Cooperstown CSD

Friday, October 9, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - Cooperstown Central School Elementary Teacher Emily Gibson will be offering Friday Library Programs for our CCS students. Students can join via Zoom every Friday based on their grade level: K/1st/2nd at 9:30-10:00 A.M., 3rd/4th at 10:00-10:30 A.M., and 5th/6th at 10:30-11:00 A.M. CCS Elementary students and staff are welcome to join our Friday Library Programs via the following Zoom Link: http://bit.ly/CCSFridayLibraryPrograms For questions, please contact egibson@cooperstowncs.org.

Friday, October 9, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - Cooperstown Central School Physical Education Department will be hosting “ZOOM Fitness Fridays” each week, beginning today, during our hybrid learning model. CCS Elementary teachers, Buddy Lippitt and Matt Hulbert, will host fitness fun for students and staff. Participation is voluntary and CCS Elementary students and staff are welcome to join the fun via the Zoom Link: http://bit.ly/FitnessFridaysZoomLink. For questions, please contact mhulbert@cooperstowncs.org.

Thursday, October 8, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - Please note that Friday, October 9, 2020 will be conducted as a regularly scheduled Friday in our hybrid model at CCS District, despite this date being previously listed on the district calendar as a conference day. All CCS students K-12 should plan accordingly based on work scheduled by their teachers for Friday, October 9. CCS District will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2020 in observance of the Columbus Day holiday.

Thursday, October 8, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - CCS Jr./Sr. High School Principal, Ann Meccariello, announced today that CCS students Ray Hovis, Mason Raffo, Nate Savoie and William Weldon have been named Commended Students in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, have been presented by CCS to these scholastically talented CCS Seniors. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2021 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 competition by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

CCS District will hold a regular Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 7:00 PM. Copy the following URL address to access the webinar: https://E2CCB-GST.zoom.us/j/93925709580?pwd=a25KcEVIUmZzUWRvOWVuZnNEMHlKQT09 Passcode: 403693 Please visit the public Board Docs page on our CCS district website to access the BOE meeting agenda. For questions, please contact our CCS District office at 607-547-5364.

Please see the attached PDF file link with an introduction from our new CCS Interim Superintendent, Romona Wenck. Welcome to CCS! http://bit.ly/CCSInterimSuperintendentWenck

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - The October 2020 issue of the CCS Jr./Sr. High Counseling Department monthly newsletter provides important upcoming deadlines, college planning and financial aid information, and other essential 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/OCT2020CCSCouselingNewsletter

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