ORIENTATIONS NEXT WEEK
As we near the beginning of School (September 5th is the first day!), we would like to inform you of grade-level orientations that will take place next week.
Monday, August 26th:
• Universal Pre-Kindergarten Orientation
o 9:00-10:00 a.m. - Hancock Elementary School
o Snack and Bus Ride Included
Wednesday, August 28th:
• 5th Grade Orientation
o 10:00-11:00 a.m. – Hancock MS-HS Cafeteria
• 9th Grade Orientation
o 12:00-1:00 p.m. – Hancock MS-HS Auditorium
What can you expect?
• You will receive your academic schedule
• An overview of the first day of school schedule
• A chance to meet your teachers, guidance counselor, and classmates
• An opportunity to ask questions and receive information about the upcoming school year
We look forward to meeting you. If you have any questions, please contact the Elementary Main Office at 607-637-1219, or the MS/HS Main Office at 607-637-1305.
Student Summer Maintenance Spotlight!
We interviewed our final summer maintenance student staff, Addison Makowski, asking her a few questions regarding her summer job!
Student Summer Maintenance Spotlight!
We interviewed another of our summer maintenance student staff, Jacob Davis, asking him a few questions about his summer job!
Student Summer Maintenance Spotlight!
We interviewed another of our summer maintenance student staff, Aidan Norton, asking him a few questions about his summer job!
Student Summer Maintenance Spotlight!
We interviewed another of our summer maintenance student staff, Marco Avila, asking him a few questions about his summer job!
Student Summer Maintenance Spotlight!
We caught up with one of our summer maintenance students, Autumn Dohanic, and asked her a few questions regarding her summer job!
DISTRICT SAFETY PLAN
The Hancock Central School District Safety Plan is open for public comment until August 8th 2024.
Comments or questions should to Principal Durkot at: tdurkot@hancock.stier.org
Access to the plan is located here:
https://www.hancock.stier.org/documents/district/district-school-safety-plan/569052
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY
We would like to wish everyone a happy and safe July 4th!
If you are staying local this holiday, there are several events occurring in and around Hancock. Visit the Town of Hancock website to view all the activities taking place!
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2024 GRADUATION
We had a lovely night for commencement this past Friday, where we honored and recognized our 12th graders on their graduation!
Valedictorian Chiara Wormuth and Salutatorian Lola White delivered a pair of well spoken and inspirational speeches to everyone in attendance to begin the evening. Excellent job and powerful speeches, ladies!
The 12th graders in chamber choir gave a powerful rendition of “Photograph”, by Nickelback, while the entire senior class led the audience in the HCS Alma Mater to end the evening.
Congratulations to all our seniors on your achievements, we wish you the best of luck in whatever the future may bring!
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MIDDLE SCHOOL END OF YEAR AWARDS
Our end of year awards for grades 5-7 were held on the final day of school last week, where we recognized and honored students on academic achievement, effort and citizenship!
Congratulations to all of you on your accomplishments, nice work. Have a nice summer!
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ELEMENTARY AWARDS, FOURTH GRADE MOVING UP
We held our Elementary School End of Year Awards and 4th Grade Moving Up Ceremony this past Wednesday in the HES Cafetorium. We recognized our 4th quarter merit, honor and high honor recipients. We also recognized merit, honor and high honor rolls for the entire school year. Highest average awards, as well as Koalaty Kid awards were awarded to students as well.
After awards were recognized, our 4th graders demonstrated their mastery on the recorders by playing several songs. Afterwards, they put on a performance of "Best Day of My Life", by American Authors.
Congratulations to all our soon to be 5th graders, as well as everyone who received an award. Enjoy your summer, we will see you in September!
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SENIOR BANQUET
We honored our 12th grade students last night during their senior banquet, as we get one step closer to graduation!
It was a lovely evening with an excellent spread of dinner and desserts, thank you to Mrs. D’Elia for the pictures!
Our 12th graders will be graduating this Friday, June 28th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Middle-High School Auditorium. If you’re unable to attend, we will be live-streaming graduation from our YouTube channel at the address below:
https://www.youtube.com/@hancockcentralschooldistrict
We look forward to seeing you Friday night!
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BUS RIDER AWARDS
We want to thank Ms. Rhinebeck, our bus monitor to DCMO Boces, for recognizing several of our students who display great character and respect on their daily trips to BOCES!
We want to acknowledge and congratulate Gonzalo Ruiz, Elizabeth Ellis, Zane Jefferson and Aladino Ruiz for always being kind, helpful and respectful on the bus. Each student is pictured with their award and a small goody bag thanks to Ms. Rhinebeck.
Excellent work, students!
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EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION
Today, we held our 8th grade graduation, where we honored and recognized our boys and girls moving up to high school!
Students were recognized for a variety of accolades, including sports, merit/honor/high honor roll, character, and citizenship awards.
Congratulations to you all on your well-deserved success, best wishes as you move on to 9th grade.
Enjoy your summer!!
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ELEMENTARY LIBRARY FIELD TRIPS
Here are some photos from our elementary walking field trips to the library over the last few weeks! The students were able to learn a little about the history of the library, including a little about the Read family. We heard about the fun program Joann Haberli will be hosting - doodle bot making, team game challenges, movie nights, and more! Then, the students got to play a game together.
We want to thank Joann for taking the time to welcome us into the library and show us what wonderful things it has to offer!
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KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION
We want to honor and congratulate our Kindergarten students on a wonderful school year! You have all grown in many ways as students and individuals, you should be proud of yourselves.
We hope you all enjoy your summer; we look forward to seeing you as first graders!
Congratulations to the class of 2036!!
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FOURTH GRADERS VISIT NATURE CENTER
Mrs. Prescott’s 4th grade students took a trip to the nature center earlier today! They met up with Miss Emily, who taught them about rocks and minerals. Each student was able to smash open their own geode’s as well!
Thank you to Miss Emily and The Hancock Community Education Foundation for this insightful opportunity!
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MIDDLE SCHOOL FIELD DAYS
Our middle school students had some fun earlier today as they participated in field days! The students played a variety of games, including ‘drip-drip-drop’, relay races and ‘California kickball’.
Our boys and girls enjoyed the nice weather, some got wetter than others! Afterwards, the students enjoyed some cooler air inside while watching a movie.
Nice work, students, have a nice weekend. One (half) week to go!
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PRE-KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION
We held our Pre-Kindergarten graduation earlier this morning in the Elementary school cafeteria!
The students did a great job on stage singing us songs and working on their rhymes. It has been wonderful to watch you all grow throughout this year, your first full school year!
It was an excellent turnout for our boys and girls, thank you for attending.
Congratulations to the Class of 2037!
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SENIORS RETURN FROM TRIP
Our 12th graders returned late last night from their trip to Maryland, welcome back!
It sounds like everyone had a great time, here are some more pictures of their trip!
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