10/25/2026
Students/Parents/Guardians: We hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. It's hard to believe that we'll roll the calendar over to November next weekend. Our first semester is flying by!
We are entering Red Ribbon Week at MCHS. There are dress themes (linked below) each day. We encourage all students and staff to participate in the dress themes each day.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ns-wF6t9y6GMeqJnRE13bwvSKkqNvyNM/view?usp=sharing
On Monday of this week, our juniors have the opportunity to attend a "GEAR-UP for Adulting" workshop hosted by GEAR-UP Kentucky at Tom Browning Boys and Girls Club. This workshop includes sessions like exploring career options and incomes, making budgeting decisions, learning the true cost of living independently, and building skills for long-term financial success. We encourage juniors to attend, but we also realize that schedules will not allow all of them to attend. If they do not attend, they are expected to follow their normal daily schedule. A flyer for the event is linked below. Please contact Ms. Amanda Miley with any questions.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1czVbKrg-eNNCTW4i8EwoRSwfyE6II0iT/view?usp=drivesdk
Senior tux/drape pictures (along with fall make-up pictures) are scheduled for this Wednesday, October 28th. Senior parents/guardians, if your student spends his/her day away from MCHS (at MCTC, MCCMS, or is an MCVA student for example), please have them make plans to stop by MCHS (between 8:30–2:00) to get their tux/drape picture taken. Seniors who are in the building will have their picture taken during their English class. Our make-up date for senior tux and drape pictures is scheduled for Friday, November 13th.
Applications for the National Honors Society are now available for current juniors and seniors. For additional information and to access and complete the application, students must join the National Honors Society Google Classroom using the class code: mls7afh2. All completed applications must be submitted through the Google Classroom by no later than 3:00PM on Wednesday, October 28th. For additional questions, please contact Mrs. Amanda Jolley at [email protected].
On Friday of this week, our MCHS Student Council is hosting a Royal Rally in The Fieldhouse from approximately 8:15-9:15AM. If your student typically starts his/her day at STEAM, he/she should start at MCHS on Friday. Students who typically start at MCCMS will have the option of going to MCCMS or staying at MCHS for the pep rally. There will be no changes to our afternoon pick-up routines.
Senior parents/guardians, last week, we met with our Jostens representative (Rusty Rivard) about ordering graduation items. We realize that not all of our seniors were able to make the meeting and that our parents and guardians might have some questions, so we put together the video linked below. The video will walk you step-by-step through the ordering process and will hopefully answer some of your questions while also helping you avoid ordering things that you really don’t need. The deadline set by Jostens to order a cap and gown unit without a late fee is Tuesday, November 24th. Please contact me if you have any additional questions and I will do what I can to find answers for you. Note: there are a few glitchy audio moments in the video, but I don't think the glitches take away from the overall video.
https://docs.google.com/videos/d/16bp_lBbl8wR7fHJ2XP2-0cpbOY4c2GFn9V95bo-uLi8/play?usp=sharing
Looking ahead to next week, there will be no school on Monday, November 2nd or Tuesday, November 3rd (Teacher PLC & Election Day). We will be back in session with students on Wednesday, November 4th.
Have a great weekend! Go Royals!!
- Mr. Faulkner
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Week of October 26th Highlights: Red Ribbon Week, GEAR-UP session for juniors, Aviation pathway flights at Fleming-Mason Airport, literacy centers, Educators Rising meeting, class of 2027 tux and drape pictures, All-State choir auditions, FCCLA STAR events workshop, National Honors Society applications due, MSU RISE meeting, Royal Rally, Rolling Royals catering event, Royals & Lady Royals cross country state meet, Royals academic team matches, Royals & Lady Royals intramural tennis, Royals football games, among other things.
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Upcoming Events:
* November 2nd-3rd: No School; Teacher Work Day // Election Day
* November 12th: FAFSA Day for Class of 2027 students/parents
* November 13th: Class of 2027 tux & drape make-up pictures
* November 13th: AP exam orders are due
* November 17th: ASVAB exam for interested students
* November 25th - 27th: No School; Thanksgiving Break
* December 3rd & 5th: MCO-CC Holiday Gala
* December 8th: Concert Band Christmas Concert
* December 15th: FRYSC Community Christmas (MCHS top lot)
* December 18th: 1:00 dismissal
* December 21st - January 1st: No School; Christmas Break
* January 4th: No School; Teacher PLC
* January 5th: Students return for 2nd semester
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Important on-going announcements:
* All students and parents/guardians have access to student grades via Infinite Campus. If you do not have access to Infinite Campus Parent Portal, please call us at 606-564-3393 and we will do what we can to help. We encourage students and parents to check grades/progress early and often.
* Parents/Guardians, when your student is absent from school, it is marked as an unexcused absence in Infinite Campus until the student returns with a parent note or doctor's excuse. You can send a physical note with your student when he/she returns to school or you can email our attendance clerk, Mrs. Sapp at… [email protected]. If you choose to send an email, Mrs. Sapp will reply to you letting you know that she's received the note. If you do not receive a reply, we have not received your note.
* Students are allowed 5 parent notes (no questions asked) and 10 doctor notes each school year, which will result in an excused absence. If a student has a chronic illness, there is a form available to fill out and submit that will allow more than 10 doctor notes. An unexcused absence is an absence in which no parent note or doctor note is turned in upon a student's return to school. If a student accumulates 6 or more unexcused absences, this student will lose the privilege of attending prom for the current school year. If a graduating student accumulates 9 or more unexcused absences, this student will lose the privilege of participating in our full graduation ceremony (student will have the option of participating in an alternative graduation celebration). Please contact us at 606-564-3393 with any questions.
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Please remember to check the MCHS Living Calendar (linked below) to stay up-to-date with all of the events going on in our high school. Contact us at 606-564-3393 with any questions. Go Royals!!
MCHS Living Calendar:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GfKaeE7w6ENtbsod8cYMpL-ii1G652kIosUqCH0doi0/edit?
