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

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! #wildcatpride

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! #wildcatpride

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!! #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

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

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! #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

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