Monroe–Woodbury Central School District
The Monroe–Woodbury Central School District is a school district in Orange County, New York. Most students in the school district live in the towns of Monroe or Woodbury, hence the name. However, there are some students in the district that live in either Harriman, Chester, Blooming Grove, or Tuxedo.
Schools
The district's schools consist of 7 learning facilities. Sapphire Elementary & Smith Clove serve children (grades kindergarten-1). Central Valley, North Main, and Pine Tree elementary schools (grades 2-5), and Monroe-Woodbury Middle School (grades 6-8) and Monroe-Woodbury High School (grades 9-12) are the higher level buildings in the district. There are four houses in the Middle School, named Yellow, Green, Red and Blue, as well as 4 in the high school, named A, B, C, and D.
Sacred Heart School instills faith and education to Pre-K, Grades 1-5 in their "Elementary School" and a "Middle School" program to grades 6-8. After completing graduation, students can either move on to Public school life at Monroe-Woodbury High School or attend nearby John S. Burke Catholic High School.Typically, students wanting to pursue a successful career at their sport tend to migrate to MW High School, more specifically, their football team; one of the best in the State of New York and their other Section 9 and state-winning teams.
Extracurricular
The Monroe-Woodbury school colors are purple, black, and white. The mascot is a mounted Crusader bearing a lance and shield, as depicted in the adjacent picture. The Crusader represents the strength and spirit of determination that both the students and faculty of the district possess. The schools have many sports, including cross country, track and field, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, hockey, lacrosse, volleyball, and more. The district also has a large variety of extra-curricular activities available to its student body. The only international activity the district is involved in is Odyssey of the Mind. Another extra-curricular activity is the drama club.
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