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KLR celebrates Better Hearing and Speech Month

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM); a month to raise awareness about communication disorders and the role Speech-Language Pathologist play in helping students succeed. Kenneth L. Rutherford Elementary School Speech Pathologists Julia Zanger and Ashley Martin spent the month leading staff members through engaging activities to share important information, and inviting students to …

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District staff honored at Healthier Generations Celebration

Monticello Central School District staff members were recognized at the Healthier Generations Celebration held on June 7 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. According to the organization’s website, “As Sullivan County struggles at the bottom of the county health rankings each year, our children and youth continue to pay the price with poor health …

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A walkway of positive affirmations

Students in Sarah Davis’ class at Kenneth L. Rutherford Elementary School decorated the walkway in front of the school building with positive affirmations during their weekly Social Emotional Wellness (SEW) class.   SEW Coordinator Jill Yanetta read The Bad Seed to the class — a story of a sunflower seed who learns its never too …

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KLR spring concert series

The Kenneth L. Rutherford Elementary School spring concert series will be held on June 1 and June 2. Times and dates are as follows: June 1, 9:30- 3rd Grade BLUE Team (Snow, Nunziata, Hartman, Prestianni, Kavleski, Babbitt3) June 1, 10:30- 3rd Grade WHITE Team (Rodriguez, Case, Seitel, Wharton/Orlando, Scheck/Lospalluto) June 1, 1:30- 4th Grade BLUE …

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Assembly encourages fourth-grade students to play instruments

In Monticello Central School District’s music education program, fifth grade is a banner year. It’s this year that students are able to begin studying an instrument of their choice. For many students, this will be their first foray into instrumental music, so to help facilitate the selection process, the music students of Monticello High School …

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Sullivan County has been designated “high” risk area; masks recommended

español  Dear Monticello CSD Community and Staff Members, Sullivan County has been recently designated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s metrics, as a “high” risk area for COVID-19 community transmission.  The CDC recommends that individuals in “high” risk areas: Wear a mask indoors in public Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines Get tested if symptomatic The CDC also recommends …

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KLR fifth-grade students graduate from DARE program

Kenneth L. Rutherford fifth-grade students celebrated the completion of their Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program with a graduation ceremony on Friday, May 6. According to the program’s website, DARE is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug …

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MCSD receives donated photograph of 1928 MHS graduation class from local residents

Monticello Central School District received a “blast from the past” thanks to the donation of a photo from Monticello residents Judy and Gary Siegel. The photo is of Monticello High School’s 1928 graduating class and was taken when the students were on their senior trip to Mount Vernon almost 100 years ago. The photo was …

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Check your mailbox for the budget edition of the Panther Post

The budget edition of the Monticello Central School District’s print newsletter, The Panther Post, will be arriving in residents’ mailboxes beginning May 10. Please keep an eye out for the newsletter, which contains important information about the 2022-23 proposed school budget.  Can’t wait? Read the digital copy online