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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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Monticello MBK student intern Noah Moreno selected to attend Obama Foundation’s inaugural MBK Rising conference

From Feb. 18 – 20, representatives from My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) programs from across the nation, along with other leaders will gather in Oakland, California for the inaugural MBK Rising Conference. Monticello High School student, and Monticello MBK Intern Noah Moreno will join them.  Noah was selected from more than 130 youth who submitted videos …

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MHS debators shine at tournaments

MHS Debaters Reannon Matulewich, Noel Varughese, Madison Fields and Courtney Travis were recognized as top speakers in novice debate at the Malcolm Bump Debate Tournament held at Hendrick Hudson High School in Montrose, New York.            At the Newark Park High School Debate Tournament in Newark, New Jersey  Madison Fields, Reannon Matulewich, …

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UPDATE: District investigating bus getting pulled over by police

UPDATE, Feb. 5, 2019; 1:03 p.m.: After interviewing the parties involved in this report and reviewing videotape, the District has concluded its investigation into this matter. The Monticello Central School District is investigating a report of a district bus driver being pulled over by the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department after receiving a 911 call reporting …

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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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Rachel’s Challenge causing kindness frenzy at RJK, community event planned

At 13 years old, Rachel Joy Scott traced the outline of her hands on the back of her dresser and wrote “these hands belong to Rachel Joy Scott and will someday touch millions of people’s hearts” within the hand print. Even though four short years later her life was tragically cut short in the Columbine …

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Local teams supporting the fight against cancer

Article courtesy of  Coach Chris Russo The 11th-Annual Sullivan County Basketball Coaches Association of New York (BCANY) vs. Cancer Classic is scheduled for Feb. 1-2 at the Paul Gerry Fieldhouse on the campus of SUNY Sullivan. This two-day festival features seven high school games and is capped off by the SUNY Sullivan Men’s team taking on the …

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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. 

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Fall 2018 All-Star Athletes announced

Congratulations to our Fall 2018 Monticello All-Star athletes: Girls’ Tennis Lina Rios, Sullivan County Democrat All-Star Anastasia Gessman, Sullivan County Democrat All-Star Lauren Edwards, Sullivan County Democrat All-Star Girls’ Cross Country Sarah Grodin, 1st Team Sullivan County Democrat All-Star Aubrey Soller, 1st Team Sullivan County Democrat All-Star Victoria Blinston, 2nd Team Sullivan County Democrat All-Star …

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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. …

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