It’s Monday in Monticello: April 7: Proposed cell phone/personal electronic device ban

It’s Monday in Monticello – time for Superintendent Matt Evans’ weekly update to the Monticello community. In this episode, more information about a proposed “bell-to-bell” ban on personal electronic devices that would require all students to keep their cell phones and other personal devices turned off and stored away from the beginning of the school …

Cooke’s STEAM Night brings families out for a night of fun

391 George L. Cooke Elementary School students and their families had a fantastically fun evening during the school’s nature-themed STEAM Night on March 18. Staff led science experiments in the gymnasium. Students created a volcano, made a snowstorm in a jar, used milk and food dye to simulate the Northern Lights, and stuck their hands …

MBK to host free literacy/math summer camps

Monticello’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) program will host free summer camps focused on literacy and math skills development at the Evergreen and Kinnebrook communities in July and August.  MBK sponsored a literacy camp last summer at Evergreen to encourage and support a love of reading as we understand reading is the foundation of all learning. …