Cooke first-grade students release butterflies
First-grade students at the George L. Cooke Elementary School have been raising butterflies for the past few months. Last week, they released them. Watch the video below:
District staff honored at Healthier Generations Celebration
Monticello Central School District staff members were recognized at the Healthier Generations Celebration held on June 7 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. According to the organization’s website, “As Sullivan County struggles at the bottom of the county health rankings each year, our children and youth continue to pay the price with poor health …
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PRASAD dental van keeps students smiling brightly
If you’ve driven by our elementary buildings over the last few weeks, you may have seen the PRASAD van parked outside. Inside, students have been receiving dental services during school hours — a convenient way to keep our students smiling brightly! From cleanings to cavities, the PRASAD mobile dentist office partners with school districts and …
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A special surprise for Ms. Somers’ kindergarteners
Ms. Somers’ kindergarten class got not one, but two, special surprises one morning last week when they walked into class. What were the surprises? Watch the video to find out:
Cooke’s School Literacy Night was “Out of This World”!
If you were in the vicinity of the George L. Cooke Elementary School on the evening of Wednesday, May 4th, you may have seen Buzz Lightyear or NASA astronauts roaming around or saw small rockets soaring into the sky. With close to five hundred people in attendance, Cooke School’s “Out of This World” Family Literacy …
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What’s cracking at Cooke? Eggs!
The chicks in Ms. Liebman’s kindergarten class were the first to hatch, and the students couldn’t be more excited! Technology Integration Specialist Lisa Jamin set up a livestream of the chicks. Watch them here.
Students have another successful year in Cross County Reading Challenge; festival to be held May 21
The Cross County Reading Challenge, organized by Sullivan County BOCES, had another successful year of promoting independent reading. Students, and teachers, from each school in the county were encouraged to log the books they read this school year starting October 2021. Monthly Amazon gift cards were awarded to students who logged their books as extra …
Sullivan County has been designated “high” risk area; masks recommended
español Dear Monticello CSD Community and Staff Members, Sullivan County has been recently designated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s metrics, as a “high” risk area for COVID-19 community transmission. The CDC recommends that individuals in “high” risk areas: Wear a mask indoors in public Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines Get tested if symptomatic The CDC also recommends …
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Cooke students have Tea With Special Someone
Students in Ms. Castillo and Mrs. Bitjeman’s second-grade class at the George L. Cooke Elementary School had “Tea with My Special Someone” last week. The students each picked someone special in their life and used their names to make an acrostic poem. The students invited their special someone to join them in class, and read …
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MCSD receives donated photograph of 1928 MHS graduation class from local residents
Monticello Central School District received a “blast from the past” thanks to the donation of a photo from Monticello residents Judy and Gary Siegel. The photo is of Monticello High School’s 1928 graduating class and was taken when the students were on their senior trip to Mount Vernon almost 100 years ago. The photo was …