Greetings Cooke Families This is Mr. Palmer with information regarding the distribution of academic work for your children. Please know that our primary concern is the health and safety of all of our students and staff. The Faculty and staff have been busy preparing appropriate academic practice and review for your children during this time. …
Over the past few weeks, Cooke students in all grades have been working together to create a James and the Giant Peach-themed masterpiece in art teacher Lisa Baisley’s class. Well, the project is finally complete and we don’t want our students to have to wait until they return to school to see the fruit (no …
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para una traducción en español haga clic aquí Dear Monticello families: County Manager Josh Potosek issued an emergency declaration last night ordering all schools in Sullivan County to close from Monday, March 16 through April 3 in an effort to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. As such, beginning Monday, March 16 the Monticello Central School District will be …
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Dear Monticello community: The Sullivan County Manager, Joshua Potosek, has ordered all school districts to close, effective Monday, March 16 through April 3, in an effort to mitigate the COVID-19 virus. We still intend to have a staff conference day on Monday, March 16 to allow our staff to plan for remote learning, food distribution and other logistics …
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Dear Families, A very short note to let you know that we are monitoring the Covid-19 situation closely, keeping the health and welfare of you, our students, and staff foremost in our thinking. The guidance we are receiving from NYS Education Department and Department of Health is fluid and incomplete. I believe that it is …
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para una traducción en español haga clic aquí Dear Colleagues and Monticello Families: I wanted to bring you up to date on the actions we are taking to reduce the risks of infection in the schools and respond to the coronavirus outbreak. We are all getting swamped with information from many sources – alerts on …
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A good time was had by all at the annual Cooke Literacy Night! Looking for photos of the event? Look no further. Check out this Cooke Literacy Night album.
para una traducción en español haga clic aquí While the Monticello Central School District does not have a confirmed case of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in our schools, we are aware of concerns in the community about the spread of this relatively new virus. Please know that the district is closely monitoring this …
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Kudos to our February spotlights who exemplify February’s Life-Ready skill of Responsibility. These fine folks, submitted and described by their building/department leadership team, don’t just hope great things will happen — they take full responsibility to ensure they do. Sue Poli, Emma C. Chase Elementary School “Congratulations to Mrs. Sue Poli from the Emma C. …
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On Friday, Feb. 21 the entire George L. Cooke Elementary School community celebrated the 100th day of school. Each classroom participated in 100 day activities led by staff members wearing 100 day t-shirts. The celebrations looked different in each grade — some students dressed up as if they were 100 years old, others brought in …
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