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JR. BILLIE PEP ASSEMBLY TODAY AT 2:40.

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To: Monticello Community Churches, Civic Groups, Concerned Citizens

From: Keith E. Wells – Board Member, Monticello School District

Greetings,

This is the time of year that the students in our district are enjoying the last weeks of their summer vacation. For many thoughts of returning to class and preparing to begin the school year are on the back burner. This is a reminder that before the students know it the school year will be upon them, and we as parents, citizens, and leaders of our community must make sure that our children are focused and prepared to do their best when the school year starts.

We are fortunate to have teachers who put their hearts, minds, and spirits into giving all children the support they need to reach their educational goals. Many work tirelessly without any special acknowledgment or appreciation other than the satisfaction of knowing they made a difference in the life of a young person so that each child can fulfill their brightest dreams.

Teachers can only do so much without the support of parents and the community. I am asking everyone to step up to the plate and make sure the children of our community receive the best education possible by participating in our efforts to provide the highest quality of education for the future leaders of our community. If you do not have children in school or if your children have graduated, you are still needed to make sure that the next generation of children succeed, and that Monticello stays a strong vibrant community. (more…)

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Pictured from left to right front row-Breanna Smith, MaryKate Jones, Courtney Bordeaux (co-captain),Elizabeth Echols (captain), Anna Norris, Morgan Hopper Back row-Anna Dickson, Summer Chase, Caroline Atwell, Mary Beth Wigley, Charlee Carter, Alex Jones, Hope Higginbotham, Ashlen McRae

The Monticello Junior High Cheerleaders spent a week at the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) cheerleading camp in Jonesboro this summer and received two awards. They placed second for their Home Pom Routine and a Camp Superior trophy for receiving blue ribbons all week on their evaluations for cheer and Xtreme dance routine. They received 4 blue ribbons one gold ribbon. Also, the MJB Cheerleaders were one of four schools to earn “The Banana Award” at Camp. To earn the privilege of the Banana the squad had to demonstrate excellence in Team leadership, sportsmanship, and spirit. Individual awards were given to Elizabeth Echols (gold ribbon for jump-off). Elizabeth Echols, Mary Kate Jones, and Morgan Hopper received American Cheerleader pin award for demonstrating leadership and good sportsmanship at camp.

Pictured from left to right: Mary Kate Jones, Morgan Hopper, Courtney Bordeaux, Elizabeth Echols, Breanna Smith, and Anna Norris

Congratulations to the following girls for earning All-American honors. Elizabeth Echols, Courtney Bordeaux, Mary Kate Jones, Anna Norris, Breanna Smith, and Morgan Hopper.. These girls will have the opportunity to cheer at the Houston Day Parade and the Pr-Game performance at the Capitol One Bowl in Orlando, FL.

Due to a large demand for purchase of extra yearbooks, Monticello High School is reprinting the 2009-2010 yearbook. This offer will only be available for a very limited time.

Please provide in the information below. All information must be filled out in order for your yearbook to be ordered. Full payment of $50 is due when order is placed. All orders must be turned in to the Monticello High School by Thursday, June 17. No order will be accepted after Thursday, June 17, 2010

Name: ____________________________

Grade:_____________________________

Address: ___________________________

Phone Number: _____________________

Date: _________ Paid by _____Check ____ Cash

Return to:
MHS Yearbook
Attn: Amy Brunson
39 Clyde Ross Drive
Monticello, AR 71655

Monticello Middle School has extra 2009-2010 yearbooks still for sale. The cost for the yearbook is $22 and can be purchased from the office. Summer hours are Monday – Thursday, 7:40-3:30, and Friday, 7:40-12:00. The school’s number is 367-4040.

The Monticello Lady Billie softball team set a state record this last season. They set the team record for stolen bases in a season with 74. The mark was 71 set by the Lady Bulldogs of Fayetteville last season.

Madelynn Gates was the main thief with 25 on the year, followed by Karyss Coleman with 14 swipes, and Parker Palsa added 12 to the larceny. Gates is 2nd on the list for steals in a game with 4 and tied the record for runs scored in a game with 4. Coleman tied the record for hits in a game with 5, as well as matching Gates for runs scored in a game. Gates, a sophomore, also made the list for triples in a season and steals in a season, and is on pace to shatter the career state steals record (44), set by Lauren Caldwell of the Fayetteville Lady Bulldogs from 2006-2009. (more…)

Fifteen seniors were awarded National Forensic League Honor Cords at the Monticello High School Speech and Drama Club End of the Year Awards Banquet. Front: Jackie Cargile, Brittany Halley, Kelsy Bryant, Emily Hilton, and Parrish Hicks; standing – Devin West, Zachary Chambliss, Rebecka Bennett, Alexis Pulido, Brice Pace, Derrick Banks, Quinn Ranahan, Jarron “JJ” Smith, and Thomas Lafever. Not pictured- Olivia Vaughn.

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The Monticello Billies baseball team defeated Beebe in both ends of a doubleheader, Tuesday, to win the 5A conference championship.

The final scores were 3-1 and 16-10.

The Billies now move on to the state tournament, which will be held in Monticello, later this month

Cody Jaggers, Tikko Austin, and Daniel Gipson

CareerSafe is a program being offered to students of the Monticello OEC. CareerSafe is an interactive, youth to youth online program that addresses the high priority safety training needs of young workers. The Career Safe philosophy is “StartSafe. StaySafe.” To StartSafe and StaySafe students will learn about their rights and responsibilities in the workplace and gain valuable knowledge about how they can protect themselves and others. Throughout the program, students explore a wide range of topics including laws, guidelines, behaviors, and equipment, all intended to help them StartSafe and StaySafe.

John Newton, Garrett McAnally, Shaydren Williams, and Mitchell Ashcraft

CareerSafe’s 10-hour OSHA General Industry training program consists of 20 interactive modules discussing various safety tips and procedures one should follow while in the workplace. Ease module contains a brief assessment, which must be successfully completed before the student can move on to the next module. Once all modules have been viewed and the corresponding assessments are passed, there is a comprehensive final assessment. Once the student successfully completes the course, they receive a certificate and their OSHA 10-Hour General Industry card.

Congratulatiuon to these students.  The Monticello OEC instructor is Darrell McDaniel

The Monticello High School Cheerleaders for the 2010-2011 have been announced:

Captain Meredith Dickson, Co-Captain Kelsea Jackson, Julie Blagg, Taylor Snider, Madelynn Gates, Kelsey Watts, Samantha Wilkerson, Parker Palsa, Shelby Tiner, Amy James, Peyton Fletcher, Kelsie Adcock, Annsley Davis, Emily Leonard, Kinsley Akin, Chris Smith, Chelsea Burton, Anna Beth Atwell, and Anna St. John. Their sponsor is Tommie Palsa.

The Monticello High School 2010-2011 Pom Squad has been announced:

Raya Clay-Captain, Katelyn Campagna-Co-Captain, Brianna Gardner, MyChelle Thompson, Ashlee Johnson, Hannah Wilkerson, Morgan Singleton, Abby Phillips, Azhane Butler, Whitney Hicks, Alexis Blagg, Aly Ryburn, Jacey Jones, and Carol Anne Scoggins.

SAFE PROM: It has been brought to Mrs. Pamplins attention there is a lot of confusion concerning safe prom rules. So please listen carefully to these instructions. Your ticket to get into safe prom is in the prom packet that you picked up from the office. Next, you, your date, must sign this form and parents or you will not be allowed into Safe Prom. No exceptions. The good thing here is that Safe Prom is free and you do not have to attend Prom to attend Safe Prom, but you must have your ticket, which is the signed piece of paper that says at the top of it “MHS Safe Prom 2010”. Listen up please if you do not have your paper signed you will not be allowed into Safe Prom.

EXCEL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL JUNIORS: ALL Juniors must return to their Excel classes today.

Students will be taking EOC math exams this week, starting tomorrow-
Geometry (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Algebra (Thursday and Friday)
The tests will last until lunch on both days of testing.
Students involved in testing report to the cafeteria when the bell rings-be sure to bring pencils and a calculator. (more…)

Congratulation to the MHS Choir and Ensembles for receiving superior ratings at the State Choral Festival in Conway Thursday.

All of the groups sang before of panel of three judges on the UCA Campus. The Madrigals received a 1st Division Rating and a 1st Division State Plaque. The Male Ensemble received a 1st Division Rating, and a 1st Division Plaque. The Concert Choir received a 2nd Division Rating and a 2nd Division Certificate.

Director of Admissions for UCA gave the choir royal treatment due to two of his friends that are in the MHS Choir. These two friends are Curtis Lagrone and brother Toby Lagrone. All Choir Students were given 45 free meals passes to eat in the very pristine UCA Cafeteria, and were given 45 UCA tee shirts. Congratulations to the Choirs, Ensembles and Mr. Binns for a job well done.

Seniors, all library books and fine are due today. You must be cleared to graduate. (more…)

The Monticello Junior Billies Cheerleaders for the 2010-2011 season, include; 
Back row from left to right: MaryKate Jones, Summer Chase, Hope Higginbotham, Morgan Hopper, Anna Dickson, Anna Norris
Middle row from left to right: Alex Jones, Caroline Atwell, MaryBeth Wigley, Breanna Smith, Ashlen McRae, Charlee Carter
Front row from left to right: Elizabeth Echols-Captain and Courtney Bordeaux-Co-Captain

Members of the Monticello Pom Squad for 2010/2011 are:

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The Monticello Middle School student council received the Defibrillator  that they purchased, and the vendor provided a demo for the council.

The students heard stories about other Defibrillator that have saved lives in other schools and also got to see first hand how it is used. The company, as well as parents and teachers, expressed their appreciation to the students and their sponsor for their hard work and dedication to getting this done for MMS. As one teacher expressed, “we hope we never have to use it, but if we do thankfully we will have it.”

The MMS Student Council is pictured here with their sponsor Mrs. Cindy Hudgens.

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The Monticello Concert Choir, Male Ensemble, and the Madrigals attended the South East Regional Choir Festival in Star City last Friday, March 12. The groups sang before a panel of three judges. Each group received a 1st Division rating and a plaque. The Rubric below is used for awarding a rating to choirs.

Rubric for scoring choirs, 90-100 = I, 80-89 = II, 70-79 = III, 60-69 = IV, 50-59 = V

Monticello Senior High Concert Choir, 9I-1, 90-I, 95-I
Monticello Senior High Madrigals, 90-I, 92-I, 92-I
Monticello Senior High Male Ensemble, 88-II, 90-I, 91-I

Congratulations to Mr. Binns and the Monticello High School Choral Groups. These groups will now attend the state level of competition in Conway on the UCA Campus.

Recently, Monticello School’s EAST programs showcased projects at the National EAST Conference in Hot Springs.

Monticello Intermediate, Middle, and High School students represented their respective schools at the conference and displayed how they use high-end technology to implement community service projects. Each school is required to set up a booth which tells their program’s “story” and students must make a 10-minute presentation that discusses how they exhibit Teamwork, Collaboration, Community Involvement, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, and Resource Integration. Judges then rate the program’s overall effectiveness. All three Monticello schools were rated Superior Schools (the highest possible rating).

Monticello High School EAST also won several conference competitions. The winners were as follows: Filiberto Escamilla and Ashlee Johnson (Make a Difference Award), Kelsie Adcock, Zach Berryman, and Joseph Greenway (Make Me Care Video competition), and Jake Curry (First Place-Alumni “Live” Video Competition. MIS students who represented at conference were: Tyler Vance, Jeff Carmical, Kevin Davidson, Bliss Jaggers, Kristen Daniel, Ashley Forrest, Samia Lindsey, and Grace West. MMS students included Mckenzie Zieman, Elizabeth Echols, Mary Kate Jones, Mallory Jones, Savannah Reynolds, Maggie Hand, Summer Chase, and Alex Jones. MHS students included: TJ Sanders, Meredith Dickson, Jake Curry, Bentley Brodnax, Filiberto Escamilla, Kelsie Adcock, and Ashlee Johnson.

Several Monticello High School students attended the ACTM Regional Math competition held at UAM on Saturday, March 7. Among the winners were Jordan Hopper (1st place – Calculus), Kelsey Bryant (2nd place – Calculus), Kelsey Luper (3rd place – Calculus), and Laura Swain (2nd place – Geometry). Receiving honorable mention were Sam Cason (Calculus), Zach Robinson (Calculus), Hollis Scriber (Calculus), Logan Bone (Geometry) and Kayla Fenton (Geometry).

Pictured from left to right are: Jordan Hopper, Kelsey Luper and Laura Swain

The Monticello High School Band attended the Region 4 Concert Band Assessment in Camden on Friday, March 5th.

The band received 1st division superior ratings from the three judges in the prepared concert performance and received a 1st division superior rating in the concert sight-reading portion of the assessment.

These awards combined with the 1st division superior ratings received at marching assessment in the fall gives the Monticello HS Band the Sweepstakes Award for 2009-2010.

Congratulations to these talented, hardworking students.

Congratulations to the following students who were selected as Monticello High School Students of the 2nd Quarter. These students were nominated by teachers and voted on by the entire staff at MHS.

Freshmen: Blake Shirey and Ashleigh White
Sophomores: Trent Rogers and Parker Palsa
Juniors: Reginald Rayford, Tyeashia Allen
Seniors: Thomas Lafever, Ashley Savage

The criteria for being selected is to exhibit Monticello High School’s nine guiding principles: Respect, Responsibility, Trustworthiness, Compassion, Perseverance, Optimism, Loyalty, Cooperation, and Courage. For exhibiting such outstanding character these students were treated to lunch in town by MHS Principal Kenny Pennington.

The MMS Student Council has reached its goal in raising money for Monticello School District’s first defibrillator!

The Council raise $1400!

Thanks to all those who contributed!!!! The defibrillator will be delivered to the school this week.

Three Monticello High School choir members performed with the All-State Mixed Choir at the Hot Springs Convention Center on Saturday, Feb. 20. These students competed against students from all over the state for a place in the top choir. Those selected are among the best of the best high school musicians in Arkansas.

Singing Bass II, J.J. Albrecht earned 9th chair;singing Tenor II, Trevon Block earned 4th chair; and singing Soprano II, Natalie Skinner earned 8th chair. The students performed Psalm 43 by Felix Mendelssohn, Exultate Deo by Giovanni de Palestrina, Alleluia by Martinaitis, Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine by Eric Whitaker and The Best of All Possible Worlds arranged by Robert Page.

For each of these students, it was their second time to perform with the Arkansas All-State Choir. They are pictured with their director, Michael Binns, Sr. who considers it a great blessing to work with such wonderful and talented students. Pictured left to right are: J.J. Albrecht, Michael Binns, Sr., Natalie Skinner and Trevon Block.

MHS and MMS Band Auxiliary Positions have been announced and include:

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Monticello High School will hold a formal signing of Letters of Intent and Commitments to Play College Football on Wednesday February 3rd at 11am in the Monticello High School Library.

Please join us as we celebrate with these members of the 2009 State Championship Billies as they move on to their college careers.

Twenty-four members of the Monticello High School Forensics team competed at the Cabot Classic Forensics Tournament and earned the 3rd place Sweepstakes Award in their division. Students competed in 11 events. As a result of points earned at this tournament, 4 students have qualified for membership in the National Forensics League (NFL): Derrick Banks, Kelsea Jackson, Terry Jenkins, and Devin West. Drama teacher, Christy Armbrust, has also earned her merit status as a NFL coach. 

Some of the highlights of the tournament included the Improvised Duet Acting team of Devin West and Terry Jenkins advancing to semi-finals. Superior debate speakers were Thomas Lafever and J.J. Smith. Debaters earning Excellent speaker points were Kelsea Jackson, Adam Todd, Derrick Banks and Michael Sawyer.

Receiving Excellent ratings for individual events were Kabresha Binns and Hunter Brown (Improvised Duet Acting), Alex Dearman and Anna St. John (Duet Acting), Sarah deRueda (Original Oratory and Solo Acting), Kelsea Jackson (Storytelling), Hunter Brown (Solo Acting), Terry Jenkins (Poetry Interpretation) and Devin West (Prose Interpretation). 

Other members who contributed to the team’s success were Haley Burnett, Maggie Barnett, Jackie Cargile, Chyanne Craft, Brittany Halley, Alexis Pulido, Melodie Sandlin, Sabrina Slaughter, Derrick Barnhill, Brice Pace, and Jesse Speich.

Jenkins and West have qualified to compete in the Tournament of Champions in April. The team is coached by MHS – NFL Coaches Debbie Ashcraft and Christy Armbrust.

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Congratulations to the following Monticello HS Band members for making the Region 4 All Region Bands on Monday at Camden Harmony Grove HS. They will be participating next weekend at UAM at the Region 4 All Region Band Clinic.

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