Monroe Public Schools has a new summer program where high school students can complete their physical education credits for graduation, and not have to take a physical education class during the regular school year. The summer learning opportunity will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursday from June 27 through August 4 at Monroe High School. Transportation will be available and breakfast and lunch will be provided. Cost of the class is $180 per student. Scholarships also are available by calling 265-3100. To read more, please check out the attached flyer.
The Monroe High School Soroptomist Club and Monroe High School senior Madyson Farris were honored with Michigan Week Awards in ceremonies Tuesday (May 24) sponsored by the Local Michigan Week Committee.
The S-Club is an MHS club dedicated to helping women and children. The MHS girls and their advisor, Allison Kwasniak, are active all school year long. During this school year alone they have worked with Paula’s House and Hope’s Closet as well adopting four families at Christmas and sponsoring their annual purse drive for less fortunate women.
Madyson, who also is president of her senior class, was honored for her many volunteer hours she puts in every year at various activities.
Some $21,000 in scholarships were awarded Tuesday night (May 24) at the Monroe Public Schools Board of Education meeting. The annual event is a time when Monroe Public Schools awards scholarships to its top students in what is believed to be the only program of its kind in a public school in Monroe County. Besides the MPS scholarships, two other types of scholarships were awarded Tuesday night. Three students each were awarded $1,000 Chris Butler scholarships to honor the former MPS administrator who died earlier this year. In addition, seven students received $1,000 Sean Brady Memorial Scholarships, named after the MHS grad who was killed in a vehicle accident last year while he was working a summer internship.
The students who received the various scholarships and the schools they plan to attend are: Alyssa Bukovitz, Michigan State University; Cassie Complo, Grand Valley State University; Noah Dawn, Oakland University; Cameron Delben, Bowling Green State University; Madyson Farris, Bowling Green State University; Sloane Lynch, University of Michigan; Natalie Maas, University of Michigan; Eryka Pancone, University of Kentucky; Nick Schmidt, University of Michigan; Anna Tartarian, Siena Heights University; Taylor Thompson, Central Michigan University; Sidney Towalski, University of Findlay; Connor Tullis, University of Michigan; Travis Turner, University of Toledo; and, Anthony Wohfiel, University of Michigan.
The Monroe Public Schools Board of Education Tuesday night (May 24) voted to demolish the former South Monroe Townsite Elementary School by approving a bid of $111,000 by D&R Demolition of Archbold, Ohio.
The vote was 5-1 in favor of demolition with board member Larry VanWasshenova voting no. Trustee Ryan Philbeck was excused.
Demolition is set to begin in mid-June and be completed in August.
The successful bid was one of six received for the project. Although Monroe Public Schools has not worked with the company before, D&R Demolition does have experience in demolishing former schools.
The building has not been used as an elementary school since it was closed in the spring of 2009. In recent years it has been used for the Monroe County Head Start program which over the summer will move into Arborwood North Elementary. The building also has housed Monroe Virtual High School which over the summer will move to the Riverside Early Learning Center.
No decision has been made yet on what to do with the property once the building is down, the debris is removed and the site restoration is complete.Townsite school
