The Sage Informer

Category: Academics

  • Balancing academics and sports.

    The load that student athletes take on is often overlooked, they have to balance homework, practice, and sporting events. This can be a lot for the athletes to handle, and can be very stressful. Planning is an essential way to stay organized as a student athlete. Sophomore River Derby likes to “do this with a…

  • Monticello Schools Have a Schedule Change for the Holiday Season

    Monticello School district ended up getting a longer Thanksgiving Break this year, with the entire week of November 21-25 off from school.  A longer break gave students more time to relax and for themselves. Sophomore Kelly Rooney said, “I really enjoyed the longer break, as I got a chance to spend time with friends and…

  • APUSH classes host Antebellum Balls

    Each year, in Mrs. Espenschied’s AP US History class, students dress up as reformers from the antebellum time period and host an Antebellum Ball. Antebellum means “before the war,” with the antebellum time period referring to the time before the Civil War.  Junior Hayden Klink said Frederick Douglas, played by junior Quinton Shore, was his…

  • Select Sages take on the Illinois business competition

    On Friday, April 22, Mr. Webb brought six of his most talented Business Club students to Lake Land College in order to compete in a state-wide business competition.  Webb’s confidence was riding high going into the competition, and he stated that his team “actually had a shot at winning,” even though he believed he assembled…

  • MHS Business Club takes over Lakeland

    On Friday, April 22, Monticello High School Business Club students will be traveling to Lakeland College in Mattoon, IL to compete in a business competition with other Illinois high schools. The competition is made up of six tests. Each student is assigned to one test: General Business, Accounting, IT, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Excel. Monticello…

  • Little Sages Preschool beginning

    The Little Sages Preschool just started for the students in the class of Parenting/Child Growth and Development classes. The Big Sages write lesson plans, find crafts, and get to experience play time with the kids.  Sophomore Megan Heistand expressed, “I think it’s very important to have this preschool because it gives all of us good…

  • FFA fun days

    February 21 through February 25 is National FFA Week. MHS’ FFA chapter celebrates this with dress-up days as well as fun games and events every day. FFA President, Ethan Robson, said, “It means a lot to celebrate our agricultural background as a chapter. It’s also a great bonding week for the members of our chapter…

  • Sages stock market mashup

    Monticello’s Business Club has been participating in a nationwide stock market simulation competition since September. The fixture contains 1272 total teams, and the winning team would fly to Washington D.C. to meet President Biden at the Capitol. This is the first year that Monticello has participated in this contest, and Monticello has three teams in…

  • Improving the future of agriculture

    The National FFA convention is the largest in school youth convention. Thousands of students gather to learn about careers in the agriculture industry. Students have the opportunity to stay overnight and participate in a number of events.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 FFA National Convention was cancelled. Many students were saddened by the…

  • Meals Ready To Eat (MRE) from the National Guard

    A member of the National Guard delivered MREs to our Health class on Wednesday, October 27th. Meals Ready to Eat are meant to keep a person alive throughout military training or a deployment. These MREs must be able to endure parachuting falls of 1,250 feet as well as non-parachuting drops of 100 feet. They also…