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 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 in Goshen, NY. 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 Crusader with a shield on a horse, as shown in the adjacent picture, that represents strength and determination as well as other qualities that only a true Crusader can have. The schools have many sports, including cross country, track and field, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, hockey, lacrosse, volleyball, and more. The district has many extra-curricular activities for its student. The only international activity the district is involved in is Odyssey of the Mind. Another extra-curricular activity is the drama club.