The Sage Informer

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  • Christmas gift guide

    We have officially hit December, and Christmas is just around the corner. Finding what to get your loved ones can be difficult.  If you’re not sure what to get for those special people in your life, this article could be helpful.  This time of the year is perfect to show the people around you love…

  • Battling senioritis early

    Seniors are feeling senioritis already this year. The motivation to keep up with schoolwork started to fade earlier than expected. As graduation grows closer and closer, the seniors are already full of anticipation and ready to be done, and it’s only December. Senior Grayce Lilly commented, “I first started feeling senioritis close to the end…

  • Harvest Fest festivities

    Each year, Monticello’s FFA Chapter holds their annual Harvest Fest. Harvest Fest is an event to which local farmers, as well as the whole town, are invited in order to raise money for the high school chapter. Senior, and Monticello’s Chapter President, Mylin Bruhn, stated, “Harvest fest is Monticello FFA’s largest fundraiser. The event consists…

  • Fall Play: behind the scenes

    The fall play is a major production at Monticello High School, and this year’s show was a hit with a great turnout on both show nights. However, the show couldn’t have gone on without the hard work of people behind the scenes and the actors putting in the work for this amazing show.  A lot…

  • How early is too early to decorate for Christmas?

    As the weather is getting colder and the leaves are starting to go away, the Christmas trees are coming out and the snow is beginning to fall. With the holidays coming around the corner, do you get in the holiday spirit by decorating for Christmas or do you leave the pumpkins out for Thanksgiving? As…

  • Thinking about getting a job? Here’s what students say

    Students at Monticello High School are very busy with academics, sports, extracurricular activities, and, now, they are finally to the age where jobs are a part of their busy schedules too. Junior Kali Griffith currently works at Tatman Village Nursing Home in Monticello. Regarding what motivated her to apply for this job, Griffith explained that…

  • Trotting around: how do Monticello students spend their Thanksgiving break?

    With Thanksgiving break right around the corner, many Monticello students are anticipating their week off school to be filled with fun travel plans and spending quality time with family.  Junior Annie Robinson and her family like to spend the break somewhere new. Robinson stated, “We travel somewhere new every year. Last year, we went to…

  • A new season and a new squad

    Winter athletics are just beginning at MHS, and Sages Cheer is off to a great start with their basketball cheer season. The girls are learning new cheers, practicing quarter performances, and warming up stunts. With the first basketball game right around the corner, they have a lot to do with very little time. Despite this,…

  • Inside MHS: what have our clubs been up to?

    This semester at Monticello High School has been one filled with energy, creativity, and student involvement in the several clubs that are offered.  Junior Pep Club leader, Ali Weidner, shared that the club has been putting in major effort to keep the “sage rage” at an all time high.  “At football games, there’s always a…

  • Striking a pose: seniors celebrate the class of 2026 with picture-perfect style

    As the Class of 2026 inches closer to graduation, seniors are stepping into the spotlight—literally. Senior pictures, a beloved rite of passage, have taken center stage as students craft portraits that reflect not just their faces, but their stories, styles, and the memories that shaped their high school years. For seniors Amara Fulton and Emma…