Elementary students celebrate 100th day of school
Students at the George L. Cooke, Kenneth L. Rutherford and Emma C. Chase Elementary Schools celebrated the 100th day of school during the week of Feb. 28. Watch a video of the festivities.
Urvashi Gupta named New York Coach of the Year
For the past 27 years, the tennis athletes coached by Urvashi Gupta have earned the scholar athlete distinction. While some might credit the academic success of this team, at least in part, to Coach Gupta’s emphasis on sportsmanship, respect and integrity; she prefers to attribute it to the nature of the sport. “Tennis is a …
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Safe Homes of Orange County helps MCSD students learn about healthy relationships
Students in the Monticello Central School District are learning what healthy relationships look like, thanks to a partnership between the District’s Special Programs Department and Safe Homes of Orange County. Safe Homes’ Community and Youth Educator Kodi Haney has been making weekly visits to Monticello’s secondary schools to set up an interactive display during lunch …
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131 MCSD students selected to perform at All-County Music Festival
131 students from the Monticello Central School District were chosen to perform among the county’s most accomplished musicians in the annual Sullivan County Music Educators All-County Music Festival. The festival will take place on Saturday, March 2 at the Liberty High School David Panebaker Auditorium. 2:30 p.m.: MS String Orchestra, Elementary Chorus, Middle School Band 5 …
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Community Resource Center will open in the Monticello Central School District
Families of students enrolled in the Monticello Central School District will have greater access to support, thanks to a partnership between the district and the Sullivan County Department of Family Services. Beginning in early February, the district will open a Community Resource Center twice per month at Robert J. Kaiser Middle School where families in …
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Snow, schmow – regardless of the weather, our plants grow!
Not even a polar vortex could put a freeze on what’s sprouting up in Dennis Lankau’s classroom. Mr. Lankau’s first-grade students have been growing a garden of pea shoots in their classroom at George L. Cooke Elementary School. Mr. Lankau, who also serves as the advisor for Cooke’s Garden Club, applied for a grant through …
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Keeping up with My Brother’s Keeper
Read the fifth edition of the Monticello My Brother’s Keeper newsletter to catch up with the amazing accomplishments of this extraordinary program.
NYSED data results: Monticello CSD is in “Good Standing,” scores high in parental involvement
With all five of Monticello’s schools receiving the “Good Standing” designation from the New York State Education Department, the Monticello Central School District has officially been named as a district in “Good Standing” under the New York State Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The NYSED released the results of these new accountability measures on Jan. …
Board Awards honor remarkable Monticello team members
At its Jan. 17 meeting, the Monticello Board of Education held its semi-annual “Board Award Ceremony,” to recognize staff and students who exemplify excellence and a commitment to the Monticello Central School District community. Read more about these fine folks, as described by their nominator(s), below. Ms. Gernilee Schombs, Nominated by Stephen Wilder, High School …
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Jalon Fennell wins Amazon gift card in Cross County Reading Challenge
Students across Sullivan County are virtually reading their way through the county, thanks to an initiative from the School Library System at Sullivan BOCES. (SLSSB) In an effort to create a culture of reading across Sullivan County, the SLSSB created the “Cross County Reading Challenge.” Each school district has a “team” of participating students. Whenever …
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