Knightly News

MCS Weekly Announcements
  • March 11: Pizza Day
  • March 14: Records Day - NO SCHOOL
  • March 18: Popcorn Day
  • March 21-25: Iowa Assessments
  • March 25: Pizza Day
  • April 1: Donut Day
ATTENTION FAMILIES WITH 8th GRADERS
All eighth grade students and their families are invited to Monroe High School's Future Bearcat Information Night on Wednesday, March 9. This informational meeting is intended for all students who will be new to Monroe High School in the 2022-23 school year and their families to learn all about the transition to high school, how to get involved, and how to navigate the course registration process.

Attendance is highly encouraged as 8th grade students will begin registering for their high school courses the following week (week of March 14). In addition, our middle schools will be sharing video tutorials on the MHS registration process once registration opens.

COVID protocols will be in place and all attendees will be required to wear masks at all times.

Topics that will be covered during this informational meeting include:
  • Meet the admin team and counselors
  • Learn about the transition from middle to high school
  • Learn about our MHS mission and core values
  • Learn about the great things happening at MHS (Celebrations)
  • Hear from students and their experience here at MHS
  • Learn about the registration process
MASKS

Beginning on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 (because there is no school on Monday) Monroe Christian School will no longer be requiring students, teachers, and parents to wear masks while they are on campus. If you would still like your child to wear a mask, please contact your child’s teacher and let them know. We will support your decision.
MCS MOM'S NIGHT OUT

Join us Wednesday, March 9th for Mom's Night Out at El Paraiso!

El Paraiso Mexican Grill Monroe
14090 Fryelands Blvd
Monroe, WA 98272

We will have a few appetizers provided by TAPP from 5:30-6:30pm.

At around 6:30pm, everyone can order their own dinner or drinks.
We have reserved the banquet room, but please RSVP at the link below or email aprilhavener@gmail.com if you are planning to attend so we can give the restaurant a heads up of how many people will be attending. Thanks!!

AUCTION

Mark your calendar - our annual auction is Saturday, May 7th. We are really looking forward to having an in person auction this year. This week we will be sending out procurement forms that will assist you in collecting items for the auction.
TEACHING POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Monroe Christian School will have several teaching positions open for the 2022-2023 school year. We are adding an additional 2nd grade and 5th grade classroom and teachers, due to an increased student growth. We also anticipate that two of our beloved educators will be moving out of the area. Due to a recent resignation, we are also in search of a middle school teacher to join Mrs. Waltman and Mrs. Moses.

If you are interested, please complete the attached Application for Employment. Upon completion of the application, please submit the application form along with your resume to elaine.obbink@monroechristian.org.
MCS APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES

Spring is coming, which means it's almost t-shirt weather. Use this link MCS Apparel and Accessories to check out all the great MCS t-shirts and other items that are available. Find something you like, place your order, and it will be sent directly to you. It's an easy way to get ready for warmer weather and support the school.
RECESS DUTY

If you have some free time and would like to volunteer, recess duty is great way to help.
  • The purpose of Recess Duty is to keep our children safe while they are enjoying fresh air and getting some exercise.
  • Another benefit is that this allows teachers much-needed time to regroup and prepare for the next classroom session of the day.
  • You will earn DOUBLE volunteer service hours when you help with recess duty!
The following link will allow you to sign up for recess duty on any of the available day(s)/time(s). Please feel free to sign up for any times that you can commit to volunteering.
MOMS IN PRAYER

The Moms in Prayer group provides a good way for moms to connect with other moms, support each other, and most importantly pray together.

Moms in Prayer meet Mondays at 9am across from the school at New Hope Fellowship Church.
Tentative scheduled meetings are every 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday except holidays. See our tentative schedule below.
This is a very open and welcoming group. Feel free to share as much or as little as you would like, ask for prayers, or simply sit with us to enjoy the love and support of other moms in the same stage of life.

We understand schedule constraints so please feel free to come when you are able.
We look forward to meeting you and praying with you!

The Moms in Prayer tentative schedule:
March 28th (instead of the 21st)
April 4th
May 2nd and 16th
June 6th
COVID PROCEDURE

  1. Please notify the office if anyone in your family has tested positive. 
  2. We will discretely notify the teacher.
  3. The teacher will email the notice to each of the parents in the classroom.
  4. The office will then give each teacher a hard copy for the students to place in their backpack to take home.
  5. If you have any questions, please contact the office.
  6. Do not assume that if a student is missing from the class that this is the reason, they are absent.
  7. We have had tremendous transparency and support. We want this to continue.
FREE & EASY WAYS TO HELP THE SCHOOL

There are many ways you can help the school that are free and easy.

  • Matching Employer Funds - Many larger employers offer matching funds when their employees donate to the school through their portals. Check with your employer to see what they may offer!
  • Fred Meyer Rewards - Link Monroe Christian School to your Fred Meyers Rewards card through the "Community Rewards" setting and a percentage of your eligible purchases will go directly to MCS. If you have already designated MCS as your Community Reward, please take a minute and check if it is still active. (The community reward must be renewed yearly.)
  • AmazonSmile - Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to MCS. Simply go to smile.amazon.com to get setup.
  • Office Depot - Use our school ID #70106855 when making purchases at Home Depot and we will receive credit towards future purchases.
  • Rite Aid - RXfundraising and Rite Aid are willing to give a portion of every dollar spent on prescriptions and purchases made at Rite Aid to support our school. Register your Rite Aid card with RXfundraising and choose - "support MCS".

Our scripture theme for this year is based on Galatians 5:22-23, 25
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit