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Continue reading →: MHS students celebrating the holidays
With the stress of upcoming finals, students at Monticello High School can feel a little more relaxed as they remember that the holidays are coming right up. Everyone has a favorite part of the holidays, and some of those favorite things come from family traditions that have been celebrated over…
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Continue reading →: Senioritis
With the first semester coming to an end, many seniors are already feeling unmotivated and are ready for the year to be over. This is often referred to as senioritis. Senior Harry Schuermann said, “It’s harder to wake up in the morning, and I don’t want to go to school…
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Continue reading →: Consequences of an extended fall break
The state of Illinois requires every public school district to mandate 185 school days in a year in order to accomplish the required student attendance of 176 days in the school year. Along with that, school districts can accommodate what days to take time off school for either holidays or…
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Continue reading →: Creative concepts
Mr. Strippens’ creative concept class has been working hard in creating pieces that aren’t ordinary at all. Some of the pieces contain glass, paint, building, and more. Lots of these projects come from the pure creativity of the students’ minds, and it shows through their artwork work. “My favorite project…
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Continue reading →: The “Burn Book” is coming to life
This year the journalism staff announced the yearbook theme as a Mean Girls “Burn Book” styled yearbook but with a twist. They are making big adaptations to the “Burn Book” to give it a positive spin. Instead of tearing people down, their goal is to build people up. Mean Girls…
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Continue reading →: Students and faculty of MHS celebrate Thanksgiving
The week of November 20th the students and staff at MHS had a week off to celebrate Thanksgiving. The fall break came as a much needed rest period for students with finals approaching in a few weeks. On Thanksgiving, November 23rd, many members of the Sages community spent the day…
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Continue reading →: MHS wrestling kicks off
The Monticello High School boys wrestling team is right at the start of their 2023-24 season! The team is returning a lot of wrestlers and a lot of experience this season, which is reason for a hopeful campaign! “I have a good feeling about this season. We have a lot…
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Continue reading →: Harvest Fest: what it is and its importance
For many years, Monticello FFA has hosted a fundraiser at the middle school in order to raise money for their FFA chapter. This annual event is called Harvest Fest and is very important in order to support the Ag program at our school. Junior Brenna Bartlow said, “Harvest Fest is…
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Continue reading →: Pre-season preparations: a look into the 2023-24 basketball seasons
There’s a lot of hard work that goes into preparing for a new season. The boys and girls basketball teams at MHS are no different. The boys kicked off their season over Thanksgiving break on November 21st with a win against Pleasant Plains. The girls started off the season at…
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Continue reading →: Sports Update 11/26-12/2
Girls Basketball Girls Basketball split last week’s home games with a win vs. Urbana 42-22 and a loss vs. Mt. Pulaski 36-40. This week’s games: home vs. Mt. Zion 12/7 and the Sages’ first conference matchup away vs. IVC 12/9. Boys Basketball Boys Basketball went 1-1 last week with a…
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