Category: Student Life

  • 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…

  • The grim reaper sweeps through MHS

    The week of October 25th, 2021, brought Red Ribbon Week to Monticello High School. In order to inform the community on the consequences of underage drinking and doing drugs, Monticello Lifesavers went to each school, bringing lessons to the classrooms. One activity was saved for the high school alone.  On Friday 25th, the students participated…

  • New lunch system launched

    Monticello High School’s lunch portions have been dwindling since the start of the pandemic.  This year, we are lucky to be able to have lunch during school unlike last year. With the ongoing pandemic, there are pros and cons to having school lunch. Junior Laney Chipman said, “I do really like the variety of vegetables…

  • Mask breaks during class

    The start of the 2021-2022 school year was filled with many unknowns. Principal Clapp emailed the highschool a few weeks before the first day of school letting Monticello know it will be mandatory to wear a mask during school.  Unlike the year before, there are now no mask breaks in the majority of teachers’ classes. …

  • Youth Advisory Committee starts to build for a successful year

    Last year, the Youth Advisory Committee had to find new ways to interact with the student body because of the new schedule at the high school. With many students feeling the effects of the pandemic, whether that be because of contact tracing or sick relatives, everyone needed access to a place they could receive counseling…

  • Art Club Planning for Excitement

    Although it may not be for everyone, Art Club certainly has plenty of activity and mobility to suit anyone with an artistic inclination, but what will Art Club do this year? Even though some events are still to be determined, there are many near events to look forward to, including parties, meetups, & movie nights…