Reminder that TODAY, FRIDAY Oct 23rd, the Cooperstown Jr./Sr. High School will host a materials and resources pick-up day for 100% Remote Learners in Grades 7-12. If your CCS student (grade 7-12) is a 100% Remote Learner at this time, please stop by the Jr./Sr. High School 9:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. on 10/23/2020 to pick up any materials needed to continue remote learning.
It may not look like it did during pre-Covid 19, but CCS musicians continue to celebrate music in our schools! Keep singing your song CCS!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - Cooperstown Central School District will place ALL K-6 students on fully remote learning beginning immediately and continuing through the remainder of this week. CCS Students Grades K-6 will NOT report for instruction to school buildings for the remainder of this week. Students in Grades K-6 should be prepared to begin remote instruction with their teachers beginning at 8:10am Wednesday morning October 21, 2020 through Zoom platform. Please see the attached LETTER with detailed information from Romona N. Wenck, CCS Interim Superintendent. http://bit.ly/K6MovesToRemote
The next Board of Education meeting of the Cooperstown Central School District will take place on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 5:30 P.M. For more information and to access the link to the public Zoom webinar, please use http://bit.ly/BOEMtg1021 or visit Agendas/Minutes on BoardDocs listed on the left hand column of the Board of Education page on our CCS Website.
Click HERE for a link to the public meeting. Click on the meeting listed for specific Zoom information. The URL Zoom address can be used to copy and paste into a new window to request access to the public meeting.
Agendas/Minutes on Board Docs can always be found under Important Resources on the Board of Education page of the CCS website or by clicking HERE.
This Friday, October 23rd, the Cooperstown Jr./Sr. High School will host a materials and resources pick-up day for 100% Remote Learners in Grades 7-12. If your CCS student (grade 7-12) is a 100% Remote Learner at this time, please stop by the Jr./Sr. High School 9:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. on 10/23/2020 to pick up any materials needed to continue remote learning. Weather permitting, tables will be set up in the bus circle. If we experience inclement weather, tables will be set up in the CCS Jr./Sr. High school gymnasium.
Friday, October 16, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - Mr. Pollock (aka “Mr. Science”) visited Cooperstown Central School 2nd Grade students this week for hands-on lessons and activities in STEM. CCS students learned about electrons and protons while answering questions and making observations about static electricity. Mrs. Coleman, CCS 2nd Grade Teacher, was first at bat in demonstrating static electricity for her students!
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - The Cooperstown Chapter of National Honor Society has teamed up with the CCS Music Program to offer a fruit sale fundraiser this fall. The fundraiser is open to all and proceeds will be split between the two programs. All orders can be placed online. Deadline for online orders is November 22nd and orders paid by check or cash must be submitted directly to Monica Wolfe at CCS before the end of day on November 23rd. Orders are tentatively expected to be available for pick-up at CCS during the week of December 2nd. For questions, please contact mwolfe@cooperstowncs.org. Don’t miss out on this delicious and nutritious fundraiser at http://bit.ly/FruitSaleCCS
The Friends of the Village Library of Cooperstown will host “Looking in the Mirror: Cooperstown Reflects on Racism and Education”, part of an ongoing anti-racism series that is exploring racism in our community and how individuals and institutions can promote a more equitable Cooperstown.
Thursday, October 15, 2020 7-8:30pm via Zoom webinar
Moderator: Liane Hirabayashi, co-host Joann Gardner
Panelists: Dr. Mary Bonderoff, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer, SUNY Morrisville; Rebecca Burke-Sciallo & Angela Eldred, Teachers, Cooperstown High School English Department; Dr. Luvell Brown, Superintendent, Ithaca City School District, and author of Cultural of Love: Cultivating a Positive and Transformational Organizational Culture; and Julian Robinson, CCS Class of 2016 and parent Jackie Robinson
Go to http://bit.ly/FOVLReflectsOnRacism1015 for complete information and learn how to sign up via Zoom (you can register at FOVL.eventbrite.com).
Cooperstown Central School Jr./Sr. High School English teacher, Chalya Pudlewski, has been selected as a fall 2020 Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellow in the track of Media, Misinformation, and the Pandemic. Pudlewski was selected from among 166 strong applicants from across the country to join a small cohort of multidisciplinary educators. Pudlewski will be attending workshops with award-winning journalists and developing curriculum materials for a research, journalism, and speech and debate unit with CCS students. Congratulations Mrs. Pudlewski! We are CCS Proud!
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
