Kimberly Patterson
Principal
26 Patricia Place
Monticello, NY 12701
(845) 794-4240
Welcome to the 2010-2011 School Year!
Elementary Classroom Visits, Sept. 2 & 3, 2-3 p.m.
All students and their families are welcome and encouraged to come visit the school, see their classrooms and meet their teachers.
Beginning September 2010, the Elementary School Day will start at 9:05 a.m. and end at 3:22 p.m.
Get important notifications with the School News Notifier (SNN) e-mail and text messaging system MORE
Letter from the Superintendent about changes to the elementary school transportation zones READ
Elementary School Transition Events
In September, the Duggan School will be closed, the Cooke and Rutherford Schools will be converted to a K-5 format, and the Rock Hill and Glen Wild area students will be redistricted to Chase. To welcome students and their families to their new schools, each school is hosting a series of events in hopes of alleviating any anxiety associated with this change. MORE
WELCOME TO RUTHERFORD (video viewable from school computers)
CLICK HERE to view this video on YouTube.
Club Rec morning care
Morning care for elementary school students is available through Club Rec at all the district elementary schools. In addition to its after-school program, Club Rec offers a before-school program from 7 to 9 a.m. Register at your child's school or call 794-8830, ext. 6 for more information.
The "Rules for Fighting Fair" posted at KLR
Students in Rutherford's third-grade
enrichment book club have been reading, "The Hundred Dresses" by
Eleanor Estes. This is a story about children in a school who
put down and tease a fellow student. Because of the theme, the
students had many discussions about how to treat each other in
school. Using research from the Peace Education Foundation's web
site, students found the "Rules For Fighting Fair." This
inspired students to color the handout and post it around the
building to share with the other students. The rules to help
work out a problem out peacefully are as follows:
1. Find out the problem
2. Attack the problem, not the person.
3. Listen to each other.
4. Care about each other's feelings.
5. Be responsible for what you say and do.
Fouls include: hitting, name calling, put downs, threats,
bossing, teasing, blaming, making excuses, not listening and
getting even - these are the things to avoid.
