Hancock Central School District

PRE-K/KINDERGARTEN TRIP TO LITTLE ITALY Our Pre-K and Kindergarten students took a field trip to Little Italy III in Deposit to see how pizza is made! The boys and girls were able to create their own pizza with pizza stickers, then they got to eat some of their own yummy pizza. Nice job, kiddos! #wildcatpride

5TH & 6TH GRADERS HEAD TO FRENCH WOODS CAMP Our 5th and 6th grade students recently took a trip to French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts camp for a fun-filled day! Students received a tour of the camp and the different areas/activities available for them to access. Activities available included the circus, ropes course/zipline, horseback riding, magic, sports and arts/crafts. Thank you to Mrs. Rice for sending in these pictures, it looks like everyone had a great day! #wildcatpride

SCHOLARS OF THE MONTH At morning program, we selected our elementary Scholars of the Month for April and May. Congratulations to the scholar of the month for April, Luka Brkaric! Luka was chosen because he always works hard, tries his best and follows directions. He is also very kind to his peers. Nice work, Luka! Congratulations to the scholar of the month for May, Kylie Tompkins! Kylie was also chosen because she is a hard worker and tries her best. She also is a great friend to her classmates. Excellent work, Kylie! Each student will receive a gift of $100 (in trust). We want to thank The Hancock Community Education Foundation and Camp Hilltop for sponsoring the scholars of the month at HCS! #wildcatpride

HCS Upcoming Events: Wednesday, June 19th: • Juneteenth Holiday (No School) Friday, June 21st: • Pre-Kindergarten Graduation (9:00 am – Elementary School Cafeteria) • 12:30 pm dismissal Monday, June 24th : • Kindergarten Graduation (9:00 am – Elementary School Cafeteria) • 12:30 pm dismissal Tuesday, June 25th: • 8th Grade Graduation (11:00 am – MS/HS Auditorium) • 12:30 pm dismissal • Baccalaureate (7:15 pm – MS/HS Auditorium) Wednesday, June 26th: • Elementary Awards Ceremony (8:30 am – Elementary School Cafeteria) • Fourth Grade Moving Up (9:15 am - Elementary School Cafeteria) • Middle School Awards, grades 5-7 (10:30 am - MS/HS Auditorium) • Final day of classes for grades K-8 • 12:30 pm dismissal Friday, June 28th: • High School Graduation (7:00 pm – MS/HS Auditorium)

SENIOR TRIP Our 12th graders were ready to head out bright and early this morning for their senior trip! The students are off to Maryland, visiting Baltimore first and finishing up in Ocean City. We caught some pictures of them arriving in Baltimore, then having some lunch at the Hard Rock Café. We hope you all have an excellent trip, we will see you soon! #wildcatpride

BIRTHDAYS, GOLD SLIP WINNERS AT MORNING PROGRAM We gathered today for our final Morning Program of the 2023-2024 school year! At morning program, we celebrated June/Summer birthdays and picked a plethora of gold slip prize winners. Happy birthday to you all and congratulations to those students who were selected for gold slips! While we won’t have program next week, we will have our elementary awards ceremony next Wednesday, June 26th, at 8:30 am in the elementary cafeteria. We hope to see you then! #wildcatpride

CLASS DAY PICTURES We honored and recognized our high school students at Class Day last week, see pictures below! #wildcatpride

ELEMENTARY FIELD DAYS It was a great day to be outside for elementary field days! While a bit hot, the sun was shining and our students had a great time on the playground. Our boys and girls played a variety of games, including relay races, water balloon toss, pass the sponge, and flamingo ring toss! Thank you to all our students and staff members for helping to facilitate a great field day for our elementary students! #wildcatpride

HONOR’S DESSERT We held our end of the year honors dessert last week at HCS to recognize and congratulate those students on the merit, honor, and high honor rolls for the 2023-2024 school year (cumulative through quarter 3). Congratulations to you all! #wildcatpride

ATHLETIC AWARDS BANQUET Last week, our student-athletes from Hancock and Deposit gathered at Deposit Central School for our annual athletic awards banquet. We had a nice gathering to recognize and honor all our student-athletes from each of the Fall, Winter, and Spring sports. Congratulations to all on your awards and successful sports seasons! To our graduating seniors, we wish you the best of luck in whatever your future brings to you!! #wildcatpride #DHNation

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK, BIRTHDAYS, GOLD SLIP WINNERS We were busy at Morning Program this week, as we celebrated our students of the week, birthdays, and gold slip winners! Our first student of the week was chosen by Mrs. Smith, congratulations to Paislee Conkling! Paislee was chosen because she is a good listener in class and a great helper to her friends. Nice work, Paislee! Sam Brigham was chosen as student of the week for Mrs. Prescott, nice work Sam! Sam was chosen because of his kindness and willingness to learn every day. He is also a great friend to his peers! We also celebrated several birthdays at Tuesday’s program. Happy birthdays go out to Adrian Bolster, Emma Frost, Christian Sparacio, Kendra Croci and Hope Felter. We hope each of you had the best birthday! Finally, our students of the week helped choose two gold slip winners for the week. The gold slip winners were Kallen Angel and Zayne Walker! Kallen and Zayne are pictured with their prize. We want to thank everyone for stopping into morning program throughout the year, we appreciate the support! #wildcatpride

ELEMENTARY WINNERS FOR JUSTIN’S PATRIOTIC PROJECT We want to thank Cindy and Randy Whiting for stopping back to Morning Program this past Tuesday. Cindy and Randy were on hand to present the elementary award winners for Justin’s Patriotic Project, in memory of SSG Justin Whiting, US Army. We want to recognize Sara Saul as the winner of the 2nd grade poster contest. Grayson Speer was chosen as the 3rd grade essay winner, with Dominic Rajoppi being selected as the 4th grade essay winner. Excellent work, boys and girls! To everyone that took the time to complete a poster or essay, we want to thank you for your hard work also! #wildcatpride

Our BOCES Career and Technical Education seniors were recognized on Tuesday night at the Robert W. Harrold campus for CTE Graduation.  Our HCS students recognized include: Automotive Technology: Luke Prescott Carpentry & Building Construction: Gabriel DuBois Computer Technology: Elijah Alderman, Alexzander Mosher Conservation & Heavy Equipment: James Kellam Cosmetology: Hazel Bennett Early Childhood Education: Audree Harris, Alexis Mead, Shailyn Smith Security & Law Enforcement: Kaelyn Dawson, Davis Herzog, Marshall Leonard Visual Communications: Adalina Davis, Evan Persbacker Welding: Averiona Curtis, Joseph D’Elia Congratulations to each of our senior students on their BOCES CTE Degrees, excellent job! #wildcatpride

ELEMENTARY FIELD DAYS THIS MONDAY Elementary field days will take place this Monday, June 17th. Field days will begin at 9:00 a.m. on the grass by the playground for non-water activities. Pre-Kindergarten students will eat lunch at 10:30 a.m., with kindergarten through 4th grade students having lunch at 11:30 a.m. If weather keeps us inside, field days will take place in the elementary gymnasium and there will not be water activities in the afternoon. Our tables and chairs are set up for the end of year, graduation moving up ceremony, so you may want to bring a lawn chair to sit in during field days and the picnic lunch. Thank you for understanding, we look forward to seeing you there! #wildcatpride

REGENTS EXAMS CONTINUE THIS WEEK The New York State Regents Examination schedule is listed below for you to view, with English Language Arts (ELA) and Living Environment exams taking place this Friday, June 14. Regents’ examinations will continue Tuesday, 6/18, Thursday-Friday, 6/20-6/21 and Monday-Tuesday, 6/24-6/25. Good luck to all our students as they prepare for their Exams! #wildcatpride

SENIOR WALK PICS The HCS Class of 2024 received their caps/gowns and walked the halls of the Elementary & Middle-High Schools yesterday morning! They were greeted with cheers and ovations from students and staff members from both buildings. We caught some pictures of them on their walk, one step closer to graduation!! #wildcatpride

PRE-K & K CELEBRATE NATIONAL DONUT DAY This past Friday was National Donut Day and our Pre-K/Kindergarten students wanted to celebrate! Mrs. Hull and Mrs. Karcher’s classes read “Arnie The Doughnut” by Laurie Keller. Afterwards, they each got the opportunity to decorate and eat their own donut. Nice work, boys and girls. Those donuts look yummy!! #wildcatpride

MOVIE & PARK FUN Our Middle School students took a trip to AMC theaters to watch the movie IF on Friday! After the movie, they stopped by Otsiningo Park to enjoy the beautiful day! Thank you to Mr. Kelly for sending in some pictures! #wildcatpride

HCSD Superintendent June 7, 2024 HES (Elementary School Important Information:) Friday June 21st, Monday June 24th, Tuesday June 25th and Wednesday June 26th are 12:30 half day early dismissal days for all K-4 students  Friday June 21st 9:00 am: PreK Celebration in HES Cafetorium LAST DAY FOR PRE-K! Monday June 24th 9:00 am: Kindergarten Moving Up in HES Cafetorium Wednesday June 26th 9:15 am: Fourth Grade Moving Up in HES Cafetorium Wednesday, June 26th – Last day of school for K-4 students, Half Day 12:30 dismissal. Middle School Important Information Friday June 21st, Monday June 24th, Tuesday June 25th and Wednesday June 26th are 12:30 half day early dismissal days for all 5-8 students  Tuesday June 25th 11:00 am 8th grade graduation in HS/MS Auditorium Wednesday June 26th 10:30 am grades 5-7 Award Assembly in HS/MS Auditorium Wednesday, June 26th – Last day of school for all 5-8 students Half Day 12:30 dismissal. High School Important Information Thursday, June 13 – Last day of school for HS students. HS students in grades 9-12 taking regents exams will report on their exam days. *Regents exams are June 14 – June 26 BOCES CTE Graduation Tuesday June 11th 6:00pm Harrold Campus HS Honors Recognition Dessert - Wednesday June 12th at 6:00pm in the HS/MS Cafeteria  Class Day - Thursday June 13th beginning at 1:15 p.m. in the HS/MS Auditorium. Athletic Awards Night - Thursday June 13th 6:00pm at Deposit HS Auditorium. HCSD Graduation – Graduation will be in the HS/MS auditorium on Friday, June 28 at 7:00 p.m.

STUDENTS TRAVEL TO ANIMAL ADVENTURE Thank you to Mrs. Karcher and Mrs. Wormuth for sending us pictures of our Kindergarten students on their field trip today! Our boys and girls took a trip to Animal Adventure in Harpursville, where they got to feed some animals, pose for photos, and have some lunch. It was a nice trip that our students enjoyed, thank you to Animal Adventure for having us!! #wildcatpride