On Saturday, Feb. 9, Spectrum News dropped by Monticello High School to interview Academy of Finance students who are participating in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program and helping community members prepare their tax returns. Click here to watch the video
Mother Nature took a break long enough for our illustrious high school administration to host a delicious breakfast for this year’s Toy Drive donation leaders. If the students in the picture look familiar, it is because this fabulous class also demonstrated their leadership and generosity during our food drive. After raising a staggering $1,239.22 for …
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The students at the Emma C. Chase Elementary School School are very fortunate to have Mrs. Eileen Kolaitis a kindergarten teacher volunteer to spark their imaginations with a galactic experience in the StarLab planetarium. A projector inside the dome displays images of constellations and planets for the students to see. Mrs. Kolaitis pointed out where …
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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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 …
Top-rated books face off in this NCAA style bracket challenge! Students all over the county vote for their favorite books until one comes out on top! Don’t forget to keep logging the books you read in the Cross County Reading Challenge which goes on all year. Deadlines to vote: First Round: Feb. 8 Second …
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, …
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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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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