Monroe News

Monroe is proud to host a Dance Marathon to Support Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago on Thursday, February 27 from 4-8pm. Please mark your calendars and plan to get involved and donate as you are able! Our goal is to raise $5,000 to support a cause near and dear to our hearts at Monroe. We will host this event in collaboration with the Monroe Boys Volleyball game against Hadley.

Dance Marathon is a student-led organization that raises funds and awareness throughout the year for sick and injured kids treated at Lurie Children's hospital, culminating at Dance Marathon. We will connect with and honor patient families, play games, enjoy entertainment, fundraise, and reveal our fundraising total.

Each week until February 27, we are selling raffle tickets for $1 during lunch to win a free Friday lunch. Donations can be made by clicking this link, via the QR code below, or by sending in cash or check to the Monroe main office. We will write a check to Lurie Children's Hospital on February 27th for the total amount collected at Monroe! If you are a part of a local business or have connections in the community and would like to get involved, please reach out to our student council sponsors, Sara Aghazadeh at sara.aghazadeh@cusd200.org and Katy Granbom at katherine.granbom@cusd200.org.

Thank you!
Ashley Huettemann
Principal

Students recently had an opportunity to travel to the Apple store in Naperville to participate in community based learning. Students learned how to express themselves and learn about emotions through creating their own Emojis!

Monroe students participated in a new unit in P.E. called Nitro Ball, a combination of tennis and volleyball.  It can be a great lead-up style game to volleyball building passing and striking (with one or two hands) skills while working as a team. Here is a snapshot of some of my 6th grade teams practicing the game. The majority of P.E. classes that signed up for this unit enjoyed themselves and we will definitely play this again!

Each week the students read and study a particular Shakespeare play that aligns with a chapter from The Wednesday Wars. The students devise "battle plans", collecting pertinent information to review the major plot points, character developments, and thematic connections between the two texts. Then, teams "battle" other teams with their knowledge of the texts. Teams earn points for completing battle plans and team battles, leading up to one group from each class being declared the winner of our "The Wednesday Wars War". 

Students "hopped to it" this week in fast paced science. Students engaged in a cellular respiration - muscle fatigue lab where they examined the interaction of the nervous system, muscular system, skeletal system, and circulatory system in terms of the rate students were able to continue a task for a certain amount of time. Students had a blast and at the same time were able to use their data to answer the essential question related to the effects of changing biological conditions. Well done!

CUSD 200’s Special Olympics will once again be holding our biggest fundraiser, Bowl for the Torch. Join us on Saturday, February 22 from 1-3 p.m.  Bowling and pizza will be $35 per person; this includes two games of bowling, shoes and pizza lunch. The cost is $20 per non-bowler;  includes pizza and soft drinks.

We will be selling raffle tickets for the chance to win gift baskets. There is an option for registering and paying online - Click here to register and join us for a fun-filled day supporting CUSD200 Special Olympics programming. 

Please contact Valerie.difresco@cusd200.org or jody.field@cusd200.org with any questions.