Sodexo, food-service provider for Monroe Public Schools, held its first Future Chefs competition in the Custer cafeteria and crowned Custer 2 student Willow Johnson the winner. Elementary school students across the district were invited to submit their favorite after-school snack recipe. From a large number received, they were whittled down to five recipes as finalists. The...
The Monroe Public Schools Board of Education voted March 22 to seek bids for the demolition of South Monroe Townsite School. In early February, Monroe Pubic Schools and the Monroe County Intermediate School District announced that the ISD’s Head Start program, which had been housed at Townsite School for the last several years, will move to Arborwood North Ele...
The honors keep amassing for the Monroe Public Schools music program with the latest accolades coming to the instrumental music program at Monroe High School. The most recent group to garner state honors was the Monroe High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Mr. Jim Nuechterlein, which earned a Divisi...
The Monroe Public Schools Board of Education Tuesday night (March 22) approved more than $1 million in summer work projects to improve the physical condition of four schools. “We have an extremely energetic work schedule this summer on our buildings,” said Jerry Oley, director, Operations. “What was approved Tuesday night was about half of what we ...
(Written by Community Foundation of Monroe County) The Community Foundation of Monroe County is pleased to announce that through the generous support of “The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation” they have awarded grants to six area high schools to assist in building a college-going culture and improve college enrollment outcomes. Of the applications received the following hig...
Starting today (March 17,), Monroe Public Schools will ask its primary stakeholders – staff, district parents and students – to take a short on-line survey as part of the district’s ongoing School Improvement efforts. To take the parental survey, please use this link -- https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/855VVGG The district do...
The use of technology in Monroe Public Schools classrooms is far-reaching, including the youngest students in kindergarten all the way up to Monroe High School and Orchard Center High School seniors. To get a good appreciation of a small portion what Monroe Public Schools uses technology for, please click on this link to view an informative video produced by the Monroe County Intermedi...
It took 6,250 digits of PI and some 225 Monroe Middle School students to do it but the students were able to encircle their school this morning (March 15) with an unbroken chain, signifying just how long Pi -- 3.14 -- actually can stretch. Here students celebrate hooking chains signifying 3.14 with the 6,248th, 6,249th and 6,250th digits in the Pi sequence. This exercise is done every...