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November 16, 2022
SPOTLIGHT ON
Monroe Co. Middle School
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A Halloween tale of zombies and curses
By Desiree Pate
Monroe County Middle School
One spooky night, a boy named Tom
was getting ready to trick or treat. He was
being a zombie for Halloween. He was
super excited.
As he was putting the zombie make-up
on, he realized he made a mistake so he
went to remove it and it would not come
off. Tom asked his sister to help him. As
his sister walked into the bathroom she
screeched. She ran out of the room and
was yelling.
Tom was very confused about what was
going on. He decided to think nothing of
it. Tom was going trick or treating with his
friend Josh. When he was done with his
costume he grabbed his bag and went to
wards Joshs house. When he was walking,
people stared at him and seemed timid.
Now Tom was very confused.
When he finally made it to Joshs house
he rang the doorbell and waited. Josh
arrived at the door and before Josh looked
at Tom he said, “Dude guess what! There is
a real life zombie in our tow-”. Josh began
to scream. Tom was confused.
Joshs dad ran to the door with a knife.
Tom was terrified. Tom somehow got past
Joshs dad and ran to lock himself in the
bathroom. As he turned away from the
locked door, Tom looked in the mirror. He
was mortified. He was a zombie!
He started splashing his face with water.
The dark-ish green color was not coming
off his face. Tom unlocked the bathroom
and ran out of the house just barely miss
ing Joshs dad. He ran all the way home. He
was faster than lightning.
When he got home he screamed for
his Mom. His mom ran downstairs and
saw him. She was not scared though. His
mom sat him down and explained. “12
generations ago our family got cursed by a
woman named Patricia Smith. Your great
great-great-great-grandfather called her
the ugliest person in town. Turns out she
was a witch. So she casted a spell on our
family.
Every year on Halloween the curse
chooses someone in our family to make
their Halloween costume come true”. Tom
was amazed and also scared. He asked his
mom what to do. She told him, “still go
trick or treating. Wait until it gets darker
though, so nobody can see that it's real.”
So Tom waited for it to become darker.
While he was waiting, he decided to put
the TV on. As he flipped through channels
he stopped on the news. With the screen
saying:
A REAL LIFE ZOMBIE SPOTTED IN
TOWN
It showed a clip of him running down
the road. He thought it was funny.
As it finally darkened outside he went
trick or treating. No one noticed he was a
real zombie. He went house to house with
out anyone noticing. He was delighted.
Suddenly he heard someone say his
name. Then everything went dark. “Tom,
wake up! Tom!” He opened his eyes to see
his mom shaking him. “Come on, sweetie,
you need to do some chores then get
ready for Halloween!” It turned out to be
all a dream! THE END
The Day of Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Fall is like a Ball
By Kate Nelson
Thanksgiving is soon beginning
While giving thanks I start grinning
Grinning with glee as I may be
I am happy to be with my family
Family is big around here
But I also enjoy celebrating my peers
Friends are lifelong beings
For which I am thankful they are living
Thanksgiving is soon ending
While friends and family finish eating
The day is fleeting
But my love for Thanksgiving is nev
er-ending
By Ben Chase
The leaves are gold and flashing
A slight chill a little Brrrr
Yes the season is quite dashing
The month of November
The entire family gathered round
A great feast across the table
A roasted turkey tall and proud
Worthy of a storybook fable
They say a thankful prayer
Then get right to the eating
Pass it around and share
Oh how I love Thanksgiving
By Sam Mitchell
Leaves dance with the
wind
Branches frolic and sway,
the cold mist blows upon
warm homes
The clouds and sky
mingle
with the low orange
horizon.
Pumpkins galore and
Spices even more.
Why should you like fall
you ask?
Because fall is like a ball.
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Monroe BOE gives E-SPLOST update
AMOUNT
AMOUNT
ORIGINAL
CURRENT
EXPENDED
EXPENDED
TOTAL
EXCESS
ESTIMATED
ESTIMATED
ESTIMATED
IN CURRENT
IN PRIOR
COMPLETION
PROCEEDS NOT
COMPLETION
PROJECT
COST (1)
COSTS (2)
YEAR (3)
YEARS (3}
COST
EXPENDED
DATE
2019 SPLOST
(i) Acquiring new equipment, fixtures, furnishing,
technology, safety and security
(ii) Adding to, renovating, repairing, improving and
equipping existing school buildings and school system
4,200,000.00
4,200,000.00
640,989.62
799,513.04
April 2024
facilities including athletic facilities
1,550,000.00
1,577,831.27
899,318.23
678,513.04
April 2024
books for the school system
1,200,000.00
1,200,000.00
135,486.68
144,927.05
April 2024
maintenece equipment
2.800.000.00
2,800,000.00
194,494.91
543,864.00
April 2024
(v) Constructing and equiping new schools and facilities, including new
Freshman Campus
2,200,000.00
2,200,000.00
3,655.00
April 2024
(vi) Paying any general obligation debt of the School District issued in
conjunction with the continuation of such sales and use tax including
associated interest
12,000,000.00
12,000,000.00
2,667,144.34
2,259,347.00
April 2024
(vii) Acquiring land for future schools and facilities
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
April 2024
(viii) Paying expenses incidental to accomplishing the foregoing
50,000.00
50,000.00
0.00
12.30
April 2024
$ 24,000,000.00 $
24,027,831.27 $
4,537,433.78 $
4,429,831.43 $
$
(1) The School District's original cost estimate as specified in the resolution calling for the imposition of the Local Option Sales Tax.
(2) The School District's current estimate of total cost for the projects. Includes all cost from project inception to completion.
(3) The voters of Monroe County approved the imposition of a 1% sales tax to fund the above projects and retire associated debt. Amounts expended for these |
projects may include sales tax proceeds, state, local property taxes and/or other funds over the life of the projects.