Update on heating issues and early dismissal at RJK

On Monday, November 16, Robert J. Kaiser Middle School students and staff were dismissed early due to issues with the school’s heating system.   The school is currently using a temporary boiler while the former heat exchange unit is being replaced.  In the early morning hours, the temporary boiler ran out of fuel oil and …

Monticello Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be held Nov. 21

The Monticello Interfaith Council will host its annual Monticello Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 21 from 1 – 3 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, located at 15 St. John Street in Monticello.  Meals will be available for take-out only. Meals must be picked up in person, and masks and social distancing are …

Message from Superintendent regarding Thanksgiving travel

para español, haga clic aqui Dear Monticello CSD Community and Staff Member, Earlier this week, we closed the George Cooke Elementary School and pivoted all students to remote instruction, after one staff member tested positive for COVID-19, and another staff member was symptomatic. All direct contacts of the staff member who tested positive were contacted …

Positively RJK – week of Nov. 2

“Positively RJK” recognizes students who have received a positive referral from their teacher in the previous week. Congratulations to the following students: Angela Braselmann – 8th grade Math/Science Integrated Teacher Maya Fernandez                                                              Abiana Alverez Dakota Bailey                                                                     Mason Dunn Madison Dunn                                                                   Aiden Green Frank McFadden, Jr.                                                       Quentin DiPippo Kimberly Flores                                                                 Julian Young Victoria Falevich                                                               Isaiah Roldan …

Meal delivery week of Nov. 9-13

On Wednesday, Nov. 11, the district will be closed in observance of Veterans Day. Students who receive meals delivered at home will receive a double portion on Monday, Nov. 9 and Thursday, Nov. 12. There will be no meal delivery on Tuesday, Nov. 10;  Wednesday, Nov. 11 or Friday, Nov. 13.  

Fall 2020 STREAM newsletter

The Fall 2020 STREAM newsletter is now live. Read it to catch up with all of the STEAM happenings throughout our schools:  Fall 2020 STREAM newsletter 

Monticello’s annual School Scene is live

The Monticello edition of the Sullivan County Democrat’s annual school scene is live. You can find it in the Nov. 3 print edition of the Democrat, or read the digital copy here 

RJK’s new “Wellness Walk” bridges nature and learning

Students at Robert J. Kaiser Middle School have a new way to release stress, connect with nature and encourage a deeper state of mindfulness – all without leaving the property. A one-mile “Wellness Walk” has been hewn out of the woods out behind the school by health and physical education teachers Scott Cooper and Rich …

The Monti Message – November

I.   Our Schools COVID-19 in Our Schools On October 28, we were informed that a Cooke Elementary School staff member had tested positive for COVID-19.  The staff member had become symptomatic on Saturday, October 24, and was last in school on October 23. The school’s contact tracing identified four other staff members and nine students …