Monroe Messages
A Newsletter of Monroe County Schools
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Saturday, November 12, was a great day for our District Robotics Competition! Hubbard Elementary took home the top prize, and the MCMS 7/8 team earned second place. Congrats to all the teams in this year’s competition! 
The MP Bass Dawgs competed in the Bass Nation Tournament at West Point on November 5. There were a total of 45 junior teams and 179 high school teams. They placed as follows:

Junior Team:  
8th Caiden Price & Jude McCoy - Captain
Michael Price 

High School Teams:
35th Brayden Bryant & Jac Connell - Captain Ricky Wilson  
49th Drew Grant and Kaleb Landry - Captain Joey Lowe 
96th Aaron McCoy and Kris Salas - Captain Heath Cox     
126th Kadie Freeman & Tyler Walker - Captain Brent Freeman 
133rd Steven Gibbs & Trey Britt - Captain Colby Andrews 

The Big Fish Award went to Jac Connell weighing in at 5.70lbs (pictured).
Eric & Laurie Thomas Named Friends of Education
This quarter’s recipients of the coveted Friend of Education distinction from Monroe County Schools show constant support for our students while serving up a good slice.  Eric and Laurie Thomas have been the owners of Jonah’s on Johnston since December 2018. The Thomases have been staunch supporters of our school system ever since. In fact, Laurie had even stronger ties with our school system as she retired this past June as one of our special education ACCESS teachers from Mary Persons High School. Eric and Laurie have been truly amazing with their continued support of education and student success in our community.   

Examples of support from Jonah’s include:
  • Providing employment opportunities for Mary Persons High School students    
  • Partnering with Mary Persons High School ACCESS program to provide work-based learning opportunities for special education students
  • Supporting and fundraising for the Best Buddies Program
  • Supporting our schools’ PBIS incentive programs 
  • Providing discount coupons for new staff in our district during Teacher Induction 
  • Donating meal certificates for the MCS Staff Golf Tournament and Teacher of the Year Gift Baskets 
  • Providing fundraiser spirit nights to support individual students, school and system clubs, as well as athletic teams 

Eric, Laurie, and their staff are always just a phone call away from helping out in any way they can. We greatly appreciate their generosity and support of our students, parents, and staff in this community. Monroe County Schools looks forward to continuing the partnership with Jonah’s on Johnston in order to promote the academic success of our students. We are honored to include Jonah’s on Johnston as a Friend of Education in Monroe County Schools.     
A “Friend of Education” is a person or business that is making a profound and positive impact on students, staff, and the community through supporting Monroe County Schools. 
Mary Persons High School just finished its first season with new softball coach Jessica Evans. MPTV’s Trystin Brummet sat down with Coach Evans to learn more about her decision to come to Monroe County.

This week, Mary Persons newest sport kicked off with a splash. The new swim team has its first competition this weekend. To learn more about the new sport, MPTV’s JaMai Davis sat down with Coach Schon Wood.

We’re heading into a holiday season full of exciting concerts at the Monroe County Fine Arts Center. This week, the Mary Persons musical theatre students will take you into the wonderful world of Disney. Enjoy a special Disney Cabaret Thursday at 6 or Saturday at 2 p.m. at the FAC. Tickets are just 10 dollars, and children wearing their favorite Disney costumes will get in free. To get you in the mood for the fun night of music, let’s listen in to last week’s chorus concert at Mercer University. 
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