Owen D. Young Central School District

The Class of 2028 is partnering on a fundraiser with K-Dogs Food Truck on Thursday, May 22 . Let K-Dogs prepare a delicious pulled pork and brisket combo dinner for you and the...

Owen D. Young is hosting one last Blood Drive this year on April 29 from 1-5 p.m. in the auditorium. Our goal is to collect 51 total units of blood. We are just 20 units awa...

Screening for the 2025-2026 kindergarten class will be held Wednesday, May 14 in the afternoon. Children must be 5 years of age by December 1, 2025 , to be eligible to enroll i...

ODY student musicians participated in the Herkimer County All County II Festival on March 14-15 at Central Valley Academy. Our Elementary Band, Jr. High Chorus and Sr. High Band...

The sixth-grade class recently engaged in an interesting hands-on lab dissecting frogs during science class. They worked in pairs to take a closer look at the internal organs and ...

Eleven ODY high school students are currently enrolled in College Now Sociology through Herkimer College. The equivalent to Herkimer's Intro Sociology, students who successfully c...

ODY eighth-grade students had an opportunity recently to immerse themselves in Civil War history with the help of two master storytellers as part of the Herkimer BOCES Honors Prog...

Dear ODY families, It is with great sadness that we share the news of the unexpected passing of Mr. Jeffrey Rupp, our beloved science teacher at Owen D. Young Central School. We ...

Members of ODY’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter participated in the District 5 FFA Leadership Development Competition hosted by the Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Cent...

We are thrilled to introduce our Owen D Young Schools app for mobile phones! In our app, you can access school events, news from administrators, student stories, and emergency not...

Three ODY students earned High Honor Roll or Honor Roll in their respective Technical Education programs through the Herkimer BOCES during the first marking period of the school y...

Adventure awaits this summer for ODY students who want to step outside their comfort zones to discover they are capable of more than they might have ever imagined! Challenging Ou...

ODY sixth graders were among the students from a dozen central NY schools who attended a CFES Peer Mentor Training at SUNY Oneonta in November. ODY teacher Mrs. Valenta, accompa...

Author Stacey DeLaney visited ODY to share her love of reading with students in kindergarten through grade 6. The author read the latest story in her series of books that feature...

Three ODY 6th graders developed their fiction writing skills with support from New York author Alicia Klepeis through the Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Honors Program. Th...

Days before the holiday break, Pre-K students in Christina Ostrander's classroom enjoyed a preview of the Thanksgiving holiday with a feast of finger foods that included pickles, ...

With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, first graders recently put on their thankful glasses and got right to work completing a thankfulness project. The students wrote about a...

Class of 2025 Yearbooks are on sale now! The deadline to order a PERSONALIZED yearbook is Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 . Yearbooks may be purchased online using the link below, or...

Thanks to the Canajoharie-Fort Plain Elks Lodge #2621, every fourth-grader at ODY received their own brand-new, kid-friendly dictionary to help them become better writers and acti...

Firefighters from the Van Hornesville Fire Department shared important safety tips with students during an Oct. 11 visit for Fire Prevention Week. The firefighters reminded stud...