391 George L. Cooke Elementary School students and their families had a fantastically fun evening during the school’s nature-themed STEAM Night on March 18. Staff led science experiments in the gymnasium. Students created a volcano, made a snowstorm in a jar, used milk and food dye to simulate the Northern Lights, and stuck their hands …
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Six of Monticello’s winter athletic teams were named as scholar athlete teams by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA). Teams that earn this distinction must have 75% of their members maintain an overall average of 90% or better throughout the season. Congratulations to the following winter scholar athlete teams: Girls Alpine …
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Monticello’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) program will host free summer camps focused on literacy and math skills development at the Evergreen and Kinnebrook communities in July and August. MBK sponsored a literacy camp last summer at Evergreen to encourage and support a love of reading as we understand reading is the foundation of all learning. …
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First-grade students at the George L. Cooke Elementary School got a sweet lesson on how maple syrup is made. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell of T. Mitchell and Sons Maple Sugaring showed the students how they tap trees, the sugaring process, how the different colors of syrup impact its taste and how real maple syrup is …
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