The Sage Informer

Category: Student Life

  • Cupid’s arrow sweeps through halls of high school 

    With February 14th is just behind us, Monticello High School students are still enjoying the excitement of Valentine’s Day. One way students express their feelings in the spirit of the holiday is through Matchomatics, started by the Student Council program at the high school. Students fill out a survey about themselves and get matched with…

  • 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…

  • The FIFA World Cup kicks off and sweeps MHS

    As the USMNT continued to perform well in Qatar, students at MHS enjoyed watching the national team play and hoped they’d make a deep run into the knockout stage. The United States Men’s National Team missed the 2018 World Cup when they lost to Trinidad in the qualifiers, meaning they had not played in a…

  • Remembering the “light” of Mrs. McDowell

    Natalie McDowell, an educator at Monticello High School, was remembered by the love she shared with the others around her. When November 6th, the anniversary of her passing, came this year, the school and the community could have taken that as a time to be mournful, but instead they took that as an opportunity to…

  • MHS Thespians Put On The Great All-American Musical Disaster

    The MHS thespians put on their fall production: The Great All-American Musical Disaster. However, this production was anything but. Directed by Senior Ryan Olsen, this play had a cast of mostly underclassmen, including the leading role played by Jackson Heck.  This was Ryan Olsen’s first time directing the play. He described the experience, saying, “The…

  • Madrigal season kicks off

    The Madrigal season has officially started, and the singers are very excited for this upcoming holiday season. Sophomore Lilly Bradley is “very excited about the madrigal dinners…the madrigals themselves have worked all season on what are, in my opinion, very challenging pieces. I know that these dinners are going to be truly stunning performances.” This…

  • What it takes for high schoolers to join clubs

    At the beginning of each year, clubs take a fresh start which brings in new members. Many different students have different reasons to join the Monticello High School clubs, and there is one factor that stands out when joining a club: making new friends. A lot of new members tend to be freshman students because…

  • King JB Takes his Long-Awaited Crown

    On Saturday, September 24th, hundreds of people packed into Moore gym to watch the crowning of homecoming royalty. As school begins every August, hype over all the fall activities starts to grow—one of the highlights being homecoming. At Monticello, four king candidates and four queen candidates are voted for by the class of seniors. Once…

  • Monticello students gear up for the fall season

    October 2022 at Monticello High School brought the end of the first quarter and the beginning of fall, and students have begun to adjust to sweater and pumpkin season. “Now that it’s fall, I’m feeling pretty good getting back into the swing of things. My favorite part is the season change and how it gets…

  • Suicide Prevention Week events
    Suicide Prevention Week events

    A group of Lifesavers each year, under the supervision of Mrs. Malone, plan Suicide Prevention Week. This year Suicide Prevention Week was the week of September 26, the last week of Suicide Prevention Month. Mrs. Malone said, “I think Suicide Prevention Week is important for educating the stigma of suicide; for dispelling the myths surrounding…