Monticello High School senior Sarah Grodin is heading to West Point. Sarah, a Principal’s List honor student and a member of the Monticello High School ski team and track team, committed to West Point at a signing ceremony on March 4, surrounded by her family, coaches and Monticello High School staff members. She will run …
Catch up with what’s been happening in the Monticello My Brother’s Keeper program by reading the latest edition of The Keeper’s Secret.
Physical Education class is the perfect place to promote a healthy lifestyle. Emma C. Chase Elementary School Physical Education Teacher,Tamara Coney, is doing just that. In her classes, Mrs. Coney encourages and teaches students how to take charge of their health. Learning how to be healthy at a young age will help children make healthy …
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RJK’s Environmental Club is doing its part to learn what needs to be done to maintain a safe and healthy environment and bring that information back to the school. On Sunday, March 3, members of the club took a trip to Kingston to be part of the New York Youth Summit. It’s a two-part summit, …
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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.
We are aware of a social media challenge targeting children and young adults called the Momo Challenge. It has created much concern because of its disturbing nature. The Momo Challenge is found on WhatsApp (a free smartphone messaging application) and on Facebook. The challenge involves a frightening character making contact with a child from an …
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On Feb. 22, 2019, nineteen students from the Academy of Finance traveled to Binghamton to attend the “FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) Day with the Binghamton Devils” at Floyd L Maines Arena. We learned about the arena business and managing a hockey arena. Initially, we took a tour of the arena and saw all …
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Ms. Harden and Mrs. Ducey, sixth grade counselors at RJK, facilitate the JEMZ Girls’ Group at lunch. JEMZ is an eight-session program based on compassion, kindness, fun and creativity, designed to promote self-confidence and build social relationships. The girls learn the importance of gratitude, having a positive attitude, working together and seeing the good in …
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Skiers participating in the state championships at Gore earlier this week endured some pretty extreme condition. On Monday, there were 50 mile-per-hour winds and light snow. On Tuesday, the temperature dropped with a high of 5 degrees. Still, Monticello’s Alpine ski teams persevered and were successful. Shane Bittinger placed 8th in the slalom event. Overall, …
The Monticello girls and boys alpine ski teams competed with a lot of heart on Valentine’s Day at the Section 9 championships. Both teams won the section 9 title with seven athletes advancing to states. Shane Bittinger, Ryan Grodin and Kyle Foss will represent the boys team at states and Sarah Grodin, Jessica Blakesley, Drew …
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