Cooperstown CSD

CCS staff are preparing for the 2020 Commencement Ceremony to be held this Sunday, June 28th at 1:30 P.M. In compliance with NY State guidelines due to Covid-19, the commencement will be closed to the public while the Class of 2020 enjoys the opportunity to graduate together outdoors on school grounds. The public is invited to view the commencement on a live feed available on the Facebook page of Cooperstown Central School District. The CCS Parent Project Committee has planned a parade through Cooperstown village streets at 5 PM following commencement. In the event of rain and a delayed ceremony, the parade will be immediately following commencement. Congratulations to the CCS Class of 2020!

The village of Cooperstown was buzzing with volunteers early this morning as CCS Class of 2020 student banners were proudly hung from lamp posts all along Main Street and Pioneer Street. The previous CVS storefront windows are adorned with Class of 2020 student images and a large banner now hangs high above Main Street - the first banner ever to be hung from the newly installed poles. Wendy Kiuber and Colleen Donnelly are spearheading the parent volunteer Project Committee that coordinated these efforts. Project Committee grew out of the annual Project Prom committee that typically serves to coordinate an after-prom event for our CCS students. With changes necessary due to COVID-19 this year, the committee has been repurposed to complement what the school is planning for the 2020 CCS Commencement. CCS thanks our dedicated parent and community volunteers who continue to support our CCS Class of 2020!

Cooperstown Elementary School 2019-2020 Yearbooks are still available for sale in the CCS Elementary Main Office from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Yearbooks are available for purchase for $13 each and checks can be made out to CCS.

CCS All Sports Booster Awards Live tonight on the CCS Facebook page. Join us at 5:30pm

CCS Faculty and Staff saluted our 2020 CCS Retirees in style this morning as they were treated to their own parade on campus of colleagues and previous CCS retirees. Each retiree department created a special viewing chair for their CCS colleague to sit back and enjoy the parade. Congratulations to our CCS 2020 Retirees!

PRESS RELEASE June 16, 2020 Cooperstown Central School District Relays Plans for Commencement for the Class of 2020 The Cooperstown Central School District will honor its graduating seniors with a commencement ceremony to be held on June 28th at 1:30 P.M. With the recent Governor's Order allowing outdoor graduation ceremonies of up to 150 attendees, CCS will hold the commencement outdoors on school campus. Each senior will be permitted up to four attendees, parked in one vehicle in the JSHS parking lot. An additional parking spot for graduates who have parents living in two homes will be permitted. Families will view and hear the graduation ceremony from their cars. Groups of families will exit their vehicles, while maintaining physical distancing from non-family members, to confer the diploma to their graduate. The commencement ceremony will be live streamed for all who wish to view the ceremony remotely. This ceremony will be closed to the public. Graduation Rehearsal will take place on Friday, June 26th at CCS JSHS at 10:00 A.M. Seniors and their families will receive a mailing with tickets and further logistical details. Baccalaureate will take place on Thursday, June 25th at 5 P.M. https://bit.ly/2020CCSCommencementPlans

Budget Resolution: • Yes 1,015 • No 348 Special Proposition #1 (bus leasing): • Yes 1,077 • No 276 Successful Board of Education Candidates: • Gillian Spencer 1,161 • Timothy Hayes 1,147 I would like to thank all Cooperstown Central School District voters for their overwhelming support of the 2020-2021 budget, special proposition and board candidates. The Board of Education’s continued commitment to preserving and improving the quality of our educational programs is reflected in the results of this year's ballot. Your support of the ongoing programs at CCS is greatly appreciated. Thank you once again, William T. Crankshaw Superintendent of Schools

CCS Athletics and Cooperstown Sports Booster Club will host the 2020 All-Sports Virtual Awards Ceremony on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 5:30. Catch the live broadcast on the Cooperstown Central School District Facebook and Twitter pages.

Celebrating the use of masks as our first line of defense and personal responsibility during precautions related to Covid-19, CCS Class of 2020 Student, Rainer Gardner-Olesen, has Directed and Produced the following video. Music by Nancy Tarr. https://bit.ly/CCSWearAMask

CCS Class of 2020 student Mikeeli Hanson has earned appointment to the United States Air Force Academy beginning June 25, 2020. Mikeeli will take part in Basic Cadet Training throughout the Summer and begin her academic career in mid-August. She received congressional nominations from Congressman Antonio Delgado for the US Air Force Academy as well as Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for the US Naval Academy. Mikeeli also intends to compete on the USAFA Mountain Bike team as well as the Nordic Ski team. Congratulations to Mikeeli Hanson, CCS Class of 2020!

Thanks to the Cooperstown PTA, CCS Jr./Sr. High students are receiving a free book for their summer reading enjoyment. Three of the purchased titles available to students are written by Joseph Bruchac, our upcoming visiting author for the 2020-2021 school year. Many thanks to our Cooperstown PTA for your support of reading and our CCS students!

CCS Elementary School Yearbook is available for pick-up at the Elementary School until 3pm today. This year's yearbook is dedicated to Angela Aiello, CCS Elementary Teacher. Thank you Mrs. Aiello for all that you do for our CCS community. https://bit.ly/2020CCSElementaryYearbookDedication

Thursday, June 11, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - REMINDER! Final drop-off and pick-up for the CCS 2019-2020 academic year will take place on Thursday, June 11 from 11:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M. and Friday, June 12 from 8:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. at each school on campus. Final paperwork, school library books, classroom literature and textbooks, as well as Chromebooks/iPads and other school devices or accessories should be dropped off on these days. Student personal items will be available for pick-up, including yearbooks, artwork and locker contents, along with a free book from Cooperstown PTA. Check under beds, on bookshelves, in backpacks and help us get all CCS items returned for inventory in preparation for the Fall term! Curbside Library check-out will also be available at the CCS Elementary School on June 11th from 11:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Congratulations to the CCS 6th Grade Class of 2026 as they made their way through the streets of Cooperstown this evening in celebration of their graduation from CCS Elementary School. Thanks again to the Cooperstown Police and Fire Departments for your support!

Thanks to the generous donation from The Cooperstown PTA, each CCS student in Grades K-11 may choose a new book from the collection available at drop-off/pick-up on June 11 and June 12. Emily Gibson and Michelle Hitchcock, CCS Elementary and Jr./Sr. High Library Media Specialists respectively, have purchased new books for all students with funds provided by The Cooperstown PTA and we are excited to get them into the hands of our CCS students. Don’t miss your chance to pick up your book on June 11 or June 12. The Cooperstown PTA takes an active role in the education of our CCS students and we thank them for their continued support.

PRESS RELEASE June 9, 2020 Cooperstown Central School District Relays Plans for Commencement for the Class of 2020 The Cooperstown Central School District will honor our graduating seniors with a commencement ceremony to be held on June 28th. This year's commencement ceremony is at the forefront of our minds. With the recent Governor's Order allowing outdoor graduation ceremonies of up to 150 attendees, CCS may choose to reimagine how the commencement ceremony could be held outdoors. More information will be available in a few days, after attention can be given to input and details, in recognition of this special time in students’ lives. Rehearsal will take place on Friday, June 26th at CCS. Baccalaureate will take place on Thursday, June 25th at 5pm. Logistical details will follow directly to CCS student families.

CCS 2019-2020 Yearbook Club congratulates the CCS Class of 2020 and dedicates this year’s yearbook to Mrs. Barb Cannon, CCS Special Education Teacher. The CCS yearbook club, advised by Mrs. Sara Schallert, worked hard throughout the school year to create the 2019-2020 yearbook and present a preview video for our CCS community. The dedication video and the yearbook preview video were prepared by CCS Senior Editor Riley Bowen, with assistance from CCS Senior yearbook members Becca Marmorato, Molly Bowen, Hazel Lippit, Aislinn Donahue, Andrea Mateunas, and Emily Ferrari. Special thanks to Alena Krug, Ann Cannon and Shannon Merwin for their help as well. Yearbooks will be available for pick-up later this week. For questions, please contact Sara Schallert at sschallert@cooperstowncs.org. https://bit.ly/CCSYearbookDedication20192020 https://bit.ly/CCSYearbookPreview20192020

COOPERSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 8, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - The Governor recently released an Executive Order (202.39) with respect to the June 9, 2020 budget vote and election of board members. This Executive Order extends the time by which mailed ballots may be received by the District. Therefore, absentee ballots may be mailed to the district through 5:00 p.m. on June 16, 2020 using the prepaid return envelopes provided with the ballots mailed to every CCS household. The Executive Order does not require that the mailing be postmarked by June 9, 2020. No new ballots will be issued after June 9, 2020. Alternatively, you may submit your ballot in the drop box which is located outside the District Office Main Entrance at the CCS Jr./Sr. High School from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 9, 2020. Please note that ballots may not be dropped off or hand-delivered after this date and time. The district election clerks will not count ballots until 5:01 p.m. on June 16th. CCS District residents with additional household member(s) that are qualified to vote and did not receive an absentee ballot, can request one with no requirement for in-person signature or appearance, by calling Wendy Lansing, Clerk of the CCS Board of Education at 607-547-5364; or emailing ccsvote@cooperstowncs.org or faxing request to 607-547-5100. For more information about the 2020-2021 Budget and Board of Education candidates, visit https://bit.ly/CCSProgposed20202021Budget. A qualified voter is one who is (1) a citizen of the United States, (2) at least eighteen (18) years old, (3) a resident of the School District for at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual vote and election and (4) who is not otherwise prohibited from voting under the provision of section 5-106 of the Election Law.

Monday, June 8, 2020 (Cooperstown, NY) - Cooperstown Central School will honor the 2020 6th Grade Celebration with a caravan through the Cooperstown Village streets on June 10. The celebration is coordinated in compliance with the NY State guidelines for distancing due to Covid-19. CCS 6th Grade students will ride with their family in their own car and begin at 5:30pm at the CCS Jr./Sr. High School. Students and families can not exit their cars. Cooperstown PTA has donated decorations and volunteers to help decorate student cars for this special event. Congratulations to the CCS Class of 2026. The Cooperstown Village Police will lead the caravan and the route will be as follows: -Exit junior/senior high school by taking a right on Linden Ave. -Linden Ave to a left on Walnut Street -Walnut Street to a right on Chestnut Street -Chestnut Street to a right on Main Street -Main Street to a right on Pioneer Street -Pioneer Street to a right on Beaver Street -Beaver Street to a left on Susquehanna Ave -Susquehanna Ave to a right on Walnut Street -Walnut Street to the Elementary Bus Loop

Final drop-off and pick-up for the CCS 2019-2020 academic year will take place on Thursday, June 11 from 11:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M. and Friday, June 12 from 8:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. at each school on campus. Final paperwork, school library books, classroom literature and textbooks, as well as Chromebooks/iPads and other school devices or accessories should be dropped off on these days. Student personal items will be available for pick-up, including yearbooks, artwork and locker contents, along with a free book from Cooperstown PTA. Check under beds, on bookshelves, in backpacks and help us get all CCS items returned for inventory in preparation for the Fall term! Curbside Library check-out will also be available at the CCS Elementary School on June 11th.