Jane Sorensen honored with two awards

Jane Sorensen’s work through the EPIC program is so exemplary, she took home not one, but two awards during the April 5 Board of Education meeting. Ms. Sorensen, who is the Every Person Influences Children (EPIC) Family Engagement Program Manager at Monticello Central School District received a Board Award from the Monticello Board of Education …

Save the date for Monticello CSD’s Healthy Lifestyles Community Evening on April 11

The Monticello Central School District is hosting a Healthy Lifestyles Evening focused on hope, prevention and recovery on Monday, April 11 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Monticello High School cafeteria for parents and guardians of Monticello students. The event will feature a panel discussion with Junior Sanchez from Follow Us to Success, and …

Student-poets participate in inaugural Sullivan County Youth Poetry Festival

“The medium of poetry offers students the opportunity to give voice to what matters most in their lives: what they love, what they hope for, what worries them, what brings them down, what lifts them up” – Eric Baylin  The first-ever Sullivan County Youth Poetry Festival was held at Bethel Woods, Saturday, April 2.  The …

Absentee ballot applications available beginning April 15

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be applied for beginning April 15, 2022, at the office of the School District Clerk in the Administration Building during school business hours Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.; in accordance with Education Law §2018-a, such applications …

KLR fifth-graders work to build a school community of respect

Fifth-grade students at the Kenneth L. Rutherford learned about the concept of “community” during a series of visits with Director of Equity Tiffany Hall. Last week, Ms. Hall visited each classroom to get students thinking about how their words matter, and how they, as the oldest students in KLR, can help create a school community …

Chase students celebrate Agriculture in the Classroom Week with CCE

Barbara Moran from Cornell Cooperative Extension visited Julie Furman’s second-grade class at the Emma C. Chase Elementary School to celebrate Agriculture in the Classroom Week. Ms. Moran read the book Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table. The book chronicles the life of Will Allen, a former basketball star turned farmer who created a feast …

George L. Cooke Elementary School Spring Concert Series

The George L. Cooke Elementary School Spring Concert Series will be held on Tuesday, April 12 and Wednesday, April 13. The students will perform in teams; please see below to learn what day and time your child’s class will be on stage.  By following the current Covid guidelines for social distancing, we ask that each …