Welcome back to our CCS District students K-12 in Cohort B! We look forward to being with you on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Let's go Hawkeyes!
CCS Jr./Sr. High School Picture Day is currently noted on the printed district calendar for October 15th. In an effort to accommodate our hybrid model, Picture Day will take place over a two day period, October 14th and 15th. Students in grades 7-11 will have their pictures taken on the date that corresponds to their assigned cohort in attendance on those dates. CCS families will receive an email from Lifetouch if they have placed a CCS picture order in the past, and all students will receive fliers during the first week of our hybrid reopening. Lifetouch will also offer a makeup day if students miss the October dates. If your child is currently enrolled as a fully remote CCS student, you will be notified by email to sign up for a timeslot on October 14th or 15th.
Our CCS Elementary School students were on point today, and our first day of opening was a smashing success! CCS Elementary School sends a huge thank you to all parents and guardians for doing your part. Our new drop-off procedure went smoothly and alleviated a back up at our door. Well done! Cohort B will be attending Tuesday and Thursday, and we are looking forward to greeting our students with another round of ukuleles, accordions, and staff cheering you through the doors. Special thanks to CCS Music Teachers, Mr. Iversen and Mrs. Hogle, for the wonderful live entertainment at drop-off today. Let’s go Hawkeyes!
CCS District families can find a link to the NY Department of Health (NYSDOH) Covid-19 Tool Kit at the following link: http://bit.ly/NYSDOHCovid19ToolKit. This helpful tool kit can guide CCS students, families, staff and administrators in response to Covid-19. A link to this document and other helpful information can be found on the Reopening Information page of the CCS District website. https://bit.ly/CCSReopeningInformationPage2020
Our CCS Jr./Sr. High School students did a fantastic job this morning with the first day of entry into our new system of hybrid learning with Cohort A attending school on Mondays and Wednesdays and Cohort B attending school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For questions, please don't hesitate to contact the office at 607-547-8181.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel and study as a Rotary Exchange Student through our local Rotary District? Check out the following links for more information or contact our CCS student to hear about a first-hand experience. The deadline for the first part of the application for our local Rotary Club is October 10th.
Cooperstown Rotary: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/3556/
Cooperstown Rotary Exchange: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/3556/Committee/cooperstown/youth-exchange
District Rotary: https://www.rotarydistrict7170.org/page/youth-exchange
For students interested or have questions, contact recent CCS exchange student: Ariadne.hodgson@cooperstowncs.org or ariadnehodgson@gmail.com
REMINDER to CCS Jr./Sr. High School Students:
The PSAT will be offered on Saturday, October 17th at Cooperstown Jr./Sr. High School. The registration deadline is Friday, October 2nd. All registration forms and payment must arrive in the CCS Counseling Office by 3:00 p.m. Please understand the deadline is firm so that the appropriate number of proctors can be established and the correct number of classrooms can be prepared. Payment in the amount of $17.00 can be made in the form of a check written to CCS or cash is accepted. The PSAT test begins promptly at 8:00 a.m. While the PSAT/NMSQT targets juniors, interested sophomores may test the practice exam too. Registration forms are available on the CCS school website, in the CCS Counseling Google Drive (folder labeled PSAT - http://bit.ly/PSATfolderCCSCounseling). Please call your counselor if you have any questions.
The school year may look a little different this year, but the CCS Teachers, staff and administration are ready to roll with in-person hybrid learning. Please view the following video for a look inside our CCS Elementary and Jr./Sr. High School buildings as we prepare for hybrid in-person learning to begin the week of October 5th. http://bit.ly/2020CCSHybridReopeningVideo
For more detailed information, please reference the letters from our building principals and superintendent emailed and mailed to district families on Monday 9/28/2020. You can also visit our Reopening Information page of the district website. http://bit.ly/CCSReopeningInformationPage2020
TODAY (Friday, September 25, 2020) - Don't forget to check out the Curbside Library pop-up today 8:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M. in front of the CCS Elementary School. Roll up in your car, take a ride on your bicycle, hop aboard your scooter or just come by on foot! We're here all day and we have lots of new books to share. Please wear your mask and practice social distancing while checking out the books.
Students or parents can also email Mrs. Emily Gibson or Mrs. Michelle Hitchcock, CCS Library Media Specialists, to make an appointment to search and request books in each building, go to:
Elementary School Catalog: ceopals.oncboces.org
Jr./Sr. High School Catalog: chopals.oncboces.org
Instrumental Music lessons for CCS band students will begin this week for Grades 5-12. CCS students should check their Google Classroom page for more information. For questions, please contact Kerri Hogle, CCS Music Teacher, at khogle@cooperstowncs.org.
Grades 5-6 - Elementary Instrumental Music
Grades 7-8 - Middle School Band
Grades 9-12- High School Band
The Syracuse Service Academy Night for students interested in a service academy or an R.O.T.C. program will take place via Zoom on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 6:00 P.M. Meet representatives from the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis), U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy as well as R.O.T.C. programs. Please RSVP for this event by contacting Ryan Kambich, Central NY Regional Assistant to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, at Ryan_Kambich@gillibrand.senate.gov.
For questions, please contact the CCS Counseling Department at jlyons@cooperstowncs.org.
Cooperstown Central School welcomed back ONC BOCES students today on a beautiful fall morning! CCS staff welcomed students to the 2020-2021 school year, reviewed protocols due to Covid-19 and released students to their individual ONC BOCES programs. Here's to our first wave of students back in the building!
CCS will host a CURBSIDE LIBRARY at the Elementary School (students K-6) as well as the Jr./Sr. High School (students 7-12) on Friday, September 25th. Request your books ahead of time by Wednesday 9/23 for pick up on Friday, 9/25. Students or parents can also email Mrs. Emily Gibson or Mrs. Michelle Hitchcock, CCS Library Media Specialists, to make an appointment to search and request books in each building, go to:
Elementary School Catalog: ceopals.oncboces.org
Jr./Sr. High School Catalog: chopals.oncboces.org
Friday, September 18, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - The CCS parent presentations, originally scheduled for September 21st and 22nd, for information regarding our hybrid reopening plan, have been cancelled. CCS students K-12 and district families will receive a video during the week of September 28th that will highlight important aspects of the hybrid reopening plan and demonstrate student protocols for in-person learning in both buildings.
TODAY, Friday, September 18, 2020 9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. - CCS Students Grades 7-12 can pick up their agendas, bus notes and any other materials prepared by teachers in Grades 7-12. Orange bus notes will be required for ALL district students who will be traveling to school with CCS District bus transportation. For questions, please call 607-547-8181.
CCS would like our distinct families to know about the BOCES Instructional Technology Toolkit, designed by the regional BOCES centers to help with online learning for students, families and educators. This is a wonderful resource to help families and educators navigate online learning. Use the link above, or copy the following URL address to access the webpage: http://bit.ly/InstructionalTechToolkit
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - The Cooperstown Central School board of education would like to thank Dr. Bill Crankshaw for his years of dedicated service and wish him a smooth transition to lead his alma mater as we welcome Romona N. Wenck, our interim school superintendent starting October 1.
Mrs. Wenck, who recently retired after an exemplary career at nearby Laurens Central School, will guide district decisions. Building principals Ann Meccariello and Tracy Durkee, as instructional leaders, and business administrator Amy Kukenberger continue to address day-to-day operations. We are fortunate to have Mrs. Wenck’s deep knowledge of our region and exemplary experience for our school community over the next several months.
We also look forward to working with Dr. Catherine Huber who soon begins as the new Otsego Northern Catskill BOCES superintendent. Dr. Huber will assist our board of education during the search for a permanent CCS superintendent.
Candidates for CCS superintendent with all appropriate NYS administrative certification should please submit application materials by October 16, 2020. The anticipated start date is January 1. c/o District Superintendent, ONC BOCES, 1914 County Route 35, PO Box 57, Milford, NY 13807; call 607-286-7715, Ext. 2224; or email aoliveri@oncboces.org
https://olasjobs.org/JobDetails?jobNumber=COON0179915-0000
Attention CCS Jr./Sr. High School 7-12 Grade students and parents/guardians:
Please stop by the CCS Jr./Sr. High School parking lot this Friday, September 18th, 9:00 A.M-3:00 P.M. to pick up your agenda and any other materials our CCS teachers may have prepared for you. If you have any questions, please contact the office at 607-547-8181.
The next Board of Education meeting of the Cooperstown Central School District will take place on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 7:00 P.M. For more information and to access the link to the public Zoom webinar, please use http://bit.ly/BOEMtg916 or visit Agendas/Minutes on BoardDocs listed on the left hand column of the Board of Education page on our CCS Website.
Monday, September 14, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - The September 2020 issue of the CCS Jr./Sr. High Counseling Department monthly newsletter provides important upcoming dates, college planning information and other important information to support CCS students and families. Monthly issues can be found on the Counseling page of the CCS website and issues are emailed to district families through student Naviance accounts. For more information, please contact the CCS Counseling Dept at 607-547-5300 or jlyons@cooperstowncs.org.
http://bit.ly/Sept2020CounselingNewsletter
