The Sage Informer

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  • 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…

  • Grease behind the scenes

  • Communities coming together in orange

    On January 21, the Sievers Center was flooded with orange at the boys home game versus St. Joseph-Ogden High School, in order to honor the life of Natalie McDowell, a school nurse who passed away on November 6, 2021. Monticello’s Pep Club raised donations for St. Jude, a charity that Mrs. McDowell contributed much to.…

  • 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…

  • Pie in the face

    On Friday, January 28, the Monticello Pep Club had a pie-in-the-face fundraiser. Eleven students and two teachers competed to raise money in order to avoid taking a pie to the face. Each of the eleven students and two teachers were matched up against a friendly competitor to see who could raise the most money. The…

  • Fortnite Frenzy

    Since 2017, Fortnite has been the biggest game in the world. Amassing a combined $15 billion in revenue over the past four years, Fortnite has left its mark on the video game ecosystem and on the culture in MHS. A polarizing game, you either love it, hate it, or don’t understand it.  In MHS, there…

  • MHS Thespians prepare for Grease the musical

    The spring musical is always an exciting time for the members of the MHS Thespians club. It provides an opportunity for many students to take part in rehearsing, painting, set building, and eventually performing the shows in early March. This year the Thespians will be performing Grease.  Junior Ryan Olsen, who plays the male lead…

  • Six of Crows

    The book Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo, is the first of two in this series for young adults. The fantasy book follows six different characters as they work together to make a living and survive the dangers of the trading city of Ketterdam. The characters’ journey gets even more dangerous when they accept a…

  • Senioritis epidemic hits

    Although the seniors at MHS are only a month into their second semester, the drag has already started to hit. Whether it’s lack of motivation to look nice for school or failing to complete every single question on their homework assignments, they are feeling more ready than ever before for the end of the school…

  • Thanksgiving on the verge of returning to normal

    Thanksgiving this year was different from recent years for many students at Monticello High School. COVID has disrupted many plans throughout the couple of years, including gatherings at Thanksgiving. However, with the virus starting to clear up, some MHS families have started to recreate Thanksgiving memories with their families. “This year we hosted my grandparents…