The popular Girl Power Camp returns this summer but in a new location – Monroe High School. Girl Power Camp, which had been held at Arborwood Elementary School, runs Monday, June 29 through Friday, July 24, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. “Having the camp at Monroe High School gives our girls so many advantages,” said Mrs. Sue Sacks who has operated t...
For two days later this month the gymnasium at Monroe High School will be the hub of high-school rabotics in Michigan as Monroe High School hosts the Michigan’s Advanced Tobotics Competition (MARC) on June 19 and 20. MHS has hosted this early summer robotics classic for about the last five years. “We will have more than 40 teams ...
Spring 2015 was the first administration of the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP). With the completion of the testing window, the Michigan Department of Education would like to invite feedback from parents of students in grades 3 – 8, and 11 who took the M-STEP. The short survey can be accessed at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/spring2015M-STEPparentsurvey Please comple...
Congratulations to Lincoln Elementary School Alumnus Jonathon Brown who is one of two recipients of a $500 scholarship from the former Lincoln School group. The other recipient is George Vasquez. Although Lincoln School closed in 2009, its last staff established a scholarship fund of such size that it will last until every child who attended Lincoln has graduated from Monroe High Scho...
Congratulations to Waterloo Elementary School alumnus Matthew Evans who is this year’s winner of a $500 scholarship from Waterloo School. He plans to attend Central Michigan University to study meteorology. This is the third year that Waterloo has awarded a scholarship to a former student who graduates from Monroe High School. Matthew was a summa cum laude graduate and a s...
Congratulations to Lincoln Elementary School Alumnus George Vasquez who is one of two recipients of a $500 scholarship from the former Lincoln School group. The other is Jonathon Brown. Although Lincoln School closed in 2009, its last staff established a scholarship fund of such size that it will last until every child who attended Lincoln has graduated from Monroe High School. ...
Here is a reminder – as if your kids would let you forget. The last day of the 2014-2015 school year will be this Friday, June 5, and students will have a one-hour early release. It’s always nice to get a one-hour jump on summer vacation. Have a safe summer everyone and we will see you back at Monroe Public Schools when school resumes on September 8.
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. Th...
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 a...
Orchard Center High School will hold its graduation exercises for the Class of 2015 at 7 p.m., Tuesday (June 2) in the Monroe High School Auditorium. All are invited and no tickets are required.