Lunch prices will rise by 10 cents next school year, the Monroe Public Schools Board of Education has decided, but prices in MPS cafeterias still will be lower than most of the other Monroe County districts are this school year. Even with the adjustment, elementary lunch prices will be the lowest in Monroe County in the public school districts.&nb...
The food service staff members from Sodexo at Monroe Public Schools will hold a garage sale at the Riverside Early Learning Center, 77 N. Roessler St., Monroe, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 30. Profits from the sale will go to the Gleaners Food Bank for its back pack food program which benefits a number of Monroe Public Schools students. When attending the sale, please approach ...
The 2015 Monroe High School Baccalaureate Service will be held in the MHS Auditorium at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 28. All 2015 graduates from Monroe High School and from any other Monroe County School are invited to participate. This year’s keynote speaker will be Pastor Tony Lynn of CrossPointe Church. Special songs will be sung by Myrna Allen, Jillien Mills and Senior Sydney Stewa...
The Empowerment Project, a 54-minute documentary about “ordinary women doing extraordinary things” will be shown at 6 p.m., Saturday, May 30, in the River Raisin Centre for the Arts on S. Monroe St., Monroe. It is the first time the documentary has been shown in Michigan. The showing, which also includes a live question-and-answer time with the film&rsqu...
Members of the General Motors Romulus Powertrain Professional Manager’s Network hosted several career skills sessions at Orchard Center High School recently, sharing tips about how to successfully interview for jobs. A number of students had never applied for a job or were preparing to interview for summer time employment. GM engineer Cindy Letellier shared information with...
Congratulations to the Monroe High School Expressions and the Generations of Sound both of which received good ratings when they competed recently at the State Choral Festival at Central Michigan University. “What a great group of kids we have in the choirs at Monroe High School,” said MHS’ Director of Vocal Music Cate Windelborn. “They gave beautiful performan...
Due to forecasted inclement weather in the area, there are a number of cancellations in our district this afternoon and evening (May 11.) All extended-day programs for math and reading in the elementary schools are cancelled for today. All after-school tutoring programs at Monroe High School, Monroe Middle School and Orchard Center High School are cancelled for today. In additio...
Monroe Public Schools will have a one-hour early release this Wednesday, May 13. There will be no school on Wednesday for Orchard Center High School.
Jalisa McQueen, a junior at Monroe High School, is one of only 40 students nationwide chosen to attend the University of California-Davis Young Scholars Program (UCD-YSP,) June 21-August 1. In addition, she was offered a $6,000 scholarship for the program. “This is the premiere program of its type in the United States ...
Everybody is s suspect in “CLUE the Musical” to be staged this coming weekend by the Theatre Company of Monroe High School. The show will be presented four times. This engaging and interactive musical is based on the popular board game, CLUE. The plot concerns a murder at the mansion, occupied by several people. The audience is asked to solve the murder. ...