George L. Cooke staff member tests positive for COVID-19; contacts limited; school will open as scheduled Thursday, Oct. 29

On Wednesday, Oct. 28, the Monticello Central School District learned that a staff member at the George L. Cooke Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19. The individual was last in the building on Friday, Oct. 23 and had a limited number of contacts with other individuals in the building. The MCSD administration has made initial …

Cooke community raises nearly $1,000

Students and staff at the George L. Cooke Elementary School raised $900 to benefit Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and Ride 2 Survive through this year’s annual “Denim and Pink” fundraiser. Staff and students wore pink on Oct. 23 to show their support and donated to the cause. Staff enjoyed a grab-and-go breakfast that included …

Fall pictures rescheduled at Cooke Elementary

Lifetouch Pictures, originally scheduled at Cooke for Oct. 20 and 21 have been rescheduled. The new dates are as follows: Cohort A/C/D Monday, Nov. 9 Tuesday, Nov. 10 Cohort B/C/D Thursday, Nov. 12 Friday, Nov. 13 To order your photos, please visit mylifetouch.com and enter code EVTN7MPH8

Get your COVID-19 Questions answered by Sullivan County Public Health Services

The Sullivan County Public Health Services and Sullivan BOCES are hosting a school community forum to provide answers to commonly asked COVID-19 related questions on Nov 4 at 6:00 PM. Public Health staff will explain what to expect if you or a family member is exposed to someone who tests positive or if YOU test …

Fire Prevention Week goes virtual!

It’s been a long-standing tradition at the Monticello Central School District to welcome local firefighters into the schools each fall for Fire Prevention Week. Students typically get to get up close and personal with the trucks and equipment as they learn how they can prevent fires. However, 2020 has been anything but typical, so administrators …

Virtual book fair for KLR and Cooke runs from Oct. 19 – Nov. 1

The Cooke-KLR PTO is hosting the annual Scholastic book fair, which will be held virtually this year from Oct. 19 – Nov. 1  Families can use the following links to order books: Rutherford families  Cooke families There are more than 6,000 items to choose from, all orders are shipped directly to your home and there …

The Monti Message, October 2020

A monthly recap from Superintendent of Schools Dr. Matthew Evans  I. Our Schools George L. Cooke Elementary School: Open Again We recently had to, unfortunately, shift Cooke Elementary School to remote learning due to a staff member becoming sick with COVID-19. Once we became aware of the positive test (September 28), we initiated contact tracing …

Update your SchoolMessenger information to stay connected

The Monticello Central School District is encouraging all families to opt-in to receive text/SMS messages from the district’s notification platform, SchoolMessenger.  On Thursday, Oct. 8, the district sent out a text message to all mobile numbers on file prompting users to opt-in to receive messages. If you did not receive this message, you either do …

George L. Cooke Elementary School students expected to return to the building beginning Tuesday, Oct. 13 

As of this publication date, the George L. Cooke Elementary School is expected to re-open its doors to students again beginning Tuesday, Oct. 13. All K-2 students in cohort A will return on Tuesday, Oct. 13 and all K-2 students in cohort B will return on Thursday, Oct. 15. All students will continue to work remotely on Wednesdays. …

Two additional staff members at Cooke test positive for COVID-19; individuals have not been in the building since Friday, Sept. 25

Two additional staff members at the George L. Cooke Elementary School have tested positive for COVID-19. The individuals were contacts of the first identified positive case at Cooke and have not been in the building since Friday, Sept. 25. The district first learned of a positive case in a Cooke staff member on Monday, Sept. …