Please take a moment to check the latest Billie Bulletin for the full rundown of all events, reminders, and activities happening next week. ✨
Community notice
We had the best time celebrating our spring sports with a district-wide walking pep rally today! 💙🤍 From handmade signs to a sea of blue and white, the energy was incredible...filled with high fives, hugs, and lots of Billies pride.
We 💙 our Billies! Be sure to come out and support our softball, baseball, soccer, and track teams this spring!
Coach Sidney Moncrief, former NBA player and coach, visited with some of our coaches and athletes today. Thanks to McClarty Companies for sponsoring the visit.
It’s National Assistant Principals Week, and we want to give a massive shout-out to our team! 💙
Wear Blue & White Wednesday, April 8th (tomorrow) to support our Spring Sport Teams! Go Billies!! 💙🐐
🌸 Long Weekend Update 🌸
Happy Friday, parents! Just a friendly reminder that school is closed this coming Monday.
Whether you’re hunting for eggs, enjoying a big family brunch, or just relaxing, we hope you have a beautiful Easter Sunday. Enjoy the extra day with your kiddos! 🐣✨
Reminder: Classes resume on Tuesday, April 7.
Happy Friday, parents! Just a friendly reminder that school is closed this coming Monday.
Whether you’re hunting for eggs, enjoying a big family brunch, or just relaxing, we hope you have a beautiful Easter Sunday. Enjoy the extra day with your kiddos! 🐣✨
Reminder: Classes resume on Tuesday, April 7.
♟️ Chess Tournament Success! ♟️
The Co-op hosted an exciting chess tournament on April 2nd for 5th and 6th-grade GT students from across the area—and what a great day it was! We had over 60 students competing, each playing 7 games to determine our top players.
🏆 Congratulations to our winners:
• 1st Place: DeWitt – undefeated!
• 2nd Place: Eva Babst (Monticello) – 6 wins
• 3rd Place: DeWitt — 5 wins and a tie
We are so proud of all the students who participated and showed incredible focus, strategy, and sportsmanship throughout the day!
A huge thank you to Hope Hartness and Brandi Eubanks with Hope and Company Realty for sponsoring our winners with gift cards to Sonic Drive-In!
♟️ It was a fantastic event, and we’re already looking forward to the next one!
The Co-op hosted an exciting chess tournament on April 2nd for 5th and 6th-grade GT students from across the area—and what a great day it was! We had over 60 students competing, each playing 7 games to determine our top players.
🏆 Congratulations to our winners:
• 1st Place: DeWitt – undefeated!
• 2nd Place: Eva Babst (Monticello) – 6 wins
• 3rd Place: DeWitt — 5 wins and a tie
We are so proud of all the students who participated and showed incredible focus, strategy, and sportsmanship throughout the day!
A huge thank you to Hope Hartness and Brandi Eubanks with Hope and Company Realty for sponsoring our winners with gift cards to Sonic Drive-In!
♟️ It was a fantastic event, and we’re already looking forward to the next one!
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MHS ATLAS TESTING DATES
Remember: get a good nights sleep and eat breakfast.
Congratulations to our MES Certified & Classified Staff Members for the Month of March, Nurse Brandi & Mrs. Jelks. Their positivity, work ethic, & dedication to our students and staff are contagious. We are so thankful for their kindness and commitment to our MES Billies! 💙
Congratulations to our MES GOATs for the Month of March! These students displayed our character trait of the month, Perseverance. Perseverance means that you show self-control and push through challenges. We are so proud of our Little Billies! 💙 🐐
At Monticello, our staff is family—and our family is growing! We’ve just updated our job board with new openings for the 2026-27 school year.
MES BILLIES LOVE TO READ!!! 📚
Our 1st Grade students have passed 1500 AR tests and our 2nd Grade students have passed 2268 AR tests so far this year! They are very excited about reading and meeting their goals with reward opportunities every 9 weeks organized by our MES librarian, Mrs. Kelly Hudson.
MES students have checked out 10,405 books so far this year. They are all eager to see if their total books checked out for the year can equal the total number of books in the library, which is 11,980!!
We’re already looking forward to hearing all the "Spring Break stories" when the hallways fill back up. We can’t wait to see everyone back on March 30!
Farm Bureau awarded a $250 grant to the MIS Learning Garden today. The garden is currently being maintained by the district’s GT students, but is open to all to enjoy.
We have just started this year’s growing season by planting spinach, broccoli, lettuce, carrots, and radishes directly into the box beds. We have started zinnias and sunflowers in our classroom in mini-hothouses
We have just started this year’s growing season by planting spinach, broccoli, lettuce, carrots, and radishes directly into the box beds. We have started zinnias and sunflowers in our classroom in mini-hothouses
MHS and MMS EAST students headed to Hot Springs for the annual EAST Conference. Students had the opportunity to connect with other EAST programs, explore new technology, and gain inspiration for projects that make a difference in their communities.
Welcome 💙
The Gym Goats competed for the state title last night and came out 1st runner-up. Way to go Gym Goats!
Miss Geels’ FACS classes had a fun day in class learning about the consequences of driving while impaired. State Police Officer Mitchell Butler and Student Resource Officer Shane Hale came as a guest speakers, offering real-world stories and the chance for students to ask questions. Students also had the opportunity to experience tests that might happen at a police check point.
Thank you Officer Butler and SRO Shane Hale!
