Youth invited to apply for an opportunity to serve on the NYS Governor’s Youth Council

A message from the Sullivan County Youth Bureau: The Sullivan County Youth Bureau is seeking applications from youth ages 13 – 21 who reside in Sullivan County to fill an opening on the NYS Governor’s Youth Council.  The Governor’s Youth Council provides an effective way to engage youth in state government and creates a platform …

Student art work will be displayed at Bethel Woods during SC P-12 Visual Arts Show

The Sullivan County P-12 visual arts show will be held April 1 -3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Market Shed  Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, located at 200 Hurd Road in Bethel. Visual works from Monticello students, and other students from around Sullivan County will be on display.  This event is …

Older MHS yearbooks are available in digital archive

Thanks to a collaboration between Sullivan County BOCES and Monticello High School Librarian Stephanie Byrne, many MHS yearbooks from decades past are now digitalized and available for all to read online.  The former school library system director of Sullivan County BOCES, Lynn Miller, signed up SC BOCES and all Sullivan County schools with a consortia …

Schools in MCSD receive grants from Sullivan 180 to improve the health of their school communities

The Monticello Central School District is “fit as a fiddle” thanks to grants from Sullivan 180! Over the course of the past several months, schools within MCSD have been awarded grants from Sullivan 180 for projects focused on improving the health and wellness of students and staff. George Cooke Elementary and Kenneth L. Rutherford Elementary …

Updates to COVID-19 mitigation plan re: masks and contact tracing

On the evening of March 1, the New York State Department of Health released additional guidance related to the expiration of the expiration of the mandatory mask mandate. In light of this new guidance, the district has made the following changes to its COVID-19 protocol:   The district will no longer perform individual contact tracing. Instead, it …

Monticello Central Schools to host 67th annual SCMEA All-County Music Festival

The Monticello Central School District will serve as the host for this year’s Sullivan County Music Educators’ Association All-County Music Festival.  The festival takes place over two days, culminating in three concert performances on Saturday, March 5, 2022. More than 160 young musicians from eight school districts in Sullivan County have been selected to participate …

Monticello High School hosts its first exchange student in many years

It was six years ago when Isabella Fouché, then 10, took her first flight by herself, flying from her town in South Africa to a camp near the country’s coast. Since then, she has continued to develop her love of traveling and new adventures abroad, visiting destinations such as Italy, Dubai, Tanzania, Zanzibar, and most …

It’s Monday in Monticello – Feb. 28

It’s Monday in Monticello — time for Superintendent Matt Evans’ weekly update to the Monticello community. This week, an interview with Monticello High School’s National Academy of Finance’s Director and an NAF student on the academy’s VITA program, which provides free tax services for community members whose incomes are below $58K.  For more information about …