Lisa McLaughlin, who led Waterloo Elementary School to win a nationwide contest to build a new playground and who led the efforts to make Waterloo the only STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) school in Monroe County, has been named principal of Custer Elementary School, the district’s largest elementary school. “Lisa has been an inno...
See what has been going on at Monroe High School this summer when the Summer Learning Academy “Goes Public” on Thursday, July 30. Doors of the school will be open for the public viewing of summer projects and learnings from 8:45 a.m. until noon. Stop out and appreciate all the students have done this summer. The event is so big it takes the entire Monroe High School ...
Make sure you bring your “A game” for the first Monroe Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament August 8-9 in the Monroe High School gym. Registration is $15 per person and players are encouraged to sign up as a three-member team. Games begin at 10 a.m. each day and players who are under age 18 must have a waiver signed by a parent or guardian. Persons with questions can...
Nicole Shaughnessy, who has taught science and related subjects at Monroe High School since 2006, has been appointed assistant principal at Monroe Middle School. The appointment of Mrs. Shaughnessy was affirmed by the Monroe Public Schools Board of Education at its July 14 meeting. During her time as a Monroe High School teacher, Mrs. Shaughnessy taught biology, biophysics, chemistry...
Two Monroe High School seniors-to-be recently completed the College Summit Future Corps Training Workshop at Redlands University, Redlands, Cal. Banty Hill (left) and Aurea Williams, and their chaperone, MHS staff member Savannah Garcia, represented Monroe High School, one of only 25 Michigan schools invited to participate in the national training. With their training, Banty and Aurea...
Some 110 new Apple iPads will be available to students at Arborwood, Custer and Waterloo elementary schools for the 2015-2016 school year after recent action by the Monroe Public Schools Board of Education. The iPad purchases, as well as 200 more Dell Chromebooks for use throughout the district, two new servers and eight ceiling-mounted classroom projectors for Arborwood,...
Hello Custer parents. As you likely heard on the call you received Thursday night, Monroe Public Schools is considering instituting a tuition-based, all day Kid’s Club Day Care at Custer Elementary School for the 2015-2016 school year. But we need your input on whether there is enough interest to pursue it. Please click on the link here and take the quick two-question surv...
All children up to age 18 – including all Monroe Public Schools students – will be able to enjoy a free lunch every week day this summer thanks to a program administered locally by the Speckled Frog Early Learning Center. Seven sites throughout the Monroe Public Schools district are hosting the open free lunches, including Monroe High School where the Summer Learning Academy is ...
Waterloo Elementary School begins its Summer Camps and Family Fun schedule of daytime classes the week of July 13 with special programming lasting well into August. Waterloo Principal Mrs. Lisa McLaughlin said the camps have proven so popular with Waterloo students that many of the classes which are provided free of charge have waiting lists of up ...
Monroe High School will host a summer Red Cross Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Tuesday July 21. The Red Cross is in desperate need of life-saving blood. Persons willing to donate should contact blood drive director Sven Wollschlaeger through either email at corinasinbox@yahoo.com or by phone or text at 734-790-5318.