In honor of the Martin Luther King holiday, there will be no school on Monday, January 16. In addition, the Monroe Public Schools Administration Building will be closed. Classes will resume and the administration building will reopen on Tuesday, January 17.
Three experienced Monroe Public Schools Board of Education members were elected by their colleagues as officers at the January 10 organizational meeting. The Board elected Lawrence VanWasshenova as president, Floreine Mentel as vice president, and Cynthia Taylor as secretary. Katherine Eighmey, MPS Business and Finance Director, was re-appointed as treasurer. Mr. VanWasshenova, who ha...
January 2, 2017 Dear Monroe Public Schools Students, Staff, Families, and Community Members, Happy New Year! I hope this finds you, like me, eagerly anticipating the entrance back into our school routines tomorrow, Tuesday, January 3rd, after a wonderful holiday season. It is a treasure when we have the opportunity to pause, become refreshed, and think about the wonder and prom...
There will be a half-day of school for Monroe Public Schools students on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Kids Club at Riverside and Custer will be closed in the afternoon.
Monroe Public School students have been busy this holiday season helping their fellow man, classmates and even animals. The Arborwood Campus partnered with the Thrift Shop Association to adopt more than 60 families to help with Christmas gifts this year. They school referred families to the Shop with a Cop event held earlier this month. Staff members participated in the Arborwood Giving Tree wher...
Sixty students will receive scholarships for the first trimester of the 2016-17 school year for hard work in the classroom. Students in the Allies in Monroe, or AIM, program at Monroe High School will receive $200 scholarships for a 15 percent increase in their grade point average. The program launched during the 2014-15 school year to provide an academic incentive to students who worked hard in ...
Cindy Flynn has been named Executive Director for Human Resources with Monroe Public Schools. Her appointment was approved Tuesday by the Monroe Public Schools Board of Education during its regular meeting. “Cindy Flynn has been with the district for a number of years and is very familiar with our staff,” said Dr. Barry Martin, superintendent of Monroe Public Schools. “She will ...
Monroe Public Schools Board of Education said farewell to three of its members. Board President Robert Yeo presided over his final meeting Tuesday. He has served on the school board for nearly 10 years. He also served as vice president. “It has been a pleasure working for Monroe Public Schools,” Yeo said. He thanked the community for their support during his tenure and offered well wi...
The Monroe Public Schools Board of Education approved the purchase of mobile devices for teaching staff. The board unanimously approved the technology purchase of a cost not to exceed $120,000. The majority of the purchase, $105,000, will be covered by rebates from previous technology expenditures. Mobile devices will be purchased from Apple Education. Computers will be purchased from Dell. &ldq...
The band concert and all other events, including athletic practices, are canceled at Monroe High School this afternoon - Sunday, December 11 - due to the weather conditions.