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 …

EPIC to host Parent Café on self care on Wednesday, May 18

The Every Person Influences Children (EPIC) program will host a Parent Café on Wednesday, May 18 at 6:45 p.m. via Zoom. Participants will gather to discuss the following questions: Are you… drinking enough water? Learn more about the health benefits of water and ways to up your daily intake. getting enough sleep at night? Tips …

KLR fifth-grade students graduate from DARE program

Kenneth L. Rutherford fifth-grade students celebrated the completion of their Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program with a graduation ceremony on Friday, May 6. According to the program’s website, DARE is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug …

Monticello baseball and softball teams take home first place at tournament

Courtesy of the Monticello Athletics Department:  The Varsity Baseball and Softball teams played this past weekend at the annual Sullivan West Bulldog tournament in Jeffersonville.  The four-team tournament was scheduled to be played on Saturday May 7, but due to bad weather was postponed to Sunday May 8 Mother’s Day.  The weather on Mother’s Day …