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AFS Intercultural Exchange

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The purpose of AFS Club is to have fun making international friendships through planning activities with our exchange students at MHS. Members get to know our exchange students who are studying in Monroe for the entire year, many from the AFS exchange program. Students share American culture and learn about other cultures. There are opportunities to host an exchange students or travel  to live and study in another country for the summer, a semester, or a year! AFS is a non-profit international exchange program with 40 participating countries worldwide.

How to become involved: Who can join?    Anyone ♦ When does AFS Club meet?  Third Thursday of each month at 7:40am in Y05 ♦Do I have to pay dues?    NO!  Just help with our fundraiser in the winter. ♦Do I have to host or travel if I join?    Absolutely not!  Just come to our meetings and get-togethers and make new internationally-minded friends ♦ How do I join? Come to our meetings or see one of the advisors

Activities: Pizza in the Park ♦ Haunted Forest Field Trip ♦ Ice Skating & Sledding ♦Trampoline Park ♦ Game Nights, Movie Nights, etc.♦ Zoo Trip ♦ Ice Cream Socials

Advisors: Ms. Schultz    Mrs. Wheeler

Chess Club

Chess Club

Chess is a fun game that incorporates many aspects of the IB learner profile: knowledgeable, inquirers, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced, and reflective. The chess club is meant to foster intellectual growth while having fun.

Adviser: Mr. Dickson 

Costa Rican Exchange

Hosting is fun!

A student exchange program in Costa Rica will teach you about eco-tourism and allow you to improve your Spanish skills. Costa Rica is known for it's amazing natural richness. A foreign exchange program in Costa Rica is an excellent way of learning about the vibrant culture and citizens of this country.

MHS students will also have the opportunity to host Costa Rican students on their trip to Monroe, Wisconsin. Sharing your classroom, school and home experiences can be rewarding and fun! 

Adviser: Mrs Kister     Mrs.Wheeler     Mrs. Rossing

German Club

MHS German Club

The German Club at Monroe High School welcomes any and all students who express interest in learning about the German culture in any and every facet (the people, the history, the customs, the language, international relations, etc.). The first and foremost goal of German Club is to promote German cultural awareness by providing educational and cultural opportunities. We want to give members the chance to express their views and concerns on German-American relations within and outside of our community. We need your support to make this club work and be fun! Come join us! Meetings are every second Wednesday of the month at 7:40 am in room R12.

Activities: Advent Calendar Sales ♦ 2 week GAPP exchange to Germany ♦ Visiting Christkindlmarket in Chicago ♦ Attending Goethe Institut in Chicago

Advisers: Frau Bansley     Frau Schwartz 

German Exchange

German Exchange

GAPP is the largest bilateral student exchange program between the US and Germany. We foster intercultural understanding by offering students from all over the US and Germany the unique possibility to experience their host country from an insider's perspective and to form friendships and connections that last a life-time.

Advisor: Frau Bansley    Frau Schwartz 

GSA

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The GSA is a support group, an alliance between straight students and LGBTQ students, that encourages people to be themselves. Our Mission Statement is:The goal of the GSA is to unite MHS in the understanding that love is love and that everyone has the freedom and safety to be themselves.

How to become involved: ♦ Come to our meetings or attend our events ♦ Participate in the Day of Silence and other activism ♦ Treat everyone with respect and kindness ♦ Support our mission.

Activities: ♦ Pride Pin Party -- This fall, Join GSA as we celebrate the multitude of gender and sexual identities. We will host a party where you can make your own pin, which can be a pride flag or another symbol/image that celebrates you. Wear your pin with pride! ♦ Tie Dye Extravaganza -- This winter, support GSA by joining us as we individually create t-shirts that honor the multitude of identities at MHS ♦ Day of Silence -- This spring, participate in the Day of Silence. This is a student-led national event that brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying, and harassment in schools. Students from middle school to college take a vow of silence in an effort to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior by illustrating the silencing effect of bullying and harassment on LGBT students and those perceived to be LGBT.

Meetings are the 3rd Thursday of every month, after school in Room G03 (Ms. Coleman’s Room) from 3:30-4:30pm.

Advisors: Ms. Coleman   Ms. Schultz    Mrs. Kister

Spanish Club

Spanish Club

The Spanish Club is meant to bring together students who are interested in the Spanish language and culture. This is another opportunity to strengthen your Spanish skills and apply them to everyday life situations. 

Advisor: Mrs Kister 

Student Senate

Student Senate

Student Senate is the representative body of the student population. It is a collective voice to express opinions and or concerns that are added to meeting agendas, where either the principal or associate principal attend. Agendas are developed and brought forth by representatives of each grade. Six Student Senate members from each grade are elected by their classmates. Anyone can run. You must submit papers in the Spring prior to the Spring election. Meetings are held the first and third Tuesday of every month at 7:30 am in room W04.

We help plan and organize the following events: ♦Homecoming ♦ Fall and Spring Blood Drives ♦ Winter Week ♦ Valentines Day Candy Grams ♦ Day of Service

Advisers: Mr Cassidy    Mrs Moehn    Mrs Roidt