Monroe City High School choir preforms at fall showcase
Several activities and exhibits were made available Thursday (Oct. 27) during Monroe City R-1’s first Fall Showcase.
During the course of the late-afternoon early-evening event, the Ministerial Alliance of Monroe City provided a free spaghetti meal in the high school cafeteria which included a varied choice of desserts.
The MCHS band and choir, as well as some guitarists, performed for diners’ pleasure from 5:30 to 6 p.m.
Several educational and employment organizations had displays in the high school fieldhouse.
In another section of the school, students interested in higher education were provided FAFSA counseling. FAFSA is abbreviation for Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
The school also provided tours for anyone interested, including the recently-renovated band and choir room.
Charlie and Mary Ann Haden were shown the elementary, middle, and high schools. Mary Ann is a 1978 Monroe City graduate. Charlie is a 1971 Mark Twain alum. Their two sons, Jim (2005) and C.J. (2010) are MCHS graduates.
The Haden’s tour guides were junior-class student council members Mari Gares and Taylor Pfaff.
“The girls did an excellent job, especially over in the elementary because they aren’t as familiar with it,” Mary Ann Haden said. “They did very well. They know everybody on the high school side, telling you what the teachers taught.
“They were able to get in the classrooms,” Mary Ann continued. “We got to walk in the classrooms and see how they looked.”
Mary Ann retired in Dec. 2021 after 18 years at Hannibal Regional Hospital.
Charlie Haden has been a Monroe City school bus driver for 15 years. Previously, he had a 30-year career with the Missouri Dept. of Transportation. Charlie seemed particularly impressed by the industrial arts shop, and also by what he described as the overall fresh look of the school.
“It’s really nice. The layout is really good too, the way everything flows,” he said.
Charlie was also impressed by Gares and Pfaff as they guided the couple through all the halls.
“They were walking like racehorses. That’s what I used to say about this guy I used to go hunting with,” he said with a chuckle. “They did fantastic. It’s like going into a doctor’s office. I get lost every time I go into one and if I don’t have somebody leading me around, why, I’m in big trouble.”
Both Charlie and Mary Ann liked the computer technology observed in business teacher Deidre Wheldon’s classroom. Much has changed.
“We would rush to get the electric typewriters because we sure didn’t want the manual ones,” Mary Ann said.
Before leaving for home Thursday evening, Mary Ann recalled that during her junior year a unique visitor “toured” a MCHS hallway.
“A snake got out of the science room. It wasn’t unusual to have snakes, but this one was slithering down the hall,” she said.
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