Hancock Elementary School

BACK TO SCHOOL After a few days of workshops and trainings, our staff at HCS are anxious and excited to see all of our students back for the 2024-2025 school year! We look forward to seeing you all on the first day, tomorrow, September 5th!

WE ARE HCS – MEET TRACIE OSTRANDER – OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY We would like to highlight our new staff at HCS, please welcome Tracie Ostrander as our Occupational Therapist! Tracie has been in education for 24 years, working 4 years at BT BOCES and 20 years at Deposit Central School. She serves many roles, as she also is the RTI co-chairperson, special education teacher leader for family engagement, preschool service provider for Delaware County, and treasurer for the teacher’s union. In her spare time, Tracie enjoys reading and gardening, as well as rooting for her Buffalo Bills! She resides in Hancock and is a 1995 graduate from HCS. Tracie loves working with children and is very excited to be working in Hancock this year!

UPK ORIENTATION It was nice to see our Pre-K and Kindergarten students earlier today for UPK orientation! The students and their families had an opportunity to meet their teachers, Mrs. Karcher and Mrs. Hull. They were given time to explore their classrooms and interact with their classmates. Afterwards, Mr. Miller showed them the school bus and took them on a trip around the village! We look forward to seeing you all again on the opening day of school, next Thursday (September 5).

SEPTEMBER MENU’S AVAILABLE As we get closer to the first day of school, have a look at our breakfast and lunch offerings for September. Breakfast and lunch will be served at NO COST to our students for the 2024-2025 school year! We will see you on September 5th!

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! #wildcatpride

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! #wildcatpride #graduation2024

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! #wildcatpride

LAST DAY Thank you to Mrs. Wormuth for sending in a pic of our Plane Bus elementary students excited for their last day!! 😊 #wildcatpride

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

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

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

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