The MMS EAST program represented Billie Nation at the 2019 National EAST Conference March 12th-14th. A team consisting of Kat Claycomb, Caden Fitzgerald, Addie Montgomery, Alivia Ramsey, Kaleb Romero, Hope Sass, Chesney Smith, and Brinkley Taylor presented seven of the many projects students have been working on this year.
The projects included the MMS Student Emergency Response Team (SERT); the Bille Dyslexia Reader; the Alzheimer’s Memories of Love Project; the Jordan Park Lighting Project; the MMS Clothing, Hygiene, School Supply Closet; the Waste Reduction and Recycling Project; and the MHS Fishing Team. The students were well rehearsed and polished as they presented to the public and judges. If you would like to know more about these projects and/or our MMS EAST Program, please contact EAST Facilitator Shawn Curtis at 367-4040 / 367-4043.
Congratulations to the members of the Monticello High School Billie Band for their achievement last night in El Dorado at the Region III Concert Assessment. The band received all superior ratings on stage and superior performance in sightreading. This score, combined with a superior rating in marching assessment, awards them with their TENTH CONSECUTIVE SWEEPSTAKES. A sweepstakes is the highest honor a school band in Arkansas can receive. 
The Seark Co-op Jr/Sr Chess tournament yielded two winners for Monticello. Matilda Henris (7th grade) placed 2nd, and Hayden Turner (9th grade) took 1st. Both are Gifted & Talented students.
Monticello High School has been awarded a $20,000.00 Computer Science Innovation Grant from the Arkansas Department of Education. 
The Monticello High School Renaissance Team officers for the 2018-2019 school year are: Josiah Taylor – Parliamentarian, ?Elise McDuff – Vice-President, Mallory Bennett – Treasurer, Becca Nichols – Reporter, Mary Emma Simon – Representative, Gracie Johnson – Secretary and Gabe Martens – President. 
Monticello earned the 1st place plaque at the Elementary Quiz Bowl Tournament held Tuesday, April 8, at the Southeast Educational Service Cooperative. 
