Students at every school in the Monticello Central School District (MCSD), including Project Excel, will have some new literary choices, thanks to a donation from the Board of Education. At the inaugural Sullivan County Book Festival held in late May, members of the Board of Education secured a variety of books, many signed by the …
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Monticello Central School District are partnering to “Get the Meds Out” of your home’s medicine cabinet. All residents are encouraged to bring their unused and expired medications to the medication collection kiosks at: Monticello Police Department 2 Pleasant Street Monticello, NY 12701 845-794-4422 The Family …
At its June meeting, the Monticello Board of Education held its semi-annual “Board Award Ceremony,” to recognize staff and students who exemplify excellence and a commitment to the Monticello Central School District community. Just prior to the beginning of the ceremony, the Board presented 2018-19 student board member, Molly Garcia, with a certificate and a …
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Second grade students from Chase Elementary School took a trip to the Hudson Highlands Museum in Cornwall on Friday, May 31. The students went on a nature walk looking for insects – they found them and got to examine them. The students had a great time learning about nature and how to be responsible caretakers …
After a series of summits, meetings and collaborative sessions between students, families, civic leaders and educators, the Monticello My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) program recently finalized its “Community Action Plan.” The document serves as a road map to making Monticello a “MBK Community” – a public commitment to providing strategies, resources and solutions to address achievement …
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On Tuesday, May 21, Monticello Central School District (MCSD) voters approved the district’s $91.2 million 2019-20 school budget 603 yes to 451 no votes. The $91,227,073 budget is below the district’s legal tax cap limit, preserves all existing programs, represents a 0.80 percent tax levy increase and an overall spending increase of 1.56 percent. “I …
What was it like to live during the Colonial Days? After a visit from Sheldon Stowe, Mrs. Eisenhardt’s and Mrs. Weiss’ students at Emma C. Chase Elementary School would probably be able to tell you! The students had a special guest that delivered a historical presentation of colonial times. Mr. Sheldon Stowe is a Social …
Monticello educators joined other community members from around Sullivan County for an intensive two-and-a-half-day ChildLight Yoga and Yoga4Classrooms training, courtesy of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County and funded by a grant from the NYS Department of Health. According to SueAnn Boyd, who is the Healthy Schools Coordinator at Cornell Cooperative Extension, and was the …
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A group of Monticello Central School District science students spent the greater part of the day on Friday, May 10 calculating water pH levels, performing tests to determine how height and incline influence speed and conducting experiments to learn the difference between kinetic and potential energy. Although the tools they used were what you would …
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Mrs. Furman’s second-grade class at the Emma C. Chase School are learning about ways to keep our Earth clean. As a culminating activity the students went on a litter pluck as they walked down the streets of Wurtsboro. The class put on their gloves and went to work filling bags with garbage. The students were …
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