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- Todd Smith and Sammi Hickam From Commercial Bank with Lily Copico
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- Ralph, Lily, Mackenzie
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- Ralph Cuadras, Lily Copico, Dr. Kay Walter, Mackenzie Hawkins
Seventeen third through eighth grade students from Drew Central and Monticello schools competed in the Drew County Spelling Bee on February 4. Dr. Kay Walter of UAM served as the pronouncer, and Belinda Carpenter, Ashley Griever, Trudy Jackson, and Brandon Weekley were the judges.
After 33 intense rounds, the bee ended with Mackenzie Hawkins (DC) in 3rd place, Ralph Cuadras (MMS) in 2nd place, and Lily Copico (MMS) as Champion. Commercial Bank awarded $100 and a goody bag to the Champion, and 2nd place and the Champion both received a year’s subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica.
Lily will go on to represent Drew County in the Arkansas State Spelling Bee on March 8 in Little Rock. The state bee is hosted by the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, and is a preliminary for the Scripps’ National Spelling Bee in Washington D. C. Lily is the daughter of Ryan and Rebecca Copico.
South Arkansas Community College has released its Dean’s List for the spring 2022 semester. To be eligible, a student must have at least a 3.0 grade-point average for the semester, and be classified as full-time.
Alayna Holland, a senior at Drew Central High School, has accepted a Freshman Recognition Scholarship to attend South Arkansas Community College this fall. She is the daughter of Terry Holland of Hamburg.
In conjunction with Education First Tours, The Travel Club logged 9,433 miles during spring break. First, students flew to London and explored famous sites like Piccadilly Circus, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, witnessed changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, 
Junior and Senior students from Drew Central, McGehee, and Monticello school districts attended a TheatreSquared production of, The History Show, on March 7th at the Drew Central auditorium. The four actors had one goal: cover the entire timeline of US history in just 45 minutes. They had to get through all the important dates, names and places from the year 1000 through the most recent events in politics. 
The Travel Club sponsored by group leader Eva Arrington in conjunction with Education First Tours for students will be traveling July 2022 for 9 days to Ireland, England, and Wales. 
Ciante Gibbs of Monticello, a nursing major at South Arkansas Community College, has accepted a SouthArk Employee Club Endowed Scholarship to attend the school this fall.
Veronica Spencer of Monticello, a nursing major at South Arkansas Community College, has accepted a Cornerstone General Endowed Scholarship to attend the school this fall. She is a 2002 graduate of Monticello High School. The scholarship is provided through the SouthArk Foundation.
South Arkansas Community College has released its Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. To be eligible, a student must have at least a 3.0 grade-point average for the semester, and be classified as full-time. The students are:
Aurayia Simpson of Monticello, a registered nursing major at South Arkansas Community College, has accepted a Receiving Education Achievement Close to Home Scholarship to attend the school this fall.
D’Arbonee Forte of Monticello, a 2020 graduate of Drew Central High School, has accepted a Presidential Scholarship to attend South Arkansas Community College this fall.
Giovanni Santos Andrade of Monticello, a 2020 graduate of Monticello High School, has accepted a Living the Dream Scholarship to attend South Arkansas Community College this fall.
Students from the Monticello School District, the Drew Central School District, and the Dermott School District toured Greece to discover the answer to this question, “What is it like in a country where classical mythology and ancient history still have a presence in everyday life?”
The AHSPLA State 
Monticello Automotive Team featured in the January 2019, issue of Job Ready published by the Arkansas Department of Career Education. 
South Arkansas Community College has announced its Dean’s List for the 2018 spring semester. To be eligible, a student must have a grade-point average of at least 3.0 and be classified as full-time 
The following students from Monticello graduated from the University of Arkansas at the end of the Spring 2018 semester:
Two University of Arkansas School of Law students from Monticello earned 3.0 grade point averages or higher during the spring 2018 semester and were named to the Dean’s list. 
Monticello Lion’s Club members David Anderson, Harold Mitchell, and Nancy Miller came to Discovery Children’s Center on March 26, 2018, to perform free vision screenings on the children who will be enrolled in Kindergarten in the fall.
