Saturday was a day to celebrate reading and readers. On May 25, students from throughout the county came to Monticello to be recognized for their reading prowess. That included 19 students from the Monticello Central School District’s Rutherford and Cooke Elementary Schools and Monticello High School. The students took part in the Cross County Reading …
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The Mid-Hudson Valley Region’s Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers (TSTT) Program honored 14 graduating seniors, program mentors, and participating school districts at its 3rd annual recognition ceremony last week, including Monticello High School students Robert Bonnaci, Michelle Bryant, Zanaya Cooper and Steven Stanford. Zanaya Cooper has been in the program for three years. She …
Kindergarten and first grade students at Cooke Elementary School are bringing happiness to senior citizens. As part of their Social Emotional Wellness class compassion project and community service with teacher Elisa Mendels, the students drew pictures and put them in decorated wooden-stick frames. They were presented Thursday to Jane Bozan, the nutrition director for the …
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Sixth-grade students Nina Whidbee, third from left, and Brianna Seaman, fourth from left in front, received awards for their artwork entered into the New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s 33rd annual Water Resources Art & Poetry Contest. Mrs. Cherise Barasch, a teacher at RJK, entered their artwork into the contest, which is open to …
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There is a new student store at Cooke Elementary School, thanks to the technology teacher and some talented students from Monticello High School. The creation of the Cooke school store began back in May of 2018. Student Council advisor, Kelly Mitchell, along with Donald Waddell, high school technology teacher, designed the architectural plans to build …
Fourth and fifth grade students at KLR participated in a STEAM Fair. What is STEAM? It stands for science, technology, engineering, arts and math. The focus is hands-on learning with real-world applications to help students develop a variety of skill sets. The projects created by the students for the KLR STEAM Fair were amazing. The …
Students of the George L. Cooke Elementary School have been waiting for warmer weather to gear up the garden for planting. The Student Council from the after-school program joined forces with the Garden Club to help first grade teacher Dennis Lankau get the garden ready for the planting season. Some students raked up the leaves, …
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Sixth-grade students in Danielle Dillon’s science classes used some yummy ingredients for their plate boundary lab recently – specifically graham crackers, fruit roll-ups and icing. They were learning about tectonic plates – convergent, divergent and strike slip plate boundaries. The graham crackers represented the continental crust, the fruit roll-ups represented the oceanic crust and the …
At our April Fun Friday our Special Area Teachers helped our students relay a very important message: Take care of our Earth! Kindergarten and first grade classes sang a short song – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to the tune of Itsy Bitsy Spider. Fourth and fifth grade students presented what they learned about their very own …
The Monticello High School administrators were made aware of an alleged threat late in the day on Wednesday, May 8, from a teacher who had heard students discussing it. There were no social media posts, notes or witnesses, only second and third-hand information. At that time, the administrators determined the allegations were not credible after …
