Monroe Messages
A Newsletter of Monroe County Schools
Monroe County Board of Education Approves
2022-2023 School Calendar

The Board of Education approved the 2022-2023 School Calendar at its December 14 meeting. 

This calendar was choice B in our community survey. With a majority response of 55.74% (665 votes), survey respondents consisting of parents, community, students, and staff voted for this calendar. Features of this calendar are:

Pre-planning July 26-29, First Day August 1, Labor Day September 5, Fall Break Week October 10-14, Thanksgiving Break November 21-25, Christmas Break December 19-December 30, PL Days January 2-3, MLK Day January 16, Winter Break February 20-21, PL Day March 17, Spring Break April 3-7, PL Day April 10, Last Day May 24, Post-planning May 25-26.


Thank you to all for reviewing the three calendar options. 
What are the social media basics for high school kids?
High school teens are living their lives online. They're checking their friends' status updates (and posting their own), watching their favorite shows, uploading photos and videos, playing games, chatting on IM, video-chatting, exploring their interests, and accessing information and files that fuel their passions. Full article here.

Source: Common Sense Media
MCS Radio

In this episode, MCS Radio speaks with Monroe County Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Hickman for his thoughts on the first half of the school year, and a number of other topics.

Additionally, MCS Radio is starting a three-part series on Instructional Coaches. Who are they? What exactly do they do?  And why are they important to our schools? For the first segment, MP-TV’s Maddie Franklin spoke with Hubbard Elementary School’s Instructional Coach, Ronna DiMichiel.
 
4-H News
Community Service Opportunities

  • For January, 4-H will be making No-Sew blankets to donate to Salvation Army in Macon. Join them on January 20th at the 4-H Office from 3:30-5pm.

  • For February 4-H will be cleaning and repainting the Little Libraries to move to new locations. To help, join them February 14th at the 4-H Office from 3:30-5pm.
For more information on Monroe County Schools' COVID protocols & resources click here.
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