The Monroe High School Varsity Girls Basketball team received Academic All-State Honors, ranking ninth in Class A in the State of Michigan with a team GPA of 3.794.

     “We are very proud of these young women who truly are ‘scholar athletes,’” said MHS Principal Valerie Orr.  “They were great players on the court, great students in the classroom and were fine representatives of Monroe High School at all times.”

     Team members were: Cayla Frank, Hope Longenbarger, Somer Nocella, Alex Taylor, Mikayla Taylor, Taylor Thompson, Christine Tylutki, Victoria Vitale, Lindsey Zawacki, and Alexis Zuckerman.  The team was coached by Larry Nocella.

12 MHS HOSA Members Qualify for State Finals

Twelve members of the Monroe High School Health Occupations Society of America (HOSA) chapter competed Saturday (February 28) in HOSA regional competition at Jackson Community College and all 12 students qualified to participate in the state competition coming up later this spring.

Monroe High School’s nursing education program is the only one in Monroe County where its students are members of and participate in HOSA events.

Qualifying the state finals as Medalists are:

Alexa Eagle -1st place Nurse Assisting
Natalie Lake -1st place Prepared Speaking
Rami Dahbour-1st place Medical Spelling
Dionne Fletcher - 2nd place Nurse Assisting
Karl Havens -2nd place Sports Medicine
Amanda Lis -3rd place Nurse Assisting
Kayla Whiting -3rd place Medical Terminology.

Qualifying for the state competition as finalists were:

ChazlynFrank -Nurse Assisting
Abbie Begley -Sports Medicine
ArenNewman -Medical Terminology
Olivia Soter -Extemporaneous Writing
Sophee Langerman - finalist Biomedical Laboratory Science

MMS, MHS Instrumental Groups to Play in Local Competition

It should be quite a treat for music lovers in Monroe County when all of Monroe Public Schools' instrumental groups from Monroe Middle School and Monroe High School participate in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association festival to be held this year in Monroe.  All of the concerts on March 12-14 are free.

Band Festival to Provide Three Days of Music

Persons who enjoy middle school and high school orchestras and bands will delight in three days of music coming up March 12-14 when the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association hosts its band and orchestra festival at Monroe County Community College.

Some 42 groups will perform over the three days, involving 1,937 students, assisted by more than 220 volunteers. This very special event, which is coordinated by the Music Department of Monroe Public Schools, is free of change for all to attend.

Festival hours are 8 a.m. to 7:50 p.m., Thursday, March 12; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, March 13; and 9 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., Saturday, March 14.

All participating groups will perform three numbers in the Meyer Theater and will be judged by professional adjudicators. Those concerts are open to the public. They also then will perform a selection they never have seen before – called sight-reading – before another judge.

Here is the list of performance times by group.

Thursday, March 12
8:00 a.m. – Ida Middle School 7th Grade band;
8:25 a.m. – Dundee Middle School Concert Band
8:50 a.m. – Bedford Junior High School 7th Grade Band
9:25 a.m. – Seitz Middle School (Riverview) 7th/8th Grade Concert Band
9:50 a.m. – Ida Middle School 8th Grade Band
10:15 a.m. – Bedford Junior High School 8th Grade Band
10:55 a.m. – Bedford Junior High School String Orchestra
11:25 a.m. --Monroe Middle School Orchestra
11:50 a.m. – Whiteford High School Concert Band
1:00 p.m. – St. Mary Catholic Central High School Band
1:25 p.m. – Dundee High School Concert Band
1:50 p.m. – Wyandotte Roosevelt High School Band
2:25 p.m. – Bedford High School Varsity Band
2:50 p.m. – Bedford High School Symphony Orchestra
3:15 p.m. – St. Mary Catholic Central Chamber Strings
3:55 p.m. – Bedford High School Symphonic Band
4:25 p.m. – Wyandotte Roosevelt High School Symphony Band
4:55 p.m. – Bedford High School Chamber Orchestra
6:10 p.m. – St. Mary Catholic Central High School Symphony Band
6:50 p.m. – Monroe High School Orchestra

Friday, March 13
8:00 a.m. – Airport High School Concert Band
8:25 a.m. – Summerfield Middle School Concert Band
8:50 a.m. – Whiteford Junior High School Prep Band
9:30 a.m. – Ida High School Symphonic Band
9:55 a.m. – Airport High School Symphonic Band
10:20 a.m. – Summerfield High School Symphonic Band
11:00 a.m. – Simpson Middle School (Flat Rock) 7th Grade Band
11:25 a.m. – Wagar Middle School Symphonic Band
11:50 a.m. – Plymouth-Canton Educational Park High School Symphony Band
1:00 p.m. – Summit Academy High School Symphonic Band
1:25 p.m. – Ida High School Concert Band
1:50 p.m. – Plymouth Canton Educational Park High School Chamber Winds
2:30 p.m. – Wagar Middle School Concert Band
3:00 p.m. – Plymouth-Canton Educational park High School Wind Ensemble

Saturday, March 14
9:00 a.m. -- Monroe Middle School 7th Grade Band
9:25 a.m. – Jefferson High School Symphonic Band
9:55 a.m. – Wyandotte Roosevelt High School String Orchestra
10:35 a.m. – Monroe Middle School 8th Grade Band
11:00 a.m. – Monroe High School Concert Band
11:30 a.m. – Jefferson High School Wind Ensemble
12:50 p.m. – Wyandotte Roosevelt High School Chamber Strings
1:20 p.m. – Monroe High School Wind Ensemble

Monroe High School will hold its annual open house and information night for eighth graders and their parents on Thursday, January 29. The event runs from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at Monroe High School.

Eighth graders from Monroe Middle School and their parents as well as those attending private or charter schools or being home-schooled are invited to attend.

The event will open with a clubs and activities festival in the MHS Commons from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. From 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., there will be sessions about various aspects of learning at Monroe High School, many of them about programs available only at Monroe High School and not at any other local high school. Building tours also will be available. Among the programs to be highlighted are the MHS direct college program in association with Monroe County Community College, the large number of virtual classes available at MHS, the school’s push towards a college-going culture and the successful Allies in Monroe program.

Staff members will be on-hand to explain the enrollment process and distribute scheduling and registration materials. Curriculum questions also will be answered.

Persons with questions can contact the assistant principals’ office at 265-3460.

Monroe Public Schools Board of Education President Robert Yeo was re-elected board president for 2015, his third consecutive year to hold the post, at the board’s organizational meeting on Tuesday, January 13.

Larry VanWasshenova was re-elected vice president of the board. Board member Ryan Philbeck was elected secretary and MPS Business and Finance Director Katherine Eighmey was re-appointed board treasurer.

The school board also decided Tuesday night that it will continue to hold its regular meetings at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. The board also approved the 2015 meeting schedule for its committees. The 2015 meeting schedule is posted on the MPS website http://www.monroe.k12.mi.us .