Dear Monroe Community,

Last year, Community Unit School District 200 launched a new online registration portal for families to use when enrolling their students for school. CUSD 200 will continue to utilize the online registration process for the 2025-26 school year.

Registration for returning families for the 2025-26 school year is now open with a deadline of Friday, May 9. 

To begin the online registration process for returning students, parents/guardians can navigate to our district website (www.cusd200.org) and then click <Enrollment> found in the upper right portion of the page, or click this link. Then, select the <Register Returning Student> button.

If a family has children that span across multiple CUSD 200 buildings, the receiving school of your oldest child will ensure all documents submitted in person are sent to the other appropriate buildings so that families only have to visit one location. 

YouTube/Google Services Permission Notice

Depending upon the level of your student, you may see two new permission screens as a part of online registration.

Beginning with the 2025-26 school year, educational institutions must annually review and reconfirm parental consent to grant access to specific Google services if students are under 18 years old. 

One of the services parents must now give consent for on an annual basis is YouTube. However, parents/guardians will only see a YouTube consent for students in grades 6-12. YouTube defaults to ON for students 6-12, so you must explicitly choose NO if you do not wish your student to have access to YouTube. Please note, YouTube is a widely used supplemental resource used to enhance instruction. At higher grade levels, students may also be using YouTube as a research resource to complete assignments. If you are a family that chooses NO, you may need to specifically work out accommodations with your student's teacher(s). Denying access to YouTube (selecting NO) will only result in a student’s independent navigation to www.youtube.com. A teacher still has the ability to embed YouTube videos inside their Google classroom or Google slide decks for students to view for academic purposes.

In CUSD 200, YouTube will automatically be turned OFF for independent navigation for all students in grades kindergarten-5. Therefore, if you have a student in elementary school, you will not see this screen because YouTube has already been preemptively turned off for independent use. 

Parents/guardians of students in grades 1-12 will also see a second new permission during registration that is related to all other Google owned additional services. Additional services which can have educational use are defaulted to ON for all students grades 1-12. Thus, selecting NO to this new permission screen will turn off ALL other Google services.

If you have general questions about the enrollment process, please contact the school your child will be attending. If you experience any issues during the online portion of the enrollment process, please email SynergyParentSupport@cusd200.org. 

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Monroe PTA has partnered with 1st Day School Supplies to provide school supply kits delivered directly to the school. You will pick up your kit during schedule pick up. The order deadline is July 1st. 1st Day School Supplies provides only the highest quality branded products that will last the entire year, guaranteed! 1st Day School Supplies is the BEST way to buy back-to-school supplies. Order now! https://1stdayschoolsupplies.com/gs/33728

8th grade students attended an assembly last Thursday to learn more about HopeWins, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to share hope and end the devastation addictions brings to families. The Clousings have transformed a family tragedy into a message of hope for students. Students leave the assembly with a t-shirt to remind them of the message. It reads on the front: ONEGOALONEHOPE, and on the back: NEVER above you, NEVER below you, ALWAYS right beside you.

Personalized Signs are $25 each and Generic Signs are $20. Both types are 18 x 24 white coroplast printed on one side and include the yard stake. Signs are ordered directly from AlphaGraphics and picked-up at their store (128 N. Main Street, Wheaton).

Click Here to order your Monroe 8th Grader Grad Signs or Copy and paste this link in your browser: https://us260.agstorefront.com/ustorethemes/AquaBlue/7/en-US/category/1049/Monroe-Middle-School/

• You can begin your order by selecting the sign or through products drop down at the top. Click on the “Order” button underneath the sign.

• Fill in the name that you would like on the sign. Then click “Refresh Preview.” This will update the sign with the name you entered – you may choose first name, last name, or both.  First name is the most popular. When you are satisfied with your sign, click “Next.”

• On the next page, you will see your sign order. You MUST click “Proof is approved” and then click “Add to Cart.” Be sure to confirm that your sign is spelled correctly. After you approve the proof, no changes may be made.

• Click “Checkout” on the next screen. You will need to set up an account to complete your order. You will not receive any marketing as a result. You will then complete your billing information.

• You will be contacted by AlphaGraphics with the phone number you entered once your order is ready. You will pick up your personalized sign directly from AlphaGraphics, 128 N. Main Street. Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

• Orders placed online will be ready for pick-up within a few days.   The deadline for orders is May 22nd. 

Questions? Contact kimengel704@gmail.com or cfenne@alphagraphics.com

The Monroe Band Program is commissioning a piece of music to be written for our school. Local composer, Tim Loest, was here visiting our 7th and 8th grade band members on Tuesday, 4/15. He provided an update on his commissioned piece for us and has titled it "Guardians of the Golden Star." Our student-musicians were very excited to see him and listened to a rough draft of the entire work. The music is off to the editors now before it gets published!

Drama Club meets on Mondays and Wednesdays after school in Mrs. Croll’s classroom. In Drama Club, we play Drama games, practice acting skills, create costumes and set design and do improv! This week, we celebrated Shakespeare’s birthday and acted out scenes from some of his famous plays. See Mrs. Croll if you are interested in attending a club meeting! 

Monday, April 28: Chamber Orchestra to Black Violin Concert @ CoD, Track @ WNHS 4:30
Tuesday, April 29: Step Up Day - Pleasant Hill
Wednesday, April 30: Step Up Day - Emerson & Whittier, Distinguished Educator Awards @ WNHS 6:30
Thursday, May 1: Step Up Day - Sandburg, Talent Show 7pm
Friday, May 2: D200 Track Championship @ WNHS 4:30pm, Talent Show 7pm
Saturday, May 3: Talent Show 4pm

May 5-9: Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week, FastBridge Testing all grades
Monday, May 5: FastBridge AutoMath, PTA Meeting 7-8pm
Tuesday, May 6: FastBridge aMath, Incoming 6th Grade Parent Night 6:30pm
Wednesday, May 7: FastBridge AutoReading, 2025 Service Awards & Retirement Celebration WNHS 4pm
Thursday, May 8: FastBridge aReading, Essentials Step Up Day 10-11am, Track @WNHS 4:30pm, Spring Jazz Fling 7pm
Friday, May 9: Track @ Glenbard North 4:30pm