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MPHS JROTC Color Guard Makes Debut
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Scenes from Football Friday Night with Lights
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 A special thank you to City of Forsyth personnel who resolved a lighting issue during Friday night's first home game. Despite a significant delay of game, the MP Bulldogs finished with a 41-0 win over Booker T. Washington High of Atlanta.  |
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Counseling Message: Back-to-School Tips Connecting with Your Child's School Counselor for Successful School Year
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Submitted by Holly Hamlin, MP Counselor
Understand the expertise and responsibilities of your child's school counselor. School counselors make a measurable impact in every student's life, assisting with academic, career and personal/social development. Professional school counselors are trained in both educating and counseling, allowing them to function as a facilitator between parents, teachers and the student in matters concerning the student's goals, abilities and any areas needing improvement. School counselors provide services not only to students in need, but to all students.Meet or contact your child's school counselor several times throughout the school year. The beginning of a school year is an excellent opportunity to initiate contact with your child's school counselor and doing so can ensure your child's positive school experience. Find out who the counselor is and what his or her experience and background are. By communicating with one another at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year, parents and counselors can have a definite impact on a child's success.
Discuss your child's challenges and concerns with the school counselor. As a parent, you know your child best. However, the school counselor can help you better understand your child as a student. It's important to encourage your child's expression of needs, hopes and frustrations. School counselors are trained to help your children.
Learn about your child's school and social connections from the school counselor. When you need information or assistance, your child's school counselor can help you get in touch with the appropriate school officials; learn about school policies on behavior, attendance, and dress; know the school calendar of important dates and stay connected with the school in many other ways. The school counselor can also help you locate resources in the community when you need them.
Work with the school counselor to identify resources and find solutions to problems. If your child is having a problem at school, it is important to work with your child's school counselor to find solutions. Discuss resources available within and outside of the school, and get information on how such programs can benefit your child. Your school counselor can be a valuable partner in your child's education and preparation for life beyond school.
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Leadership Monroe Goes Back to School
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Robotics Classes Featured on 13WMAZ
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 Watch this week's 13WMAZ feature on Monroe County Schools robotics program. Click here or the picture above. |
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Message from Nurses: Zika Precautions
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KBSutton Elementary Celebrates College Colors
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 Staff and students celebrated College Colors Day on Friday at KBSutton Elementary School. |
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TGScott Elementary Has the Learning Spirit!
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Important Parking Information for Football 2016
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The following guidance is issued for fans attending Mary Persons High School home football games during the 2016 school year.
- The parking area behind Dan Pitts Stadium will accommodate permitted MPHS Touchdown Club members. Attendants will be on hand to assist with organized parking.
- The lot adjacent to the Mary Persons 9th grade campus will be available until full.
- Fans may park on the Mary Persons High School Main Campus (at 310 Montpelier Avenue) for a short walk to the stadium.
- Free school bus shuttles will be provided from and to the Monroe County Education Center (old Monroe Academy - 433 U.S. Highway 41 South) both before and after the game. Drop-off before the game and pick-up after the game will be on the front circle of the BOE campus.
- Fans arriving via I-75 are encouraged to take Exit 185, go west on Highway 18, and park at the Education Center (located at GA Hwy 18 and U.S. 41) for the short bus shuttle to the game.
- The parking area between the back of the Board of Education office and the stadium/field house is reserved as handicapped parking for those fans in wheelchairs or who need assistance to and from the car. Only fans displaying a legal handicapped permit will be allowed to park in this. This parking will be available first come, first served.
Fans should note the following in terms of access to the BOE campus and stadium area:
- The BOE campus entrance on Brooklyn Avenue (U.S. Highway 41) will be open for access to all campus parking. Uniformed law enforcement officers, supported by Board of Education staff wearing orange vests, will be on duty to assist patrons with access to appropriate parking.
- City police officers will close Newton Memorial Drive between Montpelier Avenue and the Stadium to all vehicle traffic prior beginning at 5 p.m. This access will be reopened at the conclusion of the football game for exit-only traffic.
- There will be NO Parking allowed in the City of Forsyth Cemetery west of Mitchell Field. This will be strictly enforced and persons in violation will be subject to tow or impound.
- There will be NO Parking allowed along the sides or shoulders of U.S. 41 (Brooklyn Avenue). Persons violating this rule will be subject to tow or impound.
- Parking is prohibited within the construction area on the Board of Education campus.
- The roadway between the Board of Education campus and the Mary Persons Main Campus will be closed to all fan vehicle traffic and used for school bus (local and visiting team) traffic only.
- Monroe County Emergency Services will provide lighted directional signs to assist drivers and provide instruction. Once the BOE campus parking is full, the area will be closed to vehicle traffic and these signs will direct patrons to additional parking.
Fans are encouraged to carpool with others as much as possible to reduce the number of vehicles. Attendees also are reminded to be respectful of residential and commercial property in the area.
Mary Persons High School and Monroe County Board of Education appreciates the cooperation of all city and county agencies during the 2016 football season. In spite of construction issues and limited parking, the goal is to make visiting Dan Pitts Stadium at Mitchell Field a pleasant experience.
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Congratulations to MPHS JROTC Color Guard for their debut! Under the leadership of LTC Titus Brown and SFC Timothy Phelps, the students presented colors at a recent patriotic concert at the Rose Theater. It was the first of many community presentations for this dedicated group of students. Students are pictured with SFC Phelps at the Rose. JROTC presented colors at the first home game Friday night. 
Monroe County Schools hosted Leadership Monroe last week. Leadership Monroe participants learned about school budgets, how schools are organized, and what services the system provides. The group visited classrooms and learning labs as they experienced activities at Hubbard Elementary School, Monroe County Middle School, and Mary Persons High School. Their tour concluded with a visit to the Fine Arts Center and the new JROTC facilities.
