June 23-24	Half Day for Students
June 25	Last Day of School (Dismissal 1 Hour After Arrival)
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The following is a list of special programs Balmville students participate in:
Student-produced morning television news broadcast, announcements, and special events.
Electronic research using encyclopedias, laser discs, and compact discs
Multimedia projects and reports
Student-authored slide shows
Internet home page projects
Use of on-line services
Student-produced videos
Enriched math for grades four, five and six
Family Math Night
Mother's Day Tea
Conservation Day
Math Trail
Parent Volunteers
Balmville Student Press Club

In addition, there are events that are unique to the school such as Balmville Tree Celebration, Math Trail of Historical Sites and Family-Style Lunch Program.

We also have Parent-Sponsored Events such as Craft Fairs (Fall & Spring), Harvest Dance, Penny Social, Bingo Night, Spring Dance, Holiday Boutique and Book Fair.

Balmville School Media and Communication Center offers a K-6 program designed to actively include students in communication, decision-making, problem solving and cooperative-learning projects. The Media and Communication Program addresses these issues via the integration of a basic core curriculum with modern technology.

In all grades, students are encouraged to develop their various communication skills. Students in grades K-3 are actively involved in learning activities geared to careful listening, giving and receiving specific instructions, and the delivery of simple presentations.

Students in grades 4-6 take part in more diverse and complex activities designed to build upon earlier learning. The culminating activity is a major integrated-media project which all sixth grade students are required to do as a graduation project.

The benefits of the presentation component include student acquisition of planning and organizational skills; the personal growth benefits of speaking before others are realized. Skills will be acquired by students in the operation and application of a wide variety of powerful technical media tools.

While all of our students benefit from the various areas of the media, each grade level has a focus:

Kindergarten
Basic Photography

Grade 1
Oral Communication (including performance and radio)

Grade 2
Written Communication/Publishing

Grade 3
Illustration & Animation

Grade 4
Photojournalism

Grade 5
Balmville Broadcast Newspaper Publishing
Power Point/Business Presentation

Grade 6
Television/Morning News Broadcast