The Sage Informer

Category: Academics

  • How Monticello High School students are handling college applications

    A new school year is underway, with a brand new senior class, and this means that there is a looming wave of college applications that need to be filled out. Conner Kuntz and Aliyah Ellison, two seniors in the class of 2025, have begun the long application process, hoping to determine where they will spend…

  • Accounting field trip

    On Friday, April 19th, Mr. Webb took a group of accounting students, current and former, to Illinois State University for an accounting competition. The accounting competition consisted of an hour-long test, a campus tour, team games, and an award ceremony. Senior Tynley Jackson said, “It made me realize that there is still a lot to…

  • How are MHS students doing now that the school year is almost over?

    It is common knowledge that the end of the school year takes a toll on everyone. Most people are ready for the school year to be over and for summer to be here. Seniors may be experiencing something students like to call senioritis. It’s when a senior student starts not doing their work, skipping school…

  • Building trades have new projects coming soon

    After the Monticello Area Education Foundation fundraiser that was held at the old restaurant and brewery called Monarch, Mr. Woodham, the metals teacher at Monticello High School, was told that he can apply for a big grant for this class. “I was approached at a fundraiser and was told I should ask for more money…

  • Creative concepts

    Mr. Strippens’ creative concept class has been working hard in creating pieces that aren’t ordinary at all. Some of the pieces contain glass, paint, building, and more. Lots of these projects come from the pure creativity of the students’ minds, and it shows through their artwork work.   “My favorite project has been the glass one,…

  • The “Burn Book” is coming to life

    This year the journalism staff announced the yearbook theme as a Mean Girls “Burn Book” styled yearbook but with a twist. They are making big adaptations to the “Burn Book” to give it a positive spin. Instead of tearing people down, their goal is to build people up. Mean Girls is a teen movie that…

  • Journalism staff reads through old yearbooks

    On October 6th, the journalism staff used their class period to look through old yearbooks. These yearbooks range in dates from 1915 all the way to present day.  Senior Jack Weidner said, “With this being my first year in journalism, it was a great way to learn about yearbooks and see how they have progressed…

  • The importance of joining FFA

    Future Farmers of America (FFA) is an important club that has been a part of Monticello High School since 1935. The goal of FFA is to get people in Monticello introduced to agriculture and farming. The agriculture department at MHS offers several classes for people to take all four years of high school, including Intro…

  • Hypnosis among MHS psychology students

    Psychology teacher, Andrew Webb, began his yearly unit overHypnosis. To illustrate the effects and idea of hypnosis, this past week he showed his classes a video that would hypnotize most students. For hypnosis to work, students have to be able to ‘let go’ and allow their minds to become intrigued with the video presented to…

  • Little Sages Preschool

    Each year, Monticello High School’s Child Growth and Development class offers a program called “Little Sages Preschool” that teaches high school students about the learning processes of children. This hour of play four days a week provides high school students the chance to implement what they’ve been learning all year, through the observation and teaching…