KLR students excel at STEAM Fair

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 …

Academy of Finance senior students honored at annual reception

On May 15, the Monticello High School Academy of Finance (AOF) celebrated its graduating seniors during the annual AOF senior reception held at SUNY Sullivan.  The 13 AOF seniors are:  Abraham Corces Joseph Evans Fiona Feltman Sofia Heimowitz James Hiciano, Jr.  Raheem House Aiden Johnson James Lopez Kayla Medina Alison Monroy Mejia Ashvi Patel Kevin …

Green Screen Supports Literacy

Name of Project:  Green Screen Supports Literacy Project Topic:  Project-Based Learning Demographics: The Monticello Central School District is located in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains of New York state – a rural area that has seen a significant economic decline in the past few decades, after a drop in the tourism industry. It is …

Students get scientific at the Kartrite Resort and Indoor Waterpark

A group of Monticello Central School District science students spent the greater part of the day on Friday, May 10 calculating water pH levels, performing tests to determine how height and incline influence speed and conducting experiments to learn the difference between kinetic and potential energy. Although the tools they used were what you would …

A delicious lab for Team Albany

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 …

Got sneakers? Help others!

The George L. Cooke Elementary School Student Council has been looking for ways to pay it forward to the community. On Earth Day, when they learned about how long it takes for sneakers to decompose in the local landfill, they wondered if there was a way to recycle sneakers instead of throwing them away.  The …

KLR celebrates on April Fun Friday

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 …

Kindergarten students heal their furry friends during field trip to CRMC

On Friday, May 3, the staff of Catskill Regional Medical Center (CRMC) treated a slew of interesting patients. One managed to break his back and foot, and also suffered a large laceration to his arm after a mishap while making breakfast. Yet another sprained his arm and leg while hopping from one lily pad to …