Ryan Walentowski, who started his full-time teaching career at Orchard Center High School, has been appointed principal of the school. His appointment was affirmed by the Monroe Public Schools Board of Education at a recent meeting. Since last February, Mr. Walentowski has served as the interim principal of OCHS. Mr. Walentowski holds a bachelors degree in Kin...
Congratulations to Monroe High School senior-to-be Katelyn Tayler, who will participate in the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Lowell, Massachusetts, starting Wednesday and running through Friday of this week. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who are passionate about science, technology, engineering or mathematics. The event is...
Floreine Mentel, a member of the Monroe Public Schools Board of Education, was honored recently by the Monroe County Board of Commissioners for her many years of service to the community. Congratulations to Mrs. Mentel -- and a special mention to her husband, Bill, who gets her to all of her appointments -- for the many years she has been active in Monroe County. Check out the link be...
To make it easier for people who are registering their children at Monroe Public Schools for the first time, all MPS enrollment forms are now available on-line. “Parents can now print and complete the documents in advance,” said Dr. Barry Martin, superintendent, Monroe Public Schools. “This is a great opportunity for our parents so when they ...
Today is day one of the Monroe Public Schools’ Summer Reading Outreach program and we have teams of teachers out in the community starting today helping kids to find just right books that they love to read. The Summer Reading Outreach program runs from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and today it will be at the Navarre Li...
Scholarship honors continue to pour in for recent graduates of Monroe High School. Here is a compilation of the latest round of accolades for the MHS Class of 2016. Presidential Scholarship, Monroe County Community College – Madeline Gerweck and Halley Sellers. American Association of University Woman – Sloane Lynch, University of...
New spots are open for free summer reading and math tutoring for elementary school students in Monroe Public Schools starting next week. The tutoring will be for 45 minutes a day, Monday through Thursday, in each of the five district elementary schools. Students will participate in the school they attend during the regular school year. The program begins this coming Monday, June 27, a...
They have names such as “The Fighting Pi,” “ThunderChickens” “Robostangs” and EngiNERDS” and together they will descend on Monroe High School this weekend, Friday, June 24, and Saturday, June 25, with roughly 40 other high school teams to compete in Michigan’s Advanced Robotics Competition (MARC.) Monroe High School, 9...
The Monroe County Learning Bank Network will host “Art for Education,” an entertaining and fun evening with a live-art auction fundraiser on Saturday, July 23, at the downtown Monroe Bank & Trust community room, 102 E. Front St. The live auction “fun-raiser” will benefit the scholarship fund for Monroe County Adult Education Programs, making it...