RJK’s Environmental Club is doing its part to learn what needs to be done to maintain a safe and healthy environment and bring that information back to the school. On Sunday, March 3, members of the club took a trip to Kingston to be part of the New York Youth Summit. It’s a two-part summit, …
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Ms. Harden and Mrs. Ducey, sixth grade counselors at RJK, facilitate the JEMZ Girls’ Group at lunch. JEMZ is an eight-session program based on compassion, kindness, fun and creativity, designed to promote self-confidence and build social relationships. The girls learn the importance of gratitude, having a positive attitude, working together and seeing the good in …
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For the past 27 years, the tennis athletes coached by Urvashi Gupta have earned the scholar athlete distinction. While some might credit the academic success of this team, at least in part, to Coach Gupta’s emphasis on sportsmanship, respect and integrity; she prefers to attribute it to the nature of the sport. “Tennis is a …
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Students in the Monticello Central School District are learning what healthy relationships look like, thanks to a partnership between the District’s Special Programs Department and Safe Homes of Orange County. Safe Homes’ Community and Youth Educator Kodi Haney has been making weekly visits to Monticello’s secondary schools to set up an interactive display during lunch …
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131 students from the Monticello Central School District were chosen to perform among the county’s most accomplished musicians in the annual Sullivan County Music Educators All-County Music Festival. The festival will take place on Saturday, March 2 at the Liberty High School David Panebaker Auditorium. 2:30 p.m.: MS String Orchestra, Elementary Chorus, Middle School Band 5 …
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Students at Monticello High School, RJK Middle School and Rutherford Elementary each won Amazon gift cards thanks to their participation in the Sullivan County BOCES-sponsored Cross-County Reading Challenge. Senior Claudia Seward, sixth-grade student Griffon Tamweber and KLR fourth-grader Jasheilitz Gonzalez Toro are avid readers and have been part of this Cross-County Reading Challenge since it …
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Families of students enrolled in the Monticello Central School District will have greater access to support, thanks to a partnership between the district and the Sullivan County Department of Family Services. Beginning in early February, the district will open a Community Resource Center twice per month at Robert J. Kaiser Middle School where families in …
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At 13 years old, Rachel Joy Scott traced the outline of her hands on the back of her dresser and wrote “these hands belong to Rachel Joy Scott and will someday touch millions of people’s hearts” within the hand print. Even though four short years later her life was tragically cut short in the Columbine …
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Read the fifth edition of the Monticello My Brother’s Keeper newsletter to catch up with the amazing accomplishments of this extraordinary program.
With all five of Monticello’s schools receiving the “Good Standing” designation from the New York State Education Department, the Monticello Central School District has officially been named as a district in “Good Standing” under the New York State Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The NYSED released the results of these new accountability measures on Jan. …
