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Congratulations to MHS students Reece Lynch, Noah Boudrie, Luke Anteau, Evin Cooper, and Mitchell Carter, who were honored at the
SEC All-Academic Banquet this year! This banquet recognizes the top 5 students at all 14 high schools in the SEC. Students are chosen
based on overall academic progress including GPA and SAT score. Great job Trojans! We are very proud! #wearemonroe #trojanstrong
WISH WEEK
Sponsored by the MHS Student Council
- Monday, April 22nd - Tacky Tourist Day!!
- Dodgeball Tournament at 6:00 PM in the MHS Gym
- Dodgeball Tournament at 6:00 PM in the MHS Gym
- Tuesday, April 23rd - Panera Fundraiser – 4:00-8:00 PM
- Flyers available in Mr. Kimberlin’s Room A209 or via the Facebook post
- Pink Out Volleyball Tournament at 6:00 PM in the MHS Gym
- Wednesday, April 24th – Jersey Day!!
- Student vs. Teacher Basketball Tournament at 6:00 PM in the MHS Gym
- Sign-up’s during lunches
- Thursday, April 25th – Farmer’s Day!!
- Mr. Monroe Competition at 6:00 PM in the MHS Auditorium
- Friday, April 26th – Disney Day!!
- Chick-Fil-A during lunches!!
- Olga’s Fundraiser (flyers available in Mr. Kimberlin’s Room A209 or via the Facebook post)
- Saturday, April 27th – Soccer 3x3 Tournament!!
- Tournament at 9:00 AM at Custer Fields – you can have up to 6 people on a team – cost to participate is $55.00 per team (please see a Student Council Member for details)
- Monday, April 29th – Wish Week Assembly!!
- During Achieve Time – presentation of check to Wish Week Recipient
All MPS students in grades Y5-12 may apply to participate in the Summer Learning Academy!!! Just like an athlete needs to exercise regularly to stay at the top of his game, so do students! During summer months students need to continue to exercise their brains, to keep the new connections made during the school year. The MPS Summer Learning Academy is designed around your child’s interests and academic needs; stretching every child’s reading, writing and math levels. It will be an opportunity for students to spend extended time in literacy or math to get a jump start for the upcoming school year.
Y5-8th grade Students in Summer Learning Academy will:
Choose 3 interest camps that they will participate during a portion of the day
Be part of a book club and write your own book
Solve fun and challenging problems with friends
Engage in DreamBox and math games
Receive small group and individualized instruction
High School students:
Have an opportunity to recover up to 1.5 credit hours
Receive small group and individualized instruction
Participate in a research project of their choice
Fill out the attached application or click here to apply!
Monroe Middle School will be hosting a Sixth Grade Beginning Instrumental Assembly for students interested in learning a musical instrument on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 9:30! If your sixth grader is interested in a learning an instrument, fill out the form below and return it to your child's classroom teacher. There will also be a parent information session Thursday, September 28, at 7 p.m. at Monroe Middle School! Become part of the tradition of great Trojan music!
Earlier in the school year, John Giarmo of Giarmo’s Carpet Cleaning came and presented to Custer teacher Kyle Reed’s sixth robotics and coding class
about the process of designing an invention and receiving a patent. His “Save-a-Trip” is a three-stock object that attached to a carpet cleaning wand, giving the user a convenient place to hold bottles of chemicals. He was able to give the students a lesson on the invention process, making prototypes, and following through with production.
“My initial prototype was three soup cans,” Giarmo laughed.
Before he left, he gave the class a challenge; following his design, he requested that the students design and manufacture a model of his invention on the school’s 3D printer.
“These guys really took it and ran,” Reed said. “There were about five students that really hit the nail on the head with it, but Kyle Pafford’s was the closest.”
Pafford, after working with TinkerCAD software, designed a prototype almost identical to Giarmo’s.
“It was fun to make,” Pafford said, explaining all the steps to his design. “We used calipers to measure everything. It wasn’t too hard.”
Giarmo returned to see the fruits of the Cougars’ labors and found a prototype that he would attach to his cleaning wand and use later that day on the job. Pafford’s model was a replica that could be utilized immediately, right from the classroom.
“This is great,” he said. “I was telling people, ‘I’m getting a new prototype made,’ but they were shocked when I said it was being made by a sixth grade class at Custer. People could pay a company to do this work, but he (Pafford) made it here in school. It looks perfect!”
“This was a great lesson,” Reed said. “They got to see the full process of creating something new. This just highlights what a great STEAM program we have here at Custer. Kids are getting started on learning CAD and design in fifth and sixth grade. They are starting this so young and are learning real applicable skills in elementary school.”
Nominate Monroe Public Schools in Monroe News’ Best of the Best Readers’ Choice Awards as the Best Public School in Monroe!
Once you’ve clicked the link, simply log in and type MONROE PUBLIC SCHOOLS into the entry for Best Public School! You can nominate MPS once a day every day until June 26. Also, make sure that you nominate MONROE PUBLIC SCHOOLS KIDS CLUB for Best Day Care and RIVERSIDE EARLY LEARNING CENTER for Best Preschool! (To the right is a cheat sheet! Use it to vote by clicking the link above!) There is also a chance for you to enter to win a $100 gift card!
The top five nominees will then be voted upon in July.
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Remember, nominate Monroe Public Schools EVERY DAY! Thank you for helping us show that MPS is the Best of the Best!
In its fourth annual Engineering Night, Custer Elementary School welcomed almost 500 people to a “Night at the STEAM Museum” Tuesday as the school showcased not only its engineering curriculum and student projects as in years prior, but opened up activities for visitors which allowed families to see the great things their students are up to. Custer principal Lisa McLaughlin was excited to show the community everything its school does to study and celebrate Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics.
“There’s just so much that people don’t see,” she said. “I’ll meet with people and explain all of the things we do and they’ll respond, ‘Wait, you do that at Custer?’”
If any of those people were able to see all of the student projects and interactive activities, they would be amazed at all of the things that Custer Cougars are learning and producing. Down hall four, in the STEAM lab, and in the computer lab, students from every grade showcased their STEAM projects, which each student completes.
“There are so many rooms that our families get to see tonight,” Mrs. McLaughlin said. “You know, there’s so much going on and it’s just a great night.”
From robot coding projects to buoyancy projects and a 3D printer producing fidget spinners, students were given an opportunity to learn from each other and teacher their families the fascinating topics they learn every day.
“I love trying the experiments and learning from my mistakes,” Xzander McCoy, Custer third-grader said. For his project, Xzander painted a ceiling tile centered around fractions. He and his mother, Amanda McCoy, said that they have never missed an engineering night.
“Xzander loves engineering night,” she said. “We do it every year.”
With all of the new activities, engineering night at Custer will only continue to grow, just like the school’s STEAM curriculum.
“We were excited to show people the STEAM lab. It’s my baby,” said Mrs. McLaughlin. “Teachers can bring their students down to the lab and the experiments will all be ready. All they have to do is teach the lesson and the students can do the experiments there.”
“Events like this are an example of Monroe Public Schools’ commitment to STEAM and CTE programs that are fun and engaging,” Monroe Public Schools superintendent Julie Everly said. “It is great to see families share in their students learning and see the great activities and opportunities our schools provide for them.”
After families could peruse the projects, there were also interactive stations that everyone could enjoy, including the “Let It Fly” catapult challenge, where families were given a lesson about projectiles and then were given time to build their own catapult to see how far they could launch a cotton ball.
In hall 3, various rooms were opened for families to participate in “Free Build” time, in which they could build with various materials together. Across the hall in the gym staff had assembled a Maker-Space station. Families could assemble soap-box cars from washers, binder clips, and cardboard, structures from toothpicks and marshmallows, and marble mazes from plates and straws, among other activities. The Monroe High School robotics team also showed off its creation in the Maker-Space station as well.
Sign Up Here for the 2017 MPS Summer Learning Academy!!!
For the first time ever, all MPS students in grades Y5-8 may apply to participate in the Summer Learning Academy!!! Just like an athlete needs to exercise regularly to stay at the top of his game, so do students! During summer months students need to continue to exercise their brains, to keep the new connections made during the school year!!! The MPS Summer Learning Academy is designed around your child’s interests and academic needs; stretching every child’s reading, writing and math levels. It will be an opportunity for students to get a jump start on the upcoming school year and continue connections with friends over summer months.
Important Information
- Summer Learning Academy meets from July 10-August 17
- Hours are from 8:15am-12:15pm, Monday—Thursday
- Free Breakfast and Lunch!
Registration Information
- Seats are limited, apply by May 1, 2017
- Click Here to Apply in English
- Click Here to Apply in Spanish
- Students who are accepted will be notified by June 1st with a letter and classroom placement