Monett R-1 Schools

May is Better Hearing & Speech Month! What is a Speech-Language Pathologist? A speech-language pathologist (SLP) is a highly-trained professional who evaluates and treats children and adults who have difficulty with speech or language. Although people often think of speech and language as the same thing, the terms actually have very different meanings. If a child has trouble with speech, he/ she struggles with the how-to of talkingthe coordination of the muscles and movem...ents necessary to produce speech. If a child has trouble with language, he/she struggles with understanding what he/she hears or sees. A child may struggle to find the right words and/or organize those words in a meaningful way to communicate a message or hold a conversation. Monett Schools Speech-Language Pathologists Early Childhood: Carrie Zahn MES: Morgan Hastings and Suzanne Sloan CPE: Elizabeth Stotlemeyer MIS, MMS, MHS: Janice Krallman *Fun Fact: 40 million Americans have communication disorders. Visit asha.org to learn more!

Rain or shine, our teachers, staff, and bus drivers, are ensuring students make it home safely. It's another rainy day in Monett!

Here are the summer school breakfast and lunch menus. We hope you are having an incredible summer!

The last day of school is Friday, May 21st! If you wish to enroll your student in summer school, please follow this link: https://www.monettschools.org/article/421821 Summer School starts on June 1st and ends on June 30th. We will not have summer school on June 18th and 25th.

We continue to celebrate our retirees! Today we celebrate Cathy Mosier, CPE Paraprofessional. Cathy has been part of our district for 11 years. She is excited to travel and spend more time with her 15 grandchildren. She loves the idea of being able to travel any time of the year. Please join us in congratulating Cathy on her retirement!

Who wants to watch the Senior Caravan?! We thank the Monett community for always supporting our students. Our seniors had a blast!

Congratulations to Teena Fare, Special Services Director, on her retirement! The first thing Teena will do after retirement is turn off her alarm clock. She mostly looks forward to spending time with her family and will soon be planning many road trips. Her bucket list includes visiting all 50 states, she's already visited over half! We thank Teena for her wisdom, dedication, and leadership. We wish you the best!

Congratulations to the Monett Class of 2021! The commencement ceremony will be live streamed on the Monett High School page at 7:00 pm.

We are hiring paraprofessionals! We need a behavior interventionist paraprofessional and instructional support aides to join our team. Apply today at https://monett.tedk12.com/hire/Index.aspx

Our School Resource Officers are an asset to the Monett School District. They protect us from harm, are present when needed, and guide us to safety! We rely on our SRO's for more than protection. They build long-lasting relationships with students and guide them through different stages. We are grateful to have an amazing Monett Police Department that ensures Monett stays a great place to live and grow a family. We thank our School Resource Officers and the Monett Police Department for their service to students, staff, and the Monett community!

Monett Schools was approved to add two more testing locations for COVID-19! Students will now be able to test at MES, CPE, MIS, MMS, and MHS. Follow this link for details: monettschools.org/article/376267

We are in FULL SESSION today. Temperatures remain low, please remember to send your child to school with appropriate weather gear. We are excited to see your student(s) on campus! Thank you for doing Daily Health Screening with your students before sending them to school: https://5il.co/l4td

Today, our students and staff prepared for a POTENTIAL Connected Learning Snow Day tomorrow, Jan. 7. Your student will come home with their school-issued device. We are closely monitoring the weather. If school is canceled tomorrow morning, we will send out a call, text, post it on social media, our website, and share it on the local TV channels. We hope you are staying safe and warm.