Monroe City School District

Today, we celebrate the 1944-45 teams that played two decades after the first Monroe City Basketball Tournament. The 1944-45 girls’ team included (front row) Lucille Paris Cheek, Kathleen Delashmutt, Shorty Brower, Madeline Beckley and Mary Lou Avery; (back row) Naomi Hill Lehenbauer, LaVon Turnbull, Vern Wright Seward, Coach Williams, Mary Virginia Moss and Martha Lee Greening. Years later Naomi Hill Lehenbauer would advertise in the tournament booklet with her specialties being "cold waves, weck rayor haircuts and machineless permanents." She had phone #13 which was no indication of her long, lucky career in the business world.

Congratulations to middle school students recognized as October Leaders of the Month: Joslynn Kelley, Caster Collins, Wililam Buckman, and Ruth Russell!! Great work!!

MC R-1 School District will be having a Canned Food Drive November 4th-8th. Please drop your donations off at the Elementary/Middle School or High School offices. Thank you.

On Saturday, November 2nd, John Paul Quinn participated in the District Choir and All-State auditions. He was named an All-State Alternate, which is a huge honor. John Paul has participated in the District Choir since his Sophomore year of high school. Additionally, he was an All-State Alternate last year as well. Congratulations to this young man and his accomplishments! #MCPRIDE

1935-1936 MHS boys' basketball team-just 10 years into the MHS tournament-were photographed by Monroe City award-winning photographer Belle Johnson. Team members were (front row) Duke Dean, Tom Courtney, Herman Davis, James Edwards, Robert Ward; (back row) John R. Harris, Bob Maddox, Bob Painter and Coach Bill Peverstorff.

Athletic Office Weekly Activities #MCPRIDE

MCXC! #MCPRIDE

MCXC Results! Congrats to our HSXC girls team and Alston Richardson! State Bound! STATE MEET in Columbia next Saturday! #MCPRIDE

XC MEET DAY! #MCPRIDE

Football Final! District Semifinal Home vs. Clark County Nov. 8th #MCPRIDE

Mrs. Brandt's Agricultural Communications Class working on their speeches

Football Game Day! #MCPRIDE

1954 was the last year of high school at Hunnewell. Students were transferred to Monroe City. The Hunnewell Girls Basketball team of 1953/54 included (back row) Dorothy Montgomery, Sue Shuck Mudd, Barbara Landrum, Doris Murray Farrell, Jean Porter, Coach Vivian Grubb Coon; (front row) Sissy Moyers, Jackie Hawker, Jeanne Templeton, Betty Jo McGlasson, Nancy Kent and Dottie Moyers. The last Hunnewell boys' team included A. S. Hume Coarch, Donald Ray Moore, Charles Grubb, Gary Shuck, and Larry Patterson; (front) Donald Kennison, Wayne Mast and David Kennison. 1953 54 hunnewell boys_n.jpg

Middle school students say 'Boo to drugs!'

Please expect bus delays this morning, many secondary roads and gravel contain storm debris. Be safe!

The Monroe City High School basketball tournament was only 30 years old when the teams of 1954-1955 made their mark in hoop history. Members of the girls team included (back row) Coach Goldie Burkhardt, Carol Sue Redman, Mary Dee Ellis, Patty Watson, Ann Gillespie, Nancy Kent, Clara Stone, Dorothy Moyers, Carol Sue Shuck; (front row) Doris Murray Farrell, Barbara Massey, Shirley Woolfolk, co-captain Carroll Ann Gosney Hood, Phyllis Welch, Ruth Eaton Tadlock, co-captain Alice Jo Harper, Carol Marie Darling, Wilma Sullivan Kastner. Patricia Akers had a knee operation earlier in the season and was unable to compete. The team had a 13-9 record and took fourth place in the MHS tournament. The boys team included Coach Billy Key, Garold Lewis Shuck, Charles Grubb, Mayes, co-captain Bill Reynolds, Jim Gottman, Jerry Burditt, co-captain Gerald Foreman, Richard Sparks, Harrel Wayne Timmons, Kenneth Sullivan, Eugene Mudd, James Dooley and Manager Robert Harris. They ended the season 22-8 and had a 13-game winning streak which was sparked by a 70-62 win over Shelbina in the finals of the Monroe City Tournament. They were Salt River Champions and took first place in the MC tournament and the Shelbina tournament.

Present and new Inductees of the R. L. Hawkins Chapter of the National Honor Society - Congratulations to our new members! #mcpride

Middle schoolers say it's too hot to do drugs!

Do you know who the oldest living male MHS basketball player is? We think it is Jack Jones, 1946 graduate of MHS. Today still, you’ll find him in the stands still cheering on the Monroe City Panthers. Today, we salute a decorated veteran, retired postal worker of 32 years, golfer extraordinaire, and community volunteer Jack Jones of Monroe City. In the Monroe City Sesquicentennial book, Jack states that “Monroe City is the only place to live.”

STUCO Powder Puff Football! Freshman Win! #MCPRIDE