Make sure you join your Monroe Public Schools family this coming week at the Monroe County Fair, where once again the district will host a booth. The booth is in the air-conditioned MB&T Expo Center, next to the Monroe Bank & Trust booth, a fair neighbor for several years.
Throughout the week, children will get a chance to “dig” Monroe Public Schools in the sand box as they search for various prizes. The booth will feature award-winning projects from Monroe High’s Career and Technical Education program. A 72-inch TV will scroll newspaper headlines about the many great things that have occurred at Monroe Public Schools over the last year. Every afternoon, Monday through Saturday, visitors to the booth will get a chance to check out a virtual reality helmet. The MHS competition robot will be displayed and robotics students will staff the booth several nights to talk about robotics at Monroe schools.
This year, a number of new faculty and staff also will be in the booth so people can stop and say hello. Here is the schedule:
Monday, Aug. 3 – 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., new Custer School principal Lisa McLaughlin and new district speech pathologist Emily Kressbach; 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., new Monroe High School Principal Sandy Kreps,
Wednesday, Aug. 5 – 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Kaitlynn Arnholt, and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Rachel Dyer. Both are new math teachers at Monroe High School.
Thursday, Aug. 6 – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monroe Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Barry Martin; and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. new Transportation Director Frank Henry and new elementary school music teacher Franny Valdez.
Friday, Aug. 7 – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monroe Public Schools deputy superintendent Julie Everly and new Monroe Middle School assistant principal Nicole Shaughnessy. MMS Principal Cindy Flynn also will be at the booth from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., that day.
In addition, Orchard Center High School Principal Chantele Henry and Raisinville School Principal Mary Ann Cyr will be at the MPS booth from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, August 4.