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New And Improved Berlin Elementary School To Be Unveiled

October 17, 2014 By eastwickpress

submitted by Erin Clary, Communications Specialist, Berlin Central School District 

The community is invited to attend the Grand Reopening of the Berlin Central School District on Wednesday, October 22, to showcase the myriad renovations and upgrades completed since June 2013. A ribbon cutting will take place at 5 pm at the main entrance of the Berlin Elementary School (BES) with remarks from Superintendent Dr. Stephen Young and Board of Education President Frank Zwack, Jr.

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Filed Under: Berlin School Dist., Front Page, School News

Mountaineer Boys Soccer Senior Night

October 17, 2014 By eastwickpress

by Jen Burhans

On Friday October 10 Berlin Central School honored its boys senior soccer players. Thirteen seniors played this year at the JV and Varsity level. Some have been playing soccer since kindergarten, some were returning after some time off and others decided to just be a part of a fun, tight knit group of athletes.

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Filed Under: Berlin School Dist., School News, Sports Outdoors

Pizza For Spain At BCS

October 17, 2014 By eastwickpress

On Friday, October 24, from 4 to 7 pm, students, parents and teachers will be working together at the Berlin MS/HS to make and sell hot fresh pizzas to help students raise money for their trip to Spain in April. You can order online by emailing Karen Day (kday@berlincentral.org) before 2 pm on Friday the 24th or by telephone after 3 pm at 658-2515 ext 1042. Red or white pizzas start at $8 and toppings cost $1 each. Toppings include: pepperoni, sausage, ham, bacon, mushrooms, green and yellow peppers, black olives, onions, jalapeños, pineapple and broccoli.

Filed Under: Berlin School Dist., School News

Youth 2 Youth Haunted House Dance

October 10, 2014 By eastwickpress

On Friday, October 17, from 7:30 to 9:30 pm there will be a Youth 2 Youth Haunted House Dance at the Berlin Middle/High School with a costume contest and raffle prizes, including two tickets to Ramblewild Adventure Park.

Admission is $5 at the door; $3 with advance sign-up. Sign up at the main school office, one of your local libraries, on Facebook or by contacting Biffy Cahill, Youth 2 Youth Adult Facilitator at 518-791-2001 or TRACsCoalition@gmail.com.

This event is sponsored by Stephentown Youth Commission.

Filed Under: Berlin School Dist., Local News, School News, Stephentown

Berlin Central And New Lebanon Central Boys Soccer Teams Play To A Draw Again

October 10, 2014 By eastwickpress

by Coach Art Schmich

New Lebanon raced out to a 2 – 0 lead at halftime, but Berlin made several adjustments at halftime and came back to tie the game in the second half on goals from Ryan Willis and Jackson Burhans. Keel Krumenacker had an assist.

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Filed Under: Berlin School Dist., New Lebanon Central School, School News, Sports Outdoors

BCS Boys Soccer Wrap Up

October 10, 2014 By eastwickpress

submitted by Coach Art Schmich

BCS 2         Lee, MA 1

Jackson Burhans and Colin Love made several outstanding saves, and Matt Montero knocked in the game winning goal in the second overtime as the boys varsity soccer team defeated Lee, MA, 2 to 1, on Friday, October 3.

Zach Spaniol scored the first goal lofting the ball over the Lee goalie.

Matt Rokjer, Dan Bentley, Calvin Mars, Seiji Akera and Alex Gazelone played well defensively.

BCS 7      Doane Stuart 1

The boys varsity soccer team rolled to an easy 7 to 1 win over Doane Stuart on Wednesday, October 8.

Keel Krumenacker scored in the opening minutes for the early lead. Zach Spaniol led the scoring with 2 goals and 2 assists along with Matt Montero, who had 2 goals and 1 assist.

Matt Moran and Ethan Mars had a goal apiece. Jacob Montero, Kyle Burdick and Ryan Shumway all had an assist. The boys varsity record is now 10 wins and 2 ties.

Filed Under: Berlin School Dist., School News, Sports Outdoors

Lady Mountaineer Soccer Beats New Lebanon And Emma Willard

October 3, 2014 By eastwickpress

by Jen Burhans

The Berlin Central School Girls Soccer team traveled to New Lebanon on September 23 to play under the lights. As always it was a closely fought game and both teams played near their top levels. New Lebanon wanted to be the first team to score on Berlin this year. Berlin was defending a 6-0 record and had held all other teams scoreless against them. The play went back and forth for most of the first 20 minutes with a speedy NL offense getting stopped by an equally fast couple of Berlin defenders.

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Filed Under: Berlin School Dist., New Lebanon Central School, School News, Sports Outdoors

BCS Boys Soccer Handles Heatly

October 3, 2014 By eastwickpress

submitted by Art Schmich

On Friday, September 26, the Mountaineer Boys Varsity Soccer team defeated an undermanned Heatly team in Cherry Plain 5 to 1. Ryan Willis scored in the first minute on a cross from Keel Krumenacker to give Berlin the early lead. Keel Krumenacker, Willis and Zach Spaniol all scored again in the first half to give BCS a 4 to 0 lead.

Berlin started strong in the second half, but Heatly countered with a goal to make it 4 to 1. Matt Moran finished the Berlin scoring for the win.

Jackson Burhans had 2 assists. Matt Montero and Keel Krumenacker had an assist apiece.

Berlin meets up with New Lebanon Thursday night, October 2, at New Lebanon with first place in the CHVL on the line. Game time is 7 pm.

Filed Under: Berlin School Dist., School News, Sports Outdoors

The Courtney Carelli And Ryan Gardner Memorial Scholarship Fall 2014 Recipients

October 3, 2014 By eastwickpress

submitted by Patty Nash

Berlin Central High School students who are enrolled in Hudson Valley Community College “College in the High School” classes are able to apply for a scholarship in memory of Courtney Carelli and Ryan Gardner. Courtney Carelli and Ryan Gardner attended both Berlin High School and Hudson Valley Community College.

The scholarship was awarded to 22 Berlin High School students this semester who are enrolled in classes such as CADD (full-year), Calculus with Precalculus I and Spanish 4. They are Carter Dawes, Hannah French (for both Spanish and Calculus), Collin Love (for both CADD and Calculus), Madeline Peterson, Serena Rizzo, Tim Shupe (for both Spanish and Calculus), Jordan Cahill, Chris Corrado, Maggie Gordon, Lyndsey Miller, Matt Rokjer, Zachary Spaniol, Emma Woolley, Kolby Goss, Keel Krumenacker, Matt Moran, Derek Riccardi, Darian Sprague, Joseph Sweener, Jr. and Heather White.

Congratulations to these students!

Since its inception in 2004, this scholarship has encouraged and assisted students in being able to obtain hundreds of college credits in a high school setting. Scholarships are awarded for both the fall and spring semesters. We would like to thank the Carelli and Gardner families for this opportunity in honor of Courtney and Ryan and for their continued support which they so generously give to our students.

Filed Under: Berlin School Dist., School News

BCS MS/HS Pizza Nights 2014-2015

October 3, 2014 By eastwickpress

In April about 40 students from Berlin and Schoharie will be traveling to Spain. This is an educational trip not a vacation because students are required to do pre-travel assignments, complete packets during the trip about the places they visit, and some will be required to do post-travel presentations. In order to help families we will be having Pizza Nights at the BCS MS/HS once a month. The dates are October 24, November 14, December 12, January 23, February 27 and March 13. There will also be Pizza Nights April through June that will begin the fundraising for the Costa Rica 2016 trip.

Filed Under: Berlin School Dist., School News

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