Monroe County Schools is proud of system media festival winners.  These students have created original media productions that will now compete at the state festival in May.  Congratulations to students, teachers, and parents for these outstanding works.

School	Sponsoring Teacher	Project Title	Producer
Hubbard Elementary School	Watson	Cherokee Indians	2nd grade class Watson
Hubbard Elementary School	Smith	Creek Indians	2nd grade class Smith
Hubbard Elementary School	Davis	Creek Indians	2nd grade class Davis
Hubbard Elementary School	Carr	True Friends	Emilee Criswell
Monroe County Middle School	Pierson	Book of Myths and Legends	Gabe Hogan
Monroe County Middle School	Pierson	Exam Exemption	Garrison Walker, Hunter Alexander, Thomas Warren
Monroe County Middle School	Pierson	Yearbook Commercial	Madison Penn, Jaylen Prescott, Allison White, Anna Hightower
TGScott Elementary School	Crowder	Reagan's Lost Doll	Reagan Peacock
TGScott Elementary School	Ogletree	Mysterious 4	Blakely Harrell, Kylie Seitz, Alyssa Green, Emmie DeZoort
TGScott Elementary School	Ogletree	The Super Three	Sydney Stepleton, Emmie DeZoort, Abbie DeZoort
TGScott Elementary School	Ogletree	The Ghost at Dawn	Sydney Lewis, Emily DeZoort, Abbie DeZoort
TGScott Elementary School	LaPish	My Life on the Bus	Claudia Franklin
TGScott Elementary School	Mitchell	The Animal Rap	Michaela Mullis, Sydney Stapleton
TGScott Elementary School	Dungan	Dottie the Dapple Dachsund	Hayden Tonn, Walker Tonn
TGScott Elementary School	Martin	The Lost Tribe	Kylie Seitz, Emily DeZoort, and Abbie DeZoort
TGScott Elementary School	Parlier	The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	Lori Parlier's Class
TGScott Elementary School	Mitchell	Chip the Red Scarf Penguin	Chloe Myers
TGScott Elementary School	King	How to make a Grilled Cheese Sandwich	Libby Holloway
KBSutton Elementary School	Strickland	My Cat Princess	Amber Philmon
KBSutton Elementary School	Gastley	Annie Oakley	Kaiden Stancill, Maddox Whitehead, Roxy Perez, Tristan Sikes, Trinity Austin, Blair Burnett
KBSutton Elementary School	Jenkins	Singer	Mackenzie Pye
KBSutton Elementary School	Jenkins	A Revengeful Treason	Olivia Caulder
KBSutton Elementary School	Shuman	Hope	Alexis Scarborough, Alexis Brewer, Evan Bertram, Chris Hancock, Kaylee Daniel
KBSutton Elementary School	Stephens	Recycle	Kindergarten Class Stephens

Mary Persons High School's Cameron Childrey placed first in Power Equipment Technology Written Test Competition.  James Pace placed second in Automotive Electronics/Ignition.

More than 2000 students competed in a variety of events based on SkillsUSA's high school programs throughout the state - Architecture, Construction, Communication, Transportation, Culinary Arts, Personal Care Services and Public Safety. Contests are based on industry standards, and they're designed and judged by business partners. Business and industry partners welcomed competitors into their facilities to test their skills, and created a dynamic Career Expo for attendees. 

"Through SkillsUSA, students learn skills that prepare them for the future and help them discover careers they love," State School Superintendent Richard Woods said. "As we work to personalize education for all students, opportunities for hands-on career exploration could not be more important. I congratulate these student winners and commend every student who participated."

Mrs. Stephens' Kindergarten class created an American Flag as the culminating activity for their unit on American Symbols.

Monroe County Schools will take some electronic communications to the cloud this week as we transition from our @monroe.k12.ga.us email addresses to @mcschools.org addresses.  Until Labor Day, you can still reach any staff member at their @monroe.k12.ga.us as well.  Our primary email operations are moving to @mcschools.org accounts administered by Google on Wednesday, April 15.  We  are joining over 30 other school districts in Georgia which are also using this platform for mail to reduce costs and provide more mail option services to staff.