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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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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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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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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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!
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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!
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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!
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CLASS DAY PICTURES
We honored and recognized our high school students at Class Day last week, see pictures below!
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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!
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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!
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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!!
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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!
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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!
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SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS
If you have a student entering 9th or 10th grade this upcoming school year, there are some exciting summer youth program opportunities available through SUNY Broome and Continuing Education.
There are workshops tailored towards healthcare careers, machinery, and science. Click on the QR code in the picture for more information on these available opportunities!
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