Hancock Elementary School

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! #wildcatpride

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! #wildcatpride

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! #wildcatpride

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!! #wildcatpride

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! #wildcatpride

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! #wildcatpride

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

STUDENT OF THE WEEK Congratulations to the student of the week at Hancock Elementary, Hudson Dufton! Hudson was chosen by Mrs. Karcher because he is an excellent student in class, friendly to others, always follows directions and is a big helper to his peers. Nice work, Hudson, congratulations! #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

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

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

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

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 CELEBRATE WITH PIZZA Our Pre-Kindergarten students were the winners of the ‘Golden Trash Can’ award in the Elementary School this year! This award goes to the classroom kept in the best shape each day throughout the entire school year. Mr. Mitchell brought our Kindergarten boys and girls some pizza for their efforts, nice work students!! #wildcatpride