James Monroe Harvard Model UN students were recognized on the Senate floor today in Charleston.
James Monroe High School Seniors will be hosting a hot dog dinner before the boy’s basketball sectional champion game (March 3) to help raise money for their senior trip, senior picnic, and other senior events. The dinner will begin at 5:30. The meal will have two hotdogs, chips, a drink and cookies. The price of each plated meal is $7.00 Please come out and support our senior Mavericks!
Reminder parents, students, and community about the free presentation with a fantastic speaker at JMHS this evening beginning at 5:30 pm.
This weeks PES perfect attendance winners! Congrats!
Pre-K at PES is reading The Three Little Pigs; they have brought the story to life in the hallways.
Please, join us at JMHS on Wednesday, February 22, from 5:30-6:30 for a free presentation for all parents, grandparents, and community members.
As a reminder, Monroe County Schools are open and on regular schedule tomorrow, February 20 but students will not be attending on Wednesday, February 22 due to a Professional Learning day for staff.
Congratulations to the James Monroe Academic Showdown team! They placed first in the Regional Tournament at Concord University! They will compete at the state tournament on March 31st in Charleston.
8th grade science students at PMS tested out some engineering skills by constructing newspaper towers. They had to stand up to winds from a high velocity fan.
PES had a Friday surprise this morning for breakfast. They had hot chocolate and it was delicious.
Ashley William's homeroom started building their first LEGO robot using the Spike Prime and Spike Essentials kits. They worked in 4 groups with about 5 students in each. Each group got to pick which robot/model project they wanted to build. They followed the step-by-step instructions to build the model. The motor connects by Bluetooth to the Chromebook, and they use block coding to control it. These Legos were a grant from Collins Aerospace,
We are always helping students work toward building their future. Mrs. Annette job trained our new secretary for PES today. Kade is going to do great things!
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Mrs. Julie Bradley freshman Discover Your Future students teaching an Early Childhood lesson. They taught colors, sorting, and patterns with shapes. They also taught states of matter using cornstarch and water. (That was a big hit). Other lessons included counting and how to make an airplane.
MCTC’s Business Instructor, Mr. Gardinier, is teaching excel. Having the students keep health stats. Today, the therapeutic services students took blood pressure, weight, and heart rates for the business students, who will now use Excel spreadsheets to track their health data.
MCTC Therapeutic Services HOSA students sold chocolate dipped strawberries for a Valentine’s Day fundraiser. The money earned will support the chapter’s travels to competitions and events.
MCTC’s Agriculture department has been busy refurbishing farm equipment, hosting FFA meetings and even building a funnel tree. What’s a funnel tree? It sits in a bucket and allows funnels to drain clean while excess oils collects in the bucket. It keeps the shop cleaner and makes convenient funnel storage.
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In honor of Guidance Counselor week, Monroe County Schools would like to give a shout out to JMHS guidance counselors, Frank Houck and Cat Allen. Thank you for all you do for the students of Monroe County.
