Board approves grade realignment at the Cooke and Rutherford schools 

At its March 19 meeting, the Monticello Board of Education moved to realign the grade structure at the district’s two village elementary schools. Currently, both the George L. Cooke Elementary School and the Kenneth L. Rutherford Elementary School serve students in grades K-5. Under the new realignment, the Cooke school will serve students in grades …

Packet distribution for KLR families will be held on Wednesday, March 18

An Important Message from Mrs. Knowlton, Principal of Rutherford Elementary Good afternoon, Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, March 18, we will begin distributing packets to students so they can work from home over the next three weeks. If your last name begins with A-L, please come to KLR from 8-11 am. Those with the last names M-Z …

Drop everything and move even while school is closed

Dear students, family members, and guardians: The physical education team at our school is working with resources from OPENPhysEd.org to help you stay physically active and healthy while our schools are closed. In order to meet physical education goals during this time, students must be physically active each day. Use this “Drop Everything and Move” …

March 15: Letter from Dr. Silver re: COVID

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 …

MCSD schools to close through April 3; staff conference day still on for March 16

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 …

Tiny Town closed beginning March 16

Tiny Town will be closed indefinitely beginning Monday, March 16. We are sorry for any inconvenience. Please check back here for any future announcements regarding the program.

Important information about COVID-19/coronavirus

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 …

February’s Spotlights are responsible for success!

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. …