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At Wednesday night’s meeting of the Monticello School Board, John McClendon was recognized and awarded the plaque by superintendent Sandra Lanehart, for nine year service on the school board.

McClendon‘s term ends this month.

Winner of the Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative Battle of the Books was the team from Monticello Intermediate School.  Members of the team:  Andrew Maxwell(4th grade), Gia Weier(4th grade), Lily Copico(5th grade), Charlee Kaye Bickford(4th grade), and Julie Pettigrew(4th grade).  Sponsor of this team is GT Coordinator, Haley Greer.

Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative held an Elementary Quiz Bowl tournament on April 12, 2022 at Pauline Baptist Church.  7 schools from Southeast Arkansas participated. Cleveland County was first place.  Monticello was second place.  Warren third place (not pictured).

An elementary chess tournament was held at Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative on Friday, April 8th for southeast Arkansas elementary students in grades 3rd-6th grade. 80 students participated.  1st place winner: Caleb Norris (Monticello Schools), 2nd Place Winner: Dhruv Patel (Monticello Schools), and 3rd Place Winner: Bo Hobbs (Monticello Schools).

Congratulations to the winners of the “Not All Heroes Wear Capes” Art Contest, sponsored by the Junior Auxiliary of Monticello!

Monticello High School FBLA students recently competed in the District III FBLA competition.  Congratulations to:

Back Row:  Jack Nickolson, 1st place in Organizational Leadership; Dakota Barbee, 3rd place in Networking Infrastructures; Dameon Harris, 1st place in Introduction to Information Technology; Tucker Breedlove, 4th place in Political Science; Ziquon Herron, 5th place in Healthcare Administration; Mariannice Benton, 6th place in Introduction to Business Procedures.

Front Row:  Mary Mencer, 1st place in Accounting I; Lily Gamewell, 6th place in Cyber Security; Caleb Briggs, 3rd place in Advertising; Beth Bragg, 5th place in Job Interview; Madison Bitely, 1st place in Business Communications; Pressly Vollmer, 3rd place in Introduction to Financial Math.

Not Pictured:  Kamryn Jones, 2nd place in Introduction to Business Concepts; Bryan Nichols, 3rd place in Human Resource Management.

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Congratulations to Dorian Allen, Jordan Light, and Keith Wells, Jr.

These outstanding student-athletes signed
National Letters of Intent to play football at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

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Monticello Announcement
Drew Central Announcement

Following a late Tuesday threat made against Monticello Middle School staff, heavy police presence and extra safety procedures occurred throughout the day Wednesday. (more…)

This morning, MLive was made aware of a threat made against Monticello Middle School,

Monticello superintendent Sandra Lanehart issued this statement. (more…)

“We were made aware earlier this morning and are working with the school administration and staff to investigate this incident.

The school administration has made the decision to remain in session and we support their assessment of the facts and this decision.
MPD has multiple officers in various capacities on and around school facilities and will continue to work with MSD staff to investigate and monitor this situation until it is resolved”. MOD Chief Jason Akers.

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