New 9/11 Course at MCS

By David Avitabile

MIDDLEBURGH - Anyone alive at the time remembers where they were when they heard about Pearl Harbor being bombed and the assassination of President Kennedy. The same could be said for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The exception, of course, is for people who were born after the attacks. Middleburgh Central School may have a class next year to teach students (all of whom were born after 9/11) about that day and its impact.

Social Studies teacher Jason Dannible informed school board members at their January 10 meeting about the class.

He noted that current students have no memories of 9/11 and its important. The class, which has been proposed for the 2024-25 school year, would include information and lessons about 9/11 and the hunt for Osama Bin Laden.

Mr. Dannible also updated the board on field trips for Social Studies classes.

The sophomores will go to the American Museum of Natural History while the juniors went to the State Capitol and State Museum.

This spring, 50 students, 12 parents, and 10 chaperones are going to Dublin, London, and Paris as part of the biennial History Club trip. In 2026, club members plan on going to Germany, Austria, and Hungary. The cost would be about $3,000 for 10 days.

He also proposed a trip every four years to the Inauguration in Washington D.C. for the seniors.

Some MCS students went to the inauguration in 2017 but were shut out in 2021 by the pandemic, he said. In addition to going to the inauguration, students would go to Mount Vernon, the Capitol, and other sites. It would be a three-night, four-day trip.