Click here to access the printable PDF of the supply list.

Pre-K

• 1 Backpack (large enough to fit a plastic folder I provide)
• 1 Small throw pillow
• 1 Small kid-size blanket
• 2 extra complete outfits (Shirts, pants, underwear, and socks in a gallon bag labeled with your child’s name)
• 2 packages of baby wipes
• 1 Water bottle labeled with your child’s name

Kindergarten

• Backpack
• Water Bottle label with your child’s name)
• 4 glue sticks
• Scissors (blunt tip, please)
• 4 boxes of 8 regular-sized
• Watercolor Paints
• 4 black EXPO dry-erase markers
• 1” 3-ring binder with clear front view
• 1 plastic folder with 3 holes
• 1 Zipper pouch with 3 holes
• 3 plastic pocket folders with prongs (1 red, 1 blue, and 1 green)
• Change of clothes (in a gallon Ziploc, labeled with your child’s name)

First Grade

• 1 heavy-duty, two-pocket vinyl folder
• 1 green colored, two-pocket paper folder
• Scissors
• 6 Cap erasers
• 12 pack of Crayola colored pencils

*Please DO NOT send in a pencil case/box.
*We also DO NOT need pencils, glue, or crayons.

Second Grade

• 1 box of No. 2 Pencils
• 1 box of crayons and/or colored pencils
• Scissors
• 2 Glue Sticks
• School Supply Box
• 2 packages Dry Erase Markers (any color)
• One 1-inch binder with a clear pocket insert in front

Third Grade

• Backpack
• Pencil Box
• Scissors
• Erasers (only the rectangular kind)
• 1 pkg. of dry-erase markers
• Colored Pencils or crayons
• Water Bottle
• 2 glue sticks

*Pencils will not be needed as we purchase a special brand that works well in the electric sharpener.

Fourth Grade

• Dry-erase markers
• 1 -1 subject spiral notebook
• 2-pocket folders
• Pair of scissors (5”-6”)
• Yellow highlighter
• Pencil box (5 ½” x 8 ½”)
• Personal pencil sharpener
• Water Bottle
• White T-shirt, two sizes up so that it will fit at the end of the year. We use these for field trips.

Fifth Grade

• 2 - Low odor chisel tip dry-erase markers
• 2 - Packs of pencils (non-plastic coated)
• 2- separate notebooks
• 1 - Personal set of earbuds or headphones (OPTIONAL)
• 1- Pair of scissors
• 2- Plastic folders

*Please don’t send paper, a binder, a supply box, or a pencil pouch.
*All supplies will be community supplies.

Sixth Grade

• Pencils
• 1 pack of dry-erase markers
• Colored pencils
• 4 composition notebooks of 100 or more pages
• 3 packages of 3x5” index cards

 

If you need assistance with purchasing supplies, please contact Mrs. Germano, Mrs. Rowe, or Mrs. Parcel at 315-347-3442.

In accordance with New York State law, the following is the newly adopted policy regarding the use of Internet-enabled devices. Beginning in the 2025–2026 school year, Hermon-DeKalb CSD students will generally be prohibited from using Internet-enabled devices during the school day anywhere on school grounds. This policy is intended to help students remain focused on their academic responsibilities throughout the school day.

Below are the procedures for on-site device storage, methods for parents to contact students during the school day, and the consequences for violating the policy.

Click here to access the printable PDF version.

Policy 7316: Use of Internet-Enabled Devices During the School Day

The District consulted with local stakeholders, including, teachers, parents, and students, to develop this policy to prohibit the use of Internet-enabled devices by students during the school day on school grounds. This policy aims to ensure that students remain focused on their academic responsibilities throughout the school day.

For purposes of this policy definitions provided in New York Education Law section 2803 apply.

Students are generally prohibited from using Internet-enabled devices during the school day anywhere on school grounds.

However, students may be authorized to use an Internet-enabled device during the school day on school grounds if authorized by a teacher, principal, or the District for a specific educational purpose in accordance with New York Education Law section 2803. ;

Students must be permitted to use an Internet-enabled device where the use is included in the student's:

1.  Individualized Education Program (IEP); or
2. Section 504 Plan.

On-Site Storage of Internet-Enabled Devices Including Cell Phones

It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that personal electronic devices are turned off and placed in the designated areas during times when use is not authorized. Students must store their Internet-enabled devices in designated on-site storage areas during the school day. On-site storage areas may include, but are not limited to, student lockers, designated storage bins in classrooms, or secure storage areas in the school's main office. The designated on-site storage areas must be easily accessible to students and provide adequate security to ensure the safekeeping of the student’s devices. The District will communicate the procedures for storing and retrieving devices, ensuring that students understand their responsibilities in using the on-site storage facilities provided.

Loss or Damage:

The district shall not be responsible for the loss, theft, or destruction of personal electronic devices brought onto school, or District property, or while the student is attending District or school-sponsored activities or events.  

Methods for Parents to Contact Students During the School Day

To accommodate necessary communication, parents or persons in parental relation may use the following methods to contact their student during school hours while adhering to this policy:

• School Office Phone: Parents or persons in parental relation may call the school's main office, and the office staff can relay messages to the student or call the student to the office to speak with their parent or person in parental relation.
• Written Notes: Parents or persons in parental relation can drop off written notes at the school's main office, which can then be delivered to the student by school staff.

Parents and persons in parental relation will be notified in writing of the methods that are available for contacting their student during school hours upon enrollment and at the beginning of each school year.

Student Discipline for Accessing Internet-Enabled Devices During the School Day

The District is prohibited from suspending a student solely for accessing internet-enabled devices in violation of this policy. The district will follow the Student Code of Conduct for appropriate discipline for those in violation of this policy. Cell phone violations will fall under the following categories:

• Failure to comply with a reasonable request (Level 1)
• Unapproved use of an internet-abled device (Level 1)
• Inappropriate use of technology/abuse of computer privileges (Level 2)
• Insubordination (Level 3)

Posting and Translation of Policy

The District will post this policy in a clearly visible and accessible location on its website. Translations of the policy into the 12 most common non-English languages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state will be provided upon request by a student or other persons in parental relation to a student.

Reporting and Mitigation Action Plan

Beginning September 1, 2026 and annually thereafter, the District will publish an annual report on its website detailing enforcement of this policy within the District in the prior school year. This report will include non-identifiable demographic data of students who have faced disciplinary action for non compliance and analysis of any demographic disparities in the enforcement of this policy. If a statistically significant disparate enforcement impact is identified, the report will include a mitigation action plan.

Education Law Section 2803
Adoption Date: July 7, 2025

On Tuesday, May 20, Hermon-DeKalb CSD voted to approve the district’s proposed $14.56 million budget for the 2025-26 school year that carries a 1.72% tax levy increase and an increase in spending of 0.98% compared to the current year.

The proposed $14.56 million budget will allow Hermon-DeKalb CSD to fund after school programs, sustain athletic program to support student-athletes, continue to fund music and arts programs, provide students with opportunities to attend Career and Technical Education classes, and give high school students the opportunity to earn college credits before graduation.

“We are grateful to the community for their continued support of our school district,” said Superintendent Megan Foster-Trimm. “The Hermon-DeKalb Central School District is committed to preparing our students to be caring, conscientious, and creative citizens. The approval of the budget will allow us to continue to open doors for our students. It is encouraging to see our community supporting the goals we have set for the 2025–26 school year.”

The community voted to approve the transportation proposal on the ballot. This will allow the district to purchase one diesel 65-passenger bus and one 26-passenger handicapped accessible bus at a cost not to exceed $340,000.

The community also voted to approve the creation of the “2025 Capital Reserve Fund”. This reserve will be used to pay for future capital improvements to district facilities and sites.

There were three seats on the board of education on the ballot. The community voted for Andrew Brice and Christopher Stransky to fill the two seats that carry a five-year term. Jaclyn teRiele was selected to fill the third seat that carries a two-year term.

During the April meeting, the Board of Education approved changes to the 2024-25 calendar to include additional days off on Friday, May 9th, 2025 and Friday, June 27th, 2025. These days off were added because not all of the allotted snow/emergency closing days were used during the current school year. Each year, school districts are given a set number of snow or emergency closing days, and if they are not fully used, schools may schedule additional closures.