The Monticello Central School District will honor four of its distinguished graduates at the Hall of Distinction ceremony, which will be held on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at noon. Travis Brust, Patrick Dollard, Lori Leshner and Dan Smalls, all graduates of Monticello High School, have been selected to the Hall of Distinction. Each was nominated …
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The Monticello Trap Team’s third fall season is off to a great start. The team is a part of the USA High School Clay Target League, which dates back to 2003. This league began with a handful of schools in Minnesota and has since grown to 28 states and nearly 30,000 students participating. The New …
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While many elementary schools may prohibit jumping, skipping and crawling on the way to class, at Kenneth L. Rutherford Elementary School and George L. Cooke Elementary School in Monticello, it’s encouraged! When students at these two schools returned for the 2019-20 school year, they found that some of their hallways had been transformed into “sensory …
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With the addition of School Counselor Molly Messina to the Monticello team in the 2019-20 school year, students can add another brick to the foundation they are building during their elementary years to support their future. The New York State Education Department recently released new guidance regulations requiring that all elementary school students have access …
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It’s so early in the school year but not too early to consider scholarship opportunities! There are two scholarships posted on the Monticello High School Guidance Office page. Both are due in October. One is open to students in grades 5 through 12. One scholarship is from AES Engineering and is open to students interested …
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An important reminder for all Cooke families with students enrolled in the early-drop off program: students must be dropped off at Kenneth L. Rutherford Elementary School, located at 26 Patricia Place, before 8:30 a.m. Any student who does not arrive by 8:30 a.m., must be brought to Cooke at the regular drop-off time of 8:45 …
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The Monticello Central School District launched its “No Place for Hate” initiative during the 2018-2019 school year and continues it this school year, fostering an atmosphere of inclusivity and kindness. The No Place for Hate Committee in the district will be comprised of MHS students, administrators, faculty and two community members. To that end, the …
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Each month, the district releases a video to update our residents on the status of the Classroom 2020 project. Watch this month’s update above, and check out our Classroom 2020 webpage for more information and a video and news archive.
In late August, the Mid-Hudson School Study Council (MHSSC) announced the 2019 recipients of the organization’s Awards for Excellence. The list of honorees included two members of the Monticello community. Kenneth L. Rutherford Elementary School (KLR) Assistant Principal Doug Murphy will receive an Educational Leadership Award. A member of the Monticello team for more than …
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Monticello Central School District Board of Education President Lori Orestano-James led a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Friday, Aug. 16 to celebrate the ground breaking of the Classroom 2020 Capital Improvement Project, as construction began on the roofs of the district’s elementary schools. Members of the Board, district leaders and representatives from Clark Patterson Lee Architectural Firm …
