Monticello Live

Drew Central Elementary and Middle Schools participated in the “Changing a Life” project for Heifer International by collecting pocket change to donate.

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“Grecian Odyssey” students’ educational tour traveling for 9 days in June 2019.

Students from any school district are eligible travel.  Parents and family members are eligible to travel as well.

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Drew Central fourth graders read a moving modern classic written by R.J.Palacio.  The novel titled “Wonder” is about a boy named Auggie Pullman who was born with a facial difference that prevented him from going to mainstream school-until now.  Auggie is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary face.   (more…)

MLive has confirmed the a pre-school student brought a medium caliber handgun onto a Drew Central school bus, Tuesday morning. (more…)

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November 10, 2017
State Says Monticello Schools Owe Drew Central $382,717, Due to 2005 Assessors Office Error- Videos


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Drew Central fourth graders act out the trapping behavior of the Venus flytrap plant.  The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant- it’s a Meat Eater!  Students learned it catches its prey (insects and arachnids) with a trapping structure.  The structure is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces.

One student played the role of the plant while another student played the role of the food.  Students learned the trap only snaps shut after the second contact within twenty seconds.

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Drew Central Elementary recently received 2,500 free books from an outreach program sponsored by the University of Arkansas – Arkansas Reads program. They provide gently used books to high poverty schools in Arkansas.

DCE will use these books to stock their Library, classroom libraries, and children’s home libraries.

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We have always heard, “Your vote can make a difference”. In this election, that is not  necessarily  true.

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After months of discussion and consideration of two different proposals to provide a school-based health clinic for Drew Central schools, the board voted by 3-2 margin to go with the proposal from Mainline Health Systems.

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Mainline Health Services recently offered a proposal to the Drew Central school board, about providing a school based health clinic at Drew Central’s campus.

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Blake Wilson & Mariah Jenkins

Drew Central fourth graders eagerly took on the Christmas STEM Challenge “Candy Cane Calamity”.  STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math.  Students worked in teams and designed and built a way to safely “mail” two candy canes in one paper bag package without breakage.  Students were required to follow criteria and constraints. Once the packages were complete, students weighed them in grams and used a grams to ounces converter website.  Next, they used Chromebooks and researched FedEx, USPS, etc. rates to mail their packages to Santa at the North Pole aka Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole.   (more…)

Michael James, James Insurance Agency

Drew Central fourth graders have kicked-offed another year of “Leaders as Readers”!  This is a partnership between the students and Monticello Rotary Club members.  Each week a members read to the three classes of fourth graders.  Members share their life experiences including education and what they did to become a leader in the community.  

This partnership started sixteen years ago with a goal of teacher Eva Arrington to help students understand that their community cares about them.

Lt to rt front row (students)
McKenzye Hogg, Juan Lucas, Bailey Chapman, Shelby Dillard
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Monticello Rotary Club members

Drew Central fourth graders were given dictionaries by Monticello Rotary Club members.

The process for filing for school board seat candidates has been completed.
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Drew Central fourth graders were Disney bound as part of a multi-digit multiplication project.  This real-world scenario asked students to make choices and plan a seven day family trip to the most magical place on Earth, Disney World in Orlando, Florida!   (more…)

Drew Central fourth graders researched different counties in Arkansas as part of a study of Arkansas History.  Using the information gathered,  students created floats out of shoe boxes and held the 3rd annual Arkansas float parade for the elementary students.

Float winners in pic:
1st Place-Daniel Chang
2nd Place-Blaine Caldwell
3rd-Graci Norris