BOE Meeting Reminder
The Monroe County Board of Education will meet for its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 10 at 7 p.m. in the central office board of education meeting room. For the full agenda, click here.
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 Hubbard Elementary Wins Dollar General Grant for Second Year in a Row
Hubbard Elementary School has received the Dollar General Youth Literacy Initiative Grant for the project Keep on Reading with Nooks and Books. The school will receive $1,500 for additional Nook e-reader devices and e-books. Teachers and students will use these tools during guided reading instruction. This is the second year that HES has received a Dollar General Youth Literacy Grant. |
An Invitation to Walk and Talk with the Superintendent
Superintendent Pack invites staff, parents, and community to participate in a special wellness opportunity on Mondays and Wednesday afternoons. At 4:30 p.m. on each Monday and Wednesday, Mr. Pack is walking and talking with families and staff. The walk begins at central office at 4:30 p.m. with a walk to and from the Education Center. Then the group travels to the square and left to Lee Street and Montpelier Avenue and then through the high school parking lot with a return to the starting point at central office. The entire walk is approximately 3.2 miles. Mr. Pack invites families with students and small children to join us -- just bring the stroller and make sure that you are dressed for light exercising.
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 Happenings
Monday, September 2 Labor Day Holiday Thursday, September 12 First Nine Weeks Progress Report September 16-20 ITBS Testing October 10 Last Day of First Nine Weeks October 11 Teacher In-Service Day (no school for students) October 14 Fall Break October 15 First Day of Second Nine Weeks October 17 First Nine Weeks Report Cards November 14 Second Nine Weeks Progress Reports November 25-29 Thanksgiving Holidays
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MONROE MESSAGES is published weekly during the school year. It is an electronic newsletter that provides parents, community, students, staff, and others to learn more about Monroe County Schools. MONROE MESSAGES is distributed to over three thousand subscribers.
For an archive of past issues of Monroe Messages, click here.
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Fuel for Learning
FREE AND REDUCED MEAL APPLICATIONS
Have you returned the new free and reduced price meal application? Get an application at your child's school office or call 478-994-2031. Only one application has to be completed for each family, and all applications are kept confidential. If your application is denied, you may re-apply at any time during the year. If you were approved for free or reduced price meals last school year, we must have an updated application on file at the beginning of this school year for your child to continue receiving the benefits.
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Principal Presents to Monroe Rotary Club
Mary Persons High School Principal Jim Finch presented a program highlighting the school's scholastic and extracurricular programs at Monroe County Rotary Club last week. He is pictured with Mr. Thomas White, Forsyth City Manager and Rotary Club officer, and Mrs. Angie Dillon, Assistant Superintendent and Rotary Club President.
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Student School Day/ Accident Insurance
Reasonably priced student school day/accident insurance is available to our families
Parents interested in this coverage -- which supplements coverage for a family's health insurance, or can serve as primary coverage for a child with no other insurance -- may visit the website by following the link below. This insurance is offered for the convenience and protection of MCBOE students and families. The Monroe County School System does not receive any commission nor benefits from the purchase of this coverage.
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MP Staff has Backyard Brawl Cookout
Mary Persons High teachers were treated to a cookout last week.
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Monroe County School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, or sex in its employment practices, student programs and dealings with the public. It is the policy of the Board of Education to comply fully with the requirements of Title VI, Title IX, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act and all accompanying regulations. As a result, the following people have been appointed to oversee specific areas. Title II, Adult 504, Adult Title IX Dr. Mike Hickman 25 Brooklyn Avenue, Forsyth, GA 31029 478-994-2031 Student and Athletic Title IX Jackson Daniel 25 Brooklyn Avenue, Forsyth, GA 31029 478-994-2031 Student 504 Lisa Allred 433 Highway 41 South, Forsyth, GA 31029 478-994-2031 Any employee, student, applicant for employment, parent or other person who believes he or she has been discriminated against or harassed in violation of the above areas must make a complaint in accordance with the procedures outlined in Board Policy GAAA. Copyright 2013. All Rights Reserved.
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A Publication of Monroe County Schools
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Monroe County Schools are Closed for the Labor Day Holiday on Monday, September 2.
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 MP Students take Gordon Class locally at MCS Education Center Through a partnership with Gordon College, Mary Persons High School students are taking a college credit course with a Gordon College professor during their instructional day. The course is held at the Education Center, and students are getting the college experience while still in high school. Monroe County Schools also partners with Central Georgia Technical College, and the school system also partners with Middle Georgia State College.
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Mary Persons Joins NFHS Network for Streaming of Athletic, Co-Curricular, and Extracurricular Activities Mary Persons High School joined over 19,000 high schools across America and over 50 Georgia high schools this week. All of these schools use National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) and PlayON! Sports in a partnership with Georgia High School Association (GHSA) to broadcast sporting events, extracurricular activities and even events like graduations and honors programs. You can watch a replay of the Mary Persons High School versus Jackson High game at http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/66220. Play-by-play action and color commentary were called by Monroe County Achievement Center's Jim Waite and Mary Persons High School's Robby Jones, both uniquely suited for the duty with each having extensive coaching experience and specific knowledge of the students who are playing, Coach Waite and Coach Jones worked with Mary Persons High School students Brewer McClendon and Zach Hogg to make the inaugural broadcast happen. This year, Mary Persons will broadcast all home games live and in real time on the NFHS Network, and the school plans to expand to all football games, home and away, included in the streamcast next year. Other athletic team events will be featured as students are trained to produce and engineer the events for quality streamcasts. Mary Persons High School football events and other athletic team games will be subscriber-based events, and you can learn more about subscribing to watch the games on your tablet, smartphone, computer, or smartTV at http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/channels/mary-persons-forsyth-georgia/subscribe. Subscribers have the option to use the NFHS app for iPhone. Mary Persons High School will receive subscription funds which will be used to fund student learning opportunities. Student activities like concerts, honors programs, and graduation will be streamed without a subscription requirement. Mary Persons High School is excited about the opportunity to give our community access to a streamcast that benefits our students directly as they learn as producers, camera operators, and sound engineers. We are giving students the opportunity to get real-world experience by creating a worldwide broadcast that features fellow Mary Persons High School students, and the proceeds from those broadcasts will benefit all Mary Persons students. MP Principal Jim Finch noted, "Our vision is to expand this from our current print journalism curriculum to digital format broadcast journalism and broadcasting engineering types of curricula."
Join Coach Jones and Coach Waite on Friday, September 13,
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MCMS Cross Country Team Finishes Strong
MCMS Cross Country Team placed second out of 9 schools competing in the 4th Annual Mid State Cross Country Classic recently held in Perry.
Jakob Cox came in 8th place out of 143 runners, Zach Potts came in 10th out of 143, Dawson Black came in 22 out of 143, ad Brock Hulsey came in 26 out of 143. For the girls, Kayley Dale came in 9th out of 79 runners, and Katie Beth George came in 18th. Monroe County Middle School highlights activities of their students and staff on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MCMS_Bulldogs.
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 Learning with iPads at KBSutton Elementary
KBSutton Elementary School students, under the direction of Mrs. SueAnn Pannell and Counselor Mrs. Jennifer Rayburn, recently explored career opportunities using iPads. Each school recently received at least one classroom set of iPads through an ELOST purchase. |
MP Fast Pitch Dominates Tournament
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 Hubbard Elementary Launches Fifth Grade Leadership Academy
Hubbard Strong Fifth Grade Leadership Academy had its inaugural meeting recently at Samuel E. Hubbard Elementary School. The program is called "I Believe," and it is led by the 5th grade teachers. Approximately 45 parents and students came together to build better relationships and learn about leadership. Breakout sessions were held to discuss the meaning of leadership, to set goals and create action plans to meet those goals, to better understand using data to evaluate progress, and to build relationships between parents, students, and teachers through team building games. The session concluded with a meal. All 5th graders received I Believe t-shirts to remind them that their parents and their school believe that they will succeed at anything they choose to do. Future sessions are being planned that will include more team-building, conflict resolution ideas, and a community outreach effort. A parent-teacher planning committee for the next session is being created. Community members interested in supporting the program should contact Susan Curtis, fifth grade teacher. |
 KBSutton Students Learn First Amendment Rights and Peaceful Assembly
On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, KB Sutton's fifth grade students rallied outside the school to exercise their rights to assemble and protest peacefully. Mrs. Jennifer Jenkins, fifth grade science and social studies teacher, challenged each class to practice using their freedom of speech and their right to assemble peacefully by uniting with a single purpose and protesting in a designated area in front of the school. Students brainstormed school-related issues they felt needed amending, and after a majority vote they prepared for protest. Each group involved a student leader who gave a speech that began with "We have a dream..." They learned to be risk-takers, to stand up when they believe a change is needed, and to join together peacefully for a cause that could even change the area or country they live in some day. Mrs. Jenkins' chronicles her instruction at http://kbs.monroe.k12.ga.us/pages/K_B_Sutton_Elementary_School/Classes/161927490747688414 |
 Teachers Train on Assessment for Learning
Monroe County Schools new teachers came together Friday to train on Assessment for Learning (AFL) with Sue Ellen Patterson of Middle Georgia RESA. In classrooms where assessment for learning is practiced, students are encouraged to be more active in their learning and associated assessment. The ultimate purpose of assessment for learning is to create self-regulated learners who achieve and succeed in school able and confident to continue learning throughout their lives. |
KB Sutton has College Day for Students and Staff
To create awareness of post-secondary opportunity for their elementary students, KB Sutton staff and students had "college day." The school was decorated with college colors and mascots. Staff, including Mrs. Micki Wilkins (right), dressed in their favorite college colors. You can follow KB Sutton Elementary on Twitter at https://twitter.com/KBSknights . |
MCS Has New Enrollment Requirements
In alignment with districts across Georgia, Monroe County Schools has instituted new enrollment requirements for the 2013-2014 school year. To review those, click here. Families which meet the qualifications should call 478-994-2031 to make an appointment to enroll with Mrs. Cindy Seymour.
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Visitor/Volunteer Information
In accordance with state laws, our schools requires visitors to report to the school's front office and register. Additionally, volunteers who serve our schools are required to participate in state-mandated training on an annual basis. For more information on volunteer training, click here.
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