2024-2025 Yearbook Committee Chairs Needed!

3/19/2024 1:26 am

Do your kids LOVE getting their yearbook at the end of the year? 

We need YOU to chair the yearbook committee next year to make the magic happen! 

Please let Jen (jkasmarickpto@gmail.com) or Catey (ctwhitepto@gmail.com) know if you'd be interested in volunteering for this exciting and fun committee! Thank you!

Don't Forget to Buy Your Tickets to Off to the Races!

3/19/2024 1:25 am

Tickets sales are still open for this year's fundraiser, Off to the Races!

CLICK HERE to register for the event, buy your event tickets, and view our amazing auction items and generous sponsors! 

Also, don't forget to purchase your Golden Raffle ticket ahead of time along with your Yeti tumbler, so Plume + Script can customize it live at the event!

Thank you for supporting Monroe School! Go Mustangs!

School Supplies Made Easy - Save Time and Money!

3/19/2024 1:25 am

Place your order today for next year's school supplies. Supplies will be delivered to your child’s classroom for the first day of school.

There are two easy options to place your school supply order. 

• First, use this LINK to register for the 2024/25 PTO and order your school supplies. 
• You can also order directly from EPI by clicking HERE.

Please use School ID: MON090 (Please note, the last 3 digits of our school ID are numbers.)

Glo Up Oakbrook is Partnering with Monroe School March 20-22

3/19/2024 1:24 am

Get ready for spring break with Glo Up’s famous airbrush spray tan and spa services during March 20-22! 

Glo Up is generously donating 25% of all Monroe designated services booked on these days to support our students. Make your online appts HERE.

See FLYER for more details.

Save the Date: Who Gets Into College and Why Presentation by a Jeff Selingo - April 24, 2024

3/19/2024 1:23 am

Wednesday, April 24, 2024
7:00pm - 8:30pm
In Person at the Hinsdale Central Auditorium
Register HERE

It’s the question on the minds of teenagers and their parents everywhere: how do colleges select their freshman class? For an entire admissions cycle, Selingo was embedded in three admissions offices and followed a group of high-school seniors through the process as well as players behind the scenes, including the marketers, the financial aid consultants, and the rankers.

Selingo dispels the entrenched notions of how to compete and win at the admissions game, reveals why families have much to gain by broadening their notion of what qualifies as a “good” college, and explains how the Covid-19 pandemic will impact admissions in the long run.

Please see FLYER for more details. 

Save the Date

3/11/2024 1:13 pm

Wednesday, March 13th

• D181 Current Student Online Registration Opens (2024-25 school year)

Friday, March 15th

• Monroe Cafe - Jersey Mike's

Monday, April 1st

• Final day for yearbook orders and personalized yearbook pages (see below)

One Book, One School is here!

3/11/2024 1:10 pm

Let the reading adventure begin! Join this community-wide reading event that provides every Monroe School family the opportunity to read the same book, The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. 

Copies of the book were distributed on Friday, March 8th, and sent home with the YOUNGEST student in the family. Each family received a copy, a bookmark with a reading schedule (chapters spread out across 6 weeks), a parent letter, activity guide, an order form for additional books in the series, and more. 

See this week's QUESTIONS to spark discussion. The whole family will go wild for this remarkable robot! 

Students also have the opportunity to create their very own diorama recreating scenes and characters from the book. CLICK HERE for instructions. Final dioramas will be displayed during Fine Arts night and at the Monroe School book fair this April 25th!

Student Council Spring Fundraiser

3/11/2024 1:09 pm

What: Family Shelter Service of Metropolitan Family Services DuPage transforms lives by offering help and hope to those affected by domestic violence. Families need gift cards (Uber, Lyft, Gas Stations, Walmart, Target, Jewel-Osco, Aldi, Dollar Store) and money to purchase cleaning supplies, soft bedding and basic necessities.

When: Monday, March 4th - Wednesday, April 30th

Where: Bring gift cards or donations to your classroom

* This is a whole school fundraiser reward!
$1,000 - Outdoor recess equipment purchased by Mrs. Eder!
$1,500 - Picnic day outside for lunch!

If each student donates $5 we will have exceeded our goal! Let’s come together to make a difference!

School Supply Kits for 2024/25 - Place orders starting 3/13

3/11/2024 1:09 pm

Back-to-School Supply Shopping Made Easy: Our school has again selected Educational Products, Inc. (EPI) for our 2024/25 school supply program to help you save time and money on back-to-school shopping. As the #1 provider of school supply packs for over 40 years, more schools choose EPI every year.

You can order starting Wednesday, March 13th. To order supplies, look for the link during the PTO registration process. Kits will be shipped to Monroe and in your child's classroom on the first day of school.
Our school ID for the ordering process is listed below:

• School ID – MON090 (Please note, the last 3 digits of our school ID are numbers.)

See FLYER for more details.

Season of Science Wraps Up

3/11/2024 1:08 pm

We hope our Monroe students enjoyed the Season of Science this year! 

Thank you to the dedicated science committee - Lina Bankert, Neha Joshi, Samar Diab and Megan Steenman - who worked so hard to put a wonderful program together beginning to end, including take-home science activities and assembly coordination! 

Thank you also to all of our Monroe community parents in STEM who shared how they use science in their day-to-day life. Between our January kickoff assembly with Get Science and last week's closing assembly with the Museum of Science and Industry, we hope all our Mustangs learned a lot. Keep your eyes peeled for another "out of this world" assembly coming this month, and the return of Science Fair in 2025!