the creation of bird boxes to help them mate and lay eggs. He also gave them some valuable instruction on the use of several different power tools. Four of these boxes will be installed at the new pollination station at the north end of town (near the original Study of Insects station). The remaining 8 will be placed at local hiking trail heads, fields and other places to be determined at our next PORE meeting.
The Board of Education will hold their Regular Meeting tomorrow night at 6:30PM. Info: https://5il.co/phx4 Agenda: https://5il.co/phxn
George F. Baker and George Grant Mason Schools are still under a Water Boil Advisory by the Town of Tuxedo. What this means is that our water fountains have been turned off. Until the advisory has been lifted, please be advised that there will be no access to the water fountains in either building. It is recommended that parents/guardians have their child bring drinking water with him/her to school until the advisory has been lifted. It remains safe for students to wash their hands and our lunch program is unaffected by this advisory.
Please be advised that due to inclement weather, the Tuxedo Union Free School District is closed today, Tuesday, February 9, 2021. Click here for video announcement: https://youtu.be/To3Bors0eV8
Tenga en cuenta que debido a las inclemencias del tiempo, el Distrito Escolar Tuxedo Union Free está CERRADO hoy, martes 9 de febrero de 2021. Haga clic aquí para ver el anuncio en video: https://youtu.be/To3Bors0eV8
The National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society donated over 500 cans and 600 boxes of pasta to the Sloatsburg Food Pantry over the last few months. The organizations are currently running a Snack Pack and Cereal Drive. Treasurer John Castricone, went shopping on behalf of the NHS and has already purchased many boxes of cereal. The Food Pantry is still looking for more donations.
GFB wins 2 of 3 matches in this year’s Ethics Bowl! Congratulations Ms. McGowan and team on a strong performance.
Ethics Bowl Update: Tuxedo wins two of the first matches! Watch as they begin their first case of Match 2. Come join us in Breakout Room 5
Due to a water main break in the town of Tuxedo please be advised there will be an emergency dismissal of students at 2PM today. The remainder of school pictures for the day will be rescheduled. All after school activites are cancelled.
The video recording of last night's Board of Education Work Session is now available on the district website: https://5il.co/pdjv
Come support our students as they compete tomorrow at the 6th Annual Ethics Bowl sponsored by Manhattanville College!
Saturday, February 6th from 10AM - 3:00PM
Visit the Ethics Bowl by Zoom:
https://mville-edu.zoom.us/j/97545498843?pwd=Yng5YTZ5WFkwMFZwZXJqemFjendvdz09#success
Match Times:
10:00AM - 11:30AM (Breakout Room 8)
11:45AM - 1:15PM (Breakout Room 5)
1:30PM - 3:00PM (Breakout Room 1)
About the Ethics Bowl
Our students will have 3 matches. Each match will have 2 rounds iis discussed and is timed out to take 31 minutes. Teams are given points based on the effectiveness of their arguments, respect for each other and the other team, and their ability to reply to the other team's comments. Judges will determine which teams move on to Sunday's finals. Below are the times and breakout rooms of where our students will be competing.
GO TORNADOS!
Please be advised that the Tuxedo Union Free School District will be on a 2-hour delay tomorrow, Wednesday, February 3, 2021.
Students in grades K-12 will begin at 10AM with their first period class.
Students in Pre-Kindergarten will begin at 10:30AM.
The Board of Education Work Session scheduled for tonight has been rescheduled for Thursday, February 4th at 7pm.
For more information: https://5il.co/p2b3 Agenda: https://5il.co/p2a9
Please be advised that the Tuxedo Union Free School District will be closed tomorrow, February 2, 2021, for a snow day. Click here for the video announcement: https://youtu.be/wsBgAJEoOKk
Tuxedo joins 6 other school districts in embracing the modern snow day:
https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2021/02/01/6-mid-hudson-schools-opt-remote-learning-monday-instead-snow-day/4336513001/
Please be advised that all students in Tuxedo UFSD will be on remote, asynchronous instruction (as planned) tomorrow, Monday, February 1, 2021. Out of district transportation will not be provided.
The winter storm is being closely monitored. An announcement regarding Tuesday, February 2, 2021 will go out tomorrow.
In the event of power/internet outage: Students who have outages will be forgiven for missed work and allowed to submit alternate low-tech assignments such as independent reading summaries, drawing/painting or other non-screen endeavors.
Stay safe and warm!
Let's help all of our residents equitably receive updates on vaccine distribution as it's made available to the Orange County Health Department. Use the link below to sign up for updates:
https://vaccination.orangecountygov.com/
The Board of Education will hold a Work Session Meeting on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. For more information: https://5il.co/p2b3 Agenda: https://5il.co/p2a9
Reminder! Gray (A) Cohort is in person tomorrow and Friday. Tuesday February 2nd Crimson (B) is back in person and we will return to the alternating week cohort schedule. Please see the district calendar.