Make sure you bring your “A game” for the first Monroe Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament August 8-9 in the Monroe High School gym. Registration is $15 per person and players are encouraged to sign up as a three-member team. Games begin at 10 a.m. each day and players who are under age 18 must have a waiver signed by a parent or guardian. Persons with questions can...
Nicole Shaughnessy, who has taught science and related subjects at Monroe High School since 2006, has been appointed assistant principal at Monroe Middle School. The appointment of Mrs. Shaughnessy was affirmed by the Monroe Public Schools Board of Education at its July 14 meeting. During her time as a Monroe High School teacher, Mrs. Shaughnessy taught biology, biophysics, chemistry...
Two Monroe High School seniors-to-be recently completed the College Summit Future Corps Training Workshop at Redlands University, Redlands, Cal. Banty Hill (left) and Aurea Williams, and their chaperone, MHS staff member Savannah Garcia, represented Monroe High School, one of only 25 Michigan schools invited to participate in the national training. With their training, Banty and Aurea...
Some 110 new Apple iPads will be available to students at Arborwood, Custer and Waterloo elementary schools for the 2015-2016 school year after recent action by the Monroe Public Schools Board of Education. The iPad purchases, as well as 200 more Dell Chromebooks for use throughout the district, two new servers and eight ceiling-mounted classroom projectors for Arborwood,...
All children up to age 18 – including all Monroe Public Schools students – will be able to enjoy a free lunch every week day this summer thanks to a program administered locally by the Speckled Frog Early Learning Center. Seven sites throughout the Monroe Public Schools district are hosting the open free lunches, including Monroe High School where the Summer Learning Academy is ...
Waterloo Elementary School begins its Summer Camps and Family Fun schedule of daytime classes the week of July 13 with special programming lasting well into August. Waterloo Principal Mrs. Lisa McLaughlin said the camps have proven so popular with Waterloo students that many of the classes which are provided free of charge have waiting lists of up ...
Monroe High School will host a summer Red Cross Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Tuesday July 21. The Red Cross is in desperate need of life-saving blood. Persons willing to donate should contact blood drive director Sven Wollschlaeger through either email at corinasinbox@yahoo.com or by phone or text at 734-790-5318.
Monroe High School track star Stephen Blunt has been named the Region Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year by the Monroe News. So what did he accomplish to earn the honor? According to the Monroe News, “He set a school record in the 100-meter dash. Won the 100 and the 200 in the team state meet, was a Regional champions, won Track Athlete of the Meet honors at the Mason Invi...
Congratulations to Monroe High School Track Coach Mark Scoles who has been named the Monroe County Region Track Coach of the Year by the Monroe News. The Monroe News called the recently concluded track season, “one of the Trojans best seasons.” The Trojans finished third behind Saline and East Kentwood in the Division 1 state finals, their best showing since finishing runn...
A security upgrade at all schools in the Monroe Public Schools district will take a major step forward this summer and be completed in the 2015-2016 school year. The Monroe Public Schools Board of Education June 23 approved spending $127,118 to purchase 300 more security cameras, 100 mounts and three more servers to operate the system which will i...