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September, 2009

It is a pleasure to welcome new and returning students to Monroe High School for another challenging and rewarding school year. The staff is enthusiastic about the new school year and with the great parental support that exists at Monroe High School; this promises to be an exciting year. In preparation for the upcoming school year, we have hired eight new staff members at Monroe High School. I am very excited about the knowledge and skills that each of them brings to our learning community.  Please read the “Meet the New Staff” section of the newsletter each month to learn a little bit more about each of these educators.

This year Monroe High School will welcome over 1700 students back to school. The staff has been busy preparing this summer in our continued efforts to raise the academic achievement of all of our students. We will implement our School Improvement Plan that has been prepared over the summer by our Learning Improvement Team.  The Learning Improvement Team is made up of staff, students, parents and community members that are focused on continuous academic improvement.  Our School Improvement Plan will focus on literacy and mathematics with an emphasis around improving the quality of work presented by our Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). We will continue to provide specific instructional strategies that will assist all of our students in increasing abilities in reading, writing, mathematics, and higher level thinking skills. Our mission is to empower students to be knowledgeable, responsible citizens prepared to meet life's challenges.

I encourage all parents and community members to attend our Open House Night, Parent/Teacher Conferences, Parent Visitation Days, and other school activities such as athletic contests, musical events, and theater productions. I hope that you will plan on attending our Open House scheduled for September 17th, starting at 6:15 pm with Senior Information and 7:00 pm for all families.

In addition to our strong programs, Monroe High School has a viable and active PTO organization, Bearcat Pride that offers many opportunities for parent involvement. Bearcat Pride is focused on enhancing all aspects of student life at MHS. They actively support the arts, athletics and academics in addition to support the activities of each individual class with projects such as Grad Night.  More information about Bearcat Pride can be found using the “Parents” tab above. I hope that you will take advantage of the many offerings at Monroe High School and help us make this another successful year!

John Lombardi
Principal

SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK

Monday	Regular Schedule
Tuesday	Regular Schedule
Wednesday	Regular Schedule
Thursday	Regular Schedule
Friday	Regular Schedule

Student News

November 20th, 2009      

MHS ASB
Next week is Thanksgiving (oh boy)!  In the halls, you will see thanks.  Please write in the cards what you are thankful for.  Also, the annual turkey necklace game returns.  Turkeys will be passed out before school Tuesday.  The rules are:  Students with a turkey necklace cannot talk to another student from another class, or they will get their necklace taken away from the student without the necklace.  The class with the most turkey necklaces wins.   This will be a competition between freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Results will be announced Wednesday.

ART COLLEGE
Are you a junior or senior interested in majoring in art at college?  Application deadlines are quickly approaching, so if you want to know more about how to apply, how to create an art portfolio, or which schools offer what you want, please attend an informational session with Mrs. Palmiter in the 2D art room at 7 pm on Tuesday, November 24th – that’s next Tuesday!

ART CLUB
Please remember that the holiday art prints are due this coming Monday after school.  Please bring them to the art room as soon as possible.

GSA
The Gay Straight Alliance will meet Tuesday, November24th, after school in room 502. Everyone is welcome!
  
MATTHEW HOUSE
Matthew House is a local organization that gives all kinds of support to families of prisoners. We want to help lighten the load and lend them a hand, so the GSA is having a toy and canned food drive. Please bring your donations of canned food or new toys and drop them off in the health room.

WINTER BASH DANCE
Hey Bearcats!  Hey what?  Hey Bearcats!  Hey what, hey what?  Classy Winter Night Club!  What’s that, you say?  Classy Winter Night Club.  The Winter Bash Dance is on December 12th.  We need black lights!  If you have any black lights that we can use for the dance then please bring them in to Mr. Horner by Wednesday, November 25th.  Thanks.

LITERARY ARTS CLUB
We will be meeting today after school to finish our posters.  New members are always welcome, or just stop by to drop off your poems or artwork to the club that publishes the Radley House magazine.

Career & Counseling Center

Want to be an exchange student? AFS Intercultural Programs USA will be here November 24th during 3rd period. The sign-up sheets are in the Career and Counseling Centers.

Do you need volunteer hours for your college application? Try the Monroe Public Library and Valley General Hospital.

College Visits:

 

Sports Information

Weekly Sports Schedule

Boys Swimming
Attention all Boys: If you are interested in trying out for the swim team this week, it’s not too late.  Please see Mr. Wille in the Athletic Office if you want more information. 

Dialing 360-804-2998 accesses staff voice mailboxes.

The search option lets families use their telephone keypad to enter the teacher's name to be connected to the voicemail system to leave a message.

Staff Phone Directory

NAME (e-mail)	ASSIGNMENT	WEB SITE ADDRESS
Abbott, Norine	American Lit/Writing
Ablutz, Kathy	Athletic Secretary
Aboen, Barb	Physics/Algebra
Akesson, Karl	Drama/English
Alice, Paula RN	Health Room
Allen, Joshua	9th Grade Humanities/English
Alvarez, Conseulo	Paraeducator
Anderson, Linda	Paraeducator
Arnold-Robinson, Sheila	Paraeducator
Aulabaugh, Erick	Assistant Principal
Bare, Dan	US History
Benitz, Tricia	Receptionist
Berg, Misty	English
Berry, Judi	Registrar
Blaine, Karen	Biology
Bowers, Tonya	Learning Specialist
Brekke, Becky	Ass't Secretary
Brekke, Dave	Algebra/Seg Math
Brinkley, Julie	Paraeducator
Bruce, Carole	Paraeducator
Burnette, Kerry	Geometry/Algebra
Burrington, Dianne	Custodial staff
Campbell, Deb	Geometry/Algebra	www.deb-campbell.com
Carr, Richard	Paraeducator
Carrol, Jen (Trainer)	Sports Medicine
Carroll, Donna	PE	Donna Carroll
Caruso, Anna	Spanish
Chalfant, Matt	Learning Specialist
Coe, Andrew	Dean of Students
Creager, Sue	Plato
Crossman, Everett	Custodial staff
Cundy, Kristi	Paraeducator
Daniels, Nancy	Spanish
Darrow, Scott	History
Davis, Melissa	Lead Secretary
Dickinson,Michelle	BECCA
Dow, Susan	Learning Specialist
Eggerling, Judy	Paraeducator
Egli, Lance	Psychologist
Felts, Mitzi	English Language Learners
Foote, Amy	Biology/Environmental Science
Foster, Sarah	Civics/Culminating Challenge
Franklin, Tim	Custodial staff
Franzen, Jon	Geometry
Fulcher, Joe	Newspaper/Yearbook/Video
Geotz, Bill	Animal Science/Horticulture
Gilseth, Debbie	Security
Goodwin, Barb	German
Gordon, Kylene	Honors English
Grier, Donna	Paraeducator
Griffith, John	American Government/ US History
Hallanger, Sharol	Learning Specialist
Hamilton, Magon	Art
Hampton, Linda	Gear Up Secretary
Hanley, Diane	Learning Specialist
Haynie, Andy	Body Conditioning/Team Sports	Andy Haynie
Henderson, Neil	Geometry/Math Analysis
Hesselgrave, Holly	Biology/Chemistry
Hilt, Janet	Kitchen
Holt, Lena	Kitchen staff
Hope, Sarai	Learning Specialist
Horner, Tyson	US History/Leadership
Hurley, Carol	Paraeducator
Jaap, Jodi	Kitchen staff
Jackson, Heather	Secretary
Jacobson, Carol	Kitchen staff
Jacobson, Daryle	Kitchen staff
Johansen, Jan	Everett CC
Johnson, Holly	American Lit/English
Johnson, Jamie	English /Writing
Johnson, Jodi	Kitchen staff
Johnston, Patty	Career Center
Kahn, Will	Learning Specialist
Ketchell, Dave	Drug and Alcohol Counselor
Kirk, Tina	9th Grade Humanities
Koenig, Debora	Career and Technical Educator
Kothenbeutel, Jen	Spanish
Kuether, Wendy	Paraeducator
Lamb, Pamela	Career Choices
Lavin, Alia	Science
Letcher, Dave	Custodial staff
Linden, Dianne	ASB/Financial secretary
Lombardi, John	Principal
Lowe, Anne	Animal Science
Lowman, Russel	Civilizations/Psychology
Mahaney, Lisa	Spanish
Mayes, Traci	Science
McDaniel, Bill	Custodian
McDaniels, Heather	Kitchen staff
McKelvey, Teri	Kitchen staff
McKenzie, Steve	Marketing
Michele, Max	School Resource Officer
Minetti, Katie	Health	Katie Minetti
Mitchell, Heather	Counselor Q-Z
Monprode, Lorrie	Librarian
Morrison, Ken	Chemistry
Nash, Robert	Custodial staff
Neary, Dylan	Algebra
Nesland, Kendra	Geometry/Math
Norgaard, Gregory	Paraeducator
O'Hare, Jenny	9th Grade Humanities/ Culminating Challenge
Olson, Terry	Custodian
Orr, Keith	9th Grade Humanities	http://mrorr.org
Ottini, Alan	Business Math/ Culminating Challenge
Palmiter, Emily	Art
Pidino, Hans	Team sports	Hans Pidino
Pierce, April	Custodial staff
Poteete, Cindy	Custodial staff
Poteete, John	Custodial staff
Puntenney, Gill	Paraeducator
Reyling, Laureen	Paraeducator
Rosas, Judith	Assistant Principal
Rose, Karin	Secondary Literacy Specialist
Russell, Robin	Art/Health	Robin Russell
Sabel, Beth	Counseling Secretary
Samac, Genesis	Gear Up
Sarr, Jessica	English
Satogami, Chris	Family & Consumer Science	Ms Satogami
Scanlan, Shelly	Attendance Secretary
Sheckells, Theresa	Physical Science
Shell, Allan	Algebra/Calculus	Allan Shell
Siano, Jill	9th Grade Humanities
Silpakit, Peter	Technology
Simoni, Bob	Technical  Education
Smith, Maggie	Vocal Music
Spong, Susan	Photography
Squier, Nichole	History, 9th grade Humanities
Stading, Mary	Learning Specialist
Stanton, Giles	English
Stevens, Jane	Counselor Kn-P
Stiemert, Pat	Learning Specialist
Stilwell, Kathy	Math
Stroble, Jeanna	French
Telford, Dave	Geometry/Algebra
Trabanino, Elsa	Counselor F-Kl and ELL
Twedt, Edna	Student Store
Vance, Tracy	English, Cheer Advisor
Vandemoortele, Jill	Counselor serving students with special needs
Vaughn, Christopher	Security Specialist
Vaught, Rachel	Algebra/Geometry
Vigus, Darby	Marketing/Culminating Challenge
Vos, Kathy	Paraeducator
Wallace, Kathy	Discipline Secretary
Walsh, Mary	Paraeducator
Wheatley, Tim	Government
White, Lisa	Instrumental Music	Lisa White
Wichser, Kathi	Paraeducator
Wille, Brett	Assistant Principal
Wilmore, Dominique	Art
Wold, Nick	Health	Nick Wold
Wolfe, Nick	Science
Woodard, Lisa	Counselor A-E