Chuy's Mexican Restaurant

Staff Reporter Sam Smith
Who doesn`t love Mexican food? Personally, my favorite Mexican restaurant is called Chuy's. Chuy's has only two Indiana locations, Noblesville and Clarksville. Even though Chuy's is not necessarily close, it is well worth the drive. Chuy's restaurants are located all across the U.S. and are known pretty well in several states. They are famous for some of their signature dishes such as the Chuychanga, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and Tortilla Soup. The dishes that they serve are normally “Chuy packed” - you can get your money's worth and possibly have tomorrow's lunch laid out for you. You can look at some the recipes for Chuy's signature dishes. Enjoy.

Prom for Boys 101

Staff Reporter Rowan Gast-Bray

Since my fellow colleague is covering the female side of prom, it is up to me to spread my knowledge on the more masculine end of formal dances. For those of you who don’t regularly dress up in a tuxedo, there are stores around this area willing to rent you a dashing get-up. If you are acquiring your tuxedo by other means, MAKE SURE IT FITS. There is nothing that looks worse than a poorly fitted suit. For those of you who are renting your suit, make sure you price-shop and look for the best tux. A couple of nearby stores are Men's Wearhouse, David's Bridal and Jos A Bank.

Call ahead of time to make sure you reserve a time slot to pick out your tux. Make sure you are picking out your tuxedo at least THREE WEEKS in advance. It will take time for them to fit your suit and get it to you.

Getting Ready for Prom

Satff Reporter Deana Fishel

It’s that time of the year again, prom. Almost every teenage girl will stress about having a perfect night and acquiring the perfect dress, jewelry, and shoes. No need to stress though. The Bulldog Fetch wants to help as much as we can.

You can stop by Raelynns, Lillians, Sophia's, or Nedras to get all you need: dresses, shoes, and jewelry. These shops are located all around Indiana and have great dress for girls to choose from.

There are also consignment shops like Retulled, Off the Hanger or Bare Necessities Bridal that have many dresses to choose from. Some may also have jewelry.

Bruiser Wins!

Our school mascot has been named. The name Bruiser was selected by popular vote. Brittney Sichting suggested the name and won a $25 Ward's Apparel gift certificate.

Our mascot costume is filled by junior Gabi Ritter. Gabi reports that inhabiting Bruiser is extremely hot. She usually wears a t-shirt and shorts. What Gabi likes most about being Bruiser is that "it fills me with school spirit." Although Bruiser may appear to be ferocious, Gabi assures us that she is smiling underneath.

Athletic Schedule - February 23-28

Monrovia Solo and Ensemble Band and Choir Results

Pictured front row:  Michaela Tucker, Kyliegh Crary, Abby Willett, Meghan Johnson, Taylor Stierwalt, 

Betsy McCrary, Melanie Courtney. Second row:  Conner Walts, Taylor Fox, Garrett Rowland,

Lauren Poston, Nolan Abell, Olivia Stewart, Savannah Lanham, Jessup Shay. Third row:  Spencer Halcomb, 

Greg Steffey, Zach Woodley, Jordan Clark, Ian Bray, Haley Tinsley, Dakota Lanham.

Congratulations to our Solo and Ensemble competitors!  Group I events are the highest level in which a high school student can perform.  Group I Silver ratings went to choir soloists Grace Faulkenberg, Julie Maude, and band soloists, Taylor Bowling, Ian Bray, Madison Collings, Courtney Edwards, Taylor Fox, Spencer Halcomb, Meghan Johnson, Eli McCrary, Kayla Monts, Lauren Poston, Jason Scaife, Justin Scaife, Jessup Shay, Alexis Singleton, Patrick Skillern, Shelby Small, Zack Stevens, Clayton Stewart, Olivia Stewart, Conner Walts, and Andrew Willett.  Group I Silver ensembles were the saxophone quartet of Zach Woodley, Taylor Stierwalt, Savannah Lanham, Zack Stevens; sax trio of Woodley, Stevens, Lanham; and the brass quartet of Jordan Clark, Andrew Willett, Courtney Edwards, Dakota Lanham.

Group I ensembles earning a Gold rating advance to Solo and Ensemble State Finals.   Monrovia’s Group I Golds included the percussion quartet of Ian Bray, Jessup Shay, Spencer Halcomb, and Ashley Parker; flute quartet of Alexis Singleton, Conner Walts, Taylor Fox, and Abby Willett; and the clarinet trio of Meghan Johnson, Olivia Stewart, Lauren Poston.  Group I Golds went to choir soloist Melanie Courtney and band soloists Nolan Abell, Jordan Clark, Kyliegh Crary, Spencer Halcomb, Dakota Lanham, Savannah Lanham, Betsy McCrary, Garrett Rowland, Greg Steffey, Taylor Stierwalt, Haley Tinsley, Michaela Tucker, and Zach Woodley. 

Non-Group I Silver ratings went to choir soloists Tatum Boswell, Molly Rudzinski, and band soloists Gretchen Brawley, Allison Eisenhut, Spencer Halcomb, Ashley Parker, and Evan Stewart.  Non-Group I Silver rating also went to the choral trio of Renee Whitney, Lauren Bridgewater, and Brook Brennamen.

Non-Group I Gold ratings went to choir soloists Annelise Atwell, Kara Beasley, Brooklyn Belcher, Mackenzie Burton, Ethan Clements, Megan Fletcher, Raymond Maude, Joshua Norris, Lili Riddle, Madeline Shelton, Jacey Small, Loxlie Terry, Sydney Thoma, Austin Thomason, Raychelle Thomason, Mallory Willett, Tessa Williams, Abigail Willis, and band soloists Wade Adair, Jack Atwell, Ethan Barber, Ethan Belcher, Jacob Bryson, TJ Clark, Tyler Corona, Sam Cox, Dana Elliott, Brock Johnson, Mia McCracken, Ashley Parker, Jared Poston, Dominic Vogel, Austin Walts, Morgan Walts, Derrick Willsey, and perfect scores from soloists Sienna Hager, Justin Hobson, and Alex Willett.  Gold rated ensembles were the choral quartet of Melanie Courtney, Sydney Thoma, Madeline Shelton, Grace Faulkenberg; large choral ensemble of Julie Maude, Sarah Ponto, Corina Blackledge, Justice Balay, Makayla Scott, Amber Frayley, Gabby Fisher, Mackenzie Lee, Melanie Courtney, Grace Faulkenberg, Madeline Shelton, Sydney Thoma, Renee Whitney, Lily Kratzer, Brook Brennamen, Bella Shrake; trumpet trio of Andrew Willett, TJ Clark, Alex Willett; and a perfect score from the mixed brass trio of Andrew Willett, TJ Clark, and Wade Adair. 

Solo and Ensemble State Finals will be on February 21 for choir and February 28 for the band, at North Central High School.

School Board Agenda

AGENDA

MONROE-GREGG

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

ADMINISTRATION CENTER

February 9, 2015

 Executive Session 6:00 P.M.    

Executive Session 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(9)

 (9)(A) To discuss a job performance evaluation of individual employees.

Regular Board Meeting 6:30 P.M.

Pledge

1.       Call to Order

2.  Consideration of Minutes

                        Regular Meeting & Finance Meeting:       January 12, 2015

3.       Consideration of Claims

4.       Consideration of Personnel Recommendations

5.       Public Comments on Agenda Items

6.       Consideration of School Board Policy Changes and Updates

7.       Consideration of Request for Facility Use

8.       Consideration of High School Choir Trip

9.       Consideration of High School Top 10 Trip

10.   Consideration of Common School Loan

11.   Other

12.   Adjournment           

This meeting is a meeting of the School Board in public for the purpose of conducting the School Corporation’s business and is not to be considered a public community meeting.   There will be time for public participation as indicated by agenda item.

Next Board Meeting will be held on March 9, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in the Monroe-Gregg Administration Center. 

Poll Reslts

The results are in. Fetch readers succumbed to the tug of heart strings and voted for the Lost Puppy Super Bowl commercial sponsored by the Budweiser Clydesdales. Check out this week's poll and cast your vote.

Athletic Schedule - February 9-14

Top Super Bowl Commercials

Staff Reporter Rowan Gast-Bray

Super Bowl commercials have earned a legendary status for their humor and entertainment value. With millions of people guaranteed to watch each year, commercials at this time come with an incredibly steep price as well. A whopping 4.5 million dollars were spent for just a 30-second commercial. In this sense advertisers must make their money count. Commercials this year took a surprisingly somber tone. That being said, Doritos and other companies with commercials strived to make us chuckle. Here are a few of our favorite commercials from this year.

“Come Back to the Sea” - Carnival Cruises

An aesthetically pleasing and alluring conglomeration of short clips of people and the sea. This is accompanied by an inspiring old JFK speech he made at the America’s Cup (yacht race) many, many years ago. This is my personal favorite.

“When Pigs Fly” - Doritos

Doritos always comes to the Super Bowl with comedic relief. Desperate for Doritos, a young boy had to make pigs fly to prove his brother wrong and win his Doritos.

“Like a Girl” - Always

An empowering commercial sparking social change. It begs the question “since when has doing things like a girl been a bad thing?”.

XLIX Halftime

Staff Reporter Deana Fishel
 Headlining one of the best half time shows in years, Katy Perry was roaring. Celebrating her Super Bowl XLIX halftime show by entering on a giant mechanical lion while wearing a dress of flames made people pay attention. Perry sang her hit songs Roar, Dark Horse, I Kissed a Girl featuring Lenny Kravitz, Teenage Dream, and California Gurls. She ended with a bang by performing Firework. Special guest Missy Elliott came out to perform one of her hit songs during California Gurls. Watch the entire show.