Monroe principal Mark Bailey displays the Buckeye Best Healthy School Silver Award for 2010. He is pictured with Curtis Massey, the school's physical educaton teacher, and Bonnie Whittaker, the school's head cook.Monroe Elementary has been honored for the fourth year in a row as a Buckeye Best Healthy School.
Monroe received the Silver Award from the Ohio Department of Health's Healthy Ohio program for the 2009-2010 school year. The school also received the Silver award in 2009 after winning Bronze awards in 2008 and 2007.
The Buckeye Best Healthy Schools Awards recognize schools that demonstrate a commitment to the health and wellness of their students and staff through the establishment of programs and policies that foster such goals. These include improving nutrition, increasing physical activity and stopping or preventing the use of tobacco.
