Please be aware of the following important changes concerning school closures and delays. After careful review of student attendance on days with the flex day schedule, the district has decided to eliminate the flex day option, effective the 2019-20 school year. The district will continue to utilize one and two-hour delays as necessary. The district …
The students and staff of the George L. Cooke Elementary School donned pink and denim on Friday, Oct. 18 for the school’s annual “pink and denim” fundraiser to support breast cancer awareness. Students and staff had the opportunity to wear pink and denim on Friday in exchange for a donation. The school raised $596, more …
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During the week of Oct. 21 through 25, the Monticello Central School District joins districts throughout New York State in recognizing the men and women who serve on school boards. School board members are responsible for the oversight of the district in which they serve. In Monticello Central School District, the Board is comprised of …
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For the third year in a row, the George L. Cooke Elementary School students vowed to “whip pediatric cancer” at the school’s third-annual Whip Pediatric Cancer Assembly on Friday, Sept. 27. In the weeks leading up to the assembly, students were encouraged to decorate a gold heart in exchange for a suggested donation of $1 …
Press release courtesy of the New York State Education Department The New York State My Brother’s Keeper Community Network now includes 25 member communities, Interim State Education Commissioner Beth Berlin announced Oct. 4, 2019. The program recently added connections with Peekskill and Monticello City, the 24th and 25th communities to join the growing initiative to …
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All October long, students in the Monticello My Brother’s Keeper program will collect donations of new, unused socks to support senior residents in need. Donations may be dropped off at Monticello High School during regular business hours until Oct. 31.
The building located at 22 St. John Street has served Monticello residents in many capacities throughout the decades. Some residents consider it their alma mater. Others pass by and remember it as the place where their children first learned their abcs and 123s at the Project Excel UPK program. Some see it and remember it …
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As students start their new school year at the George L. Cooke School, they were greeted with generous donations, such as folders, composition books, pencils, markers, tissues, glue sticks, book bags and much more. These donations came from the United Methodists Church of Monticello, Restoration Church in Monticello, Sullivan Correctional Facility, the NAACP and Mrs. …
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While many elementary schools may prohibit jumping, skipping and crawling on the way to class, at Kenneth L. Rutherford Elementary School and George L. Cooke Elementary School in Monticello, it’s encouraged! When students at these two schools returned for the 2019-20 school year, they found that some of their hallways had been transformed into “sensory …
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With the addition of School Counselor Molly Messina to the Monticello team in the 2019-20 school year, students can add another brick to the foundation they are building during their elementary years to support their future. The New York State Education Department recently released new guidance regulations requiring that all elementary school students have access …
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