Monroe High School junior-to-be Sven Wollschlaeger has been nominated by former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin to attend the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Boston, MA, June 28-June 30.
The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who are passionate about science, technology, engineering or mathematics. The Congress aims to inspire, motivate, honor and direct the top students in the country who aspire to be scientists and technologists, providing them a path, plan and resources to help them reach their goals.
“We are extremely proud of Sven for being chosen to represent Michigan and Monroe High School at this very important Congress,” said Monroe High School Principal Valerie Orr. “As the president of the Class of 2017, a member of the student council, secretary of the National Honor Society and an Ignition mentor, he is one of our campus leaders. This is great opportunity for him to start to fulfill his dreams for after graduation.”
During the three-day Congress, Sven will join students from across the country and hear Nobel Laureates and National Medal of Science winners talk about leading scientific research; receive advice from deans of the world’s top technological universities, be inspired by fellow teen science prodigies; and learn about cutting-edge advances and the future of science and technology.
As he prepares to attend the Congress after school is out for the summer, Sven thanked several businesses, organizations and people for supporting his nomination. They are Mrs. Valerie Orr, Mr. Jeff McVeigh, Mrs. Sandra Michels, Monroe High School Student Council, Monroe High School Athletic office, Attorney Cheryl Sweeney, River Bank Wealth Management, Electric Beach Tanning and his parents, John and Corina Mignano.MHS junior selected for STEM COnghress
Monroe High School freshman Christopher Braden, 15, gets help from his teacher Morgan Kottke as he wears his Michigan Week Quality of Life medal for the first time. Christopher was nominated by Ms. Kottke because of his activities in Boy Scout Troop 743 and his work as a Sunday School Youth Leader at St. Mary’s Church. Christopher also is a member of Monroe High School’s award-winning concert and marching bands. Also during recent Michigan Week activities, the MHS Allies in Monroe (AIM) program was recognized with a Community Leadership Award. AIM is an innovative mentoring program designed to enhance student achievement, increase the number of students furthering their education after high school and improve student-staff relationships. Students who achieve their goals and improve their GPA by at least 15 percent in a trimester can earn a $200 scholarship check from the program.
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Valerie Orr, who in her two years as Monroe High School principal led the change to a college-going culture at Monroe County’s largest high school, has been selected as the next superintendent of Whiteford Agricultural Schools. The Whiteford school board voted Wednesday night to hire Mrs. Orr as its superintendent.
“We are very happy for Val that she has been selected for the Whiteford position. She has done a tremendous job at Monroe High School and we are thankful for the time she spent with us,” said Monroe Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Barry Martin. “We wish her all the best at Whiteford.”
Graduation exercises will be held outside at the Monroe High School football field tonight at 6:30 p.m. as planned. No tickets will be required for entry. However, it would be wise to bring an umbrella and something like a towel or cushion to sit on since there is a possibility of scattered rain this afternoon. Persons who do not care to sit outside can still view the ceremonies on closed-circuit television in the air-conditioned Monroe High School Auditorium. The MHS parking lot will open for graduation parking at 5 p.m. today. In addition, a shuttle will run starting at 5 p.m. from the north parking lot at Monroe County Community College to the MHS parking lot, and will take attendees back to the MCCC parking lot after the ceremonies.
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The live stream will begin about 6:15 p.m.
Three graduating seniors at Monroe High School have earned national recognition for their tremendous musicianship, leadership and dedication to the music program. They are (left to right) Mary Stehulak, Steven Knapp, and Laura Stewart. Mary earned the John Philip Sousa Band Award; Steven won the National Orchestra Award and Laura won the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award. “These students are exceptional talents and are important contributors to the success we have had in our music program at Monroe High School. We wish them all the best as they take their musical talents to higher levels now,” said James Nuechterlein, Director of Bands at Monroe High School.
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For the second year in a row, the Monroe High School graduation ceremonies will be streamed live over YouTube and can be accessed by clicking on this link. http://mpactstudio.org/live/ Ceremonies start at 6:30 p.m., Friday, at Monroe High School and the live stream will be viewable about 6:15 p.m., EDT. Last year's live stream was viewed in many states in the US and nearly a dozen foreign countries. The ceremonies will be available on a recorded basis, too, on the same URL after commencement has concluded. Monroe High School is the only Monroe County high school to live stream its graduation exercises. The live stream is a joint production of Monroe Public Access Cable Television, the Technology and Communications Departments of Monroe Public Schools and Red Letter Productions.
Good things have come in threes recently for the Monroe Public Schools instrumental music program. The trend continues as three musicians have received state-wide recognition and three musical groups – including a vocal group – earned superior ratings recently at an Ohio musical festival.
Three students earned prestigious Michigan School Band and Orchestra (MSBOA) Scholar Instrumentalist Awards, which recognize young musicians who achieve both academically and musically. Monroe students who were recognized were Morgan Kline, Monroe High School Orchestra; Jacob Foulkrod, Monroe Middle School Orchestra; and Erin Bressler, Monroe Middle School Band.
“In the State of Michigan, this is a very exclusive group since each member school may nominate only one school musician per year in orchestra and band,” said Mrs. Ann Felder, orchestra director at MMS and MHS. The students were nominated by Mrs. Felder and by Monroe Middle School band director Chris Morelli.
In another musical activity that involved threes, over this past weekend, three groups from Monroe Middle School earned superior ratings in the annual Trills and Thrills Festival in Sandusky, Ohio. Those groups are the Monroe Middle School Orchestra, MMS eighth-grade choir and the MMS eighth-grade band.
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. After the adjustment, secondary lunches still will be lower priced at Monroe than at four regional districts were this year.
For the 2014-15 school year, hot lunch prices were $1.95 per lunch for elementary and $2.70 for secondary grades 7-12. Those prices will be adjusted to $2.05 and $2.80, respectively, next school year. The 10-cent per lunch adjustment equates to $16.80 annually if a child were to purchase hot lunch at the school cafeteria every day of the nine-month school year.
Katherine Eighmey, director of Finance, Monroe Public Schools said that the Federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 requires school food providers to adjust lunch prices annually based on an averaging formula provided in the act,meaning that the district was required to increase the lunch prices. Monroe’s “weighted” average would be $2.41 per lunch, she said, based on the percentage of lunches for elementary students and secondary students.