Extra! Extra! Cooke students learn about community news, thanks to special visitor

Extra! Extra! Read all about how students at the George L. Cooke Elementary School got a special lesson in how local news connects us all.   Fred Stabbert III, publisher of The Sullivan Democrat visited students in Claire Humbert and Joana Dutcher’s classes at the George L. Cooke Elementary School last week. During his visit, …

EPIC will host “Meal Planning Made Easy” Family Engagement Workshop on March 29

The Every Person Influences Children (EPIC) program will host a virtual family engagement workshop, “Meal Planning Made Easy”, for Monticello families on Tuesday, March 29 at 6:30PM via Zoom. Participants will gather to learn how to create a family meal plan on a budget and how to get the entire family involved in the meal …

EPIC to host “Parent Café: Sensory Meditation” on March 24

*Ver esta publicación en español.* The Every Person Influences Children (EPIC) program will host a virtual workshop for Monticello families on Thursday, March 24 at 6:45PM via Zoom. Participants will gather to learn various calming techniques, including how to calm the “5 Senses” through meditation. In addition, participants will support, share and learn from other …

Cooke PTSO will have initial meeting on March 22

The initial meeting of George L. Cooke Elementary School PTSO will take place on  Tuesday, March 22 at 4:30 p.m. in the Cooke multi-purpose room. A virtual option will also be available . To join the meeting virtually, please use the information below:     Join Zoom Meeting https://E2CCB-GST.zoom.us/j/96482337677  Meeting ID: 964 8233 7677 One tap …

MCSD launching new assessment tool to improve social-emotional learning practices

Dear MCSD Families,                                                                            Thank you for being our most powerful partners as we work together to educate the students in our district. The district’s improvement plans challenge us to create a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) that infuses social emotional learning into academic, attendance, and behavioral outcomes. To that end, we are partnering with …

Student art work will be displayed at Bethel Woods during SC P-12 Visual Arts Show

The Sullivan County P-12 visual arts show will be held April 1 -3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Market Shed  Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, located at 200 Hurd Road in Bethel. Visual works from Monticello students, and other students from around Sullivan County will be on display.  This event is …

Schools in MCSD receive grants from Sullivan 180 to improve the health of their school communities

The Monticello Central School District is “fit as a fiddle” thanks to grants from Sullivan 180! Over the course of the past several months, schools within MCSD have been awarded grants from Sullivan 180 for projects focused on improving the health and wellness of students and staff. George Cooke Elementary and Kenneth L. Rutherford Elementary …

Updates to COVID-19 mitigation plan re: masks and contact tracing

On the evening of March 1, the New York State Department of Health released additional guidance related to the expiration of the expiration of the mandatory mask mandate. In light of this new guidance, the district has made the following changes to its COVID-19 protocol:   The district will no longer perform individual contact tracing. Instead, it …

Junior Panthers Book Club builds literacy and inclusive culture

For many young children, a simple  three-hour car ride en route to a family vacation can feel like a constraining, never-ending ordeal. That’s why the second-grade students in the Junior Panthers Book Club at the George L. Cooke Elementary School were incredulous to learn that one man spent 27 hours stuffed into a small box …