Monarch High School - Coconut Creek, Florida/FL

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Monarch High School

5050 Wiles Road, Coconut Creek, FL, 33073 -

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Definition of Terms

Monarch High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Broward County, FL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1959 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

94 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 599 students

Grade 10 - 566 students

Grade 11 - 511 students

Grade 12 - 283 students

This School

(FL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:21

1:19

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(FL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	3%	2%
% Hispanic	26%	18%
% Black	15%	26%
% White	55%	52%
% Unknown	1 %	1%

Additional Student Information

This School

(FL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

20%

26%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(FL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Broward County School District

This School's Agency

(FL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	285	24
Number of Students Managed	272,444 students	15,852 students
District Total Revenue	$2,307,391,000	$150,286,000
District Expenditure	$2,530,606,000	$148,035,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,469	$9,481
District Expenditure / Student	$9,289	$9,339
District Graduation Rates	91%	90%

'Whirled' peace day (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on October 5, 2009 at 05:35:09 pm
E. A. Harrold Elementary joined the International Day of Peace 2009 celebration on Sept. 21 by inserting handcrafted pinwheels on the campus lawn of the school. Millions of pinwheels were spinning in the wind throughout the United States, Great Britain, South America, Australia, the Middle East, Canada, Africa, Europe and Asia, creating a visual public statement about peace and harmony. The ...
Students hope to spin the world to peace (The Record and Herald News)
posted on September 30, 2009 at 10:24:27 pm
"A pinwheel is a childhood symbol – it reminds us of a time when things were simple, joyful and peaceful," which is why it was chosen as the symbol for celebration of International Peace Day for grade school and high school students all over the world.
St. Cecilia students plant 300 symbols of peace (Orange County Register)
posted on September 22, 2009 at 09:32:07 pm
School joined Pinwheels for Peace project
Pinwheels for peace (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
posted on September 22, 2009 at 06:16:27 pm
Jai Smith Sociology Junior, and Director of Pride Alliance make Pinwheels at their meeting Friday Sept. 18th. The grassy area in front of Old Main transformed into a blur of color and movement yesterday as part of the global event known as Pinwheels for Peace, organized on campus by Pride Alliance.
Peace blowing in the wind at Harlem High (Great Falls Tribune)
posted on September 22, 2009 at 12:07:06 pm
HARLEM — The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.

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Monarch High School (MHS) is a public high school located in Coconut Creek, Florida. Monarch is a part of the Broward County Public Schools system, and serves neighborhoods in Deerfield Beach, Coconut Creek, Coral Springs, and Pompano Beach.
Monarch has an FCAT school grade of "B" for the 2008-2009 academic year. The Principal is James Neer and Assistant Principals include: Christy Bradford, Marcus Caceras, Will Hendricks, Moira Sweeting and Tarachell Thomas.
Campus
The pair of buildings that make up the school were designed by the Miami architectural firm Zyscovitch on a design/build basis. Building four, which houses the gym, cafeteria, and numerous classrooms, has the ability to be utilized as a hurricane shelter if necessary. The campus is also designed to enable community use of the facilities when not being used by the school.
During the school's third academic year, an additional building, Building 5, was constructed to relieve "critical overcrowding" and meet class size requirements. The school also has houses a number of portable classrooms. Currently MHS is trying to raise funds to build a football stadium on campus.
Academics
The school offers a large array of academic courses. The core academics include math, social studies, science, and English. There are many extra clubs and activities at the school, including (but not limited to) Drama Club, a wide variety of sports, a marching band, jazz band, concert band, drumline, indoor percussion, color guard, chamber orchestra, full orchestra, Debate Team, chorus, arts, cooking, step team, cheerleading, foreign language clubs, journalism club, flag football, multicultural society, Mu Alpha Theta, DECA, Key Club, National Honor Society (NHS) and JROTC. Advanced Placement classes are offered also.
Monarch students presently attend school from 7:40 AM to 2:40 PM, Monday through Friday on block schedule. The current schedule requires students to attend four 90 minute classes and a 30 minute lunch period each day with a six minute passing period between each class.
The school uses a program called Pinnacle Internet Viewer, by Excelsior Software, which allows students to check their grades from any computer connected to the internet. Other information, such as absences and missing assignments, can also be viewed.
Digital Learning Environment
The school provides each student with a laptop computer to use in their classes, as part of a program to enhance accessibility to data on the internet, as well as students' knowledge of technology. Monarch High is usually referred to as a Digital Learning Environment (DLE).
At the beginning of the DLE program, in the school's second academic year (2004-2005), students were provided with a laptop that could be taken home and brought back with them to school on a regular basis to further enhance the program. This element was withdrawn after three years because of budget cuts, the expense of computer repairs and maintenance and because of misuse, vandalism and stolen/ lost computers.
Pinwheels for Peace
A program started by two teachers at Monarch High, the Pinwheels for Peace Project invites students to create and display their pinwheels on the campus during the International Day of Peace and has been adopted internationally. Groups in more than 1,500 places have planted more than half a million pinwheels throughout the world.
Traditions
Knights Code of Chivalry
The school emphasizes a code of conduct among students, teachers, faculty and peers dubbed the "Knights Code of Chivalry." The code was created by a student panel the year before the school opened. Plaques containing the code are present in every classroom and the code is placed on the back of every students ID badge.
Responsibility
Citizenship
Kindness
Respect
Honesty
Self-Control
Tolerance
Cooperation
Alma Mater
Hail to thee brave knights of Monarch liftyour banner high.
We’ll Remember good old Monarch, Noble,proud, and true.
Wave the silver, black, and red and face eachday with pride.
Alma mater of our high school, we will cherishyou.
Monarch High, School We love, Knights wepraise Guide us onward through our days.Strong of heart, with courage true create abetter way.
Student Diversity
Gender
Ethnicity
External links
Pinwheels for Peace
Monarch High School
Broward County Public Schools

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