Show Transparency Widget Icon
Orchard Center High School
Williams donates Olympic jersey to MHS

Todd Williams (right), believed to be the only Monroe High School graduate to ever compete in the Olympics, presents his 1992 U.S. Olympic team jersey to Monroe High School track coach Mark Scoles.  Scoles said the jersey will be displayed on the athletic wall of honor at Monroe High School.  “We want the kids to remember Todd and all his accomplishments to serve as an inspiration...

Buses to get new security systems

     When school starts in September, all 58 Monroe Public Schools buses will be equipped with the latest state-of-the-art on-board safety and security system as a significant upgrade to the camera system which has been in use on MPS buses for the last eight years.      The purchase was approved Tuesday night, July 26, by the Monroe Public Schools Board of ...

7 MHS grads earn MCCC scholarships

Monroe County Community College recently announced a variety of scholarship to attend that institution in the fall and seven of the recipients were Monroe High School graduates.                 Congratulations to: Alexa Stevens, MHS 2011, JoAnn Naida Nursing Scholarship Jennifer Jacobs, MHS 2010, Namaste Day Scholarship Lu...

Two win initial Williams scholarships

When recently graduated MHS students Noah Dawn and Madyson Farris “run” off to college this fall, they will each do so with $3,000 2016 Todd Williams What it Takes Scholarships presented by Mark Jarrait Insurance of Monroe.  The scholarship is named after MHS runner Todd William who ran in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.  Mr. Jarrait and his agency establishe...

Here's a way to Jump Start into school

               The first day of kindergarten sometimes has been a frightful experience for some children, being away from people and places they have known all their lives.  But that does not have to be the case any more, thanks to a new program by Monroe Public Schools called Young Fives and Kindergarten Jump Start.  ...

Let's stuff the bus with supplies

Monroe County residents will have two opportunities Saturday, July 30, to help “stuff the bus” with school supplies as part of the “Supplying Our Future” Backpacks for Kids in Monroe County.  The Back Pack program has a significant impact on Monroe Public Schools' students because some 60 percent of all back packs distributed go to MPS students.  &n...

Scott Hoppert to lead Raisinville

Scott Hoppert, who has taught in the Monroe Public Schools for 26 years and who for two years led Monroe Public Schools’ Summer Learning Academy (SLA) as its administrator, is the new principal at Raisinville Elementary School.       His appointment was affirmed Tuesday night (July 12) by the Monroe Public Schools Board of Education.  At Raisinville, he will su...

AIM program provides $52k to students

For the second consecutive trimester, 59 Monroe High School students achieved their Allies in Monroe (AIM) scholastic goals, earning $200 each for their successful efforts.  In all, MHS students earned nearly $12,000 for their third trimester achievements.      The AIM program – the only one of its kind established now in Monroe County – has completed its seco...

School supplies drive underway

Please note -- Hundreds of back packs are given to children who attend Monroe Public Schools and this drive helps to fiill them. Collection barrels have been placed at locations around Monroe County for persons who wish to drop off school supplies to be placed in back packs which will be distributed to Monroe County children in August.            ...

Adult HS diploma to be offered

     The Learning Bank of Monroe County will offer a one-of-a-kind new program starting this fall which will allow adults who left school a few credits shy of graduating a chance to meet the Michigan Merit Curriculum standards and earn their high school diploma.       The diploma program will be available to any adult learner in Monroe County, regardle...



Success!