Kim Patterson,
Principal
26 Patricia Pl,
Monticello, NY 12701
(845) 794-4240
Student honored for his
great qualities
Another student has gone above and beyond what is expected of him to
earn the Rutherford Medal.
Fifth grader Justin Kozachuk comes in early every day to count,
divide and deliver our school newspapers to each classroom.
His honesty and dependability make him the wonderful young man that
he is.
Well done Justin!
Congratulations to
Rutherford Elementary School's
Students of the Month
for November 2008:
Brianna Bowdren, Auston Wells, Demitra Bowen, Carlos Enciso, Aleah
Balzano,
Ileytza Soto-Perez, Kevin Lebron, Neil Whidbee, Jalisa Clark, Luis
Garzon-Cruz, Adriana Lopez, Jesse Call, Tyler Wheat, Randy Murran,
Bengy Francisco, Michael Schneider, Joseph Conklin, Michell Cifentes,
Tyler Bruderman, Olivia Mulhern, Timothy Braunstein, Lynaisha Ivory,
Gabriela Ramirez, Ashley Camacho-Diaz,
Michael LaRuffa, Camryn Johnson, Najee Shackelford, Precious
Freeman, Megan Wells, Joshalin Gattling-Jackson, Patryk Lalewicz,
Julian Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Grace Lorino, Lille Carnell,
Scott Hughes, Brandon Parker and Jonathon Pabon.
Life Ropes help students
express themselves
Diana Hartman's and Julia Serrano's 5th grade classes created life
ropes for a culminating activity in Social Studies.
These projects represented significant events in each students life.
Each student picked events to include in their life rope and
arranged them in chronological order. They then decided on an
interesting way to personalize their project, making each one
unique.
The students presented their projects and proudly displayed them in
the fifth grade wing of the school.
A Thanksgiving
Celebration Story by Riley
Gandulla
This is a story about a play that my whole class did. It was called
A Charlie Brown
Thanksgiving. There were two groups because our teacher, (Mrs.
Tavi Bockman, 3rd grade at KLR) wanted everyone to have a part.
We had rehearsals for two weeks. We all felt very nervous when we
heard that our parents, the principal, vice principal, and Dr.
Michel would be here! It went perfectly. Some parents came in early
to cook toast. They left to go to work.
Afterwards, my class had a great feast that featured popcorn,
pretzels, jellybeans, chips and toast. Our teacher gave us costumes.
They were pieces of construction paper with a picture and the name
of the character on them. We had a ton of fun!
Multicultural
Thanksgiving at KLR
Fifth-grade teachers Diana Hartman, Karen Lang and Julia Serrano
celebrated
Thanksgiving with their students and families with a multicultural
feast.
Family members brought in homemade dishes that reflected the way in
which they celebrate the holidays.
Some examples included; Spatzle from Germany, Chicken Curry from
Jamaica, Cous-Cous from Israel and Rice and Beans from Puerto Rico.
A yummy time was had by all!
Mock election used to
teach many things
Rutherford Elementary School had a busy election season this year.
On Friday, Oct. 24, the Fun Friday celebration centered on the theme
of
"courage".
Near the end of the awards, the school was entertained by speeches
of the "candidates" running the mock-presidential election scheduled
for Friday, October 31. Senator John McCain was represented by Jose
Colotla and Governor Sara Palin was played by Kayla Shattuck, both
from Joe Prestianni's 5th grade class. Senator Barack Obama was
represented by Raheem Brown while Senator Joseph Biden was portrayed
by Patryk Lalewicz from Michelle Prestianni's 4th grade class.
The results of the election were 111 votes cast for Senator McCain,
and 410 votes cast for Senator Obama, who became our President-Elect
on Election Day. The balloting and tabulating of results were in the
capable hands of Mike Cordisco's 5th grade class, with assistance
from Enrichment Program Educator Martha Landau. Many classroom
teachers took the opportunity to utilize the current events to
enrich their students' knowledge of the Presidential election
process.
Donations help students
and schools
The staff at Woodbourne Correctional Facility conducted numerous
fundraisers as a way to raise money to help assist each elementary
school in Sullivan County. All the schools were contacted to see
what their individual needs were (i.e. school supplies, clothing
items/nurses office, winter apparel, etc).
Rutherford Elementary School is very grateful to have been given the
following items: 690 pens, 360 pencils, 230 folders, 154 glue
sticks, 84 spiral notebooks, 78 composition notebooks and 14 packs
of loose-leaf paper. Thank you to the staff at Woodbourne
Correctional Facility for their generous donations!
Photo: Several staff members from the Correctional Facility along
with 4th graders from Claudia Cordisco’s class.
Rutherford Elementary School celebrates courage
At the KLR school-wide October Fun Friday assembly, the theme was
courage. Many students created beautiful posters and donated them to
Sue Miller and Marie Blaine from C.R.O.C. (Citizens Reunited to
Overcome Cancer) to display in area hospitals. The posters were
judged by Dana Parks and Joe and Michele Prestiannis with the winning posters being
framed compliments the Kristt Company.
First place winners Rebecca Bass, Andrea Suedass and Ryan Smith
stood with the runners-up Randy Murran, Taylor Parks and Allison
Kurthy to proudly display their works of art. The 1st place winners
received a Borders gift card and the 2nd place winners received a
Camp Good Days COURAGE wrist band.
Thanks to all who entered; the posters will bring messages of
courage to all who see them!
Teaching safety at KLR
Officer Phil came to visit the students
at Rutherford Elementary School to talk about things like internet
safety, stranger danger, bullying and making
good
choices. Two students, Trevor Scott and Gabrielle Wissman, joined
Officer Phil in a game about the choices we make in regards to
values like friendship, responsibility and honesty.
Parents should talk with their children about what this program and
discuss what they learned from Officer Phil. Reviewing safety rules
will help children make good choices and keep them safe.
We plan to continue to work together to keep our students, your
children, safe. Special thanks to the Monticello Police Department
for bringing The Officer Phil Show to our school.
Community comes together
to fly a kite and support program
On October 16, Club Rec of Monticello
joined the 9th annual national Lights On Afterschool rally.
Participants and students made special kites and flew them
simultaneously throughout
the country at 4 p.m. as a way to show their support for the
importance of after-school programs. The event emphasized the
importance of keeping the lights on and the doors open for
after-school programs even during these tough economic times when
budget cuts threaten to endanger these programs.
The Monticello Club Rec after-school program opened in 2000 and
added a before school program in 2008 and now serve more than 250
children providing homework assistance, mentoring, activities in
sports, recreation, science, character education, violence
prevention, arts and literature, and dozens of other subjects.
“We are all very proud of our afterschool students,” said program
director John Muollo. “There's no reason that learning should stop
at 3 p.m., particularly if the alternative is unsupervised time in
front of a television set, or any of the dangerous or unhealthy
behaviors that can entice children in the afternoons.”
For more information on the Club Rec programs please visit the
Footings Inc. web site at
www.footings.com
and click on the Club Rec link.
Congratulations to
Rutherford Elementary School's
Students of the Month
for October 2008: Rebecca Bass,
Justin
Kozachuk, Jacob Reifel-Docarmo, Matthew Morris, Kayla Rosenburg,
Jaison Rivera, Kennie Diaz, Jalisa Clark, Tomasz Galek, Jessica
Meyer, Devin Rubin, Shane Wood, Alex Bastone, Prue Sanders, Keturah
Gray, Kaitlyn Vaeth, Anthony Staten, Taylor King, Paul Camera,
Sydney Johnson, Jose Colotla, Diamond Fannings, Nicole Andrzejewska,
Ciera Moore, Rachel Hernandez, Alizae Ortiz, Olyvia Talmadge,
Yeimily Ortiz, Bryan Granados, Stacey Reuss, Kadajsha Faison, Alex
Campbell, Anisa Sanders, Devon DeGrote, Alena Snowden and Jessica
Connor.
These students follow
the 3B's and work hard every day-keep up the good work!
Kids delight in huge
pumpkin
Fall is a beautiful time of year, especially at the Rutherford
Elementary School!
This
is the season when the children gather around "Mr. Pumpkin" as they
attempt to guess the weight of the immense gourd.
This makes them smile with excitement
and anticipation. Thanks to the wonderful people at the Monticello
Greenhouse who donated the pumpkin, the lucky winner will get to
take this giant pumpkin home. Happy Guessing!
Rainforest animals visit
KLR
At a recent Cooke/Rutherford PTA presentation, students at KLR got
the
delight of seeing many animals that live in different areas of the
Rainforest.
Several students
volunteered to assist in handling the animals. Five students took
the stage and held out their hands with their eyes closed. The
animal handler pulled out a rather large albino boa. The children
opened their eyes to see what would be placed in their hands - two
students ran from the stage while three brave girls remained!
Photo: Rutherford students Anna Bittinger, Karyn Dandridge and
Kemaia Hall-Rucker are apparently not afraid of large reptiles!
Students celebrate
author with pancake breakfast
On Friday, September 12, Dana Parks, Megan Becker and her class
celebrated children's author Tomie Depaola’s birthday by making
pancakes. Students began the afternoon by creating words to go along
with Tomie Depaola’s book “Pancakes for Breakfast”. They wrote
sentences as a class to describe what was happening in the book.
Once they had created a classroom
story they had hands on experience following a recipe and using
their own baking skills. Students then enjoyed their pancake
creations by eating their work!
Photo: Isaiah Madden, Jaison Rivera, Alithea Bolden and Jessica
Conner
Morning care for
elementary school students is now available through Club Rec at ALL
district elementary schools. In
addition to its after-school program, Club Rec is now offering a
before-school program from 7-9 a.m. Register at your child's school.
Click here for more
details or call 794-8830, ext. 6.
Congratulations to
Rutherford Elementary School's
Students of the Month
for June 2008: Andrew Nagoda, Courtney
Wissman, Lexus Marshall, Charlie Sabatino, Yeimily Ortiz, Jie Lin,
Alexander Rodriguez, Patryk Lalewicz, Cristal Ortiz, Mariea DeCarlo,
Jalisa Clark, Jaison Rivera, Jessica Connor, Arianna Lindsey, D'asia
Harrington, Nathaniel Goldsmith,Star Waknine, Ivelise Thomas, Evan
Gandulla, Tommy Nola, Deontae Smith, Deven Rubin, Kayla Shattuck,
MacKenzie Mitchell, Christian Phillips, Aleah Balzam, Armond
Maillard, Ciana Doty, Demi Dabbraccio, Amanda Oquendo, Kalaysha
Sanders, Joseph Alli, Truth Muller, Antonio Pelosi, Jaquito
Williams, James Crover, Joshua Noye, Leajahnae Ivory, Timothy
Braunstein, Alijah Toro, Joshalin Gattling, Riley Lindholm, Adriana
Lopez, Saebastian Barbarite, Sierra Grant and Attilah Snowden.
Ileytza Soto-Perez, Kevin Lebron, Neil Whidbee, Jalisa Clark, Luis
Garzon-Cruz, Adriana Lopez, Jesse Call, Tyler Wheat, Randy Murran,
Bengy Francisco, Michael Schneider, Joseph Conklin, Michell Cifentes,
Tyler Bruderman, Olivia Mulhern, Timothy Braunstein, Lynaisha Ivory,
Gabriela Ramirez, Ashley Camacho-Diaz, 
Thanksgiving. There were two groups because our teacher, (Mrs.
Tavi Bockman, 3rd grade at KLR) wanted everyone to have a part.
Thanksgiving with their students and families with a multicultural
feast. 
"courage".
Near the end of the awards, the school was entertained by speeches
of the "candidates" running the mock-presidential election scheduled
for Friday, October 31. Senator John McCain was represented by Jose
Colotla and Governor Sara Palin was played by Kayla Shattuck, both
from Joe Prestianni's 5th grade class. Senator Barack Obama was
represented by Raheem Brown while Senator Joseph Biden was portrayed
by Patryk Lalewicz from Michelle Prestianni's 4th grade class.
fundraisers as a way to raise money to help assist each elementary
school in Sullivan County. All the schools were contacted to see
what their individual needs were (i.e. school supplies, clothing
items/nurses office, winter apparel, etc).
good
choices. Two students, Trevor Scott and Gabrielle Wissman, joined
Officer Phil in a game about the choices we make in regards to
values like friendship, responsibility and honesty. 
the country at 4 p.m. as a way to show their support for the
importance of after-school programs. The event emphasized the
importance of keeping the lights on and the doors open for
after-school programs even during these tough economic times when
budget cuts threaten to endanger these programs. 
Kozachuk, Jacob Reifel-Docarmo, Matthew Morris, Kayla Rosenburg,
Jaison Rivera, Kennie Diaz, Jalisa Clark, Tomasz Galek, Jessica
Meyer, Devin Rubin, Shane Wood, Alex Bastone, Prue Sanders, Keturah
Gray, Kaitlyn Vaeth, Anthony Staten, Taylor King, Paul Camera,
Sydney Johnson, Jose Colotla, Diamond Fannings, Nicole Andrzejewska,
Ciera Moore, Rachel Hernandez, Alizae Ortiz, Olyvia Talmadge,
Yeimily Ortiz, Bryan Granados, Stacey Reuss, Kadajsha Faison, Alex
Campbell, Anisa Sanders, Devon DeGrote, Alena Snowden and Jessica
Connor.
This
is the season when the children gather around "Mr. Pumpkin" as they
attempt to guess the weight of the immense gourd.
delight of seeing many animals that live in different areas of the
Rainforest.
celebrated children's author Tomie Depaola’s birthday by making
pancakes. Students began the afternoon by creating words to go along
with Tomie Depaola’s book “Pancakes for Breakfast”. They wrote
sentences as a class to describe what was happening in the book.
