SENIOR LOCKER DECORATIONS
Thank you to Mrs. Gill and Mrs. Rice for capturing some pictures of our 12th grade locker decorations!
Our senior parents came in yesterday evening to decorate their student’s locker and give them a surprise on their first-last day in high 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!
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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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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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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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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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